2012–13 Mumbai FC season

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Mumbai
2012–13 season
ChairmanHenry Picardo
ManagerKhalid Jamil
I-League6th
Federation CupGroup Stage
Top goalscorerLeague: Yusif Yakubu (6 goals)
All: David Opara (7 goals)

The 2012–13 Mumbai F.C. season will be the club's sixth season since their formation in 2007 and their fifth season ever in the I-League which is India's top football league.

Background[edit]

See also: Mumbai F.C.

The club played their first season in the I-League during the 2008–09 I-League season.[1] The club played their first ever I-League match against historic club Mohun Bagan on 27 September 2008 in which Abel Hammond scored the first ever I-League goal for Mumbai FC as Mumbai went on to win 2–1 at the Barasat Stadium.[2] Mumbai then completed a double against the two giant Kolkata clubs after they defeated East Bengal F.C. at the Salt Lake Stadium 1–0 with Felix Aboagye scoring the only goal.[1] Mumbai then played their first ever home match in their history at the Cooperage Ground on 11 October 2008 with Kalia Kulothungan scoring the only goal in the match.[1] Half-way through the season Mumbai was placed in sixth place in the table.[1] The club, however, could not last in the I-League and finished in 7th place which currently remains their best position to date.[1]

Transfers[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Federation Cup[edit]

Main article: 2012 Indian Federation Cup

Mumbai entered the 2012 Indian Federation Cup automatically as they were already in the I-League. They were placed in Group A along with defending I-League champions Dempo, Pailan Arrows, and Shillong Lajong and their matches were played in Jamshedpur.[3] The tournament did not end well for Mumbai as they lost two of their matches and drew one, finishing with 1 point, 3 goals scored and 7 conceded.

19 September 2012 Group Stage Mumbai 1 – 2 Shillong Lajong Jamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Opara Goal 45' Report Menyongar Goal 43'
Friday Goal 90'		 Stadium: Keenan Stadium
21 September 2012 Group Stage Pailan Arrows 2 – 2 Mumbai Jamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Ganeshan Goal 45'
Devrani Goal 78'		 Report Opara Goal 12', 62' Stadium: Keenan Stadium
23 September 2012 Group Stage Mumbai 0 – 4 Dempo Jamshedpur, Orissa
15:00 IST Report Miranda Goal 23'
Sakibo Goal 43', 79', 90'		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex

I-League[edit]

Main article: 2012–13 I-League

Mumbai began their first I-League game of 2012–13 away from home on 6 October 2012 against Pailan Arrows in which the team lost 3–2.[4] The next match was not any better as Mumbai lost 3–2 to Pune at the Balewadi Sports Complex in Pune on 11 October 2012.[5] After the defeat Mumbai had a two-week break before their next match on 27 October 2012 against Churchill Brothers at the Fatorda Stadium in Margao, Goa but when the match came Mumbai failed to secure yet another point as they lost their third game on the trot by a score of 3–1 with Ghanaian Yusif Yakubu scoring his first goal for Mumbai.[6]

Mumbai started November with yet another lost as they stumbled to former champions Salgaocar at the Balewadi Sports Complex 1–0 after a 9th-minute goal for Francis Fernandes.[7] This was Mumbai's fourth loss in a row and thus meant that after the first four matches of season, Mumbai had managed to win 0 points. However Mumbai finally won their first match of the season in their fifth attempt as they came back from 2–0 down to win 3–2 on 9 November 2012 at the Balewadi Sports Complex with Gabriel Fernandes, Justin Stephen, and Afghani international Zohib Islam Amiri scoring the goals for Mumbai.[8] Mumbai then won their second game in a row on 17 November 2012 against Sporting Clube de Goa at the Balewadi Sports Complex Nicholas Rodrigues, Gabriel Fernandes, Justin Stephen, and David Opara providing the goals for Mumbai.[9] Mumbai then drew their first match of the season in a surprising 1–1 draw on 25 November 2012 with Mohun Bagan at the Balewadi Sports Complex after former Indian international Abhishek Yadav scored the equalizer for Mumbai in the 62nd minute after three-time I-League top scorer Odafe Onyeka Okolie gave Bagan the lead in the 21st minute.[10] The club then ended the month of November with their third win in four games on 28 November 2012 against ONGC F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex (this was Mumbai's 5th home game in a row) after Ghanaian Evans Quao gave Mumbai the winner in the 73rd minute.[11]

The club then began the month of December with a major upset over new rich-boys Prayag United S.C. at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata after Evans Quao scored a 52nd-minute equalizer for Mumbai after Ranti Martins gave Prayag the lead in the 29th minute; Mumbai then scored two more goals with Abhishek Yadav and Yusif Yakubu being the scorers in the 82nd and 94th minute to award Mumbai a special 3–2 victory.[12] The club then went from major upsetters to the team that was getting the upset against them after the club lost 4–1 to relegation fighters Air India FC at the Balewadi Sports Complex.[13] This was Mumbai's first loss in 6 games. The club then regrouped and went back onto the winning track after they defeated newly promoted side United Sikkim at the Balewadi Sports Complex on 15 December 2012 with David Opara being the only goalscorer for Mumbai in the 45th minute as the club won 1–0.[14] The club then came up as the surprise winners again after they defeated Kolkata giants East Bengal F.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex 2–1 thanks to goals from Gabriel Fernandes and Yusif Yakubu in the 64th and 94th minutes respectively; this result pushed Mumbai into fifth place, ahead of Prayag United, eight rounds after they found themselves in last place in the I-League and staring relegation in the face.[15] Mumbai then ended the month of December and 2012 with a draw against the reigning champions of the I-League, Dempo S.C. at the Balewadi Sports Complex on 30 December 2012.[16]

Then to begin the month of January and the year 2013 Mumbai took on United Sikkim at the Paljor Stadium on 9 January 2013 in Round 15 after their Round 14 clash with Mohun Bagan was canceled due to Bagan being expelled from the league. Mumbai drew the match late on by a score of 2–2 after Yusif Yakubu scored the equalizer for the club four minutes into second half stoppage time but not before he gave Mumbai the lead in the 11th minute before United Sikkim scored two goals in the 15th and 18th minutes of the match.[17] The club then succumbed to their first loss of the season on 13 January 2013 when the club lost to East Bengal at the Kalyani Stadium in West Bengal by a score of 2–0 with Edeh and Lalrindika Ralte scoring the goals for East Bengal.[18] However Mumbai did not let that loss get to them as they went back to winning ways on 19 January 2013 against Prayag United at the Balewadi Sports Complex when the club beaten them by a score of 2–1 with Gabriel Fernandes scoring the goal for Mumbai in the 30th minute before C.K. Vineeth equalized for Prayag in the 47th minute but Mumbai then won the match three minutes later in the 50th minute when Bello Razaq scored an own-goal and thus award the victory to Mumbai.[19] The club then played their final match of January 2013 on 24 January 2013 against Churchill Brothers in which the club drew the match 0–0.[20]

6 October 2012 Round 1 Pailan Arrows 3 – 2 Mumbai Kolkata, West Bengal
14:30 IST Narzary Goal 34', 76'
Singh Goal 54'		 Report Opara Goal 39'
Singh Goal 45'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
11 October 2012 Round 2 Pune 3 – 2 Mumbai Pune, Maharashtra
18:30 IST Nishiguchi Goal 6', 52'
Lalpekhlua Goal 75'		 Report Quao Goal 17'
Opara Goal 25'		 Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Attendance: 3014
Referee: Vishnu Chauhan
27 October 2012 Round 3 Churchill Brothers 3 – 1 Mumbai Margao, Goa
17:30 IST Yadav (o.g.) Goal 17'
Moghrabi Goal 33'
Beto Goal 69' (pen)		 Report Yakubu Goal 62' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
3 November 2012 Round 4 Mumbai 0 – 1 Salgaocar Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Report Fernandes Goal 9' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: P. Dhar
9 November 2012 Round 5 Mumbai 3 – 2 Sporting Goa Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST G. Fernandes Goal 26'
Stephen Goal 45+2'
Amiri Goal 89'		 Report Obiora Goal 13'
D. Fernandes Goal 18'		 Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: C.R. Srikrishna (Tamil Nadu)
17 November 2012 Round 6 Mumbai 4 – 1 Shillong Lajong Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Rodrigues Goal 18'
Fernandes Goal 20'
Stephen Goal 82'
Opara Goal 90+2'		 Report Singh Goal 75' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: T. Nagvenkar
25 November 2012 Round 7 Mumbai Cancelled Mohun Bagan Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Yadav Goal 62' Report Okolie Goal 21' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: T. Nagvenkar
28 November 2012 Round 8 Mumbai 1 – 0 ONGC Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Quao Goal 73' Report Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: P. Dhar
2 December 2012 Round 9 Prayag United 2 – 3 Mumbai Kolkata, West Bengal
14:00 IST Martins Goal 29'
Oraon Goal 90+2'		 Report Quao Goal 52'
Yadav Goal 82'
Yakubu Goal 90+4'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Referee: A. Costa
9 December 2012 Round 10 Air India 4 – 1 Mumbai Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Ezeh Goal 36'
Fernandes Goal 40'
Shetty Goal 72'
Chakraborty Goal 90+2'		 Report Yakubu Goal 45+1' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: A. Arjunan
15 December 2012 Round 11 Mumbai 1 – 0 United Sikkim Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Opara Goal 45+1' Report Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: A. Meetei
23 December 2012 Round 12 Mumbai 2 – 1 East Bengal Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Fernandes Goal 64'
Yakubu Goal 90+4'		 Report Edeh Goal 90+7' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: A. Costa
30 December 2012 Round 13 Mumbai 0 – 0 Dempo Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Report Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: D. Naik
Round 14 Bye Round
Note: Mumbai were supposed to play against Mohun Bagan but the match was cancelled as Mohun Bagan were expelled from the 2012–13 I-League.
9 January 2013 Round 15 United Sikkim 2 – 2 Mumbai Gangtok, Sikkim
15:00 IST Bhutia Goal 15'
Machado Goal 18'		 Report Yakubu Goal 11', 90+4' Stadium: Paljor Stadium
Referee: R. Singh
13 January 2013 Round 16 East Bengal 2 – 0 Mumbai Kalyani, West Bengal
14:00 IST Chidi Goal 11'
Ralte Goal 53'		 Report Stadium: Kalyani Stadium
Referee: Santosh Kumar
19 January 2013 Round 17 Mumbai 2 – 1 Prayag United Pune, Maharashtra
19:00 IST Fernandes Goal 30'
Razaq Goal 50' (o.g.)		 Report Vineeth Goal 47' Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
Referee: A. Arjunan
24 January 2013 Round 18 Mumbai 0 – 0 Churchill Brothers Pune, Maharashtra
15:00 IST Report Stadium: Balewadi Sports Complex
3 February 2013 Round 19 Dempo v Mumbai Mapusa, Goa
15:00 IST Stadium: Duler Stadium

Results summary[edit]

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 7 2 6 24 25 Template:Fb gd 23 6 1 1 13 6 Template:Fb gd 1 1 5 11 19 Template:Fb gd

Last updated: 19 January 2013.
Source: I-League table

Position by round[edit]

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Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 23 December 2012.[21]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Sanjiban Ghosh
3 DF India IND William Colaco
4 DF India IND Peter Costa
5 DF India IND Justin Stephen
6 MF India IND Ashutosh Mehta
7 MF India IND Nicholas Rodrigues
8 MF India IND James Singh
9 FW India IND Abhishek Yadav
10 FW Ghana GHA Yusif Yakubu
11 MF India IND Subhas Chakraborty
12 MF India IND Sampath Kuttimani
13 GK India IND Sharath Kuniyil
14 FW India IND Gabriel Fernandes
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF India IND Darren Caldeira
16 GK India IND Luis Barreto (on loan from Dempo)
17 DF India IND Kamaljeet Kumar
18 DF Afghanistan AFG Zohib Amiri (captain)
19 DF India IND Faizal Rehman
20 FW India IND Jayesh Rane
23 DF India IND Dane Pereira
24 DF Ghana GHA Evans Quao
28 FW Nigeria NGA David Opara
29 MF India IND John Coutinho
31 GK India IND Kunal Sawant
36 DF India IND Ritesh Perambra
— MF India IND Rohit Mirza
— MF India IND Chhangte Malsawmkima

Goalscorers[edit]

Place Position Nationality Name I-League Federation Cup Total
1 FW Nigeria David Opara 4 3 7
2 FW Ghana Yusif Yakubu 6 0 6
3 FW India Gabriel Fernandes 4 0 4
4 DF Ghana Evans Quao 3 0 3
5 DF India Justin Stephen 2 0 2
FW India Abhishek Yadav 2 0 2
7 MF India James Singh 1 0 1
MF India Nicholas Rodrigues 1 0 1
DF Afghanistan Zohib Amiri 1 0 1
TOTALS 19 3 22

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "History". Mumbai Football Club. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "Player Ratings: Mohun Bagan 1–2 Mumbai FC". Goal.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  3. ↑ Choudhuri, Arunava. "34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out!". Arunava Choudhuri. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Pune FC 3-2 Mumbai FC – Nishiguchi powers the Red Lizards to a win". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "Churchill Brothers 3-1 Mumbai FC: Red Machines overpower 10-man visitors". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  7. ↑ Noronha, Anselm. "Mumbai FC 0-1 Salgaocar FC: Francis Fernandes seals three away points for the Goan side". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  8. ↑ Ayush Srivastava, Ayush Srivastava. "Mumbai FC 3-2 Sporting Clube de Goa – Khalid Jamil's side come from two goals back to bag all three points". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
  9. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Mumbai FC 4-1 Shillong Lajong: Mumbaikars trounce the north-eastern side". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  10. ↑ Bera, Kaustav. "Mumbai FC 1-1 Mohun Bagan: Bencherifa's side lucky to escape with a point". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Mumbai FC 1-0 ONGC - Khalid Jamil's side edge past ten-men ONGC". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  12. ↑ Bera, Kaustav. "Prayag United SC 2–3 Mumbai FC: A goalkeeping howler costs Eelco three points at home". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  13. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Air India 4-1 Mumbai FC: The Airmen take home the bragging rights in the Mumbai derby". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  14. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Mumbai FC 1-0 United Sikkim – The Snow Lions slump to a defeat in Nathan Hall's first game in-charge". Goal.com. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  15. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Mumbai FC 2-1 East Bengal – Uninspiring Red and Gold handed second defeat on the trot". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
  16. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Mumbai FC 0-0 Dempo SC – Colaco's side unable to find a breakthrough against a composed Mumbai FC side". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  17. ↑ Nair, Abhishek. "United Sikkim FC 2-2 Mumbai FC: The Snow Lions let two points slip away in injury time". Goal.com. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  18. ↑ Nakashe, Mrunal. "East Bengal 2-0 Mumbai FC: Goals from Chidi and Ralte hand Morgan's men a vital win". Goal.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  19. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Mumbai FC 2-1 Prayag United: The hosts weather a barrage of attacks to hold on for 3 points". Goal.com. Retrieved 19 January 2013.
  20. ↑ Srivastava, Ayush. "Mumbai FC 0-0 Churchill Brothers – The Red Machines fail to break past their resilient hosts". Goal.com. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  21. ↑ "The Team". Mumbai F.C. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

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