2015 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin FC

2015 season
Manager	Marco Materazzi
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Chennai
Indian Super League	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Stiven Mendoza (13) All: Stiven Mendoza (13)
Highest home attendance	29,923 vs Atlético de Kolkata
Lowest home attendance	12,636 vs Mumbai City FC
Average home league attendance	22,721
Biggest win	4-0 (vs FC Goa on 11 Oct 2015 and vs Delhi Dynamos on 24 Nov 2015)
Biggest defeat	0-2 (vs NorthEast United on 20 Oct 2015 and vs FC Goa on 5 Nov 2015)
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The 2015 season is Chennaiyin FC's second season of Indian Super League. Chennayin defeated FC Goa 3-2 in the finals to win the season.^[1][2]

Squad

As of 21st December 2015:^[3]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Karanjit Singh 2 DF Éder 3 MF Dhanpal Ganesh (on loan from Pune) 4 DF Justin Stephen (on loan from Mumbai) 5 DF Bernard Mendy 6 MF Manuele Blasi 7 MF Elano (on loan from Santos) 8 MF Godwin Franco 9 FW Fikru 10 FW Jayesh Rane (on loan from Mumbai) 11 MF Thoi Singh (on loan from Bengaluru FC) 12 FW Jeje Lalpekhlua 13 GK Nidhin Lal 14 FW Stiven Mendoza (on loan from Corinthians) 15 DF Abhishek Das (on loan from East Bengal)

No. Position Player 17 FW Balwant Singh 18 MF Harmanjot Khabra (on loan from East Bengal) 19 MF Raphael Augusto (on loan from Fluminense) 20 MF Bruno Pelissari (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) 21 DF Lalhmangaihsanga (on loan from Royal Wahingdoh) 22 MF Zakeer Mundampara 24 GK Apoula Edel 25 DF Dhanachandra Singh (on loan from Mohun Bagan) 26 DF Mehrajuddin Wadoo 27 DF Mailson Alves 31 DF Alessandro Potenza

Technical staff

As of 27 June 2015

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

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Karanjit Singh (from Salgaocar)[4] 2 DF Éder (from Nea Salamis Famagusta)[5] 3 MF Dhanpal Ganesh (loan from Pune) 4 DF Justin Stephen (loan from Mumbai) 5 DF Bernard Mendy (from AEL Limassol)[6] 6 MF Manuele Blasi (from Varese) 7 MF Elano Blumer (loan from Santos)[7] 8 MF Godwin Franco (from Royal Wahingdoh)[8] 9 FW Fikru Teferra (from Bidvest Wits)[9] 10 MF Jayesh Rane (loan extended Mumbai)[7] 11 MF Thoi Singh (from Bengaluru)[4] 12 FW Jeje Lalpekhlua (from Mohun Bagan, previously on loan)[7] 13 GK Nidhin Lal (from Mumbai) 14 FW Stiven Mendoza (loan from Corinthians) 15 DF Abhishek Das (loan extended from East Bengal) 17 FW Balwant Singh (from Mohun Bagan, previously on loan)[7] 18 MF Harmanjot Khabra (loan extended East Bengal)[7] 19 MF Raphael Augusto (loan from Fluminense) 20 MF Bruno Pelissari (loan extended Atlético Paranaense)[7] 21 DF Lalhmangaihsanga (loan from Royal Wahingdoh) 22 MF Zakeer Mundampara (from Salgaocar) 24 GK Apoula Edel (from Hapoel Tel Aviv)[9] 25 DF Dhanachandra Singh (loan extended from Mohun Bagan)[7] 26 DF Mehrajuddin Wadoo (from Pune City)[8] 27 DF Mailson Alves (from Tupi) 31 DF Alessandro Potenza (from Modena)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Gennaro Bracigliano (to NorthEast United) 2 DF Jairo Suárez 3 MF Sukhwinder Singh (to East Bengal) 4 DF Khelemba Singh (to Shillong Lajong) 5 DF Bernard Mendy (to AEL Limassol) 6 DF Alessandro Nesta (Retired) 6 MF Eric Djemba-Djemba (to Persebaya Surabaya) 7 MF Elano (to Santos) 8 MF Cristian (to Moghreb Tétouan) 9 FW Jean-Eudes Maurice (to Nea Salamis Famagusta) 10 MF Bojan Djordjic 14 FW Stiven Mendoza (to Corinthians) 13 MF Denson Devadas (to Goa) 19 DF Gouramangi Singh (to Pune City) 21 GK Abhijit Mondal (loan return to East Bengal) 22 GK Shilton Paul (loan return to Mohun Bagan) 23 DF Marco Materazzi (Retired) 24 MF Jaison Vales (to Salgaocar) 26 MF Anthony Barbosa 27 DF Mikaël Silvestre (Retired) 28 MF Pappachen Pradeep (loan return to Mumbai) 29 GK Francesco Franzese (Retired)

Pre-season

Chennaiyin FC v Ortana

10 September 2015 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	2-0	Ortana	Italy

Chennaiyin FC v Gualdo Casacastalda

22 September 2015 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	1-2	Gualdo Casacastalda	Italy

Chennaiyin FC v Unione Sportiva Arezzo

24 September 2015 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	0-2	Unione Sportiva Arezzo	Italy

Chennaiyin FC v ASD San Donato Tavarnelle

26 September 2015 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	4-1	ASD San Donato Tavarnelle	Italy

Preliminary Round

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goa	14	7	4	3	29	20	+9	25	2015 Indian Super League Semi-final
2	Atlético de Kolkata	14	7	2	5	26	17	+9	23
3	Chennaiyin	14	7	1	6	25	15	+10	22
4	Delhi Dynamos	14	6	4	4	18	20	−2	22
5	NorthEast United	14	6	2	6	18	23	−5	20
6	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	16	26	−10	16
7	Pune City	14	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15
8	Kerala Blasters	14	3	4	7	22	27	−5	13

Updated to games played on 6 December 2015.
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	7	1	6	25	15	+10	22	4	0	3	16	9	+7	3	1	3	9	6	+3

Last updated: 22 November 2015.
Source: Matches

Results by round

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

Last updated: 24 November 2015.
Source: Matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

Chennaiyin v Atlético de Kolkata

3 October 2015 1	Chennaiyin	2 – 3	Atlético de Kolkata	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Khabra  6' Jeje  31' L. Ralte  59' Elano  89' (pen.) 89' B. Singh  90+1'	Report	Postiga  13', 70' Sahni  39' Valdo  76' Mondal  84'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 29,923 Referee: Matt Conger

Delhi Dynamos v Chennaiyin

8 October 2015 2	Delhi Dynamos	1 – 0	Chennaiyin	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Z. Ralte  6' Chicão  8' (pen.) Riise  16' Mulder  25'	Report	Potenza  12' L. Ralte  48'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 19,453 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Goa v Chennaiyin

11 October 2015 3	Goa	0 – 4	Chennaiyin	Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Moura  30'	Report	Mendoza  10', 63', 75' Elano  43' Khabra  49' Blasi  85'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 18,888 Referee: B. Balasubramaniam

Mumbai City v Chennaiyin

16 October 2015 4	Mumbai City	0 – 2	Chennaiyin	Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Čmovš  63'	Report	T. Singh  1' Mendoza  60', 66'	Stadium: DY Patil Stadium Attendance: 21,321 Referee: Ali Shaban

NorthEast United v Chennaiyin

20 October 2015 5	NorthEast United	2 – 0	Chennaiyin	Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Kamara  43' Bikey  77' Simão  83' 90+1' (pen.) Vélez  90+2' 90+2'	Report	Blasi  28' Potenza  38' Khabra  40', 40' Mendy  45+1' Teferra  45+6' Wadoo  83' Elano  90'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 19,272 Referee: Melwin D'Costa

Chennaiyin v Pune City

24 October 2015 6	Chennaiyin	2 – 1	Pune City	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Blasi  2' Mendy  34' Mendoza  48'	Report	Ravanan  50' Uche  75' Johnson  53' Lyngdoh  90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 26,821 Referee: David Gantar

Kerala Blasters v Chennaiyin

31 October 2015 7	Kerala Blasters	1 – 1	Chennaiyin	Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Dagnall  46' Perone	Report	Elano  34' Wadoo  59' Mailson  63'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 47,852 Referee: David Gantar

Chennaiyin v Goa

5 November 2015 8	Chennaiyin	0 – 2	Goa	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Teferra  46' Mendy  63' Elano  70' Wadoo  77' Khabra  90'	Report	Sabrosa  16' Arnolin  61' Moura  64' Lucca  78' Colaco  86'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 24,205 Referee: Santosh Kumar

Chennaiyin v NorthEast United

11 November 2015 9	Chennaiyin	1 – 2	NorthEast United	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Mundampara  23' Elano  33' T. Singh  74' Das  90+1'	Report	López  20' Kamara  44' 77' Silas  72'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 19,773 Referee: Banerjee Pranjal

Atlético de Kolkata v Chennaiyin

18 November 2015 10	Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Chennaiyin	Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Doutie  45' Hume  63' Valdo  90'	Report	Augusto  27' Potenza  33' D. Singh  45' Fikru  80' Augusto  82' Pelissari  94'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 35,437 Referee: N.R.Gamini

Chennaiyin v Kerala Blasters

21 November 2015 11	Chennaiyin	4 – 1	Kerala Blasters	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	D. Singh  4'  69' Mendoza  16', 80', 81' Blasi  89'	Report	Hossain  69' German  90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 20,483 Referee: Pratap Singh

Chennaiyin v Delhi Dynamos

24 November 2015 12	Chennaiyin	4 – 0	Delhi Dynamos	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Mendoza  15'  17' Pelissari  21' Jeje  40', 54' Khabra  60'	Report	Hans Mulder  62'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 25,531 Referee: Hai Tan

Chennaiyin v Mumbai City

1 December 2015 13	Chennaiyin	3 – 0	Mumbai City	Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Mendoza  9' Jeje  17' Mendy  45'  80' Blasi  61' Pelissari  63'	Report	Mawia  39' Rodrigues  47'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 12,636 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar

Pune City v Chennaiyin

5 December 2015 14	Pune City	0 – 1	Chennaiyin	Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)		Report	Elano  57' Jeje  64' Wadoo  89'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 8,136 Referee: B Balasubramniam

Semi-finals

Chennaiyin v Atlético de Kolkata

12 December 2015 19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Leg 1

Chennaiyin	3 – 0	Atlético de Kolkata
Blasi  37' Pelissari  38' Jeje  57' Mendoza  68'	Report

Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune Attendance: 7,965 Referee: Santosh Kumar

Atlético de Kolkata v Chennaiyin

16 December 2015 19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Leg 2

Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Chennaiyin
Mohanraj  56' Fernandes  66' Lekic  22' Tiri  84' Hume  87'	Report	Elano  37' Singh  55' Fikru  90'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 68,340 Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Finals

FC Goa v Chennaiyin

20 December 2015 19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Finals

FC Goa	2 – 3	Chennaiyin
Arnolin  60' Haokip  58' Jofre  87'  88'	Report	Wadoo  17' Pelissari  54' Thoi Singh  57' Kattimani  90' (o.g.) Mendoza  90+1'  90+2'

Fatorda Stadium, Goa Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Squad Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Karanjit Singh	4	0	4	0
2	DF		Éder	2	0	1+1	0
5	DF		Bernard Mendy	13	2	11+2	2
6	MF		Manuele Blasi	12	0	8+4	0
7	MF		Elano	14	4	11+3	4
8	MF		Godwin Franco	6	0	0+6	0
9	FW		Fikru Teferra	11	1	4+7	1
10	FW		Jayesh Rane	6	0	4+2	0
11	MF		Thoi Singh	15	0	15	0
12	FW		Jeje Lalpekhlua	10	6	9+1	6
14	FW		Stiven Mendoza	15	13	13+2	13
15	DF		Abhishek Das	3	0	2+1	0
17	MF		Balwant Singh	6	0	2+4	0
18	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	12	0	12	0
19	MF		Raphael Augusto	12	1	10+2	1
20	MF		Bruno Pelissari	13	2	5+8	2
21	DF		Lalhmangaihsanga	6	0	5+1	0
22	MF		Zakeer Mundampara	5	0	3+2	0
24	GK		Apoula Edel	12	0	12	0
25	DF		Dhanachandra Singh	11	1	11	1
26	DF		Mehrajuddin Wadoo	13	0	13	0
27	DF		Mailson Alves	11	0	11	0
31	DF		Alessandro Potenza	11	0	11	0

Goal scorers

S.No.	Position	Number	Name	Goals
1	FW	14	Stiven Mendoza	13
2	FW	12	Jeje Lalpekhlua	6
3	MF	7	Elano Blumer	4
4	MF	20	Bruno Pelissari	3
5	DF	5	Bernard Mendy	2
6	DF	25	Dhanachandra Singh	1
	MF	19	Raphael Augusto	1
	FW	9	Fikru Teferra	1
			Total	31

Disciplinary Record

Number	Position	Name
18	DF	Harmanjot Khabra	4	2
6	MF	Manuele Blasi	6	0
7	MF	Elano	5	0
26	DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	5	0
31	DF	Alessandro Potenza	4	0
5	DF	Bernard Mendy	3	0
9	FW	Fikru Teferra	3	0
14	FW	Stiven Mendoza	2	0
20	MF	Bruno Pelissari	2	0
21	DF	Lalhmangaihsanga	2	0
25	DF	Dhanachandra Singh	2	0
15	DF	Abhishek Das	1	0
17	FW	Balwant Singh	1	0
19	MF	Raphael Augusto	1	0
22	MF	Zakeer Mundampara	1	0
27	DF	Mailson	1	0
		Total	44	2

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