- Mumbai FC
Football club infobox
clubname = Mumbai FC
fullname = Mumbai Football Club
founded = May 28, 2007
ground = Cooperage Stadium
capacity = 12,000
general_manager = flagicon|IndiaHenry Menezes
mgrtitle = Chief Coach
manager = flagicon|England David Booth
general manager = flagicon|India Henry Menezes
league =I League
season = 2008
position = 1st in Group B (Promoted to I-League)
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pattern_la2=|pattern_b2=|pattern_ra2=|leftarm2=FF8C00|body2=FF8C00|rightarm2=FF8C00|shorts2=000000|socks2=000000|Mumbai FC is an Indian
football club based inMumbai . Their home ground is the Thakur College ground inKandivali .It is a recently launched club (
2007 ), by the Essel Group and they have roped in big names, such as manager Henry Menezes and India international striker Abhishek Yadav. Having won promotion fromI-League 2nd Division 2008 they will participate in the I-League in late 2008.About The Club
Mumbai FC, the concept, was born in the minds of a few sports-minded individuals, who felt the dire need for a community based football club to unleash the huge fountain of untapped talent in the city. The concept was shared and liked and the next step was putting together a pool of management talent that passionately believed in the same. Once this was achieved, the next logical step was setting up a team with a mixture of youth and experience and getting an experienced coach to guide the team’s fortunes.
These objectives were achieved in record time, so to say, and Mumbai FC was launched amidst great fanfare and pomp in the city on May 28, 2007. Current Indian international Abhisehk Yadav leads a bunch of talented players that has amongst its ranks internationals like Khalid Jamil, Noel Wilson, Lolendro Singh, Kalyan Choubey and exciting youngsters like Dane Pereira and Bengkok under the tutelage and guidance of renowned coach David Booth.
In the words of Amit Goenka, Director Essel Group, “Mumbai FC was launched with the credo that "every Mumbaikar who feels he or she has the talent to play football, in the age group of 8 years to 40 years, will get a chance to participate in the development of football culture in Mumbai".
Current Roster
Honours
*Champions, I-League Second Division,
2007 This spirited side has so far beaten two great teams from Kolkata Mohan Bagan(by 2-1) and East Bengal (by 1-0) at Kolkata and now tops the I-League Points table after 2 rounds. This is regarded as a great achievement to beat these two giants of Indian Football at the Mecca of Indian Football.
External links
* [http://www.mumbaifc.com/Default.aspx]
* [http://www.mumbaifc.com/ Official Website]
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