2021–22 Odisha FC season

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2021–22 Odisha FC season - Wikipedia

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Odisha FC

2021–22 season

President

Raj Athwal

Manager

Kiko Ramírez

Stadium

Tilak Maidan
(Centralised Venue)

Indian Super League

7th

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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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

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

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

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]

In

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
14 May 2021	Sahil Panwar	Hyderabad	Odisha	^[22]
5 July 2021	Isaac Vanmalsawma	Jamshedpur	Odisha	^[23]
8 July 2021	Lalruatthara	Kerala Blasters	Odisha	^[24]
14 July 2021	Sebastian Thangmuansang	Gokulam Kerala	Odisha	^[25]
26 July 2021	Victor Mongil	Dinamo Tbilisi	Odisha	^[26]
30 July 2021	Javi Hernández	ATK Mohun Bagan	Odisha	^[27]
5 August 2021	Nikhil Raj	Kickstart	Odisha (loan)	^[28]
12 August 2021	Héctor Rodas	Cultural Leonesa	Odisha	^[29]
16 August 2021	Aridai Cabrera	Las Palmas	Odisha	^[30]
23 August 2021	Liridon Krasniqi	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Odisha (loan)	^[31]
9 September 2021	Jonathas de Jesus	Sharjah	Odisha	^[32]
30 December 2021	Nikhil Prabhu	Hyderabad	Odisha (loan)	^[33]
25 January 2022	Karan Amin	Jamshedpur	Odisha	^[34]
25 January 2022	Antonio D'Silva	Dempo	Odisha	^[35]
26 January 2022	Redeem Tlang	Goa	Odisha (loan)	^[36]

Out

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
5 March 2021	Steven Taylor	Odisha	Wellington Phoenix	^[37]
23 April 2021	Marcelinho	Odisha	EC Taubate	^[38]
12 July 2021	George D'Souza	Odisha	Bengaluru United (loan)	^[39]
13 July 2021	Diego Maurício	Odisha	Al-Shahania	^[40]
25 July 2021	Diawandou Diagne	Odisha	Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat	^[41]
29 July 2021	Cole Alexander	Odisha	Kaizer Chiefs	^[42]
6 August 2021	Jacob Tratt	Odisha	Adelaide United	^[43]
9 August 2021	Manuel Onwu	Odisha	Badalona	^[44]
25 November 2021	Samuel Lalmuanpuia	Odisha	Aizawl	^[45]
2 January 2022	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	Odisha	Chennaiyin	^[46]
5 January 2022	Vinit Rai	Odisha	Mumbai City (loan)	^[47]
30 January 2022	Ravi Kumar	Odisha	Mumbai City (loan)	^[48]

Out-on-Loan

Date	Name	Moving from	Moving to	Ref.
12 July 2021	George D'Souza	Odisha	Bengaluru United (loan)	^[49]
5 January 2022	Vinit Rai	Odisha	Mumbai City (loan)	^[50]
30 January 2022	Ravi Kumar	Odisha	Mumbai City (loan)	^[51]

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	Nandha Daniel Isak	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	Javi Javi Isaac Isak	Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground

28 October 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin	1–2	Odisha	Utorda, Goa
		Report	Javi Víctor	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

16 November 2021 Friendly	Odisha	2–1	Hyderabad	Navelim, Goa
	Lalruatthara Isak	Report		Stadium: Our Lady of the Rosary Church Ground

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	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

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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


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)	Javi 3', 51' Aridai 90+4'	Report	Costa 21'	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)	Hector 33', 40' Javi 45' Aridai 71', 90' Isak Vanlalruatfela 82'	Report	Sidoel 13' Haokip 80' Chukwu 89', 90' (pen.)	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)	Vázquez 62' Prasanth 85'	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)	Jonathas 81'	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	Greg Stewart 4', 25', 35' Peter Hartley 3'	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)	Jonathas 53'	Report	Ivan Gonzalez 42'	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)	Jerry Mawihmingthanga 70', 77' Aridai 4' Jonathas 89'	Report	Ahmed Jahouh 11' Igor Angulo 38'	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 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]
Assistant Coach	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]
Team Physiotherapists	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]
Head of Football Development	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

Board of directors

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

Statistics

As of 10 December 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	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	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	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
Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Player
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