Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

Odisha FC Reserves and Academy

Full name	Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy
Founded	10 October 2018 (2018-10-10) (as Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves) 31 August 2019 (2019-08-31) (as Odisha FC Reserves)
Ground	JLN Training Pitches New Delhi
Owner	GMS Inc.
President	Rohan Sharma
Head Coach	Sandeep Alhan
League	Elite League
2019–20	Elite League, 2nd (GS)

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.

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. 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. 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. 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.

Squads

Reserves (U18)

As of 8 August 2020

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 23 FW IND Shubham Karkra 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 Ishaan Shishodia Template:Sort dash FW IND Annaroy Soibam

U15

As of 28 February 2020

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

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

Youth Player of the Season

Reserves (U18)

Season	Player	Nationality	Position	Refs.
2019–20	Akshunna Tyagi	India	Forward

U15

Season	Player	Nationality	Position	Refs.
2019–20	Nirmanyu Singh Atri	India	Forward

U13

Season	Player	Nationality	Position	Refs.
2019–20	Aditya Adhikari	India	Midfielder

Records and Statistics

Overview

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

Head Coaches record

Reserves (U18)

As of 18 February 2020

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
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

• Odisha FC

External links

• www.odishafc.com//