2019–20 Odisha FC season

Odisha
2019–2020 season
President	Rohan Sharma
Manager	Josep Gombau
Stadium	Kalinga Stadium
Indian Super League	6th
Top goalscorer	League: Aridane Santana (9 goals) ; All: Aridane Santana (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	9,452; (vs. Jamshedpur,; 27 December)
Lowest home attendance	6,234; (vs. Kerala Blasters,; 23 February)
Average home league attendance	7,294
	← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 Odisha FC season was the club's inaugural season since its establishment in August 2019.^[1] On 31 August 2019, Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, to re-brand Delhi Dynamos FC as Odisha FC and shift the home base from the national capital New Delhi to Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The new home for the team was decided to be the Kalinga Stadium at Bhubaneswar.^[2]

Players[]

As of 14 March 2020^[3]

No.	Name	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
13	Francisco Dorronsoro	GK	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 36)
30	Ankit Bhuyan	GK	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 20)
31	Arshdeep Singh	GK	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 24)
Defenders
3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	DF	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 27)
4	Gaurav Bora	DF	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 23)
5	Diawandou Diagne	DF	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 27)
15	Shubham Sarangi	DF	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 21)
21	Narayan Das	DF	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 28)
23	Carlos Delgado	DF	(1990-04-22) 22 April 1990 (age 31)
26	Rana Gharami	DF	(1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 31)
27	Lalchhuanmawia	DF	(1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 32)
33	Amit Tudu	DF	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 23)
Midfielders
6	Bikramjit Singh	MF	(1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 29)
8	Marcos Tébar (Captain)	MF	(1986-02-07) 7 February 1986 (age 35)
10	Xisco Hernández	MF	(1989-07-31) 31 July 1989 (age 32)
11	Martín Pérez Guedes	MF	(1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 (age 30)
16	Vinit Rai	MF	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 24)
17	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	MF	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 24)
19	Romeo Fernandes	MF	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 29)
22	Nanda Kumar	MF	(1995-12-20) 20 December 1995 (age 26)
44	Lalhrezuala Sailung	MF	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 20)
45	Van Lal Remtluanga Chhangte	MF	(2001-03-12) 12 March 2001 (age 20)
Forwards
9	Aridane Santana	FW	(1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 34)
14	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	FW	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 24)
24	Manuel Onwu	FW	(1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 33)
41	Seiminmang Manchong	FW	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 21)

Competitions[]

Indian Super League[]

League table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Chennaiyin	18	8	5	5	32	24	+8	29	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Mumbai City	18	7	5	6	25	29	−4	26
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25
7	Kerala Blasters	18	4	7	7	29	32	−3	19
8	Jamshedpur	18	4	6	8	22	35	−13	18

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

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Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[4] However, ATK merged with Mohun Bagan for the 2020–21 Indian Super League season, and the new team will qualify as India 2. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[5]

Results (Matchday)[]

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: ISL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures[]

League stage

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 1	Jamshedpur	2–1	Odisha	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Gharami 17' (o.g.) Monroy 28' Jairu 35' Jadhav 51' Pereira 60' Castel 85'	Report	Santana 40'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 21,689 Referee: Arumughan Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 2	NorthEast United	2–1	Odisha	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Tlang 2' 89' Triadis 38' Chowdhury 45+1' Gyan 45+2' 84' Vaz 71'	Report	Sarangi 21' Hernández 71' Delgado 73' Kumar 90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Gyan (NorthEast)

31 October 2019 (2019-10-31) 3	Mumbai City	2–4	Odisha	Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh 35' Larbi 51' (pen.) Fernandes 58' Singh 90+5'	Report	Hernández 6' Rai 11' Santana 21', 73' 37' Mawihmingthanga 41'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 5,517 Referee: Arumughan Man of the Match: Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)

8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) 4	Kerala Blasters	0–0	Odisha	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 20,107 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Cido (Kerala)

24 November 2019 5	Odisha	0–0	ATK	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Diagne 90+1'	Report	Edathodika 15' Agus 90+1'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) 6	Chennaiyin	2–2	Odisha	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh 49' Valskis 51', 71'	Report	Rai 22' Hernández 54' Delgado 66' Santana 82'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 8,693 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Valskis (Chennaiyin)

4 December 2019 7	Odisha	0–1	Bengaluru	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Juanan 36' Kuruniyan 44'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 3,816 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Sandhu (Bengaluru)

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 8	Odisha	3–2	Hyderabad	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rai 11' 64' Delgado 27' Hernández 41' Sarangi 55' Guedes 71' (pen.) Tébar 90+2'	Report	Bobô 65' (pen.) Kumar 89'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Turki Alkhudhayr Man of the Match: Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)

22 December 2019 9	Goa	3–0	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Coro 19', 89' (pen.) Bedia 73' Fernandes 85' 90+1'	Report	Delgado 43' Bora 67' Das 80'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 12,244 Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei Man of the Match: Coro (Goa)

27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) 10	Odisha	2–1	Jamshedpur	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Bora 19' Santana 28', 45' 79' Das 30' Delgado 33' Sarangi 62' Dorronsoro 90+6'	Report	Monroy 38' (pen.) Choudhary 85' Passi 90+5'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 9,452 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

6 January 2020 (2020-01-06) 11	Odisha	2–0	Chennaiyin	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Mawihmingthanga 37' Vinit 41' Guedes 90'	Report	Thapa 64'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6,382 Referee: Raktim Saha Man of the Match: Vinit (Odisha)

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 12	Odisha	2–0	Mumbai City	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Santana 47' 90' Dorronsoro 62' Hernández 74' Vinit 84'	Report	Chaudhari 46' Kevyn 67' Hmingthanmawia 69'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 7,778 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 13	Hyderabad	1–2	Odisha	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Marcelinho 1' Bhagat 15' 45'	Report	Santana 15', 45' Vinit 42' Hernández 49' Dorronsoro 90'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22) 14	Bengaluru	3–0	Odisha	Bangalore
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Brown 23' Bheke 25' Khabra 37' Chhetri 61' (pen.) 82'	Report	Sarangi 45' Guedes 60' Delgado 79'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 9746 Referee: Kasimov Sherzod Man of the Match: Paartalu (Bengaluru)

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) 15	Odisha	2–4	Goa	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Onwu 59', 65' Dhot 79' Bora 90'	Report	Vinit 22' (o.g.) Singh 22', 27' Bedia 83' Fernandes 89' Corominas 90'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 7463 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Singh (Goa)

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 16	ATK	3–1	Odisha	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Krishna 49', 60', 63' Hernández 90'	Report	Hernández 29' Das 41' Onwu 67' Nanda 80' Mawihmingthanga 82'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 15751 Referee: L Ajit Metei Man of the Match: Krishna (Kolkata)

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14) 17	Odisha	2–1	NorthEast United	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Sarangi 29' Vinit 32' Onwu 47' 84' Guedes 72' 90'	Report	Tlang 20' Cháves 24' Leudo 35' Pradhan 38' Vaz 84'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6456 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Man of the Match: Hernández (Odisha)

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 18	Odisha	4–4	Kerala Blasters	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Onwu 2', 37', 51' 81' Das 16' Guedes 44' (pen.) 53' Bora 84' Dorronsoro 90' Tébar 90'	Report	Das 6' (o.g.) Bouli 28' Lalruatthara 45' Khan 50' Carneiro 85'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6234 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Onwu (Odisha)

Personnel[]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Josep Gombau
Assistant Coach	Thangboi Singto
Assistant Coach	Jacobo Ramallo
Team Manager	Abhik Chatterjee
Goalkeeping Coach	Pau Rovira Crua
Strengthening & Conditioning Coach	Joan Casanova Bertomeu
Performance Analyst	Abhijit Bharali
Head of Football Development	Aakash Narula
Head of Youth Development	Thangboi Singto
Manager – Youth Teams	Sayantan Ganguly
Grassroots Manager	Suvam Das

Statistics[]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK	ESP	Francisco Dorronsoro	10	0	10+0	0
30	GK	IND	Ankit Bhuyan	0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	IND	Arshdeep Singh	9	0	8+1	0
Defenders
3	DF	IND	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	4	0	1+3	0
4	DF	IND	Gaurav Bora	10	0	8+2	0
5	DF	SEN	Diawandou Diagne	10	0	8+2	0
15	DF	IND	Shubham Sarangi	17	0	17+0	0
21	DF	IND	Narayan Das	18	0	18+0	0
23	DF	ESP	Carlos Delgado	16	1	15+1	1
26	DF	IND	Rana Gharami	4	0	4+0	0
27	DF	IND	Lalchhuanmawia	3	0	0+3	0
33	DF	IND	Amit Tudu	0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IND	Bikramjit Singh	6	0	0+6	0
8	MF	ESP	Marcos Tébar	17	0	17+0	0
10	MF	ESP	Xisco Hernández	18	5	15+3	5
11	MF	ARG	Martín Pérez Guedes	18	3	7+11	3
16	MF	IND	Vinit Rai	15	1	15+0	1
17	MF	IND	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	17	2	16+1	2
19	MF	IND	Romeo Fernandes	3	0	0+3	0
22	MF	IND	Nanda Kumar	16	0	15+1	0
44	MF	IND	Lalhrezuala Sailung	0	0	0+0	0
45	MF	IND	Van Lal Remtluanga Chhangte	0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Aridane Santana	14	9	14+0	9
14	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	16	0	6+10	0
24	FW	ESP	Manuel Onwu	4	7	4+0	7
41	FW	IND	Seiminmang Manchong	4	0	0+4	0

Source: Indian Super League

Updated: 14 March 2020

Top scorers[]

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL	Total
1	9	FW	Aridane Santana	9	9
2	24	FW	Manuel Onwu	7	7
3	10	MF	Xisco Hernández	5	5
4	11	DF	Martín Pérez Guedes	3	3
5	17	MF	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	2	2
6	23	MF	Carlos Delgado	1	1
6	16	DF	Vinit Rai	1	1

Source: ISL
Updated: 14 March 2020

Clean sheets[]

Rank	No.	Pos	Player	ISL	Total
1	13	GK	Francisco Dorronsoro	3	3
2	30	GK	Arshdeep Singh	1	1
TOTALS				4	4

Source: ISL
Updated: 14 March 2020

Disciplinary record[]

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL		Total
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player
1	16	MF		Vinit Rai	7	0	7	0
2	15	DF		Shubham Sarangi	5	0	5	0
3	23	DF		Carlos Delgado	4	1	4	1
4	4	DF		Gaurav Bora	4	0	4	0
	11	MF		Martín Pérez Guedes	4	0	4	0
	13	GK		Francisco Dorronsoro	4	0	4	0
	21	DF		Narayan Das	4	0	4	0
8	9	FW		Aridane Santana	3	0	3	0
9	8	MF		Marcos Tébar	2	0	2	0
	10	MF		Xisco Hernández	2	0	2	0
	22	MF		Nanda Kumar	2	0	2	0
	24	FW		Manuel Onwu	2	0	2	0
13	3	DF		Mohammad Sajid Dhot	1	0	1	0
	5	DF		Diawandou Diagne	1	0	1	0
	17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	1	0	1	0
TOTALS					43	1	43	1

Source: ISL
Updated: 14 March 2020

Awards[]

Hero of the Match[]

Player	Against	Date
Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Mumbai City	31 October 2019
Aridane Santana	ATK	24 November 2019
Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Hyderabad	11 December 2019
Aridane Santana	Jamshedpur	27 December 2019
Vinit Rai	Chennaiyin	6 January 2020
Aridane Santana	Mumbai City	11 January 2020
Aridane Santana	Hyderabad	15 January 2020
Xisco Hernández	NorthEast United	14 February 2020
Manuel Onwu	Kerala Blasters	23 February 2020

ISL Emerging Player of the Match[]

Player	Against	Date
Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Jamshedpur	22 October 2019
Nanda Kumar Sekar	Mumbai City	31 October 2019
Shubham Sarangi	ATK	24 November 2019
Shubham Sarangi	Chennaiyin	28 November 2019
Vinit Rai	Bengaluru	4 December 2019
Shubham Sarangi	Goa	22 December 2019
Shubham Sarangi	Jamshedpur	27 December 2019
Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Chennaiyin	6 January 2020
Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Mumbai City	11 January 2020
Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Hyderabad	15 January 2020
Gaurav Bora	Goa	29 January 2020
Jerry Mawihmingthanga	Kerala Blasters	23 February 2020

References[]

^ "It's official – Delhi Dynamos renamed as Odisha Football Club". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "Delhi Soccer Private Limited signs MoU with Government of Odisha to facilitate Bhubaneswar move". Indian Super League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
^ "Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
^ Scroll Staff (4 June 2020). "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[cnote_Note_1] 
Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).^[4] However, ATK merged with Mohun Bagan for the 2020–21 Indian Super League season, and the new team will qualify as India 2. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.^[5]

[1] "It's official – Delhi Dynamos renamed as Odisha Football Club". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[2] "Delhi Soccer Private Limited signs MoU with Government of Odisha to facilitate Bhubaneswar move". Indian Super League. Retrieved 31 August 2019.

[Squad-3] "Squad". Indian Super League. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

[4] "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

[5] Scroll Staff (4 June 2020). "Bengaluru FC to play in AFC Cup playoffs as AIFF confirms all three continental spots for ISL teams". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.

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