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Hyderabad Skykings
NicknameThe Kings
Founded2011
LeagueElite Football League of India
Based inHyderabad, Telangana, India
StadiumGachibowli Stadium, 30,000-capacity (Skykings use various stadiums for home games, like all EFL clubs)
ColorsCerulean Blue, Supernova Gold, Black, White
       
OwnerVenkatesh Movva
Head coachPraveen Kumar Reddy Chintala
Websitewww.hyderabadskykings.com

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.

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 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

Running backs

Wide receivers

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Coaches

Head coaches

Praveen Kumar Reddy Chintala, Hyderabad

2012 season

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

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

  1. "East Division". Archived from the original on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.

External links

Elite Football League of India
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