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|image = Bangalore Hi-Fliers1.jpg
|imagesize = 100px
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|fullname = Bangalore Hi-Fliers
|founded = 2005
|ground = [[Bangalore Hockey Stadium]]
|capacity = 1,000
|manager = [[Kannan Krishnamurthy]]
|captain = [[Tushar Khandekar]]
|league = [[Premier Hockey League]]
|dissolved = 2008
|position = Premier Hockey League Champions
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The '''Bangalore Hi-Fliers''' were a [[Premier Hockey League]] (PHL) team, based in [[Bangalore]], Karnataka. Initially known as the '''Bangalore Lions''', the team was led by [[Tushar Khandekar]]. The Hi-Fliers won the PHL twice—in 2006 and in 2008—more than any other team.

==History==

===Founding===
The club was formed on the back grounds of inaugural [[Premier Hockey League]] in year 2005. It started off with many host of hockey superstars from India, Pakistan and Malaysia. Hi-Fliers is the only teams who in every edition of the PHL displayed tactical and strategic hockey. They have had a good mix of young and experienced players. In the first edition at Hyderabad, their squad had as many as seven members from the national team. They played well in the first leg but failed to maintain the same tempo in the second set of matches and finished a disappointing fourth in the first edition.<ref>[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014417 PHL-1 season review]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

===Change Of Name and Rise===
[[Image:Bangalore Lions.jpg|right|frame|The Bangalore Lions]]
In the year 2006 [[ING Group|ING]] [[Life Insurance]] became the official team sponsor of '''Bangalore Hi-fliers''' and the team was re-christened as Bangalore Lions in the second and third edition. Lions went on to win league in 2006<ref name="PHL-2 season review">[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014505 PHL-2 season review]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> and in 2007 they finished third,<ref name="PHL-3 season review">[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014507 PHL-3 season review]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> before going back to the original name in PHL - IV and again winning league.

===Lions Era (2006-2007)===
[[Image:Banglore lions.jpg|right|frame|The Bangalore Lions team after winning the [[Premier Hockey League]] in 2006]]
Team's name was changed to Lions in 2006, the team played brilliantly throughout and finished as the second team in the league to enter the best-of-three finals and pipped local favourites Chandigarh Dynamos to win the second edition. In the third final, Bangalore's Hariprasad scored a classic goal - that one effort earned him a place in the Indian team for the Asian Games and the World Cup. In the third edition, Bangalore failed to make it to the final by three points and finished third.
<ref name="PHL-2 season review"/><ref name="PHL-3 season review"/>

===2008===
[[Image:Bhf1.jpg|right|frame|The Bangalore Hi-fliers team after winning the [[Premier Hockey League]] in 2008]]
Team's name was again changed in 2008 and they were now called [[Bangalore Hi-fliers]]. Hi-fliers went on to win the league in 2008.
The greatest strength of the team is their star penalty corner specialist Len Aiyappa. The bald-pated drag flick expert collected the Top Scorer award in the first 2005. The team's fortunes depend on the ability of their forwardline to get enough short corners for Len to click.
Bangalore had eight internationals in their team and is also served by one of the best goalkeepers in the country, [[Bharath Kumar Chetri]]. Its Korean import [[You Hyo-sik]] has the ability to make speedy runs and he was an asset to the team. They also had two more foreign players [[Oliver Rutgers]] and [[Sebastian Westerholt]] from the [[Netherlands]]. Skipper [[Tushar Khandekar]] was the star to watch in the forward line and he has the seasoned and talented [[Sandeep Michael]] and [[Hariprasad]] to bolster the attack. Sunil and Cheyanna, two upcoming youngsters are the ones to watch out for in the frontline. Former skipper [[Arjun Halappa]] had the ability to play as an attacking midfielder and they had [[Bimal Lakra]], a trusted soldier in the midfield, as the fulcrum of the team's fortunes - who was also ably assisted by [[VS Vinay]]. With a mix of good players in all the departments who have the ability to play tactical modern hockey, Bangalore Hi-Fliers looked good for another shot at the title and they did what was expected from them.
With their chief coach [[Ramesh Parameswaran]] joining the national duties, assistant coach and Olympian [[Ashish Ballal]] was in-charge of the coaching staff with another Junior India coach [[Edward Brient]] to assist him. Another former international [[CS Poonacha]] was the fitness trainer with the secretary of the Karnataka Hockey Association [[K Krishnamurthy]] as manager.<ref>[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp PHL 4 Hi-fliers Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216032909/http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp |date=2008-02-16 }}</ref><ref name="PHL 4 League Standing">{{Cite web |url=http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_standings.jsp |title=PHL 4 League Standing |access-date=2008-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209025839/http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_standings.jsp |archive-date=2008-02-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_results.jsp |title=PHL 4 Match Results |access-date=2008-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129232305/http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_results.jsp |archive-date=2007-11-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Bangalore Hi-fliers Season By Season Performance==
<ref name="PHL 4 League Standing"/><ref name="PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review">[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014417 PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review">[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014505 PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review">[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014507 PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Season
! Played
! Won
! Draw
! Lost
! ET-W
! ET-L
! GF
! GA
! GD
! Points
! position
|-
| 2005
| 8
| 3
| 0
| 5
| -
| -
| 19
| 22
| -3
| 9
| '''Fourth'''
|-
| 2006
| 8
| 5
| 0
| 3
| -
| -
| 16
| 12
| 4
| 13
| '''Second''' in league won '''Championship''' on play-offs
|-
| 2007
| 12
| 5
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 1
| 24
| 26
| -2
| 20
| '''Third'''
|-
| 2008
| 6
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 13
| 10
| 3
| 14
| '''Second''' in league won '''Championship''' on play-offs
|}

==Players==

===First-Team Squad===
As of PHL 4 - 2008.<ref>[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp Current Bangalore Hi-fliers Squad] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216032909/http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp |date=2008-02-16 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" align=center
|-
!Name
!Country
|-
|[[Tushar Khandekar]] (Captain)
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Bharath Kumar Chhetri]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Len Aiyappa]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[P T RAO]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Ajay Kumar Saroha]]<ref>{{cite news|title=A great entertainer |url=http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss3105/stories/20080202503403200.htm |accessdate=24 December 2016 |work=[[Sportstar]] |publisher=[[The Hindu Group]] |date=2 February 2008 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20161219140136/http://www.sportstaronnet.com/tss3105/stories/20080202503403200.htm |archivedate=19 December 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Arjun Halappa]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Vinaya V.S]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Bimal Lakra]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Vikram Kanth]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Cheeyanna]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Hari Prasad]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[S. V. Sunil]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[K.A.Nilesh]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Kamarjit Singh]]
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|[[Olivier Rutgers]]
|{{flagicon|NED}}
|-
|[[Sebastian Westerhout]]
|{{flagicon|NED}}
|-
|[[Hyo Kim]]
|{{flagicon|KOR}}
|}

Note: The list of players was obtained from the PHL website.

'''Other Important Team Personnel'''
;
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ramesh Parameswaran]] (Chief Coach)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ashish Ballal]] (Asst. Coach)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Kannan Krishnamurthy]] (General Manager)
* {{flagicon|IND}} [[Poonacha C.S]] (Trainer)

===Former players===
<ref name="PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team">[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216032909/http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.jsp |date=2008-02-16 }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" align="right" style="text-align: center;"
|+'''Former players'''
|-
!class="unsortable"|Name
!class="unsortable"|Career
!class="unsortable"|Country
|-
|align="left"|[[Kuttappa]]
|2005
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Irshad Ali (field hockey)|Irshad Ali]]
|2005
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Chandrasekhar Xalxo]]
|2005
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Pawal Lakra]]
|2005
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Amar Aiyamma]]
|2005 and 2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Sabu Varkey]]
|2005–2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Sunil Ekka]]
|2005
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Ravi Kumar (field hockey)|Ravi Kumar]]
|2006
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Ignace Tirkey]]
|2006–2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+'''Former Players'''
|-
!class="unsortable"|Name
!class="unsortable"|Career
!class="unsortable"|Country
|-
|align="left"|[[Mommahad Waqas]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Gurpreet Singh (field hockey)|Gurpreet Singh]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Paul Blake (field hockey)|Paul Blake]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Laxman Rao NP]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Bikramjit Singh (field hockey)|Bikramjit Singh]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Suresh Kumar (field hockey)|Suresh Kumar]]
|2006–2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Bimal Lakra]]
|2006–2008
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Prabodh Tirkey]]
|2005–2007
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Bipin Fernandes]]
|2006
|{{flagicon|IND}}
|}

===Goal Keepers===
<ref name="PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Dates
! Name
! Country
|-
| 2005–Present
| [[Bharath Kumar Chhetri]]
| {{flagicon|IND}}
|-
| 2005
| [[Kuttappa]]
| {{flagicon|IND}}
|-
| 2006–Present
| [[P T RAO]]
| {{flagicon|IND}}
|}

===Club Captains===
<ref name="PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Dates
! Name
! Country
|-
| 2005–2007
| [[Arjun Halappa]]
| {{flagicon|IND}}
|-
| 2008–Present
| [[Tushar Khandekar]]
| {{flagicon|IND}}
|}

===International Players===
<ref name="PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" align="right" style="text-align: center;"
|+'''International players'''
|-
!class="unsortable"|Name
!class="unsortable"|Career
!class="unsortable"|Country
|-
|align="left"|[[Kuhan Shanmugunathan]]
|2005
|{{flagicon|MAS}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Mudassar Ali Khan]]
|2005–2006
|{{flagicon|PAK}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Rehan Butt]]
|2006
|{{flagicon|PAK}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Jordi Quintana]]
|2006
|{{flagicon|ESP}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Paul Blake (field hockey)|Paul Blake]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|}

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
|+'''International Players'''
|-
!class="unsortable"|Name
!class="unsortable"|Career
!class="unsortable"|Country
|-
|align="left"|[[Thijs de Greeff]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|NED}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Sander van der Weide]]
|2007
|{{flagicon|NED}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Olivier Rutgers]]
|2008
|{{flagicon|NED}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Sebastian Westerhout]]
|2008
|{{flagicon|NED}}
|-
|align="left"|[[Hyo Kim]]
|2008
|{{flagicon|KOR}}
|}

==Club Officials==

===Coaching And Medical Staff===
<ref name="PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team"/>
;
* Manager: [[Kannan Krishnamurthy]] {{flagicon|IND}}
* Chief Coach: [[Ramesh Parameswaran]] {{flagicon|IND}}
* Asst Coach: [[Ashish Ballal]] {{flagicon|IND}}
* Physical Trainer: [[Poonacha C.S]] {{flagicon|IND}}

===Chief Coach History===
<ref name="PHL 1 - 2005 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 2 - 2006 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 3 - 2007 Season Review"/><ref name="PHL 4 - 2008 Season Hi-fliers Team"/>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Dates
! Name
! Country
|-
| 2005–Present
| [[Ramesh Parameswaran]]
| {{flagicon|IND}}
|}

==Honours==
* [[Premier Hockey League]] Titles: 2
** 2006,<ref name="PHL-2 Bangalore Lions winners">[http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/newsdetails.cmd?id=7014505 PHL-2 Bangalore Lions winners]{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> 2008<ref name="PHL - 4 Bangalore Hi-fliers winners">{{Cite web |url=http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_results.jsp |title=PHL - 4 Bangalore Hi-fliers winners |access-date=2008-08-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071129232305/http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_results.jsp |archive-date=2007-11-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Premier Hockey League}}

[[Category:Indian field hockey clubs]]
[[Category:Premier Hockey League teams]]
[[Category:2005 establishments in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Field hockey clubs established in 2005]]
[[Category:Sports clubs disestablished in 2008]]

Bangalore Hi-Fliers - Revision history

>Johnpacklambert at 14:38, 18 February 2021