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Odisha

Full name	Odisha women's football team
Nickname(s)	ଓଡ଼ିଶା ମହିଳା ଫୁଟବଲ ଟୀମ୍
Ground	Kalinga Stadium
Capacity	15,000
Owner	Football Association of Odisha
President	Samir Dey
Head coach	Gitanjali Khuntia
League	Senior Women's National Football Championship
2023–24	Final Round
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Odisha women's football team (Odia: ଓଡ଼ିଶା ମହିଳା ଫୁଟବଲ ଟୀମ୍), earlier the Orissa women's football team, is an Indian women's football team representing the state of Odisha, India. The Football Association of Odisha, a state association of All India Football Federation, manages the team. The team competes as a member of the All India Football Federation, in the Senior Women's National Football Championship, the topmost women's knock-out league of Indian football.

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 2019 Gold Cup. It was one of the venues for 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	Gitanjali Khuntia
Assistant Coach/Team Manager	Gayatri Mallick
Physiotherapist	Lopamudra Maharaj

Players

Current squad

As of 23 October 2024

The following 22 players were called up for the 2024–25 Senior Women's National Football Championship.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Susmita Pun 2 DF  IND Ambruta Nayak 3 DF  IND Sradhanjali Panda 4 DF  IND Sulekha Kanhar 5 DF  IND Pragyan Kishan 6 MF  IND Priyasa Sarkar 7 MF  IND Munica Minz 8 MF  IND Janhabi Kishan 9 FW  IND Manisha Naik 10 FW  IND Pyari Xaxa (C) 11 FW  IND Deepa Nayak

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  IND Malati Munda 14 MF  IND Shibani Mundari 15 FW  IND Pratima Oram 16 FW  IND Laxmi Priya Lenka 17 FW  IND Subhadra Sahoo 18 FW  IND Satyabati Khadia 19 FW  IND Rupashree Munda 20 DF  IND Subasini Saha 21 GK  IND Manju Ganjhu 22 DF  IND Ranee Bag 24 MF  IND Ipshita Rout

Results and fixtures

As of 23 October 2024

2021

7 December 2021 Senior NFC	Manipur	1–1 (3–0 p)	Odisha	Kozhikode, Kerala, India
15:00 IST	Yangoijam Kiranbala Chanu 45+3'	Report	Yumlembam Pakpi Devi 11', o.g.'	Stadium: EMS Stadium Player of the Match: Juli Kishan
	Penalties
	Sultana MS Babysana Devi Asem Roja Devi		Jasoda Munda Subhadra Sahu Suman Pragnya Mohapatra

2022

9 October 2022 National Games SF	Odisha	2–2 (3–0 p)	Tamil Nadu	Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
09:30 IST	Pyari Xaxa 45', 82'	Report	Priyadarshini S. 2' Sandhiya Ranganathan 10'	Stadium: EKA Arena Player of the Match: Rajeswari Das
	Penalties
	Jasoda Munda Juli Kishan Satyabati Khadia		Dhurga P. Pavithra M. Kowsalya S.

2023

26 June 2023 (2023-06-26) Senior NFC	Haryana	1–1 (2–0 p)	Odisha	Amritsar, Punjab, India
16:30 IST	Ritu Rani 36'	Report	Jasoda Munda 65'	Stadium: Guru Nanak Stadium
	Penalties
	Santosh Renu Rani Sharda		Juli Kishan Satyabati Khadia Jasoda Munda Malati Munda

5 November 2023 (2023-11-05) National Games F	Odisha	1–1 (4–2 p)	Manipur	Vasco da Gama, Goa, India
16:00 IST	Pyari Xaxa 51'	Report	Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi 79'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan
	Penalties
	Pyari Xaxa Grace Hauhnar Bannya Kabiraj Lynda kom		Wangkhem Linthoingambi Devi Phanjoubam Nirmala Devi

Management

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Board of directors

Position	Name
President	Vacant
Vice President	Bijay Das
	Dilip Kumar Sahoo
	Hrudaya Ranjan Behera
Honorary Secretary	Asirbad Behera
Joint Secretary	Avijit Paul
	Biswa Ranjan Gharei
	Sangeeta Sharma
Treasurer	Bhakta Ballav Das
Head of Referees	Durga Madhab Naik
Golden Baby League Development Officer	Subhasis Behera

Honours

State (senior)

• Senior Women's National Football Championship

Winners (1): 2010–11

Runners-up (6): 2001–02, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2013–14, 2018–19, 2024–25

• National Games

Gold medal (3): 2007, 2011, 2023

Silver medal (2): 2015, 2022

Bronze medal (1): 2002

State (youth)

• Junior Girl's National Football Championship

Runners-up (8): 2002–03, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18

• Sub–Junior Girl's National Football Championship

Winners (1): 2006–07

Runners-up (7): 2003–04, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2018–19

Others

• Pem Dorjee Memorial Cup

Runners-up: 2009

Notable players

Below the players, are Indian senior international women's footballers who represented the Odisha women's football team.

• Sradhanjali Samantaray
• Ranjita Mohanty
• Pinky Bompal Magar
• Gitanjali Khuntia
• Sasmita Mallik
• Prasanti Pradhan
• Alochana Senapati
• Gayatri Mallick
• Supriya Routray
• Sita Sharma
• Suprava Samal
• Rashmita Patra
• Lochana Munda
• Swarnamayee Samal
• Bijayalaxmi Sahoo
• Tikina Samal
• Manisa Panna
• Pyari Xaxa
• Jabamani Tudu
• Juli Kishan

See also

• Odisha FC
• Odisha FC Women
• Odisha football team
• Odisha Women's League
• Football Association of Odisha

References

1. "Football Association Of Odisha". All India Football Federation. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
2. "Sr Women NFC: Pyari sixer propels Odisha into Final Round". Orisports. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
3. Cite error: The named reference NFC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
4. "Orissa win maiden title in Senior Women NFC". Orisports. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
5. "Orissa women lose in Pem Dorjee Cup final". Orisports. 15 October 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

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