The club also signed 2015 I-league's player of the year Haitian Sony Norde. Sunil Chhetri was the top scorer for Blues as he scored 7 Goals including a hat trick against North East United FC Mumbai won only four matches and lost six matches out of 14 matches to finish in sixth position in the group table. Due to such results, Anelka resigned and announced his departure at the end of the season. After first two seasons, Mumbai City's management made big changes as they appointed Alexandre Guimarães as the head coach for the 2016–17 Indian Super League (ISL) season. The club also moved into their new home, Mumbai Football Arena. The club also signed 2010 FIFA World Cup Golden Ball winner Diego Forlán on a three-month deal, with Option to Extend for another year as a marquee. Ljungberg sat out the first season after a few brief appearances.Nicolas Anelka moved to a coaching role. This season showcased Diego Forlán. The Uruguayan changed the dynamics of a struggling team to title contenders. Forlan scored the first hat-trick of the Hero Indian Super League 2016 season as Mumbai City FC beat Kerala Blasters 5–0 at Mumbai Football Arena on 19 November 2016. It was also the first hat-trick of any marquee player in the history of the ISL. The team conceded the fewest goals (8) of all teams in the league, whilst Lucian Goian has the most number of tackles (67) in the league. This managed to fix the goal conceded stat in favour of the Mumbaikars. Alexandre's men kept 8 clean sheets in the group stage, making it a record across all the three editions of the tournament. This had been possible due to the rugged approach of the team. A compact midfield and a packed defense have kept the opposition attackers at bay. Argentine Matias Defederico had been partnering Forlan up front. The dual forward strategy had reaped benefits for the team. They have received the record for inflicting the biggest defeat when they had 5 goals past FC Pune City. As a result, Mumbai City finished the 14 rounds with 6 wins, 5 draws and 3 losses. This was a steep improvement from previous seasons. However, it went down to Atletico de Kolkata in the twin legged semi-finals. The Mumbai franchise continued to work with Alexandre Guimarães after he guided the club to their first ever playoffs in three seasons. The club opted to re-sign Amrinder Singh for 12.0 million INR.