Ahmedabad Defenders is a men's volleyball team from Ahmedabad, Gujarat playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India.[1] The team was founded in 2018 and owned by Bonhomie Sports. The team had participated in the only season of the dissolved Pro Volleyball League, before it switched to Prime Volleyball League in 2021.[2][3]
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| Founded | 2018 | ||
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| Ground | Various | ||
| Owner | Bonhomie Sports | ||
| Head coach |  Dragan Mihailovic | ||
| Captain |  Muthusamy Appavu | ||
| League | Prime Volleyball League | ||
| 2023 |  Champions | ||
| Uniforms | |||
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Honors edit
Domestic edit
International edit
- Sixth place (1): 2023
Team edit
| Team roster 2024[4] | |||||
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| No. | Name | Position | |||
| 1 | Angamuthu Ramaswamy |
Universal | |||
| 2 | Tamilvanan Srikanth |
Libero | |||
| 3 | T. Ragul |
Attacker | |||
| 4 | Aswath Pandiyaraj |
Setter | |||
| 6 |  Max Senica |
Attacker | |||
| 7 | Shon John |
Attacker | |||
| 9 | Santhosh S. |
Attacker | |||
| 10 | Nandhagopal Subramaniam |
Attacker | |||
| 11 | Parth Patel |
Blocker | |||
| 13 | Harsh Chaudhary |
Universal | |||
| 14 | L. M. Manoj |
Blocker | |||
| 16 | Muthusamy Appavu (C)[5] |
Setter | |||
| 18 | T. N. Muhammed Iqbal |
Blocker | |||
| 20 |  Ilya Burau |
Blocker | |||
Administration and support staff edit
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Owner | Bonhomie Sports |
| Head coach | Dragan Mihailovic[6]
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| Assistant coach | Sajad Hussain Malik
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| Team manager | Siddarth Sabapathy
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League results edit
Champion Runner-up
| League | Position | Teams | Matches | Win | Lose | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro Volleyball League | 2019 | 6th | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Prime Volleyball League | ||||||
| 2022 | Runner-up | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2023 | Champion | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | |
References edit
- ^ "India to host its first-ever Prime Volleyball League in Hyderabad". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ^ "Ahmedabad Defenders | Pro Volleyball League Team". www.provolleyball.in.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (5 March 2023). "PVL 2023 Final, HIGHLIGHTS: Ahmedabad Defenders wins title, beats Bengaluru Torpedoes 3-2". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
- ^ "Ahmedabad Defenders | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
- ^ "Prime Volleyball League: Ahmedabad Defenders announces Muthusamy Appavu as captain". Sportstar. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "'Focussing on Players' Physical Fitness ahead of Prime Volleyball League': Ahmedabad Defenders' Head Coaches". News 18. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
External links edit
- Ahmedabad Defenders - Team Profile
- Team profile at Volleybox.net
- Team profile at Volleyballworld.com