Kochi Blue Spikers

Kochi Blue Spikers

Founded	2018;7 years ago (2018)
Owner	Thomas Muthoot
Manager	M. H. Kumara
Captain	Karthik A.
League	Prime Volleyball League
2022	7th place
Uniforms
Home Away

Kochi Blue Spikers, commonly known as KBS, is a men's volleyball team from Kochi, Kerala playing in the Prime Volleyball League in India. ^[1] The team was founded in 2018 and owned by Muthoot Pappachan Group. The team had participated in the only season of the dissolved Pro Volleyball League in 2019 before it switched to Prime Volleyball League in 2021. ^[2]

Honors

• Pro Volleyball League

Third Place: 2019

History

2019 season

In mid-2018, Volleyball Federation of India along with Baseline Ventures, India invited bids for franchisees based in Indian cities for Pro Volleyball League. The league was given the go-ahead by FIVB. Thomas Muthoot of the Muthoot Pappachan Group won the bid for the Kochi franchisee in the Pro Volleyball League ^[3]

Blue Spikers picked India international Prabagaran as their icon player for 1.20 million rupees. They also secured the services of India Captain, Mohan Ukkrapandian. USA international David Lee, who has won both the Olympic Gold medal and the World cup was their foreign pick. Lee expressed his thrill to join Kochi and expected that the league will do a world of good to the players and its fans. ^[4]

Logo used from 2018 to 2022

Team

Team roster 2024 [5]
No.	Name	Position
	Jithin Neelathazha	Setter
	Lad Om Vasanth	Setter
	Ayush Pandey	Libero
	Ratheesh C K	Libero
	Abhinav BS	Blocker
	Athos Costa	Blocker
	Digvijay Singh	Blocker
	Sachin K	Blocker
	Aman Kumar	Attacker
	Erin Varghese	Attacker
	George Antony	Attacker
	Jan Krol	Attacker
	Jibin Sebastian	Attacker
	Vishal Krishna	Attacker

Administration and support staff

Position	Name
Owner	M Liga Sports
Head coach	Vulicevic Dejan [6]
Assistant coach	Boby Xavier

References

1. "Kochi Blue Spikers are ready to shine!". The New Indian Express . Retrieved 2 February 2022.
2. "Kochi Blue Spikers | Pro Volleyball League Team". www.provolleyball.in.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Pro Volleyball League to start with 6 teams" . Retrieved 8 February 2019.
4. "Prabagaran to smash for Kochi blue spikers" . Retrieved 8 February 2019.
5. "Kochi Blue Spikers | Prime Volleyball League Team". www.primevolleyballleague.com.
6. "Kochi's setters good for the PVL format, says coach Kumara". Sportstar . Retrieved 21 January 2022.