2016 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin

2016 season
Head Coach	Marco Materazzi
Stadium	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
ISL	7th
ISL finals	DNQ
Top goalscorer	League: Dudu Omagbemi (5) All: Dudu Omagbemi (5)
Highest home attendance	25,235 vs NorthEast United FC
Lowest home attendance	18,213 vs FC Goa
Average home league attendance	22,139
Biggest win	2-0 (vs FC Goa on 13 Oct 2016 and vs FC Pune City on 15 Nov 2016)
Biggest defeat	1-4 (vs Delhi Dynamos FC on 9 Nov 2016)
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The 2016 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's third season since its establishment in 2014 and their third season in the Indian Super League.

Background

See also: 2015 Chennaiyin FC season

Going into the 2015 ISL season, Chennaiyin retained their head coach, Marco Materazzi, as well as the core of their playing squad with players such as Jeje Lalpekhlua, Balwant Singh, Jayesh Rane, Bernard Mendy, and marquee Elano returning for a second season. They began their season on 3 October 2015, hosting their first match of the ISL season against defending champions Atlético de Kolkata. Despite goals from Lalpekhlua and Elano, Chennaiyin lost the match 3–2. Despite a slow start to the season, Chennaiyin soon entered the finals, finishing the season in third place.

In the semi-finals, Chennaiyin FC took on Atlético de Kolkata. In the first leg of the round, Chennaiyin came out as 3–0 winners after goals from Bruno Pelissari, Jeje Lalpekhlua, and Stiven Mendoza. Despite losing the second leg 2–1, Chennaiyin went through to the finals 4–2 on aggregate.

During the final, Chennaiyin took on Goa at the Fatorda Stadium. They took a 1–0 lead in the beginning of the second half from Bruno Pelissari before Goa came back to lead 2–1 going into stoppage time. However, an own goal from Goa goalkeeper, Laxmikant Kattimani, and a goal from Mendoza from a defensive mistake lead to Chennaiyin winning to Indian Super League.

Player movement

Squad

As of 18 September 2016.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK IND Karanjit Singh 2 DF BRA Éder 3 DF IND Nallappan Mohanraj 4 MF NED Hans Mulder (3rd captain) 5 DF FRA Bernard Mendy (captain) 6 DF NOR John Arne Riise 7 MF IND Harmanjot Khabra 8 MF ITA Manuele Blasi 9 FW ITA Davide Succi 10 FW IND Jayesh Rane 11 MF IND Thoi Singh 12 FW IND Jeje Lalpekhlua 13 DF BRA Eli Sabiá 15 DF IND Abhishek Das

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 FW IND Daniel Lalhlimpuia 17 MF IND Dhanpal Ganesh 18 MF IND Siam Hanghal 19 MF BRA Raphael Augusto 20 FW ITA Maurizio Peluso 21 FW IND Uttam Rai 22 MF IND Zakeer Mundampara 25 DF IND Dhanachandra Singh 26 DF IND Mehrajuddin Wadoo (vice captain) 27 GK JAM Duwayne Kerr 28 GK IND Pawan Kumar 33 FW IND Baljit Sahni 43 DF IND Jerry Lalrinzuala 99 FW NGA Dudu Omagbemi

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Marco Materazzi
Performance Analyst	Franco Pasqualetti
Assistant coach	Syed Sabir Pasha
Goalkeeping coach	Francesco Franzese
Consultant	Pratham Basu
Physiotherapist	Manoj Muthu

Transfers

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player

Indian Super League

Main article: 2016 Indian Super League season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Atlético de Kolkata	14	4	8	2	16	14	+2	20	2016 Indian Super League Semi-finals
5	NorthEast United	14	5	3	6	14	14	0	18
6	Pune City	14	4	4	6	13	16	−3	16
7	Chennaiyin	14	3	6	5	20	25	−5	15
8	Goa	14	4	2	8	15	25	−10	14

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) play-off match

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
14	3	6	5	20	25	Template:Fb gd	15	2	4	1	10	8	Template:Fb gd	1	2	4	10	17	Template:Fb gd

Last updated: October 2016.
Source: Matches

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Atlético de Kolkata v Chennaiyin

Chennaiyin v Delhi Dynamos FC

Chennaiyin v FC Goa

13 October 2016 Match 12	Chennaiyin	2-0	FC Goa	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Hans MulderError creating thumbnail: File missing 15' Mehrajuddin WadooError creating thumbnail: File missing 26'	[3]	Matheus Trindade Goncalves  52'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 18,213

NorthEast United FC v Chennaiyin

20 October 2016 Match 18	NorthEast United FC	0-1	Chennaiyin	Guwahati, Assam, India
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Wellington Priori 59'	[4]	Bernard Mendy 35' Davide SucciError creating thumbnail: File missing 49' Jerry Lalrinzuala 83'	Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 32,844

FC Pune City v Chennaiyin

23 October 2016 Match 21	FC Pune City	1-1	Chennaiyin	Pune, Maharashtra, India
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Dharmaraj Ravanan 9' Dramane Traoré 77' Aníbal ZurdoError creating thumbnail: File missing 83'	[5]	Siam Hanghal 14' Jeje LalpekhluaError creating thumbnail: File missing 28' Mehrajuddin Wadoo 68' Harmanjot Khabra 81'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex Attendance: 9,013

Chennaiyin v Kerala Blasters

29 October 2016 Match 26	Chennaiyin	0-0	Kerala Blasters	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Maurizio Peluso 68'	[6]		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 23,163

Chennaiyin v Mumbai City FC

2 November 2016 Match 28	Chennaiyin	1-1	Mumbai City FC	Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Jeje LalpekhluaError creating thumbnail: File missing 51' Raphael Augusto 80'	[7]	Anwar Ali 22' Krisztián Vadócz 80' Léo CostaError creating thumbnail: File missing 88'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 22,280

Delhi Dynamos FC v Chennaiyin

Kerala Blasters v Chennaiyin

Chennaiyin v Pune City

15 November 2016 Match 39	Chennaiyin	2-0	Pune City	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Jeje LalpekhluaError creating thumbnail: File missing 44' Davide SucciError creating thumbnail: File missing 51'	[10]		Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 19,773

Chennaiyin v Atlético de Kolkata

20 November 2016 Match 44	Chennaiyin	1-1	Atlético de Kolkata	Chennai, Tamil Nadu
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Bernard Mendy 75' Davide SucciError creating thumbnail: File missing 77'	[11]	Keegan Pereira 34' Hélder PostigaError creating thumbnail: File missing 39' Debjit Majumder 90'	Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Attendance: 24,725

Mumbai City v Chennaiyin

23 November 2016 Match 46	Mumbai City	2-0	Chennaiyin	Mumbai, Maharashtra
19:00 IST (UTC+5:30)	Gerson Vieira 7' Matías DefedericoError creating thumbnail: File missing 32' Sehnaj Singh 55' Krisztián VadóczError creating thumbnail: File missing 60'	[12]		Stadium: Mumbai Football Arena Referee: 7,645

Chennaiyin v NorthEast United

Goa v Chennaiyin

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Indian Super League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Karanjit Singh	9	0	9+0	0
2	DF		Éder	2	0	2+0	0
3	DF		Nallappan Mohanraj	1	0	1+0	0
4	MF		Hans Mulder	12	2	11+1	2
5	DF		Bernard Mendy	12	2	11+1	2
6	DF		John Arne Riise	10	1	7+3	1
7	MF		Harmanjot Khabra	6	0	3+3	0
8	MF		Manuele Blasi	6	0	4+2	0
9	FW		Davide Succi	13	3	9+4	3
10	FW		Jayesh Rane	8	1	6+2	1
11	MF		Thoi Singh	2	0	2+0	0
12	FW		Jeje Lalpekhlua	9	3	7+2	3
13	DF		Eli Sabiá	11	0	10+1	0
15	DF		Abhishek Das	1	0	1+0	0
16	FW		Daniel Lalhlimpuia	3	0	1+2	0
18	MF		Siam Hanghal	10	0	7+3	0
19	MF		Raphael Augusto	14	0	12+2	0
20	FW		Maurizio Peluso	3	0	2+1	0
21	FW		Uttam Rai	1	0	0+1	0
22	MF		Zakeer Mundampara	5	0	5+0	0
26	DF		Mehrajuddin Wadoo	13	1	13+0	1
27	GK		Duwayne Kerr	5	0	5+0	0
33	FW		Baljit Sahni	8	0	6+2	0
42	MF		Anirudh Thapa	1	0	1+0	0
43	DF		Jerry Lalrinzuala	13	1	11+2	1
99	FW		Dudu Omagbemi	13	5	7+6	5

Goal scorers

S.No.	Position	Number	Name	Goals
1	FW	99	Dudu Omagbemi	5
2	FW	12	Jeje Lalpekhlua	3
	FW	9	Davide Succi	3
4	MF	4	Hans Mulder	2
	DF	5	Bernard Mendy	2
6	FW	10	Jayesh Rane	1
	DF	26	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	1
	DF	42	Jerry Lalrinzuala	1
	DF	6	John Arne Riise	1
			Total	19

Disciplinary record

Number	Position	Name
4	MF	Hans Mulder	2	0
5	DF	Bernard Mendy	2	0
6	DF	John Arne Riise	1	0
7	DF	Harmanjot Khabra	1	0
8	MF	Manuele Blasi	1	0
9	FW	Davide Succi	1	0
10	FW	Jayesh Rane	1	0
18	MF	Siam Hanghal	3	0
19	MF	Raphael Augusto	2	0
20	FW	Maurizio Peluso	1	0
26	DF	Mehrajuddin Wadoo	2	0
43	DF	Jerry Lalrinzuala	2	0
99	FW	Dudu Omagbemi	1	0
		Total	20	0

See also

• 2016–17 in Indian football

References

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