Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

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Odisha FC Reserves and Academy
Full nameOdisha Football Club Reserves and Academy
Founded10 October 2018; 3 years ago (2018-10-10)
(as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves)
31 August 2019; 2 years ago (2019-08-31)
(as Odisha FC Reserves & Academy)
GroundJLN Training Pitches
New Delhi
OwnerGMS Inc.
PresidentRaj Athwal
Head CoachSandeep Alhan
LeagueElite League
2019–20Elite League, 2nd (GS)
Current season

Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy is the reserves side and the youth setup of Indian Super League side Odisha, that competes in the Elite League, the elite youth football league of Indian football. The side was unveiled on 6 March 2018 as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves, and rechristened its identity to Odisha FC Reserves and Academy on 31 August 2019.

History[]

On 20 February 2018, it was announced by the All India Football Federation, the organizing 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. On 31 August 2019, the first-team rechristened its identity to Odisha Football Club, as it moved to its current base, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Since then, the team participates in the league as Odisha FC Reserves and Academy.

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 (U18)[]

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

U15[]

As of 28 February 2020[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF India IND Isht Chandra
9 FW India IND Yashas Sharin
11 FW India IND Jitinraj Suresh
16 FW India IND Nirmanyu Singh Atri
18 MF India IND Pranav Ratti
31 DF India IND Dushyant Singh Kandari
32 FW India IND Aryan Bahuguna
34 FW India IND Vidit Jai
35 DF India IND Ratul Kamra
36 DF India IND Krish Malik
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 DF India IND Rachit Raj
39 DF India IND Saksham Suneja (Captain)
40 MF India IND Kunal Raghav
41 GK India IND Ankit Das
51 GK India IND Sunny Kumar
64 FW India IND Shriyans Mishra
66 DF India IND Parth Trisal
95 DF India IND Visu Paraj Negi
99 MF India IND Arya Kashyap

U13[]

As of 29 February 2020[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF India IND Shaurya Chaudhary
7 FW India IND Nitesh Minz
10 FW India IND Keshav Chattopadhyay
20 MF India IND Aditya Adhikari
23 MF India IND Arpit Negi (Captain)
33 MF India IND Shaurya Kakar
34 DF India IND Akash Yadav
42 DF India IND Siddharth Attri
43 DF India IND Vaibhav Negi
44 DF India IND Kumar Armaan
46 FW India IND Pranav Topwal
48 MF India IND Ashmit
No. Pos. Nation Player
49 FW India IND Akshat Mehra
50 GK India IND Dhruv Kumar
52 MF India IND Sambhav Saxena
53 DF India IND Lakshay Negi
54 DF India IND Saurabh Yadav
55 DF India IND Divyansh Pal Dhangar
56 DF India IND Anupam Rastogi
58 MF India IND Glen Gigi
60 MF India IND Vedant Khanna
61 DF India IND Adi Joshi
67 FW India IND Sameer Nakul
72 FW India IND Akshansh Sharma

Youth Player of the Season[]

Reserves (U18)[]

Season Player Nationality Position Refs.
2019–20 Akshunna Tyagi India India Forward [8]

U15[]

Season Player Nationality Position Refs.
2019–20 Nirmanyu Singh Atri India India Forward [8]

U13[]

Season Player Nationality Position Refs.
2019–20 Aditya Adhikari India India Midfielder [8]

Records and statistics[]

Overview[]

Reserves (U18)[]

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 		India Seiminmang Manchong 4
2018–19 13 8 2 3 40 13 26 1st – Group Stage
4th – Play-Offs 		India Seiminmang Manchong 9
As Odisha FC
2019–20 14 9 4 1 45 12 31 2nd – Group Stage
Cancelled – Play-Offs 		India Akshunna Tyagi 20

Head Coaches record[]

Reserves (U18)[]

As of 18 February 2020
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
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
Reserves (U18) Head Coach India Sandeep Alhan[9]
U15 Head Coach India Amit Rana[9]
U13 Head Coach India Kirti Kashyap[9]
Head of Football Operations India Abhik Chatterjee[10]
Head of Football Development Spain Kino Sanchez[11]
India Aakash Narula[12]
Youth Teams Manager India Sayantan Ganguly[9]
Grassroots Manager India Suvam Das[9]

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. ^ "U18 Youth League Squad". i-league.org.
  6. ^ "U5 Junior League Squad". i-league.org.
  7. ^ "U5 Junior League Squad". i-league.org.
  8. ^ a b c @OdishaFC (15 June 2020). "Aridane Santana" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Odisha FC conducts youth team scouting in Bhubaneswar". Odisha FC. 7 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
  10. ^ "Stuart Baxter: There will be an emphasis on youth at Odisha FC". khelnow.com. 23 June 2020. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Odisha FC ropes in Joaquín "Kino" García Sánchez as Assistant Coach and Head of Football Development". OdishaFC.com. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Odisha FC promote five U-18 players to senior team". KhelNow. Retrieved 12 October 2020.

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