Gujarat Super League

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Gujarat Super League
Organising body Gujarat State Football Association
CountryIndia
Number of teams6
TV partners FIFA+
GSFA (YouTube)
Website GSL
Current: 2024 Gujarat Super League

The Gujarat Super League is a men's football league in the state of Gujarat, organized by the Gujarat State Football Association. [1] It will feature 6 teams in the initial season, and will hold matches at EKA Arena in Ahmedabad. [2]

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Format

It is held in a single round-robin format, with the top two teams at the end of the league stage contesting the final. [1]

The players will be selected by draft. In the inaugural draft, 250 players from Gujarat will be included. [3]

Teams

India Gujarat location map.svg
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Gandhinagar Giants
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Saurashtra Spartans
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Vadodara Warriors
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Surat Strikers
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Ahmedabad
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Ahmedabad clubs:‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎
Ahmedabad Avengers
Karnavati Knights
Locations of the GSL clubs
TeamCityOwner
Ahmedabad Avengers Ahmedabad God TMT, VIVAN Steel (Sahil Patel & Shalin Patel)
Gandhinagar Giants Gandhinagar Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (Prashant Sanghvi), ANVI Sports
Karnavati Knights Ahmedabad The Address (Yash Shah & Advita Patel)
Saurashtra Spartans Saurashtra Axita Cotton (Kushal Patel)
Surat Strikers Surat Loyal Equipments (Alkesh Patel)
Vadodara Warriors Vadodara K&D Communication (Kamlesh Gohil)

Sponsorship

Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) and the Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) are the main and associate sponsors of the GSL, respectively. [1]

Management

TeamHead coachAssistant coachTeam managerPhysio
Ahmedabad AvengersTapas GhoshAshish SadhuKshitij JainHaresh Prajapati
Gandhinagar GiantsShakti ChauhanKamlesh MaradiaGulab SinghPritesh Ankleshvariya
Karnavati KnightsDharmesh PatelLlewellyn PintoDhaval ParmarAniket Solanki
Saurashtra SpartansAnil PatelAnil TomarNaren TrivediChintan Jain
Surat StrikersBalpreet SinghAntrix PatelHardip MajiranaAnil Kewat
Vadodara WarriorsSalim PathanDarshansinh RaolSavio D’CostaArth Joshi

Awards

The champions of the GSL will receive a prize money of 11 lakhs, while the runners-up will receive ₹5 lakhs. Individually, the best players in eight different categories will get a prize money of ₹25,000 each on the basis of their performance throughout the tournament. [1]

Broadcasting

After the Santosh Trophy, the GSL will become the second Indian football tournament to be streamed globally on FIFA+. [1]

TerritoryBroadcaster(s)Ref.
GSFA (YouTube) [1]
FIFA+ [1]

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