Odisha Football Club Reserves and Academy represent the

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of the

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side

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, that competes in the Elite League, the main youth club competition of Indian football.

History

On 20 February 2018, it was announced by the

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, the organising body for Indian football, that ''Delhi Dynamos Football Club'', along with six other

sides, would field a reserve team in the

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, India's second division football league. The reserve side squad and coaches were then unveiled a few weeks later. On 6 March 2018, Francisco Perez Lazaro was confirmed as the reserve side's first head coach. The

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was their first and last season in the league. Since then, the team has been participating in the Elite League, India's elite youth league. The team participated as ''Delhi Dynamos FC Reserves'' for the 2018–19 season.

Odisha

Ahead of the 2019–20 Indian football season, the club decided to relocated to its new base, i.e. the

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and rechristen itself as Odisha FC. In the presence of the

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, the

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, and Tusharkanti Behera, the Minister for Department of Sports and Youth Services (DSYS),

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, the Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, to facilitate the move, i.e. from the national capital

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. As per the MoU, it was mutually decided that the club's first team, youth teams, youth football development program and grassroots football development program will be based in

Squads

Reserves

U18

Youth Player of the Season

U18

U15

U13

Records and statistics

Overview

Reserves

Youth

Head coaches' record

Reserves

Youth

Personnel

References

External links

* {{Football in Odisha Odisha FC Reserve team football in India Football academies in India Association football clubs established in 2018 2019 establishments in Odisha

History

Odisha

Squads

Reserves

U18

Youth Player of the Season

U18

U15

U13

Records and statistics

Overview

Reserves

Youth

Head coaches' record

Reserves

Youth

Personnel

See also

References

External links