# 2024–25 Mumbai City FC season

The 2024–25 season is the eleventh season in Mumbai City FC's existence, where the club competed in the Indian Super League, Durand Cup, and Super Cup.

## Players
### First-team squad

    As of 25 January 2025
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 | Phurba Lachenpa |
| 3 | DF | IND | Valpuia |
| 4 | DF | ESP | Tiri |
| 5 | DF | IND | Mehtab Singh |
| 6 | FW | IND | Vikram Partap Singh |
| 7 | FW | IND | Lallianzuala Chhangte (captain) |
| 8 | MF | NED | Yoell van Nieff |
| 9 | FW | GRE | Nikolaos Karelis |
| 10 | MF | IND | Brandon Fernandes |
| 11 | FW | ESP | Jorge Ortiz |
| 13 | DF | SYR | Thaer Krouma |
| 14 | MF | FRA | Jérémy Manzorro |
| 15 | DF | IND | Sanjeev Stalin |
| 16 | MF | IND | Franklin Nazareth |
| 17 | MF | IND | Supratim Das |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | IND | Hitesh Sharma (on loan from Odisha) |
| 19 | FW | IND | Daniel Lalhlimpuia |
| 20 | MF | IND | Jayesh Rane |
| 21 | MF | ESP | Jon Toral |
| 22 | DF | IND | Halen Nongtdu |
| 23 | GK | IND | Rehenesh TP |
| 27 | DF | IND | Nathan Rodrigues |
| 28 | FW | IND | Ayush Chhikara |
| 29 | FW | IND | Bipin Singh |
| 31 | DF | IND | Akash Mishra |
| 32 | GK | IND | Ahan Prakash |
| 33 | DF | IND | Prabir Das (on loan from Kerala Blasters) |
| 36 | DF | IND | Sahil Panwar |
| 71 | MF | IND | Ishaan Shishodia |
| 77 | MF | IND | Gyamar Nikum |
| 92 | FW | IND | Noufal PN |

## Transfers
### In
#### Transfers in

| Date of arrival | Position | Player | Previous club | Transfer fee |
| 1 June 2024 | MF | Brandon Fernandes | Goa | Free Transfer |
| 15 June 2024 | MF | Noufal PN | Gokulam Kerala | Free Transfer |
| 18 June 2024 | GK | Rehenesh TP | Jamshedpur | Free Transfer |
| 20 June 2024 | MF | Jayesh Rane | Bengaluru | Free Transfer |
| 25 June 2024 | MF | Jeremy Manzorro | Jamshedpur | Free Transfer |
| 2 July 2024 | MF | Jon Toral | OFI Crete | Free Transfer |
| 8 July 2024 | FW | Daniel Lalhlimpuia | Punjab | Free Transfer |
| 11 July 2024 | FW | Nikos Karelis | Panetolikos | Free Transfer |
| 15 July 2024 | DF | Sahil Panwar | Odisha | Free Transfer |
| 17 July 2024 | DF | Hardik Bhatt | Rajasthan United | Free Transfer |
| 23 January 2025 | FW | Jorge Ortiz | Shenzhen Peng | Free Transfer |
| 29 January 2025 | GK | Vishal Joon | Calicut FC | Free Transfer |

#### Loans in

| Start Date | End Date | Position | Player | From club | Ref |
| 13 July 2024 | End of Season | MF | Hitesh Sharma | Odisha | |
| 2 January 2025 | End of Season | DF | Prabir Das | Kerala Blasters | |

### Out
#### Transfers Out

| Date of departure | Position | Player | Outgoing club | Transfer Fee |
| 25 May 2024 | GK | Bhaskar Roy | Mohammedan | Free Transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | FW | Gurkirat Singh | Chennaiyin | Free Transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | FW | Iker Guarrotxena | Goa | Free Transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | FW | Jakub Vojtus | Unirea Slobozia | Free Transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | GK | Mohammad Nawaz | Chennaiyin | Free Transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | DF | Naocha Singh | Kerala Blasters | Free Transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | MF | Rowllin Borges | Goa | Free Transfer |
| 25 May 2024 | MF | Tondomba Singh | Delhi FC | Free Transfer |
| 27 May 2024 | MF | Alberto Noguera | Bengaluru | Free Transfer |
| 28 May 2024 | MF | Vinit Rai | Punjab | Free Transfer |
| 29 May 2024 | FW | Jorge Pereyra Diaz | Bengaluru | Free Transfer |
| 31 May 2024 | DF | Rahul Bheke | Bengaluru | Free Transfer |
| 24 June 2024 | MF | Apuia | Mohun Bagan SG | Rs. 1.6 crore |

#### Loans Out

| Start Date | End Date | Position | Player | To club |
| 8 July 2024 | End Of Season | DF | Amey Ranawade | Odisha |
| 25 July 2024 | End Of Season | MF | Seilenthang Lotjem | Sreenidi Deccan |
| 15 January 2025 | End Of Season | DF | Hardik Bhatt | Sreenidi Deccan |
| 31 January 2025 | End Of Season | DF | Halen Nongtdu | Gokulam Kerala |

## Personnel
### Corporate

| Position | Name |
| Owner(s) | City Football Group (65%) Ranbir Kapoor (18%) Bimal Parekh (17%) |
| Chairman | Khaldoon Al Mubarak |
| Board of directors | Ranbir Kapoor Bimal Parekh |
| CEO | Kandarp Chandra |
| Senior executive(s) |
| Senior executive(s) | Tanay Narvekar |
| Team manager | Rocky Kalan |
| Marketing manager | Siddharth Yadav |
| Assistant marketing manager | Dwaipayan Ghosh |
| Sponsorship & sales | Ganeshaya Sodha |
| Senior finance manager | Pankti Mehta |
| Finance controller | Ankit Agrawal |

### Technical

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Petr Kratky |
| Assistant coach | Mário Lemos |
| Assistant coach | Clifford Miranda |
| Director of football | Sujay Sharma |
| Team manager | Rocky Kalan |
| Goalkeeping coach | David Preece |
| Strength & conditioning coach | Denis Kavan |
| Strength & conditioning coach | Adrian Dias |
| Performance analyst | Narendra Vakare |
| Performance analyst | Trishit Ghosh |
| Physiotherapist | Suhas Kandekar |
| Physiotherapist | Akhilesh |
| Team doctor | Simarpreet Singh Kalra |
| Head of rehabilitation and sports medicine | Sandeep Kurale |
| Team photographer | Abhinav Ashish Aind |
| Media manager | Annujj Palaye |
| Kit manager | Rishi Roy |
| Head of youth and grassroots development | Dinesh Nair |

## Summary
### Durand Cup

Mumbai City FC officially began the 2024–25 season with the 2024 Durand Cup, where the club were placed in Group C, alongside Kerala Blasters, CISF Protectors, and Punjab FC. However, with the club choosing to conduct the squad's pre-season training abroad in Thailand, the senior team skipped the competition. The Mumbai City reserve team ended up competing for the club in the competition.
In the competition, the Mumbai reserve team lost all three of their games, and were knocked out in the group stage.

## Competitions
### Durand Cup
#### Group C

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KER | PUN | CIS | MCI |
| 1 | Kerala Blasters | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | | 1–1 | 7–0 | |
| 2 | Punjab | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Advanced to knockout stage | | | | 3–0 |
| 3 | CISF Protectors | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | | | 0–3 | | |
| 4 | Mumbai City | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | | 0–8 | | 0–2 | |

### Indian Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 4 | Jamshedpur (Q) | 21 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 34 | −2 | 37 | Qualification for the knockouts |
| 5 | NorthEast United (M) | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 32 | Qualification for the knockouts |
| 6 | Mumbai City (M) | 21 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 32 | Qualification for the knockouts |
| 7 | Odisha (M) | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 30 | |
| 8 | East Bengal (M) | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 27 | |