The Gujarat Super League is a men's franchise football league in the state of Gujarat, organized by the Gujarat State Football Association.[1] The competition consisted of 6 teams in the initial season. All the matches are hosted at EKA Arena in Ahmedabad.[2]

Gujarat Super League
Organising bodyGujarat State Football Association
CountryIndia
Number of teams6
TV partnersFIFA+
GSFA (YouTube)
WebsiteGSL
Current: 2024 Gujarat Super League

Format

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It is held in a single round-robin format, with the top two teams at the end of the league stage contesting the final.[1]

The players will be selected by draft. In the inaugural draft, 250 players from Gujarat will be included.[3]

Teams

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Gandhinagar Giants
 
Saurashtra Spartans
 
Vadodara Warriors
 
Surat Strikers
 
Ahmedabad
 
Ahmedabad clubs:
Ahmedabad Avengers
Karnavati Knights
Locations of the GSL clubs
Team City Owner
Ahmedabad Avengers Ahmedabad God TMT, VIVAN Steel (Sahil Patel & Shalin Patel)
Gandhinagar Giants Gandhinagar Ratnamani Metals & Tubes (Prashant Sanghvi), ANVI Sports
Karnavati Knights Ahmedabad The Address (Yash Shah & Advita Patel)
Saurashtra Spartans Saurashtra Axita Cotton (Kushal Patel)
Surat Strikers Surat Loyal Equipments (Alkesh Patel)
Vadodara Warriors Vadodara K&D Communication (Kamlesh Gohil)

Sponsorship

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Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited (TCGL) and the Sports Authority of Gujarat (SAG) are the main and associate sponsors of the GSL, respectively.[1]

Management

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Team Head coach Assistant coach Team manager Physio
Ahmedabad Avengers Tapas Ghosh Ashish Sadhu Kshitij Jain Haresh Prajapati
Gandhinagar Giants Shakti Chauhan Kamlesh Maradia Gulab Singh Pritesh Ankleshvariya
Karnavati Knights Dharmesh Patel Llewellyn Pinto Dhaval Parmar Aniket Solanki
Saurashtra Spartans Anil Patel Anil Tomar Naren Trivedi Chintan Jain
Surat Strikers Balpreet Singh Antrix Patel Hardip Majirana Anil Kewat
Vadodara Warriors Salim Pathan Darshansinh Raol Savio D’Costa Arth Joshi

Awards

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The champions of the GSL will receive a prize money of 11 lakhs, while the runners-up will receive ₹5 lakhs. Individually, the best players in eight different categories will get a prize money of ₹25,000 each on the basis of their performance throughout the tournament.[1]

Broadcasting

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After the Santosh Trophy, the GSL became the second Indian football tournament to be streamed globally on FIFA+.[1]

Territory Broadcaster(s) Ref.
GSFA (YouTube) [1]
FIFA+ [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Inaugural season of six-team Gujarat Super League to kick off on May 1". www.the-aiff.com. Retrieved 26 April 2024.
  2. ^ DeshGujarat (28 March 2024). "Gujarat Super League to Revolutionize Football Landscape in Gujarat". DeshGujarat. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Gujarat Super League trophy unveiled". 25 April 2024.