2018–19 Chennaiyin FC season

The 2018–19 Chennaiyin FC season will be 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

Pre-season


Squad
As of 01 October 2018[1]

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

Out on loan

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

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

Technical staff
As of 06 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

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 FriendlyMalaysia U190–0Chennaiyin FCSelangor, Malaysia
15:00 IST Report Stadium: Wisma FAM
4 September 2018 FriendlyMIFA1–1
(3-2)(p)		Chennaiyin FCSelangor, Malaysia
18:30 IST
Report Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium
7 September 2018 FriendlyFelda United1–1Chennaiyin FCSelangor, Malaysia
18:00 IST
Report
Stadium: UiTM Stadium
10 September 2018 FriendlyTerengganu FC2-1Chennaiyin FCSetiawangsa, Malaysia
14:30 IST
Report
Stadium: MSN Sports Complex Ground

Competitions

Indian Super League
Main article: 2018–19 Indian Super League season

League table
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

References
  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.
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