# 2019–20 Chennaiyin FC season

The 2019–20 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2014 and their sixth season in the Indian Super League.

## 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 | Vishal Kaith |
| 8 | DF | IND | Edwin Sydney Vanspaul |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Eli Sabiá |
| 18 | DF | IND | Jerry Lalrinzuala |
| 23 | DF | IND | Aimol Reamsochung |
| 7 | MF | IND | Lallianzuala Chhangte |
| 11 | MF | IND | Thoi Singh |
| 15 | MF | IND | Anirudh Thapa |
| 16 | MF | IND | Sinivasan Pandiyan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IND | Dhanpal Ganesh |
| 19 | MF | IND | Abhijit Sarkar |
| 22 | MF | IND | Deepak Tangri |
| 28 | MF | IND | Germanpreet Singh |
| 50 | MF | BRA | Rafael Crivellaro |
| 24 | FW | IND | Rahim Ali |

### Technical staff

    As of 3 August 2019
| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Owen Coyle |
| Assistant coach | Sandy Stewart |
| Assistant coach and Head of Medicine and Performance | Konstantinos Rostantis |
| Assistant coach | Syed Sabir Pasha |
| Goalkeeping coach | Karanjit Singh |
| Chief Technical Officer | Amoy Ghoshal |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Entry date | Position | No. | Player | From club | Transfer type |
| 9 June 2019 | MF | 8 | Edwin Sydney Vanspaul | Chennai City | Free |
| 6 July 2019 | FW | 9 | Nerijus Valskis | Hapoel Tel Aviv | Free |
| 13 August 2019 | DF | 6 | Lucian Goian | Mumbai City | Free |
| 19 August 2019 | DF | 5 | Masih Saighani | Abahani Dhaka | Free |
| 24 August 2019 | MF | 10 | Dragoș Firțulescu | Dunav Ruse | Free |
| 27 August 2019 | FW | 27 | André Schembri | Apollon Limassol | Free |
| 30 August 2019 | MF | 7 | Lallianzuala Chhangte | Odisha | Free |
| 31 August 2019 | GK | 31 | Vishal Kaith | Pune City | Free |
| 3 September 2019 | MF | 50 | Rafael Crivellaro | Feirense | Free |

### Transfers out

| Exit date | Position | No. | Player | To club | Transfer type |
| 31 March 2019 | FW | 8 | Carlos Salom | Bangkok United | Loan return |
| 1 June 2019 | FW | 7 | Gregory Nelson | N/A | Free agent |
| 5 July 2019 | MF | 24 | Isaac Vanmalsawma | Jamshedpur | Free |
| 5 July 2019 | GK | 39 | Nikhil Bernard | N/A | Free agent |
| 5 July 2019 | DF | 29 | Chris Herd | N/A | Free agent |
| 19 July 2019 | MF | N/A | Abhijit Sarkar | East Bengal | Loan |
| 13 August 2019 | DF | 27 | Maílson Alves | Dhaka Abahani | Free agent |
| 24 August 2019 | MF | 19 | Raphael Augusto | Bengaluru | Free |
| 26 August 2019 | MF | 21 | C. K. Vineeth | Jamshedpur | Free |
| 31 August 2019 | MF | 30 | Francis Fernandes | N/A | Free agent |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Cancelled
Chennaiyin travelled to the TransStadia in Ahmedabad and JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur for their pre-season tour ahead of the new season.
There, the club was set to play friendlies with Ahmedabad's ARA club on September 15 whereas they will start Ahmedabad campaign on September 1.
On September 20, Chennaiyin will travel to Jamshedpur. Its opponents and dates for preseason friendlies in Jamshedpur will be confirmed later.
Chennaiyin FC, Gokulam Kerala FC play out draw in pre-season friendly on October 8.

### Indian Super League
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 2 | ATK (C) | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 34 | Advance to ISL playoffs |
| 3 | Bengaluru | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 30 | Qualification for 2021 AFC Cup play-off round and ISL playoffs |
| 4 | Chennaiyin | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 29 | Advance to ISL playoffs |
| 5 | Mumbai City | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 26 | |
| 6 | Odisha | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 25 | |
* ^ Note 1: Originally, Mohun Bagan, the 2019–20 I-League champions (they were already assured of the title before the league was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India), would qualify as India 2 (2021 AFC Cup group stage), and ATK, the 2019–20 Indian Super League playoffs winners, would qualify as India 3 (2021 AFC Cup qualifying play-offs). However, ATK owners KGSPL ceased their football operation and bought majority stakes in Mohun Bagan FC (India) Private Limited and rebranded Mohun Bagan football team as ATK Mohun Bagan FC from the 2020–21 Indian Super League season which qualified as India 2 in 2021 AFC club competition. The All India Football Federation decided that Bengaluru FC, the 2019–20 Indian Super League regular season 3rd place (behind FC Goa, which qualified for the 2021 AFC Champions League, and ATK), will qualify as India 3.

#### League results by round

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

#### Matchday
### Squad appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | ISL | ISL | Super Cup | Super Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | IND | Karanjit Singh | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | IND | Vishal Kaith | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | IND | Sanjiban Ghosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | IND | Tondonba Singh | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | AFG | Masih Saighani | 12 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ROU | Lucian Goian | 20 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | IND | Edwin Sydney Vanspaul | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | BRA | Eli Sabiá | 19 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IND | Jerry Lalrinzuala | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IND | Zohmingliana Ralte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | IND | Laldinliana Renthlei | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | IND | Hendry Antonay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | IND | Reamsochung Aimol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | IND | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 21 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ROU | Dragoș Firțulescu | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | IND | Thoi Singh | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IND | Anirudh Thapa | 20 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IND | Sinivasan Pandiyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | IND | Dhanpal Ganesh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | IND | Deepak Tangri | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | IND | Germanpreet Singh | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | BRA | Rafael Crivellaro | 20 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | LTU | Nerijus Valskis | 20 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | IND | Jeje Lalpekhlua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | IND | Rahim Ali | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | MLT | André Schembri | 18 | 5 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | IND | Bawlte Rohmingthanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Squad statistics

| | ISL | Super Cup | Total |
| Games played | 17 | 0 | 17 |
| Games won | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| Games drawn | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Games lost | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Goals scored | 30 | 0 | 30 |
| Goals conceded | 26 | 0 | 26 |
| Goal difference | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Clean sheets | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Goal by Substitute | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yellow cards | 29 | 0 | 29 |
| Red cards | 3 | 0 | 3 |

### Goalscorers

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | ISL | Super Cup | Total |
| 9 | MF | | Nerijus Valskis | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 50 | MF | | Rafael Crivellaro | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | MF | | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | FW | | André Schembri | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | DF | | Lucian Goian | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Masih Saighani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | | Eli Sabia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | | Anirudh Thapa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 36 | 0 | 36 |
Source: Player Stats

### Clean sheets

| No. | Nation | Name | ISL | Super Cup | Total Clean Sheets | Games Played |
| 13 | | Vishal Kaith | 15 | 0 | 3 | 15 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 3 | 0 | 3 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Name | ISL | ISL | ISL | Super Cup | Super Cup | Super Cup | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Karanjit Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | | Vishal Kaith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | | Sanjiban Ghosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | GK | | Samik Mitra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Tondonba Singh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Masih Saighani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | | Lucian Goian | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Edwin Sydney Vanspaul | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | Eli Sabiá | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | | Jerry Lalrinzuala | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | Zohmingliana Ralte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Laldinliana Renthlei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | | Germanpreet Singh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | DF | | Hendry Antonay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | | Reamsochung Aimol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Lallianzuala Chhangte | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Dragoș Firțulescu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Thoi Singh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | | Anirudh Thapa | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Sinivasan Pandiyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | Deepak Tangri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Dhanpal Ganesh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | MF | | Rafael Crivellaro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Nerijus Valskis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | | Jeje Lalpekhlua | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | | André Schembri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | Bawlte Rohmingthanga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | | Rahim Ali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | TOTAL | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 0 |