They also retained the services of midfielder Sehnaj Singh who was instrumental in the club's success in the previous season. He was also awarded the best goalkeeper in 2016, keeping record clean sheets for the club. The club did manage to retain Captain & goalkeeper Amrinder Singh for 12.0 million INR. MCFC managed to retain Alexandre Guimarães after he guided the club to their first ever playoffs in three seasons, but they missed out on their star performers including club's all-time top goalscorer Sunil Chhetri. In 2017, Indian Super League announced another auction to make way for new entrants Jamshedpur FC & Bengaluru FC which led to others clubs to start the squad rebuilding process once again.
However, it went down to Atletico de Kolkata in the twin legged semi-finals. As a result, Mumbai City finished the 14 rounds with 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. Alexandre's men in blues kept 8 clean sheets in the group stage, making it a record across all the three editions of the tournament. The team conceded the fewest goals (8) of all teams in the league, whilst Lucian Goian finished with the most tackles (67) in the league. It was also the first hat-trick of any marquee player in the history of the ISL. Forlan scored the first hat-trick of the Hero Indian Super League 2016 season as The Islanders beat Kerala Blasters 5–0 at Mumbai Football Arena on 19 November 2016. The arrival of the Uruguayan changed the dynamics of the struggling Mumbai team to title contenders. The club also signed 2010 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winner Diego Forlán on a three-month deal, with option to extend for another year as a marquee player for the season. The club moved into their new home stadium, the Mumbai Football Arena, at Andheri. First season (2014) Īlexandre Guimarães was appointed as head coach of Mumbai City for 2016–17 seasonĪfter the first two seasons, Mumbai City's management made big changes as they appointed Alexandre Guimarães as the head coach for the 2016 Indian Super League (ISL) season.
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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 (ISL), an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League, the country's professional cricket league. In 2022–23 Indian Super League,Des led Mumbai to an 18 game unbeaten streak, the longest ever in the history of Indian Super League and thereby won the second shield for Mumbai within 3 years after topping the league. Des Buckingham who was appointed as the head coach before the 2021-22 Indian Super League season, led the team to two wins in the 2022 AFC Champions League making Mumbai the first Indian team to win a game at the AFC Champions League group stage, and ended up finishing second in the group, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the next round. In 2020, Sergio Lobera was announced as the manager for the new season and they won the Indian Super League winners shield and the league title for the first time during the 2020–21 Indian Super League season.
In 2018, Jorge Costa was announced as the head coach for the new season and he guided them to the play-offs in his realm. In 2016, Diego Forlán played as the marquee player while Alexandre Guimarães took over as the new manager. For the second season, it was announced that Nicolas Anelka would take the role of marquee player cum manager of the club. įormer England international Peter Reid managed the club during the first season with Freddie Ljungberg as the marquee player. Also, Mumbai City is the first club from India to win an AFC Champions League group stage match. They won the ISL League Winners Shield again in 2022–23 season. Mumbai City is the first club to win both the ISL title and League Winners Shield, which it did in the 2020–21 season. The club was founded in August 2014, during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, that competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football.
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