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{{Short description|Former Indian association football club}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2014}}
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| clubname = Mumbai Tigers
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| image = Mumbai Tigers FC logo.png
| fullname = Mumbai Tigers Football Club
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| founded = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|2012}} as ''Dodsal F.C.''<ref>{{cite web|title=Dodsal FC|url=http://www.liveindianfootball.netne.net/1_71_Dodsal-FC-Indian-Football.html|work=Live Indian Football|access-date=15 July 2021}}</ref>
| dissolved = {{start date and years ago|df=yes|2014}}| ground = 
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| owner = [[Dodsal Group]]<ref name=10K>{{cite web |title=About Dodsal|url=http://dodsal.com/aboutus/the-dodsal-group.shtml|publisher=Dodsal Group|accessdate=29 February 2012}}</ref>
| chairman = [[Rajen A. Kilachand|Rajen Kilachand]]
| manager = [[Bimal Ghosh]]
| league = [[I-League 2nd Division]]<ref name=aiff1>{{cite web|title=Mumbai Tigers not to take part in I-League 2013-14|url=http://www.the-aiff.com/news-center-details.htm?id=5187|publisher=AIFF|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref>
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| position = ''First Season''
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'''Mumbai Tigers Football Club''' (formerly known as '''Dodsal FC''') was an [[India]]n professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]].<ref name=DodsalFounding>{{cite web|last=Majgaonkar|first=Kunaal|title=Multi-crore Dodsal Group to kick-start team in Mumbai|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Multi-crore-Dodsal-Group-to-kick-start-team-in-Mumbai/articleshow/13547883.cms|work=Times of India|access-date=19 August 2012}}</ref> The club were formed in May 2012 as ''Dodsal Football Club'' with the aim of becoming the biggest football club in India and one of the biggest in Asia.<ref name=DodsalFounding/> They have completed in the [[I-League 2nd Division]] alongside [[Mumbai Football League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kolkatafootball.com/ileague_2nd_2013/index.html|title=ileague 2nd divn -2013 | LIVE Indian Football News | LIVE kolkatafootball.com | Indian Football | I-LEAGUE LIVe SCORE | Live Indian Football News | Live Indian Soccer News | Football in India | Soccer of India. | KOLKATA FOOTBALL NEWS|website=www.kolkatafootball.com}}</ref>

==History==
Towards the end of May 2012 it was announced that Indian owned company [[Dodsal Group]] wanted to start a football club in the city of Mumbai and name it Dodsal Football Club.<ref name=DodsalFounding/> The club registered with the [[Mumbai District Football Association]] and quickly outlined that their main goal would be to qualify for the [[I-League]], which is India's top football competition, by 2013.<ref name=DodsalFounding/> The club is supposed to be run in the same way [[Manchester City F.C.]] of the [[Premier League]] is run, as company chairman [[Rajen A. Kilachand|Rajen Kilachand]] is in touch with City owner [[Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan|Sheikh Mansour]].<ref name=ManCityWay>{{cite web|author=Puneet|title=Dodsal FC – Rumoured to be going the Manchester City way|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/2012/06/13/dodsal-fc-rumoured-to-be-going-the-manchester-city-way/|work=SportsKeeda|accessdate=19 August 2012|date=13 June 2012}}</ref>

On 18 August 2012, it was announced that Dodsal would play in the [[2012 Durand Cup]] and thus their first ever professional tournament at the national stage.<ref name=DodsalDurandCup2012>{{cite web|title=Durand Cup will be a success even sans sponsor: Organiers|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-18/top-stories/33260819_1_quarter-final-league-durand-cup-pune-fc|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127035804/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-18/top-stories/33260819_1_quarter-final-league-durand-cup-pune-fc|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=19 August 2012}}</ref> The club played their first ever official game on 25 August 2012 against Army Red at the [[Ambedkar Stadium]] in [[Delhi]] in which the club won the match 3–0 with [[Thoi Singh]] becoming the first player to ever score for the club in the 66th minute.<ref>{{cite news|title=Andrew is Sesa Goa's hero|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/article3821593.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=7 March 2013|date=26 August 2012}}</ref> The club then went on to the [[2012 Durand Cup Final]] in which they lost 3–2 on penalties to then-current [[I-League]] club [[Air India FC]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Air India win Durand Cup|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103124019/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-02/top-stories/33548200_1_durand-cup-dodsal-mumbai-air-india|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|accessdate=21 October 2012}}</ref>

In January 2013, it was officially announced that the club would participate in the [[2013 I-League 2nd Division]] with the goal of winning and gaining promotion to the I-League and while doing so the club also changed their name to the Mumbai Tigers Football Club so they could potentially form a connection between them and the city of Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/dodsal-are-now-mumbai-tigers/1084365/|title=Dodsal are now Mumbai Tigers|work=Indian Express|accessdate=7 March 2013}}</ref> Tigers gained direct entry to the I-League by bidding for a spot but a week before the 2013-14 season began they pulled out of the league and shut their senior team operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Mumbai-Tigers-football-club-shut-shop/articleshow/28567100.cms|title=Mumbai Tigers football club shut shop - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-02-12}}</ref>

==Stadium==
{{Main|Fr. Agnel Stadium}}
The club do not have an official stadium yet as the [[Mumbai Football League]] and the [[Durand Cup]] are played at neutral venues but the club has already set up a training ground at the [[Fr. Agnel Stadium|Fr. Angel High School sports complex]].<ref name=TrainingGround>{{cite web|last=Madaan|first=Sachin|title=Dodsal FC – Money Is Finally Getting Pumped Into Indian Football|url=http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/dodsal-fc-money-is-finally-getting-pumped-into-indian-football/|work=The Hard Tackle|accessdate=19 August 2012|date=3 August 2012}}</ref> The Sports Complex is well known for its [[artificial turf]] field.<ref name=TrainingGround/> The Sports Complex is also known for its fitness gym and swimming pool.<ref name=DodsalFounding/>
==Last registered squad==
{{updated|26 Dec 2013.}}<ref name=Squad>{{cite web
| title = Indian Football Transfers – Live Updates, July 18th
| url = http://www.thehardtackle.com/2012/indian-football-transfers-live-updates-july-18th/
| publisher= The Hard Tackle
| access-date= 19 August 2012| date = 18 July 2012
}}</ref>
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Henry Gangte]]}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Rahul Kumar (footballer)|Rahul Kumar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Senegal|pos=FW|name=Demba Diakhaté}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Rabindra Ghosh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=12|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Loukik Jadhav]]}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=India|pos=DF|name=Sunil Kumar}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=GK|name=[[Prasenjit Ghosh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Ningthoujam Samananda]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=DF|name=[[Anthony Fernandes (footballer)|Anthony Fernandes]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Royston Dsouza]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Chhangte Malsawmkima]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Pradeep Mohanraj]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Abhishek Ambedkar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=GK|name=[[Arnab Das Sharma]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=FW|name=[[Pritam Singh (footballer)|Pritam Singh]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[S Sanju Kumar]]}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=India|pos=MF|name=[[Raju Sohail Haque]]}}
{{Fs end}}
==Honours==
===Cup tournaments===
*'''[[Durand Cup]]'''
**Runners-up (1): [[2012 Durand Cup|2012]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Dodsal FC enters Durand Cup final|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/dodsal-fc-enters-durand-cup-final-130449988.html|work=Yahoo|access-date=10 July 2013}}</ref>
* '''[[Western India Football Association|Nadkarni Cup]]'''
**Champions (2): 2012, 2013<ref>{{Cite web|title=India - List of Nadkarni Cup Finals|url=http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/indianadkarnicuphist.html|access-date=1 August 2021|website=Rsssf.com}}</ref>
*'''Kalina MLA Cup'''
**Runners-up (1): 2013<ref>{{cite news|title=Air India beat Mumbai Tigers in tie-breaker to lift the 1st Kalina MLA Cup|url=http://www.afternoondc.in/sports/air-india-beat-mumbai-tigers-in-tie-breaker-to-lift-the-1st-kalina-mla-cup/article_99222|access-date=1 December 2015|work=Afternoon DC|date=24 December 2013|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208095755/http://www.afternoondc.in/sports/air-india-beat-mumbai-tigers-in-tie-breaker-to-lift-the-1st-kalina-mla-cup/article_99222|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130930232751/https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/3348906595/c1d846fc2631f3fa4c05c150bbc1ba5c.jpeg 2013 logo]

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[[Category:Mumbai Tigers FC]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 2012]]
[[Category:Football clubs in Mumbai]]
[[Category:2012 establishments in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Association football clubs disestablished in 2014]]
[[Category:2014 disestablishments in India]]

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