Rupayan City Cumilla (Bengali: রুপায়ন সিটি কুমিল্লা) is a professional franchise field hockey team based in Cumilla, which competes in Hockey Champions Trophy Bangladesh. Founded in 2022, the team is owned by Rupayan Group. It's one of the six founding teams of the league. Kim Young Kyu serves as the team's head coach.
History Established in 2022 by the Rupayan Group, as one of the founding members of the Hockey Champions Trophy, the team announced that Kim Young Kyu, the former South Korea national team head coach from 2001 till 2004, would serve as their first foreign coach. While former Bangladesh national team captain, Mosiur Rahman Biplob was appointed as the assistant coach.
During the player draft, Rupayan Group Cumilla snapped up national team players Sohanur Rahman Sabuj (icon player), Sarower Hossain and Puskar Khisa Mimo, while also attaining the services of Jasjit Singh Kular, who was part of the Indian team at the 2014 Men's Hockey World Cup.
Roster
No. PlayerPositionCountry Note1Shohanur Rahman Sobujcaptain2Pradeep MorOverseas3Sarower Hossain4Puskar Khisa Mimo5Kim Sung YeobOverseas6Mohamed FathurOverseas7Milon Hossain8Obaidul Hossain Joy9Ripon Kumar Mondo10Jasjit Singh KularOverseas11Shahidur Rahman Saju12Ukkohin Rakhain13Jahid Hossain14Belal Hossain15Shimul Islam16Tanvir Rahman Siam17Mehedi Hasan Limon18Darshan GawkarOverseas
Personnel Current technical staff
PositionName Head coach Kim Young Kyu Assistant Coach Mosiur Rahman Biplob
Seasons +YearLeague Table Standing Final Standing 20222nd out of 6 3rd
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