The Hyderabad Sultans was the Indian Premier Hockey League team from Hyderabad.^{[citation needed]} The squad was captained by Sardara Singh in the 2008 edition. They were winners of the first Premier Hockey League in 2005.^[2]

The club was formed in year 2005. Sultans, led by ever-dependable Dilip Tirkey, were crowned the champions of the inaugural PHL at home ground,^[2] held at the sprawling Gachibowli Sports Complex, with penalty corner specialist Sohail Abbas and Waseem Ahmad who helped the team score crucial wins with their combined moves in the first year. Sohail Abbas became the joint top-scorers of the league.^[3][4]

In the second year too, Hyderabad Sultans played well and were in contention for the final berth, but were edged out by Bangalore Lions on goal average. They won five out of the eight matches and had 13 points, just one less than the table toppers Chandigarh Dynamos and Hyderabad Sultans finished third in league.^[5] In the third year, Hyderabad Sultans failed miserably, winning just one match in the new format. They also lost their skipper Dilip Tirkey and many experienced players who joined Orissa Steelers, as they were promoted to the Premier division. Sultans ended at the bottom of the table, avoiding relegation as Second division was scrapped.^[6]

In the season of 2008 young Sardara Singh led the team, along with his brother Didar Singh, Bikas Toppo and Pawal Lakra, who were capable of making inroads into any defence. The team had an emerging drag-flicker in Diwakar Ram. The players to watch out were upcoming Promod Kumar, who was the fulcrum of the team, the foreign players Adnan Maqsood and Kamran Ahmed, along with Dutch goalkeeper Oscar Ter Weeme. The team also had a new coach in Madhukaran who was assisted by Alphonse Lazarus and they finished fourth, qualifying for play-off where they lost to Chandigarh Dynamos.^[7][8][9]

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As of 2008^[10]

Name	Country
Sardara Singh (captain)
Dinesh Ekka
Samir Baxla
Jasbir Singh
Diwakar Ram
Johnson Ekka
Anand Tirkey
Nitin Kumar
Didar Singh
Pramod Kumar
Bikas Toppo
Pawal Lakra
Veer Singh
Kulbhushan
K M Chengappa
Kamran Ahmed
Adnan Maqsood
Oscar Ter Weeme

Note: List of players is obtained from PHL website. The list might change in the near future.

Personnel

• Madhukaran (Chief coach)
• Alphonse Lazarus (Asst. coach)
• C R Bheem Singh (Physical trainer)
• P.Kanthaiah (Team manager)

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Former players

Name	Career	Country
Dilip Tirkey	2005–2006
S Rajasekhar	2005
Inderjeet Singh Chadha	2005
Ajitesh Rai	2005–2007
Harsha Vardhan	2005
Chandan Singh	2005
Suresh	2005
Lazarus Barla	2005–2006
Sameer Dad	2005–2006
Cyril Ekka	2005
Sreejesh	2005
Nitya Jayanand	2005–2006
Susan Topno	2005
Devesh Chauhan	2006–2007
Nitin Kumar	2006 – present
Johnson Ekka	2006 – present

Former players

Name	Career	Country
Prabhakar Singh	2006
Amit Srivastava	2006
Vikram Pillay	2006–2007
Veer Singh	2006 and 2008
M A Aleem	2006
Devender Pal Singh	2006
Pekrelo	2007
M. Nagraj	2007
Saranjeet Singh	2007
Didar Singh	2007–present
Sardara Singh	2007 – present
Vivek Gupta	2007
Rajinder Singh	2007
Maryland Amir Hayat	2007
Diwakar Ram	2007 – present
Baljit Singh Chandi	2007 – present

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Dates	Name	Country
2005	Suresh
2005	Ahmed Alam
2006	Salman Akbar
2006–2007	Devesh Chauhan
2007	Pfkerlo
2008	Oscar ter Weeme

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Dates	Name	Country
2005–2006	Dilip Tirkey
2007	Devesh Chauhan
2008 – present	Sardara Singh

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Name	Career	Country
Waseem Ahmad	2005
Ahmed Alam	2005
Sohail Abbas	2005
Salman Akbar	2006
Jorge Lombi	2006
Shakeel Abbasi	2006–2007
Ramón Alegre	2007
Sebastian Westerhout	2007
Tariq Aziz	2007
Kamran Ahmed	2008
Adnan Maqsood	2008
Oscar Ter Weeme	2008

• Premier Hockey League: 1
  • 2005^[2]