2020–21 Mumbai City FC season

The 2020–21 Mumbai City FC season is the seventh season in the history of Indian Super League club Mumbai City. After failing to qualify for the playoffs the previous season, head coach Jorge Costa was relived of his duties and replaced by Goa head coach Sergio Lobera.

Mumbai City
2020–21 season
Head coachSergio Lobera
StadiumGMC Athletic Stadium[lower-alpha 1]
Indian Super League1st
Super CupPre-season
Top goalscorerLeague: Adam le Fondre (6)
All: Adam le Fondre (6)

Senior squad
As of 1 November 2020[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  IND Amrinder Singh (Captain)
2 DF  IND Mohammad Rakip
3 DF  IND Tondonba Singh
4 DF  IND Amey Ranawade
5 MF  MAR Ahmed Jahouh
6 MF  ESP Hernán Santana (on loan from Sporting Gijón)
7 MF  FRA Hugo Boumous
8 MF  IND Sourav Das
9 FW  ENG Adam le Fondre (on loan from Sydney FC)
10 FW  NGA Bartholomew Ogbeche
11 MF  IND Raynier Fernandes
12 MF  IND Bidyananda Singh
14 MF  IND Rowllin Borges
15 DF  IND Mehtab Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF  IND Sarthak Golui
17 DF  IND Mandar Rao Dessai
19 FW  IND Pranjal Bhumij
21 MF  JPN Cy Goddard (on loan from Benevento Calcio)
22 FW  IND Vikram Pratap Singh
23 MF  IND Vignesh Dakshinamurthy
24 GK  IND Vikram Lakhbir Singh
25 DF  SEN Mourtada Fall
27 FW  IND Jackichand Singh
29 FW  IND Bipin Singh
30 GK  IND Nishit Shetty
31 DF  IND Valpuia
34 GK  IND Phurba Lachenpa
39 MF  IND Mohammed Asif Khan

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW  IND Ayush Chhikara (at Sudeva Delhi until 31 May 2021)
— MF  IND Naorem Tondomba Singh (at Sudeva Delhi until 31 May 2021)
— MF  IND Chanso Horam (at TRAU FC until 31 May 2021)
— MF  IND PC Rohlupuia (at Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy)

Squad changes

In
No. Position Player Previous club Type/fee Date Ref
— MF Cy Goddard Benevento Loan 3 October 2020 [4]

Out
Position Player New club Type/fee Date Ref
DF Mato Grgić Rudeš Released 1 June 2020 [5]
DF Pratik Chaudhari Bengaluru Free transfer 3 June 2020 [6]
GK Ravi Kumar Odisha Free transfer 3 June 2020 [7]
MF Paulo Machado Leixões Free transfer 7 August 2020 [8]
DF Subhasish Bose ATK Mohun Bagan Free transfer 13 August 2020 [9]

Competitions

Pre-season and friendlies
30 October 2020 Friendly Kerala Blasters FC 0–0 Mumbai City Goa, India
14:00 IST Stadium: GMC Stadium, Bambolim
Attendance: Closed Doors
2 November 2020 Friendly Chennaiyin FC 0–1 Mumbai City FC Goa, India
16:00 IST Report le fondre  21'
10 November 2020 Friendly Mumbai City 3–2 Odisha Nagoa, Goa, India
Ogbeche
Borges
Antonay (o.g.)		 Marcelinho
Nandha		 Stadium: Village Panchayat Ground,
13 November 2020 Friendly Bengaluru 0–1 Mumbai Nagoa, Goa
 Stadium: Nagoa ground

Overview
Competition First match Last match Starting round Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
ISL November 2020 Matchday 1 10 8 1 1 17 4 +13 080.00
Super Cup !—
Total 10 8 1 1 17 4 +13 080.00

Last updated: 11 January 2021

Source: Competitions

Indian Super League
Main article: 2020–21 Indian Super League season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mumbai City (Q) 16 10 4 2 25 11 +14 34 Qualification for 2022 AFC Champions League group stage and ISL playoffs
2 ATK Mohun Bagan 16 10 3 3 22 10 +12 33 Qualification for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round and ISL playoffs[lower-alpha 2]
3 Goa 16 5 8 3 24 19 +5 23 Advance to ISL playoffs
4 Hyderabad 16 5 8 3 20 16 +4 23
5 NorthEast United 16 5 8 3 21 20 +1 23
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2021. Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Results by matchday
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GroundAAHHHHAHAA
ResultLWWWWDWWWW
Position105411111111
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2021. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
21 November 2020 (2020-11-21) 1 NorthEast 1–0 Mumbai City Vasco da Gama
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Appiah  49' (pen)
Mehta  84'
Gallego  90'		 Report Golui  37'
Jahouh  43'
Cy  90'		 Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Referee: R Venkatesh
Man of the Match: Khassa Camara (NorthEast United)
25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 2 Goa 0–1 Mumbai City Margao
19:00 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: le Fondre (Mumbai City)
1 December 2020 3 Mumbai City 3–0 East Bengal Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
Man of the Match: Hugo Boumous (Mumbai City)
6 December 2020 4 Mumbai City 2–0 Odisha Bambolim
18:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ranjit Baksi
Man of the Match: Borges (Mumbai City)
9 December 2020 5 Mumbai City 2–1 Chennaiyin Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei
Man of the Match: Fall (Mumbai City)
14 December 2020 6 Mumbai City 1–1 Jamshedpur Bambolim
19:30 IST
Report
Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna
Man of the Match: Hartely (Jamshedpur)
20 December 2020 (2020-12-20) 7 Hyderabad 0–2 Mumbai City Vasco
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)
Report
Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei
Man of the Match: Jahouh (Mumbai City)
2 January 2021 8 Mumbai City 2–0 Kerala Blasters Bambolim
19:30 IST Adam  3' (pen.)
Hugo Boumous  11'
Amrinder Singh  24'
Hugo Boumous  68'
Hernán Santana  85'		 Report Gómez  39' Sandeep  70' Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 3]
Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta
Man of the Match: Amrinder Singh (Mumbai City)

Statistics

Goal scorers
Rank No. Pos. Player Indian Super League Indian Super Cup Total
1 9 FW Adam le Fondre 606
2 10 FW Bartholomew Ogbeche 404
3 6 MF Hernán Santana 202
4 14 MF Rowllin Borges 101
23 MF Vignesh Dakshinamurthy 101
21 MF Hugo Boumous 101
25 DF Mourtada Fall 101
29 MF Bipin Singh 101
Total17017

Last updated: 11 January 2021.
Source: FBref

Clean sheets
Rank No. Pos. Player Indian Super League Indian Super Cup Total
1 1 GK Amrinder Singh 505
Total 606

Last updated: 11 January 2021.
Source: FBref

Notes
  1. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in India, all Indian Super League matches during the 2020–21 season will be held in Goa.[1] Mumbai City matches will be hosted at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim.[2]
  2. If the 2020–21 Indian Super League regular season premiers win the playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for the 2022 AFC Cup as India 3.
  3. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, the 2020–21 Indian Super League season would be entirely held in Goa, inside closed doors and Kerala Blasters has been allotted the GMC Athletic Stadium as their home ground for the season.[10]

References
  1. "ISL 2020-21 season to be held in Goa from November". The Hindu Sportstar. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  2. "ISL: Odisha FC to play all 'home' games at GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim". Times of India. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
  3. "Mumbai City FC Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. "Cy Goddard signs for Mumbai City FC on loan". Benevento Calcio.
  5. "KUSTOŠIJA VS. RUDEŠ 0 - 0". Soccerway.
  6. "Pratik Chaudhari signs with Bengaluru FC". Bengaluru FC (Twitter).
  7. "Ravi Kumar signs for Odisha FC". Odisha FC (Twitter).
  8. "Mumbai City part ways with Paulo Machado". Mumbai City FC.
  9. "Subhasish Bose signs with ATK Mohun Bagan FC". ATK Mohun Bagan FC (Twitter).
  10. "ISL 2020-21: Everything you need to know about the GMC Stadium Bambolim". Sportskeeda. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
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