Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy is the reserves side and the youth setup of Indian Super League side Odisha, that competes in the Elite League, the elite youth football league of Indian football.

Odisha FC Reserves and Academy
Full nameOdisha Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)The Kalinga Warriors
The Juggernauts
Short nameOFC
Founded31 August 2019 (2019-08-31)
GroundKalinga Stadium
Bhubaneswar
Capacity15,000
OwnerGMS Inc.
PresidentRaj Athwal
Head CoachAmit Rana
LeagueElite League
WebsiteClub website

History

On 20 February 2018, it was announced by the All India Football Federation, the organising body for Indian football, that Delhi Dynamos Football Club, along with six other Indian Super League sides, would field a reserve team in the I-League 2nd Division, India's second division football league.[1] The reserve side squad and coaches were then unveiled a few weeks later. On 6 March 2018, Francisco Perez Lazaro was confirmed as the reserve side's first head coach.[2] The 2017–18 I-League 2nd Division was their first and last season in the league. Since then, the team has been participating in the Elite League, India's elite youth league. The team participated as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves for the 2018–19 season.

Odisha

Ahead of the 2019–20 Indian football season, the club decided to relocated to its new base, i.e. the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha and rechristen itself as Odisha FC. In the presence of the Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Odisha, and Tusharkanti Behera, the Minister for Department of Sports and Youth Services (DSYS), Government of Odisha, the Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, to facilitate the move, i.e. from the national capital New Delhi to Bhubaneswar.[3] As per the MoU, it was mutually decided that the club's first team, youth teams, youth football development program and grassroots football development program will be based in Odisha.[4]

Squads

Reserves
As of 31 July 2023[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Niraj Kumar (C)
2 DF India IND Pintu Samal
3 DF India IND Dheeraj Datta
4 DF India IND Harishankar Nayak
5 DF India IND Laxmidhar Badanayak
6 DF India IND Tankadhar Bag
7 FW India IND Anand Oram
8 MF India IND Adwin Tirkey
9 FW India IND Rahul Mukhi
10 MF India IND Pungte Lapung
11 MF India IND Chandra Mohan Murmu
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF India IND Rakesh Oram
13 DF India IND Hendry Antonay
14 MF India IND Samir Kerketta
15 FW India IND Chandra Muduli
16 MF India IND Bikash Kumar Sahoo
17 FW India IND Kartik Hantal
18 FW India IND Raisen Tudu
19 DF India IND Wangden Lama
20 FW India IND Rajesh Nayak
22 GK India IND Siddhanta Pradhan
29 FW India IND Ashangbam Aphaoba Singh

U18
As of 27 December 2022[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Laxman Kisan
2 DF India IND Nirmal Oram
3 DF India IND Indra Oram
4 DF India IND Prakash Mirdha
5 DF India IND Mohan Guntha
6 MF India IND Manjit Oram
7 FW India IND Bhenketeswar Oram
8 MF India IND Chintu Nag
9 FW India IND Nilesh Tigga
10 MF India IND Krishna Behera
11 FW India IND Birsingh Naik
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF India IND Akash Khalko
13 DF India IND Salhai Tudu
14 DF India IND Mansingh Majhi
15 DF India IND Jitmahal Tudu
16 MF India IND Sumit Kumar
17 MF India IND Gajen Murmu
18 MF India IND Rohit Lakra
19 FW India IND Prabin Lakra
20 FW India IND Prasant Bari
21 MF India IND Abhiman Kumar
22 GK India IND Rahul Tirkey

U18
Season Player Nationality Position
2019–20 Akshunna Tyagi India India Forward

U15
Season Player Nationality Position
2019–20 Nirmanyu Singh Atri India India Forward

U13
Season Player Nationality Position
2019–20 Aditya Adhikari India India Midfielder

Records and statistics

Reserves
As of 18 February 2020
Season I-League 2nd Division/Reliance Foundation Development League Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
As Delhi Dynamos FC
2017–18 9 2 2 5 5 9 8 Group Stage – 5th
Play-offs – DNQ		 India Seiminmang Manchong 4
As Odisha FC
2022–23 TBD

Youth
As of 18 February 2020
Season Elite League Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position Player Goals
As Delhi Dynamos FC
2018–19 13 8 2 3 40 13 26 Group Stage – 1st
Play-offs – 4th		 India Seiminmang Manchong 9
As Odisha FC
2019–20 14 9 4 1 45 12 31 Group Stage – 2nd
Play-offs – Cancelled		 India Akshunna Tyagi 20
2022-23 5 3 1 1 7 7 0 Group Stage – 2nd
Knockouts – Round of 16		 India Chintu Nag 3

Reserves
As of 30 June 2022
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
As Delhi Dynamos FC
Francisco Perez Lazaro  Spain 6 March 2018 31 January 2019 9 2 2 5 5 9 022.22
As Odisha FC
Amit Rana  India TBD

Youth
As of 18 February 2020
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
As Delhi Dynamos FC
Francisco Perez Lazaro  Spain 6 March 2018 31 January 2019 13 8 2 3 40 13 061.54
As Odisha FC
Sandeep Alhan  India 31 August 2019 18 February 2020 14 9 4 1 45 12 064.29
Ajaya Kumar Behera  India 29 December 2022 Present 5 3 1 1 7 7 060.00

Personnel
Position Name
Reserves Head Coach India Amit Rana[7]
U18, U15 Head Coach India Sandeep Alhan[8]
U13 Head Coach India Kirti Kashyap[8]
Head of football operations India Abhik Chatterjee[9]
Head of Academy & Women's Football India Randeep Baruah[10]
Youth Teams Manager India Sayantan Ganguly[8]
Grassroots Manager India Suvam Das[8]

See also

References
  1. "Eighteen Teams Will Contest In Second Division League 2017-18". I-League. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. "Delhi Dynamos announce squad for I-League second division". Times of India. 7 March 2018. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
  3. "Delhi Soccer Private Limited signs MoU with Government of Odisha to facilitate Bhubaneswar move". indiansuperleague.com. ISL. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. "It's official – Delhi Dynamos renamed as Odisha Football Club". sportstar.thehindu.com. The Hindu. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. "Odisha FC announce Durand Cup squad". OdishaFC.com. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  6. "Odisha FC Hero Elite League Squad". All India Football Federation.
  7. Odisha FC [@OdishaFC] (30 June 2022). "Amit will take over as the Head Coach of the OFC Reserve Team, the planning of which is already underway" (Tweet). Retrieved 30 June 2022 – via Twitter.
  8. "Odisha FC conducts youth team scouting in Bhubaneswar". Odisha FC. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  9. "Stuart Baxter: There will be an emphasis on youth at Odisha FC". khelnow.com. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  10. "Odisha FC promote five U-18 players to senior team". KhelNow. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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