2015 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin FC
2015 season
Manager	Marco Materazzi
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru stadium, Chennai
Indian Super League	Champions
Top goalscorer	League: Stiven Mendoza (13); All: Stiven Mendoza (13)
Highest home attendance	29,923 vs Atlético de Kolkata
Lowest home attendance	12,636 vs Mumbai City FC
Average home league attendance	22,721
Biggest win	4-0 (vs FC Goa on 11 Oct 2015 and vs Delhi Dynamos on 24 Nov 2015)
Biggest defeat	0-2 (vs NorthEast United on 20 Oct 2015 and vs FC Goa on 5 Nov 2015)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015 season is Chennaiyin FC's second season of Indian Super League. Chennayin defeated FC Goa 3-2 in the finals to win the season.^[1]^[2]

Squad

As of 21st December 2015:^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Karanjit Singh
2	DF	Éder
3	MF	Dhanpal Ganesh (on loan from Pune)
4	DF	Justin Stephen (on loan from Mumbai)
5	DF	Bernard Mendy
6	MF	Manuele Blasi
7	MF	Elano (on loan from Santos)
8	MF	Godwin Franco
9	FW	Fikru
10	FW	Jayesh Rane (on loan from Mumbai)
11	MF	Thoi Singh (on loan from Bengaluru FC)
12	FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua
13	GK	Nidhin Lal
14	FW	Stiven Mendoza (on loan from Corinthians)
15	DF	Abhishek Das (on loan from East Bengal)

No.	Position	Player
17	FW	Balwant Singh
18	MF	Harmanjot Khabra (on loan from East Bengal)
19	MF	Raphael Augusto (on loan from Fluminense)
20	MF	Bruno Pelissari (on loan from Atlético Paranaense)
21	DF	Lalhmangaihsanga (on loan from Royal Wahingdoh)
22	MF	Zakeer Mundampara
24	GK	Apoula Edel
25	DF	Dhanachandra Singh (on loan from Mohun Bagan)
26	DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo
27	DF	Mailson Alves
31	DF	Alessandro Potenza

Technical staff

As of 27 June 2015

Position	Name
Head Coach & Manager	Marco Materazzi
Assistant coach	Vivek Nagul
Goalkeeping coach	Francesco Franzese

Transfers

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Karanjit Singh (from Salgaocar)^[4]
2	DF	Éder (from Nea Salamis Famagusta)^[5]
3	MF	Dhanpal Ganesh (loan from Pune)
4	DF	Justin Stephen (loan from Mumbai)
5	DF	Bernard Mendy (from AEL Limassol)^[6]
6	MF	Manuele Blasi (from Varese)
7	MF	Elano Blumer (loan from Santos)^[7]
8	MF	Godwin Franco (from Royal Wahingdoh)^[8]
9	FW	Fikru Teferra (from Bidvest Wits)^[9]
10	MF	Jayesh Rane (loan extended Mumbai)^[7]
11	MF	Thoi Singh (from Bengaluru)^[4]
12	FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua (from Mohun Bagan, previously on loan)^[7]
13	GK	Nidhin Lal (from Mumbai)
14	FW	Stiven Mendoza (loan from Corinthians)
15	DF	Abhishek Das (loan extended from East Bengal)
17	FW	Balwant Singh (from Mohun Bagan, previously on loan)^[7]
18	MF	Harmanjot Khabra (loan extended East Bengal)^[7]
19	MF	Raphael Augusto (loan from Fluminense)
20	MF	Bruno Pelissari (loan extended Atlético Paranaense)^[7]
21	DF	Lalhmangaihsanga (loan from Royal Wahingdoh)
22	MF	Zakeer Mundampara (from Salgaocar)
24	GK	Apoula Edel (from Hapoel Tel Aviv)^[9]
25	DF	Dhanachandra Singh (loan extended from Mohun Bagan)^[7]
26	DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo (from Pune City)^[8]
27	DF	Mailson Alves (from Tupi)
31	DF	Alessandro Potenza (from Modena)

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Gennaro Bracigliano (to NorthEast United)
2	DF	Jairo Suárez
3	MF	Sukhwinder Singh (to East Bengal)
4	DF	Khelemba Singh (to Shillong Lajong)
5	DF	Bernard Mendy (to AEL Limassol)
6	DF	Alessandro Nesta (Retired)
6	MF	Eric Djemba-Djemba (to Persebaya Surabaya)
7	MF	Elano (to Santos)
8	MF	Cristian (to Moghreb Tétouan)
9	FW	Jean-Eudes Maurice (to Nea Salamis Famagusta)
10	MF	Bojan Djordjic
14	FW	Stiven Mendoza (to Corinthians)
13	MF	Denson Devadas (to Goa)
19	DF	Gouramangi Singh (to Pune City)
21	GK	Abhijit Mondal (loan return to East Bengal)
22	GK	Shilton Paul (loan return to Mohun Bagan)
23	DF	Marco Materazzi (Retired)
24	MF	Jaison Vales (to Salgaocar)
26	MF	Anthony Barbosa
27	DF	Mikaël Silvestre (Retired)
28	MF	Pappachen Pradeep (loan return to Mumbai)
29	GK	Francesco Franzese (Retired)

Pre-season

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Goa	14	7	4	3	29	20	+9	25	2015 Indian Super League Semi-final
2	Atlético de Kolkata	14	7	2	5	26	17	+9	23
3	Chennaiyin	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
6	Mumbai City	14	4	4	6	16	26	−10	16
7	Pune City	14	4	3	7	17	23	−6	15
8	Kerala Blasters	14	3	4	7	22	27	−5	13

Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2015. Source: Indian Super League standings
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

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

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

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

Matches

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

12 December 201519:00 IST (UTC+5:30)

Leg 1

Chennaiyin	3 – 0	Atlético de Kolkata
Blasi 37' Pelissari 38' Jeje 57' Mendoza 68'	Report

Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune, Pune

Attendance: 7,965

Referee: Santosh Kumar

16 December 201519:00 IST (UTC+5:30)

Leg 2

Atlético de Kolkata	2 – 1	Chennaiyin
Mohanraj 56' Fernandes 66' Lekic 22' Tiri 84' Hume 87'	Report	Elano 37' Singh 55' Fikru 90'

Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata, Kolkata

Attendance: 68,340

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Finals

20 December 201519:00 IST (UTC+5:30)

Finals

FC Goa	2 – 3	Chennaiyin
Arnolin 60' Haokip 58' Jofre 87' 88'	Report	Wadoo 17' Pelissari 54' Thoi Singh 57' Kattimani 90' (o.g.) Mendoza 90+1' 90+2'

Fatorda Stadium, Goa, Goa

Referee: Yudai Yamamoto

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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

Goal scorers

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

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

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

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[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.

[AuctionPlayers-4] 1 2 "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.

[Official_Retained-6] Mergulhao, Marcus (30 July 2015). "ISL clubs stumped as foreign players make outrageous demands". Times of India. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

[Chennaiyin_retain-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sengupta, Ayon (8 March 2015). "Chennaiyin FC may retain Elano, Mendoza". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 March 2015.

[Indian_retained-8] 1 2 Mergulhao, Marcus (15 May 2015). "Franchisees retain bulk of players that impressed in ISL-1". Times of India. Retrieved 15 May 2015.

[Fikru_and_Edel-9] 1 2 "Chennaiyin FC rope in ISL winning duo Edel and Fikru". Goal. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2015.

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

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

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