UP Yoddhas

UP Yoddhas (Previously known as UP Yoddha) is a professional kabbadi team of Pro Kabaddi League, based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. It is owned by GMR Group. It was founded in 2017.

UP Yoddhas

Full name	Uttar Pradesh Yoddhas
Short name	UPY
Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2017
First season	2017
Last season	2023
League	Vivo Pro Kabaddi League
Based in	Lucknow
Location	Uttar Pradesh
Arena	Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik Sports Complex
Colours
Anthem	Hum Hai Yoddha (We are warriors)
Owner	GMR Group
Head coach	Jasveer Singh
Captain	Pardeep Narwal
Playoff berths	4
Assistant coach	Jeeva Kumar
Current season

The Yoddhas play their home matches at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow. The team made it to the playoffs in every season since its inception in 2017.

Current squad (PKL 10)

No	Name	Nat	Position
9	Pardeep Narwal		Raider
	Gulveer Singh		Raider
11	Surender Gill		Raider
	Mahipal		Raider
	Anil Kumar		Raider
	Gagana Gowda		Right Raider
	Shivam Chaudhary		Left Raider
2	Nitesh Kumar		Defender
5	Harendra Kumar		Defender - Left Cover
10	Sumit		Defender - Left Corner
44	Ashu Singh		Defender - Right Cover
	Kiran Magar		Defender - Left Corner
	Hitesh		Defender - Right Corner
1	Vijay Malik		All-Rounder
	Gurdeep		All-Rounder
	Nitin Panwar		All-Rounder
	Helvic Wanjala		All-Rounder
	Samuel Wafula		All-Rounder
Source: Pro Kabaddi^[1]

Head coach record

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%
Jasveer Singh^[2]	India	2017	present	1	1	0	0	100.00

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 v t e	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 v t e	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

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

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

•   advanced to Qualifier 1
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
• Top three teams from each zone qualify for the playoffs

Season VII

Main article: 2019 Pro Kabaddi League season

Team v t e	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

•   advanced to Finals
•   advanced to Eliminators
• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer
• Top 6 teams qualify for the playoffs

Season VIII

Main article: 2021–22 Pro Kabaddi League

Pos	Team v t e	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

• Five (5) points for a win
• Three (3) points each for a drawn game
• One (1) point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season IX

Main article: 2022 Pro Kabaddi League season

Pos	Team v t e	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

• 5 points for a win
• 3 points for a tied game
• 1 point for a loss by 7 points or fewer

Season X

Main article: 2023-24 Pro Kabaddi League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	SD	Pts
1	Puneri Paltan (C)	22	17	2	3	253	96	Qualification to semi finals
2	Jaipur Pink Panthers	22	16	3	3	141	92
3	Dabang Delhi	22	13	6	3	53	79	Qualification to eliminators
4	Gujarat Giants	22	13	9	0	32	70
5	Haryana Steelers (R)	22	13	8	1	-13	70
6	Patna Pirates	22	11	8	3	50	69
7	Bengal Warriors	22	9	11	2	-43	55
8	Bengaluru Bulls	22	8	12	2	-67	53
9	Tamil Thalaivas	22	9	13	0	32	51
10	U Mumba	22	6	13	3	-79	45
11	UP Yoddhas	22	4	17	1	-116	31
12	Telugu Titans	22	2	19	1	-243	21

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

(C) Champion; (R) Runners Up

Records

Overall results Pro Kabbaddi season

Seasons	Total	Wins	Losses	Tied	% Win	Position
Season 5	23	8	15	11	43.48%	3
Season 6	25	10	15	11	48.00%	3
Season 7	23	13	10	8	60.87%	3
Season 8	22	10	9	3	45.00%	3
Season 9	22	12	8	2		4
Season 10

By opposition

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Opposition	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Win
Bengal Warriors	14	4	5	5	28.6%
Bengaluru Bulls	15	6	9	0	40.0%
Dabang Delhi	10	6	4	0	60.0%
Gujarat Fortune Giants	10	2	6	2	20.0%
Haryana Steelers	9	4	3	2	44.4%
Jaipur Pink Panthers	10	5	5	0	50.0%
Patna Pirates	14	5	8	1	35.7%
Puneri Paltan	11	6	5	0	54.5%
Tamil Thalaivas	14	5	6	3	35.7%
Telugu Titans	13	9	2	2	69.2%
U Mumba	11	5	5	1	45.5%
Total	131	57	58	16	43.5%

Sponsors

Year	Season	Kit Manufacturer	Main Sponsor	Back Sponsor	Sleeve Sponsor
2017	V	T10 Sports	Tata Yodha^[3]	Karbonn Mobiles	GMR
2018	VI			Suzuki Access 125	Captain Morgan Cola
2019	VII			Valvoline	GMR
2021	VIII	Sqad Gear	ABP News	Iodex
2022	IX	Shiv-Naresh	Fantasy Akhada	Batwinner
2023	X		Vision11	Citykart	Royal Enfield

References

1. "UP Yoddha Full Squad". Pro Kabbaddi.
2. "Player Listing".
3. "Tata Yodha associates with UP Yoddha". The Economic Times. 25 July 2017.