2016 Mumbai City FC season
# 2016 Mumbai City FC season

The 2016 Mumbai City FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League, their most successful till date. This season was also the first in which the club was coached by the Costarican Alexandre Guimarães, replacing Nicolas Anelka who served as player-coach the previous season. They finished first in the standings after the ending of the league season, qualifying for the semifinals for the very first time led by Diego Forlán who was their marquee player. However they lost in the semifinals to Atletico de Kolkata 1-5 on aggregate.

## Background

After the end of the 2014 ISL season, Mumbai City parted ways with their inaugural season head coach, Peter Reid. Soon after, Nicolas Anelka, the club's marquee from 2014, was named as the player-head coach for the 2015 season. The season began for Mumbai City with a 3–1 loss to their Maharashtra rivals, Pune City on 5 October. The team ended the season with only four wins through fourteen matches, three of which came in a row at the end of October. This resulted in Mumbai City finishing the season in sixth place in the standings, missing out on the finals by six points.

## Player movement

### Signings

| Position | Player | Old club | Date |
| - | - | - | - |
| FW | Matías Defederico | San Marcos de Arica | 15 June 2016 |
| DF | Aiborlang Khongjee | Shillong Lajong | 21 June 2016 |
| MF | Boithang Haokip | Shillong Lajong | 21 June 2016 |
| FW | Jackichand Singh | Pune City | 21 June 2016 |

## Squad information

### First team squad

    As of 03 October 2016.

| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 32 | Albino Gomes | GK | (1994-02-07) 7 February 1994 (age 29) |
| 1 | Amrinder Singh | GK | (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 30) |
| 25 | Roberto Volpato Neto | GK | (1979-07-01) 1 July 1979 (age 44) |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Aiborlang Khongjee | Defender | (1987-12-09) 9 December 1987 (age 35) |
| 5 | Anwar Ali | Defender | (1984-09-24) 24 September 1984 (age 38) |
| 3 | Ashutosh Mehta | RB | (1991-02-21) 21 February 1991 (age 32) |
| 30 | Facundo Cardozo | CB / LB | (1995-04-06) 6 April 1995 (age 28) |
| 4 | Gerson Vieira | CB | (1992-10-04) 4 October 1992 (age 30) |
| 23 | Lalchhuanmawia Fanai | LB | (1989-04-14) 14 April 1989 (age 34) |
| 21 | Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte | LB | (1988-07-06) 6 July 1988 (age 35) |
| 26 | Lucian Goian | CB | (1983-02-10) 10 February 1983 (age 40) |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 14 | Boithang Haokip | CM | (1991-03-09) 9 March 1991 (age 32) |
| 17 | David Lalrinmuana | Midfielder | (1992-11-09) 9 November 1992 (age 30) |
| 12 | Jackichand Singh | Left wing | (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 31) |
| 6 | Krisztián Vadócz | Central midfield | (1985-05-30) 30 May 1985 (age 38) |
| 8 | Léo Costa | Right midfield | (1986-03-03) 3 March 1986 (age 37) |
| 20 | Matías Defederico | Attacking midfield | (1989-08-23) 23 August 1989 (age 33) |
| 22 | Otacilio Brito Alves | Midfielder | (1996-01-22) 22 January 1996 (age 27) |
| 26 | Sehnaj Singh | CM | (1993-07-29) 29 July 1993 (age 29) |
| 16 | Sony Norde | AM | (1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 34) |
| 27 | Thangjam Saran Singh | Right midfield | (1987-03-01) 1 March 1987 (age 36) |
| 13 | Udanta Singh | Left wing | (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 (age 27) |
| Strikers ||||||
| 10 | Diego Forlán | Secondary striker | (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979 (age 44) |
| 11 | Sunil Chhetri | Centre-forward | (1984-08-03) 3 August 1984 (age 38) |
| 37 | Thiago dos Santos Cunha | Centre-forward | (1985-04-25) 25 April 1985 (age 38) |

### Coaching Staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Manager | Alexandre Guimarães |
| Assistant coach | Juliano Fontana |
| Assistant coach | Alex Ambrose |
| Goalkeeping coach | Alexandre Lopes |
| CEO | Indranil Das Blah |
| Team Manager | Watson Fernandes |
| Head Analyst | Sujay Sharma |

## Indian Super League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mumbai City | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 23 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 2 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 22 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 3 | Delhi Dynamos | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 21 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 4 | Atlético de Kolkata (C) | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 20 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 18 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 3 December 2016. Source: Matches

### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Knockout phase

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final.

### Semi-finals

Win  Draw  Loss

## Player statistics

List of squad players, including number of appearances by competition

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Indian Super League | Indian Super League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IND | Amrinder Singh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | BRA | Roberto Volpato | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | IND | Arnab Das Sharma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | GK | IND | Albino Gomes | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | IND | Aiborlang Khongjee | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | IND | Ashutosh Mehta | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | BRA | Gerson Vieira | 14 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | IND | Anwar Ali | 14 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ROU | Lucian Goian | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | IND | Lalhmangaihsanga Ralte | 16 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IND | Lalchhuanmawia Fania | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | ARG | Facundo Cardozo | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | IND | Munmun Lugun | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | HUN | Krisztián Vadócz | 16 | 3 | 16 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Léo Costa | 11 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | IND | Jackichand Singh | 8 | 1 | 1+7 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | IND | Boithang Haokip | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND | Pronay Halder | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IND | David Lalrinmuana | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARG | Matías Defederico | 14 | 3 | 12+2 | 3 |
| 26 | MF | IND | Sehnaj Singh | 15 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | IND | Thangjam Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | URU | Diego Forlán | 12 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
| 11 | FW | IND | Sunil Chhetri | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | IND | Udanta Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | HAI | Sony Norde | 11 | 1 | 7+4 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | BRA | Otacilio Brito Alves | 13 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 |
| 28 | FW | IND | Rakesh Oram | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | BRA | Thiago Cunha | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
