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2015 Chennaiyin FC season

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]

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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Squad edit

As of 21 December 2015:[3]

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

Technical staff edit

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

Transfers edit

Pre-season edit

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 edit

Main article: 2015 Indian Super League

League table edit

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
Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions

Results summary edit

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 edit

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

Matches edit

3 October 2015 1 Chennaiyin 2 – 3 Atlético de Kolkata Chennai
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30) Khabra   6'
Jeje   31'
L. Ralte   59'
Elano   89' (pen.)  89'
B. Singh   90+1'		 Report Postiga   13', 70'
Sahni   39'
Valdo   76'
Mondal   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   6'
Chicão   8' (pen.)
Riise   16'
Mulder   25'		 Report Potenza   12'
L. Ralte   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   30' Report Mendoza   10', 63', 75'
Elano   43'
Khabra   49'
Blasi   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   63' Report T. Singh   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   43'
Bikey   77'
Simão   83'  90+1' (pen.)
Vélez   90+2'  90+2'		 Report Blasi   28'
Potenza   38'
Khabra   40'   40'
Mendy   45+1'
Teferra   45+6'
Wadoo   83'
Elano   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   2'
Mendy   34'
Mendoza   48'		 Report Ravanan   50'
Uche   75'
Johnson   53'
Lyngdoh   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 		Report Elano   34'
Wadoo   59'
Mailson   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   46'
Mendy   63'
Elano   70'
Wadoo   77'
Khabra   90'		 Report Sabrosa   16'
Arnolin   61'
Moura   64'
Lucca   78'
Colaco   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   23'
Elano   33'
T. Singh   74'
Das   90+1'		 Report López   20'
Kamara   44'  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   90'		 Report Augusto   27'
Potenza   33'
D. Singh   45'
Fikru   80'
Augusto   82'
Pelissari   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'   69'
Mendoza   16', 80', 81'
Blasi   89'		 Report Hossain   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   15'   17'
Pelissari   21'
Jeje   40', 54'
Khabra   60'		 Report Hans Mulder   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'   80'
Blasi   61'
Pelissari   63'		 Report Mawia   39'
Rodrigues   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   57'
Jeje   64'
Wadoo   89'		 Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
Attendance: 8,136
Referee: B Balasubramniam

Semi-finals edit

Main article: 2015 Indian Super League finals
Leg 1
Chennaiyin3 – 0Atlético de Kolkata
Blasi   37'
Pelissari   38'
Jeje   57'
Mendoza   68'		 Report
Attendance: 7,965
Referee: Santosh Kumar
Leg 2
Atlético de Kolkata2 – 1Chennaiyin
Mohanraj   56'
Fernandes   66'
Lekic   22'
Tiri   84'
Hume   87'		 Report Elano   37'
Singh   55'
Fikru   90'
Attendance: 68,340

Finals edit

Main article: 2015 Indian Super League Final
Finals
FC Goa2 – 3Chennaiyin
Arnolin   60'
Haokip   58'
Jofre   87'   88'		 Report Wadoo   17'
Pelissari   54'
Thoi Singh   57'
Kattimani   90' (o.g.)
Mendoza   90+1'   90+2'

Squad statistics edit

Appearances and goals edit

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

Goal scorers edit

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

Disciplinary record edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ "ISL Final: Chennaiyin FC snatch victory from the jaws of defeat to beat Goa 3-2 in thriller". Firstpost. 20 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Chennai beat Goa in a 3-2 thriller to become Hero ISL 2015 champions". ISL. 20 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Chennayin FC squad". ISL. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Chhetri among 10 to be put up for ISL Player Auction". Times of India. 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. ^ Netto, Brendon (5 August 2015). "Chennaiyin FC sign Eder Monteiro Fernandes". Goal.com. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
  6. ^ Mergulhao, Marcus (30 July 2015). "ISL clubs stumped as foreign players make outrageous demands". Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g Sengupta, Ayon (8 March 2015). "Chennaiyin FC may retain Elano, Mendoza". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
  8. ^ a b Mergulhao, Marcus (15 May 2015). "Franchisees retain bulk of players that impressed in ISL-1". Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Chennaiyin FC rope in ISL winning duo Edel and Fikru". Goal. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
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