# Football Association of Odisha

The Football Association of Odisha (FAO) is the governing body of football in the state of Odisha, India. The Odisha football team and Odisha women's football team are administered by the Football Association of Odisha. The FAO is affiliated with the All India Football Federation, the national administrating body for football in India.

## History

It was formed in 1949 and became an independent registered body in 1961. The organisation was renamed after the committee of Orissa Football Association was dissolved due to litigation in 2010.

## Teams
### State teams

| Team | Head coach | Team manager | Tournament |
| Odisha men | Akshay Das | Hrudaya Ranjan Behera & Biswaranjan Gharai | Santosh Trophy |
| Odisha women | Crispin Chettri | Gitanjali Khuntia | Senior Women's NFC |

### State youth teams

| Team | Head coach | Tournament |
| Odisha Junior Men (U-20) | | Swami Vivekananda NFC (U -20) |
| Odisha Junior Men (U-15) | Suraj Thapa | B.C. Roy Trophy |
| Odisha Junior Women (U-19) | Suraj Thapa | Junior Girl's NFC |
| Odisha Sub-Junior Boys (U-13) | Nipendra Kumar Das | Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy |
| Odisha Sub-Junior Girls (U-17) | Shaik Manzoor | Sub-Junior Girl's NFC |

## Affiliated district associations

All 30 districts of Odisha are affiliated with the Football Association of Odisha.
| No. | Association | District | Representative |
| 1 | Angul District Football Association | Angul | Gour Gobinda Samanta |
| 2 | Balangir District Football Association | Balangir | Hari Narayan Pujari |
| 3 | Balasore District Football Association | Balasore | Sri Adhip Das |
| 4 | Bargarh District Football Association | Bargarh | Kishor Kumar Mishra |
| 5 | Bhadrak District Football Association | Bhadrak | Dhiren Pallai |
| 6 | Boudh District Football Association | Boudh | |
| 7 | Cuttack District Football Association | Cuttack | Asirbad Behera |
| 8 | Debagarh District Football Association | Debagarh | Dhirendra Kumar Naik |
| 9 | Dhenkanal District Football Association | Dhenkanal | Nalini Kumar Das |
| 10 | Gajapati District Football Association | Gajapati | |
| 11 | Ganjam District Football Association | Ganjam | Ashok Kumar Sahu |
| 12 | Jagatsinghpur District Football Association | Jagatsinghpur | Dola Gobinda Das |
| 13 | Jajpur District Football Association | Jajpur | Sambit Mohanty |
| 14 | Jharsuguda District Football Association | Jharsuguda | Tapash Kumar Roy |
| 15 | Kalahandi District Football Association | Kalahandi | Jagmohan Patnaik |
| 16 | Kandhamal District Football Association | Kandhamal | Siba Prasad Tripathy |
| 17 | Kendrapara District Football Association | Kendrapara | Syed Akmal Ali |
| 18 | Kendujhar District Football Association | Kendujhar | Dr.Janardan Dash |
| 19 | Khordha District Football Association | Khordha | Upendra Nath Das |
| 20 | Koraput District Football Association | Koraput | Anup Kumar Patra |
| 21 | Malkangiri District Football Association | Malkangiri | Ram Hari Panda |
| 22 | Mayurbhanj District Football Association | Mayurbhanj | Bijoy Kumar Das |
| 23 | Nabarangpur District Football Association | Nabarangpur | Prahallad Tripathy |
| 24 | Nayagarh District Football Association | Nayagarh | Asesh Kumar Das |
| 25 | Nuapada District Football Association | Nuapada | Prasan Kumar Padhi |
| 26 | Puri District Football Association | Puri | Rabi Sankar Pratihari |
| 27 | Rayagada District Football Association | Rayagada | Monaj Kumar Gantayat |
| 28 | Sambalpur District Football Association | Sambalpur | Dulal Chandra Pradhan |
| 29 | Subarnapur District Football Association | Subarnapur | Piyush Kumar Panda |
| 30 | Sundargarh District Football Association | Sundargarh | Prabhat Bhol |

## Competitions
### Club level
#### Youth

* FAO Youth League (U15 and U13)

#### Futsal

* FAO Inter Club Futsal Championship

## Odisha Football League pyramid

FAO League :
| Tier | Division |
| I $_{(Level5onIndianFootballpyramid)}$ | FAO Diamond League $_{↑promote(toI-League3)↓relegate}$ |
| II $_{(Level6onIndianFootballpyramid)}$ | FAO Gold League $_{↑promote↓relegate}$ |
| III $_{(Level7onIndianFootballpyramid)}$ | FAO Silver League $_{↑promote↓relegate}$ |
| IV $_{(Level8onIndianFootballpyramid)}$ | FAO Second Division League $_{↑promote}$ |

## Evolution

| Years | Years | 1949 | 1962– 2010 | 2010–2011 | 2011–2016 | 2016-2018 | 2018–present |
| 2018–present ||
| Men's ||||||||
| State leagues | 1 | Formation of Football Association of Odisha (FAO) | None | FAO First Division League | FAO First Division League | FAO First Division League | FAO Diamond League |
| State leagues | 2 | Formation of Football Association of Odisha (FAO) | None | FAO Second Division League | FAO Second Division League | FAO Second Division League | FAO Gold League |
| State leagues | 3 | Formation of Football Association of Odisha (FAO) | None | None | None | None | FAO Silver League |
| State leagues | 4 | Formation of Football Association of Odisha (FAO) | None | None | None | None | FAO Second Division League |
| Cup competitions | Cup competitions | | Kalinga Cup | Kalinga Cup | Kalinga Cup | Not held | Not held |
| Cup competitions | Cup competitions | | None | None | None | FAO Super Cup | FAO Super Cup |
| Women's ||||||||
| State leagues | 1 | | None | None | Odisha Women's League | Odisha Women's League | Odisha Women's League | Odisha Women's League |

## Honours
### Men

* B. C. Roy Trophy (Junior National Football Championship)
    Winners (1): 1968–69
    Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1976–77, 2024–25
* Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Sub-Junior National Football Championship)
    Winners (1): 2018–19
    Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2015–16

### Women

* Senior Women's National Football Championship
    Winners (1): 2010–11
    Runners-up (6): 2000–01, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2018–19
* National Games
    Gold medal (3): 2007, 2011, 2023
    Silver medal (2): 2015, 2022
    Bronze medal (1): 2002
* Junior Girl's National Football Championship
    Runners-up (8): 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18
* Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship
    Winners (1): 2006–07
    Runners-up (7): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2018–19

### Federation awards

* 2023–24 Best Member Association for Hosting AIFF Competitions
* 2023–24 AIFF Special Award for Hosting Various AIFF Events
* 2015 AIFF Award for Best Grassroots Programme
* 2017–18 AIFF's FIFA Development Project Rank #10

## Management

Management of FAO for the term 2024–28:
| Position | Office-bearer |
| President | Vacant |
| Vice-president(s) | Bijay Das Padma Lochan Lenka Dilip Kumar Sahoo Rabi Narayan Panda Asit Baran Pati Mohammad Shahid Jabbar Sahadev Rout Birendra Kumar Behera |
| Working president | Srikara Mishra |
| Secretary | Asirbad Behera |
| Joint secretary(s) | Avijit Paul Biswa Ranjan Gharei Bijay Kumar Das |
| Treasurer | Bhakta Ballav Das |

### AIFF committee members

| Committee | Member |
| Executive committee | Avijit Paul |
| Technical committee | Pinky Bompal Magar |

## Accredited academies

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