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	8th
Top goalscorer	League: Isma; Lallianzuala Chhangte(4 goals); All: Isma; Lallianzuala Chhangte(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 Kozlić
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]^[5] 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	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	^[6]
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	^[7]
21 September 2020	DF	5	Enes Sipović	Umm Salal SC	Free Transfer	^[8]
4 October 2020	DF	20	Memo	Jamshedpur FC	Free Transfer	^[9]
11 October 2020	FW	99	Esmaël Gonçalves	Matsumoto Yamaga FC	Free Transfer	^[10]
15 October 2020	FW	19	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	FK Khujand	₹2.50M	^[11]
20 October 2020	FW	9	Jakub Sylvestr	Hapoel Haifa F.C.	Free Transfer	^[12]
28 October 2020	GK	26	BY Revanth	Chennaiyin FC II	N/A	^[13]
28 October 2020	DF	35	Balaji Ganesan	Chennaiyin FC II	N/A	^[13]
28 October 2020	DF	36	Aqib Nawab	Chennaiyin FC II	N/A	^[13]
11 January 2021	MF	14	Manuel Lanzarote	UE Sant Andreu	Free Transfer	^[14]

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	Free Agent	-
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	Free Agent	-
8 September 2020	DF	6	Lucian Goian	Free Agent	-
8 September 2020	FW	12	Jeje Lalpekhlua	East Bengal	Free Transfer
11 March 2021	FW	9	Jakub Sylvestr	Zalgiris	Free Transfer
20 March 2021	FW	19	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev	ZSKA Dushanbe	Free Transfer

In bold:Winter Transfer

Preseason 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.^[15]

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
20	3	11	6	17	23	−6	20	0	7	3	7	12	−5	3	4	3	10	11	−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	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A
Result	W	D	L	L	D	W	D	D	L	D	W	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	D
Position	1	3	6	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	5	6	6	5	6	6	8	8	8	8

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

Win Draw Loss Cancelled

Matches

24 November 2020 1	Jamshedpur	1–2	Chennaiyin	Vasco
19:30 IST	Valskis 37'	Report	Thapa 1' Isma 26' (pen.) Crivellaro 43' Kaith 69' Tangri 70'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 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: 0 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: 0 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: 0 Referee: L Ajitkumar Meitei Man of the Match: Mourtada Fall (MCFC)

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

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: 0 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Rafael Crivellaro (CFC)

26 December 2020 7	East Bengal	2–2	Chennaiyin	Vasco
19:30 IST	Steinmann 59', 68' Maghoma 90'	Report	Chhangte 13' Ali 64'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: 0 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: 0 Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Arindam Bhattacharya (ATK)

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: 0 Referee: Mb Santhosh Kumar Man of the Match: Narzary (HFC)

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: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (CFC)

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: 0 Referee: Ranjit Baksi Man of the Match: Anirudh Thapa (CFC)

18 January 2021 12	Chennaiyin	0–0	East Bengal	Bambolim
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: 0 Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

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: 0 Referee: MB Santhosh Kumar Man of the Match: Amey Ranawade (MCFC)

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: 0 Referee: A Rowan Man of the Match: Rai (HFC)

5 February 2021 16	Bengaluru	0–0	Chennaiyin	Margao
19:30 IST	Ajith 21' Pratik 80'	Report	Jerry 50' Esmaël 84' Thoi 87'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Gurpreet Singh Sandhu (BFC)

10 February 2021 17	Chennaiyin	0–1	Jamshedpur	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Manuel Lanzarote 66' Memo 68'	Report	Peter Hartley 74' Enes Sipovic 90' (o.g.) Ricky Lallawmawma 90'	Stadium: GMC Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Stephen Eze (JFC)

13 February 2021 18	Chennaiyin	2–2	Goa	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Jakub Sylvestr 13' Chhangte 60' Singh 70' Manuel Lanzarote 79' Edwin 90'	Report	Igor Angulo 19' (pen.) Jorge Ortiz 90' Ishan Pandita 90' Edu Bedia 90'	Stadium: GMC Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Ishan Pandita (FCG)

18 February 2021 19	Chennaiyin	3–3	NorthEast United	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Chhangte 8', 51' Manuel Lanzarote 50' (pen.) Isma 83' Anirudh Thapa 87' Vishal Kaith 90+3'	Report	Khan 14' Brown 43' Luís Machado 90+4' (pen.) Mashoor Shereef 83'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Banerjee Pranjal

21 February 2021 20	Kerala Blasters	1–1	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
19:30 IST	Hooper 29' (pen.) Jordan Murray 72'	Report	Memo 4' Fatkhullo 10' Enes Sipovic 31' 80' Deepak Tangri 51' Thoi Singh 56' Vishal Kaith 90'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Pratik Mondal Man of the Match: Chhangte (CFC)

Squad statistics

	ISL	Total
Games played	20	20
Games won	3	3
Games drawn	11	11
Games lost	6	6
Goals scored	17	17
Goals conceded	23	23
Goal difference	-6	-6
Clean sheets	6	6
Yellow cards	46	46
Red cards	1	1

Statistics

2020-21 Indian Super League season Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	Player Name	Goals
1	Isma	4
1	Lallianzuala Chhangte	4
2	Anirudh Thapa	2
	Rahim Ali
	Jakub Sylvestr
3	Rafael Crivellaro	1
	Manuel Lanzarote
	Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev

Assists

Rank	Player Name	Assists
1	Jakub Sylvestr	4
2	Edwin Vanspaul	2
3	Lallianzuala Chhangte	1
	Rafael Crivellaro
	Isma
	Reagan Singh

Yellow cards

Rank	Player Name	Yellow Cards
1	Reagan Singh	6
2	Deepak Tangri	4
	Enes Sipovic
	Memo
	Jerry Lalrinzuala
3	Rafael Crivellaro	3
	Thoi Singh
	Eli Sabia
	Vishal Kaith
4	Manuel Lanzarote	2
	Germanpreet Singh
	Rahim Ali
	Isma
5	Anirudh Thapa	1
	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul
	Jakub Sylvestr
	Lallianzuala Chhangte

Red cards

Rank	Player Name	Red Cards
1	Enes Sipovic	1

References

^ Mergulhao, Marcus (18 August 2020). "ISL opts for league standings to decide groups and home grounds". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ "Reserve team coach Santosh Kashyap highlights Chennaiyin FC's commitment to youth | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "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.
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^ ^a ^b "Chennaiyin FC youngsters Remi Aimol, Samik Mitra and Aman Chetri pen new multi-year contracts". 27 August 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Full-backs Chhuantea Fanai and Reagan Singh join Chennaiyin FC for 2020-21 season". 13 September 2020.
^ "Bosnian central defender Enes Sipović signs for Chennaiyin FC". 21 September 2020.
^ "Experienced ISL star Memo signs for Chennaiyin FC". 4 October 2020.
^ "Portuguese forward Isma joins Chennaiyin FC". 11 October 2020.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Tajikistan's most-capped international Fatkhulo Fatkhulloev". 15 October 2020.
^ "Slovakian forward Jakub Sylvestr signs for Chennaiyin FC". 20 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Chennaiyin FC promote Chennai goalkeeper BY Revanth to senior team; sign youngsters Ganesan Balaji and Aqib Nawab". 28 October 2020.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Spanish midfielder Manuel Lanzarote till end of the season". 11 January 2021.
^ @MarcusMergulhao (3 November 2011). "Message" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^{[dead link‍]}

[1] Mergulhao, Marcus (18 August 2020). "ISL opts for league standings to decide groups and home grounds". The Times of India. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[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] "Squad".

[5] "Chennaiyin FC Squad Details, Team".

[auto-6] "Chennaiyin FC youngsters Remi Aimol, Samik Mitra and Aman Chetri pen new multi-year contracts". 27 August 2020.

[auto2-7] "Full-backs Chhuantea Fanai and Reagan Singh join Chennaiyin FC for 2020-21 season". 13 September 2020.

[8] "Bosnian central defender Enes Sipović signs for Chennaiyin FC". 21 September 2020.

[9] "Experienced ISL star Memo signs for Chennaiyin FC". 4 October 2020.

[10] "Portuguese forward Isma joins Chennaiyin FC". 11 October 2020.

[11] "Chennaiyin FC sign Tajikistan's most-capped international Fatkhulo Fatkhulloev". 15 October 2020.

[12] "Slovakian forward Jakub Sylvestr signs for Chennaiyin FC". 20 October 2020.

[auto1-13] "Chennaiyin FC promote Chennai goalkeeper BY Revanth to senior team; sign youngsters Ganesan Balaji and Aqib Nawab". 28 October 2020.

[14] "Chennaiyin FC sign Spanish midfielder Manuel Lanzarote till end of the season". 11 January 2021.

[15] @MarcusMergulhao (3 November 2011). "Message" (Tweet) – via Twitter. ^{[dead link‍]}

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