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| team = Hyderabad Skykings<br />
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| founded = 2011<br />
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| stadium = [[Gachibowli Athletic Stadium|Gachibowli Stadium]], 30,000-capacity (Skykings use various stadiums for home games, like all EFL clubs)<br />
| city = [[Hyderabad]], [[Telangana]], [[India]]<br />
| colors = Cerulean Blue, Supernova Gold, Black, White<br>{{Color box|#00B0E2}} {{Color box|#FFCB04}} {{Color box|black}} {{Color box|white}}<br />
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| owner = Venkatesh Movva<br />
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| coach = Praveen Kumar Reddy Chintala<br />
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| nickname = '''''The Kings'''''<br />
| league = [[Elite Football League of India]]<br />
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The '''Hyderabad Skykings''' were a professional [[American football]] team based in [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]. They were members of the East Division in the [[Elite Football League of India]].<br />
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Originally based in [[Kandy]], [[Sri Lanka]] and called the '''Kandy Skykings''', the team formally joined the league in 2011 and began play in the [[2012 Elite Football League of India season|2012]] season.<br />
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==Franchise history==<br />
[[File:Hyderabad Skykings.jpg|right|thumb|260px|Skykings logo (2011-2013). A variation of this logo without the word ''Sky'' is used by the [[Kandy Kings]], a newly formed team in 2015.]]<br />
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==Current roster==<br />
{| class="toccolours plainlist" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
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! colspan=10 style="background-color: #00B0E2; color: Black; border:2px solid #FFCB04; text-align: center;" | Hyderabad Skykings roster<br />
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Quarterbacks'''<br />
* 15 [[Ronit Banda]]<br />
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'''Running backs'''<br />
* 44 [[Sandeep Reddy Pothireddy]]<br />
* 27 [[Santhosh Sandri]]<br />
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'''Wide receivers'''<br />
* 18 [[Veera Manikanta Reddy Gade]]<br />
* 22 [[R P Raja]]<br />
* 81 [[Sudheer Yadav B]]<br />
* 10 [[Roshan Naidu]]<br />
* 84 [[Avaneesh Penumarthi]]<br />
* 11 Rahul Dev<br />
* 7 [[Laxmi Narayana]]<br />
* 75 [[Tarun Raj]]<br />
| style="width: 25px;" | <br />
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Offensive linemen'''<br />
* 67 Mohammed Khan<br />
* 78 [[Santhosh Sarang]]<br />
* 79 [[Abhinav Yadavalli]]<br />
* 56 [[Sai Ganesh Adabala]]<br />
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'''Defensive linemen'''<br />
* 62 [[Manoj Darshan Racherla]]<br />
* 64 [[Srikar Reddy G]]<br />
* 69 [[Ravi Kiran P]]<br />
* 53 [[Abhinay Sira]]<br />
* 63 [[Rakesh Kumar K]]<br />
* 51 [[Sudheer Goud]]<br />
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Linebackers'''<br />
* 58 [[Paramesh M]]<br />
* 52 [[Prashanth Reddy Suram]]<br />
* 99 [[Naveen Kumar Kunku]]<br />
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'''Defensive backs'''<br />
* 54 [[Santhosh Yerrabolu]]<br />
* 59 [[Ketan Joga]]<br />
* 36 [[Manohar S]]<br />
* 77 [[Sarath Banoth]]<br />
* 52 [[Kartheek K]]<br />
* 22 [[R P Raja]]<br />
* 28 [[Vinay Preetham P]]<br />
* 83 [[Wasim Akaram Md]]<br />
* 25 [[Suraj Shinde]]<br />
* 02 Vijay<br />
* 50 [[Khannaya]]<br />
* 95 [[Shiva Guturu]]<br />
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==Coaches==<br />
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===Head coaches===<br />
Praveen kumar reddy chintala ,Hyderbad<br />
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==2012 Season==<br />
By the end of the regular season the Skykings were placed third in the east division.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.efli.com/scores-and-stats/efli/east |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-10-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928020849/http://www.efli.com/scores-and-stats/efli/east |archivedate=28 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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===Roster===<br />
{| class="toccolours plainlist" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
|-<br />
! colspan=10 style="background-color: #06196c; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #F0BF00;text-align: center;" | Kandy Skykings roster<br />
|-<br />
| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Quarterbacks'''<br />
* 16 Dulik Bandara<br />
* 15 Kanishka Konara<br />
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'''Running Backs'''<br />
* 21 Nimesh Ediriweera<br />
* 29 Chathura Piyasena<br />
* 22 Sameera Senanayake<br />
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'''Wide Receivers'''<br />
* 81 Yohan Arsarathna<br />
* 8 Malinga Godigamuwa<br />
* 85 Ashan Jayasekara<br />
* 89 Disham Jayasekara<br />
* 80 Ranil Perera<br />
* 25 Dunanjaya Samaradiwakara<br />
* 1 Kasun Waduge<br />
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Offensive Linemen'''<br />
* 56 Chamika Abeykoon<br />
* 75 Kavinda Bakmeedeniya<br />
* 68 Ananda Bandara<br />
* 92 Thurshara Indrajith<br />
* 55 Pradeep Karunathilaka<br />
* 65 Suranga Priydharshana<br />
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'''Defensive Linemen'''<br />
* 83 Janaka Bandara<br />
* 97 Dinender Dassanayake<br />
* 67 Percy Gunarathne<br />
* 95 Geethanjana Madushanka<br />
* 93 Amith Siriwardana<br />
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| style="font-size: 95%;vertical-align:top;" | '''Linebackers'''<br />
* 45 Akila Amarathunga<br />
* 11 Nevin Jayasinghe<br />
* 37 Mohomad Rizvi<br />
* 43 Chetetya Wadugodapitiya<br />
* 40 Thusan Wimalasiri<br />
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'''Defensive Backs'''<br />
* 26 Layan Chathuranga<br />
* 7 Dikshan Cramera<br />
* 24 Supun Dissanayake<br />
* 9 Dilum Jayaweera<br />
* 27 Sahan Sahanpriya<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|http://www.hyderabadskykings.com}}<br />
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{{Elite Football League of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Elite Football League of India]]<br />
[[Category:American football teams in India]]<br />
[[Category:American football teams established in 2011]]<br />
[[Category:Sport in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:2011 establishments in Sri Lanka]]</div>
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