Rupayan City Cumilla (

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: রুপায়ন সিটি কুমিল্লা) is a professional franchise field hockey team based in

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, which competes in

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. Founded in 2022, the team is owned by Rupayan Group. It's one of the six founding teams of the league. Kim Young Kyu serves as the team's head coach.

History

Established in 2022 by the Rupayan Group, as one of the founding members of the

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, the team announced that Kim Young Kyu, the former

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head coach from 2001 till 2004, would serve as their first foreign coach. While former Bangladesh national team captain, Mosiur Rahman Biplob was appointed as the assistant coach. During the player draft, Rupayan Group Cumilla snapped up national team players Sohanur Rahman Sabuj (icon player),

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and Puskar Khisa Mimo, while also attaining the services of Jasjit Singh Kular, who was part of the Indian team at the

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Roster

Personnel

Current technical staff

Seasons

References

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