2014 Mumbai City FC season

Mumbai City FC
2014 season
Head coach	Peter Reid
Stadium	DY Patil Stadium
ISL	5th
Top goalscorer	André Moritz (3)
Highest home attendance	28,000 (vs Pune City, 18 October 2014)
Average home league attendance	28,000
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Last updated September 06, 2025

The 2014 Season is Mumbai City FC's 1st season in existence in the Indian Super League.

Background

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, an eight-team franchise league modeled along the lines of the Indian Premier League cricket tournament.^[2]

Mumbai were the visitors in the first ever ISL match on 12 October 2014, at Atlético de Kolkata's Salt Lake Stadium. With both Nicolas Anelka and Freddie Ljungberg absent, the side lost 3–0.^[3]

Signings

Foreign signings

#	Position:	Player	Last club	Date	Source
4	MF	Tiago Ribeiro	Grasshopper
5	DF	Manuel Friedrich	Borussia Dortmund	22 August 2014	^[4]
8	MF	Freddie Ljungberg	Retirement	2 September 2014	^[5]
21	MF	André Moritz	Bolton Wanderers	10 October 2014	^[6]
39	FW	Nicolas Anelka	West Bromwich Albion	15 September 2014	^[7]^[8]

Drafted domestic players

Round	Position	Player	Last Club
1	GK	Subrata Pal	Vestsjælland
2	MF	Lalrindika Ralte	East Bengal
3	DF	Syed Rahim Nabi	Mohammedan
4	DF	Raju Gaikwad	East Bengal
5	FW	Subhash Singh	Shillong Lajong
6	MF	Ram Malik	Mohun Bagan
7	DF	Deepak Mondal	United Sports Club
8	MF	Rohit Mirza	Mumbai
9	GK	Ishan Debnath	United Sports Club
10	FW	Nadong Bhutia	United Sikkim
11	MF	Asif Kottayil	United Sports Club
12	DF	Peter Costa	Mumbai
13	MF	Lalrin Fela	Mohun Bagan
14	FW	Sushil Kumar Singh	Eagles

Drafted foreign players

Round	Position	Player	Last Club
1	FW	Diego Nadaya	Almirante Brown
2	MF	Jan Štohanzl	Mladá Boleslav
3	MF	Javi Fernandez	Algeciras
4	DF	Pavel Čmovš	Levski Sofia
5	DF	Johan Letzelter	Chamois Niortais
6	GK	André Preto	Vitória de Guimarães
7	DF	Ilias Pollalis	Glyfada

Players and staff

Squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Subrata Paul
2	DF	FRA	Johan Letzelter
3	DF	IND	Raju Gaikwad
4	MF	POR	Tiago Ribeiro
5	DF	GER	Manuel Friedrich (vice captain)
6	MF	CZE	Jan Štohanzl
7	MF	IND	Rohit Mirza
8	MF	SWE	Freddie Ljungberg
9	FW	IND	Abhishek Yadav
10	FW	ARG	Diego Nadaya
11	MF	ESP	Javi Fernández
12	FW	IND	Singam Subash Singh
13	MF	IND	Ram Malik
14	FW	IND	Nadong Bhutia


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	IND	Asif Kottayil
16	DF	IND	Peter Costa
17	DF	IND	Deepak Mondal
18	FW	IND	Sushil Kumar Singh
19	DF	IND	Syed Rahim Nabi (captain ^[9])
20	MF	IND	Lalrindika Ralte
21	MF	BRA	André Moritz
23	FW	IND	Lalrin Fela
26	DF	GRE	Ilias Pollalis
27	DF	CZE	Pavel Čmovš
31	GK	IND	Ishan Debnath
39	FW	FRA	Nicolas Anelka
41	GK	POR	André Preto

Note:Numbers are referenced from those posted by the official ISL app.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Peter Reid
Assistant coach	Steve Darby

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Delhi Dynamos	14	4	6	4	16	14	+2	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	12	17	−5	16
7	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	12	21	−9	16
8	NorthEast United	14	3	6	5	11	13	−2	15

Source: Soccerway
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

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	4	4	6	12	21	−9	16	4	1	2	9	6	+3	0	3	4	3	15	−12

Last updated: 1 September 2014.
Source: Matches

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	W	W	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	D

Updated to match(es) played on 1 September 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

12 October 20141	Atlético de Kolkata	3–0	Mumbai City	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Teferra 25'27' Nato 32' Borja 69' Arnal 90+3' 90+3'	Report	Nabi 2' Gaikwad 19' Štohanzl 29'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Referee: Chris Penso

18 October 20142	Mumbai City	5–0	Pune City	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Costa 3' Moritz 12', 27', 71' Singh 37' Štohanzl 51' Letzelter 85'	Report	Rodrigues 4' Kotal 49' Cirillo 70' Rodríguez 85'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: Chris Penso

24 October 20143	Mumbai City	0–2	NorthEast United	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Letzelter 45+2' Čmovš 52' 75'	Report	Mtonga 57' Batata 90+2'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: David Gantar

28 October 20144	Chennaiyin	5–1	Mumbai City	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Elano 9' (pen.), 69' Lalpekhlua 26' Mendoza 41', 44' Khabra 55' Djordjic 77'	Report	Letzelter 52' Nabi 88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: David Gantar

2 November 20145	Mumbai City	1–0	Kerala Blasters	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Anelka 45' Letzelter 83'	Report	Chettri 83' Pearson 90+2'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: Jarred Gillett

5 November 20146	Mumbai City	1–0	Delhi Dynamos	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Moritz 53' Anelka 59'	Report	Bruno 55'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

9 November 20147	Goa	0–0	Mumbai City	Goa
16:30 IST (UTC+5:30)	N.Das 24' Bengelloun 45+5' Singh 66'	Report	Costa 27' Štohanzl 74'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Referee: Jarred Gillett

12 November 20148	Kerala Blasters	0–0	Mumbai City	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

17 November 20149	Mumbai City	0–0	Goa	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Čmovš 73'	Report	Desai 28' Grégory 71'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

23 November 201414	Mumbai City	0–3	Chennaiyin	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Costa 80' Letzelter 87'	Report	Djemba-Djemba 22' Pelissari 71' D.Singh 81' Cristian 89' Bracigliano 90+1'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: Anthony Simoes

28 November 201411	Delhi Dynamos	4–1	Mumbai City	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Houben 26' Mulder 44' Junker 50' Marmentini 60' Bhargav 89'90+3'	Report	Štohanzl 62' Yadav 86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna

3 December 201412	Pune City	2–0	Mumbai City	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Cirillo 39' Rodrigues 61' Dudu 66', 80'	Report	Ribeiro 64' Friedrich 64'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Referee: Baldomero Toledo

7 December 201413	Mumbai City	2–1	Atlético de Kolkata	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Štohanzl 18' Ralte 31'40' Yadav 35' Friedrich 76' Kottayil 90+8'	Report	Sahni 60' Nato 86'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Referee: Muringothumalil Bhaskaran Santosh Kumar

10 December 201410	NorthEast United	1–1	Mumbai City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Koke 34' (pen.)	Report	Ribeiro 8' Čmovš 10' Mondal 33' Štohanzl 76' Singh 84'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Ranjit Bakshi

Squad statistics

As of Match played 10 December 2014

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IND	Subrata Pal	14	0	14	0
2	DF	FRA	Johan Letzelter	13	1	13	1
3	DF	IND	Raju Gaikwad	3	0	3	0
4	MF	POR	Tiago Ribeiro	11	0	9+2	0
5	DF	GER	Manuel Friedrich	14	1	14	1
6	MF	CZE	Jan Štohanzl	13	0	13	0
7	MF	IND	Rohit Mirza	1	0	0+1	0
8	MF	SWE	Freddie Ljungberg	4	0	1+3	0
9	FW	IND	Abhishek Yadav	4	1	3+1	1
10	FW	ARG	Diego Nadaya	2	0	1+1	0
11	MF	ESP	Javi Fernandez	4	0	0+4	0
12	FW	IND	Subhash Singh	12	1	9+3	1
13	MF	IND	Ram Malik	1	0	0+1	0
14	FW	IND	Nadong Bhutia	11	0	3+8	0
15	MF	IND	Asif Kottayil	3	0	1+2	0
16	DF	IND	Peter Costa	10	0	8+2	0
17	DF	IND	Deepak Mondal	12	0	11+1	0
18	FW	IND	Sushil Kumar Singh	5	1	3+2	1
19	DF	IND	Syed Rahim Nabi	8	1	8	1
20	MF	IND	Lalrindika Ralte	14	1	12+2	1
21	MF	BRA	André Moritz	9	3	8+1	3
23	MF	IND	Lalrin Fela	1	0	0+1	0
27	DF	CZE	Pavel Čmovš	13	0	13	0
39	FW	FRA	Nicolas Anelka	7	2	7	2
41	GK	POR	André Preto	1	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Indian Super League	Total
1	MF	21	André Moritz	3	3
2	FW	39	Nicolas Anelka	2	2
3	FW	12	Subhash Singh	1	1
	DF	2	Johan Letzelter	1	1
	DF	19	Syed Rahim Nabi	1	1
	FW	9	Abhishek Yadav	1	1
	MF	20	Lalrindika Ralte	1	1
	DF	5	Manuel Friedrich	1	1
	FW	18	Sushil Kumar Singh	1	1
			TOTALS	12	12

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Indian Super League		Total
2		DF	Johan Letzelter	4	0	4	0
3		DF	Raju Gaikwad	1	0	1	0
4		MF	Tiago Ribeiro	2	0	2	0
5		DF	Manuel Friedrich	1	0	1	0
6		MF	Jan Štohanzl	6	0	6	0
9		FW	Abhishek Yadav	1	0	1	0
15		MF	Asif Kottayil	1	0	1	0
16		DF	Peter Costa	3	0	3	0
17		DF	Deepak Mondal	1	0	1	0
19		DF	Syed Rahim Nabi	1	0	1	0
20		MF	Lalrindika Ralte	1	0	1	0
21		MF	André Moritz	1	0	1	0
27		DF	Pavel Čmovš	4	1	4	1
			TOTALS	27	1	27	1

References

↑ "Indian Super League" . Retrieved 21 October 2014.
↑ "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
↑ "Kolkata defeats Mumbai 3-0 in opening ISL match". AP NEWS.
↑ "Mumbai City FC sign former German international Manuel Friedrich". Goal.com. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
↑ "Freddie Ljungberg plans to return in Indian Super League". SkySports.
↑ "Mumbai City FC sign Moritz". The Times of India. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
↑ "Nicolas Anelka joins Mumbai City". sports-nova.com. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
↑ "Nicolas Anelka joins Indian Super League side Mumbai City". BBC Sport. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
↑ "MCFC coach Reid not worried over Anelka's unavailability". The Times of India: 23. 10 October 2014.

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[1] "Indian Super League" . Retrieved 21 October 2014.

[2] "Indian Super League sees interest from 30 franchise bidders". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 April 2014.

[3] "Kolkata defeats Mumbai 3-0 in opening ISL match". AP NEWS.

[4] "Mumbai City FC sign former German international Manuel Friedrich". Goal.com. 22 August 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2014.

[5] "Freddie Ljungberg plans to return in Indian Super League". SkySports.

[6] "Mumbai City FC sign Moritz". The Times of India. 10 October 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

[7] "Nicolas Anelka joins Mumbai City". sports-nova.com. 15 September 2014. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2015.

[8] "Nicolas Anelka joins Indian Super League side Mumbai City". BBC Sport. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 15 September 2014.

[9] "MCFC coach Reid not worried over Anelka's unavailability". The Times of India: 23. 10 October 2014.

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