Nita Football Academy

Nita Football Academy

Full name	Nita Football Academy
Short name	NFA
Founded	2011;13 years ago (2011)
Ground	Dhabaleswar Institute of Polytechnic Ground
Owner	Nita Football Trust
Chairman	Subrat Das
Head coach	Paromita Sit
League	Indian Women's League Odisha Women's League
Website	https://nitafootball.com/
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Nita Football Academy is an Indian women's professional football club and academy based in Radha Damodarpur, Cuttack, Odisha. It is the first private residential football academy of Odisha, dedicated to promoting football among underprivileged girls. They are the current champions of the Odisha Women's League and Khelo India State Championships U-17. Many of the academy students have represented at sub-junior, junior, and senior national levels. They finished runners-up in the 2023–24 season of the Indian Women's League 2, which enabled promotion to the top tier Indian Women's League. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Academy

Established in 2011, Nita Football Academy was founded by the Nita Football Trust with the mission of promoting football, particularly among underprivileged girls. The academy is affiliated to Cuttack District Athletic Association, Football Association of Odisha (FAO), and were conditionally accredited as an Advanced Private Residential Academy by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). ^{[4] [5]} Its headquarters are located at Dhabaleswar Institute of Polytechnique, Radha Damodarpur, Khuntuni, near Cuttack, and they will be playing the Indian Women's League 2024-25 at the Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium at Rourkela as their home ground. ^[6]

The academy has girls in under-19, under-17, and under-15 categories training under supporting coaches, administrative staff, matron, hostel facilities, full-fledged canteen, physiotherapist, ambulance services, on-call doctor and an advanced gymnasium. The academy also takes care of the player’s education by providing facilities in the technical education and in nearby school and colleges. The academy also operates in Puri to train students using the infrastructure facilities of Puri Zilla School.

Squad

As of 2024 ^[7]

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   IND Sakro Hembram 2 DF   IND Pipili Mohanty(captain) 3 DF   IND Pratima Bangal 4 DF   IND Joshna Lakra 7 FW   IND Babita Kumari 8 MF   IND Roshni Tigga 9 FW   IND Sushmita Kumari 14 FW   IND Priya Rui Das 16 MF   IND Deblina Bhattacharjee 19 MF   IND Provati Barla 21 GK   IND Malti Kumari 23 DF   IND Kranti Oraon 24 FW   IND M. Roshni 26 MF   IND Lalita Boypai 27 DF   IND Naina Kumari

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 DF   IND Nishima Kumari 31 GK   IND Anisha Oraon 33 FW   IND Anju 34 DF   IND Kavita 35 FW   IND Sikha Malik 36 DF   IND Mamta Kumari — GK   IND Susmita Pun — DF   IND Manisa Panna — DF   IND Jabamani Tudu — DF   IND Pragyan Kishan — DF   IND Ambruta Nayak — MF   IND Janhabi Kishan — FW   IND Yumnam Kamala Devi — FW   IND Sonia Ekka

Current technical staff

As of 2024

Position	Name
Head coach	Paromita Sit

Management

Position	Name
Chairman	Subrat Das
President	Bhakta Ballav Das
General Secretary	Arun Parija
Chief Technical Advisor	Mohammad Shahid Jabbar

Honours

• Indian Women's League 2
  • Runners-up (1): 2023–24
• Odisha Women's League
  • Champions (1): 2023–24 ^[8]

References

1. "Sreebhumi FC, Nita Football Academy earn promotion to IWL". AIFF. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
2. "Nita Football Academy (NFA) makes history, qualifies for coveted Indian Women's League (IWL) 2024-25". The Financial Express. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
3. "Sreebhumi FC, Nita Football Academy earn promotion to IWL". Football Counter. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
4. "NITA FOOTBALL ACADEMY". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
5. "NITA FOOTBALL ACADEMY". Nita Football Academy. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
6. Media Team, AIFF (24 October 2024). "Indian Women's League 2024-25 Fixture" (PDF). the-aiff.com. New Delhi: All India Football Federation. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
7. "IWL 2 2023-24". AIFF. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
8. "OWL 2023-24: OGP Club, Sports Odisha post wins". Orisports. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

• Nita Football Academy