Chennai City FC

File:Chennai City FC logo.png
Full name	Coimbatore Football Club LLP
Founded	1946; 67 years ago as Nethaji Sports Club
Ground	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore
Capacity	30,000
Owners	Rohit Ramesh, R Krishnakumar and Janani Rohit (WTF Infotainment LLP)
President	Rohit Ramesh
Coach	Akbar Nawas
Website	http://chennaicityfc.com/
Home colours Away colours

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.

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]

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.

Chennai City and Gokulam Kerala enjoys an on field rivalry. The matches witness large audience attendance and rivalry between patrons. It is considered to be one of, if not the biggest Asian footballing rivalry. 2018-19 I-League South India Derby

• (Including Friendlies & Non-competitive matches).

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  AUS Jerrad Tyson (Captain) 21 GK  IND Kabir Thaufiq 33 DF  IND Sriram — DF  IND Mashoor Shereef Thangalakath — DF  IND Clintu Cleetus — DF  ESP Roberto Eslava [4] — MF  IND Antony Beautin — MF  IND Alexander Romario — MF  IND Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 8 MF  ESP Sandro Rodriguez [4] 10 MF  IND Charles Anandraj

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  IND Raja Pandi Soundrapandian — MF  IND Gaurav Bora — MF  ESP Nestor Gordillo 17 MF  IND Pravitto Raju 37 MF  IND Karthik 19 FW  ESP Pedro Manzi [5] 26 FW  IND Ameerudeen —  IND Shem Marton —  IND Shine John —  IND Rajeevan —  IND Ajith Kumar —  IND Jude Felix —  IND Pradison

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

Position	Name
Head coach	Akbar Nawas
Assistant Coach	Balagumaran
Manager	G. R. Ingulab
Goalkeeping Coach	V. P. Sathish Kumar
Sports Physiotherapist	Dr.Ragunath Manogaran
Media Manager	Mohan Kumar.L

Winning 5 cups

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance

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	14 March 2018	13	3	4	6	15	19	023.08
Akbar Nawas	Singapore	15 March 2018	Present	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

As of 7 October 2018.^[6]

Current Rank	Country	Team
259		Deltras
260		Kyoto Sanga
261		Chennai City
262		Mumbai City
263		Kitchee

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