Odisha FC

In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the national federation for football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight or nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.[2] On 13 April 2014, it was announced that DEN Networks had won the bidding for the Delhi franchise.[3] The team had entered an alliance with Dutch club Feyenoord which lasted only for one year.[4]

On 31 August 2019, Delhi Soccer Private Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Odisha, to shift the home base from the national capital New Delhi to Bhubaneswar, Odisha and re-branded the franchise as Odisha FC. The new home for the team was decided to be the Kalinga Stadium at Bhubaneswar.[5] As per the MoU, it was mutually decided that the club’s first team, youth teams, youth football development program and grassroots football development program will be based in Odisha.[6]

The team started their campaign in the inaugural Indian Super League season on 14 October 2014 with a 0–0 draw against FC Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. The Dynamos did not experience the best of starts to their ISL campaign as they lagged behind at the last place till the 9th Round. The team rejuvenated and regrouped to climb out of the situation to finish in 5th place with a five match unbeaten run which included three wins and two draws. Delhi narrowly missed out on qualification for the semi-finals falling short only by a point. In the 2015 season, Delhi Dynamos qualified for the first time for the semi-finals of the Indian Super League with the fewest games played in 2015. In the 2016 season, the club finished third in the league stage with 21 points[7] and lost to the Kerala Blasters FC in the semi-finals of the season. In the 2017–18 season, the club finished eighth in the league stage with 19 points[8] and couldn't qualify for semi-finals of the season. In the 2018–19 season, the club again finished eighth in the league round with 18 points[9] and couldn't qualify for the semi-finals of the season.

Odisha had to play their first three home fixtures at the Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Stadium in Pune due to unavailability of Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.[10] Odisha started off their season on 22 October 2019, with a 2−1 loss in an away match against Jamshedpur at the JRD Tata Sports Complex.[11] In their second fixture they faced another defeat; this time against the NorthEast United.[12] Odisha secured their first ever win in their third fixture registering a 4−2 victory against Mumbai City at the Mumbai Football Arena. Decent first half display pushed Odisha to an good start, scoring three goals by Xisco Hernández, Aridane Santana and Jerry Mawihmingthanga in the 6th, 21st and 41st minutes respectively. Mohamed Larbi pulled one back for the hosts at the 51st minute. Santana’s second goal in the 73rd minute only firmed their victory. However, Mumbai pulled another one back at the 90+5th minute wasn't enough to register a win over the visitors.[13] In the next remaining 15 matches of the league Odisha registered six win, four draws and five losses to end the season at the 6th spot with 25 points on the points table.[14] Later, on 18 March 2020, due to the head coach's familial obligations, Odisha parted ways with Josep Gombau.[15]

The first crest of the club as Odisha FC
(2019)

On 16 September 2019 the club unveiled its official logo.[16] Design of the crest inspired from the Chakras or the chariot wheels of the famous Konark Sun Temple, a World Heritage Site in Odisha which represents culture and heritage, and embodies a ship design which symbolizes GMS, the parent company of the club, which represents progress and development of the state.[16][17]

Since, 2014 the club had multiple deals with various kit manufacturers, with Lotto for the first season 2014−2015, Puma for 2015−2016, Dryworld 2016−2017, T10 Sports for 2017−2018, TYKA for the final season of Delhi Dynamos as club name.

Roberto Carlos of Brazil, remains the most successful coach for the club who also played for the team.

As of 23 February 2020

Head coach records

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
For Delhi Dynamos FC
Harm van Veldhoven[26]	Netherlands	August 2014	December 2014	14	4	6	4	16	14	028.57
Roberto Carlos	Brazil	July 2015	December 2015	16	7	4	5	19	23	043.75
Gianluca Zambrotta	Italy	July 2016	December 2016	16	6	6	4	29	19	037.50
Miguel Ángel Portugal	Spain	July 2017	May 2018	18	5	4	9	16	30	027.78
Josep Gombau	Spain	July 2018	May 2019	18	4	6	8	23	27	022.22
For Odisha FC
Josep Gombau	Spain	August 2019	March 2020	18	7	4	7	28	31	038.89
Stuart Baxter	Scotland	June 2020	Present	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

As of 24 June 2020[27]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 3 DF Mohammad Sajid Dhot 4 DF Gaurav Bora 5 MF Diawandou Diagne 6 MF Bikramjit Singh 8 MF Marcos Tébar (Captain) 14 FW Daniel Lalhlimpuia 15 MF Shubham Sarangi 16 MF Vinit Rai 17 MF Jerry Mawihmingthanga 21 DF Narayan Das 22 MF Nanda Kumar 26 DF Rana Gharami 27 DF Lalchhuanmawia 30 GK Ankit Bhuyan 31 GK Arshdeep Singh

No. Position Player 33 DF Amit Tudu 41 FW Seiminmang Manchong 44 MF Lalhrezuala Sailung — MF Samuel Lalmuanpuia — DF George D'Souza — DF Hendry Antonay — DF Saurabh Meher — GK Kamaljit Singh — FW Baoringdao Bodo — FW Laishram Premjit Singh — DF Kamalpreet Singh — MF Thoiba Singh Moirangthem — MF Isak Vanlalruatfela — MF Paul Ramfangzauva