Mumbai City FC
Squad
Aitor Fernández López2015current
Selim Benachour2015current- Sunil Chhetri2016current
- André Moritz2014–2014
Freddie Ljungberg2014–2014
Manuel Friedrich2014–2014- Nicolas Anelka2014–2015
Subrata Pal2014–2014- André Moritz2015–2015
Darren O'Dea2015–2015
Frédéric Piquionne2015–2015
Subrata Pal2015–2015- Sunil Chhetri2015–2015
Diego Forlán2016–2016Modou Sougou2018–2020
Rafael Bastos2018–2019
- Igor Angulo2021–2022
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Career & Clubs
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) under Peter Reid
On 15 September 2014, the club signed Nicolas Anelka, a former French international who had been a free agent since his departure from West Bromwich Albion earlier 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. Englishman Peter Reid was appointed as the team's first ever head coach. 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 registered their first victory over FC Pune City by beating them 5–0 at DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai, in which André Moritz registered the first ever hat-trick of ISL. The team finished seventh in the table out of eight and did not qualify for the playoffs.
Second season (2015) under Nicolas Anelka
In July 2015, Nicolas Anelka became player-manager, replacing Peter Reid. Frantz Bertin was appointed captain at the beginning of the season. The club then roped in India's…
- League
- Indian Super League
Legacy
Domestic
ISL League Shield Winners (2): 2020–21, 2022–23 ISL Cup Winners (2): 2020–21, 2023–24
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Mumbai City FC is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. They compete in the Indian Super League, the top tier of the Indian football league system. Founded on 30 August 2014, Mumbai City is one of the most successful clubs in Indian Super League history, jointly holding the record with Mohun Bagan Super Giant for the most major ISL honours, having won two ISL League Winners Shields and two ISL Cups. The club became the first in ISL history to win both the League Winners Shield and the ISL Cup in the same season, achieving the feat in the 2020–21 season campaign.
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