2019–20 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin
2019–2020 season
Head Coach	Owen Coyle
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Indian Super League	4th
ISL finals	Runners up
Top goalscorer	League: Nerijus Valskis (15); All: Nerijus Valskis (15)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2019–20 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2014 and their sixth season in the Indian Super League.

Players

Current squad[1]

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No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Karanjit Singh
31	GK	Vishal Kaith
33	GK	Sanjiban Ghosh
42	GK	Samik Mitra
3	DF	Tondonba Singh
5	DF	Masih Saighani
6	DF	Lucian Goian (Captain)
8	DF	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul
13	DF	Eli Sabiá
18	DF	Jerry Lalrinzuala
25	DF	Zohmingliana Ralte
26	DF	Laldinliana Renthlei
35	DF	Hendry Antonay

No.	Position	Player
7	MF	Lallianzuala Chhangte
10	MF	Dragoș Firțulescu
11	MF	Thoi Singh
15	MF	Anirudh Thapa
16	MF	Sinivasan Pandiyan
17	MF	Dhanpal Ganesh
28	MF	Germanpreet Singh
50	MF	Rafael Crivellaro
9	FW	Nerijus Valskis
12	FW	Jeje Lalpekhlua
22	FW	Deepak Tangri
24	FW	Rahim Ali
27	FW	André Schembri

Technical staff

As of 3 August 2019

Position	Name
Head Coach	Owen Coyle [2]
Assistant Coach	Sandy Stewart[3]
Assistant Coach and Head of Medicine and Performance	Konstantinos Rostantis[4]
Assistant Coach	Syed Sabir Pasha[5]
Goalkeeping Coach	Karanjit Singh[6]
Chief Technical Officer	Amoy Ghoshal[7]

Transfers

Transfers in

Entry date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer Type	Ref.
9 June 2019	MF	8	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	Chennai City	Free	[8]
6 July 2019	FW	9	Nerijus Valskis	Hapoel Tel Aviv	Free	[9]
13 August 2019	DF	6	Lucian Goian	Mumbai City	Free	[10]
119 August 2019	DF	5	Masih Saighani	Abahani Dhaka	Free	[11]
24 August 2019	MF	10	Dragoș Firțulescu	Dunav Ruse	Free	[12]
27 August 2019	FW	27	André Schembri	Apollon Limassol	Free	[13][14]
30 August 2019	MF	7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Odisha	Free	[15]
31 August 2019	GK	31	Vishal Kaith	Pune City	Free	[16]
3 September 2019	MF	50	Rafael Crivellaro	Feirense	Free	[17]

Transfers Out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Transfer Type	'Ref.
31 March 2019	FW	8	Carlos Salom	Bangkok United	Loan Return
1 June 2019	FW	7	Gregory Nelson	N/A	Free Agent	[18]
5 July 2019	MF	24	Issac Vanmalsawma	Jamshedpur	Free	[19]
5 July 2019	GK	39	Nikhil Bernard	N/A	Free Agent
5 July 2019	DF	29	Chris Herd	N/A	Free Agent	[20]
19 July 2019	MF	N/A	Abhijit Sarkar	East Bengal	Loan	[21]
13 August 2019	DF	27	Maílson Alves	Dhaka Abahani	Free agent	[22]
24 August 2019	MF	19	Raphael Augusto	Bengaluru	Free	[23]
26 August 2019	MF	21	C. K. Vineeth	Jamshedpur	Free	[24]
31 August 2019	MF	30	Francis Fernandes	N/A	Free Agent	[25]

Competitions

Win Draw Loss Cancelled

Chennaiyin travelled to the TransStadia in Ahmedabad and JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur for their pre-season tour ahead of the new season.[26]

There, the club was set to play friendlies with Ahemdabad's ARA club on September 15 whereas they will start Ahmedabad campaign on September 1.[27]

On September 20, Chennaiyin will travel to Jamshedpur. Its opponents and dates for preseason friendlies in Jamshedpur will be confirmed later. [28]

Chennaiyin FC, Gokulam Kerala FC play out draw in pre-season friendly on October 8.[29]

15 September 2019 Friendly	ARA	1–3	Chennaiyin	Ahmedabad, India
	?	Report	André Schembri Rahim Ali Nerijus Valskis pen.'	Stadium: TransStadia

8 October 2019 Friendly	Chennaiyin	1-1	Gokulam Kerala	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
	Crivellaro pen.'	Report	Andre Ettienne	Stadium: Chennai, India

Indian Super League

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
2	ATK (C)	18	10	4	4	33	16	+17	34	Advance to ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
3	Bengaluru	18	8	6	4	22	13	+9	30	Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup playoff round and ISL playoffs^{[Note 1]}
4	Chennaiyin	18	8	5	5	30	24	+6	29	Advance to ISL playoffs
5	Mumbai City	18	7	5	6	25	29	−4	26
6	Odisha	18	7	4	7	28	31	−3	25

Updated to match(es) played on 25 February 2020. 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
(C) Champion.

League Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A
Result	L	D	L	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	D
Position	9	8	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	9	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 26 December 2019. Source: Matchday
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matchday[30]

23 October 2019 (2019-10-23) 1	Goa	3–0	Chennaiyin	Margao , Goa
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Rodrigues 15' Doungel 30' Coro 62' Peña 81'	Report	Goian 80'	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 13,017 Referee: Banerjee Man of the Match: Fernandes (Goa)

27 October 2019 (2019-10-27) 2	Chennaiyin	0–0	Mumbai City	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Fernandes 29' Borges 33' Chakrabarti 48' 90+4' Larbi 56'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Gupta Man of the Match: Golui (Mumbai)

30 October 2019 (2019-10-30) 3	Chennaiyin	0–1	ATK	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Valskis 90+3'	Report	Williams 48'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Saha Man of the Match: Williams (ATK)

10 November 2019 (2019-11-10) 4	Bengaluru	3–0	Chennaiyin	Bengaluru
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Paartalu 14' Chhetri 25' 75' Semboi 84'	Report	Valskis 45' Dhanpal 61' Kaith 90+1'	Stadium: Sree Kanteerava Stadium Attendance: 16,219 Referee: Metei

25 November 2019 (2019-11-25) 5	Chennaiyin	2–1	Hyderabad	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Thapa 48' Firțulescu 84' Schembri 90+2' 90+2' Valskis 90+6' 90+7'	Report	Bobô 61' Singh 84' Kilgallon 90+5'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Referee: Metei Man of the Match: Thapa (Chennaiyin)

28 November 2019 (2019-11-28) 6	Chennaiyin	2–2	Odisha	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Singh 49' Valskis 51', 71'	Report	Rai 22' Hernández 54' Delgado 66' Santana 82'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 8,693 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Valskis (Chennaiyin)

9 December 2019 (2019-12-09) 7	Jamshedpur	1–1	Chennaiyin	Jamshedpur
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Vanmalsawma 89'	Report	Valskis 26' Saighani 34' Crivellaro 49' Goian 90+2'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 20,304 Referee: John Man of the Match: Choudhary (Jamshedpur)

20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) 8	Chennaiyin	3–1	Kerala Blasters	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Schembri 4' Chhangte 30' Valskis 40' Singh 44' Sabiá 52' 90+3' Kaith 83'	Report	Ogbeche 15' 37'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 11,597 Referee: Thakur Man of the Match: Chhangte (Chennaiyin)

26 December 2019 (2019-12-26) 9	Chennaiyin	3–4	Goa	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Schembri 57' Crivellaro 59', 90' 84' Goian 65' Vanspaul 85' 90+2' Thapa 90+3' Singh 90+4'	Report	Rodrigues 26' Jahouh 26' Fernandes 41' Fall 44' Boumous 45+1' Coro 63' Nawaz 79' Peña 82'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9,531 Referee: Bora Man of the Match: Jahouh (Goa)

6 January 2020 (2020-01-06) 10	Odisha	0-2	Chennaiyin	Bhubaneshwar
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Jerry 37' Vinit 41'	Report		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium

10 January 2020 (2020-01-10) 11	Hyderabad	1-3	Chennaiyin	Hyderabad
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Crivellaro 40' ,br> Valskis 43' 63'	Stadium: G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium

16 January 2020 (2020-01-16) 12	Chennaiyin	2-0	NorthEast United	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Crivellaro 57' Valskis 59'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

23 January 2020 (2020-01-23) 13	Chennaiyin	4-1	Jamshedpur	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Valskis 13' 74' Schembri 42' Chhangte 87'	Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

1 February 2020 (2020-02-01) 14	Kerala Blasters	3-6	Chennaiyin	Kochi
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Ogbeche 48' 65' 76'	Report	Crivellaro 39' 45+1' Valskis 45' 90+2' Chhangte 59' 80'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 9084 Referee: Umesh Bora

7 February 2020 (2020-02-07) 15	Chennaiyin	0-0	Bengaluru	Chennai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 10953 Referee: Crystal John

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 16	ATK	1-3	Chennaiyin	Kolkata
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Krishna 40'	Report	Crivellaro 7' Schembri 39' Valskis 90+4'	Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium Attendance: 37406 Referee: Muhammad Taqi

16 February 2020 (2020-02-16) 17	Mumbai City	0-1	Chennaiyin	Mumbai
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)		Report	Goian 83'	Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Attendance: 5817 Referee: Gupta

25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) 18	NorthEast United	2-2	Chennaiyin	Guwahati
19:30 IST (UTC+05:30)	Cháves 43' (pen.) 71'	Report	Saighani 17' Chhangte 90+3'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Referee: Banerjee

Squad appearances and goals[31]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		ISL		Super Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Karanjit Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Vishal Kaith	17	0	17	0	0	0
33	GK		Sanjiban Ghosh	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Tondonba Singh	8	0	8	0	0	0
5	DF		Masih Saighani	10	0	10	0	0	0
6	DF		Lucian Goian	17	1	17	1	0	0
8	DF		Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	16	0	16	0	0	0
13	DF		Eli Sabiá	16	0	16	0	0	0
18	DF		Jerry Lalrinzuala	10	0	10	0	0	0
25	DF		Zohmingliana Ralte	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF		Laldinliana Renthlei	7	0	7	0	0	0
35	DF		Hendry Antonay	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Reamsochung Aimol	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Lallianzuala Chhangte	16	4	16	4	0	0
10	MF		Dragoș Firțulescu	15	0	15	0	0	0
11	MF		Thoi Singh	12	0	12	0	0	0
15	MF		Anirudh Thapa	16	0	16	0	0	0
16	MF		Sinivasan Pandiyan	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Dhanpal Ganesh	4	0	4	0	0	0
22	MF		Deepak Tangri	3	0	3	0	0	0
28	MF		Germanpreet Singh	9	0	9	0	0	0
50	MF		Rafael Crivellaro	17	7	17	7	0	0
Forwards
9	FW		Nerijus Valskis	17	13	17	13	0	0
12	FW		Jeje Lalpekhlua	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Rahim Ali	5	0	5	0	0	0
27	FW		André Schembri	15	5	15	5	0	0
45	FW		Bawlte Rohmingthanga	0	0	0	0	0	0

Squad statistics

	ISL	Total
Games played	17	17
Games won	8	8
Games drawn	4	4
Games lost	5	5
Goals scored	30	30
Goals conceded	26	26
Goal difference	6	6
Clean sheets	4	4
Goal by Substitute	0	3
Yellow cards	29	29
Red cards	3	3

Goalscorers

No.	Pos.	Name	ISL	Total
9	MF	Nerijus Valskis	19	15
50	MF	Rafael Crivellaro	7	7
7	MF	Lallianzuala Chhangte	6	6
27	FW	André Schembri	5	5
6	DF	Lucian Goian	2	2
5	DF	Masih Saighani	1	1
13	DF	Eli Sabia	1	1
15	MF	Anirudh Thapa	1	1
TOTAL			36	36

Source: Player Stats

Clean sheets

No.	Nation	Name	ISL	Super Cup	Total Clean Sheets	Games Played
13		Vishal Kaith	3	0	3	15
TOTAL			3	0	3	15

Disciplinary record[32]

No.	Pos.	Nation	Name	ISL			Super Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Nation	Name
1	GK		Karanjit Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Vishal Kaith	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
33	GK		Sanjiban Ghosh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	GK		Samik Mitra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Tondonba Singh	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Masih Saighani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
6	DF		Lucian Goian	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
8	DF		Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
13	DF		Eli Sabiá	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
18	DF		Jerry Lalrinzuala	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF		Zohmingliana Ralte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	MF		Laldinliana Renthlei	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
28	DF		Germanpreet Singh	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
35	DF		Hendry Antonay	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	DF		Reamsochung Aimol	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Lallianzuala Chhangte	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Dragoș Firțulescu	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Thoi Singh	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	0
15	MF		Anirudh Thapa	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
16	MF		Sinivasan Pandiyan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Deepak Tangri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF		Dhanpal Ganesh	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
50	MF		Rafael Crivellaro	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
9	FW		Nerijus Valskis	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
12	FW		Jeje Lalpekhlua	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	FW		André Schembri	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
45	FW		Bawlte Rohmingthanga	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	FW		Rahim Ali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL				29	3	0	0	0	0	23	2	0

References

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[1] "SQUAD".

[2] "ISL: Chennaiyin FC appoints Owen Coyle as new head coach". Retrieved 2019-12-28.

[3] "ISL 2019: Sandy Stewart joins Chennaiyin FC as assistant coach". Retrieved 2019-12-28.

[4] "Chennaiyin FC appoint Konstantinos Rostantis as Head of Medicine and Performance/Assistant Coach".

[5] "ISL: Chennaiyin FC appoint Sabir Pasha as assistant coach".

[6] "Karanjit gets a new contract and coaching role at Chennaiyin". Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2019.

[7] "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.

[8] "Indian Football Transfers: Chennaiyin FC confirm Edwin Vanspaul signing from Chennai City FC".

[9] "Chennaiyin secure the signature of Lithuanian forward Nerijus Valskis".

[10] "Chennaiyin complete Lucian Goian signing to strengthen defence".

[11] "Afghan defender Masih Saighani joins Chennaiyin on a free transfer".

[12] "WELCOME TO THE HOME OF CHENNAIYIN FC".

[13] "Chennaiyin FC signs Andre Schembri on free transfer force".

[14] "Chennaiyin sign former Maltese international Andre Schembri".

[15] "Chennaiyin up the ante as Lallianzuala Chhangte joins".

[16] "Vishal Kaith moves to Chennaiyin".

[17] "Chennaiyin rope in Rafael Crivellaro as their latest foreign recruit".

[18] "Farewell Gregory Nelson".

[19] "Isaac Vanmalsawma to don Jamshedpur colours in the upcoming season".

[20] "Isaac Vanmalsawma, Chris Herd leave Chennaiyin FC".

[21] "East Bengal sign Abhijit Sarkar on loan from Chennaiyin FC".

[22] "Chennaiyin FC Bid Farewell to Fan Favourite Mailson Alves".

[23] "Raphael Augusto signs up to play for Bengaluru FC".

[24] "CK Vineeth heads to Jamshedpur to add experience to strike force".

[25] "Midfielder Francisco Fernandes leaves Chennnaiyin FC".

[26] "Kerala Blasters, Chennaiyin announce ISL preseason tours".

[27] "Chennaiyin FC's pre-season at Ahmedabad from Sept 1".

[28] "Kerala Blasters, Chennaiyin announce ISL preseason tours".

[29] "Chennaiyin FC, Gokulam Kerala FC Play Out Draw in Pre-season Match".

[30] "Fixtures & Results".

[31] ttps://int.soccerway.com/teams/india/chennai-titans/31401/

[32] "Player Stats". Retrieved 2019-12-29.

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