Gujarat Giants

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Gujarat Giants

Full name	Gujarat Giants
Nicknames	The Giants
Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2017 (2017)
First season	2017
Last season	2019
League	Pro Kabaddi League
Based in	Ahmedabad
Location	Ahmedabad, Gujarat, INDIA
Stadium	4,000-capacity EKA Arena by TransStadia
Colors
Owner	Adani Wilmar Ltd.
Coaches	Manpreet Singh, Neer Gulia[1]
Captain	Sunil Kumar
Mascot	A mascular man with Beard-Moustache and Red Tilak on forehead
Website	gujaratgiants.com Home Colours Away Colours
Current season

Gujarat Giants (formerly known as Gujarat Fortunegiants) is a kabaddi team based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Sunil Kumar Malik and coached by Manpreet Singh. The team is owned by Adani Wilmar Ltd.^[2] The Giants play their home matches at The Arena by TransStadia. They reached the final in both of their attempts in 2017 and 2018, finishing runner's up on both occasions to the Patna Pirates and Bengaluru Bulls respectively.

Team identity[]

Name[]

Gujarat Giants was known as Gujarat Fortune Giants before season 8. Fortune word represented Adani's Adani Wilmar (Fortune) Brand.

Logo and mascot[]

The logo of Gujarat Giant has an illustration of a muscular man. This is the Tilak on the forehead of the mascot. Also he wears red dhoti. This muscular man exemplifies Gujarat Giants' core values of Power, strength and vigor, much needed in the game of Kabaddi. The logo also captures the action and emotion of an energetic and fierce man.

Anthem[]

"Ghan Ghan Ghan Ghaat, Garjega Gujarat" is the current anthem. It was sung by Sukhvinder Singh and Gujarati Folk singer Kirtidan Gadhvi, Composed by Musical duo Salim–Sulaiman.

Current squad[]

Jersey No	Name	Nat	Date of Birth	Position
	Ajay Kumar			Raider
	Ankit			Defender - Right Corner
08	Girish Maruti Ernak		22 Dec 1990	Defender - Left Corner
	Hadi Oshtorak			All-Rounder
	Harmanjit Singh		14 Apr 1995	Raider
	Harshit Yadav			Raider
	Mahendra Ganesh Rajput			Raider
	Maninder Singh			Raider
	Pardeep Kumar			Raider - Right
5	Parvesh Bhainswal			Defender - Left Cover
	Rathan K			Raider - Right
9	Ravinder Pahal			Defender - Right Corner
	Soleiman Pahlevani			Defender
33	Sonu		17 Apr 2000	Raider
	Sumit		15 Apr 1999	Defender - Left Corner
11	Sunil Kumar (C)		05 Dec 1997	Defender
Source: Pro Kabaddi[3]

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Head coach record[]

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%
Manpreet Singh	India	2017-18	present	0	0	0	0	!—

Season V[]

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	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	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[]

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

•   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
• Top three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

Season VII[]

Team v	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 6 teams qualify for the playoffs

Season VIII[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	L	T	SD	Pts
1	Patna Pirates	18	13	4	1	110	70	Qualification to semi finals
2	Dabang Delhi	18	9	5	4	1	60
3	Haryana Steelers	19	9	7	3	-14	58	Qualification to eliminators
4	UP Yoddha	19	8	8	3	17	57
5	Bengaluru Bulls	19	9	8	2	25	55
6	Jaipur Pink Panthers	18	8	8	2	-6	52
7	Gujarat Giants	18	7	8	3	-18	49
8	U Mumba	17	6	6	5	-7	48
9	Puneri Paltan	17	9	8	0	1	47
10	Bengal Warriors	19	7	9	3	-46	47
11	Tamil Thalaivas	18	5	7	6	12	46
12	Telugu Titans	18	1	13	4	-75	27

• 5 points for a win
• 3 points each for a Tied game
• 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Records[]

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season[]

Seasons	Total	Wins	Tied	Losses	% Win	Position
Season 5	24	16	3	5	72.92%	1
Season 6	25	18	2	5	76.00%	1
Season 7	22	7	2	13	36.36%	8
Season 8	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

By opposition[]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Opposition	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Win
Bengal Warriors	5	2	1	2	60%
Bengaluru Bulls	6	3	2	1	58%
Dabang Delhi	8	5	2	1	69%
Haryana Steelers	8	2	5	1	31%
Jaipur Pink Panthers	8	5	2	1	69%
Patna Pirates	7	5	2	0	71%
Puneri Paltan	8	6	2	0	75%
Tamil Thalaivas	4	2	2	0	50%
Telugu Titans	4	3	1	0	75%
U Mumba	8	5	3	0	63%
UP Yoddha	5	3	1	1	70%
Total	71	41	23	7	63%

Sponsors[]

Year	Season	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor	Back Sponsor	Sleeve Sponsor
2017	V	Shiv-Naresh Sports	Adani	Simpolo	Fogg
2018	VI		Fru2go	Johnson Tiles	Adani
2019	VII		Finolex	Fortune	Fortune
2021	VIII		Winzo		Adani

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