2021–22 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin
2021–2022 season
Owner	Abhishek Bachchan ; MS Dhoni ; Vita Dani
Head Coach	Božidar Bandović
Stadium	Tilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco da Gama[circular reference]
Highest home attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
Lowest home attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
Average home league attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
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The 2021–22 Chennaiyin FC season is the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2014 as well as their eighth season in 2021–22 Indian Super League season.

OwnerAbhishek Bachchan
MS Dhoni
Vita Dani

Head CoachBožidar Bandović

StadiumTilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco da Gama^[1]^{[circular reference]}

Highest home attendance🔒 Closed Doors

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Position	Name
Head Coach	Bozidar Bandovic^[3]
Assistant Coach	Bojan Ofenbeher
Assistant Coach	Syed Sabir Pasha
Goalkeeping Coach	Milorad Nikolic
Assistant Sports Scientist	Atharva Tere

Position	Name
Team Doctor	Dr. Ashay Jadhav
Head Physio	Rajiv Kumar
Senior Masseur	Nitin Patel
Junior Masseur	Raju Salve

Position	Name
Team Manager	Arihant Jain
Head of Football Operations	Pratham Basu
Kit Manager	Parthiban Manogar
Kit Manager	Senthil Kumaran
Reserve and Academy coach	Santosh Kashyap^[4]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Contract until	Signed From
Goalkeepers
13	Vishal Kaith	GK	(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 29)	2022	FC Pune City
24	Debjit Majumder	GK	(1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 (age 38)	2023	SC East Bengal
27	Samik Mitra	GK	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 25)	2022	Indian Arrows
35	Devansh Dabas	GK	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 24)	2023	Lonestar Kashmir FC
Defenders
2	Reagan Singh	RB	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 35)	2023	NorthEast United FC
3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	CB	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 28)	2022	Odisha FC
5	Salam Ranjan Singh	CB	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 30)	2023	ATK Mohun Bagan FC
8	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	RB/CM/CDM	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 33)	2023	Chennai City FC
18	Jerry Lalrinzuala	LB/LM	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 27)	2022	AIFF Elite Academy
21	Narayan Das	LB/CB	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 32)	2023	SC East Bengal
23	Slavko Damjanović	CB	(1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 33)	2022	FK TSC Bačka Topola
26	Deepak Devrani	CB	(1992-12-10) 10 December 1992 (age 33)	2022	Gokulam Kerala FC
32	Davinder Singh	RB	(1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 30)	2022	Free Agent
36	Aqib Nawab	CB/RB	(2002-04-07) 7 April 2002 (age 24)	2022	Chennaiyin FC B
43	Balaji Ganesan	LB/LM	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 24)	2022	Chennaiyin FC B
47	Rahul Manjula	LB/LM	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 22)	2022	Chennaiyin FC U-16
Midfielders
12	Ninthoi Meetei	RW/RM/RB	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 24)	2024	NorthEast United FC
7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	LW/LM	(1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 28)	2022	Delhi Dynamos FC
10	Rafael Crivellaro	CM/AM	(1989-02-18) 18 February 1989 (age 37)	2023	C.D. Feirense
15	Anirudh Thapa (Captain)	CM/AM	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 28)	2023	AIFF Elite Academy
16	Ariel Borysiuk	CM/CDM/CB	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 34)	2022	Jagiellonia Bialystok
28	Germanpreet Singh	CM/CDM	(1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 29)	2022	Minerva Punjab FC
38	Subhadip Majhi	CM/CDM/CB	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 26)	2024	Kalighat FC
77	Vladimir Koman	AM/CM	(1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 37)	2022	Hatta Club
Forwards
11	Rahim Ali	ST/LW/RW	(2000-05-21) 21 May 2000 (age 25)	2023	Indian Arrows
17	Mirlan Murzaev	FW/LW/AM	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 36)	2023	FC Dordoi Bishkek
22	Jobby Justin	ST/RW	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 32)	2023	ATK Mohun Bagan FC
42	Suhail Pasha	FW/AM	(1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 26)	2022	Chennai City FC
45	Mohamed Liyaakath	ST	(2004-05-18) 18 May 2004 (age 21)	2022	Indian Arrows
50	Johnson Mathews	FW/AM/RW	(2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 24)	2022	Bank of India
99	Lukasz Gikiewicz	ST	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 (age 39)	2022	East Riffa
9	Nerijus Valskis	ST	(1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 38)	2022	Jamshedpur

No.	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
8	MF	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	2023	^[6]
11	FW	Rahim Ali	2023	^[7]
2	DF	Reagan Singh	2023	^[8]
10	MF	Rafael Crivellaro	2023	^[9]

2021–22 Chennaiyin FC season

Technical staff

First-team squad

Contract extensions

Transfer

Transfer in

Transfer out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competition

Indian Super League

Summary

League table

Result summary

Results by round

Matches

Squad statistics

Statistics

Goal scorers

Assists

Yellow cards

Red cards

References

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Entry date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer Fee	Ref.
29 June 2021	DF	21	Narayan Das	SC East Bengal	Free Transfer	^[10]
2 July 2021	DF	5	Salam Ranjan Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan	Free Transfer	^[11]
7 July 2021	GK	24	Debjit Majumder	SC East Bengal	Free Transfer	^[12]
25 July 2021	FW	22	Jobby Justin	ATK Mohun Bagan	Free Transfer	^[13]
4 August 2021	DF	26	Deepak Devrani	Gokulam Kerala FC	Free Transfer	^[14]
5 August 2021	DF	23	Slavko Damjanović	Bačka Topola	Free Transfer	^[15]
10 August 2021	MF	16	Ariel Borysiuk	Jagiellonia	Free Transfer	^[16]
13 August 2021	DF	32	Davinder Singh	Free Agent	-	^[17]
21 August 2021	FW	99	Łukasz Gikiewicz	East Riffa	Free Transfer	^[18]
23 August 2021	FW	17	Mirlan Murzaev	FC Dordoi Bishkek	Free Transfer	^[19]
31 August 2021	FW	12	Ninthoi Meetei	Northeast United FC	₹3.00M	^[20]
4 September 2021	MF	77	Vladimir Koman	Hatta Club	Free Transfer	^[21]
10 September 2021	MF	42	Syed Suhail Pasha	Chennai City F.C.	Free Transfer
10 September 2021	GK	35	Devansh Dabas	Lonestar Kashmir FC	Free Transfer
10 September 2021	MF	30	Melroy Melwin Assisi	Hyderia FC	Free Transfer
10 September 2021	MF	38	Subhadip Majhi	Kalighat FC	Free Transfer
1 November 2021	MF	50	Johnson Joseph Mathews	Bank of India	Free Transfer
1 November 2021	FW	47	Mohamed Liyaakath	Indian Arrows	Free Transfer
1 November 2021	DF	45	Rahul Manjula	Chennaiyin FC U-16	-
1 January 2022	FW	9	Nerijus Valskis	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer	^[22]
2 January 2022	DF	3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	Odisha	Free Transfer
31 May 2022	FW	7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Mumbai City FC	End of Loan	^[23]

Exit date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer Fee	Ref.
29 June 2021	MF	22	Deepak Tangri	ATK Mohun Bagan	Free Transfer	^[24]
1 July 2021	MF	14	Manuel Lanzarote	Free Agent	-
1 July 2021	GK	26	B Y Revanth	Free Agent	-
30 July 2021	DF	5	Enes Sipović	Kerala Blasters FC	Free Transfer	^[25]
17 August 2021	MF	20	Memo	Free Agent	-	^{[citation needed]}
18 August 2021	FW	99	Isma	Free Agent	-	^{[citation needed]}
20 August 2021	FW	11	Thoi Singh	Free Agent	-	^{[citation needed]}
23 August 2021	GK	1	Karanjit Singh	Free Agent	-	^{[citation needed]}>
31 August 2021	DF	13	Eli Sabiá	Jamshedpur FC	Free Transfer	^[26]
9 September 2021	MF	21	Abhijit Sarkar	Free Agent	-
9 September 2021	MF	16	Sinivasan Pandiyan	Gokulam Kerala	-
15 September 2021	DF	3	Lalchhuanmawia	Roundglass Punjab FC	Free Transfer
1 December 2021	FW	29	Aman Chetri	Rajasthan United FC	Free Transfer
1 December 2021	DF	23	Remi Aimol	Free Agent	-
25 December 2021	MF	30	Melroy Melwin Assisi	Rajasthan United FC	Free Transfer
31 January 2022	FW	7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Mumbai City FC	Loan Transfer	^[23]

21 October 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	3–2	Bengaluru FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Ariel Borysiuk Vladimir Koman Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	Report	Leon Augustine Cleiton Silva	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors

28 October 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	1–2	Odisha FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Lukasz Gikiewicz (pen.)	Report	Javi Victor Mongil	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors

5 November 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	1–2	Kerala Blasters FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Salam Ranjan Singh 30'		Lalthathanga Khawlhring 34' Adrián Luna 67'	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors
Note: 120-minute game

12 November 2021 Friendly	FC Goa	0-3	Chennaiyin FC	Salvador do Mundo,Goa
18:30 IST			Lallianzuala Chhangte 14' Vladimir Koman 47' Syed Suhail Pasha 110'	Stadium: Salvador do Mundo Panchayat Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors
Note: 120-minute game

16 November 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	2-3	Bengaluru FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Mirlan Murzaev 39' Rahim Ali 59'		Iman Basafa (pen.) Sivasakthi Narayanan 82' Naorem Roshan Singh	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors Referee: Naushad Moosa

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Bengaluru	20	8	5	7	32	27	+5	29
7	Odisha	20	6	5	9	31	43	−12	23
8	Chennaiyin	20	5	5	10	17	35	−18	20
9	Goa	20	4	7	9	29	35	−6	19
10	NorthEast United	20	3	5	12	25	43	−18	14

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	4	2	3	9	11	−2	14	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3	1	1	5	3	+2

23 November 2021 1	Hyderabad	0-1	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
19:30 IST			Rahim Ali 59' Narayan Das 64' Vladimir Koman (pen.) 66'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Vladimir Koman

	ISL	Total
Games played	20	20
Games won	5	5
Games drawn	5	5
Games lost	10	10
Goals scored	17	17
Goals conceded	35	35
Goal difference	-18	-18
Clean sheets	3	3
Yellow cards	13	13
Red cards	0	0

29 November 2021 2	NorthEast	1-2	Chennaiyin	Fatorda
19:30 IST	Khassa Camara 35' Patrick Flottmann 40' Mashoor Shereef 79'		Lallianzuala Chhangte 41' Reagan Singh 56' Anirudh Thapa 74'	Stadium: PJN Stadium Referee: Ashwin Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte

3 December 2021 3	Chennaiyin	0-0	East Bengal	Vasco
19:30 IST	Rahim Ali 55' Slavko Damjanović 74'		Sourav Das 90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Hira Mondal

11 December 2021 4	ATK Mohun Bagan	1-1	Chennaiyin	Fatorda
19:30 IST	Liston Colaco 45' Tiri 22'		Reagan Singh 25' Vladimir Koman 45'	Stadium: PJN Stadium Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Anirudh Thapa

15 December 2021 5	Mumbai City	1-0	Chennaiyin	Fatorda
19:30 IST	Rahul Bheke 86'		Lallianzuala Chhangte 39' Anirudh Thapa 42' Rahim Ali 90'	Stadium: PJN Stadium Referee: A Rowman Man of the Match: Rahul Bheke

18 December 2021 6	Chennaiyin	2-1	Odisha	Vasco
19:30 IST	Narayan Das 10' Germanpreet Singh 23' 45' Ariel Borysiuk 49' Mirlan Murzaev 63'		Isaac Vanmalsawma 29' Thoiba Singh 53' Sebastian Thangmuansang 75' Javi Hernández 86' 90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Slavko Damjanović Man of the Match: Pratik Mondal

22 December 2021 7	Chennaiyin	0-3	Kerala Blasters	Vasco
19:30 IST			Díaz 9' Sahal 38' Puitea 56' Luna 79'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters)

30 December 2021 8	Chennaiyin	2-4	Bengaluru	Vasco
19:30 IST	Mirlan Murzaev 4' Rahim Ali 49'		Prince Ibara 13' Cleiton Silva (pen.) 39' Alan Costa 43' Ashique Kuruniyan 45' Suresh Wangjam 57' Udanta Singh 70' Pratik Chowdhary 74' Danish Farooq Bhat 80'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh

2 January 2022 9	Jamshedpur	0-1	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
21:30 IST	Narender Gahlot 22' Ricky Lallawmawma 48' Alex Lima 83'		Łukasz Gikiewicz 31' 84'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Mohammad Sajid Dhot

8 January 2022 10	Goa	1-0	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
21:30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

13 January 2022 11	Chennaiyin	1-1	Hyderabad	Margao
19:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

22 January 2022 12	Chennaiyin	v	NorthEast	Margao
19:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium