2016 Mumbai City FC season

Mumbai City FC
2015–16 season
OwnerRanbir Kapoor,Bimal Parekh
ManagerAlexandre Guimarães
StadiumMumbai Football Arena
Indian Super Leaguechampions
Top goalscorerDiego Forlán (6 goals)
Highest home attendance7,690 vs Delhi Dynamos FC
(3 December 2016)[1]
Lowest home attendance6147 vs NorthEast United FC
(7 October 2016)[1]
Average home league attendance7354[2]

The 2016 Mumbai City FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League, their most successful till date. This season was also the first in which the club was coached by the Costarican Alexandre Guimarães, replacing Nicolas Anelka who served as player-coach the previous season.[3] They finished first in the standings after the ending of the league season, qualifying for the semifinals for the very first time led by Diego Forlán who was their marquee player. However they lost in the semifinals to Atletico de Kolkata 1-5 on aggregate.

Background

See also: 2015 Mumbai City FC season

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, Mumbai City parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Peter Reid. Soon after, Nicolas Anelka, the club's marquee from 2014, was named as the player-head coach for the 2015 season.[4] The season began for Mumbai City with a 3–1 loss to their Maharashtra rivals, Pune City on 5 October.[5] The team ended the season with only four wins through fourteen matches, three of which came in a row at the end of October. This resulted in Mumbai City finishing the season in sixth place in the standings, missing out on the finals by six points.[6]

Player movement

Signings

Position Player Old club Date Ref
FW Matías Defederico San Marcos de Arica 15 June 2016 [8]
DF Aiborlang Khongjee Shillong Lajong 21 June 2016 [9]
MF Boithang Haokip Shillong Lajong 21 June 2016 [9]
FW Jackichand Singh Pune City 21 June 2016 [9]


Squad information

First team squad

As of 03 October 2016.[10]
Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
32 Albino Gomes GK (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994
1 Amrinder Singh GK (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993
25 Roberto Volpato Neto GK (1979-07-01) 1 July 1979
Defenders
2 Aiborlang Khongjee Defender (1987-12-09) 9 December 1987
5 Anwar Ali Defender (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984
3 Ashutosh Mehta RB (1991-02-21) 21 February 1991
30 Facundo Cardozo CB / LB (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995
4 Gerson Vieira CB (1992-10-04) 4 October 1992
23 Lalchhuanmawia Fanai LB (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989
21 Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte LB (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988
26 Lucian Goian CB (1983-02-10) 10 February 1983
Midfielders
14 Boithang Haokip CM (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991
17 David Lalrinmuana Midfielder (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992
12 Jackichand Singh Left wing (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992
6 Krisztián Vadócz Central midfield (1985-05-30) 30 May 1985
8 Léo Costa Right midfield (1986-03-03) 3 March 1986
20 Matías Defederico Attacking midfield (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989
22 Otacilio Brito Alves Midfielder (1996-01-22) 22 January 1996
26 Sehnaj Singh CM (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993
16 Sony Norde AM (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989
27 Thangjam Saran Singh Right midfield (1987-03-01) 1 March 1987
13 Udanta Singh Left wing (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996
Strikers
10 Diego Forlán Secondary striker (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979
11 Sunil Chhetri Centre-forward (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984
37 Thiago dos Santos Cunha Centre-forward (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985

Coaching Staff

Position Name
Manager Alexandre Guimarães
Assistant coach Juliano Fontana
Assistant coach Alex Ambrose
Goalkeeping coach Alexandre Lopes
CEO Indranil Das Blah
Team Manager Watson Fernandes
Head Analyst Sujay Sharma

Indian Super League

Main article: 2016 Indian Super League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mumbai City 14 6 5 3 16 8 +8 23 Advance to ISL Play-offs
2 Kerala Blasters 14 6 4 4 12 14 −2 22
3 Delhi Dynamos 14 5 6 3 27 17 +10 21
4 Atlético de Kolkata (C) 14 4 8 2 16 14 +2 20
5 NorthEast United 14 5 3 6 14 14 0 18
Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
14 6 5 3 16 8  +8 23 3 2 2 9 3  +6 3 3 1 7 5  +2

Last updated: 3 December 2016.
Source: Matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 October 2016 1 FC Pune City 0–1 Mumbai City FC Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Rahul Bheke 35'
Jonatan Lucca 53'		 Report Léo Costa  14'
Sehnaj Singh 36'
Matías Defederico 68'
Lucian Goian 88'		 Stadium: Balewadi Stadium
Attendance: 8189
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi
7 October 2016 2 Mumbai City FC 1–0 NorthEast United FC Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Diego Forlán 55' (pen.)
Pronay Halder 69'		 Report Rowllin Borges 32'
Nicolas Velez 82'		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 6147
Referee: F.Guerrero
11 October 2016 3 Mumbai City FC 1–1 Atlético de Kolkata Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Aiborlang Khongjee 22'
Matías Defederico 27'
Pronay Halder 53'  72'
Sehnaj Singh 75'		 Report Bikramjit Singh 24'
Javier Grande 83'
Sameehg Doutie 90'		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7562
Referee: Ali Abdulnabi
14 October 2016 4 Kerala Blasters FC 1–0 Mumbai City FC Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Michael Chopra 58'
Josué Currais 90'		 Report Facundo Cardozo 47'
Sehnaj Singh 90'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium
Attendance: 40013
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
18 October 2016 5 Delhi Dynamos FC 3–3 Mumbai City FC Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Ibrahima Niasse 36'
Richard Gadze 51'
Badara Badji 76'
Marcelo Pereira 83pen.'
Marcelo Pereira 83'
Richard Gadze 90'		 Report Krisztián Vadócz 33'
Krisztián Vadócz 38'
Sehnaj Singh 57'
Sony Norde 33'
Pronay Halder 86'
Matías Defederico 90'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 15269
Referee: Santosh Kumar
21 October 2016 6 Mumbai City FC 0-1 FC Goa Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Lucian Goian 28' Report Pratesh Shirodkar 17'
Richarlyson 40'
Robin Singh 66'		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7690
Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci
25 October 2016 7 Atlético de Kolkata 0–1 Mumbai City FC Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Iain Hume 22'
Abhinas Ruidas 36'
José Arroyo 81'		 Report Krisztián Vadócz 26'
Diego Forlán 79'
Ashutosh Mehta 84'		 Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Attendance: 11251
Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci
2 November 2016 8 Chennaiyin FC 1–1 Mumbai City FC Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Jeje Lalpekhlua 51'
Raphael Augusto 80'		 Report Anwar Ali 22'
Krisztián Vadócz 80'
Léo Costa 88'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 22280
Referee: Sandro Meira Ricci
5 November 2016 9 NorthEast United FC 0–1 Mumbai City FC Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Didier Zokora 50'
Emiliano Alfaro 63'
Nirmal Chettri 90'		 Report Jackichand Singh 45'
Lalrindika Ralte 50'
Albino Gomes 90'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 29989
Referee: O.P. Thakur
10 November 2016 10 Mumbai City FC 0–1 FC Pune City Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Diego Forlán 90' Report Eugeneson Lyngdoh 89'
Jesús Tato 90'		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7247
Referee: Rahul Gupta
16 November 2016 11 FC Goa 0–0 Mumbai City FC Fatorda
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Keenan Almeida 05' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 18917
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini
19 November 2016 12 Mumbai City FC 5–0 Kerala Blasters FC Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Diego Forlán 05'
Diego Forlán 14'
Diego Forlán 63'
Alves 69'
Lucian Goian 73'		 Report Gurwinder Singh 90' Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7583
Referee: Nivon Robesh Gamini
23 November 2016 13 Mumbai City FC 2–0 Chennaiyin FC Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Gerson Vieira 07'
Matías Defederico 32'
Sehnaj Singh 55'
Krisztián Vadócz 60'		 Report Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7645
Referee: Santosh Kumar
3 December 2016 14 Mumbai City FC 0–0 Delhi Dynamos FC Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Sehnaj Singh 39' Report Bruno Pelissari 71' Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7690
Referee: Rahul Gupta

Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

Semi-finals

  Win   Draw   Loss

10 December 2016 2 Atlético de Kolkata 3–2 Mumbai City FC Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Lalrindika Ralte 03'
Lalrindika Ralte 23'
Iain Hume 39'
Iain Hume 45' (pen.)
Henrique Sereno 81'		 Report Léo Costa 10'
Gerson Vieira 19'
Otacilio Alves 21'
Laihsanga Ralte 31'
Diego Forlán 52'  76'		 Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium
Attendance: 12500
Referee: H.Dilan Perera
13 December 2016 3 Mumbai City FC 0–0 Atlético de Kolkata Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Thiago Cunha 94' Report Borja Fernández 26'
Robert Lalthlamuana 35'  43'
Abhinas Ruidas 45'
Debjit Majumder 64'
Juan Belencoso 94'		 Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 7562
Referee: A. Rowan

Player statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

No. Pos Nat Player Total Indian Super League
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  IND Amrinder Singh 6 0 6 0
25 GK  BRA Roberto Volpato 6 0 6 0
31 GK  IND Arnab Das Sharma 0 0 0 0
32 GK  IND Albino Gomes 4 0 4 0
2 DF  IND Aiborlang Khongjee 12 0 11+1 0
3 DF  IND Ashutosh Mehta 5 0 1+4 0
4 DF  BRA Gerson Vieira 14 1 11+3 1
5 DF  IND Anwar Ali 14 0 12+2 0
18 DF  ROU Lucian Goian 16 0 16 0
21 DF  IND Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte 16 0 15+1 0
23 DF  IND Lalchhuanmawia Fania 1 0 0+1 0
30 DF  ARG Facundo Cardozo 6 0 1+5 0
33 DF  IND Munmun Lugun 0 0 0 0
6 MF  HUN Krisztián Vadócz 16 3 16 3
8 MF  BRA Léo Costa 11 2 9+2 2
12 MF  IND Jackichand Singh 8 1 1+7 1
14 MF  IND Boithang Haokip 3 0 2+1 0
15 MF  IND Pronay Halder 5 0 5 0
17 MF  IND David Lalrinmuana 2 0 1+1 0
20 MF  ARG Matías Defederico 14 3 12+2 3
26 MF  IND Sehnaj Singh 15 0 14+1 0
27 MF  IND Thangjam Singh 0 0 0 0
10 FW  URU Diego Forlán 12 5 12 5
11 FW  IND Sunil Chhetri 6 0 6 0
13 FW  IND Udanta Singh 1 0 1 0
16 FW  HAI Sony Norde 11 1 7+4 1
22 FW  BRA Otacilio Brito Alves 13 1 6+7 1
28 FW  IND Rakesh Oram 1 0 1 0
37 FW  BRA Thiago Cunha 6 0 0+6 0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mumbai City FC Fixtures, Results, Squad, News".
  2. ^ "Indian Super League 2016 - Attendance".
  3. ^ "Sergio lobera to Coach Mumbai City FC". NDTV Sports. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  4. ^ "Nicolas Anelka named Mumbai City player-manager". BBC Sport. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Pune City 3-1 Mumbai City 2015". Soccerway.
  6. ^ "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Sony Norde". Mumbai City FC (Twitter).
  8. ^ "Matías Defederico Signs". Mumbai City (Twitter). 15 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
  9. ^ a b c "Jackichand, Aiborlang, and Boithang Sign". Mumbai City (Twitter). 21 June 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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