2016 Mumbai City FC season

Template:Infobox football club season 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. 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

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. The season began for Mumbai City with a 3–1 loss to their Maharashtra rivals, Pune City on 5 October. 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.

Player movement

Foreign players

Position	Player
MF	Template:Flagicon Sony Norde

Indian players

To be Announced Template:Col-end

Signings

Position	Player	Old club	Date	Ref
Template:Sort	Template:Flagicon Matías Defederico	Template:Flagicon San Marcos de Arica	15 June 2016
Template:Sort	Template:Flagicon Aiborlang Khongjee	Template:Flagicon Shillong Lajong	21 June 2016
Template:Sort	Template:Flagicon Boithang Haokip	Template:Flagicon Shillong Lajong	21 June 2016
Template:Sort	Template:Flagicon Jackichand Singh	Template:Flagicon Pune City	21 June 2016

Squad information

First team squad

Squad No.		Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
32		Albino Gomes	Template:Flagicon	GK	1994-02-07 (age 32)
1		Amrinder Singh	Template:Flagicon	GK	1993-05-27 (age 33)
25		Roberto Volpato Neto	Template:Flagicon	GK	1979-07-01 (age 47)
Defenders
2		Aiborlang Khongjee	Template:Flagicon	Defender	1987-12-09 (age 39)
5		Anwar Ali	Template:Flagicon	Defender	1984-09-24 (age 42)
3		Ashutosh Mehta	Template:Flagicon	RB	1991-02-21 (age 35)
30		Facundo Cardozo	Template:Flagicon	CB / LB	1995-04-06 (age 31)
4		Gerson Vieira	Template:Flagicon	CB	1992-10-04 (age 34)
23		Lalchhuanmawia Fanai	Template:Flagicon	LB	1989-04-14 (age 37)
21		Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte	Template:Flagicon	LB	1988-07-06 (age 38)
26		Lucian Goian	Template:Flagicon	CB	1983-02-10 (age 43)
Midfielders
14		Boithang Haokip	Template:Flagicon	CM	1991-03-09 (age 35)
17		David Lalrinmuana	Template:Flagicon	Midfielder	1992-11-09 (age 34)
12		Jackichand Singh	Template:Flagicon	Left Wing	1992-03-17 (age 34)
6		Krisztián Vadócz	Template:Flagicon	Central Midfield	1985-05-30 (age 41)
8		Léo Costa	Template:Flagicon	Right Midfield	1986-03-03 (age 40)
20		Matías Defederico	Template:Flagicon	Attacking Midfield	1989-08-23 (age 37)
22		Otacilio Brito Alves	Template:Flagicon	Midfielder	1996-01-22 (age 30)
26		Sehnaj Singh	Template:Flagicon	CM	1993-07-29 (age 33)
16		Sony Norde	Template:Flagicon	AM	1989-07-27 (age 37)
27		Thangjam Saran Singh	Template:Flagicon	Right Midfield	1987-03-01 (age 39)
13		Udanta Singh	Template:Flagicon	Left Wing	1996-06-14 (age 30)
Strikers
10		Diego Forlán	Template:Flagicon	Secondary Striker	1979-05-19 (age 47)
11		Sunil Chhetri	Template:Flagicon	Centre-Forward	1984-08-3 (age 42)
37		Thiago dos Santos Cunha	Template:Flagicon	Centre-Forward	1985-04-25 (age 41)

Coaching Staff

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

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.

Player statistics

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See also

• 2016–17 in Indian football