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| owner = Rohit Ramesh
| chrtitle = General Manager
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| mgrtitle = Head Coach
| manager = Robin Charles Raja
| league = [[I-League]]
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'''Chennai City Football Club''' is an Indian professional [[association football|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 I-League|2016–17]] season.
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'''Chennai City Football Club''' an Indian professional [[association football|football]] club based in [[Chennai]], [[Tamilnadu]]. The club will participate in the [[I-League]], India's top-tier football league from [[2016–17 I-League|2016–17 season]].
==History==
==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2016/dec/11/from-senior-division-to-i-league-the-chennai-city-fc-story-1548015.html|title=From Senior Division to I-League: The Chennai City FC story|date=11 December 2016}}</ref> 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 (India)|National Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2016/12/11/30379992/chennai-city-minerva-punjab-in-i-league|title=I-League Update: Chennai City FC and Minerva Punjab FC to play in the coming season|date=11 December 2016}}</ref>
The club was founded in 1946 as ''Nethaji Sports Club'' by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/football/2016/dec/11/from-senior-division-to-i-league-the-chennai-city-fc-story-1548015.html|title=From Senior Division to I-League: The Chennai City FC story|date=11 December 2016}}</ref> 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 (India)|National Football League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/1064/i-league/2016/12/11/30379992/chennai-city-minerva-punjab-in-i-league|title=I-League Update: Chennai City FC and Minerva Punjab FC to play in the coming season|date=11 December 2016}}</ref>


==Team records==
===Seasons===
{{updated|12 December 2016}}
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Year
! colspan=8 class="unsortable" | [[I-League]]
! scope="col" rowspan=2 class="unsortable" | Federation<br/>Cup
! scope="col" colspan=3 class="unsortable" | Top Scorer(s)


|-
==Players==
!{{tooltip|P|Games played}}
===First-team squad===
!{{tooltip|W|Games won}}
{{Updated|11 December 2016}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Squad|url=http://chennaicityfc.com/squad.html|accessdate=11 December 2016}}</ref>
!{{tooltip|D|Games drawn}}

!{{tooltip|L|Games lost}}
{{Fs start}}
!{{tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
{{Fs player|no = 8|nat=IND|name=Alexander Romario|pos=FW}}
!{{tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
{{Fs player|no = 23|nat=IND|name=Marven Anto|pos=MF}}
!{{tooltip|Pts|Points}}
{{Fs player|no = 15|nat=IND|name=Beautian Anamachari|pos=FW}}
!{{tooltip|Pos.|Position}}
{{Fs player|no = 2|nat=IND|name=Boffin|pos=DF}}
! class="unsortable" | Player(s)
{{Fs player|no = 20|nat=IND|name=Dejoy Edwin|pos=MF}}
! class="unsortable" | Goals
{{Fs player|no = 4|nat=IND|name=Dhadeus Judes|pos=DF}}
|-
{{Fs player|no = 5|nat=IND|name=Edwin Raj|pos=MF}}
| [[2016–17 I-League|2016–17]]
{{Fs player|no = 6|nat=IND|name=Finu Favas|pos=MF}}
| 0
{{Fs player|no = 1|nat=IND|name=Jeno Stephen|pos=GK}}
| 0
{{Fs player|no = 12|nat=IND|name=Fatru Jegan|pos=DF}}
| 0
{{Fs player|no = 17|nat=IND|name=Manish Shishodia|pos=MF}}
| 0
{{Fs mid}}
| 0
{{Fs player|no = 30|nat=NGR|name=Onwubuarjri Ikechuwwu|pos=FW}}
| 0
{{Fs player|no = 16|nat=IND|name=Parkash Vinod|pos=FW}}
| 0
{{Fs player|no = 19|nat=IND|name=Ringu Francis|pos=FW}}
| TBD
{{Fs player|no = 58|nat=IND|name=Mohanprakash Sanooj|pos=GK}}
| TBD
{{Fs player|no = 24|nat=IND|name=Pulveeran Shaji|pos=DF}}
|align=left|TBD
{{Fs player|no = 7|nat=SL|name=Shibu Perera|pos=MF}}
| TBD
{{Fs player|no = 18|nat=IND|name=Shijin Sarthanand|pos=MF}}
|}
{{Fs player|no = 11|nat=IND|name=Soosairaj Madhavan|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no = 9|nat=IND|name=Stegin Jegan|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no = 3|nat=IND|name=Antony Xavier|pos=DF}}
{{Fs end}}


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
* [http://chennaicityfc.com/ Official website]

{{Chennai City F.C.}}
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{{Football in India}}

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Revision as of 09:23, 12 December 2016

Chennai City
File:Chennai City FC logo.png
Full nameChennai City Football Club
Founded1946 as Nethaji Sports Club
OwnersRohit Ramesh
Head CoachRobin Charles Raja
LeagueI-League
Websitehttp://chennaicityfc.com/

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.

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]

Team records

Seasons

As of 12 December 2016
Year I-League Federation
Cup
Top Scorer(s)
P W D L GF GA Pts Pos. Player(s) Goals
2016–17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD TBD TBD

References