2014 Chennaiyin FC season
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| 2014 season | |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Marco Materazzi |
| Stadium | Jawaharlal Nehru stadium |
| ISL | 1st |
| Playoffs | Semi-finalist |
| Top goalscorer | Elano Blumer (8) |
| Highest home attendance | 25,317 vs. Kerala Blasters (16 December) |
| Lowest home attendance | 16,567 vs. Mumbai City FC (28 October) |
| Average home league attendance | 22,095 |
The 2014 season was Chennaiyin FC's inaugural season in the first tournament of the newly formed Indian Super League.
Chennai city was one of the 9 cities that were selected for franchise bidding, when the ISL was founded in 2013. However, on 11 April 2014 it was reported that Chennai's main bidder, a consortium led by Sunil Gavaskar would drop out due to commitments with the Board of Control for Cricket in India.[1] Later, Bangalore franchise was terminated after their owners dropped out following a dispute with the organizers. Initially reports came out that the ISL organizers were looking for bidders for new owners for the Bangalore franchise before it was revealed that Ronnie Screwvala and actor Abhishek Bachchan would together bid for a Chennai team instead of a Bangalore franchise.[2]
Players
Squad
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Technical staff
- As of 27 June 2015
| Position | Name |
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| Head Coach & Manager |  Marco Materazzi |
| Assistant coach |  Vivek Nagul |
| Goalkeeping coach | Francesco Franzese |
