Mumbai FC
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".
| Full name | Mumbai Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Mumbaikars, Yellow brigade | ||
| Short name | MFC | ||
| Founded | 27 June 2007 | ||
| Dissolved | 2017 | ||
| Ground | Cooperage Ground, Mumbai, Maharashtra | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Essel Group | ||
| Chairman | Amit Goenka | ||
| League | I-League | ||
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The club gained promotion to the I-League after winning the 2008 I-League 2nd Division, and finished 7th in their maiden I-League campaign in 2008–09 season. 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. The club became defunct by 2019.