Football Association of Odisha

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Football Association of Odisha (FAO), is the state governing body of football in Odisha, India.[1] The Odisha Men's Football Team and Odisha Women's Football Team is administrated by the Football Association of Odisha. It is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the national administrating body for football in India.[2]

Teams

State Teams

Team Head Coach Manager League
Odisha Men's Nipendra Kumar Das Gyana Ranjan Behera Santosh Trophy
Odisha Women's Mohammad Shahid Jabbar Gayatri Mallick Senior Women's NFC

Youth Teams

Team Head Coach League
Odisha Junior Men (U19) Suraj Thapa B. C. Roy Trophy
Odisha Junior Women (U19) Junior Girl's NFC
Odisha Sub-Junior Boys (U17) Nipendra Kumar Das Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy
Odisha Sub-Junior Girls (U17) Shaik Manzoor Sub-Junior Girl's NFC

Structure

Men

Women

Others

  • Kalinga Cup
  • Sahani Cup (Senior Men Inter-District Championship)
  • TATA-Utkalika Cup (Invitational)

Honours

Men

Gold Winners (1): 1968–69
Silver Runners-up (2): 1961–62, 1976–77
Gold Winners (2): 2015–16, 2018–19
Silver Runners-up (3): 1993–94, 2000–01, 2012–13

Women

Gold Winners (1): 2010–11
Silver Runners-up (6): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2018–19
  • Junior Women's National Football Championship
Silver Runners-up (8): 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18
  • Sub-Junior National Football Championship
Gold Winners (1): 2006–07
Silver Runners-up (7): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2018–19
Gold Winners (2): 2007, 2011
Silver Runners-up (2): 2002, 2015

Federation Awards

  • 2015 AIFF Award for Best Grassroots Programme
  • 2017–18 AIFF's FIFA Development Project Rank #10[3]

Management

Position Name
President India Debasish Samantray
Honorary secretary India Asirbad Behera
Executive secretary India Avijit Kumar Paul
Treasurer India Bhakta Ballav Das
Head of referees India Durga Madhab Naik
Golden baby league development officer India Subhasis Behera

Accredited Academies

Team Manager AIFF Academy Rating
Odisha Sports Hostel Shuvendu Panda
FAO Academy Sanjeev Patsani

References

  1. ↑ "Football Association of Odisha". Retrieved 5 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "State Associations". Retrieved 5 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "Goan football slips down, ranked joint eighth among 11 states evaluated by AIFF". 25 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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