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Full name | UP Yoddhas |
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Short name | UPY |
Sport | Kabaddi |
Founded | 2017 |
First season | 2017 |
Last season | 2024 |
League | Pro Kabaddi League |
Based in | Lucknow |
Location | Uttar Pradesh |
Arena | Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex |
Colours | |
Anthem | Hum Hai Yoddha (We are warriors) |
Owner | GMR Group |
Head coach | Jasveer Singh |
Captain | ![]() |
Playoff berths | 4 |
Assistant coach | Upendra Malik |
Website | https://upyoddhas.com/ |
UP Yoddhas (Previously known as UP Yoddha) is a professional kabbadi team of Pro Kabaddi League, based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is owned by the GMR Group. It was founded in 2017.
The Yoddhas play their home matches at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow. The team made it to the playoffs in every season since its inception in 2017 until 2023-24 PKL.
Full Squad of UP Yoddha for Pro Kabaddi League Session 12,2025.
No | Name | Nat | Position |
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10 | Sumit Sangwan (c) | ![]() | Defender - Left Corner |
44 | Ashu Singh (vc) | ![]() | Defender - Right Cover |
Bhavani Rajput | ![]() | Raider | |
11 | Surender Gill | ![]() | Raider |
7 | Gagana Gowda | ![]() | Right Raider |
Keshav Kumar | ![]() | Right Raider | |
Shivam Chaudhary | ![]() | Left Raider | |
Guman Singh | ![]() | Raider | |
Jatin Singh | ![]() | Right Raider | |
Pranay Vinay Rane | ![]() | Raider | |
Dong Lee | ![]() | Raider | |
Sachin Manipal | ![]() | Defender - Right Cover | |
Sahul kumar | ![]() | Defender - Right Corner | |
Mahender Singh | ![]() | Defender - Left Cover | |
Gangaram | ![]() | Left Cover | |
Hitesh | ![]() | Right Corner | |
Jayesh Mahajan | ![]() | Defender - Left Corner | |
Mahommadreza kaboudrahangi | ![]() | Defender - Left Corner | |
Ronak Nain | ![]() | Left Cover | |
Source: Pro Kabaddi [1] |
Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jasvir Singh [2] | ![]() | 2017 | present | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A
Team | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 126 | 87 |
Puneri Paltan | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 91 | 80 |
Haryana Steelers | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 79 |
U Mumba | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | -50 | 56 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | -91 | 51 |
Dabang Delhi KC | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | -134 | 29 |
Zone B
Team | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bengal Warriors | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 77 |
Patna Pirates (C) | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 60 | 71 |
UP Yoddha | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 60 |
Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 57 |
Telugu Titans | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | -2 | 52 |
Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | -71 | 46 |
Source: ProKabaddi
The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A
Team | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) | 22 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 117 | 93 |
U Mumba | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 189 | 86 |
Dabang Delhi KC | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | -1 | 68 |
Puneri Paltan | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | -45 | 52 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | -69 | 43 |
Haryana Steelers | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | -91 | 42 |
Zone B
Team | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bengaluru Bulls (C) | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 104 | 78 |
Bengal Warriors | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 69 |
UP Yoddha | 22 | 8 | 10 | 4 | -45 | 57 |
Patna Pirates | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | -36 | 55 |
Telugu Titans | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | -55 | 51 |
Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 5 | 13 | 4 | -70 | 42 |
Source: ProKabaddi
Team | Pld | W | L | D | SD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dabang Delhi KC (R) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 66 | 85 |
Bengal Warriors (C) | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 71 | 83 |
UP Yoddha | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 74 |
U Mumba | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 47 | 72 |
Haryana Steelers | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 71 |
Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 64 |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | -13 | 58 |
Patna Pirates | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 51 |
Gujarat Forunte Giants | 22 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 18 | 51 |
Puneri Paltan | 22 | 7 | 12 | 3 | -72 | 48 |
Telugu Titans | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | -67 | 45 |
Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | -119 | 37 |
Source: ProKabaddi
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | SD | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Patna Pirates (R) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 120 | 86 | Qualification to semi finals |
2 | Dabang Delhi (C) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 75 | |
3 | UP Yoddha | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 68 | Qualification to eliminators |
4 | Gujarat Giants | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 67 | |
5 | Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 53 | 66 | |
6 | Puneri Paltan | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 66 | |
7 | Haryana Steelers | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | -28 | 64 | |
8 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 63 | |
9 | Bengal Warriors | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | -18 | 57 | |
10 | U Mumba | 22 | 7 | 10 | 5 | -34 | 55 | |
11 | Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 5 | 11 | 6 | -42 | 47 | |
12 | Telugu Titans | 22 | 1 | 17 | 4 | -130 | 27 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | SD | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 174 | 82 | Qualification to semi finals |
2 | Puneri Paltan (R) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 66 | 80 | |
3 | Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 39 | 74 | Qualification to eliminators |
4 | UP Yoddha | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 42 | 71 | |
5 | Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 66 | |
6 | Dabang Delhi | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 63 | |
7 | Haryana Steelers | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 61 | |
8 | Gujarat Giants | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | -16 | 59 | |
9 | U Mumba | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | -28 | 56 | |
10 | Patna Pirates | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | -58 | 54 | |
11 | Bengal Warriors | 22 | 8 | 11 | 3 | -12 | 53 | |
12 | Telugu Titans | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | -245 | 15 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | SD | Pts | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Puneri Paltan (C) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 253 | 96 | Qualification to semi finals |
2 | Jaipur Pink Panthers | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 141 | 92 | |
3 | Dabang Delhi | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 53 | 79 | Qualification to eliminators |
4 | Gujarat Giants | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 70 | |
5 | Haryana Steelers (R) | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | -13 | 70 | |
6 | Patna Pirates | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 69 | |
7 | Bengal Warriors | 22 | 9 | 11 | 2 | -43 | 55 | |
8 | Bengaluru Bulls | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | -67 | 53 | |
9 | Tamil Thalaivas | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 32 | 51 | |
10 | U Mumba | 22 | 6 | 13 | 3 | -79 | 45 | |
11 | UP Yoddhas | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | -116 | 31 | |
12 | Telugu Titans | 22 | 2 | 19 | 1 | -243 | 21 |
Seasons | Total | Wins | Losses | Tied | % Win | Position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season 5 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 43.48% | 3 |
Season 6 | 25 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 48.00% | 3 |
Season 7 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 60.87% | 3 |
Season 8 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 45.00% | 3 |
Season 9 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 54.54% | 4 |
Season 10 | 22 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 18.18% | 11 |
Opposition | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Win |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bengal Warriors | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 28.6% |
Bengaluru Bulls | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 40.0% |
Dabang Delhi | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% |
Gujarat Fortune Giants | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 20.0% |
Haryana Steelers | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 44.4% |
Jaipur Pink Panthers | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% |
Patna Pirates | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 35.7% |
Puneri Paltan | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% |
Tamil Thalaivas | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 35.7% |
Telugu Titans | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 69.2% |
U Mumba | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 45.5% |
Total | 131 | 57 | 58 | 16 | 43.5% |
Year | Season | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor | Back sponsor | Sleeve sponsor |
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2017 | V | T10 Sports | Tata Yodha [3] | Karbonn Mobiles | GMR |
2018 | VI | Suzuki Access 125 | Captain Morgan Cola | ||
2019 | VII | Valvoline | GMR | ||
2021 | VIII | Sqad Gear | ABP News | Iodex | |
2022 | IX | Shiv-Naresh | Fantasy Akhada | Batwinner | |
2023 | X | Vision11 | Citykart | Royal Enfield | |
2024 | XI | DafaNews | Ananda | ||
2025 | XII | PlayR | Hero FinCorp |