Chennaiyin FC ISL Team Profile: Indian Super League 2014 Teams and Player Details

Profile of Chennaiyin FC, one of eight teams in the ISL 2014 and is owned by actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni.

Updated: October 10, 2014 7:14 PM IST

By Krishnan Iyer

Chennaiyin FC ISL Team Profile: Indian Super League 2014 Teams and Player Details

Chennaiyin FC is the latest team to be inducted into the Indian Super League after the Bangalore franchise withdrew from the competition in its inaugural season. The team was owned by Bollywood star and legendary actor Amitabh Bachchan’s son, Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricket team captain MS Dhoni, who is also the face of IPL team Chennai Super Kings.

The team nicknamed, ‘Yellow Devils’ will play its home matches at the 40,000-capacity Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai. Marco Materrazi, former Inter Milan defender, was roped in as the player-manager. Vivek Nagul, an experienced Indian coach who was part of Mahindra United football club as youth development coach and is also the Founder-Director of the All India Youth Football Academy in Pune, will be assisting the Italian world cup winner.

Former Brazilian midfielder Elano Blummer, who has 50 international caps to his name, is the club’s marquee player who plays as a midfielder. Five-time English Premier League winner with Manchester United, Mikael Silvestre (France) will bolster Chennaiyin’s defence alongside compatriot Bernard Mendy.

The other foreign players in the squad include goalkeeper Gennaro Bracigliano (France), defender Jairo Suarez (Colombia), midfielders Cristian Hidalgo (Spain), Bojan Djordjic, Pierre Tillman (both Sweden), Bruno Pelissari, Elano (Brazil), forwards Eduardo Silva Lerma and John Mendoza(Colombia).

The squad also comprises of some recognised Indian footballers like NP Pradeep, Gouramangi Singh, Shilton Paul, Jeje Lalpekhlua to name a few. 21-year-old Jayesh Rane, who hails from Mumbai and plays for Mumbai FC (i-League club), is the youngest player in the team based in the city known as Detroit of India.

What will Materazzi and co will bring to the field remains to be seen but their fan base is likely to receive considerable boost after MS Dhoni’s announcement as co-owner. For their first ISL 2014 fixture, Chennaiyin FC will face FC Goa at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Fatorda, Goa on Thursday, 16 October.

Chennaiyin FC team full squad:

Goalkeepers: Abhijit Mondal, Shilton Paul, Gennaro Bracigliano

Defenders: Dhanachandra Singh, Abhishek Das, Gouramangi Singh, Khelemba Singh Meetei, Bernard Mendy, Jairo Suarez, Mikael Silvestre, Marco Materazzi

Midfielders: Anthony Barbosa, Dane Pereira, Denson Devadas, Harmanjot Khabra, Jaison Vales, NP Pradeep, Sukhwinder Singh, Bojan Dordjic, Elano Blummer, Bruno Pelissari, Cristian Hidalgo, Pierre Tillman,

Forwards: Balwant Singh, Jayesh Rane, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Eduardo Silva Lerma, John Mendoza

Read More: Indian Super League: Full Fixture List and Match Schedule

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