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2019–20 Chennaiyin FC season

The 2019–20 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2014 and their sixth season in the Indian Super League.

Chennaiyin
2019–2020 season
Head CoachJohn Gregory(First half)Owen Coyle
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Indian Super League4th
ISL finalsRunners up
Top goalscorerLeague: Nerijus Valskis (15)
All: Nerijus Valskis (15)

Players edit

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 Vishal Kaith
8 DF   IND Edwin Sydney Vanspaul
13 DF   BRA Eli Sabiá
18 DF   IND Jerry Lalrinzuala
23 DF   IND Aimol Reamsochung
7 MF   IND Lallianzuala Chhangte
11 MF   IND Thoi Singh
15 MF   IND Anirudh Thapa
16 MF   IND Sinivasan Pandiyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   IND Dhanpal Ganesh
19 MF   IND Abhijit Sarkar
22 MF   IND Deepak Tangri
28 MF   IND Germanpreet Singh
50 MF   BRA Rafael Crivellaro
24 FW   IND Rahim Ali

Technical staff edit

As of 3 August 2019
Position Name
Head coach   Owen Coyle[1]
Assistant coach   Sandy Stewart[2]
Assistant coach and Head of Medicine and Performance   Konstantinos Rostantis[3]
Assistant coach   Syed Sabir Pasha[4]
Goalkeeping coach   Karanjit Singh[5]
Chief Technical Officer   Amoy Ghoshal[6]

Transfers edit

Transfers in edit

Entry date Position No. Player From club Transfer type Ref.
9 June 2019 MF 8   Edwin Sydney Vanspaul   Chennai City Free [7]
6 July 2019 FW 9   Nerijus Valskis   Hapoel Tel Aviv Free [8]
13 August 2019 DF 6   Lucian Goian   Mumbai City Free [9]
19 August 2019 DF 5   Masih Saighani   Abahani Dhaka Free [10]
24 August 2019 MF 10   Dragoș Firțulescu   Dunav Ruse Free [11]
27 August 2019 FW 27   André Schembri   Apollon Limassol Free [12][13]
30 August 2019 MF 7   Lallianzuala Chhangte   Odisha Free [14]
31 August 2019 GK 31   Vishal Kaith   Pune City Free [15]
3 September 2019 MF 50   Rafael Crivellaro   Feirense Free [16]

Transfers out edit

Exit date Position No. Player To club Transfer type Ref.
31 March 2019 FW 8   Carlos Salom   Bangkok United Loan return
1 June 2019 FW 7   Gregory Nelson N/A Free agent [17]
5 July 2019 MF 24   Isaac Vanmalsawma   Jamshedpur Free [18]
5 July 2019 GK 39   Nikhil Bernard N/A Free agent
5 July 2019 DF 29   Chris Herd N/A Free agent [19]
19 July 2019 MF N/A   Abhijit Sarkar   East Bengal Loan [20]
13 August 2019 DF 27   Maílson Alves   Dhaka Abahani Free agent [21]
24 August 2019 MF 19   Raphael Augusto   Bengaluru Free [22]
26 August 2019 MF 21   C. K. Vineeth   Jamshedpur Free [23]
31 August 2019 MF 30   Francis Fernandes N/A Free agent [24]

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled

Chennaiyin travelled to the TransStadia in Ahmedabad and JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur for their pre-season tour ahead of the new season.[25]

There, the club was set to play friendlies with Ahmedabad's ARA club on September 15 whereas they will start Ahmedabad campaign on September 1.[26]

On September 20, Chennaiyin will travel to Jamshedpur. Its opponents and dates for preseason friendlies in Jamshedpur will be confirmed later.[27]

Chennaiyin FC, Gokulam Kerala FC play out draw in pre-season friendly on October 8.[28]

15 September 2019 Friendly ARA 1–3 Chennaiyin Ahmedabad, India
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 Report
Stadium: TransStadia
8 October 2019 Friendly Chennaiyin 1-1 Gokulam Kerala Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
 Report
Stadium: Chennai, India

Indian Super League edit

Main article: 2019–20 Indian Super League season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 ATK (C) 18 10 4 4 33 16 +17 34 Advance to ISL playoffs[Note 1]
3 Bengaluru 18 8 6 4 22 13 +9 30 Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup play-off round and ISL playoffs[Note 1]
4 Chennaiyin 18 8 5 5 32 26 +6 29 Advance to ISL playoffs
5 Mumbai City 18 7 5 6 25 29 −4 26
6 Odisha 18 7 4 7 28 31 −3 25
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; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots
(C) Champions
  1. ^
    Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs).[29] However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.[30]

League Results by round edit

Round123456789101112131415161718
GroundAHHAHHAHHAAHHHHAAA
ResultLDLLWDDWLLWWWWDWWD
Position98101099988976655544
Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2019. Source: Matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchday edit

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 1 Goa 3–0 Chennaiyin Margao , Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Rodrigues   15'
Doungel   30'
Coro   62'
Peña   81'		 Report Goian   80' Stadium: Fatorda Stadium
Attendance: 13,017
Referee: Banerjee
Man of the Match: Fernandes (Goa)
27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 2 Chennaiyin 0–0 Mumbai City Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Fernandes   29'
Borges   33'
Chakrabarti   48'   90+4'
Larbi   56'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Gupta
Man of the Match: Golui (Mumbai)
30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) 3 Chennaiyin 0–1 ATK Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Valskis   90+3' Report Williams   48' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Saha
Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)
10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) 4 Bengaluru 3–0 Chennaiyin Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Paartalu   14'
Chhetri   25'   75'
Semboi   84'		 Report Valskis   45'
Dhanpal   61'
Kaith   90+1'		 Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium
Attendance: 16,219
Referee: Metei
25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 5 Chennaiyin 2–1 Hyderabad Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Thapa   48'
Firțulescu   84'
Schembri   90+2'   90+2'
Valskis   90+6'   90+7'		 Report Bobô   61'
Singh   84'
Kilgallon   90+5'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Referee: Metei
Man of the Match: Thapa (Chennaiyin)
28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) 6 Chennaiyin 2–2 Odisha Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Singh   49'
Valskis   51', 71'		 Report Rai   22'
Hernández   54'
Delgado   66'
Santana   82'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 8,693
Referee: Bora
Man of the Match: Valskis (Chennaiyin)
9 December 2019 (2019-12-09) 7 Jamshedpur 1–1 Chennaiyin Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Vanmalsawma   89' Report Valskis   26'
Saighani   34'
Crivellaro   49'
Goian   90+2'		 Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex
Attendance: 20,304
Referee: John
Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)
20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) 8 Chennaiyin 3–1 Kerala Blasters Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Schembri   4'
Chhangte   30'
Valskis   40'
Singh   44'
Sabiá   52'   90+3'
Kaith   83'		 Report Ogbeche   15'   37' Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 11,597
Referee: Thakur
Man of the Match: Chhangte (Chennaiyin)
26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 9 Chennaiyin 3–4 Goa Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Schembri   57'
Crivellaro   59', 90'   84'
Goian   65'
Vanspaul   85'   90+2'
Thapa   90+3'
Singh   90+4'		 Report Rodrigues   26'
Jahouh   26'
Fernandes   41'
Fall   44'
Boumous   45+1'
Coro   63'
Nawaz   79'
Peña   82'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 9,531
Referee: Bora
Man of the Match: Jahouh (Goa)
6 January 2020 (2020-01-06) 10 Odisha 2-0 Chennaiyin Bhubaneshwar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Jerry   37'
Vinit   41'		 Report Stadium: Kalinga Stadium
10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) 11 Hyderabad 1-3 Chennaiyin Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Crivellaro   40' ,br> Valskis   43'   63' Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium
16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) 12 Chennaiyin 2-0 NorthEast United Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Crivellaro   57'
Valskis   59'		 Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
23 January 2020 (2020-01-23) 13 Chennaiyin 4-1 Jamshedpur Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Valskis   13'   74'
Schembri   42'
Chhangte   87'		 Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 14 Kerala Blasters 3-6 Chennaiyin Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Ogbeche   48'   65'   76' Report Crivellaro   39'   45+1'
Valskis   45'   90+2'
Chhangte   59'   80'		 Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 9084
Referee: Umesh Bora
7 February 2020 (2020-02-07) 15 Chennaiyin 0-0 Bengaluru Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Attendance: 10953
Referee: Crystal John
16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 16 ATK 1-3 Chennaiyin Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Krishna   40' Report Crivellaro   7'
Schembri
  39'
Valskis   90+4'		 Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium
Attendance: 37406
Referee: Muhammad Taqi
16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 17 Mumbai City 0-1 Chennaiyin Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Report Goian   83' Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena
Attendance: 5817
Referee: Gupta
25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 18 NorthEast United 2-2 Chennaiyin Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30) Cháves  43' (pen.)   71' Report Saighani   17'
Chhangte   90+3'		 Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium
Referee: Banerjee

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Squad appearances and goals edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total ISL Super Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK   IND Karanjit Singh 1 0 1 0 0 0
31 GK   IND Vishal Kaith 17 0 17 0 0 0
33 GK   IND Sanjiban Ghosh 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
3 DF   IND Tondonba Singh 8 0 8 0 0 0
5 DF   AFG Masih Saighani 12 1 12 1 0 0
6 DF   ROU Lucian Goian 20 2 20 2 0 0
8 DF   IND Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 16 0 16 0 0 0
13 DF   BRA Eli Sabiá 19 1 19 1 0 0
18 DF   IND Jerry Lalrinzuala 10 0 10 0 0 0
25 DF   IND Zohmingliana Ralte 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF   IND Laldinliana Renthlei 7 0 7 0 0 0
35 DF   IND Hendry Antonay 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF   IND Reamsochung Aimol 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF   IND Lallianzuala Chhangte 21 7 21 7 0 0
10 MF   ROU Dragoș Firțulescu 15 0 15 0 0 0
11 MF   IND Thoi Singh 12 0 12 0 0 0
15 MF   IND Anirudh Thapa 20 1 20 1 0 0
16 MF   IND Sinivasan Pandiyan 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   IND Dhanpal Ganesh 4 0 4 0 0 0
22 MF   IND Deepak Tangri 3 0 3 0 0 0
28 MF   IND Germanpreet Singh 9 0 9 0 0 0
50 MF   BRA Rafael Crivellaro 20 7 20 7 0 0
Forwards
9 FW   LTU Nerijus Valskis 20 15 20 15 0 0
12 FW   IND Jeje Lalpekhlua 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   IND Rahim Ali 5 0 5 0 0 0
27 FW   MLT André Schembri 18 5 18 5 0 0
45 FW   IND Bawlte Rohmingthanga 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Squad statistics edit

ISL Super Cup Total
Games played 17 0 17
Games won 8 0 8
Games drawn 4 0 4
Games lost 5 0 5
Goals scored 30 0 30
Goals conceded 26 0 26
Goal difference 6 0 6
Clean sheets 4 0 4
Goal by Substitute 0 0 3
Yellow cards 29 0 29
Red cards 3 0 3

Goalscorers edit

No. Pos. Nation Name ISL Super Cup Total
9 MF   Nerijus Valskis 15 0 15
50 MF   Rafael Crivellaro 7 0 7
7 MF   Lallianzuala Chhangte 7 0 7
27 FW   André Schembri 5 0 5
6 DF   Lucian Goian 2 0 2
5 DF   Masih Saighani 1 0 1
13 DF   Eli Sabia 1 0 1
15 MF   Anirudh Thapa 1 0 1
TOTAL 36 0 36

Source: Player Stats

Clean sheets edit

No. Nation Name ISL Super Cup Total Clean Sheets Games Played
13   Vishal Kaith 15 0 3 15
TOTAL 3 0 3 15

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Nation Name ISL Super Cup Total
                 
1 GK   Karanjit Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 GK   Vishal Kaith 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
33 GK   Sanjiban Ghosh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
42 GK   Samik Mitra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 DF   Tondonba Singh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 DF   Masih Saighani 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
6 DF   Lucian Goian 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
8 DF   Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
13 DF   Eli Sabiá 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
18 DF   Jerry Lalrinzuala 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 DF   Zohmingliana Ralte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF   Laldinliana Renthlei 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
28 DF   Germanpreet Singh 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
35 DF   Hendry Antonay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
37 DF   Reamsochung Aimol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF   Lallianzuala Chhangte 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 MF   Dragoș Firțulescu 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
11 MF   Thoi Singh 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
15 MF   Anirudh Thapa 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
16 MF   Sinivasan Pandiyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 MF   Deepak Tangri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 MF   Dhanpal Ganesh 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
50 MF   Rafael Crivellaro 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
9 FW   Nerijus Valskis 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
12 FW   Jeje Lalpekhlua 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 FW   André Schembri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
45 FW   Bawlte Rohmingthanga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 FW   Rahim Ali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 29 3 0 0 0 0 23 2 0

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References edit

  1. ^ "ISL: Chennaiyin FC appoints Owen Coyle as new head coach". Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  2. ^ "ISL 2019: Sandy Stewart joins Chennaiyin FC as assistant coach". Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Chennaiyin FC appoint Konstantinos Rostantis as Head of Medicine and Performance/Assistant Coach".
  4. ^ "ISL: Chennaiyin FC appoint Sabir Pasha as assistant coach".
  5. ^ "Karanjit gets a new contract and coaching role at Chennaiyin". Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Indian Football Transfers: Chennaiyin FC confirm Edwin Vanspaul signing from Chennai City FC".
  8. ^ "Chennaiyin secure the signature of Lithuanian forward Nerijus Valskis".
  9. ^ "Chennaiyin complete Lucian Goian signing to strengthen defence".
  10. ^ "Afghan defender Masih Saighani joins Chennaiyin on a free transfer".
  11. ^ "WELCOME TO THE HOME OF CHENNAIYIN FC".
  12. ^ "Chennaiyin FC signs Andre Schembri on free transfer force".
  13. ^ "Chennaiyin sign former Maltese international Andre Schembri".
  14. ^ "Chennaiyin up the ante as Lallianzuala Chhangte joins".
  15. ^ "Vishal Kaith moves to Chennaiyin".
  16. ^ "Chennaiyin rope in Rafael Crivellaro as their latest foreign recruit".
  17. ^ "Farewell Gregory Nelson".[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ "Isaac Vanmalsawma to don Jamshedpur colours in the upcoming season".
  19. ^ "Isaac Vanmalsawma, Chris Herd leave Chennaiyin FC".
  20. ^ "East Bengal sign Abhijit Sarkar on loan from Chennaiyin FC".
  21. ^ "Chennaiyin FC Bid Farewell to Fan Favourite Mailson Alves".
  22. ^ "Raphael Augusto signs up to play for Bengaluru FC".
  23. ^ "CK Vineeth heads to Jamshedpur to add experience to strike force".
  24. ^ "Midfielder Francisco Fernandes leaves Chennnaiyin FC".
  25. ^ "Kerala Blasters, Chennaiyin announce ISL preseason tours".
  26. ^ "Chennaiyin FC's pre-season at Ahmedabad from Sept 1".
  27. ^ "Kerala Blasters, Chennaiyin announce ISL preseason tours".
  28. ^ "Chennaiyin FC, Gokulam Kerala FC Play Out Draw in Pre-season Match".
  29. ^ "Clarification over AFC Club Competition slots from 2021 onwards". www.the-aiff.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2021. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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