Website Club home page Headquarters Mumbai | Manager Alexandre Guimarães Founded 2014 | |
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Full name Mumbai City Football Club Nickname(s) Action HeroesBlue Army Ground Capacity 18,000 (can be limited to 7,960 for safety reasons) 2016 Regular season: 1stFinals: Semi-finals Profiles | ||
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Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional football franchise based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which competes in Indian Super League. The club was launched in August 2014 during the ISL's inaugural season. The team is co-owned by Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh, a Chartered Accountant.
Contents
- Mumbai city fc blank chennaiyin qualify for isl semis
- History
- First season 2014
- Second season 2015
- Stadium
- Current squad
- Top goalscorers
- Managerial
- References
Former England international Peter Reid managed the club and Freddie Ljungberg was the marquee player for the first season. For the second season it was announced that Nicolas Anelka will don the position of marquee player as well as manager of the club. In 2016 Diego Forlan played as the marquee player while Alexandre Guimaraes took over as the new manager. For the first time Mumbai City topped the league table.
History
In early 2014, it was announced that the All India Football Federation, the National Federation for Football in India, and IMG-Reliance would be accepting bids for ownership of eight of nine selected cities for the upcoming Indian Super League, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League, the country's professional cricket league.
First season (2014)
On 15 September 2014, the club signed Nicolas Anelka, a former French international who had been a free agent since his dismissal from West Bromwich Albion earlier on in the year. Three days later, former Swedish international Freddie Ljungberg was signed as the team's first marquee player, returning from two years of retirement.
Mumbai were the visitors in the first ever ISL match on 12 October 2014, at Atlético de Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium. Without Anelka and Ljungberg, the side lost 3–0. On 18 October 2014,the club register first victory over FC Pune City by beating them as 5–0 at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai,In which Andre Moritz register first ever hat-trick of ISL.The team finished the season seventh of eight teams, and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Second season (2015)
In July 2015, Anelka became player-manager, replacing Englishman Peter Reid.Frantz Bertin was appointed captain at the beginning of the season. During season 2, Mumbai won only 4 matches and lost 6 matches out of 14 matches. Thus, they finished at sixth position in the group table. Due to such results, Nicholas Anelka surrendered and admitted that he won't return back for ISL 2016.
Stadium
Mumbai City FC played their home games at the DY Patil Stadium for two season (2014–2015), now they have shifted their home ground to Mumbai Football Arena.
The training of this team took place at the football turf of Fr. Agnel Multipurpose School and Jr. College, Vashi. The training during the ISL takes place at Cooperage Ground, Colaba.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.