2024–25 Chennaiyin FC season explained

Club:Chennaiyin
Season:2024–25
Chrtitle:Owner
Chairman:Abhishek Bachchan
MS Dhoni
Vita Dani
Mgrtitle:Head Coach
Manager:Owen Coyle
Stadium:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
League:Indian Super League
Cup1:Federation Cup
Cup1 Result:TBD
Cup2:Durand Cup
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Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26

The 2024–25 Chennaiyin season is the club's Eleventh season since its establishment in 2014 as well as their Eleventh season in 2024–25 Indian Super League season.In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2024 Durand Cup and Indian Super Cup.[1]

Management team

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Head coach Owen Coyle[2]
Assistant coach Sandy Stewart
Assistant coach Noel Wilson
Goalkeeping coach Rajat Ghosh Dastidar

Players

Squad information

[3] Notes:

No.NameNationalityPosition(s)Date of Birth (Age)Signed From
Goalkeepers
1Samik MitraGK2000 12, df=yes Indian Arrows
51Prateek Kumar SinghGK2000 1, df=yes Real Kashmir FC
Defenders
3Ryan EdwardsCB1993 10, df=yes Dundee United
6Ankit MukherjeeRB/CB1996 6, df=yes East Bengal FC
22Sachu SibyLB2001 5, df=yes Kerala United FC
31Bijay ChhetriCB2001 8, df=yes Sreenidi Deccan FC
33Bikash YumnamCB2 January 2006 Punjab FC
41Preyarhanjan RSCB15 August 1999Youth System
Midfielders
8Mohammed RafiqueCM/RB1991 3, df=yes East Bengal FC
18Sourav DasCM/CDM1996 6, df=yes East Bengal FC
19Sajal BagCM19 May 2003 BSS Sporting
30Ayush AdhikariCM/AM2000 7, df=yes Kerala Blasters FC
37Jiteshwor SinghCM/CDM2001 12, df=yes NEROCA
Forwards
10Connor ShieldsST/AM29 July 1997 Motherwell FC
11Rahim AliST/RW21 May 2000 Indian Arrows
14Alexander Romario JesurajRW26 July 1996 FC Goa
29Irfan YadwadST19 June 2001 FC Bengaluru United
43Thanglalsoun GangteST22 April 2006 Sudeva Delhi FC U18
47Vincy BarrettoLW/RW8 December 1999 Kerala Blasters
71Farukh ChoudharyLW8 November 1996 Jamshedpur FC
Gulab RauthLW26 April 2003 RF Young Champs

New contracts

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3DF Ryan Edwards1 May 202430 April 2025
1GK Samik Mitra1 May 202430 April 2027
37MF Jiteshwor Singh19 May 202430 April 2025
10FW Connor Shields22 June 202430 April 2025

Transfers

In

DatePlayerPos.FromFee
3 June 2024 Jitendra SinghCM JamshedpurFree Transfer
5 June 2024 ElsinhoDF JamshedpurFree Transfer
7 June 2024 LaldinpuiaDF JamshedpurFree Transfer
9 June 2024 Daniel Chima ChukwuFW JamshedpurFree Transfer
11 June 2024 Wilmar JordánFW PunjabFree Transfer
14 June 2024 Kiyan NassiriFW Mohun Bagan SGFree Transfer
16 June 2024 Mandar Rao DessaiDF East BengalFree Transfer
18 June 2024 Gurkirat SinghFW Mumbai CityFree Transfer
20 June 2024 Lukas BrambillaMF Othellos AthienouFree Transfer
25 June 2024 Mohammad NawazGK Mumbai CityFree Transfer
27 June 2024 Lalrinliana HnamteMF Mohun Bagan SGFree Transfer

Out

DateNo.PlayerPos.FromFee
22 May 202416 Sarthak GoluiRB/CB East BengalLoan Returns
23 May 202416 Jordan MurrayST JamshedpurFree Transfer
23 May 202432 Cristian BattocchioCMFree Transfer
24 May 202427 Aakash SangwanLB GoaFree Transfer
26 May 202427 Debjit MajumderGK East BengalFree Transfer[4]
24 May 202450 Rafael CrivellaroAM/CMFree Transfer
24 June 202450 Ninthoinganba MeeteiST PunjabFree Transfer
9 July 2024 Sweden FernandesSTFree Transfer

Competitions

Durand Cup

See main article: 2024 Durand Cup.

Chennaiyin were drawn in to the Group D on the group-stage draw conducted on 10 July, after the President on India, Droupadi Murmu, flagged-off the trophy tour of the tournament.[5]

Matches

The fixtures of the 133rd edition of the Durand Cup was announced by the organising committee on 12 July.[6]

Matches

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-05-16 . Indian football Premier 1 club license list announced for 2024-25 season. 2024-05-16 . Sportstar . en.
  2. Web site: Former Premier League manager Owen Coyle returns to Chennaiyin FC as head coach. 16 July 2023. chennaiyinfc.com. 23 August 2023. 18 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230718045711/https://chennaiyinfc.com/owen-coyle-returns-to-chennaiyin-fc-as-head-coach/. live.
  3. Web site: CHENNAIYIN FC SQUAD. indiansuperleague.com.
  4. Web site: Sattyik. Sarkar. 3 July 2024. ISL: Debjit Majumder reunites with East Bengal. Sportskeeda. 4 July 2024.
  5. Web site: PTI . 2024-07-10 . President Murmu asks stakeholders to work together for upliftment of Indian football . 2024-07-10 . Sportstar . en . 10 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240710191316/https://sportstar.thehindu.com/football/indian-football/president-murmu-aks-for-upliftment-of-indian-football-at-durand-cup-trophy-unveiling/article68388767.ece . live .
  6. Web site: 2024-07-12 . Durand Cup 2024: Fixtures, dates and timings announced . 2024-07-12 . www.indiansuperleague.com . en . 12 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240712180445/https://www.indiansuperleague.com/news/durand-cup-2024-fixtures-dates-and-timings-announced . live .