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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Božidar_Bandović_(2021–2022)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Božidar_Bandović_(2021–2022)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Božidar Bandović (2021–2022)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Božidar_Bandović_(2021–2022)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Stadium" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Stadium"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Stadium</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Stadium-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Support" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Support"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Support</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Support-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rivalry" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rivalry"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Rivalry</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rivalry-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kit_manufacturers_and_shirt_sponsors" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Kit_manufacturers_and_shirt_sponsors"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Kit_manufacturers_and_shirt_sponsors-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Players"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Players</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Players-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Players subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-First-team_squad" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#First-team_squad"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>First-team squad</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-First-team_squad-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Out_on_loan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Out_on_loan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Out on loan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Out_on_loan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Personnel" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Personnel"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Personnel</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Personnel subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Personnel-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Current_Technical_Staff" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Current_Technical_Staff"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Current Technical Staff</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Current_Technical_Staff-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Medical</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Management" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Management"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Management</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Management-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_goalscorers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_goalscorers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Top goalscorers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_goalscorers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Honours" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Honours"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Honours</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Honours-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon 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id="toc-Other_Domestic_tournaments-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-AFC_club_ranking" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#AFC_club_ranking"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>AFC club ranking</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-AFC_club_ranking-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Continental_record" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Continental_record"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Continental record</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Continental_record-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-eSports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#eSports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>eSports</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-eSports-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle eSports subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-eSports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Roster" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Roster"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12.1</span> <span>Roster</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Roster-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Footnotes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Footnotes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>Footnotes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Footnotes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">17</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2_%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AC" title="চেন্নাইয়িন ফুটবল ক্লাব – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="চেন্নাইয়িন ফুটবল ক্লাব" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%9A_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B8%D0%BD" title="ФК Ченайин – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="ФК Ченайин" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennaiyin_FC" title="Chennaiyin FC – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Chennaiyin FC" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BD_%CE%A6%CE%9A" title="Τσεναϊγίν ΦΚ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τσεναϊγίν ΦΚ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennaiyin_Football_Club" title="Chennaiyin Football Club – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Chennaiyin Football Club" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B4%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%86%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C%D9%86" title="باشگاه فوتبال چنایین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="باشگاه فوتبال چنایین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennaiyin_Football_Club" title="Chennaiyin Football Club – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chennaiyin Football Club" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%B2%B8%EB%82%98%EC%9D%B4_FC" title="첸나이 FC – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="첸나이 FC" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennaiyin_FC" title="Chennaiyin FC – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Chennaiyin FC" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennaiyin_Football_Club" title="Chennaiyin Football Club – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Chennaiyin Football Club" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A6%27%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F" title="צ'נאיין – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="צ'נאיין" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%88%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%AB%E0%B5%8D_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF" title="ചെന്നൈയിൻ എഫ് സി – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ചെന്നൈയിൻ എഫ് സി" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%8F%E0%A4%AB.%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80." title="चेन्नईयिन एफ.सी. – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="चेन्नईयिन एफ.सी." data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%8A%D9%86" title="نادى تشينايين – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="نادى تشينايين" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennaiyin_FC" title="Chennaiyin FC – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Chennaiyin FC" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennaiyin_FC" title="Chennaiyin FC – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Chennaiyin FC" 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style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Ground</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium,_Chennai" class="mw-redirect" title="Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai">Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Capacity</th><td class="infobox-data">40,000 (36,000 seated)<sup id="cite_ref-SDAT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SDAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan" title="Abhishek Bachchan">Abhishek Bachchan</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/MS_Dhoni" title="MS Dhoni">MS Dhoni</a> <br />Vita Dani</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Head coach</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Owen_Coyle" title="Owen Coyle">Owen Coyle</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Indian_Super_League" title="2023–24 Indian Super League">2023–24</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a>, 6th of 12<br /><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2023–24 Indian Super League playoffs">Playoffs</a>: Knockout</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; text-align:left">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span 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colours">Away colours</a></b></div> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/33px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png" decoding="async" width="33" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/50px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Soccerball_current_event.svg/66px-Soccerball_current_event.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="60" data-file-height="60" /></span></span> <i><a href="/wiki/2024%E2%80%9325_Chennaiyin_FC_season" title="2024–25 Chennaiyin FC season">Current season</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox" style="font-size:90%; width:25em; text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="font-size:115%; background-color:#00008B; color:#FFFFFF; border:1px solid #FFA500;">Departments of Chennayin FC </th></tr> <tr> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/30px-Football_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/45px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/60px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Football_pictogram.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/30px-Football_pictogram.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/45px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/Football_pictogram.svg/60px-Football_pictogram.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></a></span> </th> <th><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Simple_Game.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Simple_Game.svg/30px-Simple_Game.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Simple_Game.svg/45px-Simple_Game.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Simple_Game.svg/60px-Simple_Game.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Football<br />(Men's) </th> <th><a href="/wiki/Chennaiyin_FC_Reserves_and_Academy" title="Chennaiyin FC Reserves and Academy">Football<br />(Reserves<br />& Academy)</a> </th> <th>eSports<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Chennaiyin Football Club</b> is an Indian professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> club based in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>. The club competes in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a> (ISL), the top flight of <a href="/wiki/Football_in_India" title="Football in India">Indian football</a>. The club was founded in August 2014 during the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Indian Super League season">inaugural season</a> of the ISL. It has won the ISL title on two occasions, in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Indian Super League season">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2017–18 Indian Super League season">2017–18</a> seasons respectively. </p><p>The club is owned by Vita Dani, <a href="/wiki/Bollywood" class="mw-redirect" title="Bollywood">Bollywood</a> actor <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan" title="Abhishek Bachchan">Abhishek Bachchan</a> and <a href="/wiki/India_national_cricket_team" title="India national cricket team">Indian cricketer</a> <a href="/wiki/MS_Dhoni" title="MS Dhoni">MS Dhoni</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team's name <i>Chennaiyin FC</i> means <i>Chennai's football club</i> in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> where the 'yin' suffix is similar to <a href="/wiki/Apostrophe_s" class="mw-redirect" title="Apostrophe s">a possessive 's'</a> in English.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The club's primary colour is blue ever since its inception and its logo is the <i><a href="/wiki/Drishti_bommai" title="Drishti bommai">Dhrishti Bommai</a></i>, a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_culture" title="Tamil culture">Tamil culture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chennaiyin has played three ISL Finals winning it two times. The first final they played was the <a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_Super_League_final" title="2015 Indian Super League final">2015 final</a> which they beat <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">FC Goa</a> by 3–2 in <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a>. In their <a href="/wiki/2018_Indian_Super_League_final" title="2018 Indian Super League final">second final</a>, they played against <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru_FC" title="Bengaluru FC">Bengaluru FC</a> at <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</a> and won their second title by winning 3–2. During <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Indian_Super_League" title="2019–20 Indian Super League">2019–20 season</a> Chennaiyin played their third final against <a href="/wiki/ATK_(football_club)" title="ATK (football club)">ATK</a>, which they lost 3–1. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origin">Origin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a> was founded in 2014, the city of <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> was one of the nine proposed cities up for franchise bidding.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 11 April 2014 it was reported that Chennai's main bidder, a consortium led by <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Gavaskar" title="Sunil Gavaskar">Sunil Gavaskar</a> would drop out due to commitments with the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Control_for_Cricket_in_India" title="Board of Control for Cricket in India">Board of Control for Cricket in India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2014, with two months before the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Indian Super League season">2014 ISL season</a>, the Bangalore owners <a href="/wiki/Sun_Group" title="Sun Group">Sun Group</a> dropped out due to disputes with the organizers.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially reports came out that the ISL organizers were looking for bidders for new owners for the Bangalore franchise before it was revealed that <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Screwvala" title="Ronnie Screwvala">Ronnie Screwvala</a> and actor <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan" title="Abhishek Bachchan">Abhishek Bachchan</a> would together bid for a Chennai team instead of a Bangalore franchise.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foundation">Foundation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Foundation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 14 August 2014, it was reported that ISL officials were inspecting the <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium_(Chennai)" title="Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)">Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium</a> in Chennai for the proposed team.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Finally, the team was bid for by actor <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan" title="Abhishek Bachchan">Abhishek Bachchan</a> and Vita Dani. On 12 September 2014, Italian World Cup winner <a href="/wiki/Marco_Materazzi" title="Marco Materazzi">Marco Materazzi</a> was hired as player-manager.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 6 October 2014, former Indian cricket captain <a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Singh_Dhoni" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahendra Singh Dhoni">Mahendra Singh Dhoni</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2018–19 Indian Super League season">2018–19 Indian Super League season</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Marco_Materazzi_era_(2014–2016)"><span id="Marco_Materazzi_era_.282014.E2.80.932016.29"></span>Marco Materazzi era (2014–2016)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Marco Materazzi era (2014–2016)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:204px"> <div style="position: relative;font-size:80%"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/200px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/300px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/400px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684" /></a></span> </p> <div style="position:absolute; 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text-align:center; left: -5em; top:-0.65em; width:10em; line-height:1.4em; white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Stiven_Mendoza" title="Stiven Mendoza">Mendoza</a></div> </div></div><div style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller">Lineup against <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">FC Goa</a> in <a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_Super_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Indian Super League Final">2015 Indian Super League Final</a></div></div></div> <p>On 15 October 2014, Chennaiyin won their first Indian Super League fixture with a 2–1 victory over <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">FC Goa</a>. The goals were scored by <a href="/wiki/Balwant_Singh_(footballer)" title="Balwant Singh (footballer)">Balwant Singh</a>, who became the first Indian player to score in the competition, and the former Brazil international <a href="/wiki/Elano" title="Elano">Elano</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 November 2014, the club brought <a href="/wiki/Alessandro_Nesta" title="Alessandro Nesta">Alessandro Nesta</a>, who won the World Cup for Italy out of retirement.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team finished its 14-game regular season in first place in the league. In the semi-finals, the team lost the first leg 3–0 to <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Blasters_FC" title="Kerala Blasters FC">Kerala Blasters FC</a>. In the second leg, they overturned the deficit by leading 3–0 in regular time. However, a 117th-minute goal by <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Pearson" title="Stephen Pearson">Stephen Pearson</a> sent Kerala through to the finals. </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/2015_Chennaiyin_FC_season" title="2015 Chennaiyin FC season">second season</a> of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a>, they retained six players: <a href="/wiki/Balwant_Singh_(footballer)" title="Balwant Singh (footballer)">Balwant Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayesh_Rane" title="Jayesh Rane">Jayesh Rane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhanachandra_Singh" title="Dhanachandra Singh">Dhanachandra Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeje_Lalpekhlua" title="Jeje Lalpekhlua">Jeje Lalpekhlua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmanjot_Khabra" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmanjot Khabra">Harmanjot Khabra</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Das_(footballer)" title="Abhishek Das (footballer)">Abhishek Das</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They also signed <a href="/wiki/Godwin_Franco" title="Godwin Franco">Godwin Franco</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mehrajuddin_Wadoo" title="Mehrajuddin Wadoo">Mehrajuddin Wadoo</a>. On the last day of the transfer window, Chennaiyin FC announced that they had signed back <a href="/wiki/Stiven_Mendoza" title="Stiven Mendoza">Stiven Mendoza</a>. The season started with the team losing the first two games. Though the team managed to score points by winning at Goa and Mumbai, they lost another three games on the trot. By the third week of November, Chennaiyin were placed last in the league table. However, the team won four consecutive games to qualify for the playoffs, finishing at 3rd place in the regular season. They won the second season of the ISL by beating <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">FC Goa</a> 3–2 in the finals. </p><p>For the <a href="/wiki/2016_Chennaiyin_FC_season" title="2016 Chennaiyin FC season">third season</a>, of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a>, they retained six players: <a href="/wiki/Mehrajuddin_Wadoo" title="Mehrajuddin Wadoo">Mehrajuddin Wadoo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jayesh_Rane" title="Jayesh Rane">Jayesh Rane</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhanachandra_Singh" title="Dhanachandra Singh">Dhanachandra Singh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeje_Lalpekhlua" title="Jeje Lalpekhlua">Jeje Lalpekhlua</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harmanjot_Khabra" class="mw-redirect" title="Harmanjot Khabra">Harmanjot Khabra</a>, <a href="/wiki/Thoi_Singh" title="Thoi Singh">Thoi Singh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Das_(footballer)" title="Abhishek Das (footballer)">Abhishek Das</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Chennaiyin_Retained_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Chennaiyin_Retained-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chennai signed <a href="/wiki/John_Arne_Riise" title="John Arne Riise">John Arne Riise</a> as the marquee player for the season. The season kicked off with a draw against Kolkata. Winning only three games through the season, the team finished in seventh place, just one point more than the last placed <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">FC Goa</a>. After a dismal season, it was announced on 6 March that <a href="/wiki/Marco_Materazzi" title="Marco Materazzi">Marco Materazzi</a> and Chennaiyin parted ways on mutual consent.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="John_Gregory_era_(2017–2019)"><span id="John_Gregory_era_.282017.E2.80.932019.29"></span>John Gregory era (2017–2019)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: John Gregory era (2017–2019)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Chennaiyin_FC" title="Special:EditPage/Chennaiyin FC">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. 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In spite of the draw, The Blues went top of the table with 13 points after seven games.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The team went on to win the finals against Bangalore on their home ground and became the champions for the second time.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chennaiyin FC finished as runner-ups in AIFF Super Cup 2019 where they lost to <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">FC Goa</a> 2–1. Following Indian Super League glory in 2017–18, Chennaiyin became the first Indian club, representing the ISL, to play in the <a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Cup" title="2019 AFC Cup">AFC Cup</a>, as they drew 0–0 with <a href="/wiki/Colombo_FC" title="Colombo FC">Colombo FC</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> on 6 March 2019. A week later, they won the second leg 1–0 in Chennai to progress to the <a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Cup_group_stage" title="2019 AFC Cup group stage">2019 AFC Cup group stage</a>. Chennayin FC is the first ISL club to reach in Group stage of AFC Cup 2019 i.e. in Group E.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They played a tie of 0–0 to <a href="/wiki/Minerva_Punjab_FC" class="mw-redirect" title="Minerva Punjab FC">Minerva Punjab FC</a> on 3 April 2019 and won 2–0 to Nepalese club <a href="/wiki/Manang_Marshyangdi_Club" title="Manang Marshyangdi Club">Manang Marshyangdi Club</a> on 17 April 2019 whereby <a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%ADlson_Alves" title="Maílson Alves">Maílson Alves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Herd" title="Chris Herd">Chris Herd</a> were also accompanied by win against <a href="/wiki/Abahani_Limited_Dhaka" title="Abahani Limited Dhaka">Abahani Limited Dhaka</a> by 1–0 and goal scorer was <a href="/wiki/Anirudh_Thapa" title="Anirudh Thapa">Anirudh Thapa</a> on 30 April 2019. On 19 June 2019 Chennaiyin FC faced a draw of 1–1 against <a href="/wiki/Minerva_Punjab_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Minerva Punjab F.C.">Minerva Punjab F.C.</a> where <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a> secured a goal in the last minute of game. On <a href="/wiki/John_Gregory_(footballer)" title="John Gregory (footballer)">John Gregory</a>'s 65th birthday the club announced that the coach's <a href="/wiki/Contract" title="Contract">contract</a> was renewed which will expire soon after the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–20 Indian Super League season">2019–20 Indian Super League season</a>. After losing the <a href="/wiki/AFC_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Cup">AFC Cup</a> the club then made some shocking decisions by releasing their captain, <a href="/wiki/Mailson_Alves" class="mw-redirect" title="Mailson Alves">Mailson Alves</a> and <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Augusto" title="Raphael Augusto">Raphael Augusto</a> as a preparation for the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–20 Indian Super League season">2019–20 Indian Super League season</a>. They also released some of the Indian players in their team which includes <a href="/wiki/C.K._Vineeth" class="mw-redirect" title="C.K. Vineeth">C.K. Vineeth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi" title="Mohammed Rafi">Mohammed Rafi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Halicharan_Narzary" title="Halicharan Narzary">Halicharan Narzary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Vanmalsawma" title="Isaac Vanmalsawma">Isaac Vanmalsawma</a>. They then signed <a href="/wiki/Nerijus_Valskis" title="Nerijus Valskis">Nerijus Valskis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucian_Goian" title="Lucian Goian">Lucian Goian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drago%C8%99_Fir%C8%9Bulescu" title="Dragoș Firțulescu">Dragoș Firțulescu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Schembri" title="André Schembri">André Schembri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Masih_Saighani" title="Masih Saighani">Masih Saighani</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Crivellaro" title="Rafael Crivellaro">Rafael Crivellaro</a> to strengthen their squad. On 30 November 2019 John Gregory resigned from his post as head coach even though owner Mrs. Vita Dani tried in vain to get him to stay. Under his guidance <a href="/wiki/Chennaiyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennaiyin">Chennai</a> won their second <a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a> trophy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Owen_Coyle_(2019–2020)"><span id="Owen_Coyle_.282019.E2.80.932020.29"></span>Owen Coyle (2019–2020)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Owen Coyle (2019–2020)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="thumb tright"> <div class="thumbinner" style="width:204px"> <div style="position: relative;font-size:80%"> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/200px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="303" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/300px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg/400px-Soccer_Field_Transparant.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="684" /></a></span> </p> <div style="position:absolute; 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text-align:center; left: -5em; top:-0.65em; width:10em; line-height:1.4em; white-space:nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Nerijus_Valskis" title="Nerijus Valskis">Valskis</a></div> </div></div><div style="text-align:center; font-size:smaller">Lineup against <a href="/wiki/ATK_(football_club)" title="ATK (football club)">ATK</a> in <a href="/wiki/2019-20_Indian_Super_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2019-20 Indian Super League Final">2019-20 Indian Super League Final</a></div></div></div> <p>Owen took the charge of the club on 4 December 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under his guidance Chennaiyin faced 1–1 draw against <a href="/wiki/Jamshedpur_FC" title="Jamshedpur FC">Jamshedpur</a>, won 3–1 against <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Blasters_FC" title="Kerala Blasters FC">Kerala Blasters</a> and lost a dramatic game 4–3 to <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">Goa</a> in the initial days of Coyle.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They lost to <a href="/wiki/Odisha_FC" title="Odisha FC">Odisha</a> on 6 January 2020 and won a game against <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad_FC" title="Hyderabad FC">Hyderabad</a> by 3–1.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Coyle era catapulted Chennaiyin FC to 4th from Bottom of the table (9th), thus earning them qualification for the playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He went on to guide Chennaiyin FC to the <a href="/wiki/2020_Indian_Super_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Indian Super League Final">2020 ISL final</a> after beating <a href="/wiki/FC_Goa" title="FC Goa">FC Goa</a> 6–5 on aggregate over the two legs of the <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs">semifinals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chennaiyin were beaten 3–1 by <a href="/wiki/ATK_(football_club)" title="ATK (football club)">ATK</a> with the game played behind closed doors, due to the rise of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_India" title="COVID-19 pandemic in India">COVID-19 pandemic in India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Nerijus_Valskis" title="Nerijus Valskis">Nerijus Valskis</a>, who scored in the final for Chennaiyin, topped golden boot tally consequently, he was awarded ISL golden boot.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Csaba_László_(2020–2021)"><span id="Csaba_L.C3.A1szl.C3.B3_.282020.E2.80.932021.29"></span>Csaba László (2020–2021)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Csaba László (2020–2021)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Csaba_L%C3%A1szl%C3%B3_(footballer,_born_1964)" title="Csaba László (footballer, born 1964)">Csaba László</a> took the charge of the club on 30 August 2020. He had an average season with three wins and 11 draws. On April 10, 2021, he parted ways with the club.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Božidar_Bandović_(2021–2022)"><span id="Bo.C5.BEidar_Bandovi.C4.87_.282021.E2.80.932022.29"></span>Božidar Bandović (2021–2022)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Božidar Bandović (2021–2022)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Chennaiyin FC appointed Bozidar Bandovic as their manager for the <a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Indian_Super_League" title="2021–22 Indian Super League">2021–22 season</a> following the 0–5 defeat to FC Goa - the heaviest loss endured by the club in its history, the club said in a statement. "Bandovic was in charge of the first team for 16 matches - winning five, drawing four and losing seven. The team's assistant coach Syed Sabir Pasha will take over in the interim. Over the years, we've lost and won. But as a club, losing like this is something we cannot stand by and watch. And for now, we have full confidence in Sabir to see the season through," co-owner Vita Dani stated.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Stadium">Stadium</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Stadium"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium_(Chennai)" title="Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)">Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)</a></div> <p>Chennaiyin FC play their home matches at the <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_Stadium_(Chennai)" title="Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)">Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> nicknamed the <i>Marina Arena</i>. The stadium is located at Sydenhams Road, Park Town behind the <a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_railway_station" title="Chennai Central railway station">Chennai Central suburban Railway station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ripon_Building" title="Ripon Building">Ripon Building</a>. The stadium is named after <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>'s first <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> and earlier hosted <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a> <a href="/wiki/Test_cricket" title="Test cricket">Test Matches</a> between 1956 and 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Support">Support</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Support"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nehru_Stadium_Chennai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Nehru_Stadium_Chennai.jpg/300px-Nehru_Stadium_Chennai.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Nehru_Stadium_Chennai.jpg/450px-Nehru_Stadium_Chennai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Nehru_Stadium_Chennai.jpg/600px-Nehru_Stadium_Chennai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="2920" /></a><figcaption>Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the club's home ground.</figcaption></figure> <p>Chennaiyin has a considerable fan base with an average attendance of over 20,000 over the first three seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Chennaiyin FC is one of the very few clubs in India to have multiple active fan groups. The B Stand Blues (BSB) and the Supermachans are the two fan groups of Chennaiyin FC. Both the fan groups are very famous among the Indian football scenario and they are constantly active on and off the season. Their support to the team is so dedicated and they also carry out CSR activities. </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BSB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSB.jpg/100px-BSB.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSB.jpg/150px-BSB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/BSB.jpg/200px-BSB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption>BSB cheering for Chennaiyin in 2017</figcaption></figure> <p>Both these fan groups have worked so hard to spread the football fan culture in the state. They even travel to some away games to extend their support to the club. The most famous away trip is the 2017-18 ISL finals against Bengaluru FC, where there were hundreds of fans from both fan clubs despite the game happening in a different state. Both fan clubs ended up conquering the stands of Kanteerava when their club had conquered it on the field. </p><p>Opponents generally find the Chennaiyin crowd intimidating. Indian captain Sunil Chhetri himself has acknowledged this fact, as he's usually been on the receiving end when he travels to the Marina Arena in BFC colours. In addition to this, Chennaiyin also has a huge fan following all over the state of Tamil Nadu. Their social media following is among the top in Indian clubs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalry">Rivalry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Rivalry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/South_Indian_Derby" title="South Indian Derby">South Indian Derby</a></div> <p>Since Chennaiyin FC, <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru_FC" title="Bengaluru FC">Bengaluru FC</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Blasters_FC" title="Kerala Blasters FC">Kerala Blasters FC</a> are dominant clubs from South India, the rivalry between these clubs' fans are visible both on ground and on various social platforms. The matches between the clubs create sparks among the clubs and especially the fans. The meetings between the three teams are known as the South Indian Derby.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Kit_manufacturers_and_shirt_sponsors">Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Kit manufacturer </th> <th>Shirt sponsor </th> <th>Back sponsor </th> <th>Chest sponsor </th> <th>Sleeve sponsor </th></tr> <tr> <td>2014-15 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/TYKA_Sports" title="TYKA Sports">TYKA</a><sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2">Ozone Group<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Reliance_Digital" title="Reliance Digital">Reliance Digital</a> </td> <td colspan="2">- </td></tr> <tr> <td>2015-16 </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Haier" title="Haier">Haier</a><sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Volvo_Cars" title="Volvo Cars">Volvo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016-17 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Puma_SE" class="mw-redirect" title="Puma SE">Puma</a><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/TVS_Group" title="TVS Group">TVS Tyres</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_Himalaya_Drug_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="The Himalaya Drug Company">Himalaya Men</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Havells" title="Havells">Lloyd</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017-18 </td> <td rowspan="4">Performax </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Apollo_Tyres" title="Apollo Tyres">Apollo Tyres</a><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jio" title="Jio">Jio</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Paint" title="Nippon Paint">Nippon Paint</a><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018-19 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saint-Gobain" title="Saint-Gobain">Gyproc</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019-20 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Dafabet" title="Dafabet">DafaNews</a><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/SSVM_Institutions" title="SSVM Institutions">SSVM</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020-21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Acko_General_Insurance" title="Acko General Insurance">Acko</a><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021-22 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Nivia_Sports" title="Nivia Sports">Nivia</a><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>BatBall11 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022-23 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Parimatch" title="Parimatch">Parimatch News</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dream11" title="Dream11">Dream11</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023-24 </td> <td rowspan="2">MelBat </td> <td>Polyhose </td> <td>NueGo </td></tr> <tr> <td>2024-25 </td> <td>SIX5SIX </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramraj_Cotton" title="Ramraj Cotton">Ramraj Cotton</a> </td> <td>Refex </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players">Players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First-team_squad">First-team squad</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: First-team squad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 14 August 2024</i><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r973156043">.mw-parser-output .nogrid,.mw-parser-output .nogrid td,.mw-parser-output .nogrid tr,.mw-parser-output .nogrid th{border:0}</style> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">1 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Samik_Mitra" title="Samik Mitra">Samik Mitra</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">3 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="England" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/23px-Flag_of_England.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/35px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_England.svg/46px-Flag_of_England.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/The_Football_Association" title="The Football Association">ENG</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ryan_Edwards_(English_footballer)" title="Ryan Edwards (English footballer)">Ryan Edwards</a></span> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Captain_(association_football)" title="Captain (association football)">captain</a>)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">4 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/PC_Laldinpuia" class="mw-redirect" title="PC Laldinpuia">Laldinpuia</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">5 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">BRA</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Elsinho_(footballer,_born_1991)" title="Elsinho (footballer, born 1991)">Elsinho</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">6 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ankit_Mukherjee" title="Ankit Mukherjee">Ankit Mukherjee</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">7 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kiyan_Nassiri" title="Kiyan Nassiri">Kiyan Nassiri</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">8 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jitendra_Singh_(footballer)" title="Jitendra Singh (footballer)">Jitendra Singh</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">9 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Colombian_Football_Federation" title="Colombian Football Federation">COL</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Wilmar_Jord%C3%A1n" title="Wilmar Jordán">Wilmar Jordán</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">10 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Football_Association" title="Scottish Football Association">SCO</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Connor_Shields" title="Connor Shields">Connor Shields</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">13 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Nawaz_(footballer)" title="Mohammad Nawaz (footballer)">Mohammad Nawaz</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">17 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mandar_Rao_Dessai" title="Mandar Rao Dessai">Mandar Rao Dessai</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">19 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn">Irfan Yadwad</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">22 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lalrinliana_Hnamte" title="Lalrinliana Hnamte">Lalrinliana Hnamte</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">23 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vignesh_Dakshinamurthy" title="Vignesh Dakshinamurthy">Vignesh Dakshinamurthy</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">26 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Laldinliana_Renthlei" title="Laldinliana Renthlei">Laldinliana Renthlei</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">27 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria_Football_Federation" title="Nigeria Football Federation">NGA</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Chima_Chukwu" title="Daniel Chima Chukwu">Daniel Chima Chukwu</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">33 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bikash_Yumnam" title="Bikash Yumnam">Bikash Yumnam</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">37 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jiteshwor_Singh" title="Jiteshwor Singh">Jiteshwor Singh</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">47 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vincy_Barretto" title="Vincy Barretto">Vincy Barretto</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">70 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brazilian_Football_Confederation" title="Brazilian Football Confederation">BRA</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lukas_Brambilla" title="Lukas Brambilla">Lukas Brambilla</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">71 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Farukh_Choudhary" title="Farukh Choudhary">Farukh Choudhary</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">77 </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Forward_(association_football)" title="Forward (association football)"><abbr title="Forward">FW</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gurkirat_Singh" title="Gurkirat Singh">Gurkirat Singh</a></span> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Midfielder" title="Midfielder"><abbr title="Midfielder">MF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Edwin_Sydney_Vanspaul" title="Edwin Sydney Vanspaul">Edwin Vanspaul</a></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Out_on_loan">Out on loan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Out on loan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r973156043"> <p><small>Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under <a href="/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules" title="FIFA eligibility rules">FIFA eligibility rules</a>. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.</small> </p> <table role="presentation" border="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:var(--background-color-base, #FFFFFF); color: inherit; vertical-align:top;"> <table class="wikitable football-squad nogrid" style="display:inline-table;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col"><abbr title="Position">Pos.</abbr> </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Nation </th> <th style=";" scope="col">Player </th></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Defender_(association_football)" title="Defender (association football)"><abbr title="Defender">DF</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bijay_Chhetri" title="Bijay Chhetri">Bijay Chhetri</a></span> <i>(at <a href="/wiki/Col%C3%B3n_F.C." title="Colón F.C.">Colón</a> until 31 December 2024)</i> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard agent"> <td style="text-align: center">— </td> <td style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Goalkeeper_(association_football)" title="Goalkeeper (association football)"><abbr title="Goalkeeper">GK</abbr></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span style="white-space:nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/All_India_Football_Federation" title="All India Football Federation">IND</a></span> </td> <td style="padding-right:15px;"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Prateek_Kumar_Singh" title="Prateek Kumar Singh">Prateek Kumar Singh</a></span> <i>(at <a href="/wiki/Dempo_SC" title="Dempo SC">Dempo</a> until 31 May 2025)</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Current_Technical_Staff">Current Technical Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Current Technical Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 11 June 2023</i><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="1" style="background; text-align:center;">Role </th> <th colspan="1" style="background; text-align:center;">Name </th> <th colspan="1" style="background; text-align:center;">Refs. </th></tr> <tr> <td>Head coach </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Owen_Coyle" title="Owen Coyle">Owen Coyle</a> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Assistant coach </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Scotland" title="Scotland"><img alt="Scotland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Flag_of_Scotland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Scotland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sandy_Stewart_(footballer)" title="Sandy Stewart (footballer)">Sandy Stewart</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Noel_Wilson" title="Noel Wilson">Noel Wilson</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Goalkeeping coach </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Rajath Guha </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Sports scientist </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Arpan Chanda </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical">Medical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Medical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Team Doctor </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Vignesh Moorthy </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head Physiotherapist </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Dileep Kumar </td></tr> <tr> <td>Masseur </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Raju Salave <p><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Subir Hore </p> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Management">Management</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Team manager </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Shantanu Banerjee </td></tr> <tr> <td>Head of football operations </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Pratham Basu </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kit manager </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Parthiban Manogar </td></tr> <tr> <td>Youth team manager </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Senthil Kumaran </td></tr> <tr> <td>Reserve and Academy coach </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Santosh_Kashyap" title="Santosh Kashyap">Santosh Kashyap</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Board of directors</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Position </th> <th>Name </th></tr> <tr> <td>Co-owners </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/MS_Dhoni" title="MS Dhoni">MS Dhoni</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Abhishek_Bachchan" title="Abhishek Bachchan">Abhishek Bachchan</a> <br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Vita Dani<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_goalscorers">Top goalscorers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Top goalscorers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Here is the list of top goalscorers across all competitions. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Player Name </th> <th>Matches </th> <th>Goals </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Jeje" class="mw-redirect" title="Jeje">Jeje</a> </td> <td>77 </td> <td>25 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Colombia" title="Colombia"><img alt="Colombia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Stiven_Mendoza" title="Stiven Mendoza">Stiven Mendoza</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania"><img alt="Lithuania" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nerijus_Valskis" title="Nerijus Valskis">Nerijus Valskis</a> </td> <td>31 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lallianzuala_Chhangte" title="Lallianzuala Chhangte">Lallianzuala Chhangte</a> </td> <td>53 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Elano_Blumer" class="mw-redirect" title="Elano Blumer">Elano Blumer</a> </td> <td>26 </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Anirudh_Thapa" title="Anirudh Thapa">Anirudh Thapa</a> </td> <td>102 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ma%C3%ADlson_Alves" title="Maílson Alves">Maílson Alves</a> </td> <td>57 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Rafael_Crivellaro" title="Rafael Crivellaro">Rafael Crivellaro</a> </td> <td>27 </td> <td>8 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Raphael_Augusto" title="Raphael Augusto">Raphael Augusto</a> </td> <td>69 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bruno_Pelissari" title="Bruno Pelissari">Bruno Pelissari</a> </td> <td>25 </td> <td>7 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/France" title="France"><img alt="France" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Mendy" title="Bernard Mendy">Bernard Mendy</a> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Rafi_(footballer)" title="Mohammed Rafi (footballer)">Mohammed Rafi</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta"><img alt="Malta" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Schembri" title="André Schembri">André Schembri</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria"><img alt="Nigeria" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dudu_Omagbemi" title="Dudu Omagbemi">Dudu Omagbemi</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Thoi_Singh" title="Thoi Singh">Thoi Singh</a> </td> <td>84 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain"><img alt="Spain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/I%C3%B1igo_Calder%C3%B3n" title="Iñigo Calderón">Iñigo Calderón</a> </td> <td>32 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/C._K._Vineeth" title="C. K. Vineeth">CK Vineeth</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau"><img alt="Guinea-Bissau" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/23px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/35px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg/46px-Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Esmael_Goncalves" class="mw-redirect" title="Esmael Goncalves">Esmaël Gonçalves</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span><a href="/wiki/Rahim_Ali" title="Rahim Ali">Rahim Ali</a> </td> <td>85 </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Brazil" title="Brazil"><img alt="Brazil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/22px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/33px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Brazil.svg/43px-Flag_of_Brazil.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="700" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Eli_Sabia" class="mw-redirect" title="Eli Sabia">Eli Sabia</a> </td> <td>79 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Gregory_Nelson" title="Gregory Nelson">Gregory Nelson</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dhanachandra_Singh" title="Dhanachandra Singh">Dhanachandra Singh</a> </td> <td>30 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy"><img alt="Italy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Davide_Succi" title="Davide Succi">Davide Succi</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary"><img alt="Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Koman" title="Vladimir Koman">Vladimir Koman</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dhanpal_Ganesh" title="Dhanpal Ganesh">Dhanpal Ganesh</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Kyrgyzstan" title="Kyrgyzstan"><img alt="Kyrgyzstan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mirlan_Murzayev" title="Mirlan Murzayev">Mirlan Murzayev</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td>2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>In Bold:</b> Players currently playing for Chennaiyin FC </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League">League</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: League"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a></b> (as <b>top-tier league</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-Top_league_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top_league-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Champions (1): <a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2017–18 Indian Super League season">2017–18</a></li> <li>Runners-up (1): <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2019–20 Indian Super League season">2019–20</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cup">Cup</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Cup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Super_Cup_(India)" title="Super Cup (India)">Super Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Runners-up (1): <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_Super_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2019 Indian Super Cup">2019</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Stafford_Challenge_Cup" title="Stafford Challenge Cup">Stafford Challenge Cup</a></b> <ul><li>Runners-up (1): 2023<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (<i>Reserves</i>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_Domestic_tournaments">Other Domestic tournaments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Other Domestic tournaments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League" title="Indian Super League">Indian Super League</a></b> (as <b>tournament</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-Top_league_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Top_league-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Champions (1): <a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_Super_League_season" class="mw-redirect" title="2015 Indian Super League season">2015</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="AFC_club_ranking">AFC club ranking</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: AFC club ranking"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd><i>As of 5 February 2023<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i></dd></dl> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank</th> <th>Team</th> <th>Points </th></tr> <tr> <td>246</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands"><img alt="Solomon Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Warriors_F.C." title="Solomon Warriors F.C.">Solomon Warriors</a></td> <td>1,255 </td></tr> <tr> <td>247</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_FC" title="Mumbai FC">Mumbai FC</a></td> <td>1,255 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#ddffdd"> <td>248</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Chennaiyin</td> <td>1,254 </td></tr> <tr> <td>249</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Blasters_FC" title="Kerala Blasters FC">Kerala Blasters</a></td> <td>1,254 </td></tr> <tr> <td>250</td> <td align="left"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><img alt="Saudi Arabia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Al-Ain_FC_(Saudi_Arabia)" title="Al-Ain FC (Saudi Arabia)">Al-Ain FC</a></td> <td>1,254 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Continental_record">Continental record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Continental record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Season </th> <th>Competition </th> <th>Round </th> <th>Club </th> <th>Home </th> <th>Away </th> <th>Aggregate </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Cup" title="2019 AFC Cup">2019</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/AFC_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="AFC Cup">AFC Cup</a> </td> <td rowspan="1"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Cup#Play-off_round" title="2019 AFC Cup">Play-off round</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka"><img alt="Sri Lanka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Colombo_FC" title="Colombo FC">Colombo</a> </td> <td style="background:#dfd;">1–0<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;">0–0<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td style="background:#dfd;">1–0 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFC_Cup#Group_E" title="2019 AFC Cup">Group E</a> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India"><img alt="India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Punjab_F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Punjab F.C.">Minerva Punjab</a> </td> <td style="background:#ffd;">0–0 </td> <td style="background:#ffd;">1–1 </td> <td rowspan="3">Group Stage: 2nd<br />Knockout Stage: DNQ </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal"><img alt="Nepal" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/16px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/25px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Flag_of_Nepal.svg/33px-Flag_of_Nepal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="726" data-file-height="885" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Manang_Marshyangdi_Club" title="Manang Marshyangdi Club">Manang Marshyangdi Club</a> </td> <td style="background:#dfd;">2–0 </td> <td style="background:#dfd;">2–3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh"><img alt="Bangladesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bangladesh.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Abahani_Limited_Dhaka" title="Abahani Limited Dhaka">Abahani Limited Dhaka</a> </td> <td style="background:#dfd;">1–0 </td> <td style="background:#fdd;">3–2 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="eSports">eSports</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: eSports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organizers of ISL introduced eISL, a <a href="/wiki/FIFA_(video_game_series)" title="FIFA (video game series)">FIFA video game</a> tournament, for the ISL playing clubs, each represented by two players. Chennaiyin FC hosted a series of qualifying games for all the participants wanting to represent the club in eISL. On 20 November the club announced the signing of the two players. They won the inaugural eISL on 20 March 2022, following <a href="/wiki/2022_Indian_Super_League_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Indian Super League Final">2022 Indian Super League Final</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roster">Roster</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Roster"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="toccolours" style="width:;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: #DCDCDC; color: #000000; text-align: center;">Channaiyin FC eSports <i>FIFA</i> roster </th></tr> <tr style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; text-align: center;"> <th>Players</th> <th>Coaches </th></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <table class="sortable" style="margin:0px; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Handle </th> <th>Name </th> <th>Nationality </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; padding-right:10px;">saranshjain7 </td> <td style="text-align:left; padding-right:10px;">Jain, Saransh </td> <td style="text-align:left;">India </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:left; padding-right:10px;">Navinh29 </td> <td style="text-align:left; padding-right:10px;">H, Navin </td> <td style="text-align:left;">India </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <dl><dt>Head coach</dt></dl> <ul><li>Vacant</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <hr /> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:90%;"><b>Legend:</b></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output 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typeof="mw:File"><span title="Injured"><img alt="Injured" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/10px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/15px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Cruz_Roja.svg/20px-Cruz_Roja.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="62" /></span></span> Injury / Illness</span></li></ul> </div><span class="nowrap"> </span><span style="padding-left:1.0em;"> </span> </td> <td> <p><span class="plainlinks"><span style="font-size:90%;">Latest roster transaction: 19 November 2021.</span> </span> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_clubs_in_India" title="List of football clubs in India">List of football clubs in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sport_in_Chennai" title="Sport in Chennai">Sport in Chennai</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Kolkata: <a href="/wiki/Hindustan_Times" title="Hindustan Times">Hindustan Times</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/football/india-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival/story-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html">the original</a> on 6 January 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 April</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=hindustantimes.com&rft.atitle=India%27s+football+past+gasping+for+survival&rft.date=2018-03-25&rft.aulast=Sarkar&rft.aufirst=Dhiman&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hindustantimes.com%2Ffootball%2Findia-s-football-past-gasping-for-survival%2Fstory-8cGyA03MIB3ay2LCflkcWJ.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AChennaiyin+FC" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Chennaiyin_FC&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Top_league-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Top_league_59-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Top_league_59-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">For first three seasons, ISL was considered as just a tournament, but not as league. 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title="2014 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_Super_League" title="2015 Indian Super League">2015</a> (<a href="/wiki/2015_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2015 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Super_League" title="2016 Indian Super League">2016</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2016 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Indian_Super_League" title="2017–18 Indian Super League">2017–18</a> (<a href="/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2017–18 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Indian_Super_League" title="2018–19 Indian Super League">2018–19</a> (<a href="/wiki/2018%E2%80%9319_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2018–19 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Indian_Super_League" title="2019–20 Indian Super League">2019–20</a> (<a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Indian_Super_League" title="2020–21 Indian Super League">2020–21</a> (<a href="/wiki/2020%E2%80%9321_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2020–21 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Indian_Super_League" title="2021–22 Indian Super League">2021–22</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021%E2%80%9322_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2021–22 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Indian_Super_League" title="2022–23 Indian Super League">2022–23</a> (<a href="/wiki/2022%E2%80%9323_Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="2022–23 Indian Super League playoffs">playoffs</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Indian_Super_League" title="2023–24 Indian Super League">2023–24</a> (<a 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final">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Indian_Super_League_final" title="2020 Indian Super League final">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Indian_Super_League_final" title="2021 Indian Super League final">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Indian_Super_League_final" title="2022 Indian Super League final">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Indian_Super_League_final" title="2023 Indian Super League final">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_Super_League_final" title="2024 Indian Super League final">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#08088A; color:#FFFFFF; box-shadow: inset 1px 1px 0 #FF0000, inset -1px -1px 0 #FF0000;;width:1%"><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#FFFFFF">Competition</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_Super_League_teams" title="Category:Indian Super League teams">Teams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_Super_League_players" title="Category:Indian Super League players">Players</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_foreign_Indian_Super_League_players" title="List of foreign Indian Super League players">foreign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Super_League_marquees" title="List of Indian Super League marquees">marquees</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Super_League_head_coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian Super League head coaches">Head coaches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_football_stadiums_in_India" title="List of football stadiums in India">Stadiums</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Super_League_owners" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Indian Super League owners">Owners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_Super_League_seasons" title="List of Indian Super League seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Super_League_playoffs" title="Indian Super 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