Chennai City FC

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Chennai City FC
File:Official Chennai City FC Logo.png
Full nameChennai City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Lions
Founded1946; 73 years ago (as Nethaji Sports Club)
GroundNehru Stadium, Coimbatore
Nehru Stadium, Chennai (most games)
Capacity30,000
40,000
LeagueI-League
2018–19I-League,1st of 11 (champions)
WebsiteClub website

Chennai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, that competes in the I-League, one of the top flights of Football in India. The club was established in 1946 as Netaji Sports Club by five friends. The club spend its grand majority of history by competing in the local state and city tournaments but entered the national stage in 2016. On 11 December 2016, the team were awarded a direct-entry spot into the I-League for the 2016–17 season, and became I-League champions of the 2018-19 season.[1]

History

The club was founded in 1946 as Netaji Sports Club by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram.[2] On 11 December 2016, the club was accepted as a direct entry club for 2016–17 I-League and became the second club from Tamil Nadu to play in the top division after Indian Bank team in National Football League.[3] On 6 February 2019 Chennai City FC had agreed for a partnership with FC Basel who now owns 26 percent of the club and would develop football in the state by building football schools for young talents.[4]

FC Basel will also have a player exchange program, including first team players, with CCFC and help the club with technical know how.[5][6]

On 9 March 2019, Chennai City FC beat former champions Minerva Punjab 3–1 to be crowned the 2018–19 I-League champions.[7] This marked the finish of a very successful season for the club, defying all expectations to win the league. Spanish-Uruguayan forward Pedro Manzi also scored a brace in this match, and was the joint top scorer of the league, scoring 21 league goals. This was Chennai City FC's first ever I-League title, and they represented India in the AFC Champions League.[8]

Chennai City FC also played in the Hero Super Cup during March–April 2019, and lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions FC Goa.[9] However, they did manage to win 2–1 against ISL champions Bengaluru FC in the quarter finals.[10]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2016—2017 Classic Polo Baako
2017—2018 Counter Sports —
2018—19 Penalty
2019—present Nivia TVS Group

Stadium

Main article: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in 2018

The club plays its home games at Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore. Constructed in 1971, it is currently used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 30,000. Prior to 2017–2018 season, the club played their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Chennai. The club decided to play their continental matches from Ahmedabad.

Players

First-team squad

As of 24 January 2021[11][12]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF India IND Shaji Antony
3 DF India IND Tarif Akhand
4 MF Serbia SRB Vladimir Molerović
8 MF India IND Ahmed Sahib
9 MF India IND Vijay Thomas
10 FW Serbia SRB Demir Avdić (vice-captain)
11 MF India IND Uma Sankar
12 MF India IND Charles Anandraj (captain)
13 GK India IND Kabir Thaufiq
15 MF India IND Vijay Nagappan
17 MF India IND Pravitto Raju
18 DF India IND Harikrishna AU
20 MF India IND Jockson Dhas
22 MF India IND Sriram Boopathi
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF India IND Ranjeet Pandre
26 FW India IND Syed Suhail Pasha
27 FW India IND Ameerudeen Mohaideen
28 DF India IND Pradison Mariyadasan
31 GK India IND Prateek Kumar Singh
32 DF India IND Lijo Francis
33 DF India IND Shankar Sampingiraj
35 DF India IND Jishnu Balakrishnan
36 MF India IND Varun Mathur
41 GK India IND Aryan Niraj Lamba
43 FW India IND Rajesh S
44 DF Serbia SRB Elvedin Skrijelj
45 MF Singapore SGP Iqbal Hussain (vice-captain)

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Singapore Satyasagara
Assistant Coach
Team Manager India Ashok Kumar
Goalkeeping Coach India V P Sathiesh Kumar
Sports Physiotherapist India Ragunath Manogaran
Video Analyst India Aravind Chandrasekaran

Honours

I-League

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1 Bahrain Al-Riffa 0–1
2020 AFC Cup Group E Maldives Maziya S&RC 2–2 – Cancelled
Maldives TC Sports – –
Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings – –

Team records

I-League

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Federation Cup/Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2016–17 I-League 10 8 2,949 Group stage DNP DNP DNP
2017–18 I-League 10 8 8,194 Qualification round DNP DNP DNP
2018–19 I-League 11 1 6,138 Semi-finals Group stage DNP DNP
2019–20 I-League 11 7 7,825 DNP Group Stage Preliminary round 1 Group Stage
2020–21 I-League 11 - DNP DNP DNP DNP
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Overall

As of 14 January 2017
Season I-League Asia Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position P W D L GF GA Player Goals
2016–17 18 4 5 9 15 29 17 8 – – – – – – Charles 4
2017–18 18 4 7 7 15 24 19 8 – – – – – – Joachim 5
2018–19 18 13 4 3 48 28 43 1 – – – – – – Manzi 21
2019-20 15 5 5 5 20 21 20 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 Yusa 5

Head coach

As of 26 October 2020
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Robin Charles Raja  India 13 December 2016 8 February 2017 7 1 1 5 3 11 014.29
V. Soundararajan  India 9 January 2017 14 March 2018 13 3 4 6 15 19 023.08
Akbar Nawas  Singapore 15 March 2018 26 October 2020 38 20 9 9 68 49 052.63

Team

References

  1. ^ Vasudevan, Shyam (30 November 2019). "I-League: Despite changes, teams gear up for new season". Sportstar. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  2. ^ "From Senior Division to I-League: The Chennai City FC story". 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ "I-League Update: Chennai City FC and Minerva Punjab FC to play in the coming season". 11 December 2016.
  4. ^ "CHENNAI CITY FC ROPE IN FC BASEL HOLDING AG AS STAKEHOLDERS". aiff.com. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Federer's home club Basel to invest 20m euros in CCFC – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Der FCB und sein Bollywood-Farmteam – Basel steigt bei Chennai City ein". watson.ch (in German). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  7. ^ "Chennai City FC win I-League 2018-19 title, East Bengal finish second". indiatoday.in. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Chennai City FC set to play continental games from Ahmedabad next season". Goal.com. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
  9. ^ "FC Goa enter Super Cup final with 3-0 win over Chennai City". www.newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Chennai City knock out champions Bengaluru FC from Super Cup". indianexpress.com. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  11. ^ "India - Chennai City FC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Chennai City FC - Soccer - Team Profile - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics - Global Sports Archive". globalsportsarchive.com. Retrieved 24 January 2021.

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