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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> [[Image:Chennai veerans logo.png|right]]<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Chennai Veerans&#039;&#039;&#039; was a Tier-1 level [[field hockey]] team [[Premier Hockey League]] in [[India]]. In the inaugural cup in 2005, the &#039;&#039;Chennai Veerans&#039;&#039; led by [[Ignace Tirkey]] finished at the bottom of the group with two wins and six losses.<br /> <br /> After finishing at the bottom of the premier division in the inaugural PHL in year 2005, Chennai Veerans were relegated to Tier-II division of PHL in 2006, where they played along with [[Orissa Steelers]], Lucknow Nawabs, Delhi Dazzlers and Imphal Rangers. In this league Chennai Veerans finished runners-up to Orissa Steelers. <br /> It was later decided that in 2007 no team should be relegated from Tier I. Instead 2 teams were added to the premier division [Tier-I]. So 7 teams entered the current Tier-I of 3rd PHL-2007 - 1) Sher-e-jalandhar, 2) Orissa Steelers, 3) [[Bangalore Lions]], 4) [[Maratha Warriors]], 5) Chennai Veerans, 6) Chandigarh Dynamos, and the Tier-II division was scrapped for the year 2007 by the IHF.<br /> <br /> ==Players name for year 2005==<br /> * [[Ignace Tirkey]] (Captain)<br /> *[[Devesh Chauhan]] (G.K.)<br /> *Rajarajan (G.K) <br /> *[[William Xalxo]] <br /> *Nitin Kumar <br /> *Jagath Jothi <br /> *Vivek Gupta <br /> *Bimal Lakra <br /> *Prabakaran <br /> *Jagan Senthil <br /> *[[Adam Sinclair]]<br /> *Venkatesh <br /> *Raja <br /> *Birender Lakra <br /> *Sundeep Singh<br /> *[[Dilawar Hussain (field hockey)|Dilawar Hussain]] (Pakistan)<br /> *[[Zeeshan Ashraf]] (Pakistan) <br /> *[[Juan Escarré]] (Spain)<br /> *Harender Singh (Chief Coach)<br /> *Rama Swamy (Asst Coach)<br /> *Saju Joseph (Trainer)<br /> *Venkatachalam (Stand In Manager)<br /> *T.A. Jabaratnam (Manager)<br /> <br /> The current team of Chennai Veerans in 2007 PHL is led by Adam Sinclair.<br /> <br /> Their brand ambassador for the 2007 season is actor Madhavan<br /> <br /> ==Results of Chennai Veerans==<br /> * 2005 - 5th place in Tier-I [Premier] division<br /> * 2006 - 2nd place in Tier-II division<br /> * 2007 - 6th place of Tier-I [Premier] division.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050915054005/http://www.premierhockeyleague.com/phl/phl_teams.html Premiere Hockey League]<br /> <br /> {{Premier Hockey League}}<br /> {{Chennai Topics}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Indian field hockey clubs]]<br /> [[Category:Premier Hockey League teams]]<br /> [[Category:Sports clubs in India]]<br /> [[Category:Year of establishment missing]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{india-sport-stub}}<br /> {{Fieldhockey-team-stub}}</div>

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