Mumbai FC

Not to be confused with Mumbai City FC.

Mumbai
Full nameMumbai Football Club
Nickname(s)Mumbaikars, Yellow Brigade
Short nameMFC
Founded27 June 2007; 17 years ago (2007-06-27)
Dissolved2017; 7 years ago (2017)
GroundCooperage Ground, Mumbai, Maharashtra
Capacity5,000
OwnerEssel Group
ChairmanAmit Goenka
LeagueI-League
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Mumbai Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra.[1][2] The club predominantly competed in I-League,[3][4][5][6] then top flight of Indian football league system. Mumbai also participated in MDFA Elite League.[7][8] The club was founded in 2007,[9][10] with the objective of providing a platform for the young aspiring footballers from the city to showcase their talent and to try to make it to the big stage.[11] They were nicknamed both "Mumbaikars",[12] and "Yellow brigade".[13]

The club gained promotion to the I-League after winning the 2008 I-League 2nd Division,[14][15] and finished 7th in their maiden I-League campaign in 2008–09 season.[16] Mumbai FC has a local rivalry with another Mumbai-based club Air India and state rivalry with Pune dubbed as the 'Maha' derby as both clubs play in the state of Maharashtra.[17] The club became defunct by 2019.[18][19]

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