2016 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin
2016 season
Head Coach	Marco Materazzi
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ISL	7th
ISL finals	DNQ
Top goalscorer	League: Dudu Omagbemi (5); All: Dudu Omagbemi (5)
Highest home attendance	25,235 vs NorthEast United FC
Lowest home attendance	18,213 vs FC Goa
Average home league attendance	22,139
Biggest win	2-0 (vs FC Goa on 13 Oct 2016 and vs FC Pune City on 15 Nov 2016)
Biggest defeat	1-4 (vs Delhi Dynamos FC on 9 Nov 2016)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2015 2017–18 ⊟

The 2016 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.

Background

Going into the 2015 ISL season, Chennaiyin retained their head coach, Marco Materazzi, as well as the core of their playing squad with players such as Jeje Lalpekhlua, Balwant Singh, Jayesh Rane, Bernard Mendy, and marquee Elano returning for a second season.^[1] They began their season on 3 October 2015, hosting their first match of the ISL season against defending champions Atlético de Kolkata. Despite goals from Lalpekhlua and Elano, Chennaiyin lost the match 3–2.^[2] Despite a slow start to the season, Chennaiyin soon entered the finals, finishing the season in third place.^[3]

In the semi-finals, Chennaiyin FC took on Atlético de Kolkata. In the first leg of the round, Chennaiyin came out as 3–0 winners after goals from Bruno Pelissari, Jeje Lalpekhlua, and Stiven Mendoza.^[4] Despite losing the second leg 2–1, Chennaiyin went through to the finals 4–2 on aggregate.^[5]

During the final, Chennaiyin took on Goa at the Fatorda Stadium. They took a 1–0 lead in the beginning of the second half from Bruno Pelissari before Goa came back to lead 2–1 going into stoppage time. However, an own goal from Goa goalkeeper, Laxmikant Kattimani, and a goal from Mendoza from a defensive mistake lead to Chennaiyin winning to Indian Super League.^[6]

Player movement

Squad

As of 18 September 2016.^[7]

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	IND	Karanjit Singh
2	DF	BRA	Éder
3	DF	IND	Nallappan Mohanraj
4	MF	NED	Hans Mulder (3rd captain)
5	DF	FRA	Bernard Mendy (captain)
6	DF	NOR	John Arne Riise
7	MF	IND	Harmanjot Khabra
8	MF	ITA	Manuele Blasi
9	FW	ITA	Davide Succi
10	FW	IND	Jayesh Rane
11	MF	IND	Thoi Singh
12	FW	IND	Jeje Lalpekhlua
13	DF	BRA	Eli Sabiá
15	DF	IND	Abhishek Das


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia
17	MF	IND	Dhanpal Ganesh
18	MF	IND	Siam Hanghal
19	MF	BRA	Raphael Augusto
20	FW	ITA	Maurizio Peluso
21	FW	IND	Uttam Rai
22	MF	IND	Zakeer Mundampara
25	DF	IND	Dhanachandra Singh
26	DF	IND	Mehrajuddin Wadoo (vice captain)
27	GK	JAM	Duwayne Kerr
28	GK	IND	Pawan Kumar
33	FW	IND	Baljit Sahni
43	DF	IND	Jerry Lalrinzuala
99	FW	NGA	Dudu Omagbemi

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Marco Materazzi
Performance Analyst	Franco Pasqualetti
Assistant coach	Syed Sabir Pasha
Goalkeeping coach	Francesco Franzese
Consultant	Pratham Basu
Physiotherapist	Manoj Muthu

Transfers

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Indian Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Atlético de Kolkata (C)	14	4	8	2	16	14	2	20	Advance to ISL Play-offs
5	NorthEast United	14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	13	16	−3	16
7	Chennaiyin	14	3	6	5	20	25	−5	15
8	Goa	14	4	2	8	15	25	−10	14

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match
(C) Champions

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	3	6	5	20	25	−5	15	2	4	1	10	8	2	1	2	4	10	17	−7

Last updated: October 2016.
Source: Matches

Matches

Win Draw Loss

2 October 2016 Match 2	Atlético de Kolkata	2-2	Chennaiyin	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Pritam Kotal 36' Hélder Postiga 37' Sameehg Doutie 59' Bikramjit Singh 64' Iain Hume 86' (pen.)	[1]	Davide Succi 55' John Arne Riise 60' Jayesh Rane 61' 66' Hans Mulder 70'	Stadium: Rabindra Sarobar Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 10,973

6 October 2016 Match 6	Chennaiyin	1-3	Delhi Dynamos FC	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Dudu Omagbemi 32' Raphael Augusto 51'	[2]	Marcelinho 26' (pen.) 34' 60' Badara Badji 84'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 21,587

13 October 2016 Match 12	Chennaiyin	2-0	FC Goa	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Hans Mulder 15' Mehrajuddin Wadoo 26'	[3]	Matheus Trindade Goncalves 52'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 18,213

20 October 2016 Match 18	NorthEast United FC	0-1	Chennaiyin	Guwahati, Assam, India
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Wellington Priori 59'	[4]	Bernard Mendy 35' Davide Succi 49' Jerry Lalrinzuala 83'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 32,844

23 October 2016 Match 21	FC Pune City	1-1	Chennaiyin	Pune, Maharashtra, India
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Dharmaraj Ravanan 9' Dramane Traoré 77' Aníbal Zurdo 83'	[5]	Siam Hanghal 14' Jeje Lalpekhlua 28' Mehrajuddin Wadoo 68' Harmanjot Khabra 81'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 9,013

29 October 2016 Match 26	Chennaiyin	0-0	Kerala Blasters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Maurizio Peluso 68'	[6]		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 23,163

2 November 2016 Match 28	Chennaiyin	1-1	Mumbai City FC	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Jeje Lalpekhlua 51' Raphael Augusto 80'	[7]	Anwar Ali 22' Krisztián Vadócz 80' Léo Costa 88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 22,280

9 November 2016 Match 34	Delhi Dynamos FC	4-1	Chennaiyin	Delhi
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Richard Gadze 15' Florent Malouda 25' 85' Kean Lewis 54' Souvik Chakraborty 60'	[8]	Bernard Mendy 37' Hans Mulder 39' Dudu Omagbemi 45'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 15,111

12 November 2016 Match 37	Kerala Blasters	3-1	Chennaiyin	Kochi, Kerala
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Graham Stack 54' Didier Kadio 66' C.K.Vineeth 85' 89'	[9]	Bernard Mendy 22' Hans Mulder 90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 53,152

15 November 2016 Match 39	Chennaiyin	2-0	Pune City	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Jeje Lalpekhlua 44' Davide Succi 51'	[10]		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 19,773

20 November 2016 Match 44	Chennaiyin	1-1	Atlético de Kolkata	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Bernard Mendy 75' Davide Succi 77'	[11]	Keegan Pereira 34' Hélder Postiga 39' Debjit Majumder 90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 24,725

23 November 2016 Match 46	Mumbai City	2-0	Chennaiyin	Mumbai, Maharashtra
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Gerson Vieira 7' Matías Defederico 32' Sehnaj Singh 55' Krisztián Vadócz 60'	[12]		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: 7,645

26 November 2016 Match 49	Chennaiyin	3-3	NorthEast United	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Dudu Omagbemi 34' 45' 81' Siam Hanghal 88' Mehrajuddin Wadoo 89'	[13]	Nicolás Vélez 38' 51' 89' Shouvik Ghosh 90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 25,235

1 December 2016 Match 53	Goa	5-4	Chennaiyin	Margao, Goa
19:00 IST (UTC 5:30)	Rafael Coelho 6' 6' 76' Jofre 21' (pen.) Rafael Dumas 25' Mandar Rao Desai 43' Sahil Tavora 69' 90' Júlio César 90'	[14]	Jerry Lalrinzuala 4' 58' Grégory Arnolin 18' (OG.) Dudu Omagbemi 28' John Arne Riise 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Fatorda Stadium Attendance: 14,717

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	IND	Karanjit Singh	9	0	9 0	0
2	DF	BRA	Éder	2	0	2 0	0
3	DF	IND	Nallappan Mohanraj	1	0	1 0	0
4	MF	NED	Hans Mulder	12	2	11 1	2
5	DF	FRA	Bernard Mendy	12	2	11 1	2
6	DF	NOR	John Arne Riise	10	1	7 3	1
7	MF	IND	Harmanjot Khabra	6	0	3 3	0
8	MF	ITA	Manuele Blasi	6	0	4 2	0
9	FW	ITA	Davide Succi	13	3	9 4	3
10	FW	IND	Jayesh Rane	8	1	6 2	1
11	MF	IND	Thoi Singh	2	0	2 0	0
12	FW	IND	Jeje Lalpekhlua	9	3	7 2	3
13	DF	BRA	Eli Sabiá	11	0	10 1	0
15	DF	IND	Abhishek Das	1	0	1 0	0
16	FW	IND	Daniel Lalhlimpuia	3	0	1 2	0
18	MF	IND	Siam Hanghal	10	0	7 3	0
19	MF	BRA	Raphael Augusto	14	0	12 2	0
20	FW	ITA	Maurizio Peluso	3	0	2 1	0
21	FW	IND	Uttam Rai	1	0	0 1	0
22	MF	IND	Zakeer Mundampara	5	0	5 0	0
26	DF	IND	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	13	1	13 0	1
27	GK	JAM	Duwayne Kerr	5	0	5 0	0
33	FW	IND	Baljit Sahni	8	0	6 2	0
42	MF	IND	Anirudh Thapa	1	0	1 0	0
43	DF	IND	Jerry Lalrinzuala	13	1	11 2	1
99	FW	NGA	Dudu Omagbemi	13	5	7 6	5

Goal scorers

S.No.	Position	Number	Name	Goals
1	FW	99	Dudu Omagbemi	5
2	FW	12	Jeje Lalpekhlua	3
2	FW	9	Davide Succi	3
4	MF	4	Hans Mulder	2
4	DF	5	Bernard Mendy	2
6	FW	10	Jayesh Rane	1
	DF	26	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	1
	DF	42	Jerry Lalrinzuala	1
	DF	6	John Arne Riise	1
			Total	19

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Name
4	MF	Hans Mulder	2
5	DF	Bernard Mendy	2
6	DF	John Arne Riise	1
7	DF	Harmanjot Khabra	1
8	MF	Manuele Blasi	1
9	FW	Davide Succi	1
10	FW	Jayesh Rane	1
18	MF	Siam Hanghal	3
19	MF	Raphael Augusto	2
20	FW	Maurizio Peluso	1
26	DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	2
43	DF	Jerry Lalrinzuala	2
99	FW	Dudu Omagbemi	1
		Total	20

References

^ Narayan, Aaditya (29 September 2015). "ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC - Team Preview". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Chennaiyin 2-3 Atletico de Kolkata 2015". Soccerway.
^ "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
^ "Chennaiyin 3-0 Atletico de Kolkata 2015". Soccerway.
^ "Atletico de Kolkata 2-1 Chennaiyin 2015". Soccerway.
^ "Goa 2-3 Chennaiyin". Soccerway.
^ "First-team". Chennaiyin Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

[2015_Preview-1] Narayan, Aaditya (29 September 2015). "ISL 2015: Chennaiyin FC - Team Preview". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[2] "Chennaiyin 2-3 Atletico de Kolkata 2015". Soccerway.

[3] "ISL 2015 Table & Results". India.com. 6 December 2015. Retrieved 8 June 2016.

[4] "Chennaiyin 3-0 Atletico de Kolkata 2015". Soccerway.

[5] "Atletico de Kolkata 2-1 Chennaiyin 2015". Soccerway.

[6] "Goa 2-3 Chennaiyin". Soccerway.

[7] "First-team". Chennaiyin Football Club. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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