2015 Mumbai City FC season

मुंबई सिटी एफ सी
Mumbai City
2015 season
Owner	Ranbir Kapoor,; Kayque G. Saldanha,; Bimal Parekh
Head Coach	Nicolas Anelka
Stadium	DY Patil Stadium
ISL	6th
Top goalscorer	Sunil Chhetri ; (7 Goals)
Highest home attendance	27,435 vs Atlético de Kolkata; (1 Nov 2015)
Lowest home attendance	17,393 vs Delhi Dynamos; (21 Oct 2015)
Average home league attendance	22,712
Home colours	Away colours
	← 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.

Transfers and loans[edit]

Transfers in[edit]

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

Position	Squad No.	Player	From Club	Ref
DF	2	Ashutosh Mehta	Mumbai
DF	3	Kingshuk Debnath (On Loan)	Mohun Bagan
DF	4	Rowilson Rodrigues (On Loan)	Dempo
DF	6	Frantz Bertin	Aiginiakos	^[1]
MF	7	Cristian Bustos	Mallorca	^[1]
FW	9	Frédéric Piquionne	US Créteil	^[1]
MF	10	Selim Benachour	APOEL	^[2]
FW	11	Sunil Chhetri	Bengaluru	^[3]
FW	12	Subhash Singh (On Loan)	Mohun Bagan
DF	13	Keegan Pereira	Bengaluru
MF	14	Juan Aguilera	Platanias	^[4]
MF	15	Pratesh Shirodkar (On Loan)	Sporting Goa
FW	16	Sony Norde (On Loan)	Mohun Bagan	^[5]
MF	17	Brandon Fernandes	Sporting Goa
DF	18	Aitor	Mirandés	^[6]
MF	19	Gabriel Fernandes	Dempo
MF	22	Thangjam Singh (On Loan)	Salgaocar
MF	23	Lalchhuan Mawia (On Loan)	Bengaluru
GK	24	Debjit Majumder (On Loan)	Mohun Bagan
DF	27	Pavel Čmovš	Rapid București	^[5]
GK	32	Albino Gomes (On Loan)	Salgaocar
DF	48	Darren O'Dea	Blackpool	^[4]

Transfers out[edit]

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

Position	Squad No.	Player	To Club
DF	2	Johan Letzelter
DK	3	Raju Gaikwad (Loan Return)	East Bengal
MF	4	Tiago Ribeiro
DF	5	Manuel Friedrich
MF	6	Jan Štohanzl (Loan Return)	Mladá Boleslav
MF	7	Rohit Mirza
MF	8	Freddie Ljungberg	Retired
FW	9	Abhishek Yadav	Mumbai
FW	10	Diego Nadaya	Independiente Rivadavia
MF	11	Javi Fernandez	Europa
FW	13	Ram Malik (Loan Return)	Mohun Bagan
FW	14	Nadong Bhutia	Royal Wahingdoh
MF	15	Asif Kottayil	Mohun Bagan
DF	16	Peter Costa
DF	17	Deepak Mondal	East Bengal
FW	18	Sushil Kumar Singh	Atlético de Kolkata
DF	19	Syed Rahim Nabi	Bharat
DF	20	Lalrindika Ralte (Loan Return)	East Bengal
MF	21	André Moritz	Pohang Steelers
FW	23	Lalrin Fela
DF	26	Ilias Pollalis
DF	27	Pavel Čmovš	Rapid București
GK	31	Ishan Debnath (Loan Return)	United
GK	41	André Preto	Varzim

Players and staff[edit]

Squad[edit]

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.	Player	Position	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Subrata Pal	GK	(1986-11-24) 24 November 1986 (age 37)
24	Debjit Majumder (On loan from Mohun Bagan)	GK	(1988-09-22) 22 September 1988 (age 35)
32	Albino Gomes (On loan from Salgaocar)	GK	(1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 30)
Defenders
3	Ashutosh Mehta	DF	(1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 33)
4	Kingshuk Debnath (On loan from Mohun Bagan)	DF	(1985-05-08) 8 May 1985 (age 38)
5	Rowilson Rodrigues	DF	(1987-03-28) 28 March 1987 (age 37)
6	Frantz Bertin	DF	(1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 40)
13	Keegan Pereira	DF	(1987-11-07) 7 November 1987 (age 36)
18	Aitor	DF	(1986-08-23) 23 August 1986 (age 37)
27	Pavel Čmovš	DF	(1990-06-29) 29 June 1990 (age 33)
48	Darren O'Dea	DF	(1987-02-04) 4 February 1987 (age 37)
Midfielders
7	Cristian Bustos	MF	(1983-05-29) 29 May 1983 (age 40)
10	Selim Benachour	MF	(1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 42)
14	Juan Aguilera	MF	(1985-09-13) 13 September 1985 (age 38)
15	Pratesh Shirodkar (On loan from Sporting Goa)	MF	(1989-02-19) 19 February 1989 (age 35)
16	Sony Norde (On loan from Mohun Bagan)	MF	(1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 34)
17	Brandon Fernandes	MF	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 29)
19	Gabriel Fernandes	MF	(1988-04-22) 22 April 1988 (age 36)
22	Thangjam Singh (On loan from Salgaocar)	MF	(1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 37)
23	Lalchhuan Mawia (On loan from Bengaluru FC)	MF	(1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 35)
28	Sampath Kuttymani	MF	(1986-09-28) 28 September 1986 (age 37)
Forwards
9	Frédéric Piquionne	FW	(1978-12-08) 8 December 1978 (age 45)
11	Sunil Chetri	FW	(1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 39)
12	Subhash Singh	FW	(1990-02-02) 2 February 1990 (age 34)
39	Nicolas Anelka	FW	(1979-03-14) 14 March 1979 (age 45)

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Name
Manager	Nicolas Anelka^[8]
Assistant coach	Óscar Bruzón
Assistant coach	Alex Ambrose
Goalkeeping coach	Martin Ruiz S.^[9]
CEO	Indranil Das Blah
Technical Director	Nishant Mehra
Head Analyst	Sujay Sharma

Kit[edit]

Supplier: Puma^[10] / Sponsor: ACE Group

Home

Away

Goalkeeper 1

Goalkeeper 2

Indian Super League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Delhi Dynamos	14	6	4	4	18	20	−2	22	Advance to ISL Play-offs
5	NorthEast United	14	6	2	6	18	23	−5	20
6	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	16	26	−10	16
7	Pune City	14	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15
8	Kerala Blasters	14	3	4	7	22	27	−5	13

Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary[edit]


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	16	26	−10	16	3	2	2	11	8	+3	1	2	4	5	18	−13

Last updated: 4 December 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by matchday[edit]

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

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

Matches[edit]

Win Draw Loss Upcoming fixture

5 October 2015 1	Pune City	3–1	Mumbai City	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Tuncay 8' 12', 56' Zokora 50' Kumar 66' Gurung 68'	Report	Piquionne 34' Mehta 83'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 8,734 Referee: Bhuvana Balasubramaniam

10 October 2015 2	Kerala Blasters	0–0	Mumbai City	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Bertin 52'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 61,483 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

16 October 2015 3	Mumbai City	0–2	Chennaiyin	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Čmovš 63'	Report	T.Singh 1' Mendoza 60', 66'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 21,321 Referee: Ali Shaban

21 October 2014 4	Mumbai City	2–0	Delhi Dynamos	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Bustos 9' Chhetri 13', 74' 40' Aguilera 36' Čmovš 53' O'Dea 59' S.Singh 66' Shirodkar 76'	Report	Chicão 49' Chakraborty 56' Mulder 90'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 17,393 Referee: M.B. Santosh Kumar

25 October 2015 5	Mumbai City	2–0	Goa	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Mehta 26' Chhetri 33' (pen.), 58' Piquionne 48' Mawia 52' Čmovš 71' Benachour 90'	Report	B.Singh 20' Gaikwad 32'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 23,043 Referee: Ali Shaban

28 October 2015 6	Mumbai City	5–1	NorthEast United	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Chhetri 25' (pen.), 40', 48' (pen.) Norde 51' Pal 57' Mehta 74' Bertin 86'	Report	Haokip 29' Bikey 43'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 21,337 Referee: David Gantar

1 November 2015 7	Mumbai City	1–4	Atlético de Kolkata	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Benachour 71' Mehta 48'	Report	Hume 34', 45' (pen.), 82' Borja 52'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 27,435 Referee: M.B. Santosh Kumar

6 November 2015 8	Delhi Dynamos	1–1	Mumbai City	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Robin 90+4'	Report	Mawia 53' Piquionne 70' Benachour 90+4'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 14,763 Referee: Tejas Nagenkar

13 November 2015 9	Mumbai City	0–0	Pune City	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Zokora 87'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 23,137 Referee: C.R. Srikrishna

17 November 2015 10	Goa	7–0	Mumbai City	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Haokip 34', 52', 79' Dudu 42', 64', 67' Reinaldo 90'	[ Report]		Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 18,573 Referee: Tan Hai

20 November 2015 11	NorthEast United	2–0	Mumbai City	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Bruno 41' (pen.) Raju 65' Kamara 85', 88'	[ Report]	Rodrigues 39' Bustos 71'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 15,123 Referee: Tan Hai

26 November 2015 12	Mumbai City	1–1	Kerala Blasters	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Aguilera 25' Subrata Pal 41' Čmovš 61'	[ Report]	German 89'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 25,317 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

1 December 2015 13	Chennaiyin	3–0	Mumbai City	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Mendoza 9' Jeje 17' Mendy 45', 80' Blasi 60' Pelissari 62'	[ Report]	Mawia 39' Rowilson 45'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 12,636 Referee: Tejas Nagenkar

4 December 2015 14	Atlético de Kolkata	2–3	Mumbai City	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Hume 45' (pen.) Gavilán 50' Izumi 81', 89' Valdo 88' Borja 90'	[ Report]	Norde 26', 90' Čmovš 45' Bertin 78' Chhetri 82' (pen.), 86'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 61,276 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov

Squad statistics[edit]

As of Match played on 4 December 2015

Source: Indian Super League website

Appearances[edit]

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

Squad No.	Position	Player	Apps	Sub	Total
1	GK	Subrata Pal	11	1	12
3	DF	Ashutosh Mehta	6	5	11
4	DF	Kingshuk Debnath	0	3	3
5	DF	Rowilson Rodrigues	2	2	4
6	DF	Frantz Bertin	9	2	11
7	MF	Cristian Bustos	11	1	12
9	FW	Frédéric Piquionne	6	6	12
10	MF	Selim Benachour	6	5	11
11	FW	Sunil Chhetri	11	0	11
12	FW	Subhash Singh	4	6	10
13	DF	Keegan Pereira	5	1	6
14	MF	Juan Aguilera	3	6	9
15	MF	Pratesh Shirodkar	2	5	7
16	MF	Sony Norde	8	4	12
17	MF	Brandon Fernandes	0	2	2
18	DF	Aitor	2	2	4
19	MF	Gabriel Fernandes	2	3	5
21	MF	André Moritz	1	0	1
22	MF	Thangjam Singh	1	4	5
23	MF	Lalchhuan Mawia	8	1	9
24	GK	Debjit Majumder	1	1	2
27	DF	Pavel Čmovš	12	0	12
28	MF	Sampath Kuttymani	0	3	3
32	GK	Albino Gomes	1	0	1
39	FW	Nicolas Anelka	4	2	6
48	DF	Darren O'Dea	5	4	9

Goal scorers[edit]

Place	Squad No.	Position	Player	Goals
1	11	FW	Sunil Chhetri	7
2	9	FW	Frédéric Piquionne	3
2	16	MF	Sony Norde	3
4	6	DF	Frantz Bertin	1
	10	DF	Selim Benachour	1
	14	MF	Juan Aguilera	1
			Total	16

Clean sheets[edit]

Place	Squad No.	Position	Player	Clean Sheets
1	1	GK	Subrata Pal	3
2	16	GK	Debjit Majumder	1
			Total	4

Hat-tricks[edit]

Squad No.	Position	Player	Against	Date
11	FW	Sunil Chhetri	NorthEast United	28 October 2015

Disciplinary record[edit]

Squad No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Subrata Pal	2
3	DF	Ashutosh Mehta	4
5	DF	Rowilson Rodrigues	2
6	DF	Frantz Bertin	2
7	MF	Cristian Bustos	2
10	MF	Selim Benachour	2
11	FW	Sunil Chhetri	3
12	FW	Subhash Singh	1
14	MF	Juan Aguilera	1
15	MF	Pratesh Shirodkar	1
23	FW	Lalchhuan Mawia	3
27	DF	Pavel Čmovš	5
48	DF	Darren O'Dea	1
		Total	29

Home attendance[edit]

As of match played on 26 November 2015

Source: Indian Super League website

Match	Date	Against	Attendance
1	16 October 2015	Chennayin	21,321
2	21 October 2015	Delhi Dynamos	17,393
3	25 October 2015	Goa	23,043
4	28 October 2015	NorthEast United	21,337
5	1 November 2015	Atlético de Kolkata	27,435
6	13 November 2015	Pune City	23,137
7	26 November 2015	Kerala Blasters	25,317
		Total	158,983

Awards[edit]

As of match played on 4 December 2015

Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match[edit]

Match No.	Position	Player	Against	Date
Match 8	FW	Subhash Singh	Kerala Blasters	10 October 2015
Match 17	FW	Sunil Chhetri	Delhi Dynamos	21 October 2015
Match 21	FW	Sunil Chhetri	Goa	25 October 2015
Match 23	FW	Sunil Chhetri	NorthEast United	28 October 2015
Match 31	FW	Frédéric Piquionne	Delhi Dynamos	6 November 2015
Match 54	MF	Selim Benachour	Atlético de Kolkata	4 December 2015

ISL Emerging Player of the Match[edit]

Match No.	Position	Player	Against	Date
Match 8	MF	Gabriel Fernandes	Kerala Blasters	10 October 2015
Match 13	MF	Lalchhuan Mawia	Chennayin	16 October 2015
Match 21	MF	Gabriel Fernandes	Goa	25 October 2015
Match 23	MF	Lalchhuan Mawia	NorthEast United	28 October 2015
Match 36	DF	Keegan Pereira	Pune City	13 November 2015
Match 47	MF	Thangjam Singh	Kerala Blasters	26 November 2015

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mumbai City FC sign Cristian Bustos, Frantz Bertin, Frederic Piquionne". Zee News. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^ "ISL: Mumbai City FC sign Tunisia's Selim Benachour". India Today.
^ "ISL auction: Mumbai City FC bag Sunil Chhetri for Rs 1.2 crore". 10 July 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Mumbai City FC sign Juan Aguilera Núñez and Darren O'dea".
^ ^a ^b "Mumbai City FC retain Pavel, sign up Norde". 15 July 2015.
^ "Indian Super League 2015: New signing Aitor Fernandez keen on winning title with Mumbai City FC [VIDEO]". International Business Times.
^ "Mumbai City Squad".
^ "Official: Anelka announced player-manager for Mumbai City FC".
^ "Martín Ruiz S. (@MartinRuiz_GkC) – Twitter". twitter.com.
^ "Indian Super League 2015: Mumbai City FC Launch PUMA Kit [PHOTOS]". International Business Times.

External links[edit]

[zeenews-1] "Mumbai City FC sign Cristian Bustos, Frantz Bertin, Frederic Piquionne". Zee News. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2018.

[2] "ISL: Mumbai City FC sign Tunisia's Selim Benachour". India Today.

[3] "ISL auction: Mumbai City FC bag Sunil Chhetri for Rs 1.2 crore". 10 July 2015.

[indiatimes.com-4] "Mumbai City FC sign Juan Aguilera Núñez and Darren O'dea".

[deccanherald.com-5] "Mumbai City FC retain Pavel, sign up Norde". 15 July 2015.

[6] "Indian Super League 2015: New signing Aitor Fernandez keen on winning title with Mumbai City FC [VIDEO]". International Business Times.

[7] "Mumbai City Squad".

[8] "Official: Anelka announced player-manager for Mumbai City FC".

[9] "Martín Ruiz S. (@MartinRuiz_GkC) – Twitter". twitter.com.

[10] "Indian Super League 2015: Mumbai City FC Launch PUMA Kit [PHOTOS]". International Business Times.

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