ISL 2019-20: New-look Mumbai City FC sport fresh faces this season

As commencement of 2019-20 season of Indian Super League (ISL) is upon us, re is one team that will be desperate to do one better on ir previous season. After agonizingly missing out on a spot in final last season, Mumbai City FC will be hoping to hit ground running this time around. Since its establishment, ISL has seen five seasons. Mumbai City FC, however, have failed to secure a league title in each of ir five seasons. 

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Islanders have reached last four of ISL on two separate occasions. After a disappointing first season where club finished seventh in league under guidance of former England international Peter Reid, Mumbai City FC decided to take a whole new approach to ir second ISL season. Out went Peter Reid and in came former Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka. Islanders also signed India's record goalscorer Sunil Chettri, along with dynamic Haitian Sony rde. signing of I-League's 2015 Player of Year, Sony rde, was meant to be push that Islanders needed in order to compete for top four spot. Anelka and co. mand to win just four of ir fixtures in season to end up sixth; a marginal improvement over last season.    

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After ar change in manrial hands, and n ar, Mumbai City FC are once again sporting a fresh look for 2019-20 season. This time around, Mumbai City FC will be hoping that new signing Rowllin Borges hits ground running for Islanders. After spending three seasons with rast United FC, midfielder decided to ply his trade in Maximum City and Jorge Costa and Co. hope to turn ir fortunes around with help of former rast United midfielder. acquisition of Indian mainstay, Borges, will boost Jorge Costa's options, as he looks to improve on Mumbai City FC's last season. heavy defeat to FC Goa in first leg of semi-final will have left some scars on Islanders, but after a host of signings, Jorge Costa's men will be well primed to improve on ir last season's showing.         

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Hero ISL: Mumbai City FC Squad

Goalkeepers - Amrinder Singh, Kunal Sawant, Ravi Kumar

Defenders - Anwar Ali, Valpuia, Mato Grgic, Pratik Chaudhari, Sarthak Golui, Sauvik Chakrabarti, Subhasish Bose 

Midfielders - Bidyananda Singh, Bipin Singh, Diego Carlos, Mohamed Larbi, Mohammed Rafique, Paulo Machado, Pranjal Bhumij, Raynier Fernandes, Rowllin Borges, Serge Kevyn, Sourav Das, Surchandra Singh, Vignesh Dakshinamurthy

Forwards - Amine Chermiti, Modou Sougou

Hero ISL: Players to watch out for

Raynier Fernandes, Rowllin Borges, Subhashish Bose, Modou Sougou

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