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Odisha FC
2021–22 season
PresidentRaj Athwal
ManagerKiko Ramírez
StadiumTilak Maidan
(Centralised Venue)
Indian Super League7th
All statistics correct as of 13 September 2021.

The 2021–22 season was Odisha FC's third professional season in the Indian Super League since their establishment in 2019. The 2021–22 Indian Super League season started from 19 November 2021.[1]

Overview

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On 6 May, the club announced the appointment of David Villa as the head of Global Football Operations.[2] The club also announced the appointment of former head coach Josep Gombau and Victor Onate as the members of Technical committee.[3]

On 20 July, Odisha announced the appointment of Francisco "Kiko" Ramírez González as the head coach for 2021-22 Indian Super League season[4] along with the appointment of Assistant Coach and Head of Football Development, Joaquin "Kino" Garcia Sanchez.[5]

On 1 September, the club entered into a 3-year international partnership deal with Premier League club Watford.[6]

Training

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Similar to the last season, the 2021–22 Indian Super League season will also be hosted behind closed doors across three venues in Goa due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Odisha FC used the Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground in Navelim, South Goa for their pre-season training. The team started their pre-season training by the end of first week of September 2021. Head coach Ramirez and his team arrived in Goa on 9 September for pre-season.[7]

Transfers

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On 22 April 2021, Odisha announced the contract extension of Jerry Mawihmingthanga till 2022.[8] On 14 May, Odisha announced the signing of Sebastian Thangmuansang on a two-year contract from I-League side Gokulam Kerala FC. The club also announced the signing of Sahil Panwar on a two-year contract by paying a undisclosed transfer fee to Indian Super League side Hyderabad FC.[9] On 8 June, the club announced the signing of defender Lalruatthara on a two-year deal.[10]

On 7 July, Odisha announced the signing of Isaac Vanmalsawma on a two-year contract.[11] On 12 July, the club announced that George D'Souza joined I-League 2nd Division club FC Bengaluru United on loan for the 2021–22 season.[12]

On 23 July, Cole Alexander mutually terminated his contract with the club after agreeing to leave Odisha for South African Premier Division club, Kaizer Chiefs, at an undisclosed fee.[13]

On 26 July, the club announced the signing of Spanish centre-back Víctor Mongil as its first foreign signing of the season.[14] On 30 July, Odisha announced the signing of Spanish attacking-midfielder Javi Hernández.[15]

On 5 August, the club announced the signing of Nikhil Raj on loan from Bangalore Super Division club Kickstart.[16] On 11 August, Odisha announced the signing of Spanish centre-back Héctor Rodas.[17] On 16 August, the club announced the signing of Spanish centre-forward and winger Aridai Cabrera.[18] On 23 August, Odisha announced the signing of its AFC-quota player, midfielder Liridon Krasniqi, on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim.[19]

On 7 September, Odisha announced that 7 players from their youth setup were called up to the first team for trials at the pre-season training camp in Goa.[20] On 9 September, Odisha announced the signing of Brazilian centre-forward Jonathas de Jesus from UAE Pro League-side Sharjah.[21]

Contract Extensions

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Date Player Position No Contract Till Ref.
22 April 2021 India Jerry Mawihmingthanga RW 17 2022 [52]

Pre-season and friendlies

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18 September 2021 Friendly Salgaocar India 1–3 India Odisha Navelim, Goa
Report
Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground
22 September 2021 Friendly Dempo India 1–0 India Odisha Navelim, Goa
Report Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground
25 September 2021 Friendly Churchill Brothers India 1–1 India Odisha Navelim, Goa
Report Jerry Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground
28 September 2021 Friendly Goa II India 1–4 India Odisha Navelim, Goa
Report
Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground
28 October 2021 Friendly Chennaiyin India 1–2 India Odisha Utorda, Goa
Report
Stadium: Sports Complex
1 November 2021 Friendly Kerala Blasters India 2–1 India Odisha Parra, Goa
Javi Stadium: Parra Ground
9 November 2021 Friendly Mumbai City India 0–0 India Odisha Nagoa, Goa
Stadium: Nagoa Ground
16 November 2021 Friendly Odisha India 2–1 India Hyderabad Navelim, Goa
 Report Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground

Competitions

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Overview

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Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
2021–22 Indian Super League 24 November 2021 (2021-11-24) 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04) Matchday 6 20 6 9 5 31 43 −12 030.00
Total 20 6 9 5 31 43 −12 030.00

Last updated: 4 March 2022 (2022-03-04).
Source: Competitions

Indian Super League

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Main article: 2021–22 Indian Super League season

League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Mumbai City 20 9 4 7 36 31 +5 31
6 Bengaluru 20 8 5 7 32 27 +5 29
7 Odisha 20 6 5 9 31 43 −12 23
8 Chennaiyin 20 5 5 10 17 35 −18 20
9 Goa 20 4 7 9 29 35 −6 19
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

Result summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
20 6 5 9 31 43  −12 23 4 3 3 20 20  0 2 2 6 11 23  −12

Matches

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The league fixtures were announced on 13 September 2021.[53]

24 November 2021 1 Odisha 3–1 Bengaluru Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
  • Javi 3', 51'
  • Aridai 90+4'
 Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: R Venkatesh
30 November 2021 2 Odisha 6–4 East Bengal Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: Harish Kundu
5 December 2021 3 Kerala Blasters 2–1 Odisha Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
  • Raj 90+5'
 Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: R Venkatesh
10 December 2021 4 Odisha 1–0 NorthEast United Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: Senthil Nathan S
14 December 2021 5 Odisha 0–4 Jamshedpur Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
18 December 2021 6 Chennaiyin 2–1 Odisha Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Narayan Das Yellow card 10'
Germanpreet Singh 23' Yellow card 45'
Ariel Borysiuk Yellow card 49'
Mirlan Murzaev 63'		 Report Isaac Vanmalsawma Yellow card 29'
Thoiba Singh Yellow card 53'
Sebastian Thangmuansang Yellow card 75'
Javi Hernández Yellow card 86' 90'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: Pratik Mondal
24 December 2021 7 Odisha 1–1 Goa Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna
28 November 2021 8 Hyderabad 6–1 Odisha Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Sailung 8' (o.g.)
Ogbeche 39', 60' Yellow card 44'
García 54'
Siverio 72'
Victor 86' (pen.)		 Report Rodas Yellow card 8'
Juanan 16' (o.g.)
Krasniqi Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: NA
Referee: Ashwin
3 January 2022 9 Odisha 4–2 Mumbai City Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan
Attendance: NA
Referee: R Venkatesh
5 January 2022 (2022-01-05)
23 January 2022 (2022-01-23) 10		 ATK Mohun Bagan 0–0 Odisha Fatorda, Goa
21:30 IST Tangri Yellow card 64'
Bose Yellow card 79'		 Report T Singh Yellow card 31'
Hernández Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: NA
Referee: Harish Kundu
Note: The match was postponed due to a player testing COVID-19 positive on the matchday.

Personnel

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Current technical staff

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Position Name
Head Coach Spain Kiko Ramírez[54]
Assistant Coach Spain Kino Sanchez[55]
India Anshul Katiyar[56]
Goalkeeping Coach Argentina Manu Patricio[57]
Strength & Conditioning Coach Spain José Mascarós Balaguer[58]
Team Doctor & Head of Medical Services India Dr. Praveen Choudhary[59]
Team Physiotherapists India Dr. Firoz Shaikh[60]
India Dr. Naved Hameed[61]
Team Masseur India Bybu Ponnarassery Ravunny Thrissur[62]

Football Sport Management

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Position Name
Head of Football Operations India Abhik Chatterjee[63]
Head of Global Football Operations Spain David Villa[2]
Technical Committee Spain David Villa[64]
Spain Josep Gombau[65]
Spain Victor Oñate[65]
Head of Football Development Spain Kino Sanchez[55]
India Aakash Narula[66]
Odisha Reserves (U18) Coach India Sandeep Alhan[67]
Odisha U15 Coach India Amit Rana[67]
Odisha U13 Coach India Kirti Kashyap[67]
Youth Teams Manager India Sayantan Ganguly[67]
Grassroots Manager India Suvam Das[67]
Commercial Manager India Yash Chugh[68]
Media Manager India Chiranjibi Pati[67]

Management

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Board of directors

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Position Name
President England Raj Athwal[69]
Club Director India Ashok Bajaj[70]
Club Advisor United States Rohan Sharma[69]
Head of Sales & Marketing India Mayank Sharma[71]
Head of Finance India Ajit Panda[70]

Statistics

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As of 10 December 2021

Appearances and goals

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No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK India IND Arshdeep Singh 0 0 0+0 0
23 GK India IND Ravi Kumar 0 0 0+0 0
30 GK India IND Kamaljit Singh 4 0 4+0 0
Defenders
2 DF India IND Lalhrezuala Sailung 1 0 0+1 0
3 DF Spain ESP Víctor Mongil 4 0 4+0 0
4 DF Spain ESP Héctor Rodas 3 2 3+0 2
13 DF India IND Gaurav Bora 3 0 1+2 0
22 DF India IND Hendry Antonay 4 0 4+0 0
27 DF India IND Sebastian Thangmuansang 0 0 0+0 0
36 DF India IND Sahil Panwar 0 0 0+0 0
39 DF India IND Lalruatthara 4 0 4+0 0
55 DF India IND Deven Sawhney 0 0 0+0 0
Midfielders
8 MF India IND Paul Ramfangzauva 1 0 0+1 0
10 MF Spain ESP Javi Hernández 4 3 4+0 3
16 MF India IND Vinit Rai 4 0 4+0 0
19 MF India IND Isak Vanlalruatfela 3 1 1+2 1
24 MF India IND Thoiba Singh Moirangthem 4 0 3+1 0
48 MF India IND Issac Vanmalsawma 4 0 1+3 0
92 MF Malaysia MAS Liridon Krasniqi 4 0 2+2 0
Forwards
7 FW Spain ESP Aridai Cabrera 4 3 2+2 3
9 FW Brazil BRA Jonathas 3 1 1+2 1
11 FW India IND Nanda Kumar 2 0 2+0 0
12 FW India IND Akshunna Tyagi 0 0 0+0 0
14 FW India IND Daniel Lalhlimpuia 2 0 1+1 0
17 FW India IND Jerry Mawihmingthanga 4 0 3+1 0
21 FW India IND Nikhil Raj 2 1 0+2 1
77 FW India IND CVL Remtluanga 0 0 0+0 0

Goal scorers

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL Total
1 9 FW Brazil Jonathas de Jesus 8 8
2 10 FW Spain Javi Hernández 6 6
3 7 FW Spain Aridai Cabrera 5 5
4 17 FW India Jerry Mawihmingthanga 3 3
5 4 DF Spain Héctor Rodas 2 2
6 19 MF India Isak Vanlalruatfela 1 1
21 FW India Nikhil Raj
14 FW India Daniel Lalhlimpuia
18 FW India Redeem Tlang
11 MF India Nandhakumar Sekar
8 MF India Paul Ramfangzauva
Total 30 30

Source: Indian Super League

Clean sheets

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL Total
1 1 GK India Arshdeep Singh 2 2
2 30 GK India Kamaljit Singh 1 1
Total 3 3

Source: Indian Super League

Disciplinary record

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Rank No. Pos Nat Player ISL Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 24 MF India Thoiba Singh Moirangthem 7 0 7 0
2 39 DF India Lalruatthara 5 0 5 0
3 22 DF India Hendry Antonay 4 0 4 0
4 10 MF Spain Javi Hernández 3 0 3 0
5 9 FW Brazil Jonathas de Jesus 1 1 1 1
27 DF India Sebastian Thangmuansang 2 0 2 0
4 DF Spain Héctor Rodas
92 MF Spain Liridon Krasniqi
7 FW Spain Aridai Cabrera
3 DF Spain Víctor Mongil
48 MF India Isaac Vanmalsawma
6 11 MF India Nandhakumar Sekar 1 0 1 0
13 DF India Gaurav Bora
36 DF India Sahil Panwar
17 FW India Jerry Mawihmingthanga

Source: Indian Super League

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