| Club: | Odisha |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Chairman: | Raj Athwal |
| Owner: | GMS Inc. |
| Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
| Manager: | Josep Gombau (until 11 March) Clifford Miranda (interim, from 16 March) |
| Stadium: | Kalinga Stadium |
| League: | Indian Super League |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | ISL Play-offs |
| Cup1 Result: | Knockout |
| Cup2: | Super Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Champions |
| Cup3: | Durand Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Diego Maurício (12) |
| Season Topscorer: | Diego Maurício (22) |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,716 (vs NorthEast United, 2 December 2022) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,417 (vs Mumbai City, 2 January 2023) |
| Average Attendance: | 6,383 |
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| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023-24 |
The 2022–23 season was Odisha Football Clubs's fourth professional season in the Indian Super League since their establishment in 2019. Odisha finished 6th in the Indian Super League regular season table and lost to ATK Mogun Bagan in the play-off knockout. The club won the Super Cup for the first time in their history and were knocked out of Durand Cup in the quarter-finals.[1] [2]
Odisha FC brought back head coach Josep Gombau who enjoyed an excellent two-year spell at the club on June 8.[3] He started to rebuild the team by bringing a new set of players. He stated that the team composition and their play would be different, so they wanted new players. He also confirmed that they retain no foreign players from last season.[4] On July 1, They announced the launch of Odisha FC Women team.[5]
Odisha made their Durand Cup debut in Group D. They won their first game with 6 goals against NorthEast United.[6] Odisha defeated Kerala Blasters, Sudeva Delhi and Army Green in their remaining group matches without conceding a single goal.[7] But in the quarter-finals, they lost against Bengaluru, who later won the tournament.[2]
Odisha was handed an away fixture in their first match, facing defending premiers Jamshedpur. Odisha won the game 3-2.[8] But in next match Mumbai City FC notched a 2-0 win over them in a tightly contested affair with a Shubham Sarangi own goal and a Bipin Singh late strike.[9] In their first home match, Odisha FC made another stunning comeback to register second win of the season. After the first half Kerala Blasters was leading with a goal, but in the second half Jerry Mawihmingthanga equalised and substitute Pedro Martín won it for the Juggernauts.[10] In next match they picked their second home win as well by beating Bengaluru FC. Nandhakumar Sekar scored the game's only goal.[11] But an early goal sink them to their second defeat of the season against Hyderabad FC. Then they nabbed three consecutive wins against East Bengal, Chennaiyin and NorthEast united.[12] But in the next match, The Juggernauts were reduced to ten men in the 65th minute when Nandhakumar Sekar was shown a second yellow and FC Goa made the visitors pay with all three goals coming after. In the next match, Odisha FC and ATK Mohun Bagan shared the points in the season’s first goalless draw to complete Odisha's first half of the season with six wins and one draw.
| October 11, 2022 | 1 | Jamshedpur | Away | 3-2 | Maurício (2), Isaac | 19,213 | A Rowan | |
| October 15, 2022 | 2 | Mumbai City | Away | 0-2 | 4,128 | Pranjal Banerjee | ||
| October 23, 2022 | 3 | Kerala Blasters | Home | 2-1 | Jerry, Pedro | 5,217 | A Rowan | |
| October 27, 2022 | 4 | Bengaluru | Home | 1-0 | Nandha | 6,811 | Senthil Nathan S | |
| November 5, 2022 | 5 | Hyderabad | Away | 0-1 | 10,126 | R Venkatesh | ||
| November 18, 2022 | 6 | East Bengal | Away | 4-2 | Pedro (2), Jerry, Nandha | 17,772 | I Jamal Mohamed | |
| November 24, 2022 | 7 | Chennaiyin | Home | 3-2 | Maurício, Nandha, Vafa (o.g.) | 7,218 | Aditya Purkayastha | |
| December 2, 2022 | 8 | NorthEast United | Home | 2-1 | Nandha, Jerry | 7,716 | Umesh Bora | |
| December 10, 2022 | 9 | Goa | Away | 0-3 | 9,456 | Crystal John | ||
| December 15, 2022 | 10 | ATK Mohun Bagan | Home | 0-0 | 7,019 | C. R. Srikrishna | ||
| December 26, 2022 | 11 | Kerala Blasters | Away | 0-1 | 31,712 | Pratik Mondal | ||
| January 2, 2023 | 12 | Mumbai City | Home | 2-4 | Maurício (2) | 4,417 | A Rowan | |
| January 7, 2023 | 13 | East Bengal | Home | 3-1 | Maurício (2), Sekar | |||
| January 14, 2023 | 14 | Bengaluru | Away | 3-1 | Maurício | |||
| December 28, 2022 | 15 | ATK Mohun Bagan | Away | 0-2 | ||||
| February 2, 2023 | 16 | Chennaiyin | Away | 2-2 | Maurício, Vanlalruatfela | |||
| February 6, 2023 | 17 | Goa | Home | 1-1 | Maurício | |||
| February 10, 2023 | 18 | Hyderabad | Home | 3-1 | Maurício, Tanang (o.g.), Vanlalruatfela | |||
| February 17, 2023 | 19 | Northeast United | Away | 3-1 | Maurício, Rodríguez, Sekar | |||
| February 22, 2023 | 20 | Jamshedpur | Home | 0-2 | ||||
| March 6, 2023 | Knockout | ATK Mohun Bagan | Away | 0-2 | 35,256 | Rahul Kumar Gupta |
| April 9, 2023 | Group Stage | East Bengal | 1-1 | Sekar | Rahul Kumar Gupta | |
| April 13, 2023 | Group Stage | Aizawl | 3-0 | Maurício, Rodríguez, Sekar | Aniket Jadhav | |
| April 17, 2023 | Group Stage | Hyderabad | 2-1 | Maurício, Panwar | Pranjal Banerjee | |
| April 17, 2023 | Semi Final | Northeast United | 3-1 | Sekar(2), Maurício | Senthil Nathan S | |
| April 25, 2023 | Final | Bengaluru | 2-1 | Maurício (2) | Rahul Kumar Gupta |
| August 17, 2022 | Group Stage | NorthEast United | 6-0 | Jerry (2), Nandha, Isak, Maurício, Thoiba | Pranjal Banerjee | |
| August 23, 2022 | Group Stage | Kerala Blasters | 2-0 | Isaac, Saúl | Ashwin Kanojiya | |
| August 29, 2022 | Group Stage | Sudeva Delhi | 3-0 | Saúl (2), Jerry | Dipu Roy | |
| September 4, 2022 | Group Stage | Army Green | 1-0 | Pedro | Pranjal Banerjee | |
| September 10, 2022 | Quarter-finals | Bengaluru | 1-2 (a.e.t) | Maurício | Dipu Roy |
See main article: 2023 AFC Cup. Since the 2023–24 AFC Champions League and the 2023–24 AFC Cup adopted transitional calendar with the switch from Spring-to-Autumn to an Autumn-to-Spring schedule,[13] the All India Football Federation decided that its continental slots are determined by extra playoffs.[14]
| April 29, 2022 | Play–off for AFC Cup | Gokulam Kerala | 3-1 | Maurício (3) | Tejas Visvasrao Nagvenkar |
Josep Gombau after being signed as the head coach stated that the team composition, and how they play, all will be different so they wanted new players. They didn't retain any foreign players. Signed 4 players from Spanish teams, Osama Malik from an Australian club Perth Glory and Diego Maurício returned from Mumbai City. Even though Kamaljit Singh has signed an extension, he later transferred to East Bengal. They signed 15 players in total, transferred 17 players out and retained 17 players from last season. Vinit Rai continued on loan in Mumbai City.
| Date | Name | Position | No. | Last Club | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2022 |  Niraj Kumar | GK | 13 | Rajasthan United | Undisclosed | |
| 1 June 2022 | Rishabh Dobriyal | FW | 37 | Sudeva Delhi | Free | |
| 9 June 2022 | Michael Soosairaj | FW | 23 | ATK Mohun Bagan | Undisclosed | |
| 9 June 2022 | Narender Gahlot | DF | 3 | Jamshedpur | Free | |
| 9 June 2022 | Nikhil Prabhu | DF | 4 | Hyderabad | Undisclosed | |
| 19 June 2022 |  Carlos Delgado | DF | 5 | Atlético Baleares | Free | |
| 20 June 2022 |  Osama Malik | MF | 6 | Perth Glory | Free | |
| 26 June 2022 | Raynier Fernandes | MF | 10 | Mumbai City | Loan | |
| 1 July 2022 |  Diego Maurício | FW | 9 | Mumbai City | Free | |
| 6 July 2022 | Denechandra Meitei | DF | 30 | Kerala Blasters | Loan | |
| 7 July 2022 | Saúl Crespo | MF | 21 | Ponferradina | Free | |
| 8 July 2022 | Pedro Martín | FW | 7 | Gimnàstic | Free | |
| 10 July 2022 | Lalthuammawia Ralte | GK | 28 | RoundGlass Punjab | Free | |
| 12 July 2022 | Víctor Rodríguez | FW | 32 | Elche | Free | |
| 16 September 2022 | Amrinder Singh | GK | 1 | Free |
| Date | Name | To | Fee | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 June 2022 | Ankit Bhuyan | Free agent | ||
| 22 June 2022 | Javi Hernández | Bengaluru | Free | |
| 30 June 2022 | Arshdeep Singh | Goa | Free | |
| 1 July 2022 | Baoringdao Bodo | TRAU | Free | |
| 1 July 2022 | Aridai Cabrera | Inter Club d'Escaldes | Free | |
| 13 July 2022 | Víctor Mongil | Kerala Blasters | Free | |
| 15 July 2022 | Jonathas de Jesus | Náutico | Free | |
| 31 July 2022 | Premjit Singh | TRAU | Free | |
| 22 July 2022 | Héctor Rodas | Atlético Saguntino | Free | |
| 1 August 2022 | Saurabh Meher | Gokulam Kerala | Undisclosed | |
| 11 August 2022 | Kamaljit Singh | East Bengal | Undisclosed | |
| 25 August 2022 | Gaurav Bora | NorthEast United | Free | |
| 6 September 2022 | Ravi Kumar | RoundGlass Punjab | Free | |
| 7 September 2022 | George D'Souza | Churchill Brothers | Free | |
| 9 September 2022 | Samuel Lalmuanpuia | RoundGlass Punjab | Free | |
| 13 September 2022 | Daniel Lalhlimpuia | RoundGlass Punjab | Free | |
| 17 September 2022 | Kamalpreet Singh | Real Kashmir | Free |
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