Odisha FC

Odisha Football Club ([oɽiˈsa] ^ⓘ) is an Indian professional football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Prior to the inaugural Indian Super League season, the club was founded as Delhi Dynamos Football Club. The club rebranded to Odisha Football Club, as it moved to its current base, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The club is owned and operated by the Dubai-based company GMS Leadership and Raj Athwal as the president of the club.

Odisha

Full name	Odisha Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Kalinga Warriors, The Juggernauts
Short name	OFC
Founded	14 October 2014; 9 years ago (2014-10-14) (as Delhi Dynamos FC) 31 August 2019; 4 years ago (2019-08-31) (as Odisha FC)
Ground	Kalinga Stadium
Capacity	15,000^[1]
Owner	GMS Leadership^[2]
President	Raj Athwal^[3]
Head coach	Sergio Lobera
League	Indian Super League
2022–2023	Indian Super League, 6th of 11 Playoffs: Knockout
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Odisha played its first home match on 14 October 2014, with a 0–0 draw against Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi as Delhi Dynamos. As Odisha FC, the club played their first match on 22 October 2019, however they had to play their first three matches of 2019–20 ISL season at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, before making Kalinga Stadium as their permanent base. The club went on to win the 2023 Indian Super Cup, its first trophy. After defeating Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage by 3–1, Odisha qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Cup, its first participation in any continental stage.

History

Formation

In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight or nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.^[4] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that DEN Networks had won the bidding for the Delhi franchise.^[5] The team had entered an alliance with Dutch club Feyenoord which lasted one year.^[6]

As Delhi Dynamos (2014−2019)

The team started their inaugural Indian Super League campaign on 14 October 2014 with a 0–0 draw against FC Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. Dynamos did not experience the best of starts to their ISL campaign as they were placed last in the points table till the ninth game-week. But, against all the odds, the team finished fifth with a five-match unbeaten run which included three wins and two draws, but couldn't qualify for the semi-finals. In the 2015 season, Delhi Dynamos, for the first time, qualified for the semi-finals of the Indian Super League in 2015. In the 2016 season, the club finished third in the league stage with 21 points, but^[7] lost to Kerala Blasters FC in the semi-finals. In the 2017–18 season, the club finished eighth in the league stage with 19 points^[8] and couldn't qualify for semi-finals. In their last season under the Delhi Dynamos banner, i.e. the 2018–19 season, the club again finished eighth in the league round with 18 points^[9] and therefore, couldn't qualify for the semi-finals.

As Odisha (2019−present)

Ahead of the 2019–20 Indian Super League season, the club decided to relocate to a new base, 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 relocation of the club from the national capital New Delhi to Bhubaneswar.^[10] 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.^[11] Due to unavailability of the Kalinga Stadium, Odisha had to play three of their first home fixtures of the 2019−20 season at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Pune, Maharashtra.^[12] Odisha started off their season on 22 October 2019, with a 2−1 loss in an away match against Jamshedpur at the JRD Tata Sports Complex.^[13] Odisha secured their first ever win in their third fixture registering a 4−2 victory against Mumbai City at the Mumbai Football Arena. Odisha ended the season at the sixth spot with 25 points.^[14] Later, on 18 March 2020, due to the head coach's familial obligations, Josep Gombau left the club.^[15] Stuart Baxter replaced Josep Gomabau on 19 June 2020, as he was announced as the head coach of Odisha in a two-year contract.^[16] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the 2020−21 season was hosted behind closed doors across three venues in Goa, the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim, and the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco da Gama.^[17] Due to inconsistent display throughout the season, Odisha FC ended up at the bottom of the league with twelve points. On 2 February 2021, Baxter was sacked for his comments in a post-match press conference.^[18]

On 20 July 2021, Odisha announced the appointment of Francisco "Kiko" Ramírez González as the head coach for 2021–22 Indian Super League season^[19] along with the appointment of Assistant Coach and Head of Football Development, Joaquin "Kino" Garcia Sanchez.^[20] On 1 September 2021, the club entered into a 3-year international partnership deal with Premier League club Watford.^[21] On 4 November 2021, the club announced the finalisation of a strategic football and commercial partnership with Brazil's Avaí Futebol Clube as a part of OFC's Global Football Alliance initiative.^[22] Odisha began the 2021–22 season campaign win a historic 3–1 win over Bengaluru FC on 24 November.^[23][24] Odisha ended the season at the seventh spot with 23 points.

At the end of 2022-23 Indian Super League, Odisha finished 6th with 30 points in the table and qualified for the playoffs for the first time since rebranding into Odisha FC. They however lost to ATK Mohun Bagan 2-0 in the Knockouts. Odisha begin their campaign at the 2023 Indian Super Cup by drawing 1-1 against East Bengal. They then went on to win 3-0 against I-league side Aizwal FC and a 2-1 win against Hyderabad FC to top their group and qualify for the Semi-final of the tournament. In the Semi-final, they beat the surprise team in the tournament Northeast United FC on a scoreline of 3-1 to qualify for their first ever Super Cup Final where they were up against current ISL runner-up Bengaluru FC. They beat Bengaluru FC 2-1 and clinched their first ever Indian Super Cup title.^[25]

Crest, colours and kits

Crest

 

The wheel engraved on the walls of the Konark Sun Temple. The temple is designed as a chariot consisting of 24 such wheels. Each wheel has a diameter of 9 feet, 9 inches, with 8 spokes.

On 15 September 2019, Odisha unveiled their official logo embodying the heritage and the culture of the state of Odisha and the vision and the ideology of its parent company, GMS Inc.^[26] Design of the crest is inspired from the Chakras or the chariot wheels of the famous Konark Sun Temple, a World Heritage Site in Odisha which represents movement and development; the ship design represents GMS, world's largest buyer of ships and offshore assets, and the owner of the club.^[2][26]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor	Back sponsor	Chest sponsor	Sleeve sponsor
2014–15	Lotto	Freecharge	Cisco	Skyworth	DEN Boomband
2015–16	Puma	Ekana Sportz City	SpiceJet	DEN Boomband	Skyworth
2016–17	Dryworld	GMS		Skyworth
2017–18	T10 Sports	Kent RO Systems	Jio	Aspire Academy	GMS
2018–19	TYKA	Andslite
2019–20		Odisha Tourism^[27]	GMS	McDowell's No.1	Serajuddin & Co
2020–21	T10 Sports^[28]			Lila Shipping
2021–22	Hummel^[29]		Atha Group^[30]	GMS
2022–2023	Trak-Only^[31]		Rungta Steel
2023–				Jindal Panther

Kit evolution

2014

2015

2016−18

2018−19

2019−20

2020−21

2021−22

Stadium

Main article: Kalinga Stadium

 

An elevated view of the Kalinga Stadium in 2019

Established in 1978, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, is the home ground of Odisha. The 15,000-capacity stadium has hosted several national and international tournaments including the I-League, Super Cup, and 2019 Gold Cup. It was one of the venues 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.

On 31 August 2019, the Kalinga Stadium was announced as the home base of the club.^[10][11] Earlier, the 60,000-capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi, served as the home ground of the club, under the brand franchise name Delhi Dynamos FC. In 2019, due to various economic factors and improper attendance for home games over the course of the seasons at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the then owner of the franchise, Dr. Anil Sharma, decided to shift the base from Delhi to Bhubaneswar, and rechristen the club as Odisha FC.^[32]

Support

 

Fans at the Kalinga Stadium

Odisha FC had immediately grown its popularity post its inception which resulted in the formation of its supporters group, named The Juggernauts.^[33][34][35] The name of the group is derived from Jagannātha i.e. the "world-lord", combining jagata ("world") and natha ("lord"). Juggernaut is defined as a large powerful force or organization that cannot be stopped.^[36] After the club entered into a 3-year technical affiliation with the Premier League side Watford, the Juggernauts became the first Indian football supporters' group to get into an international alliance with supporters' group of a foreign club on September 3. They partnered with Watford's largest supporters' group, i.e. The 1881 Movement, for a cross-cultural fan exchange programme.^[37][38]

Ownership

On 13 April 2014, Indian Super League announced that DEN Networks had won the bidding for the Delhi franchise to be the eighth team in the inaugural season of the League.^[5] The club entered an alliance with Dutch club Feyenoord in 2015, which lasted only for one year.^[6] World's largest cash buyer of ships and offshore assets for recycling, GMS, was brought in March 2016 as club's new majority co-owner.^[39] GMS currently holds 100% of the ownership in club which it purchased in three installments of 55%, 25% and 20% respectively from DEN Networks.^[40][41]

Records and statistics

Main article: List of Odisha FC records and statistics

As of 25 April 2023

Overall records

Season	Indian Super League								Durand Cup	Super Cup	AFC Cup	Top Scorer
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position				Player	Goals
As Delhi Dynamos FC
2014	14	4	6	4	16	14	18	5th	—	—	—	Gustavo Marmentini	5
2015	14	6	4	4	15	11	20	Top 4 (4th)	—	—	—	Richard Gadze   Robin Singh	4
2016	14	5	6	3	27	17	21	Top 4 (3rd)	—	—	—	Marcelinho	10
2017–18	18	5	4	9	27	37	19	8th	—	Qualifiers	—	Kalu Uche	14
2018–19	18	4	6	8	23	27	18	8th	—	Quarter-finals	—	Daniel Lalhlimpuia   Lallianzuala Chhangte	5
As Odisha FC
2019–20	18	7	4	7	28	31	25	6th	—	—	—	Aridane Santana	9
2020–21	20	2	6	12	25	44	12	11th	—	—	—	Diego Maurício	12
2021–22	20	6	5	9	31	43	23	7th	—	—	—	Jonathas de Jesus	8
2022–23	20	9	3	8	30	32	30	Top 6 (6th)	Quarter-finals	Champions	—	Diego Maurício	22
2023–24	6	3	1	2	11	9	10	5th	Group Stage	TBD	2nd (GS)	Diego Maurício	5

Players

For a list of all former and current Odisha players, see List of Odisha FC players.

First-team squad

As of 1 September 2023^[42]

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 Amrinder Singh (captain) 3 DF   IND Narender Gahlot 4 DF   IND Amey Ranawade (on loan from Mumbai City) 5 DF   ESP Carlos Delgado 6 MF   IND Lalliansanga Renthlei 7 MF   IND Lalthathanga Khawlhring 8 MF   IND Paul Ramfangzauva 9 FW   BRA Diego Maurício 10 MF   MAR Ahmed Jahouh 11 FW   JPN Cy Goddard 14 FW   IND Pranjal Bhumij 24 MF   IND Thoiba Singh 15 DF   SEN Mourtada Fall 17 FW   IND Jerry Mawihmingthanga 18 DF   IND Jerry Lalrinzuala 19 MF   IND Isak Vanlalruatfela

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   FIJ Roy Krishna 22 MF   IND Givson Singh (on loan from Kerala Blasters) 23 FW   IND Michael Soosairaj 24 MF   IND Thoiba Singh 25 MF   IND Princeton Rebello 26 DF   IND Laldinliana Renthlei 28 GK   IND Lalthuammawia Ralte 29 FW   IND Aphaoba Singh Ashangbam 30 DF   IND Paogoumang Singson 36 DF   IND Sahil Panwar 42 MF   IND Lenny Rodrigues 45 DF   IND Tankadhar Bag 48 MF   IND Isaac Vanmalsawma 55 DF   IND Deven Sawhney 77 MF   IND Pungte Lapung 99 FW   IND Aniket Jadhav

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   IND Lalhrezuala Sailung (at Aizawl until 31 May 2024)

Reserves

Main article: Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   IND Niraj Kumar — DF   IND Tankadhar Bag — MF   IND Pungte Lapung

Player of the Season

Season	Player	Nationality	Position	Refs.
2019–20	Aridane Santana	Spain	Forward	^[43]
2022–23	Diego Maurício	Brazil	Forward	^[44]

Personnel

Current technical staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Sergio Lobera	^[45]
Assistant coach	Floyd Pinto	^[46]
	Santosh Kashyap	^[47]
Goalkeeping coach	Manu Patricio	^[48]
Strength and Conditioning coach	Manuel Sayabera
Head of Performance Analysis & Scouting	Sk Nasim Akhtar
Team Doctor	Vishnu Vijayan	^[49]
Physiotherapists	Firoz Shaikh	^[50]
	Naved Hameed	^[51]
Wellness Mentor	Amrit Pattajoshi	^[52]
Team Masseur	Bybu Ponnarassery Ravunny Thrissur	^[53]

Managerial history

Name	Nationality	Period
Harm van Veldhoven	Belgium	2014
Roberto Carlos	Brazil	2015
Gianluca Zambrotta	Italy	2016
Miguel Ángel Portugal	Spain	2017–2018
Josep Gombau	Spain	2018–2020
Stuart Baxter	Scotland	2020–2021
Kiko Ramírez	Spain	2021–2022
Josep Gombau	Spain	2022–2023
Sergio Lobera	Spain	2023–present

Football Sport Management

Position	Name
Head of Football Operations	Abhik Chatterjee^[54]
Head of Academy and Women's Football	Randeep Baruah^[55]
Head of Digital and Media Communications	Ayan Chatterjee^[55]
Odisha Reserves (U18) Coach	Sandeep Alhan^[55]
Odisha U15 Coach	Amit Rana^[55]
Odisha U13 Coach	Kirti Kashyap^[55]

Management

Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Raj Athwal^[3]
Club Director	Ashok Bajaj^[56]
Club Advisor	Rohan Sharma^[3]
Head of Finance	Ajit Panda^[56]
Commercial Partnerships Manager	Ashis Hota^[57]

Honours

Cup

• Super Cup
  • Winners (1): 2023^[58]

eSports

The organizers of ISL introduced eISL, a FIFA video game tournament, for the ISL playing clubs, each represented by two players.^[59] Odisha FC hosted a series of qualifying games for all the participants wanting to represent the club in eISL. On 20 November, the club announced the signing of the two players.

Roster

Odisha FC eSports FIFA roster
Players	Coaches
Handle Name Nationality Shubambamtumtumm Jadhav, Subham India Duggaltv Duggal, Aman India	Head coach Vacant
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended   Substitute   Injury / Illness	Latest roster transaction: 19 November 2021.

Affiliated clubs

The following clubs are affiliated with Odisha FC:

•   Watford FC (2021–present)^[60][61]
•   Avai FC (2021–present)^[62][63]

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External links

• Official website
• Odisha FC's ISL Profile