2020–21 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin
2020–2021 season
owner	Abhishek Bachchan ; MS Dhoni ; Vita Dani
Head Coach	Csaba László
Stadium	GMC Athletic Stadium, Bambolim
Indian Super League	7th
Top goalscorer	League: Isma (4 goals); All: Isma (4 goals)
Highest home attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
Lowest home attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
Average home league attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
Biggest win	JFC 1-2 CFC (24 November 2020) FCG 1-2 CFC (19 December 2020) OFC 1-2 CFC (13 January 2021)
Biggest defeat	CFC 1-4 HFC (4 January 2021)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2019–20 2021–22 →

The 2020–21 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2014 and their seventh season in the Indian Super League

Technical staff

As of 28 October 2020

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Csaba László
Assistant Coach	Admir Kozlic
Assistant Coach	Syed Sabir Pasha
Goalkeeping Coach	Martin Raška
Sports Scientist	Csaba Gabris

Management Staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Arihant Jain
Reserve and Academy coach	Santosh Kashyap^[2]
Chief Technical Officer(Scout)	Amoy Ghoshal^[3]

Board of Directors

Position	Name
Owner	MS Dhoni
Owner	Abhishek Bachchan
Owner	Vita Dani

Players

^[4] 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	IND	Karanjit Singh
2	DF	IND	Reagan Singh
3	DF	IND	Lalchhuanmawia
5	DF	BIH	Enes Sipović
7	MF	IND	Lallianzuala Chhangte
8	DF	IND	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul
9	FW	SVK	Jakub Sylvestr
10	DF	BRA	Rafael Crivellaro (Captain; Injured in mid season)
11	MF	IND	Thoi Singh
13	DF	BRA	Eli Sabiá (Captain)
14	MF	ESP	Manuel Lanzarote
15	MF	IND	Anirudh Thapa (Vice Captain)
16	MF	IND	Sinivasan Pandiyan
17	MF	IND	Dhanpal Ganesh


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	DF	IND	Jerry Lalrinzuala
19	MF	TJK	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
20	MF	BRA	Memo
21	MF	IND	Abhijit Sarkar
22	MF	IND	Deepak Tangri
23	DF	IND	Remi Aimol
24	FW	IND	Rahim Ali
26	GK	IND	BY Revanth
27	GK	IND	Samik Mitra
28	MF	IND	Germanpreet Singh
29	FW	IND	Aman Chetri
31	GK	IND	Vishal Kaith
35	DF	IND	Balaji Ganesan
36	DF	IND	Aqib Nawab
99	FW	GNB	Isma

In bold:Winter Transfer

Transfer

Transfers In

Entry date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer Type	Ref.
27 August 2020	GK	27	Samik Mitra	Indian Arrows	Free transfer	^[5]
27 August 2020	FW	29	Aman Chetri	Chennaiyin FC II	N/A	^[6]
13 September 2020	DF	2	Reagan Singh	NorthEast United FC	Free transfer	^[7]
13 September 2020	DF	3	Lalchhuanmawia	Odisha FC	Free transfer	^[8]
21 September 2020	DF	5	Enes Sipović	Umm Salal SC	Free transfer	^[9]
4 October 2020	DF	20	Memo	Jamshedpur FC	Free transfer	^[10]
11 October 2020	FW	99	Esmaël Gonçalves	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	Free transfer	^[11]
15 October 2020	FW	19	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	FK Khujand	Rs. 2.50M	^[12]
20 October 2020	FW	9	Jakub Sylvestr	Hapoel Haifa F.C.	Free transfer	^[13]
28 October 2020	GK	26	BY Revanth	Chennaiyin FC II	N/A	^[14]
28 October 2020	DF	35	Balaji Ganesan	Chennaiyin FC II	N/A	^[15]
28 October 2020	DF	36	Aqib Nawab	Chennaiyin FC II	N/A	^[16]
11 January 2021	MF	14	Manuel Lanzarote	UE Sant Andreu	Free transfer	^[17]

In bold:Winter Transfer

Transfers Out

Exit date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer Type
8 August 2020	FW	9	Nerijus Valskis	Jamshedpur	Free transfer
25 August 2020	FW	10	Dragoș Firțulescu	Slavia	Free Transfer
7 September 2020	DF	3	Tondonba Singh	Mumbai	Free transfer
3 September 2020	DF	26	Laldinliana Renthlei	Jamshedpur	Free transfer
7 September 2020	GK	33	Sanjiban Ghosh	Northeast	Free transfer
7 September 2020	DF	25	Zohmingliana Ralte	Sudeva	Free Transfer
7 September 2020	MF	5	Masih Saighani	Abahani	Free Transfer
8 September 2020	DF	6	Lucian Goian	Free Agent	-
8 September 2020	FW	12	Jeje Lalpekhlua	East Bengal	Free Transfer

Pre Season and Friendlies

Win Draw Loss Cancelled

Owing the COVID-19 pandemic, all the clubs including Chennaiyin FC couldn't have a proper preseason. The preseason time was cut short this season. The Chennaiyin began their preseason against one of their fellow Indian Super League opponent, Mumbai City FC on 2 November 2020.^[18]

2 November 2020 Friendly	Chennaiyin	0–1	Mumbai City	Goa, India
16:00 IST		Report	le Fondre

8 November 2020 Friendly	Chennaiyin	0–3	Goa	Goa, India
16:00 IST		Report	Angulo Rebello Pereira

15 November 2020 Friendly	Chennaiyin	2–1	Odisha	Goa, India
16:00 IST	Thapa Ali	Report	Pereira (pen)

Competitions

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Jamshedpur	20	7	6	7	21	22	−1	27
7	Bengaluru	20	5	7	8	26	28	−2	22
8	Chennaiyin	20	3	11	6	17	23	−6	20
9	East Bengal	20	3	8	9	22	33	−11	17
10	Kerala Blasters	20	3	8	9	23	36	−13	17

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
15	3	7	5	11	16	−5	16	0	5	2	2	6	−4	3	2	3	9	10	−1

Last updated: 28 October 2020.
Source: [1]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L
Position	1	3	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	5	6	6	5	6

Source: [2]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Win Draw Loss Cancelled

League stage

24 November 2020 1	Jamshedpur	1–2	Chennaiyin	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Valskis 37'	Report	Thapa 1' Isma 26' (pen.) Crivellaro 43' Kaith 69' Tangri 70'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Santosh Kumar Man of the Match: Anirudh Thapa (Chennaiyin)

29 November 2020 2	Chennaiyin	0–0	Kerala Blasters	Bambolim
19:30 IST	R. Singh 20'	Report	Koné 45' Cidoncha 74' Karuthadathkuni 83'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Albino Gomes (Kerala Blasters)

4 December 2020 3	Chennaiyin	0–1	Bengaluru	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Sabia 21' Crivellaro 48' R. Singh 54'	Report	Chhetri 56' (pen.) Kuruniyan 7' Wangjam 51'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Suresh Singh Wangjam (Bengaluru)

9 December 2020 4	Mumbai City	2–1	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Santana 45+4' 90' le Fondre 74' Dakshinamurthy 63' M. Singh 66' Boumous 88'	Report	Sylvestr 40' G. Singh 42' Sabia 45' R. Singh 46' Crivellaro 88'	Stadium: GMC Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei Man of the Match: Mourtada Fall(Mumbai city fc)

13 December 2020 5	Northeast United	0–0	Chennaiyin	Vasco da Gama, Goa
17:00 IST	Machado 36' Lambot 81'	Report		Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar Man of the Match: khassa Camara(Northeast United FC)

19 December 2020 6	Goa	1–2	Chennaiyin	Margao
19:30 IST	Mendoza 9' Rodrigues 56'		Crivellaro 5' Tangri 9' R. Singh 14' Ali 53' Sipovic 63'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Rafael Crivellaro(Chennaiyin)

26 December 2020 7	East Bengal	2–2	Chennaiyin	Vasco da Gama, Goa
19:30 IST	Steinmann 59', 68' Maghoma 90'	Report	Chhangte 13' Ali 64'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Matti Steinmann (East Bengal)

29 December 2020 8	Chennaiyin	0–0	ATK Mohun Bagan	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Jerry 80'	Report	Pronay Halder 63'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Arindam Bhattacharya (ATK Mohun Bagan)

4 January 2021 (2021-01-04) 9	Chennaiyin	1–4	Hyderabad	Bambolim
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Ali 42' Thapa 67' Chhangte 87' Memo 89'	Report	Chianese 50' Narzary 53', 79' Victor 74'	Stadium: GMC Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Mb Santhosh Kumar Man of the Match: Narzary (Hyderabad)

10 January 2021 10	Chennaiyin	0-0	Odisha	Bambolim
17:00 IST	Enes Sipovic 24' Jerry Lalrinzuala 41'	Report	Jacob Tratt 83'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte(Chennaiyin)

13 January 2021 11	Odisha	1-2	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Shubham Sarangi 48' Diego Mauricio 64' Steven Taylor 90' Cole Alexander 90+6'	Report	Isma 15,21(pen)' Jerry Lalrinzuala 57' Ali 71' Thoi Singh 79' Enes Sipovic 88'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Anirudh Thapa(Chennaiyin)

18 January 2021 12	Chennaiyin	0–0	East Bengal	Bambolim, Goa
19:30 IST	Sabia 56' Sylvestr 86'	Report	Chhetri 22' 31' Das 89'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Debjit Majumder (East bengal)

21 January 2021 13	ATK Mohun Bagan	1–0	Chennaiyin	Margao
19:30 IST	Carl McHugh 45+1' Sumit Rathi 63' Tiri 88' Williams 90+1'	Report	Reagan Singh 82'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Williams(ATK Mohun Bagan)

25 January 2021 14	Chennaiyin	1-1	Mumbai City	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Bartholomew Ogbeche 21' Ahmed Jahouh 75' Rowllin Borges 90'	Report	Enes Sipovic 10' Isma 76(pen)'	Stadium: GMC Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: MB Santhosh Kumar Man of the Match: Amey Ranawade(Mumbai city fc)

31 February 2021 15	Hyderabad	2–0	Chennaiyin	Vasco
17:00 IST	Sandaza 28' Santana 66' Chianese 83' Alberg 90+6'	Report	Singh 11' Memo 59' Tangri 87'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Rai (Hyderabad)

Squad Statistics

Squad statistics

	ISL	Total
Games played	15	15
Games won	3	3
Games drawn	7	7
Games lost	5	5
Goals scored	11	11
Goals conceded	16	16
Goal difference	-5	-5
Clean sheets	5	5
Yellow cards	31	31
Red cards	0	0

Player Statistics

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player Name	Goals
1	Isma	4
2	Anirudh Thapa	2
2	Rahim Ali	2
4	Lallianzuala Chhangte	1
	Rafael Crivellaro
	Jakub Sylvestr

Top Assists

Rank	Player Name	Assists
1	Jakub Sylvestr	2
2	Lallianzuala Chhangte	1
	Rafael Crivellaro
	Isma

References

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[2] "Reserve team coach Santosh Kashyap highlights Chennaiyin FC's commitment to youth | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[3] "Amoy Ghoshal - Chennaiyin FC's 'brain behind the scenes' adds another golden feather to his cap". Archived from the original on 27 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

[4] ttps://www.facebook.com/158120631030535/posts/1756716287837620/

[5] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/chennaiyin-fc-youngsters-remi-aimol-samik-mitra-and-aman-chetri-pen-new-multi-year-contracts/

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[9] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/bosnian-central-defender-enes-sipovic-signs-for-chennaiyin-fc/

[10] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/experienced-isl-star-memo-signs-for-chennaiyin-fc/

[11] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/portuguese-forward-isma-joins-chennaiyin-fc/

[12] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/chennaiyin-fc-sign-tajikistans-most-capped-international-fatkhulo-fatkhulloev/

[13] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/slovakian-forward-jakub-sylvestr-signs-for-chennaiyin-fc/

[14] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/chennaiyin-fc-promote-chennai-goalkeeper-by-revanth-to-senior-team-sign-youngsters-ganesan-balaji-and-aqib-nawab/

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[17] ttps://chennaiyinfc.com/chennaiyin-fc-sign-spanish-midfielder-manuel-lanzarote-till-end-of-the-season/

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