2014 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin FC
2014 season
Head CoachMarco Materazzi
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru stadium
ISL1st
FinalsSemi-finalist
Top goalscorerElano Blumer (8)
Highest home attendance25,317 vs. Kerala Blasters
(16 December)
Lowest home attendance16,567 vs. Mumbai City FC
(28 October)
Average home league attendance22,095
2015 →

The 2014 season was Chennaiyin FC's inaugural season in the first tournament of the newly formed Indian Super League.

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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

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Squad

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

Technical staff

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As of 27 June 2015
Position Name
Head Coach & Manager Italy Marco Materazzi
Assistant coach India Vivek Nagul
Goalkeeping coach Italy Francesco Franzese

Indian Super League 2014

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League table

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Pos Team 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

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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

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Round1234567891011121314
GroundAHAHHHAAHAAAHH
ResultWWLWDDDDWWLWLD
Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2014. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

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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 Match 12 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 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
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
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 Match 31 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 Eric Djemba-Djemba 70 (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 Match 45 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 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

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Semi-finals

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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

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  1. ^ "Business giants join forces to launch Indian Super League". Goal.com. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
  2. ^ Suchindran, Aravind (16 August 2014). "Screwvala, Abhishek may bid for Chennai franchise". Times of India. Retrieved 17 August 2014.