Chennai City F.C.

Full name Coimbatore Football Club LLP
Founded 1946; 67 years ago as Nethaji Sports Club
Ground Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore
Capacity 30,000
Owners Rohit Ramesh, R Krishnakumar and Janani Rohit (WTF Infotainment LLP)
President Rohit Ramesh
Coach Akbar Nawas
League I-League
2016–17 8th
Website Club website

Chennai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Chennai City compete as a member of the I-League, the top-tier football league of India. The club was established in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club by five friends. The club has spend the grand majority of its history competing in the local state and city tournaments but entered the national stage in 2016. On 11 December 2016, the team were awarded a direct-entry spot into the I-League for the 2016–17 season.

History

The club was founded in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram.[1] On 11 December 2016, the club was accepted as a direct entry club for 2016–17 I-League and became the second club from Tamil Nadu to play in the top division after Indian Bank team in National Football League.[2]

Stadium

Nehru Stadium is a football stadium and also a multi-purpose stadium in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in 1971. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds a capacity 30,000[1] spectators. The stadium is hosting the I-league club Chennai City FC. Located in the heart of Coimbatore, near V O Chidambaram Park, Nehru Stadium is a popular venue for football tournaments, cricket matches and athletic meets. The stadium is equipped with floodlights for conducting day and night matches.It has also a 400 m athletic track with football/hockey field. Famous matches that took place here are Santosh Trophy in the 1970s and 1990s. Prior to 2017-2018 season, Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Chennai was used as their home base.

South India Derby

Chennai City and Gokulam Kerala enjoys an on field rivalry. The first South India Derby match between these two team took place on 7th and 8th 4 December 2017 in I- League match which ended in a draw. 2018-19 I-League South India Derby

Records

Overall* (Unofficial) Competitive Matches
Matches Played 0 2
Chennai City 0 0
Gokulam Kerala 0 1
Drawn 0 1
  • (Including Friendlies & Non-competitive matches).

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2016-2017 Classic Polo Baako
2017-2018 NAWAZ INTERNATIONAL
2018- Under Armour SRM University

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 December 2017.[3]

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

No. Position Player
Australia GK Jerrad Tyson
India GK Kabir Thaufiq
India GK Vigneshwaran Baskaran
India DF Mashoor Shereef Thangalakath
India DF Henry Monsang Tesong
India DF Sriram
India DF Clintu Cleetus
Spain DF Roberto Eslava [4]
India MF Antony Beautin
India MF Alexander Romario
India MF Edwin Sydney Vanspaul
India MF Charles Anandraj
Spain MF Sandro Rodriguez [4]
No. Position Player
India MF Raja pandi Soundrapandian
India MF Gaurav Bora
Spain MF Nestor Gordillo
India MF Pravitto Raju
Spain FW Pedro Manzi [5]
India Shem Marton
India Shine John
India Rajeevan
India Ameerudeen
India Karthik
India Ajith Kumar
India Jude Felix
India Pradison

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Singapore Akbar Nawas
Assistant Coach India Balagumaran
Manager India G. R. Ingulab
Goalkeeping Coach India V. P. Sathish Kumar
Sports Physiotherapist India Dr.Ragunath Manogaran
Media Manager India Mohan Kumar.L

Record

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance/G Federation Cup/Super Cup Durand Cup AFC Champions League AFC Cup
2016–17 I-League 10 8 2,949 Group stage DNP DNP DNP
2017-18 I-League 10 8 8,194 Qualification round DNP DNP DNP
2018-19 I-League 10 – – – DNP DNP DNP
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance


Overall records

As of 14 January 2017
Season I-League Asia Top Scorer
P W D L GF GA Pts Position P W D L GF GA Player Goals
2016–17 18 4 5 9 15 29 17 8 – – – – – – Charles 4
2017–18 18 4 7 7 15 24 19 8 – – – – – – Joachim 5

Head Coach's Record

As of 8 February 2017
NameNationalityFromToPWDLGFGAWin%
Robin Charles Raja  India 13 December 2016 8 February 2017 7 1 1 5 3 11 014.29
V Soundararajan  India 9 January 2017 14 March 2018 13 3 4 6 15 19 023.08
Akbar Nawas  Singapore 15 March 2018 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—

Asian clubs ranking

As of 7 October 2018.[6]
Current Rank Country Team
259IndonesiaDeltras
260JapanKyoto Sanga
261IndiaChennai City
262IndiaMumbai City
263Hong KongKitchee

References

  1. ↑ "From Senior Division to I-League: The Chennai City FC story". 11 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "I-League Update: Chennai City FC and Minerva Punjab FC to play in the coming season". 11 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 "The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Chennai City sign centre forward Pedro Javier Manzi Cruz". Goal. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "AFC Football / Soccer Clubs Ranking". Missing or empty |url= (help)
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