# Nita Football Academy

Nita Football Academy is an Indian women's professional football club and academy based in Radha Damodarpur, Cuttack, Odisha. It is the first private residential football academy of Odisha, dedicated to promoting football among underprivileged girls. They are the current champions of the Odisha Women's League and Khelo India State Championships U-17. Many of the academy students have represented at sub-junior, junior, and senior national levels. They finished runners-up in the 2023–24 season of the Indian Women's League 2, which enabled promotion to the top tier Indian Women's League.

## Academy

Established in 2011, Nita Football Academy was founded by the Nita Football Trust with the mission of promoting football, particularly among underprivileged girls. The academy is affiliated to Cuttack District Athletic Association, Football Association of Odisha (FAO), and were conditionally accredited as an Advanced Private Residential Academy by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Its headquarters are located at Dhabaleswar Institute of Polytechnique, Radha Damodarpur, Khuntuni, near Cuttack, and they will be playing the Indian Women's League 2024-25 at the Birsa Munda Athletic Stadium at Rourkela as their home ground.
The academy has girls in under-19, under-17, and under-15 categories training under supporting coaches, administrative staff, matron, hostel facilities, full-fledged canteen, physiotherapist, ambulance services, on-call doctor and an advanced gymnasium. The academy also takes care of the player’s education by providing facilities in the technical education and in nearby school and colleges. The academy also operates in Puri to train students using the infrastructure facilities of Puri Zilla School.

## Squad

    As of 9 January 2025
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 | Sasmita Parida |
| 2 | DF | IND | Jabamani Tudu |
| 3 | DF | IND | Manisa Panna (captain) |
| 4 | DF | IND | Juli Kishan |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Sussana Konadu |
| 7 | MF | IND | Munica Minz |
| 8 | MF | IND | Janhabi Kishan |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Gifty Acheampong |
| 10 | FW | IND | Manisha Naik |
| 11 | FW | IND | Lourembam Menaka Devi |
| 14 | FW | IND | Priya Rui Das |
| 16 | MF | IND | Poonam |
| 18 | MF | IND | Yendrembam Thoithoi Devi |
| 19 | MF | IND | Diti Kanungo |
| 20 | MF | IND | Sonia Ekka |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 21 | GK | IND | Malti Kumari |
| 26 | FW | IND | Sunita Swain |
| 27 | DF | IND | Pragyan Kishan |
| 28 | DF | IND | Payel Layek |
| 29 | DF | IND | Ambruta Nayak |
| 30 | FW | IND | Sikha Malik |
| 31 | GK | IND | Susmita Pun |
| 32 | DF | IND | Pipili Mohanty |
| 34 | FW | IND | Laxmi Priya Lenka |
| 36 | FW | IND | Babita Kumari |
| 37 | FW | IND | Yumnam Kamala Devi |
| 44 | DF | GHA | Rahama Jafaru |
| 45 | MF | IND | Jigmet Chuzen |
| — | GK | IND | Hempriya Seram |

## Management

| Position | Name |
| Chairman | Subrat Das |
| President | Bhakta Ballav Das |
| General Secretary | Arun Parija |
| Chief Technical Advisor | Mohammad Shahid Jabbar |

## Honours

* Indian Women's League 2
** Runners-up (1): 2023–24
* Odisha Women's League
** Champions (1): 2023–24