[7] The Mumbai Football Association (MFA), which is a non-profit organization, was established in 1983 and is the official district body for development, conduct and organization of football in the city of Mumbai and its suburbs.

Mumbai had always been a center of football on the western coast of India from since the British rule.

In addition to these, six members whose services would be beneficial to the association are also co-opted on the executive committee.

Mumbai has produced a number of olympians and international players of high repute, who have proudly represented our country with excellence.

They are Mario Gracious, Bandya Kakade, Derek D'Souza, Ranjit Thapa, Amar Bahadur, Yusuf Ansari, Godfrey Pereira, Khalid Jamil, Henry Menezes, Akhil Ansari, Bernard Pereira, Arthur Pereira, Santosh Kashyap, Steven Dias and Abhishek Yadav ,to name a few.