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Chennai City FC
File:Chennai City FC logo.png
Full nameChennai City Football Club LLP
Founded1946; 67 years ago as Nethaji Sports Club
GroundJawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore
Capacity30,000
PresidentRohit Ramesh
CoachAkbar Nawas
Websitehttp://chennaicityfc.com/

Chennai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Coimbatore, 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.

History

The club was founded in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram.[1] 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.[2]

Stadium

Main article: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore

Nehru Stadium is a football stadium and also a multi-purpose stadium in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Constructed in 1971. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds a capacity 30,000[1] spectators. The stadium is hosting the I-league club Chennai City FC. Located in the heart of Coimbatore, near V O Chidambaram Park, Nehru Stadium is a popular venue for football tournaments, cricket matches and athletic meets. The stadium is equipped with floodlights for conducting day and night matches.It has also a 400 m athletic track with football/hockey field. Famous matches that took place here are Santosh Trophy in the 1970s and 1990s. Prior to 2017-2018 season, Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Chennai was used as their home base.

South India Derby

Chennai City and  Gokulam Kerala enjoys an

on field rivalry. The first South India Derby match between these two team took place on 7th and 8th 4 December 2017 in I- League match which ended in a draw.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2016-2017 Classic Polo Baako
2017-2018 NAWAZ INTERNATIONAL
2018- Under Armour

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 December 2017.[3]

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 Kabir T
3 DF  IND Tarif Akhand
6 DF  IND Mashoor Shereef Thangalakath
7 DF  IND Pradeep Mohannraj
11 MF  IND Gurpreet Singh
13 DF  IND Dharmaraj Ravanan
15 MF  IND Antony Beautin
16 DF  IND SK Shahabaaz Alam
18 MF  IND Alexander Romario
21 GK  IND Vigneshwaran Baskaran
22 GK  IND Debasish Das
No. Pos. Nation Player
26 DF  IND Shaji Antony
27 MF  IND Deepak Bakthan
30 MF  IND Raja pandi Soundrapandian
32 MF  IND Gaurav Bora
34 DF  IND Henry Monsang Tesong
35 DF  IND Clintu Cleetus
37 MF  IND Vijay Ponnurangam
40 DF  IND Sebastian Thangmuansang
— MF  ESP Nestor Gordillo
— GK  AUS Jerrad Tyson
— DF  ESP Roberto Suarez [4]
— MF  ESP Sandro Rodriguez [4]
— FW  ESP Pedro Manzi [5]

Current technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Singapore Akbar Nawas
Assistant Coach Spain Jordi Vila
Manager India G. R. Ingulab
Goalkeeping Coach India V. P. Sathish Kumar
Media Manager India K. Aravind

Team Records

Overview

Season Division Teams Position Federation Cup Durand Cup AFC competition(s)
2016-17 I-League 10 8 — — TBD

Overall records

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 – – – – – – Joachim 5

Head Coach's Record

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 13 3 4 6 15 19 023.08

References

  1. ^ "From Senior Division to I-League: The Chennai City FC story". 11 December 2016.
  2. ^ "I-League Update: Chennai City FC and Minerva Punjab FC to play in the coming season". 11 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  4. ^ a b "The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Chennai City sign centre forward Pedro Javier Manzi Cruz". Goal. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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