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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox field hockey club
| image = Ranchi Rhinos Logo.jpg
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| fullname = Ranchi Rhinos
| nickname = Rhinos
| founded = 2012
| dissolved = 2014
| captain = [[Moritz Fürste]]
| coach = [[Gregg Clark]]
| ground = [[Astroturf Hockey Stadium]] [[Ranchi]], [[Jharkhand]], [[India]]
| capacity = 6,000
| owner = Asia Sports Ventures PVT LTD.
| website = [http://ranchirhinos.com/ Official Website]
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'''Ranchi Rhinos''' (abbreviated as '''RR''') was a [[field hockey]] team based in [[Ranchi]], Jharkhand that played in the [[Hockey India League]]. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It is owned by Patel-Uniexcel Group. South African [[Gregg Clark]] is the head coach for the team assisted by Olympian [[Baljit Singh Saini]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Ranchi Rhinos name support staff for HIL|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/top-stories/35837056_1_hockey-india-league-support-staff-hil|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126090332/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/top-stories/35837056_1_hockey-india-league-support-staff-hil|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 December 2012|accessdate=17 December 2012}}</ref> German midfielder, two time Olympic champion, [[Moritz Fürste]] is the captain of the team.<ref>{{cite web|title=Will Hockey India League be a hot flick|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-14/top-stories/36332483_1_teun-de-nooijer-hockey-india-league-mumbai-magicians|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115033639/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-14/top-stories/36332483_1_teun-de-nooijer-hockey-india-league-mumbai-magicians|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 January 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 January 2013|accessdate=14 January 2013}}</ref> It was dissolved in 2014 after its owners had some dispute with [[Hockey India League|HIL]] management. It has been replaced by [[Ranchi Rays]].

{{Short description|Field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand}}

==Franchise Details==

===Coaching Staff===
[[South Africa men's national field hockey team|South African]] [[Gregg Clark]] serves as the head coach for the team who is assisted by Olympian [[Baljit Singh Saini]]. The goalkeeping coach of South Africa, [[David Staniforth (field hockey)|David Staniforth]], acts as the goalkeeping coach and video analyst for the team. David Ian John of Australia is the exercise physiologist for the team.<ref>{{cite web|title= Ranchi Rhinos name support staff for HIL|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/top-stories/35837056_1_hockey-india-league-support-staff-hil|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126090332/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-15/top-stories/35837056_1_hockey-india-league-support-staff-hil|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=15 December 2012|accessdate=17 December 2012}}</ref>

===Ownership===
The team was jointly bought by Patel - PS Group and Uniexcel Group on 14 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title= Patel-Uniexcel buy Hockey India League Ranchi franchise|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/patel-uniexcel-buy-hockey-india-league-ranchi-franchise-073145476.html|work=[[Yahoo!]]|date= 14 September 2012|accessdate=16 December 2012}}</ref>

==Team composition==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:60%; text-align:center;"
!width=35% style="background: #B22222; color:#FFFF00" |Player
!width=20% style="background: #B22222; color:#FFFF00" |Nationality
!width=5% style="background: #B22222; color:#FFFF00" |Matches
!width=5% style="background: #B22222; color:#FFFF00" |Goals
|-
! colspan="4"|Goal Keepers
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Francisco Juancosa Cortés
|style="text-align:left"|{{ESP}}
|16
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Ankur Chaudhary
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|3
|–
|-
! colspan="4"|Forwards
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Aman Akash|
|style="text-align:left"|{{ENG}}
|3
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Eduard Arbós]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{ESP}}
|1
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Floris Evers]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{NED}}
|15
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Mandeep Singh (field hockey)|Mandeep Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|11
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Prabhdeep Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|17
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Stanli Victor Minz
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|14
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Harjeet Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{UGA}}
|3
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Vikas Choudhary
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|13
|1
|-
! colspan="4"|Midfielders
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Arvind Kujur
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|5
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Ashley Jackson (field hockey)|Ashley Jackson]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{ENG}}
|15
|7
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Austin Smith (field hockey)|Austin Smith]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{RSA}}
|13
|2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Barry Middleton]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{ENG}}
|3
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Birendra Lakra]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|15
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Kothajit Singh]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|16
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Manpreet Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|17
|2
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Marc Salles Esteve
|style="text-align:left"|{{ESP}}
|2
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|'''[[Moritz Fürste]]''' (Captain)
|style="text-align:left"|{{GER}}
|12
|1
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Parvinder Singh
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|9
|
|-
! colspan="4"|Defenders
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Amit Rohidas
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|16
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Bosco Pérez-Pla
|style="text-align:left"|{{ESP}}
|13
|
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Justin Reid-Ross]]
|style="text-align:left"|{{RSA}}
|15
|5
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sumit Topno
|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}
|1
|
|}

==Statistics==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
|-
!width=10|Season
!width=10|Matches
!width=10|Won
!width=10|Drawn
!width=10|Lost
!width=10|Win%
|-style="background:white;"
| [[2013 Hockey India League|2013]]
| 14 || 9 || 2 || 3 || 64.29%
|-style="background:white;"
| [[2014 Hockey India League|2014]]
| 11 || 4 || 1 || 6 || 36.36%
|-style="border-top:2px solid black;"
| '''Home'''
| 14 || 7 || 2 || 5 || 50.00%
|-
| '''Away'''
| 11 || 6 || 1 || 4 || 54.54%
|-style="border-top:2px solid black;background:gainsboro;"
| '''Overall'''
| '''25''' || '''13''' || '''3''' || '''9''' || '''52.00%'''
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;text-align:center"
|-
|+Performance Details
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Goals For'''
|style="background:white;"|49 (1.96 per match)
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Goals Against'''
|style="background:white;"|47 (1.88 per match)
|-
|style="background:gainsboro;"|'''Most Goals'''
|style="background:white;"|[[Mandeep Singh (field hockey)|Mandeep Singh]] (11 goals)
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|+Performance by Oppositions
|-
!width=130|Opposition
!width=40|Matches
!width=40|Won
!width=40|Drawn
!width=40|Lost
!width=40|For
!width=40|Against
!width=40|Win%
|-
|align=left|[[Delhi Waveriders]]
| 6 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 11 || 14 || 33.33%
|-
|align=left|[[Kalinga Lancers]]
| 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 6 || 50.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Punjab Warriors]]
| 6 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 12 || 14 || 33.33%
|-
|align=left|[[Mumbai Magicians]]
| 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 8 || 3 || 80.00%
|-
|align=left|[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]
| 6 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 14 || 10 || 66.67%
|}

==Fixtures and Results==

===2013===
{| class=wikitable style="width:60%;text-align:center; border:none"
|-
!No.
!Date
!Result
!Opponent
!Venue
!Report
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|1||16 January||'''2 – 1'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Surjeet Hockey Stadium|Jalandhar]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match2|Match 2]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''2'''||18 January||'''3 – 1'''||[[Mumbai Magicians]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match5|Match 5]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|3||20 January||'''0 – 2'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium|Lucknow]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match7|Match 7]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|'''4'''||23 January||'''4 – 5'''||[[Delhi Wave Riders]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match11|Match 11]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''5'''||24 January||'''3 – 1'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match12|Match 12]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|6||26 January||'''3 – 1'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium|Lucknow]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match14|Match 14]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''7'''||28 January||'''2 – 1'''||[[Mumbai Magicians]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match17|Match 17]]
|-style="background:#d3d3d3;"
|8||30 January||'''2 – 2'''||[[Delhi Wave Riders]]||[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium|New Delhi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match20|Match 20]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|'''9'''||1 February||'''2 – 5'''||[[Delhi Wave Riders]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match22|Match 22]]
|-style="background:#d3d3d3;"
|'''10'''||2 February||'''1 – 1'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match24|Match 24]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|11||4 February||'''3 – 2'''||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Surjeet Hockey Stadium|Jalandhar]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match26|Match 26]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|12||7 February||'''1 – 0'''||[[Mumbai Magicians]]||[[Mahindra Hockey Stadium|Mumbai]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#match30|Match 30]]
|-style="border-top:2px solid black; background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''13'''||9 February||'''4 – 2'''||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#Semi-final1|Semi-final 1]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''14'''||10 February||'''2 – 1'''||[[Delhi Wave Riders]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2013 Hockey India League#final|Final]]
|-
| colspan="6" style="background:#ffffff; border:none"|
|-style="background:gold;"
| colspan="6"| Position in League Phase: '''Champions'''
|}
* '''Goals For''': 32 (2.29 per match)
* '''Goals Against''': 25 (1.79 per match)
* '''Most Goals''': 10 (Overall: '''2nd''')
** [[Mandeep Singh (field hockey)|Mandeep Singh]]

===2014===
{| class=wikitable style="width:60%;text-align:center; border:none"
|-
!No.
!Date
!Result
!Opponent
!Venue
!Report
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|'''1'''||26 January|| '''2 – 3''' ||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match2|Match 2]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''2'''||27 January|| '''1 – 0''' ||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match4|Match 4]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|3||1 February|| '''2 – 1''' ||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Dhyan Chand Astroturf Stadium|Lucknow]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match9|Match 9]]
|-style="background:#c3c3c3;"
|'''4'''||4 February|| '''1 – 1''' ||[[Mumbai Magicians]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match13|Match 13]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''5'''||7 February|| '''3 – 2''' ||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match16|Match 16]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|6||9 February|| '''1 – 0''' ||[[Mumbai Magicians]]||[[Mahindra Hockey Stadium|Mumbai]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match20|Match 20]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|7||12 February|| '''0 – 1''' ||[[Delhi Waveriders]]||[[Dhyan Chand National Stadium|Delhi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match22|Match 22]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|8||14 February|| '''1 – 4''' ||[[Kalinga Lancers]]||[[Kalinga Stadium|Bhubaneswar]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match24|Match 24]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|9||16 February|| '''2 – 4''' ||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[International Hockey Stadium|Mohali]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match28|Match 28]]
|-style="background:#fbb;"
|'''10'''||19 February|| '''2 – 4''' ||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#match30|Match 30]]
|-style="border-top:2px solid black; background:#fbb;"
|'''11'''||22 February|| '''2 – 3''' ||[[Punjab Warriors]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#sf2|Semi-final 2]]
|-style="background:#c3fdb8;"
|'''12'''||23 February|| '''1 – 1 (2–3 p)''' ||[[Uttar Pradesh Wizards]]||[[Astroturf Hockey Stadium|Ranchi]]
|[[2014 Hockey India League#3rdplace|3rd place]]
| colspan="6" style="background:#ffffff; border:none"|
|-style="background:brown;"
| colspan="6"| Position in League Phase: '''3rd Place'''
|}

==See also==
*[[Hockey India League]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Hockey India League}}

[[Category:Hockey India League teams]]
[[Category:Field hockey in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Jharkhand]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams established in 2012]]
[[Category:Sport in Ranchi]]
[[Category:Field hockey clubs in India]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2014]]

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