2014 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin FC

2014 season
Head Coach	Marco Materazzi
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru stadium
ISL	1st
Finals	Semi-finalist
Top goalscorer	Elano Blumer (8)
Highest home attendance	25,317 vs. Kerala Blasters (16 December)
Lowest home attendance	16,567 vs. Mumbai City FC (28 October)
Average home league attendance	22,095
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The 2014 season is Chennaiyin FC's inaugural season in the first tournament of the newly formed Indian Super League.

Preview

Chennai city was one of the 9 cities that were selected for franchise bidding, when the ISL was founded in 2013. However, on 11 April 2014 it was reported that Chennai's main bidder, a consortium led by Sunil Gavaskar would drop out due to commitments with the Board of Control for Cricket in India.^[1] Later, Bangalore franchise was terminated after their owners dropped out following a dispute with the organizers. Initially reports came out that the ISL organizers were looking for bidders for new owners for the Bangalore franchise before it was revealed that Ronnie Screwvala and actor Abhishek Bachchan would together bid for a Chennai team instead of a Bangalore franchise.^[2]

Players

Squad

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

No. Position Player 22 GK Shilton Paul 21 GK Abhijit Mondal 1 GK Gennaro Bracigliano 29 GK Francesco Franzese 25 DF Dhanachandra Singh 19 DF Gouramangi Singh 4 DF Khelemba Singh 15 DF Abhishek Das 5 DF Bernard Mendy 27 DF Mikaël Silvestre 23 DF Marco Materazzi 6 DF Alessandro Nesta 2 DF Jairo Suárez 18 MF Harmanjot Khabra 13 MF Denson Devadas

No. Position Player 26 MF Anthony Barbosa 28 MF Pappachen Pradeep 24 MF Jaison Vales 3 MF Sukhwinder Singh 8 MF Cristian Hidalgo 10 MF Bojan Djordjic (Captain) 6 MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 20 MF Bruno Pelissari 7 MF Elano 12 FW Jeje Lalpekhlua 16 FW Jayesh Rane 17 FW Balwant Singh 9 FW Jean-Eudes Maurice 14 FW Stiven Mendoza

Current technical staff

As of 27 June 2015

Position	Name
Head Coach & Manager	Marco Materazzi
Assistant coach	Vivek Nagul
Goalkeeping coach	Francesco Franzese

Competitions

Indian Super League 2014

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chennaiyin	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	23	2014 Indian Super League Semi-final
2	Goa	14	6	4	4	21	12	+9	22
3	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	7	3	16	13	+3	19
4	Kerala Blasters	14	5	4	5	9	11	−2	19
5	Delhi Dynamos	14	4	6	4	16	14	+2	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	12	17	−5	16
7	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	12	21	−9	16
8	NorthEast United	14	3	6	5	11	13	−2	15

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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	23	3	3	1	16	11	+5	3	2	2	8	9	−1

Last updated: 1 December 2014.
Source: Matches

Results by matchday

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Ground	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	L	W	L	D

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

Matches

Goa v Chennaiyin

15 October 2014 Match 4	Goa	1 – 2	Chennaiyin	Goa, India
19:00 IST	Grégory Arnolin  65'	Report	Balwant Singh  32' Elano  42'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium, Fatorda Attendance: 16,652

Chennaiyin v Kerala Blasters

21 October 2014 Match 9	Chennaiyin	2 – 1	Kerala Blasters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	Elano  14' Bernard Mendy  64'	Report	Iain Hume  50'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 19,430

Delhi Dynamos v Chennaiyin

25 October 2014 Match 12	Delhi Dynamos	4 – 1	Chennaiyin	New Delhi, India
19:00 IST	Wim Raymaekers  1' Junker  21' Herrero  79 (p)' Dos Santos  90'	Report	Elano  69'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi Attendance: 13,000

Chennaiyin v Mumbai City FC

28 October 2014 Match 15	Chennaiyin	5 – 1	Mumbai City FC	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	Elano  9 (pen.)', 69' Jeje Lalpekhlua  26' John Valencia  41', 44'	Report	Syed Rahim Nabi  87'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 16,567

Chennaiyin v Atlético de Kolkata

4 November 2014 Match 21	Chennaiyin	1 – 1	Atlético de Kolkata	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	Elano  90 +3 (pen.)'	Report	Luis García  35 (pen.)'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 24,088

Chennaiyin v NorthEast United FC

8 November 2014 Match 25	Chennaiyin	2 – 2	NorthEast United FC	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	Elano  25', 78'	Report	Cornell Glen  38' Koke  85'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 22,496

FC Pune City v Chennaiyin

11 November 2014 Match 28	FC Pune City	1 – 1	Chennaiyin	Pune, Maharashtra, India
19:00 IST	Kostas Katsouranis  9'	Report	John Valencia  58'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune Attendance: 7,243

Atlético de Kolkata v Chennaiyin

14 November 2014 Match 31	Atlético de Kolkata	0 – 0	Chennaiyin	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
19:00 IST		Report		Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 46,288

Chennaiyin v FC Pune City

19 November 2014 Match 36	Chennaiyin	3 – 1	FC Pune City	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	John Valencia  62' Bruno Pelissari  70' Jeje Lalpekhlua  90'	Report	Eric Djemba-Djemba  70 (o.g.)'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 23,726

Mumbai City FC v Chennaiyin

23 November 2014 Match 39	Mumbai City FC	0 – 3	Chennaiyin	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
19:00 IST		Report	Pelissari  71' Dhanachandra Singh  81' Cristian Hidalgo  89'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Attendance: 23,857

NorthEast United FC v Chennaiyin

27 November 2014 Match 42	NorthEast United FC	3 – 0	Chennaiyin	Guwahati, Assam, India
19:00 IST	Boro  10' Sambou  21', 23'	Report		Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati Attendance: 29,894

Kerala Blasters v Chennaiyin

30 November 2014 Match 45	Kerala Blasters	0 – 1	Chennaiyin	Kochi, Kerala, India
19:00 IST		Report	Pelissari  87'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Attendance: 61,323

Chennaiyin v Goa

5 December 2014 Match 50	Chennaiyin	1 – 3	Goa	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	Jean-Eudes Maurice  90'	Report	Romeo Fernandes  23' André Santos  41' Miroslav Slepička  62'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 24,687

Chennaiyin v Delhi Dynamos

9 December 2014 Match 53	Chennaiyin	2 – 2	Delhi Dynamos	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	Bruno Pelissari  16' Jeje Lalpekhlua  28'	Report	Alessandro Del Piero  53' Hans Mulder  88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 20,446

Indian Super League finals

Semi-finals

Kerala Blasters v Chennaiyin

13 December 2014 Leg 1	Kerala Blasters	3–0	Chennaiyin	Kochi, Kerala, India
19:00 IST	Ahmed  27' Hume  29' Mathew  90+4'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Attendance: 60,900 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee

Chennaiyin v Kerala Blasters

16 December 2014 Leg 2	Chennaiyin	3–1 (aet) (3–4 agg.)	Kerala Blasters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST	Silvestre  42' Jhingan (o.g.) Lalpekhlua  90'	Report	Pearson  117'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 25,327 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

References

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