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Achievements

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Hockey Maharashtra was affiliated to Hockey India on 14 December 2013.

Hockey Maharashtra has 21 Districts. Mumbai Hockey Association with 4 Districts and Vidarbha Hockey Association with 11 districts are associate members of Hockey Maharashtra.

With the new guideline / Rule of One State, One Association, Hockey Maharashtra will be the sole body for the state of Maharashtra with 36 districts

Hockey Maharashtra organized 5 National Championships till date.

The Following Players have been selected for the Indian camps over the years

Achievements of Maharashtra teams in the National Championships.

Employment

Good performance of Maharashtra players in the National Championships have helped them to get employment in Government Departments like Central Excise and Customs, Income Tax, Bombay Engineering Group, Mumbai Port Trust, Maharashtra Police, Indian Railways, Indian Navy, Maratha Light Infantry and others

Officials

Two Women umpires Shweta Patil & Rama Potnis and Male Umpire Saurav Singh Rajput from Maharashtra have been promoted as International Umpires.

Coaches

Maharashtra has 2 FIH level 2 coaches and 35 level one coaches.

  • Women
  • Men

Eliza Nelson

Won the gold medal at the 9th Asian Games held at New Delhi in 1982 & fourth place at the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics. She received the Arjuna Award in 1981 and Padma Shri in 1983.

Selma D’Silva

Represented India at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1982 Asian Games. Captain for Indian Women’s Hockey Team during the 1983 Woman World Cup Kuala Lumpur.

Geeta Biswas (Sareen)

She played for India in Japan (1970), New Zealand (1971), France (1974), Scotland (1975), Canada (1975) besides Moscow Olympic games. After retirement from active hockey, she took to umpiring.

Margaret Toscano

Margaret Toscano (born 9 August 1956) is an Indian field hockey player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Rekha Bhide Mundphan

She is an Arjuna Awardee and Olympian, Shiv Chhatrapati Awardee, Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar winner.

Namrata Shah

Namrata Shah, formerly Naazleen Madraswalla, represented India in the 1980 Olympics at age 17.

Late Joseph Phillips

Joseph "Joe" Phillips (March 24, 1911 - 1986) was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal.

Late Babu Narsu Nimal

Babu Narsu Nimal was an Indian field hockey player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the Indian field hockey team, which won the gold medal.

Govind Perumal

Govind Perumal (Sep 25, 1925 - Sep 17, 2002) was an Indian field hockey player who won two gold medals with the Indian team at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics respectively

Gurbux Singh

Gurbux Singh is a former field hockey player from India who was a member of the India national field hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

MM Somaya

Member of Indian squad in many international games, including the team that won the Gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Summer Olympic Games. Member of the 1984 Olympics team & captain of the 1988 Olympics team.

Mervyn Fernandes

Mervyn with his body-serve and excellent finish was an exceptional forward. He was part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal in 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow

Joaquim Carvalho

J.M. (Joaquim) Carvalho (born 16 August 1959) is an Indian former field hockey player and national coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Marcellus Gomes

Marcellus Gomes (born 16 January 1961) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Indian team placed fifth. Later, he moved into coaching the Indian Hockey Team.

Iqbaljit Singh

Iqbaljit Singh Grewal (born 4 November 1959) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Mark Paterson

Mark Patterson (born 26 May 1969) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Dhanraj Pillay

Dhanraj Pillay (born 16 July 1968) is a former captain of the Indian national team. Pillay made his debut in 1989 with the national team and in a career spanning over 15 years, appeared for India in four Olympic Games, World Cups and Champion Trophies each. He made 339 appearances for the national team and is recorded, unofficially, to have scored 170 goals. Recognizing his achievements, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the government of India in 2000 & was also a recipient of the first Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.

Ajit Lakra

Ajit Lakra (born 9 January 1966) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics. After his playing career, he has moved on to coaching

Darryl D’Souza

Darryl D'Souza (born 21 June 1966) is an Indian field hockey player. He represented India at the 1992 Summer Olympics and was also a silver medalist at the 1990 Asian Games

Gavin Ferreira

Gavin Ferreira has represented India in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia where he was one of the highest goal scorers for the Indian hockey team. He has represented India 118 times in International field hockey tournaments across the world and has scored 39 field goals.

Anil Aldrin

Anil Alexander Aldrin (born 22 August 1971) played as a defender for India from 1992 to 1999 and captained the country during his last years in 1999. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics at Atlanta & also played in the Asian Games in 1994 and 1998

Rahul Singh

Rahul Singh (born 5 January 1975) is an Indian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Jude Menezes

Jude represented India at 133 international matches, which includes the 2000 Summer Olympics, 1998 Hockey World Cup and 2002 World Cup

Viren Rasquinha

Viren Rasquinha (born 13 September 1980) is an Olympian and the former captain of the Indian Hockey team. He is an Arjuna Awardee (2005) and has played 180 international matches for the Indian hockey team in a career spanning from 2002 till 2008

Vikram Pillay

Vikram Vishnu Pillai is a hockey midfielder from India. He helped India win gold in Hockey Junior World Cup in 2001. Vikram made his international debut for India in 2002 during a 4 nation tournament in Adelaide, South Australia. He was a member of Indian team in Athens Olympics in 2004, where India finished in 7th place.

Adrian D’Souza

Adrian Albert D'souza (born 24 March 1984) is a field hockey goalkeeper, who made his international debut in January 2004. He has more than 100 International Caps & has played in all major field hockey tournaments, including the 2006 Hockey World Cup, 2006 Asian Games, 2007 Asia Cup and 2 Champions Trophies.

Devindar Walmiki

Devindar Sunil Walmiki (born 28 May 1992) is an Indian field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club HGC. He has represented India in the 2016 Summer Olympics. He is also a recipient of Shiv Chhatrapati Award