2015 Mumbai City FC season explained

Club:मुंबई सिटी एफ सी
Mumbai City
Season:2015
Ownertitle:Owner
Owner:,
Kayque G. Saldanha,
Bimal Parekh
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
League Result:6th
League Topscorer:
(7 Goals)
Highest Attendance:
(1 Nov 2015)
Lowest Attendance:
(21 Oct 2015)
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Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 Season is Mumbai City's 2nd season in existence in the Indian Super League.Mumbai City began the season on 5 October 2015 against Pune City, with the opening game of their League campaign. For 2nd season, Nicolas Anelka was announced as the marquee player as well as the manager of the club, replacing Englishman Peter Reid. Mumbai City finished their season at 6th position in ISL 2015.

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality

PositionSquad No.PlayerFrom ClubRef
DF2 Ashutosh Mehta Mumbai
DF3 Kingshuk Debnath (On Loan) Mohun Bagan
DF4 Rowilson Rodrigues (On Loan) Dempo
DF6 Frantz Bertin Aiginiakos[1]
MF7 Cristian Bustos Mallorca
FW9 Frédéric Piquionne US Créteil
MF10 Selim Benachour APOEL[2]
FW11 Sunil Chhetri Bengaluru[3]
FW12 Subhash Singh (On Loan) Mohun Bagan
DF13 Keegan Pereira Bengaluru
MF14 Juan Aguilera Platanias[4]
MF15 Pratesh Shirodkar (On Loan) Sporting Goa
FW16 Sony Norde (On Loan) Mohun Bagan[5]
MF17 Brandon Fernandes Sporting Goa
DF18 Aitor Mirandés[6]
MF19 Gabriel Fernandes Dempo
MF22 Thangjam Singh (On Loan) Salgaocar
MF23 Lalchhuan Mawia (On Loan) Bengaluru
GK24 Debjit Majumder (On Loan) Mohun Bagan
DF27 Pavel Čmovš Rapid București
GK32 Albino Gomes (On Loan) Salgaocar
DF48 Darren O'Dea Blackpool

Transfers out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality

PositionSquad No.PlayerTo ClubRef
DF2 Johan Letzelter
DK3 Raju Gaikwad (Loan Return) East Bengal
MF4 Tiago Ribeiro
DF5 Manuel Friedrich
MF6 Jan Štohanzl (Loan Return) Mladá Boleslav
MF7 Rohit Mirza
MF8 Freddie LjungbergRetired
FW9 Abhishek Yadav Mumbai
FW10 Diego Nadaya Independiente Rivadavia
MF11 Javi Fernandez Europa
FW13 Ram Malik (Loan Return) Mohun Bagan
FW14 Nadong Bhutia Royal Wahingdoh
MF15 Asif Kottayil Mohun Bagan
DF16 Peter Costa
DF17 Deepak Mondal East Bengal
FW18 Sushil Kumar Singh Atlético de Kolkata
DF19 Syed Rahim Nabi Bharat
DF20 Lalrindika Ralte (Loan Return) East Bengal
MF21 André Moritz Pohang Steelers
FW23 Lalrin Fela
DF26 Ilias Pollalis
DF27 Pavel Čmovš Rapid București
GK31 Ishan Debnath (Loan Return) United
GK41 André Preto Varzim

Players and staff

Squad

As of 3 October 2015[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Squad No.PlayerNationalityPositionDate of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1Subrata PalGK24 November 1986
24Debjit Majumder
(On loan from Mohun Bagan)		GK22 September 1988
32Albino Gomes
(On loan from Salgaocar)		GK7 February 1994
Defenders
3Ashutosh MehtaDF21 February 1991
4Kingshuk Debnath
(On loan from Mohun Bagan)		DF8 May 1985
5Rowilson RodriguesDF28 March 1987
6Frantz BertinDF30 May 1983
13Keegan PereiraDF7 November 1987
18AitorDF23 August 1986
27Pavel ČmovšDF29 June 1990
48Darren O'DeaDF4 February 1987
Midfielders
7Cristian BustosMF29 May 1983
10Selim BenachourMF8 September 1981
14Juan AguileraMF13 September 1985
15Pratesh Shirodkar
(On loan from Sporting Goa)		MF19 February 1989
16Sony Norde
(On loan from Mohun Bagan)		MF27 July 1989
17Brandon FernandesMF20 September 1994
19Gabriel FernandesMF22 April 1988
22Thangjam Singh
(On loan from Salgaocar)		MF1 March 1987
23Lalchhuan Mawia
(On loan from Bengaluru FC)		MF14 April 1989
28Sampath KuttymaniMF28 September 1986
Forwards
9Frédéric PiquionneFW8 December 1978
11Sunil ChetriFW3 August 1984
12Subhash SinghFW2 February 1990
39Nicolas AnelkaFW14 March 1979

Coaching staff

PositionName
Manager Nicolas Anelka[8]
Assistant coach Óscar Bruzón
Assistant coach Alex Ambrose
Goalkeeping coach Martin Ruiz S.[9]
CEO Indranil Das Blah
Technical Director Nishant Mehra
Head Analyst Sujay Sharma

Kit

Supplier: Puma[10] / Sponsor: ACE Group

Indian Super League

See main article: 2015 Indian Super League.

Matches

Squad statistics

Source: Indian Super League website

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

Squad No.PositionPlayerAppsSubTotal
1GK Subrata Pal11112
3DF Ashutosh Mehta6511
4DF Kingshuk Debnath033
5DF Rowilson Rodrigues224
6DF Frantz Bertin9211
7MF Cristian Bustos11112
9FW Frédéric Piquionne6612
10MF Selim Benachour6511
11FW Sunil Chhetri11011
12FW Subhash Singh4610
13DF Keegan Pereira516
14MF Juan Aguilera369
15MF Pratesh Shirodkar257
16MF Sony Norde8412
17MF Brandon Fernandes022
18DF Aitor224
19MF Gabriel Fernandes235
21MF André Moritz101
22MF Thangjam Singh145
23MF Lalchhuan Mawia819
24GK Debjit Majumder112
27DF Pavel Čmovš12012
28MF Sampath Kuttymani033
32GK Albino Gomes101
39FW Nicolas Anelka426
48DF Darren O'Dea549

Goal scorers

PlaceSquad No.PositionPlayerGoals
1 11FW Sunil Chhetri7
2 9FW Frédéric Piquionne3
16MF Sony Norde3
46DF Frantz Bertin1
10DF Selim Benachour1
14MF Juan Aguilera1
Total16

Clean sheets

PlaceSquad No.PositionPlayerClean Sheets
1 1GK Subrata Pal3
2 16GK Debjit Majumder1
Total4

Disciplinary record

Squad No.PositionPlayerwidth=50 style="background: #FFEE99"width=60 style="background: #FFEE99"width=60 style="background: #FF8888"Note
1 GK Subrata Pal200
3 DF Ashutosh Mehta400
5 DF Rowilson Rodrigues200
6 DF Frantz Bertin200
7 MF Cristian Bustos200
10MF Selim Benachour200
11FW Sunil Chhetri300
12FW Subhash Singh100
14MF Juan Aguilera100
15MF Pratesh Shirodkar100
23FW Lalchhuan Mawia300
27DF Pavel Čmovš500
48DF Darren O'Dea100
Total2900

Home attendance

Source: Indian Super League website

MatchDateAgainstAttendance
116 October 2015Chennayin21,321
221 October 2015Delhi Dynamos17,393
325 October 2015Goa23,043
428 October 2015NorthEast United21,337
51 November 2015Atlético de Kolkata27,435
613 November 2015Pune City23,137
726 November 2015Kerala Blasters25,317
Total158,983

Awards

Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match

Match No.PositionPlayerAgainstDate
Match 8FW Subhash SinghKerala Blasters10 October 2015
Match 17FW Sunil ChhetriDelhi Dynamos21 October 2015
Match 21FW Sunil ChhetriGoa25 October 2015
Match 23FW Sunil ChhetriNorthEast United28 October 2015
Match 31FW Frédéric PiquionneDelhi Dynamos6 November 2015
Match 54MF Selim BenachourAtlético de Kolkata4 December 2015

ISL Emerging Player of the Match

Match No.PositionPlayerAgainstDate
Match 8MF Gabriel FernandesKerala Blasters10 October 2015
Match 13MF Lalchhuan MawiaChennayin16 October 2015
Match 21MF Gabriel FernandesGoa25 October 2015
Match 23MF Lalchhuan MawiaNorthEast United28 October 2015
Match 36DF Keegan PereiraPune City13 November 2015
Match 47MF Thangjam SinghKerala Blasters26 November 2015

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mumbai City FC sign Cristian Bustos, Frantz Bertin, Frederic Piquionne . Zee News . 30 July 2015 . 2 July 2018 .
  2. Web site: ISL: Mumbai City FC sign Tunisia's Selim Benachour. India Today.
  3. Web site: ISL auction: Mumbai City FC bag Sunil Chhetri for Rs 1.2 crore. 10 July 2015.
  4. Web site: Mumbai City FC sign Juan Aguilera Núñez and Darren O'dea.
  5. Web site: Mumbai City FC retain Pavel, sign up Norde. 15 July 2015.
  6. Web site: Indian Super League 2015: New signing Aitor Fernandez keen on winning title with Mumbai City FC [VIDEO]]. International Business Times.
  7. Web site: Mumbai City Squad.
  8. News: Official: Anelka announced player-manager for Mumbai City FC.
  9. Web site: Martín Ruiz S. (@MartinRuiz_GkC) – Twitter. twitter.com.
  10. Web site: Indian Super League 2015: Mumbai City FC Launch PUMA Kit [PHOTOS]]. International Business Times.

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