Football league
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| Organising body | Gujarat State Football Association |
|---|---|
| Country | India |
| Number of clubs | 6 |
| TV partners | FIFA+ GSFA (YouTube) |
| Website | GSL |
| Current: 2024 Gujarat Super League | |
The Gujarat Super League is a men's franchise football league in the state of Gujarat, organized by the Gujarat State Football Association. The competition consisted of 6 teams in the initial season. All the matches are hosted at EKA Arena in Ahmedabad.
Format
It is held in a single round-robin format, with the top two teams at the end of the league stage contesting the final.
The players will be selected by draft. In the inaugural draft, 250 players from Gujarat will be included.
Teams
Gandhinagar GiantsSaurashtra SpartansVadodara WarriorsSurat Strikers
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad clubs: Ahmedabad Avengers
Karnavati Knightsclass=notpageimage| Locations of the GSL clubs
| Team | City | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad Avengers | Ahmedabad | God TMT, VIVAN Steel (Sahil Patel & Shalin Patel) |
| Gandhinagar Giants | Gandhinagar | Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (Prashant Sanghvi), ANVI Sports |
| Karnavati Knights | Ahmedabad | The Address (Yash Shah & Advita Patel) |
| Saurashtra Spartans | Saurashtra | Axita Cotton (Kushal Patel) |
| Surat Strikers | Surat | Loyal Equipments (Alkesh Patel) |
| Vadodara Warriors | Vadodara | K&D Communication (Kamlesh Gohil) |
Sponsorship
Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) and the Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) are the main and associate sponsors of the GSL, respectively.
Management
| Team | Head coach | Assistant coach | Team manager | Physio |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad Avengers | Tapas Ghosh | Ashish Sadhu | Kshitij Jain | Haresh Prajapati |
| Gandhinagar Giants | Shakti Chauhan | Kamlesh Maradia | Gulab Singh | Pritesh Ankleshvariya |
| Karnavati Knights | Dharmesh Patel | Llewellyn Pinto | Dhaval Parmar | Aniket Solanki |
| Saurashtra Spartans | Anil Patel | Anil Tomar | Naren Trivedi | Chintan Jain |
| Surat Strikers | Balpreet Singh | Antrix Patel | Hardip Majirana | Anil Kewat |
| Vadodara Warriors | Salim Pathan | Darshansinh Raol | Savio D’Costa | Arth Joshi |
Awards
The champions of the GSL will receive a prize money of ₹11 lakhs, while the runners-up will receive ₹5 lakhs. Individually, the best players in eight different categories will get a prize money of ₹25,000 each on the basis of their performance throughout the tournament.
Broadcasting
After the Santosh Trophy, the GSL became the second Indian football tournament to be streamed globally on FIFA+.
| Territory | Broadcaster(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|
| GSFA (YouTube) | ||
| FIFA+ |
See also
References
- ^ "Inaugural season of six-team Gujarat Super League to kick off on May 1". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- DeshGujarat (28 March 2024). "Gujarat Super League to Revolutionize Football Landscape in Gujarat". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- "Gujarat Super League trophy unveiled". 25 April 2024.