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)[1]
Average home league attendance	28,000
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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	Fredrik 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	I-League 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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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

No. Position Player 15 MF Asif Kottayil 16 DF Peter Costa 17 DF Deepak Mondal 18 FW Sushil Kumar Singh 19 DF Syed Rahim Nabi (captain[9]) 20 MF Lalrindika Ralte 21 MF André Moritz 23 FW Lalrin Fela 26 DF Ilias Pollalis 27 DF Pavel Čmovš 31 GK Ishan Debnath 39 FW Nicolas Anelka 41 GK 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	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chennaiyin	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	23	2014 Indian Super League Semi-final
2	Goa	14	6	4	4	21	12	+9	22
3	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	7	3	16	13	+3	19
4	Kerala Blasters	14	5	4	5	9	11	−2	19
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

Updated to games played on 10 December 2014.
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

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

Last updated: 1 September 2014.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Atlético de Kolkata v Mumbai City

12 October 2014 1	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

Mumbai City v Pune City

18 October 2014 2	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

Mumbai City v NorthEast United

24 October 2014 3	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

Chennaiyin v Mumbai City

28 October 2014 4	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

Mumbai City v Kerala Blasters

2 November 2014 5	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

Mumbai City v Delhi Dynamos

5 November 2014 6	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

Goa v Mumbai City

9 November 2014 7	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

Kerala Blasters v Mumbai City

12 November 2014 8	Kerala Blasters	0 – 0	Mumbai City	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerji

Mumbai City v Goa

17 November 2014 9	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

Mumbai City v Chennaiyin

23 November 2014 14	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

Delhi Dynamos v Mumbai City

28 November 2014 11	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

Pune City v Mumbai City

3 December 2014 12	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

Mumbai City v Atlético de Kolkata

7 December 2014 13	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

NorthEast United v Mumbai City

10 December 2014 10	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
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Subrata Pal	14	0	14	0
2	DF		Johan Letzelter	13	1	13	1
3	DF		Raju Gaikwad	3	0	3	0
4	MF		Tiago Ribeiro	11	0	9+2	0
5	DF		Manuel Friedrich	14	1	14	1
6	MF		Jan Štohanzl	13	0	13	0
7	MF		Rohit Mirza	1	0	0+1	0
8	MF		Fredrik Ljungberg	4	0	1+3	0
9	FW		Abhishek Yadav	4	1	3+1	1
10	FW		Diego Nadaya	2	0	1+1	0
11	MF		Javi Fernandez	4	0	0+4	0
12	FW		Subhash Singh	12	1	9+3	1
13	MF		Ram Malik	1	0	0+1	0
14	FW		Nadong Bhutia	11	0	3+8	0
15	MF		Asif Kottayil	3	0	1+2	0
16	DF		Peter Costa	10	0	8+2	0
17	DF		Deepak Mondal	12	0	11+1	0
18	FW		Sushil Kumar Singh	5	1	3+2	1
19	DF		Syed Rahim Nabi	8	1	8	1
20	MF		Lalrindika Ralte	14	1	12+2	1
21	MF		André Moritz	9	3	8+1	3
23	MF		Lalrin Fela	1	0	0+1	0
27	DF		Pavel Čmovš	13	0	13	0
39	FW		Nicolas Anelka	7	2	7	2
41	GK		André Preto	1	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	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	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

See also

• 2014 Indian Super League season

References

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