Chennaiyin FC
Squad
Jeje Lalpekhlua2016current
Anirudh Thapacurrent
Alessandro Nesta2014–2014
Bernard Mendy2014–2014- Bernard Mendy2014–2015
Bojan Djordjic2014–2015
Cristian Hidalgo2014–2014
Elano2014–2014
Gennaro Bracigliano2014–2014- Gennaro Bracigliano2014–2015
- Gouramangi Singh2014–2014
Jean-Eudes Maurice2014–2014- Jeje Lalpekhlua2014–2014
Marco Materazzi2014–2014
Mikaël Silvestre2014–2014
Stiven Mendoza2014–2014
Éric Djemba-Djemba2014–2015- Éric Djemba-Djemba2014–2014
- Alessandro Potenza2015–2016
Apoula Edel2015–2016- Bernard Mendy2015–2015
- Elano2015–2015
- Jeje Lalpekhlua2015–2015
Manuele Blasi2015–2015- Stiven Mendoza2015–2015
John Arne Riise2016–2017
Iñigo Calderón2017–2019
Andrea Orlandi2018–2019
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Career & Clubs
Origin
When the Indian Super League was founded in 2014, the city of Chennai was one of the nine proposed cities up for franchise bidding. However, on 11 April 2014 it was reported that Chennai's main bidder, a consortium led by Sunil Gavaskar would drop out due to commitments with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. In August 2014, with two months before the 2014 ISL season, the Bangalore owners Sun Group dropped out due to disputes with the organizers. Initially reports came out that the ISL organizers were looking for bidders for new owners for the Bangalore franchise before it was revealed that Ronnie Screwvala and actor Abhishek Bachchan would together bid for a Chennai team instead of a Bangalore franchise.
Foundation
On 14 August 2014, it was reported that ISL officials were inspecting the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai for the proposed team. Finally, the team was bid for by actor Abhishek Bachchan and Vita Dani. On 12 September 2014, Italian World Cup winner Marco Materazzi was hired as player-manager. On 6 October 2014, former Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the joint co-owner of the club. The club officially launched their jersey on 9 October 2014 but had changed their home jersey's pattern in the 2018–19 Indian Super League.
Marco Materazzi era (2014–2016)
On 15 October 2014, Chennaiyin won their first Indian Super League fixture with a 2–1 victory over FC Goa. The goals were scored by Balwant Singh, who…
- League
- Indian Super League
Legacy
League
Indian Super League (as top-tier league) Champions (1): 2017–18 Runners-up (1): 2019–20
Cup
Super Cup Runners-up (1): 2019
Other Domestic tournaments
Indian Super League (as tournament) Champions (1): 2015
Archive
Passport
Identifiers & aliases
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the ISL. It has won the ISL title on two occasions, in the 2015, 2017–18 seasons respectively.
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