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Mumbai City FC may have been eliminated in the group stage of the AFC Champions League, but the Islanders will come back home with their dignity intact. MCFC gave their best foot forward in Asia's premier club league to achieve something no other Indian football team has ever done.

On Monday, Mumbai City FC drew 0-0 with UAE's Al Jazira FC in an AFC Champions League 2022 group stage encounter at the King Fahd International Stadium. Mumbai is level on four points with Al Jazira and Iraq's Air Force Club, one point behind Saudi Arabia's Al Shabab football club.

Kerala Blasters FC moved to within a point of the semi-final qualification with a convincing 3-1 win over Mumbai City FC in the ISL match at the Tilak Maidan Stadium in Vasco, Goa. The win lifts them into top four two points ahead of Mumbai City FC with just one game to play in the league phase.

In the AFC Champions League 2022, reigning ISL champions Mumbai City FC have been drawn in Group B with Air Force Club of Iraq, Al Shabab, and Al Jazira of the UAE. Mumbai City FC will be making their first debut in the AFC Champions League, and had qualified after winning ISL 2020-21.