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Gujarat Giants
Full nameGujarat Giants
Short nameGiants
SportKabaddi
Founded2017 (2017)
First season2017
Last season2023
LeaguePro Kabaddi League
Based inAhmedabad
StadiumEKA Arena by TransStadia (4,000)
Colors  
AnthemGarjega Gujarat
OwnerAdani Wilmar Ltd.
Head coachRam Mehar Singh
CaptainFazel Atrachali[1]
Websitegujaratgiants.com
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Gujarat Giants (formerly known as Gujarat Fortune Giants) is a professional kabaddi team based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League. The team is currently led by Fazel Atrachali and coached by Ram Mehar Singh. The team is owned by Adani Wilmar Ltd.[2] The Giants play their home matches at The Arena by TransStadia. They reached the final in both of their attempts in 2017 and 2018, finishing runner's up on both occasions to the Patna Pirates and Bengaluru Bulls respectively.

Team identity

Name

Gujarat Giants was known as Gujarat Fortune Giants before season 8. Fortune word represented Adani's Adani Wilmar (Fortune) Brand.

Logo and mascot

The logo of Gujarat Giant has an illustration of a muscular man. This is the Tilak on the forehead of the mascot. Also he wears red dhoti. This muscular man exemplifies Gujarat Giants' core values of Power, strength and vigor, much needed in the game of Kabaddi. The logo also captures the action and emotion of an energetic and fierce man.

Anthem

" Garjega Gujarat" is the current anthem. It was sung by Daler Mehandi and Gujarati Folk singer Kirtidan Gadhvi, Composed by Musical duo Salim–Sulaiman.

Current squad

No Name Nat Position
More G B India Raider
Sonu Jaglan India Raider
Jagdeep India Right Raider
10 Rakesh Sungroya India Raider
11 Parteek Dahiya India Raider
Nitin Jaglan India Raider
1 Fazel Atrachali Captain Iran Defender
Ravi Kumar India Defender - Right Cover
Sombir India Defender
5 Sourav Gulia India Defender
Manuj India Defender - Right Corner
Deepak Singh India Defender - Right Cover
Nitesh India Defender-Left Corner
8 Rohit Gulia India All-Rounder
Vikash Jaglan India All- Rounder
Arkam Shaikh India All-Rounder
2 Mohammad Esmaeil Nabibakhsh Iran All-Rounder
Jitender Yadav India All-rounder
Balaji D India All-Rounder
Rohan Singh India All-Rounder
Source: Pro Kabaddi[3]

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Seasons

Season V

Main article: 2017 Pro Kabaddi League season

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team
Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) 22 15 4 3 126 87
Puneri Paltan 22 15 7 0 91 80
Haryana Steelers 22 13 5 4 40 79
U Mumba 22 10 12 0 -50 56
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 8 13 1 -91 51
Dabang Delhi KC 22 5 16 1 -134 29

Zone B

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengal Warriors 22 11 5 6 19 77
Patna Pirates (C) 22 10 7 5 60 71
UP Yoddha 22 8 10 4 2 60
Bengaluru Bulls 22 8 11 3 10 57
Telugu Titans 22 7 12 3 -2 52
Tamil Thalaivas 22 6 14 2 -71 46

Source: ProKabaddi

Season VI

Main article: 2018_Pro_Kabaddi_League_season

The teams are divided into two zones with each zone having six teams based on their geographical proximity. Each team will play 15 intra-zonal matches and 7 inter-zonal matches.
Zone A

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Gujarat Fortune Giants (R) 22 17 3 2 117 93
U Mumba 22 15 5 2 189 86
Dabang Delhi KC 22 11 9 2 -1 68
Puneri Paltan 22 8 12 2 -45 52
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 6 13 3 -69 43
Haryana Steelers 22 6 14 2 -91 42

Zone B

Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Bengaluru Bulls (C) 22 13 7 2 104 78
Bengal Warriors 22 12 8 2 2 69
UP Yoddha 22 8 10 4 -45 57
Patna Pirates 22 9 11 2 -36 55
Telugu Titans 22 8 13 1 -55 51
Tamil Thalaivas 22 5 13 4 -70 42

Source: ProKabaddi

Season VII

Main article: 2019 Pro Kabaddi League season
Team Pld W L D SD Pts
Dabang Delhi KC (R) 22 15 4 3 66 85
Bengal Warriors (C) 22 14 5 3 71 83
UP Yoddha 22 13 7 2 9 74
U Mumba 22 12 8 2 47 72
Haryana Steelers 22 13 8 1 15 71
Bengaluru Bulls 22 11 10 1 16 64
Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 9 11 2 -13 58
Patna Pirates 22 8 13 1 29 51
Gujarat Forunte Giants 22 7 13 2 18 51
Puneri Paltan 22 7 12 3 -72 48
Telugu Titans 22 6 13 3 -67 45
Tamil Thalaivas 22 4 15 3 -119 37

Source: ProKabaddi


Season VIII

Main article: 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League


Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Patna Pirates (R) 22 16 5 1 120 86 Qualification to semi finals
2 Dabang Delhi (C) 22 12 6 4 -3 75
3 UP Yoddha 22 10 9 3 33 68 Qualification to eliminators
4 Gujarat Giants 22 10 8 4 2 67
5 Bengaluru Bulls 22 11 9 2 53 66
6 Puneri Paltan 22 12 9 1 33 66
7 Haryana Steelers 22 10 9 3 -28 64
8 Jaipur Pink Panthers 22 10 10 2 14 63
9 Bengal Warriors 22 9 10 3 -18 57
10 U Mumba 22 7 10 5 -34 55
11 Tamil Thalaivas 22 5 11 6 -42 47
12 Telugu Titans 22 1 17 4 -130 27
Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2022. Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up


Season IX

Main article: 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season


Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Jaipur Pink Panthers (C) 22 15 6 1 174 82 Qualification to semi finals
2 Puneri Paltan (R) 22 14 6 2 66 80
3 Bengaluru Bulls 22 13 8 1 39 74 Qualification to eliminators
4 UP Yoddha 22 12 8 2 42 71
5 Tamil Thalaivas 22 10 8 4 5 66
6 Dabang Delhi 22 10 10 2 17 63
7 Haryana Steelers 22 10 10 2 16 61
8 Gujarat Giants 22 9 11 2 -16 59
9 U Mumba 22 10 12 0 -28 56
10 Patna Pirates 22 8 11 3 -58 54
11 Bengal Warriors 22 8 11 3 -12 53
12 Telugu Titans 22 2 20 0 -245 15
Source: ProKabaddi
(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up


Season X

Main article: 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League
Pos Team
 Pld W L T SD Pts
1 Puneri Paltan (A) 20 15 2 3 236 86 Qualification to semi finals
2 Jaipur Pink Panthers (A) 20 14 3 3 125 82
3 Dabang Delhi (A) 21 12 6 3 45 74 Qualification to eliminators
4 Patna Pirates (A) 21 11 7 3 57 68
5 Gujarat Giants (A) 20 12 8 0 34 65
6 Haryana Steelers 18 11 6 1 3 60
7 Bengal Warriors 21 9 10 2 -6 55
8 Bengaluru Bulls (E) 20 7 11 2 -73 48
9 Tamil Thalaivas (E) 21 8 13 0 -5 46
10 U Mumba (E) 20 6 12 2 -73 41
11 UP Yoddhas (E) 20 4 15 1 -107 29
12 Telugu Titans (E) 20 2 18 0 -236 17
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2024. Source: ProKabaddi
Rules for classification:
  • 5 points for a win
  • 3 points for a tied game
  • 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated

Records

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season

Seasons Total Wins Tied Losses Position
Season 5 24 16 3 5 1
Season 6 25 18 2 5 1
Season 7 22 7 2 13 8
Season 8 22 10 8 4 4
Season 9 22 9 2 11 8
Season 10 2 2 0 0 1

By opposition

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Opposition Played Won Lost Drawn % Win
Bengal Warriors 10 4 4 2 40%
Bengaluru Bulls 12 6 5 1 50%
Dabang Delhi 13 5 6 2 38.5%
Haryana Steelers 13 4 8 1 30.8%
Jaipur Pink Panthers 13 6 5 2 46.2%
Patna Pirates 12 6 6 0 50%
Puneri Paltan 13 8 4 1 61.5%
Tamil Thalaivas 9 5 3 1 55.6%
Telugu Titans 10 9 1 0 90%
U Mumba 13 8 4 1 61.5%
UP Yoddha 10 6 2 2 60%
Total 128 67 48 13 52.3%

Sponsors

Year Season Kit Manufacturer Main Sponsor Back Sponsor Sleeve Sponsor
2017 V Shiv-Naresh Adani Simpolo Fogg
2018 VI Fru2go Johnson Tiles Adani
2019 VII Finolex Fortune
2021 VIII WinZO Astral
2022 IX 1xBat Ambuja Cements
2023 X ACC Fortune

References

  1. ^ "VIVO PKL 2018 AUCTION: BUILDING A TEAM THE 'MONEYBALL' WAY".
  2. ^ "Gujarat Fortunegiants: Team News, Owner, Coach, Photos, Videos, Highlights - myKhel.com". mykhelcom. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Gujarat Giants Team 2023-24 | Player List, Name, Bio, Stats, Records, Squads - vivo Pro Kabaddi". Pro Kabaddi.
  4. ^ "GFG Squad". Gujarat Giants. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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