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Chennaiyin FC
2015 season
ManagerMarco Materazzi
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru stadium, Chennai
Indian Super LeagueChampions
Top goalscorerLeague: Stiven Mendoza (13)
All: Stiven Mendoza (13)
Highest home attendance30000 vs Atlético de Kolkata
Lowest home attendance12,636 vs Mumbai City FC
Average home league attendance22,721
Biggest win4-0 (vs FC Goa on 11 Oct 2015 and vs Delhi Dynamos on 24 Nov 2015)
Biggest defeat0-2 (vs NorthEast United on 20 Oct 2015 and vs FC Goa on 5 Nov 2015)
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The 2015 season was 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 21 December 2015:[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK India IND Karanjit Singh
2 DF Brazil BRA Éder
3 MF India IND Dhanpal Ganesh (on loan from Pune)
4 DF India IND Justin Stephen (on loan from Mumbai)
5 DF France FRA Bernard Mendy
6 MF Italy ITA Manuele Blasi
7 MF Brazil BRA Elano (on loan from Santos)
8 MF India IND Godwin Franco
9 FW Ethiopia ETH Fikru
10 FW India IND Jayesh Rane (on loan from Mumbai)
11 MF India IND Thoi Singh (on loan from Bengaluru FC)
12 FW India IND Jeje Lalpekhlua
13 GK India IND Nidhin Lal
14 FW Colombia COL Stiven Mendoza (on loan from Corinthians)
15 DF India IND Abhishek Das (on loan from East Bengal)
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW India IND Balwant Singh
18 MF India IND Harmanjot Khabra (on loan from East Bengal)
19 MF Brazil BRA Raphael Augusto (on loan from Fluminense)
20 MF Brazil BRA Bruno Pelissari (on loan from Atlético Paranaense)
21 DF India IND Lalhmangaihsanga (on loan from Royal Wahingdoh)
22 MF India IND Zakeer Mundampara
24 GK Armenia ARM Apoula Edel
25 DF India IND Dhanachandra Singh (on loan from Mohun Bagan)
26 DF India IND Mehrajuddin Wadoo
27 DF Brazil BRA Maílson Alves
31 DF Italy ITA Alessandro Potenza

Technical staff

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

Transfers

Pre-season

10 September 2015 (2015-09-10) Friendly Chennaiyin FC 2-0 Ortana Italy
22 September 2015 (2015-09-22) Friendly Chennaiyin FC 1-2 Gualdo Casacastalda Italy
24 September 2015 (2015-09-24) Friendly Chennaiyin FC 0-2 Unione Sportiva Arezzo Italy
26 September 2015 (2015-09-26) Friendly Chennaiyin FC 4-1 ASD San Donato Tavarnelle Italy

Preliminary round

League table

Indian Super League
Season2015
Dates3 October – 20 December
ChampionsChennaiyin
(1st title)
Matches played61
Goals scored186 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerStiven Mendoza
(13 goals)
Best goalkeeperApoula Edel
(90 mins per goal)
Biggest home winGoa 7–0 Mumbai City
(17 November 2015)
Biggest away winKerala Blasters 1–5 Goa
(29 November 2015)
Highest scoringGoa 7–0 Mumbai City
(17 November 2015)
Longest winning runChennaiyin
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runAtlético de Kolkata, Delhi Dynamos, Chennaiyin
(5 games)
Longest winless runPune City
(8 games)
Longest losing runKerala Blasters, Pune City
(4 games)
Highest attendance68,340
Atlético de Kolkata 2–1 Chennaiyin
(16 December)
Lowest attendance7,965
Chennaiyin 3–0 Atletico de Kolkata
(12 December) (played in Pune)
Total attendance1,653,808
Average attendance27,111
2014
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The 2015 Hero Indian Super League was the second season of the Indian Super League, a professional football league played in India since 2014. The season featured eight teams. The regular season kicked off on 3 October and ended on 6 December, while the finals began on 11 December, which will conclude with the final match on 20 December.[10] The defending champions Atlético de Kolkata were eliminated in the semi-finals by Chennaiyin FC. The final was played between Goa and Chennaiyin on 20 December 2015 at the Fatorda Stadium in Goa. Chennayin were crowned as champions defeating Goa 3–2 in the final.[11][12]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Team City/State Stadium Capacity
Atlético de Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal Salt Lake Stadium 68,000
Chennaiyin Chennai, Tamil Nadu Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 40,000
Delhi Dynamos Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,000
Goa Margao, Goa Fatorda Stadium 19,500
Kerala Blasters Kochi, Kerala Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium 60,000
Mumbai City Mumbai, Maharashtra DY Patil Stadium 55,000
NorthEast United Guwahati, Assam Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium 35,000
Pune City Pune, Maharashtra Balewadi Stadium 12,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captains Kit manufacture Shirt sponsors
Atlético de Kolkata Spain Antonio López Habas Spain Borja Fernandez Nivia Birla Tyres
Chennaiyin Italy Marco Materazzi Brazil Elano Blumer TYKA Ozone Group
Delhi Dynamos Brazil Roberto Carlos Netherlands Hans Mulder Puma EKANA Sportz City
Goa Brazil Zico Brazil Lúcio Adidas Prime Markets
Kerala Blasters Republic of Ireland Terry Phelan England Peter Ramage Puma Muthoot Group
Mumbai City France Nicolas Anelka Haiti Frantz Bertin Puma ACE Group
NorthEast United Venezuela César Farías France Cédric Hengbart Performax HTC
Pune City England David Platt Ivory Coast Didier Zokora Adidas Fair and Handsome

Head coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
Kerala Blasters England David James Contract finished 20 December 2014 Pre-Season England Peter Taylor 9 May 2015[13]
Pune City Italy Franco Colomba Contract finished 20 December 2014 England David Platt 27 May 2015[14]
NorthEast United New Zealand Ricki Herbert Contract finished 20 December 2014 Venezuela César Farías 1 July 2015[15]
Mumbai City England Peter Reid Contract finished 20 December 2014 France Nicolas Anelka 3 July 2015[16]
Delhi Dynamos Netherlands Harm van Veldhoven Contract finished 20 December 2014 Brazil Roberto Carlos 5 July 2015[17]
Kerala Blasters England Peter Taylor Mutual consent 27 October 2015 8th England Trevor Morgan 27 October 2015[18]
Kerala Blasters England Trevor Morgan Interim manager 1 November 2015 8th Republic of Ireland Terry Phelan 1 November 2015[19]

Roster changes

Marquee players

Team Marquee
Atlético de Kolkata Portugal Hélder Postiga[20]
Chennaiyin Brazil Elano[21]
Delhi Dynamos Brazil Roberto Carlos
Goa Brazil Lúcio[22]
Kerala Blasters Spain Carlos Marchena[23]
Mumbai City France Nicolas Anelka[24]
NorthEast United Portugal Simão Sabrosa[25]
Pune City Romania Adrian Mutu[26]

Foreign players

Besides the marquee player, each Indian Super League side must sign at least eight foreign players with the maximum capped at 10.[27]

Atlético de Kolkata (10) Chennaiyin (10) Delhi Dynamos (10) Goa (9)
Serbia Dejan Lekić
Botswana Ofentse Nato
Spain Borja Fernández
Canada Iain Hume
Spain Jaime Gavilán
Spain Tiri
South Africa Sameehg Doutie
Spain Juan Calatayud
Cape Verde Valdo
Spain Jorge Alonso
France Bernard Mendy
Brazil Bruno Pelissari
Ethiopia Fikru Teferra
Armenia Apoula Edel
Brazil Éder
Brazil Raphael Augusto
Brazil Mailson Alves
Italy Manuele Blasi
Italy Alessandro Potenza
Colombia Stiven Mendoza
Netherlands Hans Mulder
Brazil Gustavo Marmentini
Brazil Chicão
France Florent Malouda
Norway John Arne Riise
England Adil Nabi
Spain Toni Doblas
Ghana Richard Gadze
Netherlands Serginho Greene
Brazil Vinícius
France Grégory Arnolin
Brazil Elinton Andrade
Brazil Reinaldo
Spain Jofre
Brazil Leo Moura
Brazil Jonatan Lucca
Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi
Brazil Luciano Sabrosa
Brazil Rafael Coelho
Kerala Blasters (10) Mumbai City (9) NorthEast United (10) Pune City (10)
Spain Pulga
England Chris Dagnall
Portugal João Coimbra
Brazil Bruno Perone
Brazil Rodrigo Arroz
England Peter Ramage
England Antonio German
Spain Josu
England Marcus Williams
England Stephen Bywater
Republic of Ireland Darren O'Dea
Spain Juan Aguilera
Haiti Sony Norde
Czech Republic Pavel Čmovš
Tunisia Selim Benachour
Haiti Frantz Bertin
Spain Cristian Bustos
France Frédéric Piquionne
Spain Aitor
France Cédric Hengbart
Spain Bruno
Portugal Silas
Senegal Diomansy Kamara
Argentina Nicolás Vélez
France Gennaro Bracigliano
Ghana Francis Dadzie
Cameroon André Bikey
Argentina Carlos Javier López
Senegal Victor Mendy
Costa Rica Yendrick Ruiz
England Steve Simonsen
England Nicky Shorey
Ivory Coast Didier Zokora
England James Bailey
Turkey Tuncay
England Roger Johnson
Argentina Diego Colotto
Nigeria Kalu Uche
Netherlands Wesley Verhoek

Regular season

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Goa 14 7 4 3 29 20 +9 25 Advance to ISL Play-offs
2 Atlético de Kolkata 14 7 2 5 26 17 +9 23
3 Chennaiyin (C) 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
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Playoffs

Bracket

Semi-Finals Final
        
1 Goa 0 3 3
4 Delhi Dynamos 1 0 1
1 Goa 2
3 Chennaiyin 3
2 Atlético de Kolkata 0 2 2
3 Chennaiyin 3 1 4

Statistics

As of match played on 20 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Goa 4–0 11 October 2015
India Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City NorthEast United 5–1 28 October 2015
Canada Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata Mumbai City 4–1 1 November 2015
Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi Goa Mumbai City 7–0 17 November 2015
India Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa Mumbai City 7–0 17 November 2015
Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Kerala Blasters 4–1 21 November 2015
Canada Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata Pune City 4–1 27 November 2015
Brazil Reinaldo Goa Kerala Blasters 5–1 29 November 2015

Assists

Rank Player Club Assists Ref
1 ? ? ?

Clean Sheets

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Armenia Apoula Edel Chennaiyin 6
2 India Rehenesh TP NorthEast United 4
3 India Subrata Pal Mumbai City 3
Spain Toni Doblas Delhi Dynamos
India Laxmikant Kattimani Goa
6 England Steve Simonsen Pune City 2
England Stephen Bywater Kerala Blasters
8 India Sanjiban Ghosh Delhi Dynamos 1
Brazil Elinton Andrade Goa
India Debjit Majumder Mumbai City
India Amrinder Singh Atlético de Kolkata

Attendance

As of matches played on 20 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Average home attendances

Note: Table lists in order of average attendance.
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Kerala Blasters 364,054 62,087 32,313 52,008 +5.9%


2 Atlético de Kolkata 405,659 68,340 35,437 50,707 +12.3%


3 NorthEast United 172,115 30,319 15,123 24,588 −11.0%


4 Chennaiyin 159,372 29,923 12,636 22,767 +3.0%


5 Mumbai City 158,983 27,435 17,393 22,712 +0.5%


6 Delhi Dynamos 155,274 25,212 14,299 19,409 +23.5%


7 Goa 169,590 19,796 17,634 18,843 +4.3%


8 Pune City 68,761 9,057 7,965 8,595 +9.4%


League total 1,653,808 68,340 7,965 27,111 +6.4%

Source: Official club websites and Indian Super League

"Change" refers to change in figures wrt previous edition of the tournament.


Highest attendances

Rank Home team Score Away team Attendance Date Stadium
1 Atlético de Kolkata 2 – 1 Chennaiyin 68,340 16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) Salt Lake Stadium
2 Kerala Blasters 0 – 1 Delhi Dynamos 62,087 18 October 2015 (2015-10-18) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
3 Kerala Blasters 0 – 0 Mumbai City 61,483 10 October 2015 (2015-10-10) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
4 Atlético de Kolkata 2 – 3 Mumbai City 61,276 4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) Salt Lake Stadium
5 Atlético de Kolkata 2 – 1 Kerala Blasters 61,237 13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) Salt Lake Stadium
6 Kerala Blasters 2 – 3 Atlético de Kolkata 60,251 10 November 2015 (2015-11-10) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
7 Kerala Blasters 3 – 1 NorthEast United 60,017 6 October 2015 (2015-10-06) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
8 Atlético de Kolkata 4 – 0 Goa 51,047 22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) Salt Lake Stadium
9 Atlético de Kolkata 4 – 1 Pune City 48,721 27 November 2015 (2015-11-27) Salt Lake Stadium
10 Kerala Blasters 1 – 1 Chennaiyin 47,852 31 October 2015 (2015-10-31) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

Source:Official club websites and Indian Super League.

Awards

As of matches played on 20 December 2015
Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match

Match Hero of the Match Match Hero of the Match
Player Club Player Club
Match 1 Portugal Hélder Postiga Atlético de Kolkata Match 31 Martinique Frédéric Piquionne Mumbai City
Match 2 India Mandar Rao Desai Goa Match 32 Cameroon André Bikey NorthEast United
Match 3 Turkey Tuncay Pune City Match 33 Brazil Lúcio Goa
Match 4 Spain Josu Kerala Blasters Match 34 England Antonio German Kerala Blasters
Match 5 India Arata Izumi Atlético de Kolkata Match 35 India Rehenesh TP NorthEast United
Match 6 Norway John Arne Riise Delhi Dynamos Match 36 Ivory Coast Didier Zokora Pune City
Match 7 England Roger Johnson Pune City Match 37 India Robin Singh Delhi Dynamos
Match 8 India Subhash Singh Mumbai City Match 38 India Cavin Lobo Kerala Blasters
Match 9 Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Match 39 Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi Goa
Match 10 Spain Javi Lara Atlético de Kolkata Match 40 South Africa Sameehg Doutie Atlético de Kolkata
Match 11 France Florent Malouda Delhi Dynamos Match 41 Brazil Chicão Delhi Dynamos
Match 12 Spain Jofre Goa Match 42 Senegal Diomansy Kamara NorthEast United
Match 13 Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin Match 43 Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin
Match 14 Turkey Tuncay Pune City Match 44 South Africa Sameehg Doutie Atlético de Kolkata
Match 15 India Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters Match 45 France Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin
Match 16 Armenia Apoula Edel Chennaiyin Match 46 Brazil Leo Moura Goa
Match 17 India Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City Match 47 Spain Juan Aguilera Mumbai City
Match 18 Brazil Leo Moura Goa Match 48 Canada Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata
Match 19 Argentina Nicolás Vélez NorthEast United Match 49 Brazil Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos
Match 20 France Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin Match 50 Brazil Reinaldo Goa
Match 21 India Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City Match 51 France Bernard Mendy Chennaiyin
Match 22 England Nicky Shorey Pune City Match 52 Argentina Nicolás Vélez NorthEast United
Match 23 India Sunil Chhetri Mumbai City Match 53 England Chris Dagnall Kerala Blasters
Match 24 India Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos Match 54 Tunisia Selim Benachour Mumbai City
Match 25 India Mandar Rao Desai Goa Match 55 Armenia Apoula Edel Chennaiyin
Match 26 England Chris Dagnall Kerala Blasters Match 56 India Romeo Fernandes Goa
Match 27 Canada Iain Hume Atlético de Kolkata Match 57 Brazil Gustavo Marmentini Delhi Dynamos
Match 28 Norway John Arne Riise Delhi Dynamos Match 58 Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin
Match 29 England Sanchez Watt Kerala Blasters Match 59 Nigeria Dudu Omagbemi Goa
Match 30 Brazil Leo Moura Goa Match 60 Armenia Apoula Edel Chennaiyin
Match 61 Spain Jofre Goa

ISL Emerging Player of the Match

Match ISL Emerging Player of the Match Match ISL Emerging Player of the Match
Player Club Player Club
Match 1 India Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin Match 31 India Zodingliana Ralte Delhi Dynamos
Match 2 India Sanjiban Ghosh Delhi Dynamos Match 32 India Mohammed Rafique Atlético de Kolkata
Match 3 India Israil Gurung Pune City Match 33 India Eugeneson Lyngdoh Pune City
Match 4 India Mohammed Rafi Kerala Blasters Match 34 India Rino Anto Atlético de Kolkata
Match 5 India Keenan Almeida Goa Match 35 India Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 6 India Abhishek Das Chennaiyin Match 36 India Keegan Pereira Mumbai City
Match 7 India Fanai Lalrempuia Pune City Match 37 India Jewel Raja Atlético de Kolkata
Match 8 India Gabriel Fernandes Mumbai City Match 38 India Sandesh Jhingan Kerala Blasters
Match 9 India Jayesh Rane Chennaiyin Match 39 India Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa
Match 10 India Arata Izumi Atlético de Kolkata Match 40 India Thoi Singh Chennaiyin
Match 11 India Jackichand Singh Pune City Match 41 India Seminlen Doungel Delhi Dynamos
Match 12 India Sanju Pradhan NorthEast United Match 42 India Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 13 India Lalchhuan Mawia Mumbai City Match 43 India Thoi Singh Chennaiyin
Match 14 India Dharmaraj Ravanan Pune City Match 44 India Mohammed Rafique Atlético de Kolkata
Match 15 India C.K. Vineeth Kerala Blasters Match 45 India Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin
Match 16 India Boithang Haokip NorthEast United Match 46 India Sanju Pradhan NorthEast United
Match 17 India Anas Edathodika Delhi Dynamos Match 47 India Thangjam Singh Mumbai City
Match 18 India Rahul Bheke Kerala Blasters Match 48 India Arnab Mondal Atlético de Kolkata
Match 19 India Amrinder Singh Atlético de Kolkata Match 49 India Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United
Match 20 India Karanjit Singh Chennaiyin Match 50 India Mandar Rao Desai Goa
Match 21 India Gabriel Fernandes Mumbai City Match 51 India Thoi Singh Chennaiyin
Match 22 India Rahul Bheke Kerala Blasters Match 52 India Siam Hanghal NorthEast United
Match 23 India Lalchhuan Mawia Mumbai City Match 53 India Cavin Lobo Kerala Blasters
Match 24 India Rino Anto Atlético de Kolkata Match 54 India Rino Anto Atlético de Kolkata
Match 25 India Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa Match 55 India Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin
Match 26 India Karanjit Singh Chennaiyin Match 56 India Pronay Halder Goa
Match 27 India Amrinder Singh Atlético de Kolkata Match 57 India Sehnaj Singh Delhi Dynamos
Match 28 India Satiyasen Singh NorthEast United Match 58 India Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin
Match 29 India Rahul Bheke Kerala Blasters Match 59 India Mandar Rao Desai Goa
Match 30 India Thoi Singh Chennaiyin Match 60 India Nallappan Mohanraj Atlético de Kolkata
Match 61 India Thongkhosiem Haokip Goa

End-of-season awards

Award Player Club
Hero of the League Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin
Fittest player of the League Canada Iain Hume Atletico de Kolkata
Golden Boot Colombia Stiven Mendoza Chennaiyin
Golden Glove Armenia Apoula Edel Chennaiyin
Emerging Player of the League India Jeje Lalpekhlua Chennaiyin
Fair Play Award Mumbai City

See also

References

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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

Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAAAAHAHHAHHHA
ResultLLWWLWDLLLWWWW
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2015. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 October 2015 1 Chennaiyin 2 – 3 Atlético de Kolkata Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Khabra Yellow card 6'
Jeje 31'
L. Ralte Yellow card 59'
Elano 89' (pen.)Yellow card 89'
B. Singh Yellow card 90+1'
Report Postiga 13', 70'
Sahni Yellow card 39'
Valdo 76'
Mondal Yellow card 84'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Attendance: 29,923
Referee: Matt Conger
8 October 2015 2 Delhi Dynamos 1 – 0 Chennaiyin Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Z. Ralte Yellow card 6'
Chicão 8' (pen.)
Riise Yellow card 16'
Mulder Yellow card 25'
Report Potenza Yellow card 12'
L. Ralte Yellow card 48'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 19,453
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
11 October 2015 3 Goa 0 – 4 Chennaiyin Goa
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Moura Yellow card 30' Report Mendoza 10', 63', 75'
Elano 43'
Khabra Yellow card 49'
Blasi Yellow card 85'
Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 18,888
Referee: B. Balasubramaniam
16 October 2015 4 Mumbai City 0 – 2 Chennaiyin Mumbai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Čmovš Yellow card 63' Report T. Singh Yellow card 1'
Mendoza 60', 66'
Stadium: DY Patil Stadium
Attendance: 21,321
Referee: Ali Shaban
20 October 2015 5 NorthEast United 2 – 0 Chennaiyin Guwahati
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Kamara Yellow card 43'
Bikey Yellow card 77'
Simão Yellow card 83' 90+1' (pen.)
Vélez Yellow card 90+2' 90+2'
Report Blasi Yellow card 28'
Potenza Yellow card 38'
Khabra Yellow card 40' Red card 40'
Mendy Yellow card 45+1'
Teferra Yellow card 45+6'
Wadoo Yellow card 83'
Elano Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Attendance: 19,272
Referee: Melwin D'Costa
24 October 2015 6 Chennaiyin 2 – 1 Pune City Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Blasi Yellow card 2'
Mendy 34'
Mendoza 48'
Report Ravanan Yellow card 50'
Uche 75'
Johnson Yellow card 53'
Lyngdoh Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 26,821
Referee: David Gantar
31 October 2015 7 Kerala Blasters 1 – 1 Chennaiyin Kochi
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Dagnall 46'
Perone Red card
Report Elano 34'
Wadoo Yellow card 59'
Mailson Yellow card 63'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 47,852
Referee: David Gantar
5 November 2015 8 Chennaiyin 0 – 2 Goa Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Teferra Yellow card 46'
Mendy Yellow card 63'
Elano Yellow card 70'
Wadoo Yellow card 77'
Khabra Red card 90'
Report Sabrosa Yellow card 16'
Arnolin Yellow card 61'
Moura 64'
Lucca 78'
Colaco Yellow card 86'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Attendance: 24,205
Referee: Santosh Kumar
11 November 2015 9 Chennaiyin 1 – 2 NorthEast United Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Mundampara Yellow card 23'
Elano 33'
T. Singh Yellow card 74'
Das Yellow card 90+1'
Report López Yellow card 20'
Kamara 44'Yellow card 77'
Silas 72'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Attendance: 19,773
Referee: Banerjee Pranjal
18 November 2015 10 Atlético de Kolkata 2 – 1 Chennaiyin Kolkata
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Doutie 45'
Hume 63'
Valdo Yellow card 90'
Report Augusto 27'
Potenza Yellow card 33'
D. Singh Yellow card 45'
Fikru Yellow card 80'
Augusto Yellow card 82'
Pelissari Yellow card 94'
Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 35,437
Referee: N.R.Gamini
21 November 2015 11 Chennaiyin 4 – 1 Kerala Blasters Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) D. Singh 4' Yellow card 69'
Mendoza 16', 80', 81'
Blasi Yellow card 89'
Report Hossain Yellow card 69'
German 90'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Attendance: 20,483
Referee: Pratap Singh
24 November 2015 12 Chennaiyin 4 – 0 Delhi Dynamos Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Mendoza Yellow card 15' 17'
Pelissari 21'
Jeje 40', 54'
Khabra Yellow card 60'
Report Hans Mulder Yellow card 62' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Attendance: 25,531
Referee: Hai Tan
1 December 2015 13 Chennaiyin 3 – 0 Mumbai City Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Mendoza 9'
Jeje 17'
Mendy 45' Yellow card 80'
Blasi Yellow card 61'
Pelissari Yellow card 63'
Report Mawia Yellow card 39'
Rodrigues Yellow card 47'
Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Attendance: 12,636
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar
5 December 2015 14 Pune City 0 – 1 Chennaiyin Pune
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Report Elano Yellow card 57'
Jeje 64'
Wadoo Yellow card 89'
Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,136
Referee: B Balasubramniam

Semi-finals

Leg 1
Chennaiyin3 – 0Atlético de Kolkata
Blasi Yellow card 37'
Pelissari 38'
Jeje 57'
Mendoza 68'
Report
Leg 2
Atlético de Kolkata2 – 1Chennaiyin
Mohanraj Yellow card 56'
Fernandes Yellow card 66'
Lekic 22'
Tiri Yellow card 84'
Hume 87'
Report Elano Yellow card 37'
Singh Yellow card 55'
Fikru 90'
Attendance: 68,340

Finals

Finals
FC Goa2 – 3Chennaiyin
Arnolin Yellow card 60'
Haokip 58'
Jofre 87' Yellow card 88'
Report Wadoo Yellow card 17'
Pelissari 54'
Thoi Singh Yellow card 57'
Kattimani 90' (o.g.)
Mendoza 90+1' Yellow card 90+2'

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Goal scorers

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

Disciplinary record

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

References