2022–23 Mumbai City FC season

Mumbai City FC

2022–23 season
Owners	City Football Group (65%) Ranbir Kapoor (18%) Bimal Parekh (17%)
President	Khaldoon Al Mubarak
Head Coach	Des Buckingham
Home Ground	Mumbai Football Arena
Indian Super League	3rd
Durand Cup	Runner-ups
Top goalscorer	League: 4 Players (1) All: Lallianzuala Chhangte (8)
Highest home attendance	4,128 (vs Odisha, 15 October 2022)
Lowest home attendance	3,733 (vs Jamshedpur, 22 October 2020)
Average home league attendance	3,931
Home colours Away colours
All statistics correct as of 23 October 2022.

The 2022–23 season is the ninth year of competitive football played by Mumbai City FC and the team's ninth in the Indian Super League. Mumbai City FC started their campaign undefeated, with two draws and a 2-0 home win against Odisha FC.

Mumbai City had a near-exemplary Durand Cup in their maiden campaign and became runner-ups. With two big wins, despite a draw and a defeat, they managed to qualify for the top spot in Group and then They earn hard-fought victories in the quarter-final and semi-final against Chennaiyin FC and Mohammedan SC respectively to secure their first-ever spot in a Durand Cup final. They lost against Bengaluru FC in the final.

Lallianzuala Chhangte is the club's top scorer with eight goals in all competitions, followed by Greg Stewart who has seven goals to his name. So far from 2 home league matches, the club attracted an average attendance at Mumbai Football Arena of only 3,931, an 71% decrease from 2019–20 season . It's the lowest among all teams in the season. The highest attendance recorded was 4,128 for their first home match against Odisha.

Review and events

Preseason and Durand Cup

After an impressive AFC Champions League campaign, Mumbai City FC strengthened their squad with the right number of signings but also by retentions from last year. They made only six changes to their Durand Cup squad from the AFC Champions League squad. The Islanders made their Durand Cup debut in Group B. They had a near exemplary group stage, as they won 5-1 and 4-1 against Rajasthan United FC and the Indian Navy respectively.

Player Details

As of 14 August 2022

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 IND Phurba Lachenpa 2 DF IND Rahul Bheke 4 DF IND Amey Ranawade 5 DF IND Mehtab Singh 6 FW IND Vikram Partap Singh Sandhu 7 MF IND Lallianzuala Chhangte 8 MF ESP Alberto Noguera 9 FW IND Gurkirat Singh 10 MF MAR Ahmed Jahouh 13 GK IND Mohammad Nawaz 14 MF IND Rowllin Borges (vice-captain) 15 DF IND Sanjeev Stalin 16 MF IND Vinit Rai (on loan from Odisha)

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF IND Mandar Rao Desai 18 DF AUS Rostyn Griffiths 22 GK IND Bhaskar Roy 23 DF IND Vignesh Dakshinamurthy 24 FW SCO Greg Stewart 25 DF SEN Mourtada Fall (captain) 28 FW IND Ayush Chhikara 29 FW IND Bipin Singh 30 FW ARG Jorge Pereyra Díaz 33 DF IND Gursimrat Singh Gill 36 MF IND Asif Khan 45 MF IND Lalengmawia