2018–19 Chennaiyin FC season

The 2018–19 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's fifth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fifth season in the Indian Super League. They will also play in the 2019 AFC Cup. This is the first time an ISL club will play in any continental championship.

Chennaiyin
2018–2019 season
Head CoachJohn Gregory
StadiumJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Indian Super League10th
Super CupRunners up
AFC CupGroup stage
All statistics correct as of 10 July 2018.

Transfers

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Pre-season

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Squad

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As of 1 October 2018[1]

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
33 GK   IND Sanjiban Ghosh
39 GK   IND Nikhil Bernard
26 DF   IND Laldinliana Renthlei
35 DF   IND Hendry Antonay
13 DF   BRA Eli Sabiá
27 DF   BRA Maílson Alves (Captain)
25 DF   IND Zohmingliana Ralte
18 DF   IND Jerry Lalrinzuala
3 DF   IND Tondonba Singh
17 MF   IND Dhanpal Ganesh
28 MF   IND Germanpreet Singh
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF   IND Sinivasan Pandiyan
15 MF   IND Anirudh Thapa
19 MF   BRA Raphael Augusto
34 MF   IND Zonunmawia
30 MF   IND Francis Fernandes
11 MF   IND Thoi Singh
24 MF   IND Isaac Vanmalsawma
49 MF   IND Bedashwor Singh
12 FW   IND Jeje Lalpekhlua
20 FW   IND Mohammed Rafi

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF   IND Prosenjit Chakroborty (to Mohammedan)
DF   IND Deepak Tangri (to Indian Arrows)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   IND Abhijit Sarkar (to Indian Arrows)
FW   IND Rahim Ali (to Indian Arrows)

Technical staff

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As of 6 Aug 2018
Position Name
Head Coach   John Gregory
Assistant Coach   Paul Groves
Assistant Coach   Syed Sabir Pasha
Sports Scientist   Niall Clark
Goalkeeping Coach   Kevin Hitchcock
Physiotherapist   Robert Gilbert

Pre-season and friendlies

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Chennayin FC started their pre-season in Malaysia on 14 August under the watchful eyes of John Gregory. The team is supposed to play four warm-up matches and will return to Chennai on September 11.

In the first friendly, Chennaiyin played with Malaysia U19 and drew the match.[2] Playing against Malaysia Premier League team MIFA, Chennaiyin won in penalties by 3-2 after regulation time ended in 1-1.[3] They played their third match against Felda United and drew that match. Chennaiyin played their last match of Malaysian sojourn against Terengganu FC and lost it 2-1.

29 August 2018 Friendly Malaysia U19 0–0 Chennaiyin FC Selangor, Malaysia
15:00 IST Report Stadium: Wisma FAM
4 September 2018 Friendly MIFA 1–1
(3-2)(p)
Chennaiyin FC Selangor, Malaysia
18:30 IST
  • Jeje  
Report   Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium
7 September 2018 Friendly Felda United 1–1 Chennaiyin FC Selangor, Malaysia
18:00 IST
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Report Stadium: UiTM Stadium
10 September 2018 Friendly Terengganu FC 2-1 Chennaiyin FC Setiawangsa, Malaysia
14:30 IST
Report
Stadium: MSN Sports Complex Ground

Competitions

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Indian Super League

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 ATK 18 6 6 6 18 22 −4 24
7 Pune City 18 6 4 8 24 30 −6 22
8 Delhi Dynamos 18 4 6 8 23 27 −4 18
9 Kerala Blasters 18 2 9 7 18 28 −10 15
10 Chennaiyin 18 2 3 13 16 32 −16 9
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

Matches

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References

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  1. ^ "First-team". Chennaiyin Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
  2. ^ "A good workout for namma Marina Machans as they drew 0-0 in their first pre-season outing, against the @FAM_Malaysia U19s!". Twitter.com.
  3. ^ "FT: We were edged out 3-2 on penalties by @officialmifa in our second pre-season friendly, after it finished 1-1 in regulation time". Twitter.com.