Mumbai Football Club is an Indian professional football club, based in Mumbai, that plays in the I-League. The club was established in 2007, and has many firsts to its credit and promises made have been duly fulfilled. The club plays the "Mumbai Derby" against local rivals Air India FC and also the "Maha Derby" which is against state rivals Pune FC.

Essel Group envisioned the formation of a professional football club around the time when Zee Sports had bought the rights for broadcasting the I-League for a period of ten years from the All India Football Federation (AIFF). With Mr. Amit Goenka spearheading the project and with Mr. Sanjay Das given the Director’s role, they sought to develop a football club that the people of Mumbai can truly be a part of. Thus came about Mumbai Football Club’s formation on June 28, 2007, with the ideal of being a community based football club which focuses on the City’s youth and infrastructure development in a scientific and professional manner. The next step was to rope in Mukul Choudhari as the Business Development and Marketing Head and the experienced Henry Menezes was on board as the General Manager of the team. Mr. Menezes identified David Booth as the coach to take the reins of Mumbai FC’s senior team and acquiring his services confirmed the Club’s first steps in the right direction.

Mumbai /mʊmˈbaɪ/, also known as Bombay /bɒmˈbeɪ/, 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. Along with the neighbouring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia.

The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese and subsequently to the British East India Company. During the mid-18th century, Mumbai was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project, which undertook the reclamation of the area between the seven constituent islands from the sea. Completed by 1845, the project along with construction of major roads and railways transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea. Economic and educational development characterised the city during the 19th century. It became a strong base for the Indian independence movement during the early 20th century. When India became independent in 1947, the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as capital. The city was renamed Mumbai in 1996.

Lalrindika Ralte (born 1992) is an Indian football player who currently plays for Churchill Brothers in the I-League. He has also represented India U-19 and India U-23.

Lalrindika generally plays as a winger position, though he can also play as an Attacking Midfielder. He scored the first goal in AIFF XI's existence against Chirag United

For the 2010-11 I-League season Lalrindika played for Indian Arrows, which is a club that will groom players for the 2018 World Cup.

After his one year stint with Indian Arrows Ralte moved on and signed with Churchill Brothers. He played his first match for Churchill on October 22, 2011 in a 1-0 win over East Bengal. He then scored his first goal for the club in his second match in the 1-1 draw against Prayag United. He then scored his second goal for Churchill Brothers against Shillong Lajong on December 17, 2011.

On February 23, 2011 Lalrindika played his first game for the Indian U-23 against Myanmar and had an assist with a clever free kick off which a goal was scored by Jeje Lalpekhlua. He then earned his first senior cap for India against Maldives on July 10, 2011. On July 28, 2011 he again assisted Jeje to score India's first goal against United Arab Emirates after coming in as substitute which ended in 2-2 draw. He was then called up to the India squad for the 2011 SAFF Championship which India won. Ralte played four matches, all coming off the bench, during the tournament.