Soorma Hockey Club is a professional field hockey franchise team based in Punjab and Haryana that competes in the Hockey India League.[1] It is owned by JSW Sports.[2] At the 2024–25 edition, the women's team was the runners-up while the men's was third.[3]
Jeroen Baart is the head coach and Sardar Singh is the mentor of the men's team. Jude Menezes is the head coach and Rani Rampal is the mentor of the women's team.[4]
Ownership
The Soorma Hockey Club is owned by JSW Sports of JSW Group.[5] Parth Jindal is the managing director of the company. They also own other sports franchises such as the Pro Kabaddi League team Haryana Steelers, the Indian Super League team Bengaluru FC, the Indian Premier League team Delhi Capitals, the SA20 team Pretoria Capitals, and the International League team Dubai Capitals.[6]
Men's squad
2024–25
| Player | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | |||
| Vincent Vanasch |  Belgium
| ||
| Jashandeep Singh |  India
| ||
| Mohith H S | India
| ||
| Defenders | |||
| Harmanpreet Singh (C) | India
| ||
| Jeremy Hayward |  Australia
| ||
| Gurinder Singh | India
| ||
| Nicolás Della Torre |  Argentina
| ||
| Sukhvinder Singh | India
| ||
| Ashu Maurya | India
| ||
| Pradip Mandal | India
| ||
| Midfielders | |||
| Vivek Prasad | India
| ||
| Victor Wegnez | Belgium
| ||
| Ankush | India
| ||
| Harjeet Singh | India
| ||
| Nicolas Poncelet | Belgium
| ||
| Sunit Lakra | India
| ||
| Prabhjot Singh | India
| ||
| Forwards | |||
| Nicolás Keenan | Argentina
| ||
| Gurjant Singh | India
| ||
| Harish Mutagar | India
| ||
| Boris Burkhardt |  Netherlands
| ||
| Maninder Singh | India
| ||
| Pawan Rajbhar | India
| ||
| Phil Roper |  United Kingdom
| ||
Women's squad
2025
Personnel
Staff
| Position | Team | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|
| M | W | ||
| Coach | Jeroen Baart
|
Jude Menezes
|
|
| Mentor | Sardar Singh
|
Rani Rampal
|
[7] |
Coaches
| Coach | Nationality | Team | Duration | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeroen Baart | Belgium
|
M | 2024–present | [8] |
| Jude Menezes | India
|
W | 2025–present | [9] |
Goalscorers
Men's team
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harmanpreet Singh | India
|
5 |
| 2 | Gurjant Singh | India
|
4 |
| 3 | Prabhjot Singh | India
|
3 |
| 4 | Harjeet Singh | India
|
2 |
| 4 | Nicolás Della Torre | Argentina
|
2 |
| 4 | Maninder Singh | India
|
2 |
| 4 | Jeremy Hayward | Australia
|
2 |
| 5 | Harish Mutagar | India
|
1 |
| 5 | Pawan Rajbhar | India
|
1 |
| 5 | Nicolás Keenan | Argentina
|
1 |
Source: HIL
Women's team
| Rank | Player | Nationality | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlotte Englebert | Belgium
|
5 |
| 2 | Sonam | India
|
4 |
| 3 | Hina Bano | India
|
2 |
| 3 | Penny Squibb | Australia
|
2 |
| 4 | Olivia Shannon |  New Zealand
|
1 |
| 4 | Salima Tete | India
|
1 |
| 4 | Charlotte Stapenhorst |  Germany
|
1 |
Source: HIL
Performance record
| Season | Team | Standing | Result | Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | Shootout | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | ||||||||
| 2024–2025 | M | #2 of 8 | Third Place | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| W | #1 of 4 | Runners Up | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025–2026 | |||||||||
References
- ^ Sportstar, Team (13 October 2024). "Soorma Hockey Club (Punjab), Hockey India League 2024-25: Full list of players after auction, remaining purse". Sportstar. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Hockey India League auction live, Day 1: Over 500 men's players go under the hammer". ESPN. 12 October 2024. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
- ^ "HIL: JSW Soorma Hockey Club beat Tamil Nadu Dragons 3-2 in thrilling bronze medal match". The Tribune. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (13 October 2024). "Hockey India League 2024-25: Sardar Singh, Rani Rampal roped in by Soorma Hockey Club". Sportstar. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Welcome to JSW Sports". JSW Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Parth Jindal And JSW Sports: Building India's Olympics Ecosystem - Forbes India". www.forbesindia.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
- ^ "Hockey India League: Soorma Hockey Club Rope in Sardar Singh, Rani Rampal as Mentors of Men's, Women's Teams". News18. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ ""Harmapreet is cold-blooded and composed, I share a special bond with him": Soorma Hockey Club coach Baart". ANI News. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
- ^ Dey, Santadeep (24 January 2025). "Soorma Hockey head coach Jude Menezes: Focused on HIL for now, open to senior national team role in future". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 26 January 2025.