:Uttar Pradesh Wizards

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| fullname = Uttar Pradesh Wizards

| nickname = UP Wizards

| founded = 2012

| dissolved = 2017

| captain = V.R. Raghunath

| coach = Roelant Oltmans

| ground = Major Dhyan Chand Stadium
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

| capacity = 10,000

| owner = Sahara India Pariwar
Suresh Raina

| website = [http://www.uttarpradeshwizards.com/ Official website]

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The Uttar Pradesh Wizards was an Indian professional field hockey team based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh that played in the Hockey India League. It was owned by Sahara India.{{cite web|title= Roelant Oltmans set to become coach of Lucknow franchise|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/roelant-oltmans-set-to-become-coach-of-lucknow-franchise/309996-5-136.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217051329/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/roelant-oltmans-set-to-become-coach-of-lucknow-franchise/309996-5-136.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2012|work=CNN-IBN|date=11 December 2012|access-date=17 December 2012}}

Franchise details

=Ownership=

The team was owned by Sahara Adventure Sports Limited, a group company of Sahara India, starting from 23 July 2012.{{cite web|title= Sahara India Pariwar pick up Lucknow franchise of Hockey India League|url=http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/hockey/item/194059-sahara-india-pariwar-pick-up-lucknow-franchise-of-hockey-india-league|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130208124832/http://sports.ndtv.com/othersports/hockey/item/194059-sahara-india-pariwar-pick-up-lucknow-franchise-of-hockey-india-league|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 February 2013|work=NDTV Sports|access-date=16 December 2012}} Sahara India was also the main sponsor of Hockey India. This was the first franchise of Hockey India League to be bought.

In December 2014, Suresh Raina became the co-owner of Uttar Pradesh Wizards.{{cite news| url=http://www.sportsmirchi.com/raina-becomes-co-owner-of-hil-franchise-uttar-pradesh-wizards/ |title= Raina becomes co-owner of HIL Franchise Uttar Pradesh Wizards |access-date=21 January 2015}}

2017 squad

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colspan="2" \|Goalkeepers
style="text-align:left"\|Suraj Karkera \|style="text-align:left"\|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left"\|P. R. Sreejesh \|style="text-align:left"\|{{IND}}
colspan="2" \|Defenders
style="text-align:left" \|Wouter Jolie \| style="text-align:left" \|{{NED}}
style="text-align:left" \|Gonzalo Peillat \| style="text-align:left" \|{{ARG}}
style="text-align:left" \|V. R. Raghunath \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Gurinder Singh \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Nicholas Spooner \| style="text-align:left" \|{{RSA}}
style="text-align:left" \|Arthur van Doren \| style="text-align:left" \|{{BEL}}
colspan="2" \|Midfielders
style="text-align:left" \|Sander Baart \| style="text-align:left" \|{{NED}}
style="text-align:left" \|Agustin Mazzilli \| style="text-align:left" \|{{ARG}}
style="text-align:left" \|Eddie Ockenden \| style="text-align:left" \|{{AUS}}
style="text-align:left" \|Vikas Pillay \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Ajitesh Roy \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Chinglensana Singh \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Shamsher Singh \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Seve van Ass \| style="text-align:left" \|{{NED}}
colspan="2" \|Forwards
style="text-align:left" \|P. R. Aiyappa \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Akashdeep Singh \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left"\|Ramandeep Singh \| style="text-align:left"\|{{IND}}
style="text-align:left" \|Ajay Yadav \| style="text-align:left" \|{{IND}}

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!width=35% style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF"|Player

!width=20% style="background: #0000CD; color:#FFFFFF"|Nationality

colspan="2" |Goalkeepers

style="text-align:left"|Suraj Karkera

|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}

style="text-align:left"|P. R. Sreejesh

|style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}

colspan="2" |Defenders

style="text-align:left" |Wouter Jolie

| style="text-align:left" |{{NED}}

style="text-align:left" |Gonzalo Peillat

| style="text-align:left" |{{ARG}}

style="text-align:left" |V. R. Raghunath

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Gurinder Singh

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Nicholas Spooner

| style="text-align:left" |{{RSA}}

style="text-align:left" |Arthur van Doren

| style="text-align:left" |{{BEL}}

colspan="2" |Midfielders

style="text-align:left" |Sander Baart

| style="text-align:left" |{{NED}}

style="text-align:left" |Agustin Mazzilli

| style="text-align:left" |{{ARG}}

style="text-align:left" |Eddie Ockenden

| style="text-align:left" |{{AUS}}

style="text-align:left" |Vikas Pillay

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Ajitesh Roy

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Chinglensana Singh

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Shamsher Singh

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Seve van Ass

| style="text-align:left" |{{NED}}

colspan="2" |Forwards

style="text-align:left" |P. R. Aiyappa

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Akashdeep Singh

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

style="text-align:left"|Ramandeep Singh

| style="text-align:left"|{{IND}}

style="text-align:left" |Ajay Yadav

| style="text-align:left" |{{IND}}

Statistics

width=10\|Season !width=10\|Matches !width=10\|Won !width=10\|Drawn !width=10\|Lost !width=10\|Win%
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style="background:white;" \|2013 \| 14	6	2	6	42.86%
style="background:white;" \|2014 \| 12	4	2	6	33.33%
style="background:white;" \|2015 \| 12	5	2	5	41.67%
style="background:white;" \|2016 \| 10	4	0	6	25.00%
style="background:white;" \|2017 \| 12	4	4	4	33.33%
style="border-top:2px solid black;" \|Home \| 26	8	6	12	30.77%
Away \| 26	13	4	9	50.00%
Neutral \| 8	2	0	6	25.00%
style="border-top:2px solid black;background:gainsboro;" \|Overall \| 60	23	10	27	50.83%

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+Performance details

style="background:gainsboro;"|Goals for

|style="background:white;"|50 (2.00 per match)

style="background:gainsboro;"|Goals against

|style="background:white;"|53 (2.12 per match)

style="background:gainsboro;"|Most goals

|style="background:white;"|V. R. Raghunath (16)

width=130\|Opposition !width=40\|Matches !width=40\|Won !width=40\|Drawn !width=40\|Lost !width=40\|For !width=40\|Against !width=40\|Win%
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+Performance by oppositions
align=left\|Delhi Waveriders \| 6	1	2	3	9	11	16.67%
align=left\|Kalinga Lancers \| 2	2	0	0	7	4	100.00%
align=left\|Punjab Warriors \| 6	2	2	2	14	14	33.33%
align=left\|Mumbai Magicians \| 5	3	0	2	10	10	60.00%
align=left\|Ranchi Rhinos \| 6	2	0	4	10	14	33.33%

=Hat-tricks=

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!No.

!Player

!Opposition

!align=center|Result

!align=center|Season

!align=center|Venue

!align=center|Report

align="center"|1

|{{flagicon|IND}} V. R. Raghunath⁴

|Punjab Warriors

| align="center"|4 – 3

|align="center"|2013

|Ranchi – Astroturf Hockey Stadium

|align="center"|10 February 2013

align="center"|2

|{{flagicon|IND}} V. R. Raghunath

|Mumbai Magicians

|align="center"|5 – 3

|align="center"|2014

|Mumbai – Mahindra Hockey Stadium

|align="center"|29 January 2014

Fixtures and results

=2013=

No. !Date !Result !Opponent !Venue !Report
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style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|1	17 January	2 – 1	Punjab Warriors	Jalandhar \|Match 4
style="background:#d3d3d3;" \|2	19 January	1 – 1	Delhi Wave Riders	Lucknow \|Match 6
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|3	20 January	2 – 0	Ranchi Rhinos	Lucknow \|Match 7
style="background:#d3d3d3;" \|4	22 January	2 – 2	Punjab Warriors	Jalandhar \|Match 10
style="background:#fbb;" \|5	24 January	1 – 3	Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi \|Match 12
style="background:#fbb;" \|6	26 January	1 – 3	Ranchi Rhinos	Lucknow \|Match 14
style="background:#fbb;" \|7	27 January	3 – 4	Punjab Warriors	Lucknow \|Match 16
style="background:#fbb;" \|8	30 January	0 – 4	Mumbai Magicians	Mumbai \|Match 19
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|9	2 February	2 – 0	Mumbai Magicians	Lucknow \|Match 23
style="background:#fbb;" \|10	3 February	0 – 3	Delhi Wave Riders	Lucknow \|Match 25
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|11	5 February	1 – 0	Mumbai Magicians	Mumbai \|Match 28
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|12	7 February	4 – 1	Delhi Wave Riders	Delhi \|Match 29
style="border-top:2px solid black; background:#fbb;" \|13	9 February	2 – 4	Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi \|Semi-final 1
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|14	10 February	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Punjab Warriors	Ranchi \|3rd place
colspan="6" style="background:#ffffff; border:none"\|
style="background:#c96;" \| colspan="6"\| Position in league phase: 3rd 3rd place

Goals for: 25(1.79 per match)
Goals against: 29(2.07 per match)
Most goals: 9(Overall: 3rd)
V. R. Raghunath

=2014=

No. !Date !Result !Opponent !Venue !Report
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style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|1	26 January	3 – 2	Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi \|Match 2
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|2	29 January	5 – 3	Mumbai Magicians	Mumbai \|Match 6
style="background:#fbb;" \|3	1 February	1 – 2	Ranchi Rhinos	Lucknow \|Match 9
style="background:#c3c3c3;" \|4	2 February	2 – 2	Punjab Warriors	Lucknow \|Match 11
style="background:#c3c3c3;" \|5	5 February	1 – 1	Delhi Waveriders	New Delhi \|Match 14
style="background:#fbb;" \|6	8 February	3 – 4	Delhi Waveriders	Lucknow \|Match 17
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|7	9 February	3 – 1	Kalinga Lancers	Lucknow \|Match 19
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|8	13 February	4 – 3	Kalinga Lancers	Bhubaneswar \|Match 23
style="background:#fbb;" \|9	15 February	1 – 2	Punjab Warriors	Mohali \|Match 25
style="background:#fbb;" \|10	18 February	2 – 3	Mumbai Magicians	Lucknow \|Match 29
style="border-top:2px solid black;background:#fbb;" \|11	22 February	0 – 1	Delhi Waveriders	Ranchi \|Semi-final 1
12	23 February		Ranchi Rhinos	Ranchi \|3rd place

=2015=

No. !Date !Result !Opponent !Venue !Report
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style="background:#d3d3d3;" \|1	23 January	2 – 2	Delhi Waveriders	Lucknow \|Match 2
style="background:#fbb;" \|2	26 January	2 – 3	Punjab Warriors	Mohali \|Match 7
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|3	29 January	5 – 1	Kalinga Lancers	Lucknow \|Match 9
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|4	31 January	2 – 0	Kalinga Lancers	Bhubaneswar \|Match 11
style="background:#fbb;" \|5	3 February	0 – 2	Ranchi Rays	Lucknow \|Match 14
style="background:#c3fdb8;" \|6	4 February	2 – 1	Punjab Warriors	Lucknow \|Match 15
style="white" \|7	8 February	0 – 1	Ranchi Rays	Ranchi \|Match 19
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Goals for: 13(2.17 per match)
Goals against: 9(1.50 per match)
Most goals: V. R. Raghunath (4)