BHUBANESWAR 22-May-2018
Football Association of Odisha (FAO) has formed six committees for 2018-19 season. These include three selection committees, one advisory committee, football development committee and FAO academy coaching committee. However, most of the committees seemed overcrowded, featuring eight to 11 members each.
Odisha Athletic Association secretary Asirbad has been made the chairman of the eight-member advisory committee. Father of FAO secretary Sanjay Behera, Asirbad Behera earlier lost his posts as secretary of both Odisha Cricket Association and Odisha Olympic Association for different reasons.
ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Asirbad Behera (Chairman), Adhip Das (Vice-chairman), Dr S R Parija, Hari Narayan Pujari, Siba Prasad Tripathy, Kishore Kumar Biswal, Dhiren Kumar Palei and Durga Madhab Naik (all members).
FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE: Rajendra Prasad Singh (Chairman), Sradhanjali Samantaray (Vice-chairman), Dulal Pradhan, Gopabandhu Sahoo, Mohammad Shahid Jabbar, Gyana Ranjan Das, Gyana Ranjan Behera, Prasanna Das, Sajoj Das, Shuvendu Panda, Birendra Kumar Behera (all members).
SENIOR MEN SELECTION COMMITTEE: Bijay Das (Chairman), Tadit Kumar Rout (Vice-chairman), Narendra Kumar Sahoo, Prafulla Mishra, Manas Samal, Pravat Kumar Mohapatra, Gyana Ranjan Das, Gangadhar Behera, Raj Sekhar Pradhan, Biswa Ranjan Ghadei, Surjit Tigga (all members).
JUNIOR MEN SELECTION COMMITTEE: Dillip Kumar Sahoo (Chairman), Rabi Narayan Panda (Vice-chairman), Sambit Mohanty, Debananda Mohanty, Sankarsan Jena, Bhabani Mohanty, Prabala Das, Sambit Nanda, Hrushikesh Behera, Mohan Kochin, Parasar Bag (all members).
WOMEN SELECTION COMMITTEE: Subrat Kumar Panda (Chairman), Pradeep Kishore Mohanty (Vice-chairman), Bijay Kumar Kanungo, Nanda Kishore Patnaik, Shekh Yunus, Sradhanjali Samantaray, Gitanjali Khuntia, Ranjita Mohanty, Sarita Jayanti Behera, Mamata Kumari Samanta, Chitrasen Patra (all members).
FAO ACADEMY COACHING COMMITTEE: Mohammad Shahid Jabbar (Head of Youth Development), Nipendra Kumar Das, Suraj Thappa, Sanjeev Patasani (all coaches); Goutam Das (Goalkeeping coach), Sk Manzoor, A N Pillai (Assistant coach), Naseer Khan (Grassroot coach).