2021–22 Odisha FC season
2021–22 season of Odisha FC
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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 started from 19 November 2021.[1]
| 2021–22 season | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| President | Raj Athwal | |||
| Manager | Kiko Ramírez | |||
| Stadium | Tilak Maidan (Centralised Venue) | |||
| Indian Super League | 7th | |||
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| All statistics correct as of 13 September 2021. | ||||
Overview
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[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
Similar to the last season, the 2021–22 Indian Super League 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
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
| Date | Player | Position | No | Contract Till | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 April 2021 |  Jerry Mawihmingthanga |
RW | 17 | 2022 | [52] |
Pre-season and friendlies
| 18 September 2021 Friendly | Salgaocar | 1–3 | Odisha | Navelim, Goa |
| Report | Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground |
| 22 September 2021 Friendly | Dempo | 1–0 | Odisha | Navelim, Goa |
| Report | Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground |
| 25 September 2021 Friendly | Churchill Brothers | 1–1 | Odisha | Navelim, Goa |
| Report | Jerry | Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground |
| 28 September 2021 Friendly | Goa II | 1–4 | Odisha | Navelim, Goa |
| Report | Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground |
| 28 October 2021 Friendly | Chennaiyin | 1–2 | Odisha | Utorda, Goa |
| Report | Stadium: Sports Complex |
| 1 November 2021 Friendly | Kerala Blasters | 2–1 | Odisha | Parra, Goa |
| Javi | Stadium: Parra Ground |
| 9 November 2021 Friendly | Mumbai City | 0–0 | Odisha | Nagoa, Goa |
| Stadium: Nagoa Ground |
Competitions
Overview
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | ||||
| 2021–22 Indian Super League | 24 November 2021 | 4 March 2022 | Matchday 6 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 30.00 |
| Total | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 30.00 | |||
Last updated: 4 March 2022.
Source: Competitions
Indian Super League
League table
| 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 |
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
| 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
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) | Report |
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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) |
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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 |
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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) |
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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 |
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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  10'Germanpreet Singh  23' 45'Ariel Borysiuk 49'Mirlan Murzaev 63' |
Report | Isaac Vanmalsawma 29' Thoiba Singh 53'Sebastian Thangmuansang 75'Javi Hernández 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) |
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Report |
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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' 44' García 54' Siverio 72' Victor 86' (pen.) |
Report | Rodas 8' Juanan 16' (o.g.) Krasniqi 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) |
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Report |
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Stadium: Tilak Maidan Attendance: NA Referee: R Venkatesh |
23 January 2022 10 | ATK Mohun Bagan | 0–0 | Odisha | Fatorda, Goa |
| 21:30 IST | Tangri 64' Bose 79' |
Report | T Singh 31' Hernández 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
Current technical staff
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach |  Kiko Ramírez[54] |
| Assistant Coach | Kino Sanchez[55] |
| Anshul Katiyar[56] | |
| Goalkeeping Coach |  Manu Patricio[57] |
| Strength & Conditioning Coach | José Mascarós Balaguer[58] |
| Team Doctor & Head of Medical Services | Dr. Praveen Choudhary[59] |
| Team Physiotherapists | Dr. Firoz Shaikh[60] |
| Dr. Naved Hameed[61] | |
| Team Masseur | Bybu Ponnarassery Ravunny Thrissur[62] |
Football Sport Management
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head of Football Operations | Abhik Chatterjee[63] |
| Head of Global Football Operations | David Villa[2] |
| Technical Committee | David Villa[64] Josep Gombau[65] Victor Oñate[65] |
| Head of Football Development | Kino Sanchez[55] |
| Aakash Narula[66] | |
| Odisha Reserves (U18) Coach | Sandeep Alhan[67] |
| Odisha U15 Coach | Amit Rana[67] |
| Odisha U13 Coach | Kirti Kashyap[67] |
| Youth Teams Manager | Sayantan Ganguly[67] |
| Grassroots Manager | Suvam Das[67] |
| Commercial Manager | Yash Chugh[68] |
| Media Manager | Chiranjibi Pati[67] |
Management
Statistics
- As of 10 December 2021
Appearances and goals
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | ISL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND |
Arshdeep Singh | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | GK | IND |
Ravi Kumar | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | GK | IND |
Kamaljit Singh | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||||
| Defenders | |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IND |
Lalhrezuala Sailung | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | DF | ESP |
Víctor Mongil | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||||
| 4 | DF | ESP |
Héctor Rodas | 3 | 2 | 3+0 | 2 | ||||
| 13 | DF | IND |
Gaurav Bora | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | DF | IND |
Hendry Antonay | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | DF | IND |
Sebastian Thangmuansang | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 36 | DF | IND |
Sahil Panwar | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 39 | DF | IND |
Lalruatthara | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||||
| 55 | DF | IND |
Deven Sawhney | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||
| 8 | MF | IND |
Paul Ramfangzauva | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | MF | ESP |
Javi Hernández | 4 | 3 | 4+0 | 3 | ||||
| 16 | MF | IND |
Vinit Rai | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | MF | IND |
Isak Vanlalruatfela | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| 24 | MF | IND |
Thoiba Singh Moirangthem | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
| 48 | MF | IND |
Issac Vanmalsawma | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | ||||
| 92 | MF |  MAS |
Liridon Krasniqi | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | ||||
| Forwards | |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | ESP |
Aridai Cabrera | 4 | 3 | 2+2 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | FW |  BRA |
Jonathas | 3 | 1 | 1+2 | 1 | ||||
| 11 | FW | IND |
Nanda Kumar | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | FW | IND |
Akshunna Tyagi | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | FW | IND |
Daniel Lalhlimpuia | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | FW | IND |
Jerry Mawihmingthanga | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | FW | IND |
Nikhil Raj | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | ||||
| 77 | FW | IND |
CVL Remtluanga | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | ||||
- Source: Indian Super League
Goal scorers
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | FW | |
Jonathas de Jesus | 8 | 8 |
| 2 | 10 | FW | |
Javi Hernández | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | 7 | FW | |
Aridai Cabrera | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | 17 | FW | |
Jerry Mawihmingthanga | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | 4 | DF | |
Héctor Rodas | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | MF | |
Isak Vanlalruatfela | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | FW | |
Nikhil Raj | |||
| 14 | FW | |
Daniel Lalhlimpuia | |||
| 18 | FW | |
Redeem Tlang | |||
| 11 | MF | |
Nandhakumar Sekar | |||
| 8 | MF | |
Paul Ramfangzauva | |||
| Total | 30 | 30 | ||||
Source: Indian Super League
Clean sheets
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | GK | |
Arshdeep Singh | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | 30 | GK | |
Kamaljit Singh | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 3 | ||||
Source: Indian Super League
Disciplinary record
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | ISL | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | 24 | MF | |
Thoiba Singh Moirangthem | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | 39 | DF | |
Lalruatthara | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | 22 | DF | |
Hendry Antonay | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | 10 | MF | |
Javi Hernández | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | 9 | FW | |
Jonathas de Jesus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | DF | |
Sebastian Thangmuansang | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | DF | |
Héctor Rodas | |||||
| 92 | MF | |
Liridon Krasniqi | |||||
| 7 | FW | |
Aridai Cabrera | |||||
| 3 | DF | |
Víctor Mongil | |||||
| 48 | MF | |
Isaac Vanmalsawma | |||||
| 6 | 11 | MF | |
Nandhakumar Sekar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | |
Gaurav Bora | |||||
| 36 | DF | |
Sahil Panwar | |||||
| 17 | FW | |
Jerry Mawihmingthanga | |||||
Source: Indian Super League