2024–25 Mumbai Premier League
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The 2024–25 Mumbai Premier League is the 112th season of the top-tier
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league run by the Mumbai Football Association in
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, representing the fifth tier of the
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. India On Track FC are the current reigning champions.


Cup Tournaments


Harwood League

The new season kicked off with the Harwood League, Mumbai's oldest football tournament first played in 1902, now an invitational pre-season tournament featuring teams from the Premier League and the Corporate League. The tournament was won by the Indian Culture League Mumbai.


Nadkarni Cup

MYJ-GMSC won the 116-year-old
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, one of the oldest domestic tournaments in Asia. They beat Mumbai City FC Reserves and Academy in the finals by a score of 1–0.


Venue

Matches are played at the Neville D'Souza Football Turf in
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.


Teams

18 teams are participating in the 2024–25 edition of the Mumbai Premier League.


Promoted/relegated teams

Mumbai City B and India On Track gained promotion from the 2023–24 Mumbai Super League while JMJ Sports were relegated after withdrawing from the 2023-24 Mumbai Premier League halfway through the season.
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returns after finishing third in the 2023–24 Mumbai Super League. Mumbay FC launched on 18 July 2024 sporting colours and a crest suspiciously similar to the defunct
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, replaced Protrack from the previous season.
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was roped in as an unofficial
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to promote the new club.


Broadcasting

Most games from the season were telecast live on the SportsVot
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channel.


Format

The teams are divided into two groups. The top five teams from each group advance to the Championship playoff round. The bottom four teams from each group enter the Relegation playoff round. Both playoff rounds follow a straight league format. The bottom four teams in the relegation round will be demoted to the 2025-26 Mumbai Super League.


League table


Mumbai Premier League


Group A


Fixtures


Group B


Fixtures


Playoffs

The top five Group B teams were the first to confirm their places in the championship round. The championship playoff games began on 11 February 2025.


Championship Round

Current
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,
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and
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teams are ineligible for 2025-26 I-League 3.


Fixtures


Relegation Round


Top scorers


Individual Awards

Best Goalkeeper: Prathamesh Honavarkar ( India On Track FC)
Best Defender: Nishant Shetty ( India On Track FC)
Best Midfielder: Kamran Ansari ( MYJ-GMSC)
Best Striker: Zeeshan Akhtar (ICL Mumbai)


See also

* 2024–25 Maharashtra State Senior Men's Football League * 2024–25 Mumbai Super League *
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*
2024–25 I-League 3 The 2024–25 I-League 3 was the 2nd season of the I-League 3 since its establishment in 2023, as the fourth tier of the Indian football league system. The top four clubs secured spot in the 2024–25 I-League 2. The winner of the tournament was ...
*
2024–25 Indian State Leagues The 2024–25 Indian State leagues season represents the fifth tier of the Indian football league system, a series of state-level football tournaments played as qualifiers to determine teams for the 2025–26 I-League 3. Overview State le ...


References

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