Bengal Mumbai FC

Bengal Mumbai
Full nameBengal Mumbai Football Club
Short nameBMFC
Founded1 January 1998; 26 years ago (1998-01-01)
Dissolved2011; 13 years ago (2011)
GroundB.P.T. Ground
(Sewri, Mumbai)
Capacity5,000
ChairmanKrishnendu Sen
ManagerWali Mohammed
LeagueNFL 2nd Division,
MDFA-Mumbai Elite League

Bengal Mumbai Football Club, known by its abbreviation BMFC, was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[1][2] Founded in 1998, they have competed in the National Football League II, alongside the MDFA Elite League.[3][4]

Bengal Mumbai is the second professionally founded football club in India and the first in Mumbai. The team was dissolved in 2011.[5]

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