Soorma HC

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Soorma HC
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Full nameSoorma Hockey Club
League Hockey India League
Founded 2024
Home ground
Personnel
CaptainTBA
Coach
Mentor
Owner JSW Group
Chairman Parth Jindal

The Soorma Hockey Club, also know as Soorma HC, is a professional field hockey franchise team based in Punjab and Haryana that competes in the Hockey India League. [1] It is owned by the JSW Group. [2]

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For the men's team, Jeroen Baart is the head coach while Sardar Singh is the mentor. For the women's team, Jude Menezes is the head coach, Rani Rampal is the mentor. [3]

Men's squad

PlayerNationalitySignedSalary
Goalkeepers
Vincent Vanasch Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2024₹23 lakhs
Mohith H S Flag of India.svg India 2024₹10 lakhs
Defenders
Harmanpreet Singh Flag of India.svg  India 2024₹78 lakhs
Jeremy Hayward Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2024₹42 lakhs
Gurinder Singh Flag of India.svg  India 2024₹11 lakhs
Nicolás Della Torre Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 2024₹14 lakhs
Sukhvinder Singh Flag of India.svg India 2024₹11 lakhs
Ashu Maurya Flag of India.svg India 2024₹2 lakhs
Pradip Mandal Flag of India.svg India 2024₹2 lakhs
Midfielders
Vivek Prasad Flag of India.svg  India 2024₹40 lakhs
Victor Wegnez Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2024₹40 lakhs
Jonas de Geus Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2024₹11 lakhs
Herjeet Singh Flag of India.svg India 2024₹5.8 lakhs
Nicolas Poncelet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 2024₹5 lakhs
Prabhjot Singh Flag of India.svg India 2024₹2 lakhs
Forwards
Gurjant Singh Flag of India.svg  India 2024₹19 lakhs
Dayaan Cassiem Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2024₹25 lakhs
Boris Burkhardt Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 2024₹5 lakhs
Maninder Singh Flag of India.svg India 2024₹26 lakhs
Pawan Rajbhar Flag of India.svg India 2024₹5 lakhs

Women's squad

PlayerNationalitySalary
Goalkeepers
Savita Punia Flag of India.svg  India ₹20 lakhs
NidhiFlag of India.svg  India ₹2 lakhs
Natalia Salvador Flag of Chile.svg  Chile ₹2 lakhs
Defenders
Akshata Dhekale Flag of India.svg  India ₹3.1 lakhs
PreetiFlag of India.svg  India ₹2 lakhs
Penny Squibb Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia ₹6.6 lakhs
Anna Toman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ₹10 lakhs
Midfielders
Salima Tete Flag of India.svg  India ₹20 lakhs
Vaishnavi Phalke Flag of India.svg  India ₹21 lakhs
Nikki Pradhan Flag of India.svg  India ₹12 lakhs
Nike Lorenz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ₹11 lakhs
Maria Verschoor Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands ₹10 lakhs
Hina Bano Flag of India.svg  India ₹3 lakhs
Jimena Cedrés Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina ₹5.8 lakhs
Ajmina Kujur Flag of India.svg  India ₹2 lakhs
Forwards
Sharmila Devi Flag of India.svg  India ₹10 lakhs
Jyoti Rumawat Flag of India.svg  India ₹16 lakhs
Charlotte Englebert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium ₹16 lakhs
Charlotte Stapenhorst Flag of Germany.svg  Germany ₹16 lakhs
Deepika Soreng Flag of India.svg  India ₹2.2 lakhs
SonamFlag of India.svg  India ₹2 lakhs
Aishwarya Chavan Flag of India.svg  India ₹2.1 lakhs
Upasana Singh Flag of India.svg  India ₹2.1 lakhs
Amanpreet Kaur Flag of India.svg  India ₹2 lakhs

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References

  1. Sportstar, Team (13 October 2024). "Soorma Hockey Club (Punjab), Hockey India League 2024-25: Full list of players after auction, remaining purse". Sportstar. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. "Hockey India League auction live, Day 1: Over 500 men's players go under the hammer". ESPN. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  3. Sportstar, Team (13 October 2024). "Hockey India League 2024-25: Sardar Singh, Rani Rampal roped in by Soorma Hockey Club". Sportstar. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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