Ahmedabad Defenders

Ahmedabad Defenders

Founded	2018;7 years ago (2018)
Ground	Various
Owner	Bonhomie Sports
Head coach	Dragan Mihailovic
Captain	Muthusamy Appavu
League	Prime Volleyball League
2023	Champions
Uniforms
Home Away

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

• Prime Volleyball League

Winners (1): 2023

Runners-up (1): 2022

International

• FIVB Club World Championship

Sixth place (1): 2023

Team

Team roster 2024 [4]
No.	Name	Position
1	Raunak kuthe	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

Position	Name
Owner	Bonhomie Sports
Head coach	Dragan Mihailovic [6]
Assistant coach	Sajad Hussain Malik
Team manager	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.

External links

• Ahmedabad Defenders - Team Profile
• Team profile at Volleybox.net
• Team profile at Volleyballworld.com