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Revision as of 09:20, 30 October 2021

Not to be confused with Chennaiyin FC.
Chennai City FC
File:Official Chennai City FC Logo.png
Full nameChennai City Football Club[1]
NicknameThe Lions[2]
Short nameCCFC
Founded1946; 73 years ago (as Nethaji Sports Club)
GroundNehru Stadium, Coimbatore
Capacity30,000[3]
OwnerRohit Ramesh
Head coachSatyasagara

Chennai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, that competes in the I-League, one of the top flights of Indian football league system.[4][5] The club was established in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club by five friends. The club spend its grand majority of history by competing in the local state and city tournaments but entered the national stage in 2016. On 11 December 2016, the team was awarded a direct-entry spot into the I-League for 2016–17 season, and became champion in the 2018–19 season.[6]

History

Formation and early years

The club was founded in 1946 as Netaji Sports Club,[7] by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram.[8] Nethaji Sports Club, affiliated with Tamil Nadu Football Association (TNFA), has appeared in several state competitions including Vittal trophy, TFA Shield and Chennai District Football League.[9][10][11] The club always used to have a young squad with players usually aged 21–22 and the club did come close to national relevance a couple of times, making appearances in the Durand Cup and Federation Cup.

Since the 1990s, Netaji Sports Club participated in Chennai Super League, conducted by Chennai Football Association.[12][13] In state tournament, Tamil Nadu State League, they finished as runners-up thrice in 2004, 2005–06 and 2007.[14][15][16]

Present years

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 Recreational Club team in National Football League.[17][18] Chennai City FC made it to the Federation Cup (India) by finishing eighth in the I-League table and did it with a game remaining in the league.

Chennai City did decent in their first season at the highest level of domestic league.[19] Their potential was highlighted when they managed to hold off Mohun Bagan AC for a very long time and even got wins against Aizawl FC and East Bengal FC.[20]

In the 2016–17 Indian Federation Cup, they were pitted in Group A against Aizawl FC, East Bengal FC and Churchill Brothers SC. Chennai City lost their first games and were out of contention before playing the last fixture. The team did salvage pride as they won the game against Churchill Brothers emphatically in a 3–1 victory.[21][22][23]

File:Edwin Sydney Vanspaul.png
Edwin Sydney Vanspaul with new club kit in 2019

On 6 February 2019 Chennai City FC had agreed for a partnership with Swiss Super League giants FC Basel,[24] which owned 26 percent of the club and would develop football in the state by building football schools for young talents.[25]

FC Basel will also have a player exchange program, including first team players, with CCFC and help the club with technical know how.[26][27]

On 9 March 2019, Chennai City FC beat former champions Minerva Punjab FC 3–1 to be crowned the 2018–19 I-League champions.[28][29] This marked the finish of a very successful season for the club, defying all expectations to win the league. Spanish-Uruguayan forward Pedro Manzi Cruz also scored a brace in this match, and was the joint top scorer of the league, scoring 21 league goals with record four hat-tricks.[30][31][32][33] This was Chennai City FC's maiden I-League title, and later they represented India at the 2020 AFC Champions League playoffs[34] and 2020 AFC Cup respectively.[35][36]

Chennai City FC also played in the Hero Super Cup during March–April 2019, and lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions FC Goa.[37] However, they did manage to win 2–1 against ISL champions Bengaluru FC in the quarter finals.[38]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2016—2017 Classic Polo Baako
2017—2018 Counter Sports[39] —
2018—19 Penalty Uhlsport[40]
2019—present Nivia[41] TVS Group

Stadium

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on a matchday in 2018

The club plays its home games at Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore. Constructed in 1971, it is currently used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 30,000.[42][43] Prior to 2017–2018 season, the club played their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Chennai.

In 2019, the club decided to play their continental matches (AFC Champions League playoffs and AFC Cup) at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad.[44][45]

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Singapore Satyasagara[46]
Team manager India Ashok Kumar
Physio India Ragunath Manogaran
Video analyst India Aravind Chandrasekaran

Affiliated clubs

The following club was affiliated with Chennai City FC:

Honours

Further information: List of Chennai City FC seasons

Continental record

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020 AFC Champions League Preliminary round 1 Bahrain Al-Riffa 0–1
2020 AFC Cup Group E Maldives Maziya S&RC 2–2 – Cancelled
Maldives TC Sports – –
Bangladesh Bashundhara Kings – –

Team records

I-League

Season Div. Tms. Pos. Attendance 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 11 1 6,138 Semi-finals Group stage DNP DNP
2019–20 I-League 11 7 7,825 DNP Group Stage Preliminary round 1 Group Stage
2020–21 I-League 11 9 DNP DNP DNP DNP
Key
  • Tms. = Number of teams
  • Pos. = Position in league
  • Attendance/G = Average league attendance

Overall

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
2018–19 18 13 4 3 48 28 43 1 – – – – – – Manzi 21
2019–20 15 5 5 5 20 21 20 7 2 0 1 1 2 3 Yusa 5

Head coach

As of 26 October 2020
Name Nationality From To P W D L GF GA Win%
Robin Charles Raja  India 13 December 2016[52] 8 February 2017 7 1 1 5 3 11 014.29
V. Soundararajan  India 9 January 2017[53] 14 March 2018 13 3 4 6 15 19 023.08
Akbar Nawas  Singapore 15 March 2018[54] 26 October 2020 38 20 9 9 68 49 052.63
Satyasagara  Singapore 10 December 2020[55] present 14 5 0 9 16 25 035.71

Team

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