2020–21 Mumbai City FC season

Mumbai City
2020–21 season
Head coach	Sergio Lobera
Stadium	GMC Athletic Stadium
Indian Super League	1st (Premiers)
Play-offs	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Adam Le Fondre (11); All: Adam Le Fondre (11)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Mumbai City FC season was 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 relieved of his duties and replaced by Goa head coach Sergio Lobera.

Senior squad

As of 1 November 2020

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	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; some limited exceptions apply. 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

Out

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

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
			Boumous	Stadium: Nagoa ground

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
ISL	21 November 2020		Matchday 1	22	12	6	4	39	21	+18	054.55
Super Cup								!—
Total				22	12	6	4	39	21	+18	054.55

Last updated: 24 February 2021
Source: FBref

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mumbai City (L, C)	20	12	4	4	35	18	+17	40	Qualification to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Champions League group stage
2	ATK Mohun Bagan	20	12	4	4	28	15	+13	40	Qualification to ISL playoffs and 2022 AFC Cup play-off round
3	NorthEast United	20	8	9	3	31	25	+6	33	Qualification to ISL playoffs
4	Goa	20	7	10	3	31	23	+8	31	Qualification to ISL playoffs
5	Hyderabad	20	6	11	3	27	19	+8	29

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
(C) Champions; (L) League Winners' Shield Winners

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	W	D	L	L	W	W
Position	10	5	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2021. Source: ISL
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, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Appiah 49' (pen.) Mehta 84' Gallego 90'	Report	Golui 37' Jahouh 43' Cy 90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: R Venkatesh Man of the Match: Khassa Camara (NorthEast United)

25 November 2020 (2020-11-25) 2	Goa	0–1	Mumbai City	Margao, Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+05:30)	Seriton 30' Tlang 40' Romario 73' Edu Bedia 90'	Report	Sarthak 24' Mandar 34' Ranawade 65' Le Fondre 90+5' (pen.)	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 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	Rakip 10' Le Fondre 20', 48' (pen.) Borges 36' Fall 44' Jahouh 53' Santana 58' Rao Dessai 62'	Report	Angousana 58' Rafique 90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Hugo Boumous (Mumbai City)

6 December 2020 4	Mumbai City	2–0	Odisha	Bambolim, Goa
18:30 IST	Ogbeche 30' (pen.) Borges 45' Dakshinamurthy 66' Le Fondre 86'	Report	Tratt 69' Meher 75' Taylor 90'	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	Santana 45+2' Dakshinamurthy 63' M. Singh 66' Le Fondre 75' Boumous 88'	Report	Sylvestr 40' G. Singh 42' Sabiá 44' R. Singh 46' Crivellaro 88'	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, Goa
19:30 IST	Ogbeche 16' Ranawade 87'	Report	Valskis 9' Monroy 14' 28'	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, Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Santana 18' Colaco 84'	Report	Dakshinamurthy 38' 69' Le Fondre 52' A. Singh 84' Borges 90+1'	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, Goa
19:30 IST	Le Fondre 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 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Amrinder Singh (Mumbai City)

5 January 2021 9	Bengaluru	1–3	Mumbai City	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Chhetri 61' 79' (pen.) Khabra 81'	Report	Fall 9' Bipin 15' Jahouh 40' 86' Ranawade 58' Ogbeche 85'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna

11 January 2021 10	ATK Mohun Bagan	0–1	Mumbai City	Margao, Goa
19:30 IST	Halder 47' Hernández 61' Bose 90'	Report	Dessai 49' Ogbeche 69' Santana 90'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna

16 January 2021 11	Mumbai City	0–0	Hyderabad	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Santana 69' Pratap 83' Le Fondre 85'	Report	Singh 35'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: A Rowan

22 January 2021 12	East Bengal	0–1	Mumbai City	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Fox 5'	Report	Jahouh 23' Fall 27' Boumous 73' Dessai 75' Ogbeche 86'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Coimbatore Ramaswamy Srikrishna

25 January 2021 13	Chennaiyin	1–1	Mumbai City	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Sipović 10' Gonçalves 76' (pen.)	Report	D Ogbeche 21' Jahouh 75' Borges 90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mb Santhosh Kumar

30 January 2021 14	Mumbai City	1–2	NorthEast United	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Ogbeche 51' Jahouh 55' Golui 73' Le Fondre 85'	Report	Brown 6', 9' Lakra 48' Tamang 71' Machado 90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

3 February 2021 15	Kerala Blasters	1–2	Mumbai City	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Gómez 27' Nhamoinesu 45' Juande 69'	Report	Fall 45' Bipin 46' Le Fondre 67' (pen.) Dessai 88'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

8 February 2021 16	Mumbai City	3–3	Goa	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Boumous 20' 90' 90' Le Fondre 26' 79' Fall 59'	Report	Martins 8' 45' Khan 36' Angulo 51' S. Fernandes 57' Pandita 90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

15 February 2021 17	Mumbai City	2–4	Bengaluru	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Bipin 45' Le Fondre 50', 72'	Report	Silva 1' (22) Shrivas 15' González 29' Khabra 42' Chhetri 52' 57', 90' Kuruniyan 78' Lalrindika 83' Sandhu 87'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta

20 February 2021 18	Jamshedpur	2–0	Mumbai City	Vasco, Goa
19:30 IST	Valskis 66' Thangjam 72' Grande 90'	Report	Goddard 79'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu

24 February 2021 19	Odisha	1–6	Mumbai City	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Diego Maurício 9' (pen.)	Report	Ogbeche 14', 43' Bipin 38', 47', 86' Goddard 44'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Bipin Singh (ATK)

28 February 2021 20	Mumbai City	2–0	ATK Mohun Bagan	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Fall 7' Fernandes 14' Ranawade 26' Ogbeche 39' Santana 74' Pratap 79'	Report	Kotal 37' Halder 77'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: Mourtada Fall (MCFC)

Play-offs

5 March 2021 Semi-finals 1st leg	Goa	2–2	Mumbai City	Margao
19:30 IST	Angulo 20' (pen.) Saviour 59'	Report	Boumous 38' Fall 61'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee (India)

8 March 2021 Semi-finals 2nd leg	Mumbai City	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–2 agg.) (6–5 p)	Goa	Bambolim
19:30 IST		Report		Stadium: GMC Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ajit Kumar Meitei (India)
	Penalties
	Ogbeche Hernán Boumous Raynier Jahouh Ranawade Fall Mandar Borges		Bedia Brandon Angulo Iván Donachie Pandita Ortiz Adil Glan

13 March 2021 Final	Mumbai City	2–1	ATK Mohun Bagan	Margao
19:30 IST	Tiri 29' (o.g.) Singh 90'	Report	Williams 18'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tejas Nagavenkar

Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Indian Super League	Play-offs	Total
1	9	FW	Adam Le Fondre	11	0	11
2	10	FW	Bartholomew Ogbeche	8	0	8
3	29	MF	Bipin Singh	5	1	6
4	25	DF	Mourtada Fall	3	1	4
5	7	MF	Hugo Boumous	2	1	3
6	6	MF	Hernán Santana	2	0	2
6	14	MF	Rowllin Borges	2	0	2
8	23	MF	Vignesh Dakshinamurthy	1	0	1
8	21	MF	Cy Goddard	1	0	1
Own goals				0	1	1
Total				35	4	39

Last updated: 13 March 2021.
Source: FBref

Clean sheets

Rank	No.	Pos.	Player	Indian Super League	Play-offs	Total
1	1	GK	Amrinder Singh	9	1	10
Total				9	1	10

Last updated: 8 March 2021.
Source: FBref

Notes

^ Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in India, all Indian Super League matches during the 2020–21 season will be held in Goa. Mumbai City matches will be hosted at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim.
^ As the Premiers Mumbai City won the ISL playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an 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.
^ Match was played behind closed doors due to government restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

References

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

[3] Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in India, all Indian Super League matches during the 2020–21 season will be held in Goa. Mumbai City matches will be hosted at the GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim.

[11] As the Premiers Mumbai City won the ISL playoffs, the regular season runners-up will qualify for 2022 AFC Cup play-off round.

[COVID-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an 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.

[closed_doors-14] Match was played behind closed doors due to government restrictions regarding the COVID-19 pandemic in India.

[Covid_Goa-1] "ISL 2020-21 season to be held in Goa from November". The Hindu Sportstar. 16 August 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[Covid_Goa_2-2] "ISL: Odisha FC to play all 'home' games at GMC Athletic Stadium in Bambolim". Times of India. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

[4] "Mumbai City FC Squad". Indian Super League. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[5] "Cy Goddard signs for Mumbai City FC on loan". Benevento Calcio.

[6] "KUSTOŠIJA VS. RUDEŠ 0 - 0". Soccerway.

[7] "Pratik Chaudhari signs with Bengaluru FC". Bengaluru FC (Twitter).

[8] "Ravi Kumar signs for Odisha FC". Odisha FC (Twitter).

[9] "Mumbai City part ways with Paulo Machado". Mumbai City FC.

[10] "Subhasish Bose signs with ATK Mohun Bagan FC". ATK Mohun Bagan FC (Twitter).

[12] "ISL 2020-21: Everything you need to know about the GMC Stadium Bambolim". Sportskeeda. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.