Odisha football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Odisha women's football team.
Not to be confused with Odisha FC.

Odisha
Full nameOdisha football team
Founded1949 (1949)
(as Orissa football team)
GroundKalinga Stadium
Capacity15,000
OwnerFootball Association of Odisha
ChairmanTankadhar Tripathy
Head coachAkshay Das
LeagueSantosh Trophy
2024–25Quarter-finals

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.[1] Prior to 2014, the team competed as the Orissa.[2]

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 Chittaranjan Behera
Team manager Gangadhar Behera
Physiotherapist Saroj Kumar Das

Players

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 Siddhanta Pradhan
3 DF  IND Harishankar Nayak
4 DF  IND Rakesh Oram
5 DF  IND Ashok Bag
6 MF  IND Arpan Lakra
7 FW  IND Arbin Lakra
8 FW  IND Ganesh Sethi
9 FW  IND Srikant Gadaba
10 FW  IND Kartik Hantal (Captain)
11 FW  IND Mahesh Hansda
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 DF  IND Pintu Samal
15 MF  IND Gaurav Negi
17 FW  IND Suresh Khadia
18 DF  IND Bisal Tigga
19 FW  IND Jitu Muduli
20 MF  IND Chandra Mohan Murmu
21 GK  IND Soumya Ranjan Das
22 MF  IND Ranjan Soren
23 DF  IND Abinash Muduli
24 FW  IND Raisen Tudu

Results and fixtures

Matches

As of 26 December 2025

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

2025

22 December 2025 Santosh Trophy Odisha 4–0 Madhya Pradesh Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh
09:00 UTC+5:30
  • Kartik Hantal 15'
  • Jitu Muduli 75'
  • Srikant Gadaba 77', 90+4'
 Report Stadium: Ramakrishna Mission Football Ground
24 December 2025 Santosh Trophy Telangana 0–1 Odisha Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh
09:00 UTC+5:30 Report
  • Kartik Hantal 42'
 Stadium: Ramakrishna Mission Football Ground
26 December 2025 Santosh Trophy Chhattisgarh 1–3 Odisha Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh
15:00 UTC+5:30
  • Kartik Hantal 64'
 Report
  • Jitu Muduli 32'
  • Chandra Mohan Murmu 37'
  • Kartik Hantal 64'
 Stadium: Ramakrishna Mission Football Ground

Management

Board of directors

Position Name
President Tankadhar Tripathy
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

State (youth)

Winners (1): 1968–69
Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1976–77, 2024–25
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. Senior International players in bold.

Notable squads

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

References

  1. ^ "Football Association Of Odisha". All India Football Federation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Santosh Trophy Winners". RSSSF.
  3. ^ "Odisha men make flying start in Santosh Trophy". Orisports. 22 December 2025. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Bharati Mishra". Orisports. 13 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Shaikh Younus". Orisports. 13 October 2024.


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