Odisha football team

Odisha

Full name	Odisha football team
Ground	Kalinga Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Football Association of Odisha
President	Debashish Samantaray
Coach	Salim Pathan
League	Santosh Trophy
2019–20	Qualifiers: Group Stage
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

The Odisha football team (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଫୁଟବଲ ଟୀମ୍) is an Indian football team representing the state of Odisha, India. The Football Association of Odisha, a state association of All India Football Federation, controls the team. The team competes as a member of the All India Football Federation, in the Santosh Trophy, the topmost knock-out league of Indian football.^[1] Prior to 2014, the team competed as Orissa.^[2]

Stadium[]

An elevated view of the Kalinga Stadium in 2019

Established in 1978, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, serves as the home ground of Odisha. The 15,000-capacity stadium has hosted several national and international tournaments including the I-League, Super Cup, and Women's Gold Cup. It is scheduled to host the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The stadium is also the home base for the national and youth team camps. Indian Arrows, AIFF's developmental side, is also based at the Kalinga Stadium.

Personnel[]

Position	Name
Head Coach	Salim Pathan
Assistant Coach	Sheikh Manzoor
Goalkeeping Coach	Goutam Das
Team Manager	Hrudaya Ranjan Behera
Physiotherapist	Nikhil Mascarenhas

Players[]

The following 25 players were named in the final squad for the 2021–22 Santosh Trophy qualifiers against Bihar on 1 December 2021 and Jharkhand on 5 December 2021.^[3]

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 Fagu Baskey 2 DF  IND Amit Kerkita 3 DF  IND D. Srinath 4 DF  IND Rudra Prasad Pradhan 5 DF  IND Tejas Nayak 6 DF  IND Pintu Samal (U21) 7 MF  IND Arpan Lakra 8 MF  IND Prasanta Srihari 9 FW  IND Arbin Lakra 10 FW  IND Kartik Hanstal (U21) 11 MF  IND Sheikh Farid 12 DF  IND Rakesh Oram (C) 15 MF  IND Jamir Oram

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW  IND Fagu Hembram 17 MF  IND Sanjib Oram 18 DF  IND Bishal Tigga 19 MF  IND Prabin Tigga 20 FW  IND Chandra Muduli 21 GK  IND Siddhanta Pradhan 23 FW  IND Bikash Kumar Sahoo 24 FW  IND Sachin Kumar Mallick (U21) 28 FW  IND Raisen Tudu (U21) 30 FW  IND Biki Sethi — GK  IND Sheikh Kamaluddin — MF  IND Raghu Marandi (U21)

Results and fixtures[]

Matches[]

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2021[]

Management[]

Board of Directors[]

Position	Name
President	Debasish Samantray
Honorary Secretary	Asirbad Behera
Executive Secretary	Avijit Kumar Paul
Treasurer	Bhakta Ballav Das

Honours[]

• B. C. Roy Trophy (Junior National Football Championship)

Winners (1): 1968–69

Runners-up (2): 1961–62, 1976–77

• Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Sub-Junior National Football Championship)

Winners (2): 2015–16, 2018–19

Runners-up (3): 1993–94, 2000–01, 2012–13

References[]

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