UP Yoddhas

UP Yoddhas
	File:UP Yoddhas logo.png
Full name	UP Yoddhas
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 (Resigned)
Captain	Sumit Sangwan
Playoff berths	4
Assistant coach	Upendra Malik
Website	https://upyoddhas.com/
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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.

Current squad[edit | edit source]

Full Squad of UP Yoddha for Pro Kabaddi League Session 12,2025.

No	Name	Position
10	Sumit Sangwan (c)	Defender - Left Corner
44	Ashu Singh (vc)	Defender - Right Cover
9	Bhavani Rajput	Raider
11	Surender Gill	Raider
7	Gagana Gowda	Right Raider
	Keshav Kumar	Right Raider
	Shivam Chaudhary	Left Raider
25	Guman Singh	Raider
	Jatin Singh	Right Raider
	Pranay Vinay Rane	Raider
22	Dong Lee	Raider
	Sachin Manipal	Defender - Right Cover
1	Sahul Kumar	Defender - Right Corner
4	Mahender Singh	Defender - Left Cover
	Gangaram	Left Cover
79	Hitesh	Right Corner
	Jayesh Mahajan	Defender - Left Corner
	Mahommadreza Kaboudrahangi	Defender - Left Corner
	Ronak Nain	Left Cover
Source: Pro Kabaddi^[1]

Head coach record[edit | edit source]

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%
Jasvir Singh^[2]	India	2017	present	1	1	0	0	100.00

Seasons[edit | edit source]

Season V[edit | edit source]

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 v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants	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 v t e	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

advanced to Qualifier 1
advanced to Eliminators
Five (5) points for a win
Three (3) points each for a drawn game
One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season VI[edit | edit source]

Template:2018 Pro Kabaddi League season points table

Season VII[edit | edit source]

Team v t e	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

advanced to Finals
advanced to Eliminators
Five (5) points for a win
Three (3) points each for a drawn game
One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
Top three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

Records[edit | edit source]

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

By opposition[edit | edit source]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

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%

Sponsors[edit | edit source]


Year	Season	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor	Back sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
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	Royal Enfield
2025	XII	PlayR	Hero FinCorp	Encalm Lounge	Ofis Square

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "UP Yoddhas | Season 12 players list, stats, records | Pro Kabaddi 2025". Pro Kabaddi League. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
↑ "Player Listing".
↑ "Tata Yodha associates with UP Yoddha". The Economic Times. 25 July 2017.

[1] "UP Yoddhas | Season 12 players list, stats, records | Pro Kabaddi 2025". Pro Kabaddi League. Retrieved 17 August 2025.

[2] "Player Listing".

[auto-3] "Tata Yodha associates with UP Yoddha". The Economic Times. 25 July 2017.

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Teams	Bengal Warriors Bengaluru Bulls Dabang Delhi Gujarat Fortune Giants Haryana Steelers Jaipur Pink Panthers Patna Pirates Puneri Paltan Tamil Thalaivas Telugu Titans U Mumba UP Yoddha
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