Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy represent the youth system of the Indian Super League side Odisha, that competes in the Elite League, the main youth club competition of Indian football.
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. The reserve side squad and coaches were then unveiled a few weeks later. On 06-March-2018, Francisco Perez Lazaro was confirmed as the reserve side's first head coach. 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. 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.
Squads
Reserves
As of 14-January-2025
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Pos.
Nation
Player
1
GK
IND
Raj Boro
2
GK
IND
Jatin Chawla
3
DF
IND
Subham Bhattacharya
4
DF
IND
Tankadhar Bag
5
DF
IND
Dheeraj Datta
6
DF
IND
Sahil Tamang
7
FW
IND
Nelson Rymbai
8
FW
IND
Sunil Soren
9
FW
IND
Pungte Lapun
10
DF
IND
Dinesh Singh
11
DF
IND
Dwenjyoti Gogoi
No.
Pos.
Nation
Player
12
DF
IND
Jeremy Zohminglua(C)
15
FW
IND
Kartik Hantal
16
DF
IND
Ricky Meetei
17
MF
IND
Akshay
18
MF
IND
Yumkhaibam Indranath
19
FW
IND
Razibul Mistry
20
MF
IND
Kharon Subba
21
FW
IND
Mahesh Hansda
22
MF
IND
Satwik Sharma
23
MF
IND
Leivon Renglun Anand
25
FW
IND
Roshan Panna
U18
As of 27-December-2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No.
Pos.
Nation
Player
1
GK
IND
Laxman Kisan
2
DF
IND
Nirmal Oram
3
DF
IND
Indra Oram
4
DF
IND
Prakash Mirdha
5
DF
IND
Mohan Guntha
6
MF
IND
Manjit Oram
7
FW
IND
Bhenketeswar Oram
8
MF
IND
Chintu Nag
9
FW
IND
Nilesh Tigga
10
MF
IND
Krishna Behera
11
FW
IND
Birsingh Naik
No.
Pos.
Nation
Player
12
DF
IND
Akash Khalko
13
DF
IND
Salhai Tudu
14
DF
IND
Mansingh Majhi
15
DF
IND
Jitmahal Tudu
16
MF
IND
Sumit Kumar
17
MF
IND
Gajen Murmu
18
MF
IND
Rohit Lakra
19
FW
IND
Prabin Lakra
20
FW
IND
Prasant Bari
21
MF
IND
Abhiman Kumar
22
GK
IND
Rahul Tirkey
Youth Player of the Season
U18
Season
Player
Nationality
Position
2019–20
Akshunna Tyagi
India
Forward
U15
Season
Player
Nationality
Position
2019–20
Nirmanyu Singh Atri
India
Forward
U13
Season
Player
Nationality
Position
2019–20
Aditya Adhikari
India
Midfielder
Records and statistics
Overview
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
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
Seiminmang Manchong
9
As Odisha FC
2019–20
14
9
4
1
45
12
31
Group Stage – 2nd Play-offs – Cancelled
Akshunna Tyagi
20
2022-23
5
3
1
1
7
7
0
Group Stage – 2nd Knockouts – Round of 16
Chintu Nag
3
Head coaches' record
Reserves
As of 30-June-2022
Name
Nationality
From
To
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
Win%
As Delhi Dynamos FC
Francisco Perez Lazaro
Spain
06-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
Name
Nationality
From
To
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
Win%
As Delhi Dynamos FC
Francisco Perez Lazaro
Spain
06-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
Amit Rana
U18, U15 head coach
Sandeep Alhan
U13 head coach
Kirti Kashyap
Head of football operations
Abhik Chatterjee
Head of women's football
Randeep Baruah
Youth teams manager
Sayantan Ganguly
Grassroots manager
Suvam Das
See also
Odisha FC
Odisha FC Women
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