# 2014 Mumbai City FC season

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.
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.

## Signings
### Foreign signings

| # | Position: | Player | Last club | Date |
| 4 | MF | Tiago Ribeiro | Grasshopper | |
| 5 | DF | Manuel Friedrich | Borussia Dortmund | 22 August 2014 |
| 8 | MF | Freddie Ljungberg | Retirement | 2 September 2014 |
| 21 | MF | André Moritz | Bolton Wanderers | 10 October 2014 |
| 39 | FW | Nicolas Anelka | West Bromwich Albion | 15 September 2014 |

### Drafted domestic players

| Round | Position | Player | Last 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; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Subrata Paul |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Johan Letzelter |
| 3 | DF | IND | Raju Gaikwad |
| 4 | MF | POR | Tiago Ribeiro |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Friedrich (vice captain) |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jan Štohanzl |
| 7 | MF | IND | Rohit Mirza |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Freddie Ljungberg |
| 9 | FW | IND | Abhishek Yadav |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Diego Nadaya |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Javi Fernández |
| 12 | FW | IND | Singam Subash Singh |
| 13 | MF | IND | Ram Malik |
| 14 | FW | IND | Nadong Bhutia |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | IND | Asif Kottayil |
| 16 | DF | IND | Peter Costa |
| 17 | DF | IND | Deepak Mondal |
| 18 | FW | IND | Sushil Kumar Singh |
| 19 | DF | IND | Syed Rahim Nabi (captain) |
| 20 | MF | IND | Lalrindika Ralte |
| 21 | MF | BRA | André Moritz |
| 23 | FW | IND | Lalrin Fela |
| 26 | DF | GRE | Ilias Pollalis |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Pavel Čmovš |
| 31 | GK | IND | Ishan Debnath |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka |
| 41 | GK | POR | 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 | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 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 |

### Results summary

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

### Matches
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 10 December 2014

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Indian Super League | Indian Super League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IND | Subrata Pal | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | FRA | Johan Letzelter | 13 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | IND | Raju Gaikwad | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | POR | Tiago Ribeiro | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GER | Manuel Friedrich | 14 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | CZE | Jan Štohanzl | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IND | Rohit Mirza | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SWE | Freddie Ljungberg | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | IND | Abhishek Yadav | 4 | 1 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Diego Nadaya | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Javi Fernandez | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | IND | Subhash Singh | 12 | 1 | 9+3 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | IND | Ram Malik | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | IND | Nadong Bhutia | 11 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND | Asif Kottayil | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | IND | Peter Costa | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | IND | Deepak Mondal | 12 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | IND | Sushil Kumar Singh | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 |
| 19 | DF | IND | Syed Rahim Nabi | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | IND | Lalrindika Ralte | 14 | 1 | 12+2 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | BRA | André Moritz | 9 | 3 | 8+1 | 3 |
| 23 | MF | IND | Lalrin Fela | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CZE | Pavel Čmovš | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | FRA | Nicolas Anelka | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| 41 | GK | POR | André Preto | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | 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 |
| 3 | DF | 2 | Johan Letzelter | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | 19 | Syed Rahim Nabi | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Abhishek Yadav | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Lalrindika Ralte | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | 5 | Manuel Friedrich | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Sushil Kumar Singh | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 12 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Indian Super League | Indian Super League | Total | 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 |