Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the ISL. It has won the ISL title on two occasions, in the 2015, 2017–18 seasons respectively.
The club is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni.[4] The team's name Chennaiyin FC means Chennai's football club in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar to a possessive 's' in English.[5] The club's primary colour is blue ever since its inception and its logo is the Dhrishti Bommai, a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture.[6]
Chennaiyin has played three ISL Finals winning it two times. The first final they played was the 2015 final which they beat FC Goa by 3–2 in Goa. In their second final, they played against Bengaluru FC at Bengaluru and won their second title by winning 3–2. During 2019–20 season Chennaiyin played their third final against ATK, which they lost 3–1.
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actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni. The team's name ChennaiyinFC means Chennai's football club in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar...
final 3–2 to ChennaiyinFC at home. In the 2018–19 season, they reached their second final in the league where they lost 1–0 to Bengaluru FC. In the same...
birth. Career span – The year of the player's first appearance for ChennaiyinFC to the year of his last appearance. Matches – The total number of games...
club share a rivalry with fellow South Indian neighbours Bengaluru FC and ChennaiyinFC, with whom they contest in the South Indian Derby. The Blasters are...
2 out of the first 3 games under Grant, where they defeated FC Goa 2–1 and ChennaiyinFC 3–1 at home. Seiminlen Doungel scored the first ever hat-trick...
won the Golden Boot that season, helping Chennaiyin win the ISL. Following further loans at New York City FC and Bahia he signed for Amiens in January...
April 2024. Retrieved 11 April 2024. "East Bengal FC fail at final hurdle against Punjab FC as ChennaiyinFC qualify for playoffs". thehindu.com. New Delhi:...
ChennaiyinFC from Delhi Dynamos on a two-year contract. Chhangte played his debut match for the club on 23 October 2019 in a 3–0 defeat against FC Goa...
FC (2003–2004) Andrew Barisić – East Bengal FC (2013) Kerala Blasters FC (2014) Chris Herd – ChennaiyinFC (2018–2019) Jerrad Tyson – Chennai City FC...
Chennai would be given a franchise instead. The team was eventually named ChennaiyinFC. At the same time, the original marquee players were Luis García, Elano...
professional football clubs from South India—Bengaluru FC, ChennaiyinFC and Kerala Blasters FC. The geographical proximity of the clubs contributes significantly...
2022 Note: When scores are mentioned, score of FC Goa are given first. First match: 1-2 (vs ChennaiyinFC, 15 October 2014) First win: 2-1 (vs Delhi Dynamos...
December, in the match against ChennaiyinFC he scored his first goal for his club ATK. In July 2021, Rane moved to Bengaluru FC and debuted on 15 August in...
training-stint which was sponsored by Indian Super League side Chennaiyin. On 1 July 2016, ISL club Chennaiyin signed Thapa along with four other players on a long...
Hyderabad FC. In their 3rd ever appearance in the Durand Cup group stages, they finished second in group E, behind ChennaiyinFC, and above Delhi FC and Tribhuvan...
League's Mumbai City FC". 28 November 2019. Archived from the original on 28 November 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2019. "ISL: ChennaiyinFC beat Mumbai City...
back-to-back games against defending champions Mumbai City FC, and against rivals ChennaiyinFC, and thereby entering the top four in the table. The Blasters...
After winning the Preliminary Stage with a 9–2 aggregate they will face ChennaiyinFC, Champions of ISL 2018 on 6 March 2019 at the Race Course International...
Super League football team ChennaiyinFC in 2014. Jaipur Pink Panthers won the first ever championships held in 2014. ChennaiyinFC won the ISL 2015 and 2018...
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