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 Dabang Mumbai official logo | |
| Full name | Dabang Mumbai Hockey Club |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Alphas |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Home ground | Mahindra Hockey Stadium Mumbai, India (Capacity 8,000) |
Dabang Mumbai (abbreviated as DBM) is a professional field hockey team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India that plays in the Hockey India League. [1] The team is owned by DoIT Sports Management (India) Pvt Ltd. [2]
| Player | Nationality |
|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |
| David Harte |  Ireland |
| Krishan Pathak |  India |
| Defenders | |
| Sander de Wijn |  Netherlands |
| Jeremy Hayward |  Australia |
| Gurmail Singh | India |
| Harmanpreet Singh | India |
| Emmanuel Stockbroekx |  Belgium |
| Midfielders | |
| Manpreet Jr | India |
| Tyron Pereira | India |
| Nilakanta Sharma | India |
| Vikas Sharma | India |
| Forwards | |
| Johan Bjorkman |  Sweden |
| Florian Fuchs |  Germany |
| Kieran Govers | Australia |
| Robbert Kemperman | Netherlands |
| Roshan Minz | India |
| Danish Mujtaba | India |
| Gurjant Singh | India |
| Nikkin Thimmaiah | India |
| Affan Yousuf | India |
| No. | Date | Opponent | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 January | JPW | Mumbai |
| 2 | 24 January | RR | Mumbai |
| 3 | 28 January | RR | Ranchi |
| 4 | 1 February | DWR | Delhi |
| 5 | 5 February | DWR | Mumbai |
| 6 | 8 February | KL | Mumbai |
| 7 | 11 February | UPW | Mumbai |
| 8 | 13 February | KL | Bhubaneswar |
| 9 | 15 February | UPW | Lucknow |
| 10 | 19 February | JPW | Mohali |
| Year | Kit manufacturers | Sponsor |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | N/A | Videocon D2H |
| 2016 | TK Sports | Manipal University (MAHE) |
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