2015 Mumbai City FC season

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मुंबई सिटी एफ सी
Mumbai City
2015 season
Owner Ranbir Kapoor ,
Kayque G. Saldanha,
Bimal Parekh
Head Coach Flag of France.svg Nicolas Anelka
Stadium DY Patil Stadium
ISL 6th
Top goalscorer Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri
(7 Goals)
Highest home attendance27,435 vs Atlético de Kolkata
(1 Nov 2015)
Lowest home attendance17,393 vs Delhi Dynamos
(21 Oct 2015)
Average home league attendance22,712
  2014
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.

Contents

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 Flag of India.svg Ashutosh Mehta Flag of India.svg Mumbai
DF3 Flag of India.svg Kingshuk Debnath (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
DF4 Flag of India.svg Rowilson Rodrigues (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Dempo
DF6 Flag of Haiti.svg Frantz Bertin Flag of Greece.svg Aiginiakos [1]
MF7 Flag of Spain.svg Cristian Bustos Flag of Spain.svg Mallorca [1]
FW9 Flag of France.svg Frédéric Piquionne Flag of France.svg US Créteil [1]
MF10 Flag of Tunisia.svg Selim Benachour Flag of Cyprus.svg APOEL [2]
FW11 Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri Flag of India.svg Bengaluru [3]
FW12 Flag of India.svg Subhash Singh (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
DF13 Flag of India.svg Keegan Pereira Flag of India.svg Bengaluru
MF14 Flag of Spain.svg Juan Aguilera Flag of Greece.svg Platanias [4]
MF15 Flag of India.svg Pratesh Shirodkar (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Sporting Goa
FW16 Flag of Haiti.svg Sony Norde (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan [5]
MF17 Flag of India.svg Brandon Fernandes Flag of India.svg Sporting Goa
DF18 Flag of Spain.svg Aitor Flag of Spain.svg Mirandés [6]
MF19 Flag of India.svg Gabriel Fernandes Flag of India.svg Dempo
MF22 Flag of India.svg Thangjam Singh (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Salgaocar
MF23 Flag of India.svg Lalchhuan Mawia (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Bengaluru
GK24 Flag of India.svg Debjit Majumder (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
DF27 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Čmovš Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București [5]
GK32 Flag of India.svg Albino Gomes (On Loan) Flag of India.svg Salgaocar
DF48 Flag of Ireland.svg Darren O'Dea Flag of England.svg Blackpool [4]

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 Flag of France.svg Johan Letzelter
DK3 Flag of India.svg Raju Gaikwad (Loan Return) Flag of India.svg East Bengal
MF4 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Ribeiro
DF5 Flag of Germany.svg Manuel Friedrich
MF6 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Štohanzl (Loan Return) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Mladá Boleslav
MF7 Flag of India.svg Rohit Mirza
MF8 Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Ljungberg Retired
FW9 Flag of India.svg Abhishek Yadav Flag of India.svg Mumbai
FW10 Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Nadaya Flag of Argentina.svg Independiente Rivadavia
MF11 Flag of Spain.svg Javi Fernandez Flag of Gibraltar.svg Europa
FW13 Flag of India.svg Ram Malik (Loan Return) Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
FW14 Flag of India.svg Nadong Bhutia Flag of India.svg Royal Wahingdoh
MF15 Flag of India.svg Asif Kottayil Flag of India.svg Mohun Bagan
DF16 Flag of India.svg Peter Costa
DF17 Flag of India.svg Deepak Mondal Flag of India.svg East Bengal
FW18 Flag of India.svg Sushil Kumar Singh Flag of India.svg Atlético de Kolkata
DF19 Flag of India.svg Syed Rahim Nabi Flag of India.svg Bharat
DF20 Flag of India.svg Lalrindika Ralte (Loan Return) Flag of India.svg East Bengal
MF21 Flag of Brazil.svg André Moritz Flag of South Korea.svg Pohang Steelers
FW23 Flag of India.svg Lalrin Fela
DF26 Flag of Greece.svg Ilias Pollalis
DF27 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Čmovš Flag of Romania.svg Rapid București
GK31 Flag of India.svg Ishan Debnath (Loan Return) Flag of India.svg United
GK41 Flag of Portugal.svg André Preto Flag of Portugal.svg 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
1 Subrata Pal Flag of India.svg GK 24 November 1986 (age 37)
24 Debjit Majumder
(On loan from Mohun Bagan)
Flag of India.svg GK 22 September 1988 (age 35)
32 Albino Gomes
(On loan from Salgaocar)
Flag of India.svg GK 7 February 1994 (age 30)
Defenders
3 Ashutosh Mehta Flag of India.svg DF 21 February 1991 (age 33)
4 Kingshuk Debnath
(On loan from Mohun Bagan)
Flag of India.svg DF 8 May 1985 (age 38)
5 Rowilson Rodrigues Flag of India.svg DF 28 March 1987 (age 36)
6 Frantz Bertin Flag of Haiti.svg DF 30 May 1983 (age 40)
13 Keegan Pereira Flag of India.svg DF 7 November 1987 (age 36)
18 Aitor Flag of Spain.svg DF 23 August 1986 (age 37)
27 Pavel Čmovš Flag of the Czech Republic.svg DF 29 June 1990 (age 33)
48 Darren O'Dea Flag of Ireland.svg DF 4 February 1987 (age 37)
Midfielders
7 Cristian Bustos Flag of Spain.svg MF 29 May 1983 (age 40)
10 Selim Benachour Flag of Tunisia.svg MF 8 September 1981 (age 42)
14 Juan Aguilera Flag of Spain.svg MF 13 September 1985 (age 38)
15 Pratesh Shirodkar
(On loan from Sporting Goa)
Flag of India.svg MF 19 February 1989 (age 35)
16 Sony Norde
(On loan from Mohun Bagan)
Flag of Haiti.svg MF 27 July 1989 (age 34)
17 Brandon Fernandes Flag of India.svg MF 20 September 1994 (age 29)
19 Gabriel Fernandes Flag of India.svg MF 22 April 1988 (age 35)
22 Thangjam Singh
(On loan from Salgaocar)
Flag of India.svg MF 1 March 1987 (age 37)
23 Lalchhuan Mawia
(On loan from Bengaluru FC)
Flag of India.svg MF 14 April 1989 (age 34)
28 Sampath Kuttymani Flag of India.svg MF 28 September 1986 (age 37)
Forwards
9 Frédéric Piquionne Flag of France.svg FW 8 December 1978 (age 45)
11 Sunil Chetri Flag of India.svg FW 3 August 1984 (age 39)
12 Subhash Singh Flag of India.svg FW 2 February 1990 (age 34)
39 Nicolas Anelka Flag of France.svg FW 14 March 1979 (age 45)

Coaching staff

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

Kit

Supplier: Puma [10] / Sponsor: ACE Group

Indian Super League

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
4 Delhi Dynamos 146441820222Advance to ISL Play-offs
5 NorthEast United 146261823520
6 Mumbai City 1444616261016
7 Pune City 144371723615
8 Kerala Blasters 143472227513
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
144461626 −1016322118 +3124518 −13

Last updated: 4 December 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314
GroundAAHHHHHAHAAHAA
ResultLDLWWWLDDLLDLW
Position66786264666766
Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2015. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

5 October 20151 Pune City 3–1 Mumbai City Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Tuncay Yellow card.svg 8'Soccerball shade.svg12', 56'
Zokora Yellow card.svg 50'
Kumar Yellow card.svg 66'
Gurung Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report Piquionne Soccerball shade.svg34'
Mehta Yellow card.svg 83'
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,734
Referee: Bhuvana Balasubramaniam
10 October 20152 Kerala Blasters 0–0 Mumbai City Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Bertin Yellow card.svg 52'Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 61,483
Referee: Pranjal Banerjee
16 October 20153 Mumbai City 0–2 Chennaiyin Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Čmovš Yellow card.svg 63' Report T.Singh Yellow card.svg 1'
Mendoza Soccerball shade.svg60', 66'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 21,321
Referee: Ali Shaban
21 October 20144 Mumbai City 2–0 Delhi Dynamos Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Bustos Yellow card.svg 9'
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg13', 74'Yellow card.svg 40'
Aguilera Yellow card.svg 36'
Čmovš Yellow card.svg 53'
O'Dea Yellow card.svg 59'
S.Singh Yellow card.svg 66'
Shirodkar Yellow card.svg 76'
Report Chicão Yellow card.svg 49'
Chakraborty Yellow card.svg 56'
Mulder Yellow card.svg 90'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 17,393
Referee: M.B. Santosh Kumar
25 October 20155 Mumbai City 2–0 Goa Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Mehta Yellow card.svg 26'
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg33' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 58'
Piquionne Soccerball shade.svg48'
Mawia Yellow card.svg 52'
Čmovš Yellow card.svg 71'
Benachour Yellow card.svg 90'
Report B.Singh Yellow card.svg 20'
Gaikwad Yellow card.svg 32'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 23,043
Referee: Ali Shaban
28 October 20156 Mumbai City 5–1 NorthEast United Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg25' (pen.), 40', 48' (pen.)
Norde Soccerball shade.svg51'
Pal Yellow card.svg 57'
Mehta Yellow card.svg 74'
Bertin Soccerball shade.svg86'
Report Haokip Soccerball shade.svg29'
Bikey Yellow card.svg 43'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 21,337
Referee: David Gantar
1 November 20157 Mumbai City 1–4 Atlético de Kolkata Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Benachour Soccerball shade.svg71'
Mehta Yellow card.svg 48'
Report Hume Soccerball shade.svg34', 45' (pen.), 82'
Borja Yellow card.svg 52'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 27,435
Referee: M.B. Santosh Kumar
6 November 20158 Delhi Dynamos 1–1 Mumbai City Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Robin Soccerball shade.svg90+4' Report Mawia Yellow card.svg 53'
Piquionne Soccerball shade.svg70'
Benachour Yellow card.svg 90+4'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 14,763
Referee: Tejas Nagenkar
13 November 20159 Mumbai City 0–0 Pune City Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Zokora Yellow card.svg 87'Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 23,137
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
17 November 201510 Goa 7–0 Mumbai City Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Haokip Soccerball shade.svg34', 52', 79'
Dudu Soccerball shade.svg42', 64', 67'
Reinaldo Soccerball shade.svg90'
[ Report]Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 18,573
Referee: Tan Hai
20 November 201511 NorthEast United 2–0 Mumbai City Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Bruno Soccerball shade.svg41' (pen.)
Raju Yellow card.svg 65'
Kamara Soccerball shade.svg85', Yellow card.svg 88'
[ Report] Rodrigues Yellow card.svg 39'
Bustos Yellow card.svg 71'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 15,123
Referee: Tan Hai
26 November 201512 Mumbai City 1–1 Kerala Blasters Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Aguilera Soccerball shade.svg25'
Subrata Pal Yellow card.svg 41'
Čmovš Yellow card.svg 61'
[ Report] German Soccerball shade.svg89'Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 25,317
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov
1 December 201513 Chennaiyin 3–0 Mumbai City Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Mendoza Soccerball shade.svg9'
Jeje Soccerball shade.svg17'
Mendy Soccerball shade.svg45', Yellow card.svg 80'
Blasi Yellow card.svg 60'
Pelissari Yellow card.svg 62'
[ Report] Mawia Yellow card.svg 39'
Rowilson Yellow card.svg 45'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 12,636
Referee: Tejas Nagenkar
4 December 201514 Atlético de Kolkata 2–3 Mumbai City Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Hume Soccerball shade.svg45' (pen.)
Gavilán Yellow card.svg 50'
Izumi Yellow card.svg 81', Soccerball shade.svg89'
Valdo Yellow card.svg 88'
Borja Yellow card.svg 90'
[ Report] Norde Soccerball shade.svg26', 90'
Čmovš Yellow card.svg 45'
Bertin Yellow card.svg 78'
Chhetri Soccerball shade.svg82' (pen.), Yellow card.svg 86'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 61,276
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

Squad statistics

As of Match played on 4 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Appearances

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
Squad No.PositionPlayerAppsSubTotal
1GK Flag of India.svg Subrata Pal 11112
3DF Flag of India.svg Ashutosh Mehta 6511
4DF Flag of India.svg Kingshuk Debnath 033
5DF Flag of India.svg Rowilson Rodrigues 224
6DF Flag of Haiti.svg Frantz Bertin 9211
7MF Flag of Spain.svg Cristian Bustos 11112
9FW Flag of France.svg Frédéric Piquionne 6612
10MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Selim Benachour 6511
11FW Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri 11011
12FW Flag of India.svg Subhash Singh 4610
13DF Flag of India.svg Keegan Pereira 516
14MF Flag of Spain.svg Juan Aguilera 369
15MF Flag of India.svg Pratesh Shirodkar 257
16MF Flag of Haiti.svg Sony Norde 8412
17MF Flag of India.svg Brandon Fernandes 022
18DF Flag of Spain.svg Aitor 224
19MF Flag of India.svg Gabriel Fernandes 235
21MF Flag of Brazil.svg André Moritz 101
22MF Flag of India.svg Thangjam Singh 145
23MF Flag of India.svg Lalchhuan Mawia 819
24GK Flag of India.svg Debjit Majumder 112
27DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Čmovš 12012
28MF Flag of India.svg Sampath Kuttymani 033
32GK Flag of India.svg Albino Gomes 101
39FW Flag of France.svg Nicolas Anelka 426
48DF Flag of Ireland.svg Darren O'Dea 549

Goal scorers

PlaceSquad No.PositionPlayerGoals
111FW Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri 7
29FW Flag of France.svg Frédéric Piquionne 3
16MF Flag of Haiti.svg Sony Norde 3
46DF Flag of Haiti.svg Frantz Bertin 1
10DF Flag of Tunisia.svg Selim Benachour 1
14MF Flag of Spain.svg Juan Aguilera 1
Total16

Clean sheets

PlaceSquad No.PositionPlayerClean Sheets
11GK Flag of India.svg Subrata Pal 3
216GK Flag of India.svg Debjit Majumder 1
Total4

Hat-tricks

Squad No.PositionPlayerAgainstDate
11FW Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri NorthEast United 28 October 2015

Disciplinary record

Squad No.PositionPlayerYellow card.svgYellow card.svgRed card.svgRed card.svgNote
1GK Flag of India.svg Subrata Pal 200
3DF Flag of India.svg Ashutosh Mehta 400
5DF Flag of India.svg Rowilson Rodrigues 200
6DF Flag of Haiti.svg Frantz Bertin 200
7MF Flag of Spain.svg Cristian Bustos 200
10MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Selim Benachour 200
11FW Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri 300
12FW Flag of India.svg Subhash Singh 100
14MF Flag of Spain.svg Juan Aguilera 100
15MF Flag of India.svg Pratesh Shirodkar 100
23FW Flag of India.svg Lalchhuan Mawia 300
27DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Pavel Čmovš 500
48DF Flag of Ireland.svg Darren O'Dea 100
Total2900

Home attendance

As of match played on 26 November 2015
Source: Indian Super League website
MatchDateAgainstAttendance
116 October 2015 Chennayin 21,321
221 October 2015 Delhi Dynamos 17,393
325 October 2015 Goa 23,043
428 October 2015 NorthEast United 21,337
51 November 2015 Atlético de Kolkata 27,435
613 November 2015 Pune City 23,137
726 November 2015 Kerala Blasters 25,317
Total158,983

Awards

As of match played on 4 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match

Match No.PositionPlayerAgainstDate
Match 8FW Flag of India.svg Subhash Singh Kerala Blasters 10 October 2015
Match 17FW Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri Delhi Dynamos 21 October 2015
Match 21FW Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri Goa 25 October 2015
Match 23FW Flag of India.svg Sunil Chhetri NorthEast United 28 October 2015
Match 31FW Flag of France.svg Frédéric Piquionne Delhi Dynamos 6 November 2015
Match 54MF Flag of Tunisia.svg Selim Benachour Atlético de Kolkata 4 December 2015

ISL Emerging Player of the Match

Match No.PositionPlayerAgainstDate
Match 8MF Flag of India.svg Gabriel Fernandes Kerala Blasters 10 October 2015
Match 13MF Flag of India.svg Lalchhuan Mawia Chennayin 16 October 2015
Match 21MF Flag of India.svg Gabriel Fernandes Goa 25 October 2015
Match 23MF Flag of India.svg Lalchhuan Mawia NorthEast United 28 October 2015
Match 36DF Flag of India.svg Keegan Pereira Pune City 13 November 2015
Match 47MF Flag of India.svg Thangjam Singh Kerala Blasters 26 November 2015

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