Bengal-Mumbai FC
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Bengal Mumbai Football Club (BMFC), founded in 1998, is an Indian professional football club based in Mumbai
Mumbai
Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Maharashtra
Maharashtra
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. It is the second professionally founded football club in India and the first in Mumbai. The brainchild of Krishnendu Sen (media agency owner), Ajit Karmarkar (shipping magnate) and Shankar Maitra (businessman), among others, it had inducted Iranian Jamshed Nassiri as their coach.

Bengal Mumbai FC holds the distinguishing record of winning two major league tournaments during the same year of its inception, i.e. Mumbai Super Division (1998) and Rovers Cup (1998).

Indian Football "Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
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" star Chima Okorie
Chima Okorie
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, who played for various clubs in England
England
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, Norway
Norway
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 and Denmark
Denmark
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, played for BMFC during the 2001 - 2002 season and also coached the team in 2006.

Current Roster

Team Management

Team Management Table
Name Position
  Krishnendu Sen Chairman
  Wali Mohammed Director
  Romeer Sen Director
  Roman Sen Director
  Carlos Roberto Pereira da Silva
Carlos Roberto Pereira Da Silva
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Chief Coach
  Aqueel Ansari Assistant Coach
  Sabir Ahmed Vice President - Football Team
  Dr. Dharmendra Doctor
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