Uttar Pradesh Pro Volleyball League 2025: Full squads of all participating teams after auction

This will be the inaugural edition of the Uttar Pradesh Pro Volleyball League.

The Uttar Pradesh Pro Volleyball League 2025 auction was held on July 3, with eight teams looking to build their squads for the inaugural edition of the league. The dates for the first edition of the UPPVL have not been announced yet and are expected to be revealed by the organizers in due course.

The eight teams in the tournament are Mathura Yodhas, Muzaffarnagar Lions, Kashi Warriors, Gorakhpur Giants, Moradabad Bulls, Ayodhya Super Kings, Noida Thunders, and Lucknow Tigers. Each participating franchise signed one icon player before the auction last week.

Here’s the list of icon players signed by the respective franchises ahead of the auction:

• Mathura Yodhas – Vinit Kumar
• Muzaffarnagar Lions – Jerome Vinith
• Kashi Warriors – Aditya Rana
• Gorakhpur Giants – Saqlain Tariq
• Moradabad Bulls – Angamuthu Ramaswamy
• Ayodhya Super Kings – Amit Gulia
• Noida Thunders – Vipul Kumar
• Lucknow Tigers – Rajat Choudhary

Several Prime Volleyball League stars and Indian national volleyball team players will be in action in the Uttar Pradesh Pro Volleyball League 2025, later this year. Here’s how all eight teams stack up after the Uttar Pradesh Pro Volleyball League 2025 auction:

Full squads of all participating teams-

Ayodhya Super Kings:

Attackers: Amit Gulia (Haryana), Tanish Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Nikhil Chaudhary (Haryana), Amit Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Harsh Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh)

Setters: Muthusamy Appavu (Tamil Nadu), Shekhar Pundir (Uttar Pradesh)

Blockers: Jasjodh Singh (Punjab), Yash Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Ankit Mishra (Uttar Pradesh), Shahdab Shameem (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Paras Rulyan (Haryana), Sahil Kumar (Delhi)

Liberos: Prem Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Ankur Panwar (Uttar Pradesh)

Kashi Warriors:

Attackers: Aman Kumar (Haryana), Rajneesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Raja Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Aman Haldar (Uttar Pradesh)

Setters: Preet Karan (Punjab), Abdul Sameer Khan (Uttar Pradesh)

Blockers: Aditya Rana (Uttar Pradesh), Aayush (Haryana), Dushyant Singh (Rajasthan), Sourabh Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Haranmol Singh (Punjab), Aryan Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh), Puneet (Uttar Pradesh)

Liberos: Ashish Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Harsh Saroha (Uttar Pradesh)

Noida Thunders:

Attackers: Nandhagopal Subramaniam (Tamil Nadu), Prince (Punjab), Vishal Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)

Setters: Vipul Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Abhimanyu Chauhan (Haryana)

Blockers: Karthik Madhu (Karnataka), Diwank Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Abhishek Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Rupesh Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Shubham Chaudhary (Haryana), Suryansh Tomar (Uttar Pradesh), Amit Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)

Liberos: Harsh Nagar (Uttar Pradesh), Guru C (Uttar Pradesh), Abhay Deshwal (Uttar Pradesh)

Moradabad Bulls:

Attackers: Santhosh S (Tamil Nadu), Robin Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh), Rajat Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Deepanshu (Uttar Pradesh)

Setters: Ukkra Pandian Mohan (Tamil Nadu), Rithuraj S R (Kerala), Avanish Kumar Pandey (Uttar Pradesh)

Blockers: Jishnu PV (Kerala), Sudheer Shetty (Karnataka), Digvijay Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Rajat Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Angamuthu Ramaswamy (Tamil Nadu), Ajay Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh)

Liberos: Harshit Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Shakti Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

Lucknow Tigers:

Attackers: Rajat Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Ashwin Raj M (Tamil Nadu), Amit Chhoker (Haryana), Mohammad Shahrukh (Uttar Pradesh), Anshul Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Aayush Malik (Uttar Pradesh)

Setters: Tayyab Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Aman Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh)

Blockers: Vikas Maan (Uttar Pradesh), Mujeeb MC (Kerala), Kush Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Ashwal Rai (Karnataka), Jaskaran Singh (Punjab)

Liberos: Saurabh Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Lalit Kumar Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

Mathura Yodhas:

Attackers: Rohit Kumar (Haryana), Mohd Saeed Alam (Uttar Pradesh), Mannat Choudhary (Jammu and Kashmir), Shivendra Vikram Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Vedansh Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Rachit Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh)

Setters: Sameer Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Aman Kumar (Haryana)

Blockers: Prince Prince (Haryana), Ambar Kumar Pandey (Uttar Pradesh), Naveen Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Vinit Kumar (Uttar Pradesh), Waseem Saifi (Uttar Pradesh)

Liberos: Aashu Nain (Uttar Pradesh), Hari Prasad (Karnataka)

Muzaffarnagar Lions:

Attackers: Chirag Yadav (Delhi), Vikash Saroha (Uttar Pradesh), Mritunjoy Mahanta (Assam), Himanshu Baliyan (Uttar Pradesh)

Setters: Saurav Tomar (Uttar Pradesh), Nanjil Surya (Tamil Nadu), Alok Kumar Rai (Uttar Pradesh)

Blockers: Akhin GS (Kerala), Abhilash Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh), Harsh Malik (Uttar Pradesh), Vishal Vilas Shirsat (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Jerome Vinith (Kerala), Arjun Kumar (Uttar Pradesh)

Liberos: Mukesh Kumar (Haryana), Siddhant Choudhary (Uttar Pradesh)

Gorakhpur Giants:

Attackers: Raman Kumar (Haryana), Atul Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Ashok Vicky Gujjar (Uttar Pradesh), Mukul Rana (Uttar Pradesh), Sonu (Haryana)

Setters: Saqlain Tariq (Jammu and Kashmir), Prashant Saroha (Uttar Pradesh)

Blockers: Shikhar Singh (Chhattisgarh), Shameem A (Kerala), Yash Panwar (Uttar Pradesh), Akash Baisoya (Uttar Pradesh)

Universals: Vikram Vikram (Haryana), Anurag Singh (Uttar Pradesh)

Liberos: Arjun Singh (Uttar Pradesh), Abhishek Rai (Uttar Pradesh)

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