Odhsia qualified for the final round of the 72nd National Football Championship for Santosh Trophy, holding host Bihar to a goalless draw in their second and last East Zone Qualifying league match at Begusarai, Bihar today. Odisha finished at the top of their group with four points.

Earlier in their opening match Odisha beat Sikkim 2-0 to start campaign on winning note. Captain Arjun Naik and Bhabagrahi Padhiary scored the two goals in the 37th and 86th minutes respectively.

ODISHA TEAM:
Goalkeeepers: Ejazzudin Khan (Sports Hostel, CTC/Puri District), Soumya Ranjan Das (Jagatsinghpur).
Defenders: Sk S S Alam (Rourkela), Karthik Bhola (SAI TC, Cuttack, BBSR), D Srinath (Sports Hostel, CTC/Ganjam), Rabi Hembram (Mayurbhanj), Sunil Munda (Sambalpur), Nabin Suna (Jharsuguda), Rudra Pradhan (Sports Hostel, CTC/Angul).
Mid-fielder: Sunil Sardar (Sports Hostel, CTC/Jajpur), Bikash Padhiary (Sports Hostel, CTC/Cuttack), Arapan Lakra (Rourkela), Bhaba Grahi Padhiary (Sports Hostel, CTC/Cuttack), Amar Lakra (Sports Hostel- SBP/Sundargarh), Amar Oraon (Sports Hostel, CTC/Sundargarh)
Forwards: Arvind Lakra (Rourkela), Subash Pradhan (Sundargarh), Arjun Nayak (Cuttack), Bijaya Behera (Cuttack), Sorav Ranjan Hanuman (Balangir).
Support staff: Md Salim (Chief coach), Biswajit Mahana (Goalkeeping coach), Gangadhar Behera (Assistant coach), Narendra Kumar Sahoo (Manager).