The 2025–26 season was the twelfth season in Mumbai City FC's existence, where the club will compete in the Indian Super League and Super Cup.
Players First-team squad https://www.mumbaicityfc.com/news/mumbai-city-fc-unveils-squad-for-indian-super-league-2025-26
Transfers In Transfers in Date of arrivalPositionPlayerPrevious clubTransfer feeRef8 June 2025MF Lalnuntluanga Bawitlung Sreenidi DeccanFree Transfer16 June 2025MF Zothanpuia AizawlFree Transfer17 June 2025FW Jorge Pereyra Diaz BengaluruFree Transferhttps://x.com/MumbaiCityFC/status/19349832635731275149 October 2025DF Bijay Chhetri ColónFree Transferhttps://x.com/MumbaiCityFC/status/19761435330747763639 October 2025DF Dhruv Alva Peña BalsamaisoFree Transfer9 October 2025DF Amandeep Mohun BaganFree Transfer5 February 2026DF Nuno Reis União SantarémFree Transfer5 February 2026DF Sahil Panwar Mumbai City Free transferhttps://x.com/i/status/201934315352295032210 February 2026MF Joni Kauko KuPS Free transfer
Loans in Start DateEnd DatePositionPlayerFrom clubRef
Out Transfers Out Date of departurePositionPlayerOutgoing clubTransfer FeeRef26 May 2025MF Yoell van Nieff Anorthosis FamagustaFree Transfer26 May 2025MF Jeremy Manzorro FK IMTFree Transfer27 May 2025DF Hardik Bhatt Sreenidi DeccanFree Transfer27 May 2025DF Amey Ranawade Kerala BlastersFree Transfer27 May 2025DF Prabir Das Kerala BlastersEnd of loan27 May 2025MF Hitesh Sharma OdishaEnd of loan27 May 2025FW Daniel Lalhlimpuia JamshedpurFree Transfer27 May 2025GK Vishal JoonFree Transfer28 May 2025FW Nikos Karelis PanserraikosFree Transfer28 May 2025DF Sahil Panwar Mumbai City Free Transfer29 May 2025MF Jayesh Rane JamshedpurFree Transfer29 May 2025DF Thaer Krouma Al-KaramahFree Transfer31 May 2025FW Bipin Singh East BengalFree Transfer23 August 2025DF Mehtab Singh Mohun BaganUndisclosed fee5 January 2026DF Tiri Persijap JeparaFree transfer14 January 2026MF Jon Toral Persik KediriFree transfer
Loans Out Start DateEnd DatePositionPlayerTo clubRef22 July 202531 May 2026MF Supratim DasDiamond Harbourhttps://x.com/MumbaiCityFC/status/194763546877588687730 July 202531 May 2026MF Seilenthang LotjemNamdharihttps://x.com/MumbaiCityFC/status/1950444066061373452
Personnel
Corporate Owner(s) Mumbai City Football India Pvt Ltd (65%) Sneha Parekh & Others (25%) Ranbir Kapoor (9%) Bimal Parekh (1%) Chairman Board of directors Bimal Parekh Sneha Parekh CEO Kandarp Chandra Head of Corporate Sales Jonathan Rego Team manager Rocky Kalan Marketing manager Siddharth Yadav Assistant marketing manager Dwaipayan Ghosh Sponsorship & sales Zain Zaidi Finance manager Megha Srivastava Finance controller Urvashi Champaneri
Technical Position Name Head coach Petr Kratky Assistant coach Mohan Dass Director of football Sujay Sharma Team manager Rocky Kalan Goalkeeping coach Manish Kajania Strength & conditioning coach Adrian Dias Performance analyst Narendra Vakare Trishit Ghosh Physiotherapist Suhas Kandekar Akhilesh Team doctor Simarpreet Singh Kalra Head of rehabilitation and sports medicine Sandeep Kurale Team photographer Media manager Swati Kalyadapu Kit manager Rishi Roy Logistics Manager Tanay Narvekar Head of youth and grassroots development Dinesh Nair
Competitions Indian Super League
Mumbai's first game in the 2025-26 Indian Super League was against Chennaiyin FC, where the club came out with a 1-0 victory at home. Pritam Kotal's own goal for Chennaiyin was the only goal of the match. The club also won their next match away against Kerala Blasters 1-0. Forward Jorge Pereyra Diaz missed a first-half penalty, but captain Lallianzuala Chhangte scoring the winning goal early in the second half.
The club drew their next two games, 1-1 against NorthEast United, and 2-2 against SC Delhi. Both games were at home.
League table
Super Cup
After the club confirmed their participation in the Super Cup, they were drawn in Group D alongside SC Delhi (formerly Hyderabad FC), Rajasthan United, and Kerala Blasters.
Mumbai won their first match against SC Delhi 4–1, courtesy of goals from Jorge Pereyra Diaz, Jorge Ortiz, and a brace from Vikram Partap Singh. In their next match of the competition, the club lost 1–0 to I-League team Rajasthan United after a goal from Robinson Blandón in the 43rd minute.
In the group decider, Mumbai secured a 1–0 win over Kerala Blasters courtesy of a Freddy Lallawmawma own goal in the 88th minute. This meant the club finished level on points with Kerala Blasters, but progressed to the semi-final based on head-to-head.
In the semi-finals, the club lost 2–1 to defending champions FC Goa. Group stage
Matches
Knockout stage
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