U Mumba

U Mumba

Full name	U Mumba
Sport	Kabaddi
Founded	2014
First season	2014
Last season	2023
League	PKL
Based in	Mumbai
Stadium	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium (5,000)
Colors
Owner	Unilazer Ventures Ronnie Screwvala
CEO	Suhail Chandhok
Head coach	Gholamreza Mazandarani[1] Anil Chaprana
Captain	Sunil Kumar
Championships	(2015)
Playoff berths	5
Biggest defeat
U Mumba 19–41 Puneri Paltan 26 June 2016, Season 4
Website	www.usports.in/umumba
Current season

U Mumba is a professional kabaddi team based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that plays in the Pro Kabaddi League.^[2] The franchise is currently led by Sunil Kumar, and coached by Anil Chaprana and Gholamreza Mazandarani. The team is owned by Unilazer Ventures Pvt. Ltd with co-founders Ronnie Screwvala and Supratik Sen. U Mumba play their home matches at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium.

In the inaugural season of the PKL, U Mumba were one of the most dominant teams in the league but lost the ultimate match of the competition, thus ending as runner's up to the Jaipur Pink Panthers.^[3] In 2015, they were out to make up for their mistakes and successfully won the tournament after defeating Bengaluru Bulls in the Final.^[4] Later next season in 2016(January), U Mumba lived up to the tag of the best team in PKL history and made their third successive PKL final before eventually ending as runner's up, as they were defeated by the Patna Pirates by a narrow margin despite a lion hearted comeback in the second half of the final.

Ahead of the June 2016 season, in the PKL auction, U Mumba lost many of their key players who were a part of the squad that reached three consecutive finals. The team wasn't able to deal with the changes as they failed to make the playoffs in the following two seasons- 2016(June) season and 2017. An inspired change of personnel by the owners ahead of the 2018-19 season, saw U Mumba regain their lost touch and qualified for the playoffs after two failed attempts. In the process U Mumba once again became the force they once were, and ended the league stage with dominant wins and the most highest score difference than any other team. But inability to peak in big games with narrow margins, saw them getting knocked out by the UP Yoddha in the playoffs.^[5]

U Mumba contest the Maharashtra derby against state rivals Puneri Paltan and have the bragging rights as well by winning 9 of the 15 encounters between the two teams.

In season 7, they went out in the 2nd semi-final losing to the eventual champions Bengal Warriors, by a score of 35–37.

Full Squad of U Mumba for Pro Kabaddi League Session 11;2022

No	Name	Nat	Position
	Manjeet		Raider
	Ajit Chouhan		Left Raider
	Satish Kannan		Right Raider
	Vishal Chaudhary		Right Raider
	M Dhanasekar		Raider
	Stuwart Singh		Right Raider
	Sunny		Defender - Left Cover
	Lokesh Ghosliya		Defender - Left Corner
	Shubham Kumar		All-rounder
	Amirmohammad Zafardanesh		All-rounder
	Rohit Raghav		All Rounder
	Amin Ghorbani		Defender
	Deepak Kundu		Defender - Left Corner
	Parvesh Bhainswal		Defender - Left Cover
	Sunil Kumar		Defender
	Gokulakannan M		Defender - Right Cover
01	Rinku		Defender - Right Corner
	Bittu		Defender - Right Corner
	Sombir		Defender - Left Corner
	Mukilan Shanmugam		Defender - Left Cover
Source: Pro Kabaddi[6]

U Mumba finished runners-up in the first season after losing to Jaipur Pink Panthers in the finals.^[7]

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Jaipur Pink Panthers (C)	14	10	3	1	100	54
U Mumba (R)	14	8	3	3	59	51
Bengaluru Bulls (4)	14	8	5	1	36	47
Patna Pirates (3)	14	7	5	2	18	45
Telugu Titans	14	6	5	3	26	42
Dabang Delhi KC	14	5	8	1	-27	32
Bengal Warriors	14	4	9	1	-85	24
Puneri Paltan	14	2	12	0	-127	17

This season U Mumba finished the league as the Champions.

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
U Mumba (C)	14	12	2	0	40	60
Telugu Titans (3)	14	8	3	3	85	50
Bengaluru Bulls (R)	14	9	5	0	55	48
Patna Pirates (4)	14	7	6	1	-18	41
Jaipur Pink Panthers	14	6	7	1	43	38
Bengal Warriors	14	4	9	1	-63	27
Dabang Delhi KC	14	4	9	1	-68	27
Puneri Paltan	14	2	11	1	-74	21

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
U Mumba (R)	14	12	2	0	95	60
Patna Pirates (C)	14	10	2	2	104	58
Puneri Paltan (3)	14	7	4	3	92	48
Bengal Warriors (4)	14	9	5	0	26	47
Telugu Titans	14	7	7	0	-10	38
Jaipur Pink Panthers	14	4	8	2	-63	28
Bengaluru Bulls	14	2	12	0	-102	14
Dabang Delhi KC	14	1	12	1	-142	11

Team	Pld	W	L	D	SD	Pts
Patna Pirates (C)	14	10	4	0	14	52
Telugu Titans	14	8	4	2	67	50
Jaipur Pink Panthers (R)	14	8	5	1	22	47
Puneri Paltan	14	6	6	2	23	42
U Mumba	14	7	6	1	-18	42
Bengaluru Bulls	14	5	8	1	-55	32
Dabang Delhi KC	14	4	9	1	7	29
Bengal Warriors	14	3	9	2	-60	26

Source:www.prokabaddi.com

•   Advanced to the Playoff Stage
• 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win%
Bhaskaran Edachery	India	2014	2017	32	23	3	6	071.88
Gholamreza Mazandarani	Iran	2018	2018	23	15	6	2	065.22
Sanjeev Kumar Baliyan	India	2019	2019	23	13	2	8	056.52
Rajaguru Subramanian	India	2020	2022	22	7	10	5	031.82
Anil Chaprana	India	2022	2023	22	10	12	0	045.45
Gholamreza Mazandarani	Iran	2023	present	24	7	14	3	029.17

Seasons	Total	Wins	Tied	Losses	% Win	Position
Season 1	16	9	3	4	65.63%	Runners-Up
Season 2	16	14	0	2	87.50%	Champions
Season 3	16	13	0	3	81.25%	Runners-Up
Season 4	14	7	1	6	53.57%	5/8
Season 5	22	10	0	12	45.45%	7/12
Season 6	23	15	2	6	69.57%	3/12
Season 7	24	13	2	9	58.33%	4/12
Season 8	22	7	10	5	40%	10/12
Season 9	22	10	0	12		9/12
Season 10	22	6	3	13		10/12
Season 11	02	01	01	0

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Opposition	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	% Win
Bengal Warriors	20	14	5	1	70.0%
Bengaluru Bulls	20	14	6	0	70.0%
Dabang Delhi	22	12	9	1	54.5%
Gujarat Fortune Giants	14	4	9	1	28.5%
Haryana Steelers	15	7	6	2	46.6%
Jaipur Pink Panthers	23	10	11	2	43.4%
Patna Pirates	20	11	8	1	55.0%
Puneri Paltan	22	10	9	3	45.4%
Tamil Thalaivas	11	7	3	1	63.6%
Telugu Titans	18	10	5	3	55.5%
UP Yoddha	12	5	6	1	41.6%
Total	197	104	77	16	52.7%

U Mumba announced TATA Motors will continue as their principle sponsor for Season 4, 2016. Associate sponsors are Enerzal, TVS Tyres, Adidas, Killer Jeans, Lawman pg3, Amul Macho, Prayag, Red FM 93.5, Courtyard by Marriott, Smaaash and Wockhardt Hospitals

Year	Season	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor	Back sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
2014	I	TYKA	U Sports	Lenskart
2015	II		Nise Gel	Enerzal	Amul Macho
2016	III	Adidas	Tata Xenon	Amul Macho	Enerzal
	IV
2017	V		Zandu Gel	Manforce	Amul Macho
2018	VI		Indigo Paints	Syska	Xiaomi
2019	VII			Haldiram's	Fingers
2021	VIII	Puma	Sansui	Macho Hint	UpGrad
2022	IX		Parimatch News		Surya
2023	X	Nivia	MelBat		GreatWhite
2024	XI	SIX5SIX	UpGrad	KEI	Vihan