Chennaiyin FC is a football club representing Chennai, Tamil Nadu in the Indian super league. The club was established in August 2014. The club played they officially match on 15 October 2014. The club’s primary color is blue ever since its inception and its logo is the dhristi bommai, a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture. Chennaiyin Squad was well popularized among teenagers as it consist of many national team players which is nowadays an inspiration for this generation.
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai is the home stadium of Chennaiyin FC. vita Dani, Ms. Dhoni, Abhishek Bachan is the owner of two-time Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin Football Club. Head manager and coach of Chennaiyin FC Bozidar Bandovic. Chennaiyan FC has won the Indian super league 2 times in seasons 2015 and 2017.
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Chennaiyin FC Squad for 2021-22
Goalkeepers: Debjit Majumder, Devansh Dabas, Samik Mitra, Vishal Kaith
Defenders: Reagan Singh, Salam Ranjan Singh, Edwin Vanspaul, Jerry Lalrinzuala, Naryan Das, Slavko Damjanovic, Deepak Devrani, Davinder Singh, Balaji Ganesan
Midfielders: Ninthoingan Meetei, Lallianzuala Chhangte, Rafael Crivellaro, Anirudh Thapa, Ariel Borysiuk, Germanpreet Singh, Aman Chhetri, Melroy Assisi, Subhadip Majhi
Forwards: Johnson Matthews, Rahim Ali, Mirlan Murzaev, Jobby Justin, Suhail Pasha, Vladimir Koman, Lukasz Gikiewics
Coaching staff
Head coach- Božidar Bandović
Assistant Coach- Bojan Ofenbeher
Assistant Coach-Syed Sabir Pasha
Goalkeeping Coach – Milorad Nikolic
Management staff
Team manager – Arihant Jain
Reserve and academy coach – Santosh Kashyap
Head of Football Operations -Pratham Basu
Medical Staff
Team Doctor-Dr. Ashay Jadhav
Head Physio-Rajiv Kumar Singh
Senior Masseur- Nitin Patel
Junior Masseur- Raju Salave
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Chennaiyin FC preseason preparation
Eight weeks were enough to make the players run and still keep them fresh was been said by the head coach of ChennaiyinFC. Coach also stated that they will play about 7-8 matches with other teams after basic training. Chennaiyin FC is a club mixture of youth and experience and also some domestic players who play for the national team.
The preseason training was started on 26 September, About eight weeks of training and matches were scheduled for Chennai in players. Their first friendly fixture kicked off on 21st October against Bengaluru FC where chennayiyin FC won by 3-2. last match of Preseason camp which is against FC goa on 12 of November.
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Chennaiyin FC first 3 matches in Indian super league
HYDERABAD FC V/S CHENNAIYIN-FC
TUE,23 NOV 7.30 PM
NORTHEAST UNITED V/S CHENNAIYIN -FC
MON,29 NOV 7.30 PM
CHENNAIYIN FC V/S EAST BENGAL
FRI,3 DEC 7.30 PM
Chennaiyin FC performance in Indian super league 2018-2021
2020-2021
Chennaiyin FC finished in 8th place in the previous season with 20 played matches 3 wins 11 draws 6 loss total point 20. chennayin FC finished in 8th place after finishing the previous season at 4th place it was a great downside in chennaiyin FC performance. the head coach Csaba Laszlo even kept a preseason camp.
2019-2020
Chennaiyin FC finished in 4th place in the previous season with 18 played matches 8 wins 5 draws 5 loss total point 29. It was the sixth season for Chennaiyin FC after winning the Indian super league 2 times in the years 2015 and 2017. The team had a great amount of support but still managed to secure 4th rank in the Indian super league.
2018-2019
Chennaiyin FC finished in 10th place in the previous season with 18 played matches 2 wins 3 draws 13 loss total point 9. After winning the previous season of the Indian super league with a lot of pressure from defending champions Chennaiyin FC they secured 10th place in the Indian super league 2018-2019. It was the fifth season for the team, team dis pointed their fans and made a promise to come back in the next season.
What are the fixtures of Chennaiyin – FC?
Date | Fixture | Time | Venue |
November 23 | Hyderabad FC vs Chennaiyin -FC | 19:30 | Athletic Stadium, Bambolim |
November 29 | NorthEast United vs Chennaiyin -FC | 19:30 | PJN Stadium, Fatorda |
December 03 | Chennaiyin -FC vs SC East Bengal | 19:30 | Tilak Maidan Stadium |
December 11 | ATK Mohun Bagan vs Chennaiyin -FC | 19:30 | PJN Stadium, Fatorda |
December 15 | Mumbai City FC vs Chennaiyin -FC | 19:30 | PJN Stadium, Fatorda |
December 18 | Chennaiyin- FC vs Odisha FC | 19:30 | Tilak Maidan Stadium |
December 22 | Chennaiyin -FC vs Kerala Blasters FC | 19:30 | Tilak Maidan Stadium |
December 30 | Chennaiyin FC vs Bengaluru -FC | 19:30 | Tilak Maidan Stadium |
January 2 | Jamshedpur FC vs Chennaiyin | 21:30 | Athletic Stadium, Bambolim |
January 8 | FC Goa vs Chennaiyin -FC | 21:30 | Athletic Stadium, Bambolim |