Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

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.

Odisha FC Reserves and Academy
Full nameOdisha Football Club Reserves and Academy
NicknamesThe Kalinga Warriors
The Juggernauts
Short nameOFC
Founded31 August 2019; 6 years ago (2019-08-31)
GroundKalinga Stadium
Bhubaneswar
Capacity15,000
OwnerGMS Inc.
PresidentRaj Athwal
Head coachAmit Rana
LeagueElite League
Websitehttp://www.odishafc.com
Home colours
Away colours

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. 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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