# Ranchi Rhinos

Ranchi Rhinos was a professional field hockey team based in Ranchi, Jharkhand, that played in the Hockey India League. The team won the inaugural season of Hockey India League defeating Delhi Waveriders by 2-1. It was owned by Patel-Uniexcel Group. South African Gregg Clark was the head coach for the team, assisted by Baljit Singh Saini. German midfielder, two time Olympic champion, Moritz Fürste is the captain of the team. It was dissolved in 2014 after its owners had a dispute with HIL management. It was replaced by Ranchi Rays.

## Franchise details
### Coaching staff

The goalkeeping coach of South Africa, David Staniforth, acted as the goalkeeping coach and video analyst for the team. David Ian John of Australia was the exercise physiologist for the team.

### Ownership

The team was jointly bought by Patel - PS Group and Uniexcel Group on 14 September 2012.

## Final squad

| Player | Nationality | Matches | Goals |
| Goal Keepers ||||
| Francisco Juancosa Cortés | Spain | 16 | – |
| Ankur Chaudhary | India | 3 | – |
| Forwards ||||
| Aman Akash| | England | 3 | |
| Eduard Arbós | Spain | 1 | |
| Floris Evers | Netherlands | 15 | 1 |
| Mandeep Singh | India | 15 | 11 |
| Prabhdeep Singh | India | 17 | |
| Stanli Victor Minz | India | 14 | |
| Harjeet Singh | Uganda | 3 | |
| Vikas Choudhary | India | 13 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||
| Arvind Kujur | India | 5 | |
| Ashley Jackson | England | 15 | 7 |
| Austin Smith | South Africa | 13 | 2 |
| Barry Middleton | England | 3 | 1 |
| Birendra Lakra | India | 15 | |
| Kothajit Singh | India | 16 | |
| Manpreet Singh | India | 17 | 2 |
| Marc Salles Esteve | Spain | 2 | |
| Moritz Fürste (Captain) | Germany | 12 | 1 |
| Parvinder Singh | India | 9 | |
| Defenders ||||
| Amit Rohidas | India | 16 | |
| Bosco Pérez-Pla | Spain | 13 | |
| Justin Reid-Ross | South Africa | 15 | 5 |
| Sumit Topno | India | 1 | |

## Statistics

| Season | Matches | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win% |
| 2013 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 64.29% |
| 2014 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 36.36% |
| Home | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 50.00% |
| Away | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 54.54% |
| Overall | 25 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 52.00% |

## Fixtures and results
### 2013

| No. | Date | Result | Opponent | Venue | Report |
| 1 | 16 January | 2 – 1 | Punjab Warriors | Jalandhar | Match 2 |
| 2 | 18 January | 3 – 1 | Mumbai Magicians | Ranchi | Match 5 |
| 3 | 20 January | 0 – 2 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Lucknow | Match 7 |
| 4 | 23 January | 4 – 5 | Delhi Wave Riders | Ranchi | Match 11 |
| 5 | 24 January | 3 – 1 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Ranchi | Match 12 |
| 6 | 26 January | 3 – 1 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Lucknow | Match 14 |
| 7 | 28 January | 2 – 1 | Mumbai Magicians | Ranchi | Match 17 |
| 8 | 30 January | 2 – 2 | Delhi Wave Riders | New Delhi | Match 20 |
| 9 | 1 February | 2 – 5 | Delhi Wave Riders | Ranchi | Match 22 |
| 10 | 2 February | 1 – 1 | Punjab Warriors | Ranchi | Match 24 |
| 11 | 4 February | 3 – 2 | Punjab Warriors | Jalandhar | Match 26 |
| 12 | 7 February | 1 – 0 | Mumbai Magicians | Mumbai | Match 30 |
| 13 | 9 February | 4 – 2 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Ranchi | Semi-final 1 |
| 14 | 10 February | 2 – 1 | Delhi Wave Riders | Ranchi | Final |
| Position in League Phase: Champions ||||||
* Goals For: 32 (2.29 per match)
* Goals Against: 25 (1.79 per match)
* Most Goals: 10 (Overall: 2nd)
** Mandeep Singh

### 2014

| No. | Date | Result | Opponent | Venue | Report |
| 1 | 26 January | 2 – 3 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Ranchi | Match 2 |
| 2 | 27 January | 1 – 0 | Delhi Waveriders | Ranchi | Match 4 |
| 3 | 1 February | 2 – 1 | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Lucknow | Match 9 |
| 4 | 4 February | 1 – 1 | Mumbai Magicians | Ranchi | Match 13 |
| 5 | 7 February | 3 – 2 | Kalinga Lancers | Ranchi | Match 16 |
| 6 | 9 February | 1 – 0 | Mumbai Magicians | Mumbai | Match 20 |
| 7 | 12 February | 0 – 1 | Delhi Waveriders | Delhi | Match 22 |
| 8 | 14 February | 1 – 4 | Kalinga Lancers | Bhubaneswar | Match 24 |
| 9 | 16 February | 2 – 4 | Punjab Warriors | Mohali | Match 28 |
| 10 | 19 February | 2 – 4 | Punjab Warriors | Ranchi | Match 30 |
| 11 | 22 February | 2 – 3 | Punjab Warriors | Ranchi | Semi-final 2 |
| 12 | 23 February | 1 – 1 (2–3 p) | Uttar Pradesh Wizards | Ranchi | 3rd place |
| Position in League Phase: 3rd Place ||||||