Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy
Full nameMumbai City Football Club Reserves and Academy
Nickname(s)The Islanders
GroundMumbai Football Arena
Capacity6,600
Owner(s)
Head coachMohan Dass
LeagueReliance Foundation Development League
Mumbai Football League
WebsiteClub website

Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy is the reserve side and youth setup of Mumbai City. As of the 2023–24 season, the reserve team competes in the Reliance Foundation Development League and the Mumbai Football League.[1][2]

History

After several seasons of gradual expansion, the I-League announced that its 2nd Division would incorporate the reserve sides of seven of the ten ISL sides for the 2017–18 season, with no right of promotion for the ISL reserve sides. Mumbai City FC elected not take up the opportunity and were one of the three sides not represented.[3] Two years later, Mumbai City were announced to be entering a team in the 2019–20 competition.[4] In 2022, AIFF and FSDL the governing body of Indian Super League announced that they are introducing a new development league to develop country's young players and it was said that the reserve side of each Indian Super League club will participate in this newly introduced reserve league. [5] From 2021–22 season, the reserve side of Mumbai City participates in this league.[6]

Reserves

As of 15 April 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 India IND Manav Baraskar
2 DF India IND Sheldon D'souza
3 DF India IND Advait Rai
4 DF India IND Mohammed Kaif Khan
5 MF India IND Kevin D'Souza
6 DF India IND Pratham Ghatnur
7 FW India IND Sarvesh Bangar
8 MF India IND Nakul Shelke
9 MF India IND Keegan Pinto
10 MF India IND Shreyas Vatekar
11 MF India IND Vincent Rayan
12 FW India IND Bhuvnesh Shendre
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 DF India IND Gautam Virwani
14 DF India IND Yash Vanveru
15 DF India IND Twain Fernandez
16 FW India IND Aryan Vinod
17 MF India IND Pranav Pillai
18 MF India IND Nolen Pinto
19 FW India IND Aman CK
20 FW India IND Aman Sayyed
21 MF India IND Kuivao Ruivah
25 DF India IND Umer Muhthar KP
30 GK India IND Nishit Shetty
31 GK India IND Vishal Lama

Other players under contract

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
29 FW India IND Gaurav Swaminathan
32 MF India IND Karsten Joshua D'Souza
33 FW India IND Ashley Alban Koli
No. Pos. Nation Player
34 FW India IND Aashish Lalge
35 DF India IND Nascimanto Alfanso Santiago

Under-19s

As of 28 August 2023[2]

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 India IND Kamran Shaikh
2 DF India IND Tanush Pandey
3 DF India IND Arsh Bagwan
4 DF India IND Mohammed Kaif Ansari
5 DF India IND Nikhil Shinde
6 MF India IND Eashan Sartape
7 FW India IND Omkar Talkar
8 DF India IND Steiner D'Souza
10 MF India IND Aadil Sheikh
11 FW India IND Kunal Raghav
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 FW India IND Harsh Patil
14 FW India IND Mohammed Jaffer Mansoori
15 DF India IND Parvez Shah
16 MF India IND Reagan Pereira
17 FW India IND Divyang Sheram
18 MF India IND Kshitij Maral
19 FW India IND Sayyam Desai
21 DF India IND Atharva Aher
23 GK India IND Shaury Sharma
24 GK India IND Harsh Kadam

Honours

Domestic

See also

References

  1. ^ "Seven Hero ISL clubs to join RFYC in inaugural Reliance Foundation Development League from April 15". www.indiansuperleague.com. 7 April 2022. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b @MumbaiCityFC (28 August 2023). "मंडळी! Presenting #TheIslanders' U19 squad for the MFA Super League 2023-24" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "Eighteen Teams Will Contest In Second Division League 2017-18". I-League. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 27 May 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  4. ^ "I-League 2019-2020 to begin on November 30". The Hindu. 25 October 2019. Archived from the original on 28 October 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Reliance Foundation Development League to be held in Goa from April 15". www.thehindu.com. 8 April 2022. Archived from the original on 9 April 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Seven ISL clubs to take part in inaugural Reliance Foundation Development League". www.theprint.in. 7 April 2022. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  7. ^ @MumbaiCityFC (15 August 2022). "🏆 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦! 🏆 | #TheIslanders' U18s dispatch Oranje FC – Renaissance in the final to bring home the MFA Independence Cup 2022! 💥" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022 – via Twitter.
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