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==Stadium==
60,000 capacity [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] was the home ground of the club when it's frachise name was Delhi Dynamos FC. The stadium located at the national capital of India, [[New Delhi]] and owned by [[Sports Authority of India]]. But due to various economic factors and failure to maintain a sustained attendance for home games over the course of the seasons at the stadium, owner of the franchise and the President and founding CEO of GMS Leadership, Dr Anil Sharma decided to shift the base from Delhi to some other location.<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Delhi Dynamos shifting to Odisha is a blow to football in the capital |url=https://khelnow.com/news/article/2019-20-isl-delhi-dynamos-move-to-odisha-a-bodyblow-to-football-in-capital-city |website=khelnow.com |publisher=Khel Now |accessdate=31 August 2019}}</ref> The club under the brand franchise name Delhi Dynamos FC, played first five seasons of [[Indian Super League]], from [[2014 Indian Super League season|2014]] season to [[2018–19 Indian Super League season|2018–19]] and [[2018 Indian Super Cup|2018]] & [[2019 Indian Super Cup|2019]] [[Super Cup (India)|Super Cup]] at this stadium. In August 2019, through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Goverment of Odisha, it was decided to rebrand the franchise as Odisha FC and its new home base will be [[Kalinga Stadium]] at [[Bhubaneswar]].<ref name="rebranded"/><ref name="ddfc to odfc"/> The capacity of the stadium is 15,000 and owned by the [[Government of Odisha|Sport Authority of Odisha]]. The first season that they will be going to play at the stadium will be [[2019–20 Indian Super League season|2019–20 ISL]].<ref name="rebranded"/><ref name="ddfc to odfc"/>
==Ownership==
On 13 April 2014, IMG Reliance announced that [[DEN Networks]] had won the bidding for the Delhi franchise to be the eighth team in the inaugural season of Indian Super League.<ref name="Cities Announced"/> The club entered an alliance with Dutch club [[Feyenoord]] in 2015, which lasted only for one year.<ref name="alliance"/> World's largest cash buyer of ships and offshore assets for recycling, GMS, was brought in March 2016 as club's new majority co-owner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportstarlive.com/football/isl/delhi-dynamos-ropes-in-gmsled-wall-street-investments/article9201982.ece |title=Delhi Dynamos ropes in GMS-led Wall Street Investments |publisher=Sportstarlive|website= www.sportstarlive.com|date=2016-10-08 |access-date=2017-02-25}}</ref> GMS currently holds 100% of the ownership in club which it purchased in three installments of 55%, 25% and 20% respectively from [[DEN Networks]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delhidynamos.com/2016/10/07/delhi-dynamos-f-c-welcome-new-co-owners|title=Delhi Dynamos F.C. Welcome New Co-Owners|website=www.delhidynamos.com|date=2016-10-07|access-date=2016-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105223620/http://www.delhidynamos.com/2016/10/07/delhi-dynamos-f-c-welcome-new-co-owners/|archive-date=5 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ptinews.com/news/8085538_DEN-Networks-give-up-25--stake-in-Delhi-Dynamos-|title=DEN Networks give up 25% stake in Delhi Dynamos|publisher=PTI|website=ptinews.com|date=2016-11-16|access-date=2016-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220084201/http://ptinews.com/news/8085538_DEN-Networks-give-up-25--stake-in-Delhi-Dynamos-|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Players==
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