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Odisha FC

2020–21 season
President	Raj Athwal
Manager	Stuart Baxter
Stadium	GMC Stadium, Bambolim
Indian Super League	11th
Top goalscorer	League: Diego Maurício (12) All: Diego Maurício (12)
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All statistics correct as of 27 February 2021.

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

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Third

Squad

First-team Squad

As of 27 February 2021

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Arshdeep Singh		GK	(1997-10-06) 6 October 1997 (age 27)
21	Kamaljit Singh		GK	(1995-12-28) 28 December 1995 (age 28)
23	Ravi Kumar		GK	(1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 31)
30	Ankit Bhuyan		GK	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 23)
Defenders
3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot		DF	(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)
5	Hendry Antonay		DF	(2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 (age 24)
12	Saurabh Meher		DF	(2000-01-12) 12 January 2000 (age 24)
13	Gaurav Bora		DF	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 26)
15	Shubham Sarangi		DF	(2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 24)
18	Jacob Tratt		DF	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 30)
26	Kamalpreet Singh		DF	(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 27)
27	Steven Taylor (Captain)		DF	(1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 (age 38)
32	George D'Souza		DF	(1994-04-30) 30 April 1994 (age 30)
66	Rakesh Pradhan		DF	(1993-08-02) 2 August 1993 (age 31)
Midfielders
2	Thoiba Singh Moirangthem		MF	(2002-12-12) 12 December 2002 (age 22)
4	Lalhrezuala Sailung		MF	(2001-03-17) 17 March 2001 (age 23)
6	Cole Alexander		MF	(1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 (age 35)
7	Brad Inman		MF	(1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 33)
8	Paul Ramfangzauva		MF	(1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25)
9	Samuel Lalmuanpuia		MF	(1998-07-27) 27 July 1998 (age 26)
16	Vinit Rai		MF	(1997-10-10) 10 October 1997 (age 27)
17	Jerry Mawihmingthanga		MF	(1997-03-09) 9 March 1997 (age 27)
19	Isak Vanlalruatfela		MF	(2001-05-19) 19 May 2001 (age 23)
22	Nanda Kumar		MF	(1995-12-20) 20 December 1995 (age 29)
28	Laishram Premjit Singh		MF	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22)
33	Baoringdao Bodo		MF	(1999-10-17) 17 October 1999 (age 25)
Forwards
10	Marcelinho Leite Pereira		FW	(1987-06-22) 22 June 1987 (age 37)
11	Diego Maurício		FW	(1991-06-25) 25 June 1991 (age 33)
14	Daniel Lalhlimpuia		FW	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)
24	Manuel Onwu		FW	(1988-01-11) 11 January 1988 (age 36)

Transfers

In

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

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 return

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

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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Aridane Santana (Hyderabad)

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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha)

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 Attendance: 0 Referee: L. Ajit Kumar Meetei Man of the Match: Roy Krishna (ATK Mohun Bagan)

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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Rowllin Borges (Mumbai City)

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 Attendance: 0 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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Cleiton 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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Cole Alexander (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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Anthony 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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Diego 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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Lallianzuala 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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Anirudh 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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Cole 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 Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Cleiton Silva (Bengaluru)

11 February 2021 16	Odisha	2–2	Kerala Blasters	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Jordan Murray 52' Hooper 68'	Report	Maurício 45', 74'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Diego Maurício (Odisha)

Results by matchday

Personnel

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

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IND	Arshdeep Singh	17	0	16+1	0
21	GK	IND	Kamaljit Singh	3	0	3+0	0
23	GK	IND	Ravi Kumar	2	0	1+1	0
30	GK	IND	Ankit Bhuyan	0	0	0+0	0
Defenders
3	DF	IND	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	6	0	4+2	0
5	DF	IND	Hendry Antonay	11	0	11+0	0
12	DF	IND	Saurabh Meher	3	0	1+2	0
13	DF	IND	Gaurav Bora	18	0	18+0	0
15	DF	IND	Shubham Sarangi	14	0	10+4	0
18	DF	AUS	Jacob Tratt	17	0	17+0	0
26	DF	IND	Kamalpreet Singh	4	0	2+2	0
27	DF	ENG	Steven Taylor	17	2	17+0	2
32	DF	IND	George D'Souza	2	0	2+0	0
66	DF	IND	Rakesh Pradhan	8	0	8+0	0
Midfielders
2	MF	IND	Thoiba Singh Moirangthem	1	0	1+0	0
4	MF	IND	Lalhrezuala Sailung	2	1	2+0	1
6	MF	RSA	Cole Alexander	15	3	15+0	3
8	MF	IND	Paul Ramfangzauva	5	2	4+1	2
9	MF	IND	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	3	0	0+3	0
16	MF	IND	Vinit Rai	13	0	12+1	0
17	MF	IND	Jerry Mawihmingthanga	17	2	16+1	2
19	MF	IND	Isak Vanlalruatfela	2	0	0+2	0
22	MF	IND	Nanda Kumar	11	0	6+5	0
28	MF	IND	Laishram Premjit Singh	5	0	2+3	0
33	MF	IND	Baoringdao Bodo	1	0	1+0	0
Forwards
7	FW	AUS	Brad Inman	6	1	5+1	1
10	FW	BRA	Marcelinho Leite Pereira	8	0	4+4	0
11	FW	BRA	Diego Maurício	20	12	17+3	12
14	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	12	0	7+5	0
24	FW	ESP	Manuel Onwu	18	0	15+3	0

• Source: Indian Super League

Updated: 27 February 2021

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	ISL
1	11	FW		Diego Maurício	12
2	6	DF		Cole Alexander	3
3	8	MF		Paul Ramfangzauva	2
	17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	2
	27	DF		Steven Taylor	2
6	4	MF		Lalhrezuala Sailung	1
	7	MF		Brad Inman	1
Own goals					2
Total					25

Source: Indian Super League
Updated: 27 February 2021

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	ISL	Total
1	17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	5	5
2	7	FW		Brad Inman	2	2
	11	FW		Diego Mauricio	2	2
	14	FW		Daniel Lalhlimpuia	2	2
	24	FW		Manuel Onwu	2	2
3	5	DF		Hendry Antonay	1	1
	6	MF		Cole Alexander	1	1
	18	DF		Jacob Tratt	1	1
	22	MF		Nanda Kumar	1	1
	66	DF		Rakesh Pradhan	1	1

Source: Indian Super League
Updated: 27 February 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	7	0	7	0
2	6	MF		Cole Alexander	5	0	5	0
	13	DF		Gaurav Bora	5	0	5	0
	27	DF		Steven Taylor	5	0	5	0
3	15	DF		Shubham Sarangi	4	0	4	0
	16	MF		Vinit Rai	4	0	4	0
	24	FW		Manuel Onwu	4	0	4	0
4	5	DF		Hendry Antonay	3	0	3	0
	17	MF		Jerry Mawihmingthanga	3	0	3	0
5	3	DF		Mohammad Sajid Dhot	2	0	2	0
	11	FW		Diego Maurício	2	0	2	0
	12	DF		Saurabh Meher	2	0	2	0
	66	MF		Rakesh Pradhan	2	0	2	0
6	1	GK		Arshdeep Singh	1	0	1	0
	22	MF		Nanda Kumar	1	0	1	0
Total:					50	0	50	0

Source: Indian Super League
Updated: 27 February 2021

See also

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

Notes

1. ^ Match was played behind closed doors due to government restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

References

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