Mumbai ISL team
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| Full name |
Mumbai City Football Club (मुंबई सिटी एफ सी) |
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| Nickname(s) | Blue Army |
| Founded | 30 August 2014 |
| Ground | Mumbai Football Arena, Andheri |
| Capacity | 18,000 (can be limited to 7,960 for safety reasons) |
| Owner(s) |
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| Manager | Alexandre Guimarães |
| League | Indian Super League |
| 2016 | Regular season: 1st Finals: Semi-finals |
| Website | Club website |
Mumbai City Football Club
Mumbai City FC is an Indian professional football franchise based in Mumbai, Maharashtra, which competes in Indian Super League (ISL). The club was launched in August 2014 during the ISL's inaugural season. The team is co-owned by Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor and Bimal Parekh, a chartered accountant.
Former England international Peter Reid managed the club and Fredrik Ljungberg was the marquee player for the first season. For the second season, it was announced that Nicolas Anelka will don the position of marquee player as well as manager of the club. In 2016, Diego Forlán played as the marquee player while Alexandre Guimarães took over as the new manager. For the first time Mumbai City topped the league table.
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.
On 15 September 2014, the club signed Nicolas Anelka, a former French international who had been a free agent since his departure from West Bromwich Albion earlier in the year. Three days later, former Swedish international Fredrik Ljungberg was signed as the team's first marquee player, returning from two years of retirement.
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