# 2020–21 Chennaiyin FC season

The 2020–21 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2014 and their seventh season in the Indian Super League

## Technical staff

    As of 28 October 2020
Coaching Staff
| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Csaba László |
| Assistant Coach | Admir Kozlić |
| Assistant Coach | Syed Sabir Pasha |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Martin Raška |
| Sports Scientist | Csaba Gabris |
Management Staff
| Position | Name |
| Team Manager | Arihant Jain |
| Reserve and Academy coach | Santosh Kashyap |
| Chief Technical Officer(Scout) | Amoy Ghoshal |
Board of Directors
| Position | Name |
| Owner | MS Dhoni |
| Owner | Abhishek Bachchan |
| Owner | Vita Dani |

## Players

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 | IND | Reagan Singh |
| 3 | DF | IND | Lalchhuanmawia |
| 5 | DF | BIH | Enes Sipović |
| 7 | MF | IND | Lallianzuala Chhangte |
| 8 | DF | IND | Edwin Sydney Vanspaul |
| 9 | FW | SVK | Jakub Sylvestr |
| 10 | DF | BRA | Rafael Crivellaro (Captain; Injured in mid season) |
| 11 | MF | IND | Thoi Singh |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Eli Sabiá (Captain) |
| 14 | MF | ESP | Manuel Lanzarote |
| 15 | MF | IND | Anirudh Thapa (Vice Captain) |
| 16 | MF | IND | Sinivasan Pandiyan |
| 17 | MF | IND | Dhanpal Ganesh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | IND | Jerry Lalrinzuala |
| 19 | MF | TJK | Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev |
| 20 | MF | BRA | Memo |
| 21 | MF | IND | Abhijit Sarkar |
| 22 | MF | IND | Deepak Tangri |
| 23 | DF | IND | Remi Aimol |
| 24 | FW | IND | Rahim Ali |
| 26 | GK | IND | BY Revanth |
| 27 | GK | IND | Samik Mitra |
| 28 | MF | IND | Germanpreet Singh |
| 29 | FW | IND | Aman Chetri |
| 31 | GK | IND | Vishal Kaith |
| 35 | DF | IND | Balaji Ganesan |
| 36 | DF | IND | Aqib Nawab |
| 99 | FW | GNB | Isma |
In bold:Winter Transfer

## Transfer
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Pos. | No. | Player | From club | Transfer Type |
| 27 August 2020 | GK | 27 | Samik Mitra | Indian Arrows | Free Transfer |
| 27 August 2020 | FW | 29 | Aman Chetri | Chennaiyin FC II | N/A |
| 13 September 2020 | DF | 2 | Reagan Singh | NorthEast United FC | Free Transfer |
| 13 September 2020 | DF | 3 | Lalchhuanmawia | Odisha FC | Free Transfer |
| 21 September 2020 | DF | 5 | Enes Sipović | Umm Salal SC | Free Transfer |
| 4 October 2020 | DF | 20 | Memo | Jamshedpur FC | Free Transfer |
| 11 October 2020 | FW | 99 | Esmaël Gonçalves | Matsumoto Yamaga FC | Free Transfer |
| 15 October 2020 | FW | 19 | Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev | FK Khujand | ₹2.50M |
| 20 October 2020 | FW | 9 | Jakub Sylvestr | Hapoel Haifa F.C. | Free Transfer |
| 28 October 2020 | GK | 26 | BY Revanth | Chennaiyin FC II | N/A |
| 28 October 2020 | DF | 35 | Balaji Ganesan | Chennaiyin FC II | N/A |
| 28 October 2020 | DF | 36 | Aqib Nawab | Chennaiyin FC II | N/A |
| 11 January 2021 | MF | 14 | Manuel Lanzarote | UE Sant Andreu | Free Transfer |
In bold:Winter transfer

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Pos. | No. | Player | To club | Transfer Type |
| 8 August 2020 | FW | 9 | Nerijus Valskis | Jamshedpur | Free Transfer |
| 25 August 2020 | FW | 10 | Dragoș Firțulescu | Free Agent | - |
| 7 September 2020 | DF | 3 | Tondonba Singh | Mumbai | Free Transfer |
| 3 September 2020 | DF | 26 | Laldinliana Renthlei | Jamshedpur | Free Transfer |
| 7 September 2020 | GK | 33 | Sanjiban Ghosh | Northeast | Free Transfer |
| 7 September 2020 | DF | 25 | Zohmingliana Ralte | Sudeva | Free Transfer |
| 7 September 2020 | MF | 5 | Masih Saighani | Free Agent | - |
| 8 September 2020 | DF | 6 | Lucian Goian | Free Agent | - |
| 8 September 2020 | FW | 12 | Jeje Lalpekhlua | East Bengal | Free Transfer |
| 11 March 2021 | FW | 9 | Jakub Sylvestr | Zalgiris | Free Transfer |
| 20 March 2021 | FW | 19 | Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev | ZSKA Dushanbe | Free Transfer |
In bold:Winter Transfer

## Preseason and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled
Owing the COVID-19 pandemic, all the clubs including Chennaiyin FC couldn't have a proper preseason. The preseason time was cut short this season. The Chennaiyin began their preseason against one of their fellow Indian Super League opponent, Mumbai City FC on 2 November 2020.

## Competitions
### Indian Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | Jamshedpur | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 27 |
| 7 | Bengaluru | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 26 | 28 | −2 | 22 |
| 8 | Chennaiyin | 20 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 20 |
| 9 | East Bengal | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 22 | 33 | −11 | 17 |
| 10 | Kerala Blasters | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 17 |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 28 October 2020. Source:

##### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W | D | L | D | L | D | L | D | D | D |
| Position | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled

#### Matches
## Squad statistics
### Squad statistics

| | ISL | Super Cup | Total |
| Games played | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Games won | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Games drawn | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Games lost | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Goals scored | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Goals conceded | 23 | 0 | 23 |
| Goal difference | -6 | 0 | -6 |
| Clean sheets | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Yellow cards | 46 | 0 | 46 |
| Red cards | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Statistics

2020-21 Indian Super League season Statistics

### Goal scorers

| Rank | Player Name | Goals |
| 1 | Isma | 4 |
| 1 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 4 |
| 2 | Anirudh Thapa | 2 |
| 2 | Rahim Ali | 2 |
| 2 | Jakub Sylvestr | 2 |
| 3 | Rafael Crivellaro | 1 |
| 3 | Manuel Lanzarote | 1 |
| 3 | Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev | 1 |

### Assists

| Rank | Player Name | Assists |
| 1 | Jakub Sylvestr | 4 |
| 2 | Edwin Vanspaul | 2 |
| 3 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 1 |
| 3 | Rafael Crivellaro | 1 |
| 3 | Isma | 1 |
| 3 | Reagan Singh | 1 |

### Yellow cards

| Rank | Player Name | Yellow Cards |
| 1 | Reagan Singh | 6 |
| 2 | Deepak Tangri | 4 |
| 2 | Enes Sipovic | 4 |
| 2 | Memo | 4 |
| 2 | Jerry Lalrinzuala | 4 |
| 3 | Rafael Crivellaro | 3 |
| 3 | Thoi Singh | 3 |
| 3 | Eli Sabia | 3 |
| 3 | Vishal Kaith | 3 |
| 4 | Manuel Lanzarote | 2 |
| 4 | Germanpreet Singh | 2 |
| 4 | Rahim Ali | 2 |
| 4 | Isma | 2 |
| 5 | Anirudh Thapa | 1 |
| 5 | Edwin Sydney Vanspaul | 1 |
| 5 | Jakub Sylvestr | 1 |
| 5 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 1 |

### Red cards

| Rank | Player Name | Red Cards |
| 1 | Enes Sipovic | 1 |