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'''Chennaiyin Football Club''' (Football Club of Chennai) is an [[Indian Super League]] football franchise based in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] which began play in October 2014 during the [[2014 Indian Super League season|inaugural season of the Indian Super League]]. The franchise is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and Indian cricket team Captain [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]. <ref>[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141006/sports-football/article/dhoni-becomes-isl-team-chennaiyin-fc-co-owner ''Dhoni becomes ISL team Chennaiyin FC co-owner'']. [[Deccan Chronicle]]. Retrieved 6 October 2014.</ref> The team's name, "Chennaiyin FC" reflects the local language, [[Tamil]] (the 'yin' suffix meaning 'of', thus the name translating to "The football club of Chennai"). And the team's logo, the Dhrishti Bommai (Also known as Duradhrishti) reflects [[Tamil culture]]. The Dhrishti Bommai is a representation of preserving positivity.
'''Chennaiyin Football Club''' (Football Club of Chennai) is an [[Indian Super League]] football franchise based in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]] which began play in October 2014 during the [[2014 Indian Super League season|inaugural season of the Indian Super League]]. The franchise is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and Indian cricket team Captain [[Mahendra Singh Dhoni]]. <ref>[http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141006/sports-football/article/dhoni-becomes-isl-team-chennaiyin-fc-co-owner ''Dhoni becomes ISL team Chennaiyin FC co-owner'']. [[Deccan Chronicle]]. Retrieved 6 October 2014.</ref>


==History==
==History==

Revision as of 16:34, 4 November 2014

File:Chennaiyin FC Logo.jpg
Full nameChennaiyin Football Club
Founded2014
GroundJawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Capacity40,000
OwnerAbhishek Bachchan
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Vita Dani
Head coachMarco Materazzi
LeagueIndian Super League
2014Inaugural Season
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Chennaiyin Football Club (Football Club of Chennai) is an Indian Super League football franchise based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu which began play in October 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. The franchise is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricket team Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. [1]

History

When the Indian Super League was founded in 2013, the city of Chennai was one of the nine proposed cities up for franchise bidding.[2] 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.[3] Then, in August 2014, with two months before the 2014 ISL season, the Bangalore owners Sun Group dropped out due to disputes with the organizers.[4] 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.[5] Then, on 14 August 2014, it was reported that ISL officials were inspecting the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai for the proposed team.[6]

On 21 August 2014, for the ISL international player draft Prashant Agarwal CEO of Kshatriya Sports and Playon Skills, who is an Indian origin football expert based in London, UK and has a technical tie-up with Italian club Inter Milan represented the Team Chennai.[7][8] Prashant Agarwal & his team picked the ex-PSG star Bernard Mendy, Cristian Hidalgo, Gennaro Bracigliano, Bojan Djordjic, Eduardo Silva Lerma, Bruno Pelissari and Jairo Suárez as their 7 international players,[9] for INR 2.34 Crore for all 7 players at an average value of INR 33.43 Lakhs per player.

On 12 September 2014, Italian World Cup winner Marco Materazzi was hired as player-manager.[10]

The club officially launched their jersey in the presence of co-owners Abhishek Bachchan and Vita Dani at a press conference on 9 October 2014. They also announced that the Ozone Group, a prominent real estate developer, would be their principal sponsor for the tournament.[11]

On 15 October 2014, Chennaiyin won their first Indian Super League fixture with a 2–1 victory at FC Goa. The goals were scored by Balwant Singh, who became the first Indian player to score in the competition, and the former Brazil international Elano, who was the first marquee player to score.[12] On October 21, Chennaiyin FC won their second ISL fixture with a 2-1 victory over Kerala Blasters through a penalty from marquee player Elano and a stunning acrobatic overhead kick by Bernard Mendy.[13]

Stadium

File:ChennaiyinFC stadium.jpg
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium(Marina Arena), Home ground of Chennaiyin FC

Chennaiyin FC play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Marina Arena) which has a seating capacity of about 40,000.

Players

Current squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK France FRA Gennaro Bracigliano
2 DF Colombia COL Jairo Suárez
3 MF India IND Sukhwinder Singh
4 DF India IND Khelemba Singh
5 DF France FRA Bernard Mendy (vice-captain)
7 MF Brazil BRA Elano MP
8 MF Spain ESP Cristian Hidalgo
10 MF Sweden SWE Bojan Djordjic (captain)
12 FW India IND Jeje Lalpekhlua
13 MF India IND Denson Devadas
14 FW Colombia COL Stiven Mendoza
15 DF India IND Abhishek Das
16 FW India IND Jayesh Rane
17 FW India IND Balwant Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF India IND Harmanjot Khabra
19 DF India IND Gouramangi Singh
20 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Pelissari
21 GK India IND Abhijit Mondal
22 GK India IND Shilton Paul
23 DF Italy ITA Marco Materazzi
24 MF India IND Jaison Vales
25 DF India IND Dhanachandra Singh
26 MF India IND Anthony Barbosa
27 DF France FRA Mikaël Silvestre
28 MF India IND Pappachen Pradeep
— MF Cameroon CMR Eric Djemba-Djemba
— FW Haiti HAI Jean-Eudes Maurice

MP:Marquee player

Technical staff

Current technical staff

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

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Title sponsor
2014– TYKA Ozone Group, Reliance Digital

See also

References

  1. ^ Dhoni becomes ISL team Chennaiyin FC co-owner. Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Business giants join forces to launch Indian Super League". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Chennai unlikely to have an ISL team". Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  4. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus. "Now, Sun Group opts out of Indian Super League". Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  5. ^ Suchindran, Aravind. "Screwvala, Abhishek may bid for Chennai franchise". Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  6. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus. "ISL: Draft for overseas players on August 21". Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  7. ^ Jitendran, Nikhil. "Chennai confirmed as eighth ISL franchise after Bangalore drop out". Goal.com. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  8. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus. "ISL: Abhishek Bachchan to lead Chennai consortium". Times of India. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  9. ^ Marar, Nandakumar. "ISL: Chennai replaces Bangalore, Kerala Blasters pick Michael Chopra". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  10. ^ Suchindran, Aravind (12 September 2014). "Marco Materazzi to manage Chennai Titans". The Times of India. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  11. ^ "Official Jersey released". Times Of India. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  12. ^ Raj, Rohan (15 October 2014). "ISL: Record-breaking Chennaiyin FC romp to 2-1 win over FC Goa". India Today. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  13. ^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/isl-chennaiyin-fc-vs-kerala-blasters-fc-live-score-match-9-nehru-stadium/1/396992.html
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