2016–17 Mumbai FC season

The 2016–17 season was Mumbai F.C.'s eighth season in the I-League since its establishment in 2007. Mumbai were relegated to I-League 2nd division at the end of the season.

Mumbai
2016–17 season
ChairmanAmit Goenka
ManagerSantosh Kashyap
StadiumCooperage Ground, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Top goalscorerLeague: 3 Goals Karan Sawhney
All: 3 Goals Karan Sawhney
Highest home attendance3624
Lowest home attendance3126

Background

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The club narrowly avoided relegation last season finishing with 19 from their 16 outings with four wins, seven draws and five losses. Following the disappointing campaign the club also parted company with former player and long-time head coach Khalid Jamil.

Transfers

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Keepers Sanjiban Ghosh and Pawan Kumar(Mohun Bagan) headed for the exit. They are joined by defenders Srikanth Ramu, Thiyam Chingkheinganba and Ashutosh Mehta who has joined Aizawl FC. Midfielders Malemngamba Meetei (to NEROCA FC), Taisuke Matsugae, Eric Brown, Asif Kottayil, Darren Caldeira(to Bengaluru FC and later Chennai City FC and Arata Izumi ( NEROCA FC) have moved on. The frontline will also have a new look to it with the departures of Rohit Mirza, Ryuki Kozawa, Jayesh Rane and Cletus Paul.

No. Position Player Previous club Date Ref
FW   Farukh Choudhary Kerala Blasters
DF   Reagan Singh NorthEast United
DF   Lalchhawnkima Delhi Dynamos
DF   Munmun Lugun Mumbai City FC
FW   Victorino Fernandes Sporting Goa
FW   Pratik Chowdhary Kerala Blasters
FW   Asheer Akhtar Free Agent
FW   Mehrajuddin Wadoo Free agent
FW   Chinta Chandrashekhar Rao Free Agent
FW   Laxmikant Kattimani Dempo FC
FW   Pratesh Shirodkar FC Goa
FW   Sukhdev Patil
FW   Victorino Fernandes Sporting Clube de Goa
FW   Nikhil Kadam DSK Shivajians
FW   Alex Willian Free Agent
FW   Anderson Silva
FW   Densill Theobald

Competitions

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Overall

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Competition Started round Current
position
Final
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First match Last match
I-League 8 January 2017
Federation Cup

I-League

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Matches

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8 January 2017 Match 1 Mumbai 1–0 DSK Shivajians Mumbai
19:00 IST Singh   21' Report Stadium: Cooperage Ground
Attendance: 3,200
15 January 2017 Match 2 Churchill Brothers v Mumbai Goa
16:30 IST Report Stadium: Tilak Maidan

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Churchill Brothers 18 5 5 8 24 26 −2 20
7 DSK Shivajians 18 4 6 8 22 30 −8 18
8 Chennai City 18 4 5 9 15 29 −14 17
9 Minerva Punjab 18 2 7 9 17 33 −16 13[a]
10 Mumbai (R) 18 2 7 9 9 28 −19 13[a] Relegation to I-League 2nd Division
Source: IndiaFooty.com
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) drawing of lots
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Minerva Punjab ahead of Mumbai on head-to-head record; Minerva Punjab–Mumbai 2–1, Mumbai–Minerva Punjab 0–0

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
1 1 0 0 1 0  +1 3 1 0 0 1 0  +1 0 0 0 0 0  0

Last updated: 7 January 2017.
Source: soccerway

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundHA
ResultWWLLLLLL
Position3
Source: soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

See also

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References

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