# 2015 Chennaiyin FC season

The 2015 season was Chennaiyin FC's second season of Indian Super League. Chennayin defeated FC Goa 3–2 in the finals to win the season.

## Squad

As of 21 December 2015:
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 |
| 1 | GK | IND | Karanjit Singh |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Éder |
| 3 | MF | IND | Dhanpal Ganesh (on loan from Pune) |
| 4 | DF | IND | Justin Stephen (on loan from Mumbai) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Bernard Mendy |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Elano (on loan from Santos) |
| 8 | MF | IND | Godwin Franco |
| 9 | FW | ETH | Fikru |
| 10 | FW | IND | Jayesh Rane (on loan from Mumbai) |
| 11 | MF | IND | Thoi Singh (on loan from Bengaluru FC) |
| 12 | FW | IND | Jeje Lalpekhlua |
| 13 | GK | IND | Nidhin Lal |
| 14 | FW | COL | Stiven Mendoza (on loan from Corinthians) |
| 15 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das (on loan from East Bengal) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | IND | Balwant Singh |
| 18 | MF | IND | Harmanjot Khabra (on loan from East Bengal) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Raphael Augusto (on loan from Fluminense) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Bruno Pelissari (on loan from Atlético Paranaense) |
| 21 | DF | IND | Lalhmangaihsanga (on loan from Royal Wahingdoh) |
| 22 | MF | IND | Zakeer Mundampara |
| 24 | GK | ARM | Apoula Edel |
| 25 | DF | IND | Dhanachandra Singh (on loan from Mohun Bagan) |
| 26 | DF | IND | Mehrajuddin Wadoo |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Maílson Alves |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Potenza |

### Technical staff

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

## Transfers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IND | Karanjit Singh (from Salgaocar) |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Éder (from Nea Salamis Famagusta) |
| 3 | MF | IND | Dhanpal Ganesh (loan from Pune) |
| 4 | DF | IND | Justin Stephen (loan from Mumbai) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Bernard Mendy (from AEL Limassol) |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi (from Varese) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Elano Blumer (loan from Santos) |
| 8 | MF | IND | Godwin Franco (from Royal Wahingdoh) |
| 9 | FW | ETH | Fikru Teferra (from Bidvest Wits) |
| 10 | MF | IND | Jayesh Rane (loan extended Mumbai) |
| 11 | MF | IND | Thoi Singh (from Bengaluru) |
| 12 | FW | IND | Jeje Lalpekhlua (from Mohun Bagan, previously on loan) |
| 13 | GK | IND | Nidhin Lal (from Mumbai) |
| 14 | FW | COL | Stiven Mendoza (loan from Corinthians) |
| 15 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das (loan extended from East Bengal) |
| 17 | FW | IND | Balwant Singh (from Mohun Bagan, previously on loan) |
| 18 | MF | IND | Harmanjot Khabra (loan extended East Bengal) |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Raphael Augusto (loan from Fluminense) |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Bruno Pelissari (loan extended Atlético Paranaense) |
| 21 | DF | IND | Lalhmangaihsanga (loan from Royal Wahingdoh) |
| 22 | MF | IND | Zakeer Mundampara (from Salgaocar) |
| 24 | GK | ARM | Apoula Edel (from Hapoel Tel Aviv) |
| 25 | DF | IND | Dhanachandra Singh (loan extended from Mohun Bagan) |
| 26 | DF | IND | Mehrajuddin Wadoo (from Pune City) |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Maílson Alves (from Tupi) |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Potenza (from Modena) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | FRA | Gennaro Bracigliano (to NorthEast United) |
| 2 | DF | COL | Jairo Suárez |
| 3 | MF | IND | Sukhwinder Singh (to East Bengal) |
| 4 | DF | IND | Khelemba Singh (to Shillong Lajong) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Bernard Mendy (to AEL Limassol) |
| 6 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Nesta (Retired) |
| 6 | MF | CMR | Eric Djemba-Djemba (to Persebaya Surabaya) |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Elano (to Santos) |
| 8 | MF | ESP | Cristian (to Moghreb Tétouan) |
| 9 | FW | HAI | Jean-Eudes Maurice (to Nea Salamis Famagusta) |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Bojan Djordjic |
| 14 | FW | COL | Stiven Mendoza (to Corinthians) |
| 13 | MF | IND | Denson Devadas (to Goa) |
| 19 | DF | IND | Gouramangi Singh (to Pune City) |
| 21 | GK | IND | Abhijit Mondal (loan return to East Bengal) |
| 22 | GK | IND | Shilton Paul (loan return to Mohun Bagan) |
| 23 | DF | ITA | Marco Materazzi (Retired) |
| 24 | MF | IND | Jaison Vales (to Salgaocar) |
| 26 | MF | IND | Anthony Barbosa |
| 27 | DF | FRA | Mikaël Silvestre (Retired) |
| 28 | MF | IND | Pappachen Pradeep (loan return to Mumbai) |
| 29 | GK | ITA | Francesco Franzese (Retired) |

## Preliminary round
### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Goa | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 29 | 20 | +9 | 25 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 2 | Atlético de Kolkata | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 23 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 3 | Chennaiyin (C) | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 22 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 4 | Delhi Dynamos | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 22 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 5 | NorthEast United | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 20 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 22 November 2015. Source: Matches

### Results by round

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

### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Indian Super League | Indian Super League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | IND | Karanjit Singh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Éder | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Bernard Mendy | 13 | 2 | 11+2 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | ITA | Manuele Blasi | 12 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Elano | 14 | 4 | 11+3 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | IND | Godwin Franco | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ETH | Fikru Teferra | 11 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | IND | Jayesh Rane | 6 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IND | Thoi Singh | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | IND | Jeje Lalpekhlua | 10 | 6 | 9+1 | 6 |
| 14 | FW | COL | Stiven Mendoza | 15 | 13 | 13+2 | 13 |
| 15 | DF | IND | Abhishek Das | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IND | Balwant Singh | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | IND | Harmanjot Khabra | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Raphael Augusto | 12 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Bruno Pelissari | 13 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 |
| 21 | DF | IND | Lalhmangaihsanga | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IND | Zakeer Mundampara | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ARM | Apoula Edel | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IND | Dhanachandra Singh | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 26 | DF | IND | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Mailson Alves | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | ITA | Alessandro Potenza | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| S.No. | Position | Number | Name | Goals |
| 1 | FW | 14 | Stiven Mendoza | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 12 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 7 | Elano Blumer | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Bruno Pelissari | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Bernard Mendy | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 25 | Dhanachandra Singh | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 19 | Raphael Augusto | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Fikru Teferra | 1 |
| | | | Total | 31 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | | |
| 18 | DF | Harmanjot Khabra | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | Manuele Blasi | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Elano | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Mehrajuddin Wadoo | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Alessandro Potenza | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Bernard Mendy | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Fikru Teferra | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Stiven Mendoza | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Bruno Pelissari | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Lalhmangaihsanga | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Dhanachandra Singh | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Abhishek Das | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Balwant Singh | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Raphael Augusto | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Zakeer Mundampara | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Mailson | 1 | 0 |
| | | Total | 44 | 2 |