Mumbai City FC

Mumbai City
Full nameMumbai City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Islanders
Short nameMCFC
Founded30 August 2014; 10 years ago (2014-08-30)
GroundMumbai Football Arena
Capacity7,000
Owner(s)
ChairmanKhaldoon Al Mubarak[1]
Head coachPetr Kratky
LeagueIndian Super League
2023–24Indian Super League, 2nd of 12
Playoffs: Champions
Websitemumbaicityfc.com
Current season
Departments of Mumbai City FC
Football
(Men's)
Football
(Reserves
& Academy)
(eSports)[2]

Mumbai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is part of the City Football Group. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top tier of the Indian football league system. Mumbai City is one of the most successful clubs in the history of the ISL. They are the first club to win both the League Winners Shield and the ISL cup title in a single season, which it accomplished in the 2020–21 season. They are the only team to win the ISL league winners shield twice.

In 2020, Sergio Lobera was announced as the manager for the new season and they won the ISL league winners shield and the ISL Cup title for the first time during the 2020–21 Indian Super League season.[3][4]

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,[5] and ended up finishing second in the group, narrowly missing out on qualifying for the next round.[6] In 2022–23 Indian Super League, Des led Mumbai to an 18-game unbeaten streak, the longest ever in the history of ISL[7] and thereby won the second shield for Mumbai within 2 years after topping the league.[8]

Following the departure of Des Buckingham to Oxford United FC on 16 November 2023, Czech coach Petr Kratky was appointed as the new head coach.[9][10] In his first season, he lost the ISL Shield on the final day with a defeat against Mohun Bagan, but won the ISL Cup against the same opponent.[11][12] As of the 2023-24 season, Mumbai City FC has a value of Rs. 45.6 crore, approximately $55 million.[13]

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  2. ^ Mumbai City FC official in Twitter. Archived 15 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine. twitter.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. ^ "ISL: Mumbai City FC announce Sergio Lobera as manager". Goal. 12 October 2020. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  4. ^ "ISL 2020–21 Mumbai City FC Team Review: 2 Trophies Make it a mid Season". News18 (published 16 March 2021). 17 March 2021. Archived from the original on 9 October 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Mumbai City FC edge Iraq's Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya to become first Indian club to win in ACL (so awesome)". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 12 April 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Mumbai City FC first Indian team to win in AFC Champions League". 12 April 2022. Archived from the original on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Unprecedented dominance: A look at Mumbai City FC's historic 18-match unbeaten run". Archived from the original on 2 April 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Mumbai City FC wins the ISL 2022-23 League Winners Shield after a 5-3 win over FC Goa". 11 February 2023. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Des Buckingham leaves Mumbai City for Oxford United". The Times of India. 17 November 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  10. ^ "Mumbai City FC welcomes Petr Kratky as new Head Coach". Mumbai City FC. 9 December 2023. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ^ https://www.espn.in/football/story//id/39946490/mohun-bagan-vs-mumbai-city-live-score-updates-commentary-result-isl-2023-24-league-shield-decider
  12. ^ Bhattacharjee, Neeladri (4 May 2024). "ISL 2023-24 Final: Mumbai City FC beats Mohun Bagan SG 3-1 to win the ISL Cup". Sportstar.
  13. ^ https://khelnow.com/football/2023-12-indian-football-isl-teams-market-value

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