Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

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 renamed Odisha FC Reserves and Academy on 31 August 2019.

Odisha FC Reserves and Academy
Full nameOdisha Football Club Reserves and Academy
Founded10 October 2018 (2018-10-10)
(as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves)
31 August 2019 (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)

History

On 20 February 2018, it was announced by the All India Football Federation, the organising 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  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 Dubey
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
23 FW  IND Shubham Karkra
No. Pos. Nation Player
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
59 FW  IND Nischay Adhikari
63 FW  IND Rajat Rathi
65 FW  IND Sandeep Thapa
71 MF  IND Ishaan Shishodia
— FW  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  IND Isht Chandra
9 FW  IND Yashas Sharin
11 FW  IND Jitinraj Suresh
16 FW  IND Nirmanyu Singh Atri
18 MF  IND Pranav Ratti
31 DF  IND Dushyant Singh Kandari
32 FW  IND Aryan Bahuguna
34 FW  IND Vidit Jai
35 DF  IND Ratul Kamra
36 DF  IND Krish Malik
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 DF  IND Rachit Raj
39 DF  IND Saksham Suneja (Captain)
40 MF  IND Kunal Raghav
41 GK  IND Ankit Das
51 GK  IND Sunny Kumar
64 FW  IND Shriyans Mishra
66 DF  IND Parth Trisal
95 DF  IND Visu Paraj Negi
99 MF  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  IND Shaurya Chaudhary
7 FW  IND Nitesh Minz
10 FW  IND Keshav Chattopadhyay
20 MF  IND Aditya Adhikari
23 MF  IND Arpit Negi (Captain)
33 MF  IND Shaurya Kakar
34 DF  IND Akash Yadav
42 DF  IND Siddharth Attri
43 DF  IND Vaibhav Negi
44 DF  IND Kumar Armaan
46 FW  IND Pranav Topwal
48 MF  IND Ashmit
No. Pos. Nation Player
49 FW  IND Akshat Mehra
50 GK  IND Dhruv Kumar
52 MF  IND Sambhav Saxena
53 DF  IND Lakshay Negi
54 DF  IND Saurabh Yadav
55 DF  IND Divyansh Pal Dhangar
56 DF  IND Anupam Rastogi
58 MF  IND Glen Gigi
60 MF  IND Vedant Khanna
61 DF  IND Adi Joshi
67 FW  IND Sameer Nakul
72 FW  IND Akshansh Sharma

Reserves (U18)
Season Player Nationality Position Refs.
2019–20 Akshunna Tyagi India Forward [8]

U15
Season Player Nationality Position Refs.
2019–20 Nirmanyu Singh Atri India Forward [8]

U13
Season Player Nationality Position Refs.
2019–20 Aditya Adhikari India Midfielder [8]

Records and statistics

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		 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
Cancelled – Play-Offs		 Akshunna Tyagi 20

Reserves (U18)
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
Reserves (U18) Head Coach Sandeep Alhan[9]
U15 Head Coach Amit Rana[9]
U13 Head Coach Kirti Kashyap[9]
Head of Football Operations Abhik Chatterjee[10]
Head of Football Development Kino Sanchez[11]
Randeep Baruah[12]
Youth Teams Manager Sayantan Ganguly[9]
Grassroots Manager 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. @OdishaFC (15 June 2020). "Aridane Santana" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. "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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Odisha FC promote five U-18 players to senior team". KhelNow. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
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