2019–20 Odisha FC season

The 2019–20 Odisha FC season was the club's inaugural season since its establishment in August 2019.^[1] On 31 August 2019, Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, to re-brand Delhi Dynamos FC as Odisha FC and shift the home base from the national capital New Delhi to Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The new home for the team was decided to be the Kalinga Stadium at Bhubaneswar.^[2]

Odisha

2019–2020 season
President	Rohan Sharma
Manager	Josep Gombau
Stadium	Kalinga Stadium
Indian Super League	6th
Top goalscorer	League: Aridane Santana (9 goals) All: Aridane Santana (9 goals)
Highest home attendance	9,452 (vs. Jamshedpur, 27 December)
Lowest home attendance	6,234 (vs. Kerala Blasters, 23 February)
Average home league attendance	7,294
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Players

As of 14 March 2020^[3]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
13	Francisco Dorronsoro		GK	(1985-05-22) 22 May 1985 (age 40)
30	Ankit Bhuyan		GK	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 24)
31	Arshdeep Singh		GK	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 27)
Defenders
3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot		DF	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)
4	Gaurav Bora		DF	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 27)
5	Diawandou Diagne		DF	(1994-11-08) 8 November 1994 (age 30)
15	Shubham Sarangi		DF	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 25)
21	Narayan Das		DF	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 31)
23	Carlos Delgado		DF	(1990-04-22) 22 April 1990 (age 35)
26	Rana Gharami		DF	(1990-10-06) 6 October 1990 (age 34)
27	Lalchhuanmawia		DF	(1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 36)
33	Amit Tudu		DF	(1998-01-17) 17 January 1998 (age 27)
Midfielders
6	Bikramjit Singh		MF	(1992-10-15) 15 October 1992 (age 32)
8	Marcos Tébar (Captain)		MF	(1986-02-07) 7 February 1986 (age 39)
10	Xisco Hernández		MF	(1989-07-31) 31 July 1989 (age 36)
11	Martín Pérez Guedes		MF	(1991-08-18) 18 August 1991 (age 33)
16	Vinit Rai		MF	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)
17	Jerry Mawihmingthanga		MF	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 28)
19	Romeo Fernandes		MF	(1992-07-06) 6 July 1992 (age 33)
22	Nanda Kumar		MF	(1995-12-20) 20 December 1995 (age 29)
44	Lalhrezuala Sailung		MF	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 24)
45	Van Lal Remtluanga Chhangte		MF	(2001-03-12) 12 March 2001 (age 24)
Forwards
9	Aridane Santana		FW	(1987-03-31) 31 March 1987 (age 38)
14	Daniel Lalhlimpuia		FW	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)
24	Manuel Onwu		FW	(1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 37)
41	Seiminmang Manchong		FW	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 25)

Competitions

Indian Super League

Main article: 2019–20 Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Chennaiyin	18	8	5	5	32	26	+6	29	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Mumbai City	18	7	5	6	25	29	−4	26
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25
7	Kerala Blasters	18	4	7	7	29	32	−3	19
8	Jamshedpur	18	4	6	8	22	35	−13	18

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; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

Results (Matchday)

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

Updated to match(es) played on 23 February 2020. Source: ISL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Fixtures

League stage

Jamshedpur v Odisha

22 October 2019 (2019-10-22) 1	Jamshedpur	2–1	Odisha	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Gharami 17' (o.g.) Monroy  28' Jairu  35' Jadhav  51' Pereira  60' Castel 85'	Report	Santana 40'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 21,689 Referee: Arumughan Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)

NorthEast United v Odisha

26 October 2019 (2019-10-26) 2	NorthEast United	2–1	Odisha	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Tlang 2'  89' Triadis  38' Chowdhury  45+1' Gyan  45+2' 84' Vaz  71'	Report	Sarangi  21' Hernández 71' Delgado  73' Kumar  90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 14,672 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Gyan (NorthEast)

Mumbai City v Odisha

31 October 2019 (2019-10-31) 3	Mumbai City	2–4	Odisha	Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh  35' Larbi 51' (pen.) Fernandes  58' Singh 90+5'	Report	Hernández 6' Rai  11' Santana 21', 73'  37' Mawihmingthanga 41'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 5,517 Referee: Arumughan Man of the Match: Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)

Kerala Blasters v Odisha

8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) 4	Kerala Blasters	0–0	Odisha	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 20,107 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Cido (Kerala)

Odisha v ATK

24 November 2019 5	Odisha	0–0	ATK	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Diagne  90+1'	Report	Edathodika  15' Agus  90+1'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

Chennaiyin v Odisha

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) 6	Chennaiyin	2–2	Odisha	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh  49' Valskis 51', 71'	Report	Rai  22' Hernández 54' Delgado  66' Santana 82'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 8,693 Referee: Umesh Bora Man of the Match: Valskis (Chennaiyin)

Odisha v Bengaluru

4 December 2019 7	Odisha	0–1	Bengaluru	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Juanan 36' Kuruniyan  44'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 3,816 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Sandhu (Bengaluru)

Odisha v Hyderabad

11 December 2019 (2019-12-11) 8	Odisha	3–2	Hyderabad	Pune
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rai  11'  64' Delgado 27' Hernández 41' Sarangi  55' Guedes 71' (pen.) Tébar  90+2'	Report	Bobô 65' (pen.) Kumar 89'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Turki Alkhudhayr Man of the Match: Mawihmingthanga (Odisha)

Goa v Odisha

22 December 2019 9	Goa	3–0	Odisha	Margao
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Coro 19', 89' (pen.) Bedia  73' Fernandes 85'  90+1'	Report	Delgado  43' Bora  67' Das  80'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 12,244 Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei Man of the Match: Coro (Goa)

Odisha v Jamshedpur

27 December 2019 (2019-12-27) 10	Odisha	2–1	Jamshedpur	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Bora  19' Santana 28', 45'  79' Das  30' Delgado  33' Sarangi  62' Dorronsoro  90+6'	Report	Monroy 38' (pen.) Choudhary  85' Passi  90+5'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 9,452 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

Odisha v Chennaiyin

6 January 2020 (2020-01-06) 11	Odisha	2–0	Chennaiyin	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Mawihmingthanga 37' Vinit 41' Guedes  90'	Report	Thapa  64'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6,382 Referee: Raktim Saha Man of the Match: Vinit (Odisha)

Odisha v Mumbai City

11 January 2020 (2020-01-11) 12	Odisha	2–0	Mumbai City	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Santana 47' 90' Dorronsoro  62' Hernández 74' Vinit  84'	Report	Chaudhari  46' Kevyn  67' Hmingthanmawia  69'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 7,778 Referee: C. R. Srikrishna Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

Hyderabad v Odisha

15 January 2020 (2020-01-15) 13	Hyderabad	1–2	Odisha	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Marcelinho 1' Bhagat  15'  45'	Report	Santana 15', 45' Vinit  42' Hernández  49' Dorronsoro  90'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Santana (Odisha)

Bengaluru v Odisha

22 January 2020 (2020-01-22) 14	Bengaluru	3–0	Odisha	Bangalore
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Brown 23' Bheke 25' Khabra  37' Chhetri 61' (pen.) 82'	Report	Sarangi  45' Guedes  60' Delgado  79'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 9746 Referee: Kasimov Sherzod Man of the Match: Paartalu (Bengaluru)

Odisha v Goa

29 January 2020 (2020-01-29) 15	Odisha	2–4	Goa	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Onwu 59', 65' Dhot  79' Bora  90'	Report	Vinit 22' (o.g.) Singh 22', 27' Bedia  83' Fernandes  89' Corominas 90'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 7463 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Singh (Goa)

ATK v Odisha

8 February 2020 (2020-02-08) 16	ATK	3–1	Odisha	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Krishna 49', 60', 63' Hernández  90'	Report	Hernández  29' Das  41' Onwu 67' Nanda  80' Mawihmingthanga  82'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 15751 Referee: L Ajit Metei Man of the Match: Krishna (Kolkata)

Odisha v NorthEast United

14 February 2020 (2020-02-14) 17	Odisha	2–1	NorthEast United	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Sarangi  29' Vinit  32' Onwu 47'  84' Guedes 72'  90'	Report	Tlang  20' Cháves 24' Leudo  35' Pradhan 38' Vaz  84'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6456 Referee: Muhammad Taqi Man of the Match: Hernández (Odisha)

Odisha v Kerala Blasters

23 February 2020 (2020-02-23) 18	Odisha	4–4	Kerala Blasters	Bhubaneswar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Onwu 2', 37', 51'  81' Das  16' Guedes 44' (pen.)  53' Bora  84' Dorronsoro  90' Tébar  90'	Report	Das 6' (o.g.) Bouli 28' Lalruatthara  45' Khan 50' Carneiro  85'	Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 6234 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Onwu (Odisha)

Personnel

Position	Name
Head Coach	Josep Gombau
Assistant Coach	Thangboi Singto
Assistant Coach	Jacobo Ramallo
Team Manager	Abhik Chatterjee
Goalkeeping Coach	Pau Rovira Crua
Strengthening & Conditioning Coach	Joan Casanova Bertomeu
Performance Analyst	Abhijit Bharali
Head of Football Development	Aakash Narula
Head of Youth Development	Thangboi Singto
Manager – Youth Teams	Sayantan Ganguly
Grassroots Manager	Suvam Das

Statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK	ESP	Francisco Dorronsoro	10	0	10+0	0
30	GK	IND	Ankit Bhuyan	0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	IND	Arshdeep Singh	9	0	8+1	0
Defenders
3	DF	IND	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	4	0	1+3	0
4	DF	IND	Gaurav Bora	10	0	8+2	0
5	DF	SEN	Diawandou Diagne	10	0	8+2	0
15	DF	IND	Shubham Sarangi	17	0	17+0	0
21	DF	IND	Narayan Das	18	0	18+0	0
23	DF	ESP	Carlos Delgado	16	1	15+1	1
26	DF	IND	Rana Gharami	4	0	4+0	0
27	DF	IND	Lalchhuanmawia	3	0	0+3	0
33	DF	IND	Amit Tudu	0	0	0+0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	IND	Bikramjit Singh	6	0	0+6	0
8	MF	ESP	Marcos Tébar	17	0	17+0	0
10	MF	ESP	Xisco Hernández	18	5	15+3	5
11	MF	ARG	Martín Pérez Guedes	18	3	7+11	3
16	MF	IND	Vinit Rai	15	1	15+0	1
17	MF	IND	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	17	2	16+1	2
19	MF	IND	Romeo Fernandes	3	0	0+3	0
22	MF	IND	Nanda Kumar	16	0	15+1	0
44	MF	IND	Lalhrezuala Sailung	0	0	0+0	0
45	MF	IND	Van Lal Remtluanga Chhangte	0	0	0+0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ESP	Aridane Santana	14	9	14+0	9
14	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	16	0	6+10	0
24	FW	ESP	Manuel Onwu	4	7	4+0	7
41	FW	IND	Seiminmang Manchong	4	0	0+4	0

• Source: Indian Super League

Updated: 14 March 2020

Top scorers

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	Total
1	9	FW		Aridane Santana	9	9
2	24	FW		Manuel Onwu	7	7
3	10	MF		Xisco Hernández	5	5
4	11	DF		Martín Pérez Guedes	3	3
5	17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	2	2
6	23	MF		Carlos Delgado	1	1
	16	DF		Vinit Rai	1	1

Source: ISL
Updated: 14 March 2020

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL	Total
1	13	GK		Francisco Dorronsoro	3	3
2	30	GK		Arshdeep Singh	1	1
TOTALS					4	4

Source: ISL
Updated: 14 March 2020

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player	ISL		Total
1	16	MF		Vinit Rai	7	0	7	0
2	15	DF		Shubham Sarangi	5	0	5	0
3	23	DF		Carlos Delgado	4	1	4	1
4	4	DF		Gaurav Bora	4	0	4	0
	11	MF		Martín Pérez Guedes	4	0	4	0
	13	GK		Francisco Dorronsoro	4	0	4	0
	21	DF		Narayan Das	4	0	4	0
8	9	FW		Aridane Santana	3	0	3	0
9	8	MF		Marcos Tébar	2	0	2	0
	10	MF		Xisco Hernández	2	0	2	0
	22	MF		Nanda Kumar	2	0	2	0
	24	FW		Manuel Onwu	2	0	2	0
13	3	DF		Mohammad Sajid Dhot	1	0	1	0
	5	DF		Diawandou Diagne	1	0	1	0
	17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	1	0	1	0
TOTALS					43	1	43	1

Source: ISL
Updated: 14 March 2020

Awards

Hero of the Match Player Against Date Jerry Mawihmingthanga Mumbai City 31 October 2019 Aridane Santana ATK 24 November 2019 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Hyderabad 11 December 2019 Aridane Santana Jamshedpur 27 December 2019 Vinit Rai Chennaiyin 6 January 2020 Aridane Santana Mumbai City 11 January 2020 Aridane Santana Hyderabad 15 January 2020 Xisco Hernández NorthEast United 14 February 2020 Manuel Onwu Kerala Blasters 23 February 2020

ISL Emerging Player of the Match Player Against Date Jerry Mawihmingthanga Jamshedpur 22 October 2019 Nanda Kumar Sekar Mumbai City 31 October 2019 Shubham Sarangi ATK 24 November 2019 Shubham Sarangi Chennaiyin 28 November 2019 Vinit Rai Bengaluru 4 December 2019 Shubham Sarangi Goa 22 December 2019 Shubham Sarangi Jamshedpur 27 December 2019 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Chennaiyin 6 January 2020 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Mumbai City 11 January 2020 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Hyderabad 15 January 2020 Gaurav Bora Goa 29 January 2020 Jerry Mawihmingthanga Kerala Blasters 23 February 2020