2024–25 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin
2024–25 season
Owner	Abhishek Bachchan ; MS Dhoni ; Vita Dani
Head Coach	Owen Coyle
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Home colours	Away colours

The 2024–25 Chennaiyin season is the club's Eleventh season since its establishment in 2014 as well as their Eleventh season in 2024–25 Indian Super League.In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2024 Durand Cup and Indian Super Cup.^[1]

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Owen Coyle^[2]
Assistant coach	Sandy Stewart
Assistant coach	Noel Wilson
Goalkeeping coach	Rajat Ghosh Dastidar

Players

Squad information

As of 1 May 2025^[3]

Notes:

Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
All players in this Squad were part of Indian Super League^[4]
Chennaiyin FC went on to play with Reserve team with a mix of few senior team players for the Durand Cup^[5]
Chennaiyin FC Squad for Super Cup included only 24 players among this original Squad^[6]
* denotes a player who left on Winter transfer window.
* denotes a player who joined on Winter transfer window.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed From
Goalkeepers
1	Samik Mitra	GK	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000	Indian Arrows
13	Mohammad Nawaz	GK	(2000-01-21) 21 January 2000	Mumbai City FC
24	Mohanraj K	GK	(2004-04-26) 26 April 2004	Chennaiyin FC II
31	Malhar Mohol	GK	(2005-06-10) 10 June 2005	Chennaiyin FC II
Defenders
3	Ryan Edwards	CB	(1993-10-07) 7 October 1993	Dundee United
4	Laldinpuia	CB/RB	(1996-11-29) 29 November 1996	Jamshedpur FC
5	Elsinho	CB/DM	(1991-04-10) 10 April 1991	Jamshedpur FC
6	Ankit Mukherjee	RB/CB	(1996-06-10) 10 June 1996	East Bengal FC
17	Mandar Rao Dessai	LB	(1992-03-18) 18 March 1992	East Bengal FC
20	Pritam Kotal	CB/RB	(1993-09-08) 8 September 1993	Kerala Blasters FC
23	Vignesh Dakshinamurthy	LB	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998	Hyderabad FC
26	Laldinliana Renthlei	RB	(1998-08-26) 26 August 1998	Jamshedpur FC
32	Karthick Thirumalai	DF	(2005-08-21) 21 August 2005	Chennaiyin FC II
33	Bikash Yumnam	CB	(2006-01-02) 2 January 2006	Punjab FC
40	Praful Kumar YV	CB	(2003-06-10) 10 June 2003	Chennaiyin FC II
Midfielders
8	Jitendra Singh	DM/CM/CB	(2001-06-13) 13 June 2001	Jamshedpur FC
10	Connor Shields	AM/CM/DM	(1997-07-29) 29 July 1997	Motherwell FC
21	Maheson Singh Tongbram	DM	(2004-11-26) 26 November 2004	Punjab FC
22	Lalrinliana Hnamte	CM/DM/RM	(2003-04-29) 29 April 2003	Mohun Bagan Super Giant
37	Jiteshwor Singh	DM/CM	(2001-12-10) 10 December 2001	NEROCA FC
55	Ngangom Raman Singh	MF	(2007-03-27) 27 March 2007	Chennaiyin FC II
70	Lukas Brambilla	AM/LW/RW	(1995-01-04) 4 January 1995	Othellos Athienou FC
88	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	DM/RB	(1992-09-24) 24 September 1992	East Bengal FC
Forwards
7	Kiyan Nassiri	CF/LW/RW	(2000-11-17) 17 November 2000	Mohun Bagan Super Giant
9	Wilmar Jordán	CF	(1990-10-17) 17 October 1990	Punjab FC
19	Irfan Yadwad	CF/LW	(2001-06-19) 19 June 2001	FC Bengaluru United
27	Daniel Chima Chukwu	CF	(1991-01-04) 4 January 1991	Jamshedpur FC
36	Vivek S	FW	(2005-02-27) 27 February 2005	Chennaiyin FC II
39	Vishal R	FW	(2004-08-28) 28 August 2004	Chennaiyin FC II
47	Vincy Barretto	LW/RW	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999	Kerala Blasters FC
71	Farukh Choudhary	LW/RW	(1996-11-08) 8 November 1996	Jamshedpur FC
77	Gurkirat Singh	RW/CF/LW	(2003-07-16) 16 July 2003	Mumbai City FC

New contracts

No.	Pos.	Player	Date	Until
3	DF	Ryan Edwards	1 May 2024	30 April 2025
1	GK	Samik Mitra	1 May 2024	30 April 2027
37	MF	Jiteshwor Singh	19 May 2024	30 April 2025
10	FW	Connor Shields	22 June 2024	30 April 2025

Transfers

In

Date	Player	Pos.	From	Fee
3 June 2024	Jitendra Singh	CM	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer
5 June 2024	Elsinho	DF	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer
7 June 2024	Laldinpuia	DF	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer
9 June 2024	Daniel Chima Chukwu	FW	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer
11 June 2024	Wilmar Jordán	FW	Punjab	Free Transfer
14 June 2024	Kiyan Nassiri	FW	Mohun Bagan SG	Free Transfer
16 June 2024	Mandar Rao Dessai	DF	East Bengal	Free Transfer
18 June 2024	Gurkirat Singh	FW	Mumbai City	Free Transfer
20 June 2024	Lukas Brambilla	MF	Othellos Athienou	Free Transfer
25 June 2024	Mohammad Nawaz	GK	Mumbai City	Free Transfer
27 June 2024	Lalrinliana Hnamte	MF	Mohun Bagan SG	Free Transfer

Out

Date	No.	Player	Pos.	From	Fee
22 May 2024	16	Sarthak Golui	RB/CB	East Bengal	Loan Returns
23 May 2024	16	Jordan Murray	ST	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer
23 May 2024	32	Cristian Battocchio	CM		Free Transfer
24 May 2024	27	Aakash Sangwan	LB	Goa	Free Transfer
26 May 2024	27	Debjit Majumder	GK	East Bengal	Free Transfer^[7]
24 May 2024	50	Rafael Crivellaro	AM/CM		Free Transfer
24 June 2024	50	Ninthoinganba Meetei	ST	Punjab	Free Transfer
9 July 2024		Sweden Fernandes	ST		Free Transfer

Competitions

Super Cup


Round of 16			Quarter-finals			Semi-finals			Final

20 April

8	Kerala Blasters	2
			26 April
9	East Bengal	0
			8	Kerala Blasters	1

			1	Mohun Bagan	2

						30 April

						1	Mohun Bagan	1
21 April
						2	Goa	3
2	Goa	3
			26 April
IL4	Gokulam Kerala	0
			2	Goa	2
21 April
			10	Punjab	1
7	Odisha	0
									3 May
10	Punjab	3
									2	Goa	3
23 April
									5	Jamshedpur	0
3	Bengaluru	1 (3)
			27 April
IL2	Inter Kashi (p)	1 (5)
			IL2	Inter Kashi	0
23 April
			6	Mumbai City	1
6	Mumbai City	4
						30 April
11	Chennaiyin	0
						6	Mumbai City	0
24 April
						5	Jamshedpur	1
4	Northeast United	6
			27 April
13	Mohammedan	0
			4	Northeast United	0 (4)
24 April
			5	Jamshedpur (p)	0 (5)
5	Jamshedpur	2

12	Hyderabad	0

23 April 2025 (2025-04-23) Match 6	Mumbai City	4–0	Chennaiyin	Bhubaneswar
20:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Karelis 43' Chhangte 64', 86' B. Singh 90'	AIFF I-League PDF		Stadium: Kalinga Stadium Attendance: 1,149 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte (Mumbai City)

Durand Cup

Chennaiyin were drawn in to the Group D on the group-stage draw conducted on 10 July, after the President on India, Droupadi Murmu, flagged-off the trophy tour of the tournament.^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ARM	CHN	ASR
1	Army Red	3	3	0	7	2	+5	9	Advanced to knockout stage			3–0
2	Jamshedpur (H)	3	2	1	7	4	+3	6		2–3	2–1	3–0
3	Chennaiyin	3	1	2	3	4	−1	3		0–1		2–1
4	Assam Rifles	3	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Source: Twitter
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Matches

The fixtures of the 133rd edition of the Durand Cup was announced by the organising committee on 12 July.^[9]

Matches

31 July 2024 (2024-07-31)	Chennaiyin	0–1	Indian Army	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
16:00 IST		Report	Liton Shil 42'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 2,042 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Liton Shil (Indian Army)

4 August 2024 (2024-08-04)	Jamshedpur	2–1	Chennaiyin	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
19:00 IST	Wungngayam 32' Murray 65'		Barretto 90+2'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 6,137 Referee: Mrutyunjay L Amatya Man of the Match: Imran (Jamshedpur FC)

11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)	Chennaiyin	2–1	Assam Rifles	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand
19:00 IST	Jesuraj 89' Praful Kumar 90+6'	Report	Jefferson Nongrud 76'	Stadium: JRD Tata Sports Complex Attendance: 1012 Referee: Harish Kundu Man of the Match: Shobhan Dev Biswas (Assam Rifles)

Bandodkar Trophy

24 August 2024

16:00 IST

Goa	4–0	Sporting Goa
Herrera 55', 61' Sadiku 83' Thangjam 89'	Report

24 August 2024

19:00 IST

Dempo	1–5	Brisbane Roar
Pires 80'	Report	Waddingham 47', 59' Shour 63' O'Shea 69' Lofthouse 75'

27 August 2024

16:00 IST

Sporting Goa	1–2	Dempo
Alves 21'	Report	Hoble 32' Rawat 73'

27 August 2024

19:00 IST

Brisbane Roar	0–1	Goa
	Report	Sadiku 51'

30 August 2024

16:00 IST

Brisbane Roar	2–0	Sporting Goa
Zabala 40' Van Der Saag 45+4'	Report

30 August 2024

19:00 IST

Dempo	1–2	Goa
Rawat 58'	Report	Sadiku 17' Chhetri 60'

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ODI	DYJ	CHN	CBR
1	Odisha	3	3	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout stage	—	2–1	1–0	6–0
2	Defensa y Justicia	3	2	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage	1–2	—	2–0	1–0
3	Chennaiyin	3	1	2	4	4	0	3		0–1	0–2	—	4–1
4	Churchill Brothers	3	0	3	1	11	−10	0		0–6	0–1	1–4	—

Source: GFA

25 August 2024

16:00 IST

Churchill	1–4	Chennaiyin
Diamande 19'	Report	Elsinho 12' Jordán 31' Singh 44' Yadwad 65'

Referee: Mario Pereira

25 August 2024

21:00 IST

Odisha	2–1	Defensa y Justicia
Raynier 68' Delgado 79'	Report	Cruz 48'

28 August 2024

16:00 IST

Defensa y Justicia	1–0	Churchill
Anthony 35'	Report

28 August 2024

19:00 IST

Odisha	1–0	Chennaiyin
Mauricio 40' (pen.)	Report

Referee: David Rebello

31 August 2024

16:00 IST

Churchill	0–6	Odisha
	Report	Krishna 21', 30', 36' Aphaoba 43' Mawihmingthanga 86', 90'

31 August 2024

19:00 IST

Chennaiyin	0–2	Defensa y Justicia
	Report	Bohiler 14' Valdez 45+4'

Semifinals			Final

A1	Goa	1

B2	Defensa y Justicia	0
			A1	Goa (p)	3 (3)

			B1	Odisha	3 (1)
B1	Odisha	'2

A2	Brisbane Roar	1

Indian Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	East Bengal	24	8	4	12	27	33	−6	28^[a]
10	Punjab	24	8	4	12	34	38	−4	28^[a]
11	Chennaiyin	24	7	6	11	34	39	−5	27
12	Hyderabad	24	4	6	14	22	47	−25	18
13	Mohammedan	24	2	7	15	12	43	−31	13

Source: ISL
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots
(Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: East Bengal 6, Punjab 0.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
23	15	5	3	51	22	+29	50	9	1	1	29	11	+18	6	4	2	22	11	+11

Last updated: 8 February 2025.
Source: La Liga

References

^ "Indian football Premier 1 club license list announced for 2024-25 season". Sportstar. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
^ "Former Premier League manager Owen Coyle returns to Chennaiyin FC as head coach". chennaiyinfc.com. 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
^ "CHENNAIYIN FC SQUAD". indiansuperleague.com.
^ https://x.com/ChennaiyinFC/status/1834665657616810002?s=19
^ https://x.com/ChennaiyinFC/status/1818191773417517356?s=19
^ https://x.com/ChennaiyinFC/status/1914675391677301027?s=19
^ Sarkar, Sattyik (3 July 2024). "ISL: Debjit Majumder reunites with East Bengal". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
^ PTI (10 July 2024). "President Murmu asks stakeholders to work together for upliftment of Indian football". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
^ "Durand Cup 2024: Fixtures, dates and timings announced". www.indiansuperleague.com. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

[table_hth_EAB0.52483905969413-10] Head-to-head points: East Bengal 6, Punjab 0.

[1] "Indian football Premier 1 club license list announced for 2024-25 season". Sportstar. 16 May 2024. Retrieved 16 May 2024.

[2] "Former Premier League manager Owen Coyle returns to Chennaiyin FC as head coach". chennaiyinfc.com. 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 18 July 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[3] "CHENNAIYIN FC SQUAD". indiansuperleague.com.

[4] ttps://x.com/ChennaiyinFC/status/1834665657616810002?s=19

[5] ttps://x.com/ChennaiyinFC/status/1818191773417517356?s=19

[6] ttps://x.com/ChennaiyinFC/status/1914675391677301027?s=19

[debjit-7] Sarkar, Sattyik (3 July 2024). "ISL: Debjit Majumder reunites with East Bengal". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[8] PTI (10 July 2024). "President Murmu asks stakeholders to work together for upliftment of Indian football". Sportstar. Archived from the original on 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.

[9] "Durand Cup 2024: Fixtures, dates and timings announced". www.indiansuperleague.com. 12 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 July 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.

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