The Soorma Hockey Club, also known 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 Parth Jindal's JSW Sports.[2]
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| Full name | Soorma Hockey Club | ||
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| Short name | Soorma HC | ||
| League | Hockey India League | ||
| Founded | 2024 | ||
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| Owner | JSW Group | ||
| Chairman | Parth Jindal | ||
| Website | Website | ||
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Jeroen Baart is the head coach and Sardar Singh is the mentor of the men's team. Jude Menezes is the head coach and Rani Rampal is the mentor of the women's team.[3]
Ownership
editThe Soorma Hockey Club is owned by JSW Sports of JSW Group.[4] Parth Jindal is the managing director of the company. They also own other sports franchises such as the Pro Kabaddi League team Haryana Steelers, the Indian Super League team Bengaluru FC, the Indian Premier League team Delhi Capitals, the SA20 team Pretoria Capitals, and the International League team Dubai Capitals.[5]
Men's squad
edit2024–25
edit| Player | Nationality | ||
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| Goalkeepers | |||
| Vincent Vanasch |  Belgium
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| Jashandeep Singh |  India
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| Mohith H S | India
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| Defenders | |||
| Harmanpreet Singh (C) | India
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| Jeremy Hayward |  Australia
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| Gurinder Singh | India
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| Nicolás Della Torre |  Argentina
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| Sukhvinder Singh | India
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| Ashu Maurya | India
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| Pradip Mandal | India
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| Midfielders | |||
| Vivek Prasad | India
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| Victor Wegnez | Belgium
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| Ankush | India
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| Harjeet Singh | India
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| Nicolas Poncelet | Belgium
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| Sunit Lakra | India
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| Prabhjot Singh | India
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| Forwards | |||
| Nicolás Keenan | Argentina
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| Gurjant Singh | India
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| Harish Mutagar | India
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| Boris Burkhardt |  Netherlands
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| Maninder Singh | India
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| Pawan Rajbhar | India
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| Phil Roper |  United Kingdom
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Women's squad
edit2025
edit| Player | Nationality |
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| Goalkeepers | |
| Savita Punia (C) | India
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| Nidhi Phalswal | India
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| Natalia Salvador |  Chile
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| Defenders | |
| Jyoti Rumavat | India
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| Preeti | India
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| Penny Squibb | Australia
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| Nikki Pradhan | India
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| Midfielders | |
| Salima Tete (C) | India
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| Vaishnavi Phalke | India
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| Aishwarya Chavan | India
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| Sophie Hamilton | United Kingdom
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| Maria Verschoor | Netherlands
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| Jimena Cedrés | Argentina
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| Hina Bano | India
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| Ajmina Kujur | India
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| Forwards | |
| Deepika Soreng | India
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| Charlotte Stapenhorst |  Germany
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| Sharmila Devi | India
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| Olivia Shannon |  New Zealand
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| Charlotte Englebert | Belgium
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| Sonam | India
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| Akshata Dhekale | India
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| Upasana Singh | India
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| Amanpreet Kaur | India
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Personnel history
editStaff
edit| Name | Position | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| Jeroen Baart
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Men's Head Coach | [6] |
| Jude Menezes
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Women's Head Coach | |
| Sardar Singh
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Men's Mentor | [7] |
| Rani Rampal
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Women's Mentor | [8] |
Coaches
edit| Coach | Nationality | Team | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeroen Baart | Belgium
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M | 2024–present |
| Jude Menezes | India
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W | 2025–present |
Performance record
editStatistics
edit| Edition | Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | Shootout | Points | |
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| 2024–25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Edition | Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | Shootout | Points | |
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| W | L | ||||||
| 2025 | |||||||
Top goalscorers
edit| Rank | Player | Nationality | Goals |
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| 1 | Gurjant Singh | India
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| Rank | Player | Nationality | Goals |
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| 1 | TBA |
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Hockey India League auction live, Day 1: Over 500 men's players go under the hammer". ESPN. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Welcome to JSW Sports". JSW Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Parth Jindal And JSW Sports: Building India's Olympics Ecosystem - Forbes India". www.forbesindia.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ ""Harmapreet is cold-blooded and composed, I share a special bond with him": Soorma Hockey Club coach Baart". ANI News. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "Hockey India League: Soorma Hockey Club Rope in Sardar Singh, Rani Rampal as Mentors of Men's, Women's Teams". News18. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "HIL: Soorma Hockey Club ropes in Sardar Singh, Rani Rampal as coaches". ANI News. Retrieved 28 December 2024.