Nita Football Academy

Nita Football Academy

Full name	Nita Football Academy
Short name	Nita FA
Founded	2011;14 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	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 9 January 2025 ^[7]

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 Sasmita Parida 2 DF   IND Jabamani Tudu 3 DF   IND Manisa Panna (captain) 4 DF   IND Juli Kishan 6 DF   GHA Sussana Konadu 7 MF   IND Munica Minz 8 MF   IND Janhabi Kishan 9 FW   GHA Gifty Acheampong 10 FW   IND Manisha Naik 11 FW   IND Lourembam Menaka Devi 14 FW   IND Priya Rui Das 16 MF   IND Poonam 18 MF   IND Yendrembam Thoithoi Devi 19 MF   IND Diti Kanungo 20 MF   IND Sonia Ekka

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 GK   IND Malti Kumari 26 FW   IND Sunita Swain 27 DF   IND Pragyan Kishan 28 DF   IND Payel Layek 29 DF   IND Ambruta Nayak 30 FW   IND Sikha Malik 31 GK   IND Susmita Pun 32 DF   IND Pipili Mohanty 34 FW   IND Laxmi Priya Lenka 36 FW   IND Babita Kumari 37 FW   IND Yumnam Kamala Devi 44 DF   GHA Rahama Jafaru 45 MF   IND Jigmet Chuzen — GK   IND Hempriya Seram

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. "Indian Women's League Squad". AIFF. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
8. "OWL 2023-24: OGP Club, Sports Odisha post wins". Orisports. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

External links

• Nita Football Academy