Mumbai Football Club was an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The club predominantly competed in I-League, then top flight of Indian football league system. Mumbai also participated in MDFA Elite League. The club was founded in 2007, 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. They were nicknamed both "Mumbaikars", and "Yellow brigade".
Noel Wilson in action with Mumbai FC against HAL SC in an I-League encounter
Abhishek Yadav of Mumbai FC and Samir Naik of Dempo SC during a 2008–09 I-League match at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa
Khalid Jamil was Mumbai FC's first Indian manager as well as longest serving coach
Mumbai FC player Collin Abranches in press meet in 2015
The I-League is the men's second-tier of the Indian football league system. Currently contested by 12 clubs, It operates as a system of promotion and relegation with the Indian Super League (ISL) and the I-League 2.
Former Dempo manager Armando Colaco was the longest serving and most successful manager in the history of the I League.
Image: Tilak Maidan Stadium