2014 Chennaiyin FC season

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 was 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.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	IND	Shilton Paul
21	GK	IND	Abhijit Mondal
1	GK	FRA	Gennaro Bracigliano
29	GK	ITA	Francesco Franzese
25	DF	IND	Dhanachandra Singh
19	DF	IND	Gouramangi Singh
4	DF	IND	Khelemba Singh
15	DF	IND	Abhishek Das
5	DF	FRA	Bernard Mendy
27	DF	FRA	Mikaël Silvestre
23	DF	ITA	Marco Materazzi
6	DF	ITA	Alessandro Nesta
2	DF	COL	Jairo Suárez
18	MF	IND	Harmanjot Khabra
13	MF	IND	Denson Devadas
11	MF	IND	Dane Pereira


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

Technical staff

As of 27 June 2015

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

Indian Super League 2014

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chennaiyin	14	6	5	3	24	20	+4	23	Advance to ISL Play-offs
2	Goa	14	6	4	4	21	12	+9	22
3	Atlético de Kolkata (C)	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

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions

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

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2014. Source: Matches

A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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

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

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

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

4 November 2014 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

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

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

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

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	o.g. )'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 23,726

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

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

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

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

9 December 2014 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

13 December 2014 (2014-12-13) 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

16 December 2014 (2014-12-16) Leg 2	Chennaiyin	3–1 (a.e.t.) (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

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

[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.

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