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Ranchi Rhinos
Full nameRanchi Rhinos
Nickname(s)Rhinos
Founded2012
Dissolved2014
Home groundAstroturf Hockey Stadium
Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
(Capacity 6,000)
Personnel
CoachGregg Clark
OwnerAsia Sports Ventures PVT LTD.
Home Away


Ranchi Rhinos was a professional field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, that played in the Hockey India League. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It was owned by Patel-Uniexcel Group. South African Gregg Clark was the head coach for the team, assisted by Baljit Singh Saini. German midfielder, two time Olympic champion, Moritz Fürste is the captain of the team. It was dissolved in 2014 after its owners had a dispute with HIL management. It was replaced by Ranchi Rays.

Field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand

Franchise details

Coaching staff

The goalkeeping coach of South Africa, David Staniforth, acted as the goalkeeping coach and video analyst for the team. David Ian John of Australia was the exercise physiologist for the team.

Ownership

The team was jointly bought by Patel - PS Group and Uniexcel Group on 14 September 2012.

Final squad

Player Nationality Matches Goals
Goal Keepers
Francisco Juancosa Cortés  Spain 16 –
Ankur Chaudhary  India 3 –
Forwards
Aman Akash|  England 3
Eduard Arbós  Spain 1
Floris Evers  Netherlands 15 1
Mandeep Singh  India 15 11
Prabhdeep Singh  India 17
Stanli Victor Minz  India 14
Harjeet Singh  Uganda 3
Vikas Choudhary  India 13 1
Midfielders
Arvind Kujur  India 5
Ashley Jackson  England 15 7
Austin Smith  South Africa 13 2
Barry Middleton  England 3 1
Birendra Lakra  India 15
Kothajit Singh  India 16
Manpreet Singh  India 17 2
Marc Salles Esteve  Spain 2
Moritz Fürste (Captain)  Germany 12 1
Parvinder Singh  India 9
Defenders
Amit Rohidas  India 16
Bosco Pérez-Pla  Spain 13
Justin Reid-Ross  South Africa 15 5
Sumit Topno  India 1

Statistics

Season Matches Won Drawn Lost Win%
2013 14 9 2 3 64.29%
2014 11 4 1 6 36.36%
Home 14 7 2 5 50.00%
Away 11 6 1 4 54.54%
Overall 25 13 3 9 52.00%
Performance Details
Goals For 49 (1.96 per match)
Goals Against 47 (1.88 per match)
Most Goals Mandeep Singh (11 goals)
Performance by Oppositions
Opposition Matches Won Drawn Lost For Against Win%
Delhi Waveriders 6 2 1 3 11 14 33.33%
Kalinga Lancers 2 1 0 1 4 6 50.00%
Punjab Warriors 6 2 1 3 12 14 33.33%
Mumbai Magicians 5 4 1 0 8 3 80.00%
Uttar Pradesh Wizards 6 4 0 2 14 10 66.67%

Fixtures and results

2013

No. Date Result Opponent Venue Report
1 16 January 2 – 1 Punjab Warriors Jalandhar Match 2
2 18 January 3 – 1 Mumbai Magicians Ranchi Match 5
3 20 January 0 – 2 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Lucknow Match 7
4 23 January 4 – 5 Delhi Wave Riders Ranchi Match 11
5 24 January 3 – 1 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Ranchi Match 12
6 26 January 3 – 1 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Lucknow Match 14
7 28 January 2 – 1 Mumbai Magicians Ranchi Match 17
8 30 January 2 – 2 Delhi Wave Riders New Delhi Match 20
9 1 February 2 – 5 Delhi Wave Riders Ranchi Match 22
10 2 February 1 – 1 Punjab Warriors Ranchi Match 24
11 4 February 3 – 2 Punjab Warriors Jalandhar Match 26
12 7 February 1 – 0 Mumbai Magicians Mumbai Match 30
13 9 February 4 – 2 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Ranchi Semi-final 1
14 10 February 2 – 1 Delhi Wave Riders Ranchi Final
Position in League Phase: Champions
  • Goals For: 32 (2.29 per match)
  • Goals Against: 25 (1.79 per match)
  • Most Goals: 10 (Overall: 2nd)

2014

No. Date Result Opponent Venue Report
1 26 January 2 – 3 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Ranchi Match 2
2 27 January 1 – 0 Delhi Waveriders Ranchi Match 4
3 1 February 2 – 1 Uttar Pradesh Wizards Lucknow Match 9
4 4 February 1 – 1 Mumbai Magicians Ranchi Match 13
5 7 February 3 – 2 Kalinga Lancers Ranchi Match 16
6 9 February 1 – 0 Mumbai Magicians Mumbai Match 20
7 12 February 0 – 1 Delhi Waveriders Delhi Match 22
8 14 February 1 – 4 Kalinga Lancers Bhubaneswar Match 24
9 16 February 2 – 4 Punjab Warriors Mohali Match 28
10 19 February 2 – 4 Punjab Warriors Ranchi Match 30
11 22 February 2 – 3 Punjab Warriors Ranchi Semi-final 2
12 23 February 1 – 1 (2–3 p) Uttar Pradesh Wizards Ranchi 3rd place
Position in League Phase: 3rd Place

References

  1. "Ranchi Rhinos name support staff for HIL". The Times of India. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  2. "Will Hockey India League be a hot flick". The Times of India. 14 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. "Ranchi Rhinos name support staff for HIL". The Times of India. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  4. "Patel-Uniexcel buy Hockey India League Ranchi franchise". Yahoo!. 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
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