Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

Full name	Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)	The Kalinga Warriors The Juggernauts
Short name	OFC
Founded	31 August 2019;5 years ago (2019-08-31)
Ground	Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar
Capacity	15,000
Owner	GMS Inc.
President	Raj Athwal
Head coach	Amit Rana
League	Elite League
Website	http://www.odishafc.com
Home colours Away colours

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.

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 06-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 14-January-2025 ^[5]

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 ^[6]

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 [7]
U18, U15 head coach	Sandeep Alhan [8]
U13 head coach	Kirti Kashyap [8]
Head of football operations	Abhik Chatterjee [9]
Head of women's football	Randeep Baruah [10]
Youth teams manager	Sayantan Ganguly [8]
Grassroots manager	Suvam Das [8]

See also

• Odisha FC
• Odisha FC Women

References

1. "Eighteen Teams Will Contest In Second Division League 2017-18". I-League. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
2. "Delhi Dynamos announce squad for I-League second division". Times of India. 7 March 2018. Archived from the original on 14 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. "Presenting the #KalingaWarriors' squad for the #RelianceFoundationDevelopmentLeague (East Region) 👊 #OdishaFC #AmaTeamAmaGame #LetsPlay". OdishaFC.com. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
6. "Odisha FC Hero Elite League Squad". All India Football Federation . Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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. Archived from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
9. "Stuart Baxter: There will be an emphasis on youth at Odisha FC". khelnow.com. 23 June 2020. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
10. "Odisha FC promote five U-18 players to senior team". KhelNow. Archived from the original on 14 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

External links

• Association football portal

• Official website