Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy is the reserve side and youth setup of Indian Super League side Odisha FC. Based in Bhubaneswar, the side was unveiled on 6 March 2018 and participates in the Elite League, the elite youth football league of Indian football.

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)
GroundJLN Training Pitches
New Delhi
OwnerGMS Inc.
PresidentRohan Sharma
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 organizing body for Indian football, that the Delhi Dynamos, 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. There onward, the team participates in the Elite League, India's elite youth league. The team participated as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves until the 2018–19 season since the main club was re-branded as Odisha FC, and hence there onward, the team participates in the league as Odisha FC Reserves.

Odisha

On 31 August 2019, Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, to re-brand the franchise as Odisha FC.[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 Dueby
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
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 DF  IND Tanush Pandey
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
63 FW  IND Rajat Rathi
65 FW  IND Sandeep Thapa
71 MF  IND Ishan 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
TBD – 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
U18 Head Coach Sandeep Alhan
U15 Head Coach Vacant
U13 Head Coach Kirti Kashyap
Team Manager Ujjawal Raj
Head of Football Development Aakash Narula
Head of Youth Development Steven Dias
Youth Teams Manager Sayantan Ganguly
Grassroots Manager Suvam Das

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 (23 March 2020). "Aridane Santana" (Tweet) – via Twitter. |date= mismatches calculated date from |number= by two or more days (help)
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