The 2022–23 season was Odisha Football Clubs's fourth professional season in the Indian Super League since their establishment in 2019. Odisha finished 6th in the Indian Super League regular season table and lost to ATK Mogun Bagan in the play-off knockout. The club won the Super Cup for the first time in their history and were knocked out of Durand Cup in the quarter-finals.
Overview Pre-season and Durand Cup Odisha FC brought back head coach Josep Gombau who enjoyed an excellent two-year spell at the club on 8 June. He started to rebuild the team by bringing a new set of players. He stated that the team composition and their play would be different, so they wanted new players. He also confirmed that they retain no foreign players from last season. On 1 July, They announced the launch of Odisha FC Women team.
Odisha made their Durand Cup debut in Group D. They won their first game with 6 goals against NorthEast United. Odisha defeated Kerala Blasters, Sudeva Delhi and Army Green in their remaining group matches without conceding a single goal. But in the quarter-finals, they lost against Bengaluru, who later won the tournament.
Indian Super League Odisha was handed an away fixture in their first match, facing defending premiers Jamshedpur. Odisha won the game 3–2. But in next match Mumbai City FC notched a 2–0 win over them in a tightly contested affair with a Shubham Sarangi own goal and a Bipin Singh late strike. In their first home match, Odisha FC made another stunning comeback to register second win of the season. After the first half Kerala Blasters was leading with a goal, but in the second half Jerry Mawihmingthanga equalised and substitute Pedro Martín won it for the Juggernauts. In next match they picked their second home win as well by beating Bengaluru FC. Nandhakumar Sekar scored the game's only goal. But an early goal sink them to their second defeat of the season against Hyderabad FC. Then they nabbed three consecutive wins against East Bengal, Chennaiyin and NorthEast united. But in the next match, The Juggernauts were reduced to ten men in the 65th minute when Nandhakumar Sekar was shown a second yellow and FC Goa made the visitors pay with all three goals coming after. In the next match, Odisha FC and ATK Mohun Bagan shared the points in the season's first goalless draw to complete Odisha's first half of the season with six wins and one draw.
Competitions Indian Super League League table
League stage +DateGameweekOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceReferee11 October 20221JamshedpurAway3-2Maurício (2), Isaac19,213A Rowan15 October 20222Mumbai CityAway0-24,128Pranjal Banerjee23 October 20223Kerala BlastersHome2-1Jerry, Pedro5,217A Rowan27 October 20224BengaluruHome1-0Nandha6,811Senthil Nathan S5 November 20225HyderabadAway0-110,126R Venkatesh18 November 20226East BengalAway4-2Pedro (2), Jerry, Nandha17,772I Jamal Mohamed24 November 20227ChennaiyinHome3-2Maurício, Nandha, Vafa (o.g.)7,218Aditya Purkayastha2 December 20228NorthEast UnitedHome2-1Nandha, Jerry7,716Umesh Bora10 December 20229GoaAway0-39,456Crystal John15 December 202210ATK Mohun BaganHome0-07,019C. R. Srikrishna26 December 202211Kerala BlastersAway0-131,712Pratik Mondal2 January 202312Mumbai CityHome2-4Maurício (2)4,417A Rowan7 January 202313East BengalHome3-1Maurício (2), Sekar 14 January 202314BengaluruAway3-1Maurício 28 December 202215ATK Mohun BaganAway0-2 2 February 202316ChennaiyinAway2-2Maurício, Vanlalruatfela 6 February 202317GoaHome1-1Maurício 10 February 202318HyderabadHome3-1Maurício, Tanang (o.g.), Vanlalruatfela 17 February 202319Northeast UnitedAway3-1Maurício, Rodríguez, Sekar 22 February 202320JamshedpurHome0-2 6 March 2023KnockoutATK Mohun BaganAway0-235,256Rahul Kumar Gupta
Results by round
Super Cup +Date RoundOpponentResultScorersReferee9 April 2023Group StageEast Bengal1-1SekarRahul Kumar Gupta13 April 2023Group StageAizawl3-0Maurício, Rodríguez, SekarAniket Jadhav17 April 2023Group StageHyderabad2-1Maurício, PanwarPranjal Banerjee 17 April 2023Semi FinalNortheast United3-1Sekar(2), MaurícioSenthil Nathan S25 April 2023FinalBengaluru2-1Maurício (2)Rahul Kumar Gupta
Durand Cup +DateRoundOpponentResultScorersReferee17 August 2022Group StageNorthEast United6-0Jerry (2), Nandha, Isak, Maurício, ThoibaPranjal Banerjee23 August 2022Group StageKerala Blasters2-0Isaac, SaúlAshwin Kanojiya29 August 2022Group StageSudeva Delhi3-0Saúl (2), JerryDipu Roy4 September 2022Group StageArmy Green1-0PedroPranjal Banerjee10 September 2022Quarter-finalsBengaluru1-2 (a.e.t)MaurícioDipu Roy
AFC Cup
Since the 2023–24 AFC Champions League and the 2023–24 AFC Cup adopted transitional calendar with the switch from Spring-to-Autumn to an Autumn-to-Spring schedule, the All India Football Federation decided that its continental slots are determined by extra playoffs. +DateRoundOpponentResultScorersReferee29 April 2023Play–off for AFC CupGokulam Kerala3-1Maurício (3) Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar
Transfers Josep Gombau after being signed as the head coach stated that the team composition, and how they play, all will be different so they wanted new players. They didn't retain any foreign players. Signed 4 players from Spanish teams, Osama Malik from an Australian club Perth Glory and Diego Maurício returned from Mumbai City. Even though Kamaljit Singh has signed an extension, he later transferred to East Bengal. They signed 15 players in total, transferred 17 players out and retained 17 players from last season. Vinit Rai continued on loan in Mumbai City.
Transfers In DateNamePositionNo.Last ClubFee 30 August 2022 Niraj Kumar GK 13 Rajasthan United Undisclosed 1 June 2022 Rishabh Dobriyal FW 37 Sudeva Delhi Free 9 June 2022 Michael Soosairaj FW 23 ATK Mohun Bagan Undisclosed 9 June 2022 Narender Gahlot DF 3 Jamshedpur Free 9 June 2022 Nikhil Prabhu DF 4 Hyderabad Undisclosed 19 June 2022 Carlos Delgado DF 5 Atlético Baleares Free 20 June 2022 Osama Malik MF 6 Perth Glory Free 26 June 2022 Raynier Fernandes MF 10 Mumbai City Loan 1 July 2022 Diego Maurício FW 9 Mumbai City Free 6 July 2022 Denechandra Meitei DF 30 Kerala Blasters Loan 7 July 2022 Saúl Crespo MF 21 Ponferradina Free 8 July 2022 Pedro Martín FW 7 Gimnàstic Free 10 July 2022 Lalthuammawia Ralte GK 28 RoundGlass Punjab Free 12 July 2022 Víctor Rodríguez FW 32 Elche Free 16 September 2022 Amrinder Singh GK 1 ATK Mohun Bagan Free
Transfers Out DateNameToFee 22 June 2022 Ankit Bhuyan Free agent 22 June 2022 Javi Hernández Bengaluru Free 30 June 2022 Arshdeep Singh Goa Free 1 July 2022 Baoringdao Bodo TRAU Free 1 July 2022 Aridai Cabrera Inter Club d'Escaldes Free 13 July 2022 Víctor Mongil Kerala Blasters Free 15 July 2022 Jonathas de Jesus Náutico Free 31 July 2022 Premjit Singh TRAU Free 22 July 2022 Héctor Rodas Atlético Saguntino Free 1 August 2022 Saurabh Meher Gokulam Kerala Undisclosed 11 August 2022 Kamaljit Singh East Bengal Undisclosed 25 August 2022 Gaurav Bora NorthEast United Free 6 September 2022 Ravi Kumar RoundGlass Punjab Free 7 September 2022 George D'Souza Churchill Brothers Free 9 September 2022 Samuel Lalmuanpuia RoundGlass Punjab Free 13 September 2022 Daniel Lalhlimpuia RoundGlass Punjab Free 17 September 2022 Kamalpreet Singh Real Kashmir Free
Statistics Appearances and goals
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