# Odisha football team

The Odisha football team (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ଫୁଟବଲ ଟୀମ୍), also earlier the Orissa football team, is a 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. Prior to 2014, the team competed as the Orissa.

## 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 was one of the stadium that hosted matches in 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 | Akshay Das |
| Assistant coach | Mahavir Nath |
| Goalkeeping coach | Goutam Das |
| Team manager | Biswa Ranjan Gharai |
| Physiotherapist | Chetan M.R. |

## Players

* The following 25 players were called up for the 2022–23 Santosh Trophy.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Ankit Bhuyan |
| 2 | DF | IND | Pintu Samal (U21) |
| 3 | DF | IND | Prakash Naik |
| 4 | DF | IND | Shiekh Shahbaaz Alam |
| 5 | MF | IND | Adwin Tirkey |
| 6 | MF | IND | Chandra Mohan Murmu |
| 7 | FW | IND | Dinabandhu Das |
| 8 | FW | IND | Chandra Muduli |
| 9 | FW | IND | Sanjit Khora |
| 10 | FW | IND | Kartik Hantal (U21) |
| 11 | MF | IND | Sheikh Farid |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 12 | DF | IND | Rakesh Oram (C) |
| 14 | MF | IND | Anand Oram |
| 15 | MF | IND | Jamir Oram |
| 16 | MF | IND | Bikash Kumar Sahoo |
| 17 | FW | IND | Rahul Mukhi |
| 18 | FW | IND | Bijay Behera |
| 19 | DF | IND | Prabin Tigga |
| 20 | FW | IND | Bholesankar Majhi |
| 21 | GK | IND | Siddhanta Pradhan |
| 22 | FW | IND | Arbin Lakra |
| 31 | GK | IND | Harsh Barla |

## 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.

#### 2023
## Management
### Board of directors

| Position | Name |
| President | Debasish Samantray |
| Vice president | Bijay Das |
| Vice president | Dilip Kumar Sahoo |
| Vice president | 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
### State (youth)

* 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

## Squads

The Orissa squad for the Santosh Trophy editions:
* 1950–51: Bari, Alam, Enayat, Jenamani, Sachi Das, Chitta Sahu, Biranjan Bera, Golak Samal, A. M. Bachan (captain), Sita Ramarao, Tareque Hussain
* 1967–68: Bharati Mishra, Marshal, Deba Singh (captain), Biswas, Behera, Aziz, Girdhari, Sahu, Ramakrishna, Bijay Das, Manmath Nath Singh

## Notable players

Below the players, are notable footballers who represented the Odisha football team. Senior International players in bold.
* A. M. Bachan
* Golak Samal
* Deba Singh
* Bharati Mishra, India U19 (1965)
* Shaikh Younus, India U19 (1978)
* Mohammad Shahid Jabbar
* Rajendra Prasad Singh
* Akshay Das, India U19 (1999–2000)
* Pankaj Sona
* Rakesh Oram
* Bekey Oram