Odisha FC Under-18 boys stormed into the final round of the Hero Elite League 2019-20 as they trounced Maximus Prime Sports 5-0 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi today. With this win, Odisha FC finished at the second position in the Delhi, Jaipur & Punjab Zone with 31 points from 14 matches. Odisha FC won nine games, drew four and lost one.
Odisha FC scored a total of 45 goals, the highest by any team, while conceding 12. Odisha FC forwards Akshunna Tyagi and Rishabh Dobriyal emerged top two scorers in the zonal round with 20 and 18 goals respectively.
ODISHA FC RESULTS:
18 February (At JNL Training Pitch 2): Odisha FC (Rishabh Dobriyal 50th, 76th, Akshunna Tyagi 59th, 93rd, Nischay Adhikari 70th) beat Maximus Prime Sports 5-0. PoM: Rishabh Dobriyal.
13 February (At Vedas School, Sohna): Odisha FC (Rishabh Dobriyal 23rd, 27th, Akshunna Tyagi 39th, 77th, 93rd) beat Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools (Rahul Nepali 35th, Kushal Thapa 57th) 5-2. PoM: Akshunna Tyagi.
7 February (At JNL Training Pitch 2): Odisha FC (Rishabh Dobriyal 32th, 35th, 57th, 75th, Akshunna Tyagi 7th, 12th) beat Conscient Football 6-0. PoM: Rishabh Dobriyal.
2 February (At JNL Training Pitch 2): Odisha FC (Akshunna Tyagi 13th, 72nd, Rishabh Dobriyal 25th, Nischay Adhikari 78th) beat United Punjab FC 4-0. PoM: Akshunna Tyagi.
28 January (At Sudeva Ground, Raj Niwas): Odisha FC U-18 boys (Akshunna Tyagi 34th, Prananjay Singh 92nd) beat Sudeva Football Club 2-0. PoM: ?
23 January (At UPFC Ground 1): Odisha FC drew with United Punjab FC 0-0. PoM: Seikhanlal Tuboi (UPFC). PoM: Seikhanlal Tuboi (UPFC).
18 January (At JNL Training Pitch 2): Odisha FC (Akshunna Tyagi 40th) lost to Sudeva Football Club (Shubho Paul 20th, 29th, Rohit Gusain 59th) 1-3. PoM: Shubho Paul.
14 January (At YFC Rurka Kalan Stadium): Odisha FC (Akshunna Tyagi 9th, 14th, 45th, Rishabh Dobriyal 27th, 65th, Prananjay Singh 36th, Jones Lalthakima 42nd) beat Youth FC (Gurwinder Ram 55th) 7-1. PoM: Rishabh Dobriyal.
9 January (At Tau Devi Lal Stadium): Odisha FC drew against Punjab FC 0-0. PoM: Rohit Bhattarai (OFC).
4 January (At Conscient Football Ground): Odisha FC (Akshunna Tyagi 18th, Rishabh Dobriyal 43rd, 46th, Piyush Bhandari 74th, Ramsem Kaiwungnao 87th) beat Conscient Football (Zahaan Shapoorjee 65th, K Lalruattluanga 70th, Aryan Sahni Mohanty 89th) 5-3. PoM: Akshunna Tyagi.
1 January (At JNL Training Pitch 2): Odisha FC (Rishabh Dobriyal 45th-P) drew against Bhaichung Bhutia Football Schools (Woreithem Rainam 65th) 1-1. PoM: Nischay Adhikari (OFC).
26 December (At University of Rajasthan Sports Complex): Odisha FC (Akshunna Tyagi 3rd, 56th, Rishabh Dobriyal 16th, 75th, 93rd) beat Maximus Prime Sports 5-0. PoM: Rishabh Dobriyal.
20 December (At JNL Training Pitch 2): Odisha FC (Rishabh Dobriyal 9th, Akshunna Tyagi 68th) beat Youth Football Club 2-0. PoM: Rishabh Dobriyal.
15 December (At JNL Training Pitch 2): Odisha FC (Akshunna Tyagi 13th, 79th) drew against Punjab FC (Freddy Lallawmawma 40th, Satpal Singh 91st) 2-2. PoM: Akshunna Tyagi.
ODISHA FC SQUAD: Aleef Rahaman Mollah (GK), Jones Lalthakima (Captain, DF), Prajal Tushir (DF), Ronaldo Wairokpam (DF), Fahad Tumeri (MF), Hemanya Baweja (MF), C Lalduhawma (FW), Maisnam Arbison Singh (FW), Nischay Adhikari (FW), Rishabh Dobriyal (Captain, FW), Akshunna Tyagi (FW), Sandeep Thapa (FW), Vikas Verma (MF), Rajat Rathi (FW), Prananjay Singh (MF), Vipul Tomar (GK), Navneet Dubey (DF), Arpit Kaushik (MF), Manik Baliyan (GK), Hritik Rawat (DF), Thanglensei Haokip (MF), Vibhanshu Singh (DF), Ramsem Kaiwungnao (MF), Tanush Pandey (DF), Suryansh Yadav (FW), Ishaan Shishodia (MF), Piyush Bhandari (FW), Paras Rothan (MF), Sanjeet Malik (FW). Coach: Sandeep Alhan; Manager: Ujjawal Raj.
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PHOTO: Odisha FC U-18 boys celebrate after making it to the final round of the Hero Elite League in New Delhi on 18 February, 2020.