| Club: | Chennaiyin |
| Season: | 2016 |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Manager: | Marco Materazzi |
| Stadium: | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium |
| League: | ISL |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | ISL finals |
| Cup1 Result: | DNQ |
| League Topscorer: | Dudu Omagbemi (5) |
| Season Topscorer: | Dudu Omagbemi (5) |
| Highest Attendance: | 25,235 vs NorthEast United FC |
| Lowest Attendance: | 18,213 vs FC Goa |
| Average Attendance: | 22,139 |
| Largest Win: | 2-0 (vs FC Goa on 13 Oct 2016 and vs FC Pune City on 15 Nov 2016) |
| Largest Loss: | 1-4 (vs Delhi Dynamos FC on 9 Nov 2016) |
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| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
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.
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.[1] 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.[2] Despite a slow start to the season, Chennaiyin soon entered the finals, finishing the season in third place.[3]
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.[4] Despite losing the second leg 2–1, Chennaiyin went through to the finals 4–2 on aggregate.[5]
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.[6]
| 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 |
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| width=60 | S.No. | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Number | width=150 | Name | width=150 | 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 | ||||||||
| width=60 | Number | width=60 | Position | width=200 | Name | width=60 style="background: #FFEE99" | width=60 style="background: #FF8888" | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||||