2020–21 Odisha FC season

The 2020–21 season is Odisha FC's second season as a club since its establishment in 2019.

Odisha FC

2020–21 season
President	Raj Athwal
Manager	Stuart Baxter
Stadium	GMC Stadium, Bambolim
Indian Super League	11th
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Maurício (7) All: Diego Maurício (7)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
All statistics correct as of 24 January 2021.

Colours

Home

Away

Third

Squad

First-team Squad

As of 24 January 2021[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Arshdeep Singh		GK	6 October 1997
21	Kamaljit Singh		GK	28 December 1995
23	Ravi Kumar		GK	4 July 1993
30	Ankit Bhuyan		GK	13 July 2001
Defenders
3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot		DF	14 December 1994
5	Hendry Antonay		DF	22 May 2000
12	Saurabh Meher		DF	12 January 2000
13	Gaurav Bora		DF	13 July 1998
15	Shubham Sarangi		DF	24 June 2000
18	Jacob Tratt		DF	14 September 1994
26	Kamalpreet Singh		DF	15 November 1997
27	Steven Taylor (Captain)		DF	23 January 1986
32	George D'Souza		DF	30 April 1994
66	Rakesh Pradhan		DF	2 August 1993
Midfielders
2	Thoiba Singh Moirangthem		MF	12 December 2002
4	Lalhrezuala Sailung		MF	17 March 2001
6	Cole Alexander		MF	9 July 1989
8	Paul Ramfangzauva		MF	26 March 1999
9	Samuel Lalmuanpuia		MF	27 July 1998
16	Vinit Rai		MF	10 October 1997
17	Jerry Mawihmingthanga		MF	9 March 1997
19	Isak Vanlalruatfela		MF	19 May 2001
22	Nanda Kumar		MF	20 December 1995
28	Laishram Premjit Singh		MF	1 February 2002
33	Baoringdao Bodo		MF	17 October 1999
—	Brad Inman		MF	10 December 1991
Forwards
10	Marcelinho Leite Pereira		FW	22 June 1987
11	Diego Maurício		FW	25 June 1991
14	Daniel Lalhlimpuia		FW	12 September 1997
24	Manuel Onwu		FW	11 January 1988
—	Brad Inman		FW	10 December 1991

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Previous Team	Date	Ref
9	MF	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Kerala Blasters	22 May 2020	[2]
32	DF	George D'Souza	Sporting Clube de Goa	3 June 2020	[3]
5	DF	Hendry Antonay	Indian Arrows	5 June 2020	[4]
12	DF	Saurabh Meher	Indian Arrows	5 June 2020	[4]
21	GK	Kamaljit Singh	Hyderabad	9 June 2020	[5]
33	FW	Baoringdao Bodo	Kerala Blasters	11 June 2020	[6]
28	FW	Laishram Premjit Singh	TRAU	11 June 2020	[6]
26	DF	Kamalpreet Singh	East Bengal	13 June 2020	[7]
2	MF	Thoiba Singh Moirangthem	Minerva Punjab	16 June 2020	[8]
19	MF	Isak Vanlalruatfela	Aizawl	24 June 2020	[9]
8	MF	Paul Ramfangzauva	Aizawl	24 June 2020	[9]
23	GK	Ravi Kumar	Mumbai City	29 June 2020	[10]
—	DF	Jones Lalthakima	Odisha FC Reserves and Academy	29 July 2020	[11]
—	DF	Ronaldo Wairokpam	Odisha FC Reserves and Academy	29 July 2020	[11]
—	MF	Nischay Adhikari	Odisha FC Reserves and Academy	29 July 2020	[11]
—	FW	Rishab Dobriyal	Odisha FC Reserves and Academy	29 July 2020	[11]
—	FW	Akshunna Tyagi	Odisha FC Reserves and Academy	29 July 2020	[11]
11	FW	Diego Maurício	Centro Sportivo Alagoano	31 August 2020	[12]
10	FW	Marcelinho Leite Pereira	Hyderabad	2 September 2020	[13]
18	DF	Jacob Tratt	Perth Glory	11 September 2020	[14]
24	FW	Manuel Onwu	Bengaluru	13 September 2020	[15]
27	DF	Steven Taylor	Wellington Phoenix	16 September 2020	[16]
6	MF	Cole Alexander	Bidvest Wits	10 October 2020	[17]
66	DF	Rakesh Pradhan	NorthEast United	18 January 2021	[18]
—	MF	Brad Inman	ATK Mohun Bagan	29 January 2021	[19]

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Team	Remarks
6	MF	Bikramjit Singh	Punjab	Free transfer
8	MF	Marcos Tébar	—	Free transfer
9	FW	Aridane Santana	Cultural Leonesa	Loan return
10	MF	Xisco Hernández	—	Free transfer
11	MF	Martín Pérez Guedes	Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy	Free transfer
13	GK	Francisco Dorronsoro	CF Badalona	Free transfer
19	MF	Romeo Fernandes	—	Free transfer
21	DF	Narayan Das	East Bengal	Free transfer
23	DF	Carlos Delgado	CD Castellón	Loan return
26	DF	Rana Gharami	Bengaluru United	Free transfer
27	DF	Lalchhuanmawia	Chennaiyin	Free transfer
33	DF	Amit Tudu	TRAU	Free transfer
41	FW	Seiminmang Manchong	TRAU	Free transfer
10	FW	Marcelinho Leite Pereira	ATK Mohun Bagan	Loan

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

10 November 2020 Friendly	Mumbai City	3–2	Odisha	Nagoa, Goa, India
	Ogbeche Borges Antonay (o.g.)		Marcelinho Nandha	Stadium: Village Panchayat Ground

15 November 2020 Friendly	Chennaiyin	2–1	Odisha	Utorda, Goa, India
	Rahim Thapa		Marcelinho	Stadium: Utorda Football Ground

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Jamshedpur	16	4	6	6	14	17	−3	18
8	Chennaiyin	16	3	8	5	11	16	−5	17
9	Kerala Blasters	16	3	6	7	20	27	−7	15
10	East Bengal	16	3	7	6	12	20	−8	16
11	Odisha	15	1	5	9	14	25	−11	8

Updated to match(es) played on 6 February 2021. Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Matches

23 November 2020 1	Odisha	0–1	Hyderabad	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Taylor  34' Bora  60' Antonay  70' Meher  79' Sarangi  82'	Report	35' (pen.) Santana  84'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Aridane Santana

29 November 2020 2	Jamshedpur	2–2	Odisha	Vasco da Gama
17:00 IST	Nerijus Valskis  12' (pen.),  27' Rehenesh TP  60'	Report	11' Bora  49' Alexander  77' Diego Maurício  89' Jacob Tratt  90' Nanda Kumar  90' Diego Maurício	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Diego Maurício

3 December 2020 3	ATK Mohun Bagan	1–0	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST	Tiri (footballer)  8' Roy Krishna  90+5'	Report	82' Sarangi  50' Antonay	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: L. Ajit Kumar Meetei Man of the Match: Roy Krishna

6 December 2020 4	Mumbai City	2–0	Odisha	Bambolim
18:30 IST	Ogbeche  30' (pen.) Borges  45' Dakshinamurthy  66' le Fondre  86'	Report	Tratt  69' Meher  75' Taylor  90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges

12 December 2020 5	Odisha	0–1	Goa	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Tratt  30' Antonay  70'	Report	Rodrigues  7' Angulo  45' Fernandes  80'	Stadium: GMC Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Jorge Ortiz

17 December 2020 6	Odisha	1–2	Bengaluru	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Taylor  71' Bora  80'	Report	30' Paartalu  38' Chhetri  79' Silva  84' Chaudhari  90' Khabra	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Santhosh Kumar Man of the Match: Silva (Bengaluru)

22 December 2020 7	Odisha	2–2	NorthEast United	Bambolim
19:30 IST	19' Maurício  23' Maurício  32' Onwu  42' Vinit  65' Arshdeep  67' Cole	Report	17' Fox  45' Lambot  55' Gurjinder  65' (pen.) Appiah  84' Ninthoi	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Cole (Odisha)

3 January 2021 8	East Bengal	3–1	Odisha	Vasco da Gama
17:00 IST	Milan  3', Pilkington  13' Maghoma  39' Enobakhare  88'	Report	90' (o.g.) Fox  82' Sarangi	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Pilkington (East Bengal)

7 January 2021 9	Kerala Blasters	2–4	Odisha	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Murray  7' Gómez  63' Hooper  79'	Report	22' (o.g.) Jeakson  42' Taylor  50', 60' Maurício	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Maurício (Odisha)

10 January 2021 10	Chennaiyin	0–0	Odisha	Bambolim
17:00 IST	Sipović  24' Lalrinzuala  41'	Report	83' Tratt	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Chhangte (Chennaiyin)

13 January 2021 11	Odisha	1–2	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Sarangi  48' Maurício  64' Taylor  90' Alexander  90+1'	Report	15', 35' (pen.) Gonçalves  57' Lalrinzuala  71' Ali  79' Singh  88' Sipović	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Thapa (Chennaiyin)

19 January 2021 12	Hyderabad	1–1	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST	Alexander  51' Dhot  88' Onwu  56' Rai  82' Alexander  90'	Report	13' Narzary	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: MB Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Alexander (Odisha)

24 January 2021 13	Bengaluru	1–1	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST	Paartalu  82'	Report	8' Maurício  47' Rai  29' Tratt  79' Onwu  90' Alexander	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Silva (Bengaluru)

1 February 2021 14	Odisha	v	Jamshedpur	Bambolim
19:30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

6 February 2021 15	Odisha	v	ATK Mohun Bagan	Bambolim
19:30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

11 February 2021 16	Odisha	v	Kerala Blasters	Margao
19:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

14 February 2021 17	NorthEast United	v	Odisha	Vasco da Gama
17:00 IST				Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium

17 February 2021 18	Goa	v	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

24 February 2021 19	Odisha	v	Mumbai City	Bambolim
19:30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

27 February 2021 20	Odisha	v	East Bengal	Bambolim
19:30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H
Result	L	D	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D
Position	11	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11

Updated to match(es) played on 24 January 2021. Source: Indian Super League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Personnel

Position	Name
Head Coach	Stuart Baxter[20]
Assistant Coaches	Gerry Peyton[21]
	Steven Dias[22]
Goalkeeping Coach	Rogerio Ramos[23]
Strength & Conditioning Coach	Joan Casanova[22]
Team Manager	Ravi Khedar
Head of Football Operations	Abhik Chatterjee
Performance & Recruitment Analyst	Abhijit Bharali[24]
Head of Football Development	Aakash Narula[25]
Head of Youth Development	Steven Dias
Youth Teams Manager	Sayantan Ganguly
Grassroots Manager	Suvam Das
Team Doctor	Praveen Choudhary[26]
Team Physiotherapist	Firoz Shaikh[27]
Team Masseur	Bybu Ponnarassery Ravunny Thrissur[28]
Kit Manager	Tara Joshi

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Arshdeep Singh	10	0	10+0	0
21	GK		Kamaljit Singh	3	0	3+0	0
23	GK		Ravi Kumar	1	0	0+1	0
30	GK		Ankit Bhuyan	0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Mohammad Sajid Dhot	2	0	1+1	0
5	DF		Hendry Antonay	10	0	10+0	0
12	DF		Saurabh Meher	3	0	1+2	0
13	DF		Gaurav Bora	13	0	13+0	0
15	DF		Shubham Sarangi	10	0	9+1	0
18	DF		Jacob Tratt	11	0	11+0	0
26	DF		Kamalpreet Singh	1	0	1+0	0
27	DF		Steven Taylor	12	2	12+0	2
32	DF		George D'Souza	1	0	1+0	0
66	DF		Rakesh Pradhan	2	0	2+0	0
Midfielders
2	MF		Thoiba Singh Moirangthem	1	0	1+0	0
4	MF		Lalhrezuala Sailung	0	0	0+0	0
6	MF		Cole Alexander	12	2	12+0	2
8	MF		Paul Ramfangzauva	1	0	0+1	0
9	MF		Samuel Lalmuanpuia	3	0	0+3	0
16	MF		Vinit Rai	9	0	9+0	0
17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	10	0	10+0	0
19	MF		Isak Vanlalruatfela	0	0	0+0	0
22	MF		Nanda Kumar	10	0	6+4	0
28	MF		Laishram Premjit Singh	4	0	2+2	0
33	MF		Baoringdao Bodo	0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
10	FW		Marcelinho Leite Pereira	8	0	4+4	0
11	FW		Diego Maurício	13	7	11+2	7
14	FW		Daniel Lalhlimpuia	9	0	5+4	0
24	FW		Manuel Onwu	12	0	9+3	0
—	FW		Brad Inman	0	0	0+0	0

• Source: Indian Super League

Updated: 24 January 2021

Top scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	ISL	Total
1	11	FW		Diego Maurício	7	7
2	27	DF		Steven Taylor	2	2
	6	DF		Cole Alexander	2	2

Source: Indian Super League
Updated: 24 January 2021

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	ISL	Total
1	17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	4	4
2	5	DF		Hendry Antonay	1	1
	6	MF		Cole Alexander	1	1
	11	FW		Diego Mauricio	1	1
	14	FW		Daniel Lalhlimpuia	1	1
	18	DF		Jacob Tratt	1	1
	22	MF		Nanda Kumar	1	1
	24	FW		Manuel Onwu	1	1

Source: Indian Super League
Updated: 24 January 2021

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Nat.	Player	ISL	Total
1	1		Arshdeep Singh	1	1
Total:				1	1

Source: Indian Super League
Updated: 10 January 2021

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	ISL		Total
1	18	DF		Jacob Tratt	5	0	5	0
2	15	DF		Shubham Sarangi	4	0	4	0
	6	MF		Cole Alexander	4	0	4	0
3	5	DF		Hendry Antonay	3	0	3	0
	13	DF		Gaurav Bora	3	0	3	0
	16	MF		Vinit Rai	3	0	3	0
	24	FW		Manuel Onwu	3	0	3	0
	27	DF		Steven Taylor	3	0	3	0
4	12	DF		Saurabh Meher	2	0	2	0
5	1	GK		Arshdeep Singh	1	0	1	0
	3	DF		Mohammad Sajid Dhot	1	0	1	0
	11	FW		Diego Maurício	1	0	1	0
	22	MF		Nanda Kumar	1	0	1	0
Total:					34	0	34	0

Source: Indian Super League
Updated: 24 January 2021

See also

• 2020–21 in Indian football
• 2020–21 Indian Super League season

References

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