Ahmedabad Defenders

Ahmedabad Defenders
Founded2018; 7 years ago (2018)
GroundVarious
OwnerBonhomie Sports
Head coachSerbia Dragan Mihailovic
CaptainIndia Muthusamy Appavu
LeaguePrime Volleyball League
20231st place, gold medalist(s) Champions
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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]

Honors

Domestic

Winners (1): 2023
Runners-up (1): 2022

International

Sixth place (1): 2023

Team

Team roster 2024[4]
No. Name Position
1 India Raunak kuthe Universal
2 India Tamilvanan Srikanth Libero
3 India T. Ragul Attacker
4 India Aswath Pandiyaraj Setter
6 Australia Max Senica Attacker
7 India Shon John Attacker
9 India Santhosh S. Attacker
10 India Nandhagopal Subramaniam Attacker
11 India Parth Patel Blocker
13 India Harsh Chaudhary Universal
14 India L. M. Manoj Blocker
16 India Muthusamy Appavu (C)[5] Setter
18 India T. N. Muhammed Iqbal Blocker
20 Belarus Ilya Burau Blocker

Administration and support staff

Position Name
Owner Bonhomie Sports
Head coach Serbia Dragan Mihailovic[6]
Assistant coach India Sajad Hussain Malik
Team manager India Siddarth Sabapathy

League results

  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

  1. ^ "India to host its first-ever Prime Volleyball League in Hyderabad". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Ahmedabad Defenders | Pro Volleyball League Team". www.provolleyball.in.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Ahmedabad Defenders | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
  5. ^ "Prime Volleyball League: Ahmedabad Defenders announces Muthusamy Appavu as captain". Sportstar. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  6. ^ "'Focussing on Players' Physical Fitness ahead of Prime Volleyball League': Ahmedabad Defenders' Head Coaches". News 18. Retrieved 30 January 2022.