2014 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin FC
2014 season
Head Coach Marco Materazzi
Stadium Jawaharlal Nehru stadium
ISL 1st
Top goalscorer Elano Blumer (8)

The 2014 season is Chennaiyin FC's inaugural season in the first tournament of the newly formed Indian Super League.

Preview

Chennai city was one of the 9 cities that were selected for franchise bidding, when the ISL was founded in 2013. 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.[1] Later, Bangalore franchise was terminated after their owners dropped out following a dispute 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.[2]

Players

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
22 India GK Shilton Paul
21 India GK Abhijit Mondal
1 France GK Gennaro Bracigliano
29 Italy GK Francesco Franzese
25 India DF Dhanachandra Singh
19 India DF Gouramangi Singh
4 India DF Khelemba Singh
15 India DF Abhishek Das
5 France DF Bernard Mendy
27 France DF Mikaël Silvestre
23 Italy DF Marco Materazzi
6 Italy DF Alessandro Nesta
2 Colombia DF Jairo Suárez
No. Position Player
18 India MF Harmanjot Khabra
13 India MF Denson Devadas
26 India MF Anthony Barbosa
28 India MF Pappachen Pradeep
24 India MF Jaison Vales
3 India MF Sukhwinder Singh
8 Spain MF Cristian Hidalgo
10 Sweden MF Bojan Djordjic (Captain)
6 Cameroon MF Eric Djemba-Djemba
20 Brazil MF Bruno Pelissari
7 Brazil MF Elano
12 India FW Jeje Lalpekhlua
16 India FW Jayesh Rane
17 India FW Balwant Singh
9 Haiti FW Jean-Eudes Maurice
14 Colombia FW Stiven Mendoza

Current technical staff

As of 20 September 2014
Position Name
Head Coach & Manager Italy Marco Materazzi
Assistant coach India Vivek Nagul
Goalkeeping coach Italy Francesco Franzese

Competitions

Indian Super League 2014

League Table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Chennaiyin 14 6 5 3 24 20+4 23 2014 Indian Super League Semi-final
2 Goa 14 6 4 4 21 12+9 22
3 Atlético de Kolkata 14 4 7 3 16 13+3 19
4 Kerala Blasters 14 5 4 5 9 112 19
5 Delhi Dynamos 14 4 6 4 16 14+2 18
6 Pune City 14 4 4 6 12 175 16
7 Mumbai City 14 4 4 6 12 219 16
8 NorthEast United 14 3 6 5 11 132 15

Updated to games played on 10 December 2014.
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 6 5 3 24 20 +4 23 3 3 1 16 11 +5 3 2 2 8 9 −1

Last updated: 1 December 2014.
Source: Matches

Results by matchday

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Result W W L W D D D D W W L W L D

Last updated: 1 December 2014.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Indian Super League finals

Semi-finals

References

  1. "Business giants join forces to launch Indian Super League". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. Suchindran, Aravind. "Screwvala, Abhishek may bid for Chennai franchise". Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2014.