# 2014 Chennaiyin FC season

The 2014 season was Chennaiyin FC's inaugural season in the first tournament of the newly formed Indian Super League.

## Preview

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. 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.

## Players
### Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | GK | IND | Shilton Paul |
| 21 | GK | IND | Abhijit Mondal |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Gennaro Bracigliano |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Francesco Franzese |
| 25 | DF | IND | Dhanachandra Singh |
| 19 | DF | IND | Gouramangi Singh |
| 4 | DF | IND | Khelemba Singh |
| 15 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Bernard Mendy |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Mikaël Silvestre |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marco Materazzi |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta |
| 2 | DF | COL | Jairo Suárez |
| 18 | MF | IND | Harmanjot Khabra |
| 13 | MF | IND | Denson Devadas |
| 11 | MF | IND | Dane Pereira |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 26 | MF | IND | Anthony Barbosa |
| 28 | MF | IND | Pappachen Pradeep |
| 24 | MF | IND | Jaison Vales |
| 3 | MF | IND | Sukhwinder Singh |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Cristian Hidalgo |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Bojan Djordjic (Captain) |
| 6 | MF | CMR | Eric Djemba-Djemba |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Bruno Pelissari |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Elano |
| 12 | FW | IND | Jeje |
| 16 | FW | IND | Jayesh Rane |
| 17 | FW | IND | Balwant Singh |
| 9 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice |
| 14 | FW | COL | Stiven Mendoza |

### Technical staff

    As of 27 June 2015
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach & Manager | Marco Materazzi |
| Assistant coach | Vivek Nagul |
| Goalkeeping coach | Francesco Franzese |

## Indian Super League 2014
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Chennaiyin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 23 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 2 | Goa | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 22 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata (C) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 19 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 19 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 1 December 2014. Source: Matches

### Results by matchday

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | D |