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| Full name | Odisha Football Club | |
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| Short name | OFC | |
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| Ground | Kalinga Stadium | |
| Capacity | 15,000[1] | |
| Owner | GMS Leadership[2] | |
| President | Raj Athwal[3] | |
| Head coach | Sergio Lobera | |
| League | Indian Super League | |
| 2023–2024 | Indian Super League, 4th of 12 Playoffs: Semi-finals | |
| Website | www | |
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Odisha Football Club ([oɽiˈsa] ) is an Indian professional football club based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. Prior to the inaugural Indian Super League season, the club was founded as Delhi Dynamos Football Club. In 2019, prior to the 2019–20 Indian Super League season, the club rebranded to Odisha Football Club, and relocated to its current base, the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Odisha played its first home match on 14 October 2014, with a 0–0 draw against Pune City at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi as Delhi Dynamos. As Odisha FC, the club played their first match on 22 October 2019, however they had to play their first three matches of 2019–20 ISL season at Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex in Pune, before making Kalinga Stadium as their permanent base. The club went on to win the 2023 Indian Super Cup, its first trophy. After defeating Gokulam Kerala FC in the Indian club qualifiers for 2023–24 AFC Cup group stage 3–1, Odisha qualified for the 2023–24 AFC Cup, its first participation in any continental stage.
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