Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy is the reserve side and youth setup of Indian Super League side Odisha FC. Based in Bhubaneswar, the side was unveiled on 6 March 2018 and participates in the Elite League, the elite youth football league of Indian football.

Odisha FC Reserves and Academy
Full nameOdisha Football Club Reserves
Founded10 October 2018 (2018-10-10) (as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves)
31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) (as Odisha FC Reserves)
GroundJLN Training Pitches
New Delhi
OwnerGMS Inc.
PresidentRohan Sharma
Head CoachSandeep Alhan
LeagueElite League
2019–202nd – Group Stage

History

On 20 February 2018, it was announced by the All India Football Federation, the organizing body for Indian football, that the Delhi Dynamos, 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. There onward, the team participates in the Elite League, India's elite youth league. The team participated as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves until the 2018–19 season since the main club was re-branded as Odisha FC, and hence there onward, the team participates in the league as Odisha FC Reserves.

Odisha

On 31 August 2019, Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, to re-brand the franchise as Odisha FC.[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]

Squad
As of 29 July 2020[5]

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 Aleef Rahaman Mollah
3 DF  IND Prajal Tushir
8 MF  IND Fahad Temuri
13 GK  IND Vipul Tomar
15 MF  IND Thanglensei Haokip
17 FW  IND Prananjay Singh
19 DF  IND Navneet Dueby
21 GK  IND Manik Baliyan
22 DF  IND Vibhanshu Singh
24 DF  IND Hritik Rawat
25 MF  IND Ramsem Kaiwungnao
26 MF  IND Hemanya Baweja
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF  IND Tanush Pandey
28 DF  IND Vikas Verma
29 FW  IND Sanjeet Malik
30 FW  IND Suryansh Yadav
37 MF  IND Arpit Kaushik
45 MF  IND Paras Rothan
47 FW  IND Maisnam Arbison Singh
57 FW  IND Piyush Bhandari
63 FW  IND Rajat Rathi
65 FW  IND Sandeep Thapa
71 MF  IND Ishan Shishodia
— FW  IND Annaroy Soibam

Records and Statistics

Season-by-season
As of 18 February 2020
Season I-League 2nd Division/Elite 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 5th – Group Stage
DNQ – Play-Offs		 Seiminmang Manchong 4
2018–19 13 8 2 3 40 13 26 1st – Group Stage
4th – Play-Offs		 Seiminmang Manchong 9
As Odisha FC
2019–20 14 9 4 1 45 12 31 2nd – Group Stage
TBD – Play-Offs		 Akshunna Tyagi 20

Head Coaches record
As of 18 February 2020
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
As Delhi Dynamos FC
Francisco Perez Lazaro  Spain 6 March 2018 31 January 2019 22 10 4 8 45 22 045.45
As Odisha FC
Sandeep Alhan  India 31 August 2019 Present 14 9 4 1 45 12 064.29

Personnel
Position Name
Head Coach Sandeep Alhan
Team Manager Ujjawal Raj
Head of Football Development Aakash Narula
Head of Youth Development Vacant
Youth Teams Manager Sayantan Ganguly
Grassroots Manager Suvam Das
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See also

References
  1. "Eighteen Teams Will Contest In Second Division League 2017-18". I-League. 20 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. "Delhi Dynamos announce squad for I-League second division". Times of India. 7 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. "Squad". i-league.org.
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