Hyderabad Skykings

Hyderabad Skykings
Nickname The Kings
Founded 2011
League EFLI
Based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Stadium Gachibowli Stadium, 30,000-capacity (Skykings use various stadiums for home games, like all EFL clubs)
Colors Cerulean Blue, Supernova Gold, Black, White
                   
Owner(s) Venkatesh Movva
Head coach Praveen Kumar Reddy Chintala
Website www.hyderabadskykings.com

The Hyderabad Skykings are a professional American football team based in Hyderabad, India. They are members of the East Division in the Elite Football League of India (EFLI).

Originally based in Kandy, Sri Lanka and called the Kandy Skykings, the team formally joined the EFLI in 2011 and began play in the 2012 season.

Franchise history

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.

Current Roster

Hyderabad Skykings roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Ronit Banda

Running backs

  • 44 Sandeep Reddy Pothireddy
  • 27 Santhosh Sandri

Wide receivers

  • 18 Veera Manikanta Reddy Gade
  • 22 R P Raja
  • 81 Sudheer Yadav B
  • 10 Roshan Naidu
  • 84 Avaneesh Penumarthi
  • 11 Rahul Dev
  • 7 Laxmi Narayana
  • 75 Tarun Raj
 Offensive linemen
  • 67 Mohammed Khan
  • 78 Santhosh Sarang
  • 79 Abhinav Yadavalli
  • 56 Sai Ganesh Adabala

Defensive linemen

  • 62 Manoj Darshan R
  • 64 Srikar Reddy G
  • 69 Ravi Kiran P
  • 53 Abhinay Sira
  • 63 Rakesh Kumar K
  • 51 Sudheer Goud
 Linebackers
  • 58 Paramesh M
  • 52 Prashanth Reddy Suram
  • 99 Naveen Kumar Kunku

Defensive backs

  • 54 Santhosh Yerrabolu
  • 59 Ketan Joga
  • 36 Manohar S
  • 77 Sarath Banoth
  • 52 Kartheek K
  • 22 R P Raja
  • 28 Vinay Preetham P
  • 83 Wasim Akaram Md
  • 25 Suraj Shinde
  • 02 Vijay
  • 50 Khannaya
  • 95 Shiva Guturu

Coaches

Head Coaches

Adwait Bhoyar, Mumbai's football king

2012 Season

By the end of the regular season the Skykings were placed third in the east division.[1]

Roster

Kandy Skykings roster
Quarterbacks
  • 16 Dulik Bandara
  • 15 Kanishka Konara

Running Backs

  • 21 Nimesh Ediriweera
  • 29 Chathura Piyasena
  • 22 Sameera Senanayake

Wide Receivers

  • 81 Yohan Arsarathna
  • 8 Malinga Godigamuwa
  • 85 Ashan Jayasekara
  • 89 Disham Jayasekara
  • 80 Ranil Perera
  • 25 Dunanjaya Samaradiwakara
  • 1 Kasun Waduge
 Offensive Linemen
  • 56 Chamika Abeykoon
  • 75 Kavinda Bakmeedeniya
  • 68 Ananda Bandara
  • 92 Thurshara Indrajith
  • 55 Pradeep Karunathilaka
  • 65 Suranga Priydharshana

Defensive Linemen

  • 83 Janaka Bandara
  • 97 Dinender Dassanayake
  • 67 Percy Gunarathne
  • 95 Geethanjana Madushanka
  • 93 Amith Siriwardana
 Linebackers
  • 45 Akila Amarathunga
  • 11 Nevin Jayasinghe
  • 37 Mohomad Rizvi
  • 43 Chetetya Wadugodapitiya
  • 40 Thusan Wimalasiri

Defensive Backs

  • 26 Layan Chathuranga
  • 7 Dikshan Cramera
  • 24 Supun Dissanayake
  • 9 Dilum Jayaweera
  • 27 Sahan Sahanpriya

References

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