2012–13 Mumbai FC season

Indian football club season February 2019 February 2019 Mumbai 2012–13 Khalid Jamil Henry Picardo I-League 6th Federation Cup Group Stage Yusif Yakubu (6 goals) David Opara (7 goals) FFFF00 FFFF00 FFFF00 002FA7 002FA7 FF8C00 FF8C00 FF8C00 000000 000000 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 Mumbai F.C. The club played their first season in the I-League during the 2008–09 I-League season.History http://mumbaifc.com/MumbaiFC2012/History.aspx Mumbai Football Club 29 September 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121026070612/http://www.mumbaifc.com/MumbaiFC2012/History.aspx 26 October 2012 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.Player Ratings: Mohun Bagan 1–2 Mumbai FC http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/09/27/884736/player-ratings-mohun-bagan-1-2-mumbai-fc Goal.com 29 September 2012 5 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305054328/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/105/main/2008/09/27/884736/player-ratings-mohun-bagan-1-2-mumbai-fc dead 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. 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. Half-way through the season Mumbai was placed in sixth place in the table. The club, however, could not last in the I-League and finished in 7th place which currently remains their best position to date. Transfers In: Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. yes IND DF William Colaco from Dempo Ghana DF Evans Quao Free Agent IND GK Kunal Sawant from Air India IND DF Justin Stephen from Prayag United IND DF Kamaljeet Kumar from Pune IND DF James Singh from Mohun Bagan IND FW Gabriel Fernandes from Sporting Goa NGA FW David Opara from Churchill Brothers Ghana FW Yusif Yakubu from Prayag United IND GK Luis Barreto on loan from Dempo IND MF Chhangte Malsawmkima Free Agent yes IND GK Ishan Debnath to Prayag United IND FW Cavin Lobo to East Bengal IND MF Chhangte Malsawmkima to Salgaocar IND DF Keegan Pereira to Salgaocar NGA FW Gbeneme Friday to Shillong Lajong NGA FW Ebi Sukore to Shillong Lajong NGA MF Kingsley Chioma released LBR MF Eric Brown to ONGC IND DF Dhanachandra Singh to Prayag United Federation Cup 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.Choudhuri Arunava 34th Federation Cup: Complete Fixtures out! https://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/34th-federation-cup-complete-fixtures.html?m=1 Arunava Choudhuri 24 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140316122855/http://arunfoot.blogspot.com/2012/08/34th-federation-cup-complete-fixtures.html?m=1 16 March 2014 dead dmy-all 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 15:00 IST Group Stage Mumbai 1 – 2 Report Shillong Lajong Opara 45 Menyongar 43Friday 90 Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur, Orissa L 21 September 2012 15:00 IST Group Stage Pailan Arrows 2 – 2 Report Mumbai Ganeshan 45Devrani 78 Opara 12 62 Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur, Orissa D 23 September 2012 15:00 IST Group Stage Mumbai 0 – 4 Report Dempo Miranda 23Sakibo 43 79 90 JRD Tata Sports Complex Jamshedpur, Orissa L I-League 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.http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93646/pailan-arrows-vs-mumbai-fc/report Match Report: Pailan 3-2 Mumbai FC - Goal.com 2012-12-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130115063441/http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93646/pailan-arrows-vs-mumbai-fc/report 2013-01-15 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.Pune FC 3-2 Mumbai FC – Nishiguchi powers the Red Lizards to a win http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93660/pune-fc-vs-mumbai-fc/report Goal.com 28 October 2012 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.Churchill Brothers 3-1 Mumbai FC: Red Machines overpower 10-man visitors http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93671/churchill-brothers-sc-vs-mumbai-fc/report Goal.com 28 October 2012 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.Noronha Anselm Mumbai FC 0-1 Salgaocar FC: Francis Fernandes seals three away points for the Goan side http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93679/mumbai-fc-vs-salgaocar-football-club/report Goal.com 20 December 2012 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.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 http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/93686/mumbai-fc-vs-sporting-clube-de-goa/report Goal.com 20 December 2012 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.Srivastava Ayush Mumbai FC 4-1 Shillong Lajong: Mumbaikars trounce the north-eastern side http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/94689/mumbai-fc-vs-shillong-lajong-fc/report Goal.com 22 December 2012 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.Bera Kaustav Mumbai FC 1-1 Mohun Bagan: Bencherifa's side lucky to escape with a point http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/94700/mumbai-fc-vs-mohun-bagan/report Goal.com 22 December 2012 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.Srivastava Ayush Mumbai FC 1-0 ONGC - Khalid Jamil's side edge past ten-men ONGC http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96178/mumbai-fc-vs-ongc-fc/report Goal.com 22 December 2012 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.Bera Kaustav Prayag United SC 2–3 Mumbai FC: A goalkeeping howler costs Eelco three points at home http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96184/prayag-united-vs-mumbai-fc/report Goal.com 22 December 2012 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.Srivastava Ayush Air India 4-1 Mumbai FC: The Airmen take home the bragging rights in the Mumbai derby http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96192/air-india-vs-mumbai-fc/report Goal.com 22 December 2012 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.Srivastava Ayush Mumbai FC 1-0 United Sikkim – The Snow Lions slump to a defeat in Nathan Hall's first game in-charge http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96195/mumbai-fc-vs-united-sikkim-football-club/report Goal.com 22 December 2012 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.Srivastava Ayush Mumbai FC 2-1 East Bengal – Uninspiring Red and Gold handed second defeat on the trot http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96206/mumbai-fc-vs-east-bengal/report Goal.com 23 December 2012 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.Srivastava Ayush Mumbai FC 0-0 Dempo SC – Colaco's side unable to find a breakthrough against a composed Mumbai FC side http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96213/mumbai-fc-vs-dempo-sports-club/report Goal.com 30 December 2012 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.Nair Abhishek United Sikkim FC 2-2 Mumbai FC: The Snow Lions let two points slip away in injury time http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96224/united-sikkim-football-club-vs-mumbai-fc/report Goal.com 13 January 2013 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.Nakashe Mrunal East Bengal 2-0 Mumbai FC: Goals from Chidi and Ralte hand Morgan's men a vital win http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96232/east-bengal-vs-mumbai-fc/report Goal.com 19 January 2013 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.Srivastava Ayush Mumbai FC 2-1 Prayag United: The hosts weather a barrage of attacks to hold on for 3 points http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96236/mumbai-fc-vs-prayag-united/report Goal.com 19 January 2013 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.Srivastava Ayush Mumbai FC 0-0 Churchill Brothers – The Red Machines fail to break past their resilient hosts http://www.goal.com/en-india/match/96243/mumbai-fc-vs-churchill-brothers-sc/report Goal.com 28 January 2013 6 October 2012 14:30 IST Round 1 Pailan Arrows 3 – 2 Report Mumbai Narzary 34 76Singh 54 Opara 39Singh 45 Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, West Bengal L 11 October 2012 18:30 IST Round 2 Pune 3 – 2 Report Mumbai Nishiguchi 6 52Lalpekhlua 75 Quao 17Opara 25 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra 3014 Vishnu Chauhan L 27 October 2012 17:30 IST Round 3 Churchill Brothers 3 – 1 Report Mumbai Yadav (o.g.) 17Moghrabi 33Beto 69 pen Yakubu 62 Fatorda Stadium Margao, Goa L 3 November 2012 15:00 IST Round 4 Mumbai 0 – 1 Report Salgaocar Fernandes 9 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra P. Dhar L 9 November 2012 15:00 IST Round 5 Mumbai 3 – 2 Report Sporting Goa G. Fernandes 26Stephen 45+2Amiri 89 Obiora 13D. Fernandes 18 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra C.R. Srikrishna (Tamil Nadu) W 17 November 2012 15:00 IST Round 6 Mumbai 4 – 1 Report Shillong Lajong Rodrigues 18Fernandes 20Stephen 82Opara 90+2 Singh 75 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra T. Nagvenkar W 25 November 2012 19:00 IST Round 7 Mumbai Cancelled Report Mohun Bagan Yadav 62 Okolie 21 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra T. Nagvenkar P 28 November 2012 15:00 IST Round 8 Mumbai 1 – 0 Report ONGC Quao 73 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra P. Dhar W 2 December 2012 14:00 IST Round 9 Prayag United 2 – 3 Report Mumbai Martins 29Oraon 90+2 Quao 52Yadav 82Yakubu 90+4 Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata, West Bengal A. Costa W 9 December 2012 15:00 IST Round 10 Air India 4 – 1 Report Mumbai Ezeh 36Fernandes 40Shetty 72Chakraborty 90+2 Yakubu 45+1 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra A. Arjunan L 15 December 2012 19:00 IST Round 11 Mumbai 1 – 0 Report United Sikkim Opara 45+1 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra A. Meetei W 23 December 2012 19:00 IST Round 12 Mumbai 2 – 1 Report East Bengal Fernandes 64Yakubu 90+4 Edeh 90+7 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra A. Costa W 30 December 2012 15:00 IST Round 13 Mumbai 0 – 0 Report Dempo Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra D. Naik D Round 14 Bye Round P 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 15:00 IST Round 15 United Sikkim 2 – 2 Report Mumbai Bhutia 15Machado 18 Yakubu 11 90+4 Paljor Stadium Gangtok, Sikkim R. Singh D 13 January 2013 14:00 IST Round 16 East Bengal 2 – 0 Report Mumbai Chidi 11Ralte 53 Kalyani Stadium Kalyani, West Bengal Santosh Kumar L 19 January 2013 19:00 IST Round 17 Mumbai 2 – 1 Report Prayag United Fernandes 30Razaq 50 o.g. Vineeth 47 Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra A. Arjunan W 24 January 2013 15:00 IST Round 18 Mumbai 0 – 0 Report Churchill Brothers Balewadi Sports Complex Pune, Maharashtra D 3 February 2013 15:00 IST Round 19 Dempo v Mumbai Duler Stadium Mapusa, Goa Results summary 6 1 1 13 6 1 1 5 11 19 19 January 2013 I-League table December 2012 Position by round table b Round Result L/L/L/L/W/W/C/W/W/L/W/W/D/P/D/L/W///////// Position 10/11/13/14/12/9/8/8/7/7/6/5/5/5/6/6/6///////// green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 19 January 2013 Mumbai FC December 2012 Players First-team squad 23 December 2012. The Team http://mumbaifc.com/MumbaiFC2012/TeamInfo.aspx Mumbai F.C. 29 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121008075837/http://mumbaifc.com/MumbaiFC2012/TeamInfo.aspx 8 October 2012 dead dmy-all 1 India GK Sanjiban Ghosh 3 India DF William Colaco 4 India DF Peter Costa 5 India DF Justin Stephen 6 India MF Ashutosh Mehta 7 India MF Nicholas Rodrigues 8 India MF James Singh 9 India FW Abhishek Yadav 10 Ghana FW Yusif Yakubu 11 India MF Subhas Chakraborty 12 India MF Sampath Kuttimani 13 India GK Sharath Kuniyil 14 India FW Gabriel Fernandes 15 India MF Darren Caldeira 16 India GK Luis Barreto on loan from Dempo 17 India DF Kamaljeet Kumar 18 Afghanistan 2013 DF Zohib Amiri captain 19 India DF Faizal Rehman 20 India FW Jayesh Rane 23 India DF Dane Pereira 24 Ghana DF Evans Quao 28 Nigeria FW David Opara 29 India MF John Coutinho 31 India GK Kunal Sawant 36 India DF Ritesh Perambra — India MF Rohit Mirza — India MF Chhangte Malsawmkima Goalscorers PlacePositionNationalityNameI-LeagueFederation CupTotal1 FWNGA David Opara 4 3 72 FWGhana Yusif Yakubu 6 0 63 FWIND Gabriel Fernandes 4 0 44 DFGhana Evans Quao 3 0 35 DFIND Justin Stephen 2 0 2 FWIND Abhishek Yadav 2 0 27 MFIND James Singh 1 0 1 MFIND Nicholas Rodrigues 1 0 1 DFAfghanistan 2013 Zohib Amiri 1 0 1TOTALS 19 3 22 References Category:Mumbai FC seasons Mumbai