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The Odisha football team (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଫୁଟବଲ ଟୀମ୍) is an Indian football team representing the state of Odisha, India. The Football Association of Odisha, a state association of All India Football Federation, controls the team. The team competes in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy[1] Prior to 2014, the team competed as Orissa football team.[2]

Odisha football team

Full name	Odisha football team
Ground	Kalinga Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Football Association of Odisha
Chairman	Debashish Samantaray
Head coach	Salim Pathan
Home colours Away colours

Stadium

Established in 1978, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, serves as the home ground of Odisha. The 15,000-capacity stadium has hosted several national and international tournaments including the I-League, Super Cup, and Women's Gold Cup. It is scheduled 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.

Personnel

Position	Name
Head Coach	Salim Pathan
Assistant Coach	Sheikh Manzoor
Goalkeeping Coach	Goutam Das
Team Manager	Hrudaya Ranjan Behera
Physiotherapist	Ansuman Das

Players

• The following 20 players were called up for the 2022 National Games.[3]

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 Sheikh Kamaluddin 2 DF  IND Pintu Samal (U21) 3 DF  IND Rudra Prasad Pradhan 7 MF  IND Arapan Lakra 8 FW  IND Chandra Muduli 9 FW  IND Sanjit Khora 10 FW  IND Kartik Hantal (U21) 11 MF  IND Sheikh Farid 12 DF  IND Rakesh Oram (C) 13 FW  IND Chandra Mohan Murmu

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  IND Anand Oram 15 MF  IND Jamir Oram 16 MF  IND Bikash Kumar Sahoo 17 DF  IND Sheikh Shahabaaz Alam 18 FW  IND Bijay Behera 19 MF  IND Prabin Tigga 20 FW  IND Raisen Tudu (U21) 21 DF  IND Abhishek Rawat 23 GK  IND Siddhanta Pradhan 31 GK  IND Chinmaya Sekhar Behera

Results and fixtures

Matches

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2021

2022

Management

Board of Directors

Position	Name
President	Debasish Samantray
Vice President	Bijay Das
	Dilip Kumar Sahoo
	Hrudaya Ranjan Behera
Honorary Secretary	Asirbad Behera
Executive Secretary	Avijit Kumar Paul
Joint Secretary	Sangeeta Sharma
Treasurer	Bhakta Ballav Das
Head of Referees	Durga Madhab Naik
Golden Baby League Development Officer	Subhasis Behera

Honours

• B. C. Roy Trophy (Junior National Football Championship)

Winners (1): 1968–69

Runners-up (2): 1961–62, 1976–77

• Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Sub-Junior National Football Championship)

Winners (1): 2018–19

Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2015–16

Notable players

Below the players, are notable footballers who represented the Odisha football team.

• A. M. Bachan
• Deba Singh
• Rajendra Prasad Singh
• Rakesh Oram

References

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