Mumbai Marines

Mumbai Marines

Nickname(s)	The Marines
Founded	2011;14 years ago (2011)
Home ground	Mahindra Hockey Stadium, Mumbai (Capacity 8,250)
Personnel
Captain	Adrian D'Souza
Owner	Ashish Bharatram Harish Thawani
Manager	Iqbaltit Singh
Home Away

Mumbai Marines (MM), initially known as Mumbai Warriors, was a professional field hockey team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra that played in the World Series Hockey. The team was owned by Ashish Bharatram and Harish Thawani. It was coached by Andrew Meredith. Mahindra Hockey Stadium served as the home ground of Mumbai Marines.

Team was initially named as Mumbai Warriors, but was rebranded to Mumbai Marines to avoid any confusions with the Pune Warriors, IPL team. ^[1]

Franchise details

Ownership

ProSport Holdings, a consortium led by Ashish Bharatram and Harish Thawani, was declared as the owner of the franchise. ^{[2] [3]}

Theme song

Mumbai Marines' theme song Dhin Chak Chak is composed by Shadaab Abhik.

Team composition

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Player	Nationality	Goals
Goalkeepers
Adrian D'Souza (captain)	India	-
Sudhir Dixit	India	-
Strikers
Aijub Ekka	India	3
Anup Antony	India	1
Banmali Xess	India	3
Connor Grimes	Canada
Manoj Antil	India
G. M. Hariprasad	India	1
Jay Karan	India
Joga Singh	India	7
Juan Martin Lopez	Argentina
Pedro Ibarra	Argentina
Pradhan Somanna	India
Sandeep Michael	India	2
S. V. Sunil	India
Shashi Topno	India
Troy Sutherland	Australia	5
Yuvraj Walmiki	India
Midfielders
Conroy Remedios	India
Devender Walmiki	India	4
Errol D’Silva	India
Phelie Maguire	Ireland
Prabodh Tirkey	India
Rajesh Kumar	India
Sung Min Lee	South Korea
Viren Rasquinha	India
Defenders
Ajmer Singh	India	4
Bimal Lakra	India	2
Melchior Looijen	Netherlands

Fixtures and results

2012

Goals for	32 (2.29 per match)
Goals against	39 (2.79 per match)
Most goals	Joga Singh (7) Position: 6th

No.	Date	Score	Opponent	Venue	Report
1	1 March	5 - 7	Pune Strykers	Mumbai	Match 3
2	2 March	1 - 0	Bhopal Badshahs	Mumbai	Match 5
3	4 March	2 - 5	Chandigarh Comets	Mumbai	Match 10
4	6 March	4 - 2	Chennai Cheetahs	Chennai	Match 13
5	8 March	2 - 1	Karnataka Lions	Bangalore	Match 16
6	11 March	2 - 2	Delhi Wizards	Mumbai	Match 24
7	14 March	2 - 3	Sher-e-Punjab	Mumbai	Match 27
8	16 March	2 - 4	Karnataka Lions	Mumbai	Match 32
9	19 March	1 - 2	Delhi Wizards	Delhi	Match 36
10	21 March	1 - 2	Sher-e-Punjab	Jalandhar	Match 39
11	23 March	2 - 4	Pune Strykers	Pune	Match 41
12	25 March	1 - 2	Bhopal Badshahs	Bhopal	Match 46
13	28 March	3 - 4	Chandigarh Comets	Chandigarh	Match 51
14	30 March	4 - 1	Chennai Cheetahs	Mumbai	Match 56
Position in league phase: 8th Failed to qualify for semi-finals

Statistics

Performance summary

Season	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win%
2012	14	4	1	9	28.57%
Home	7	2	1	4	28.57%
Away	7	2	0	5	28.57%
Overall	14	4	1	9	28.57%

Performance details

Goals for	32 (2.29 per match)
Goals against	39 (2.79 per match)
Most Goals	Joga Singh (7) Position: 6th

Performance by oppositions

Opposition	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Win%
Bhopal Badshahs	2	1	0	1	2	2	50.00%
Chandigarh Comets	2	0	0	2	5	9	0.00%
Chennai Cheetahs	2	2	0	0	8	3	100.00%
Delhi Wizards	2	0	1	1	3	4	0.00%
Karnataka Lions	2	1	0	1	4	5	50.00%
Pune Strykers	2	0	0	2	7	11	0.00%
Sher-e-Punjab	2	0	0	2	3	5	0.00%

Hat-tricks

No.	Player	Opposition	Result	Season	Venue	Report
1	Joga Singh	Pune Strykers	5 – 7	2012	Mumbai – Mahindra Hockey Stadium	1 March 2012

References

1. "World Series Hockey Mumbai franchise names team Mumbai Marines". The Fans of Hockey. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
2. "Mumbai Warriors is the new WSH team". The Times of India . 1 December 2011. Archived from the original on 27 December 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
3. "Mumbai Warriors: The Mumbai Franchise of WSH". The Fans of Hockey. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
4. "Mumbai - World Series Hockey" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
5. "Dhanraj to represent Karnataka in WSH: Final Teams | The Fans of Hockey". Archived from the original on 4 December 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2025.