The Odisha football team (), also earlier the Orissa football team, is a football team representing the state of Odisha, India. The Football Association of Odisha, a state association of All India Football Federation, controls the team. The team competes in Indian state football competitions including the Santosh Trophy. Prior to 2014, the team competed as the Orissa.
Stadium
Established in 1978, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar serves as the home ground of Odisha. The 15,000-capacity stadium has hosted several national and international tournaments including the I-League, Super Cup, and Women's Gold Cup. It was one of the stadium that hosted matches in the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. The stadium is also the home base for the national and youth team camps. Indian Arrows, AIFF's developmental side, is also based at the Kalinga Stadium.
Personnel Position Name Head coach Akshay Das Assistant coach Chittaranjan Behera Team manager Gangadhar Behera Physiotherapist Saroj Kumar Das
Players The following 20 players were called up for the 2025–26 Santosh Trophy.
Results and fixtures Matches
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
2025
Management Board of directors Position Name President Tankadhar Tripathy Vice president Bijay Das Dilip Kumar Sahoo Hrudaya Ranjan Behera Honorary secretary Asirbad Behera Executive secretary Avijit Kumar Paul Joint secretary Sangeeta Sharma Treasurer Bhakta Ballav Das Head of referees Durga Madhab Naik Golden Baby League development officer Subhasis Behera
Honours State (youth) B. C. Roy Trophy (Junior National Football Championship) Winners (1): 1968–69 Runners-up (3): 1961–62, 1976–77, 2024–25
Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy (Sub-Junior National Football Championship) Winners (1): 2018–19 Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 2000–01, 2012–13, 2015–16
Notable players Below the players, are notable footballers who represented the Odisha football team. Senior International players in bold.
A. M. Bachan Golak Samal Deba Singh Bharati Mishra, India U19 (1965) Shaikh Younus, India U19 (1978) Mohammad Shahid Jabbar Rajendra Prasad Singh Akshay Das, India U19 (1999–2000) Tankadhar Bag, India U20 (2022–2023) Bekey Oram, India U23 (2025)
Notable squads 1950–51 Santosh Trophy: Bari, Alam, Enayat, Jenamani, Sachi Das, Chitta Sahu, Biranjan Bera, Golak Samal, A. M. Bachan (captain), Sita Ramarao, Tareque Hussain 1967–68 Santosh Trophy: Bharati Mishra, Marshal, Deba Singh (captain), Biswas, Behera, Aziz, Giridharilal Nayak, Sahu, Ramakrishna, Bijay Das, Manmath Nath Singh
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