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| Full name | Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy | ||
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| Nickname(s) | The Kalinga Warriors The Juggernauts | ||
| Short name | OFC | ||
| Founded | 31 August 2019 | ||
| 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 | ||
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. [1] The reserve side squad and coaches were then unveiled a few weeks later. On 6 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.
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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Season | Player | Nationality | Position |
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| 2019–20 | Akshunna Tyagi |  India | Forward |
| Season | Player | Nationality | Position |
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| 2019–20 | Nirmanyu Singh Atri | India | Forward |
| Season | Player | Nationality | Position |
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| 2019–20 | Aditya Adhikari | India | Midfielder |
| Season | I-League 2nd Division/Reliance Foundation Development League | Top Scorer | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||
| Season | Elite League | Top Scorer | |||||||||
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| 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 | |
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | |
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| As Delhi Dynamos FC | |||||||||||
| Francisco Perez Lazaro |  Spain | 6 March 2018 | 31 January 2019 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 22.22 | |
| As Odisha FC | |||||||||||
| Amit Rana | India | TBD | |||||||||
| Name | Nationality | From | To | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Win% | |
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| As Delhi Dynamos FC | |||||||||||
| Francisco Perez Lazaro | Spain | 6 March 2018 | 31 January 2019 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 13 | 61.54 | |
| As Odisha FC | |||||||||||
| Sandeep Alhan | India | 31 August 2019 | 18 February 2020 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 45 | 12 | 64.29 | |
| Ajaya Kumar Behera | India | 29 December 2022 | Present | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 60.00 | |
| 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] |
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