Chennai City

File:Chennai City FC logo.png
Full name	Chennai City Football Club
Founded	1946; 67 years ago as Nethaji Sports Club
Ground	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
Capacity	40,000
Owners	Rohit Ramesh
CEO & President	Rohit Ramesh
Coach	Soundrarajan [1]
Website	http://chennaicityfc.com/
Home colours

Chennai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Chennai City compete as a member of the I-League, the top-tier football league of India. The club was established in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club by five friends. The club has spend the grand majority of its history competing in the local state and city tournaments but entered the national stage in 2016. On 11 December 2016 the team were awarded a direct-entry spot into the I-League for the 2016–17 season.

The club was founded in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram.^[2] 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 team in National Football League.^[3]

Chennai City FC play their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai nicknamed the Marina Arena. It is a multipurpose stadium and has a capacity of 40,000.^[4] It hosts football, and athletic competitions. The stadium is located at Sydenhams Road, Park Town behind the Chennai Central suburban Railway station and Ripon Building. The stadium is named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister and earlier hosted cricket Test Matches between 1956 and 1965.^[5]

As of 21 January 2017.^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  IND Karanjit Singh (on loan from Chennaiyin) 2 GK  IND Kabir Thaufiq (on loan from South United) 4 DF  NGA Echezona Anyichie 5 DF  IND Debabrata Roy (on loan from FC Goa) 6 FW  IND Prasanth Karuthadathkuni 7 FW  BRA Charles (on loan from GDSC Alvarenga) 8 MF  IND Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 10 FW  BRA Marcos Thank (on loan from GDSC Alvarenga) 11 MF  IND Michael Regin 12 FW  IND Raegan Albarnas 13 DF  IND Dharmaraj Ravanan (captain and on loan from Pune City) 14 DF  IND Abhishek Das (on loan from Chennaiyin) 15 MF  IND Denson Devadas 16 MF  IND Lalnun Mawia

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  IND Dhanpal Ganesh (on loan from Chennaiyin) 19 MF  IND Darren Caldeira 20 DF  IND Rakesh Masih 22 FW  IND Malsawmfela 23 MF  IND Michael Soosairaj 24 GK  IND Abhra Mondal 25 MF  IND Zakeer Mundampara (on loan from Chennaiyin) 26 DF  IND Yumnam Raju 27 DF  IND Joseph Clemente 28 MF  IND Liandala Sena Fanai 29 GK  IND Shahinlal Meloly 33 MF  IND Nandha kumar 30 DF  IND Sunil Kumar (on loan from South United) 9 MF  IND A Beautin

This squad consists of players competeting in the 2016-17 Chennai Football Association

As of 21 January 2017.^[7]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player -  IND Frajactiona Francis - DF  IND Wayne Vaz 8 MF  IND Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 9 MF  IND A.Beautin 25 MF  IND Zakeer Mundampara (on loan from Chennaiyin) 49 FW  NGA Onwuabujri Ikechukwu Joseph

Position	Name
Head coach	V Soundararajan
Assistant Coach	Muruguvendan
Manager	G. R. Ingulab
Goalkeeping Coach	V. P. Sathish Kumar
Media Manager	L. Mohan Kumar

As of 14 January 2017

As of 8 February 2017

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%
Robin Charles Raja	India	13 December 2016	8 February 2017	7	1	1	5	3	11	014.29
V Soundararajan	India	9 January 2017	Present	7	2	3	2	8	11	028.57

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