2021–22 Chennaiyin FC season

Chennaiyin
2021–2022 season
Owner	Abhishek Bachchan ; MS Dhoni ; Vita Dani
Head Coach	Božidar Bandović
Stadium	Tilak Maidan Stadium, Vasco da Gama[circular reference]
Highest home attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
Lowest home attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
Average home league attendance	🔒 Closed Doors
	← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The 2021–22 Chennaiyin FC season is the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2014 as well as their eighth season in 2021–22 Indian Super League season.

Technical staff

As of 12 November 2021^[2]

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Bozidar Bandovic^[3]
Assistant Coach	Bojan Ofenbeher
Assistant Coach	Syed Sabir Pasha
Goalkeeping Coach	Milorad Nikolic
Assistant Sports Scientist	Atharva Tere

Medical staff

Position	Name
Team Doctor	Dr. Ashay Jadhav
Head Physio	Rajiv Kumar
Senior Masseur	Nitin Patel
Junior Masseur	Raju Salve

Management Staff

Position	Name
Team Manager	Arihant Jain
Head of Football Operations	Pratham Basu
Kit Manager	Parthiban Manogar
Kit Manager	Senthil Kumaran
Reserve and Academy coach	Santosh Kashyap^[4]

Board of Directors

Position	Name
Owner	MS Dhoni
Owner	Abhishek Bachchan
Owner	Vita Dani

First-team squad

As of 31 December 2021^[5]

* denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Contract until	Signed From
Goalkeepers
13	Vishal Kaith	GK	(1996-07-22) 22 July 1996 (age 28)	2022	FC Pune City
24	Debjit Majumder	GK	(1988-03-06) 6 March 1988 (age 36)	2023	SC East Bengal
27	Samik Mitra	GK	(2000-12-01) 1 December 2000 (age 24)	2022	Indian Arrows
35	Devansh Dabas	GK	(2001-09-10) 10 September 2001 (age 23)	2023	Lonestar Kashmir FC
Defenders
2	Reagan Singh	RB	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 33)	2023	NorthEast United FC
3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	CB	(1997-12-10) 10 December 1997 (age 27)	2022	Odisha FC
5	Salam Ranjan Singh	CB	(1995-12-04) 4 December 1995 (age 29)	2023	ATK Mohun Bagan FC
8	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	RB/CM/CDM	(1992-09-12) 12 September 1992 (age 32)	2023	Chennai City FC
18	Jerry Lalrinzuala	LB/LM	(1998-07-13) 13 July 1998 (age 26)	2022	AIFF Elite Academy
21	Narayan Das	LB/CB	(1993-09-25) 25 September 1993 (age 31)	2023	SC East Bengal
23	Slavko Damjanović	CB	(1992-11-02) 2 November 1992 (age 32)	2022	FK TSC Bačka Topola
26	Deepak Devrani	CB	(1992-12-10) 10 December 1992 (age 32)	2022	Gokulam Kerala FC
32	Davinder Singh	RB	(1995-09-23) 23 September 1995 (age 29)	2022	Free Agent
36	Aqib Nawab	CB/RB	(2002-04-07) 7 April 2002 (age 22)	2022	Chennaiyin FC B
43	Balaji Ganesan	LB/LM	(2002-02-28) 28 February 2002 (age 22)	2022	Chennaiyin FC B
47	Rahul Manjula	LB/LM	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20)	2022	Chennaiyin FC U-16
Midfielders
12	Ninthoi Meetei	RW/RM/RB	(2001-07-13) 13 July 2001 (age 23)	2024	NorthEast United FC
7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	LW/LM	(1997-08-06) 6 August 1997 (age 27)	2022	Delhi Dynamos FC
10	Rafael Crivellaro	CM/AM	(1989-02-18) 18 February 1989 (age 35)	2023	C.D. Feirense
15	Anirudh Thapa (Captain)	CM/AM	(1998-01-15) 15 January 1998 (age 26)	2023	AIFF Elite Academy
16	Ariel Borysiuk	CM/CDM/CB	(1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 33)	2022	Jagiellonia Bialystok
28	Germanpreet Singh	CM/CDM	(1996-06-24) 24 June 1996 (age 28)	2022	Minerva Punjab FC
38	Subhadip Majhi	CM/CDM/CB	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 (age 25)	2024	Kalighat FC
77	Vladimir Koman	AM/CM	(1989-03-16) 16 March 1989 (age 35)	2022	Hatta Club
Forwards
11	Rahim Ali	ST/LW/RW	(2000-05-21) 21 May 2000 (age 24)	2023	Indian Arrows
17	Mirlan Murzaev	FW/LW/AM	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990 (age 34)	2023	FC Dordoi Bishkek
22	Jobby Justin	ST/RW	(1993-11-10) 10 November 1993 (age 31)	2023	ATK Mohun Bagan FC
42	Suhail Pasha	FW/AM	(1999-09-26) 26 September 1999 (age 25)	2022	Chennai City FC
45	Mohamed Liyaakath	ST	(2004-05-18) 18 May 2004 (age 20)	2022	Indian Arrows
50	Johnson Mathews	FW/AM/RW	(2001-06-30) 30 June 2001 (age 23)	2022	Bank of India
99	Lukasz Gikiewicz	ST	(1986-10-26) 26 October 1986 (age 38)	2022	East Riffa
9	Nerijus Valskis	ST	(1987-08-04) 4 August 1987 (age 37)	2022	Jamshedpur

Contract extensions

No.	Pos.	Player	Contract until	Ref.
8	MF	Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	2023	^[6]
11	FW	Rahim Ali	2023	^[7]
2	DF	Reagan Singh	2023	^[8]
10	MF	Rafael Crivellaro	2023	^[9]

Transfer

* denotes a player who is signed in Winter Transfer.
* denotes a player who is signed at End of season.

Transfer in

Entry date	Pos.	No.	Player	From club	Transfer Fee	Ref.
29 June 2021	DF	21	Narayan Das	SC East Bengal	Free Transfer	^[10]
2 July 2021	DF	5	Salam Ranjan Singh	ATK Mohun Bagan	Free Transfer	^[11]
7 July 2021	GK	24	Debjit Majumder	SC East Bengal	Free Transfer	^[12]
25 July 2021	FW	22	Jobby Justin	ATK Mohun Bagan	Free Transfer	^[13]
4 August 2021	DF	26	Deepak Devrani	Gokulam Kerala FC	Free Transfer	^[14]
5 August 2021	DF	23	Slavko Damjanović	Bačka Topola	Free Transfer	^[15]
10 August 2021	MF	16	Ariel Borysiuk	Jagiellonia	Free Transfer	^[16]
13 August 2021	DF	32	Davinder Singh	Free Agent	-	^[17]
21 August 2021	FW	99	Łukasz Gikiewicz	East Riffa	Free Transfer	^[18]
23 August 2021	FW	17	Mirlan Murzaev	FC Dordoi Bishkek	Free Transfer	^[19]
31 August 2021	FW	12	Ninthoi Meetei	Northeast United FC	₹3.00M	^[20]
4 September 2021	MF	77	Vladimir Koman	Hatta Club	Free Transfer	^[21]
10 September 2021	MF	42	Syed Suhail Pasha	Chennai City F.C.	Free Transfer
10 September 2021	GK	35	Devansh Dabas	Lonestar Kashmir FC	Free Transfer
10 September 2021	MF	30	Melroy Melwin Assisi	Hyderia FC	Free Transfer
10 September 2021	MF	38	Subhadip Majhi	Kalighat FC	Free Transfer
1 November 2021	MF	50	Johnson Joseph Mathews	Bank of India	Free Transfer
1 November 2021	FW	47	Mohamed Liyaakath	Indian Arrows	Free Transfer
1 November 2021	DF	45	Rahul Manjula	Chennaiyin FC U-16	-
1 January 2022	FW	9	Nerijus Valskis	Jamshedpur	Free Transfer	^[22]
2 January 2022	DF	3	Mohammad Sajid Dhot	Odisha	Free Transfer
31 May 2022	FW	7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Mumbai City FC	End of Loan	^[23]

Transfer out

Exit date	Pos.	No.	Player	To club	Transfer Fee	Ref.
29 June 2021	MF	22	Deepak Tangri	ATK Mohun Bagan	Free Transfer	^[24]
1 July 2021	MF	14	Manuel Lanzarote	Free Agent	-
1 July 2021	GK	26	B Y Revanth	Free Agent	-
30 July 2021	DF	5	Enes Sipović	Kerala Blasters FC	Free Transfer	^[25]
17 August 2021	MF	20	Memo	Free Agent	-	^[26]
18 August 2021	FW	99	Isma	Free Agent	-	^[26]
20 August 2021	FW	11	Thoi Singh	Free Agent	-	^[26]
23 August 2021	GK	1	Karanjit Singh	Free Agent	-	^[26]
31 August 2021	DF	13	Eli Sabiá	Jamshedpur FC	Free Transfer	^[27]
9 September 2021	MF	21	Abhijit Sarkar	Free Agent	-
9 September 2021	MF	16	Sinivasan Pandiyan	Gokulam Kerala	-
15 September 2021	DF	3	Lalchhuanmawia	Roundglass Punjab FC	Free Transfer
1 December 2021	FW	29	Aman Chetri	Rajasthan United FC	Free Transfer
1 December 2021	DF	23	Remi Aimol	Free Agent	-
25 December 2021	MF	30	Melroy Melwin Assisi	Rajasthan United FC	Free Transfer
31 January 2022	FW	7	Lallianzuala Chhangte	Mumbai City FC	Loan Transfer	^[23]

In Blue:Winter Transfer

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

21 October 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	3–2	Bengaluru FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Ariel Borysiuk Vladimir Koman Edwin Sydney Vanspaul	Report	Leon Augustine Cleiton Silva	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors

28 October 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	1–2	Odisha FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Lukasz Gikiewicz (pen.)	Report	Javi Victor Mongil	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors

5 November 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	1–2	Kerala Blasters FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Salam Ranjan Singh 30'		Lalthathanga Khawlhring 34' Adrián Luna 67'	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors
Note: 120-minute game

12 November 2021 Friendly	FC Goa	0-3	Chennaiyin FC	Salvador do Mundo,Goa
18:30 IST			Lallianzuala Chhangte 14' Vladimir Koman 47' Syed Suhail Pasha 110'	Stadium: Salvador do Mundo Panchayat Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors
Note: 120-minute game

16 November 2021 Friendly	Chennaiyin FC	2-3	Bengaluru FC	Utorda,Goa
16:00 IST	Mirlan Murzaev 39' Rahim Ali 59'		Iman Basafa (pen.) Sivasakthi Narayanan 82' Naorem Roshan Singh	Stadium: SAG Football Ground Attendance: 🔒 Closed Doors Referee: Naushad Moosa

Competition

Indian Super League

Summary

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Bengaluru	20	8	5	7	32	27	+5	29
7	Odisha	20	6	5	9	31	43	−12	23
8	Chennaiyin	20	5	5	10	17	35	−18	20
9	Goa	20	4	7	9	29	35	−6	19
10	NorthEast United	20	3	5	12	25	43	−18	14

Source: Indian Super League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored; 7) fair play ranking; 8) drawing of lots

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
9	4	2	3	9	11	−2	14	1	1	2	4	8	−4	3	1	1	5	3	+2

Results by round

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	D
Position	4	2	1	3	5	3	6	6	5

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss Void / Postponed

23 November 2021 1	Hyderabad	0-1	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
19:30 IST			Rahim Ali 59' Narayan Das 64' Vladimir Koman (pen.) 66'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Vladimir Koman

29 November 2021 2	NorthEast	1-2	Chennaiyin	Fatorda
19:30 IST	Khassa Camara 35' Patrick Flottmann 40' Mashoor Shereef 79'		Lallianzuala Chhangte 41' Reagan Singh 56' Anirudh Thapa 74'	Stadium: PJN Stadium Referee: Ashwin Man of the Match: Lallianzuala Chhangte

3 December 2021 3	Chennaiyin	0-0	East Bengal	Vasco
19:30 IST	Rahim Ali 55' Slavko Damjanović 74'		Sourav Das 90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Hira Mondal

11 December 2021 4	ATK Mohun Bagan	1-1	Chennaiyin	Fatorda
19:30 IST	Liston Colaco 45' Tiri 22'		Reagan Singh 25' Vladimir Koman 45'	Stadium: PJN Stadium Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Anirudh Thapa

15 December 2021 5	Mumbai City	1-0	Chennaiyin	Fatorda
19:30 IST	Rahul Bheke 86'		Lallianzuala Chhangte 39' Anirudh Thapa 42' Rahim Ali 90'	Stadium: PJN Stadium Referee: A Rowman Man of the Match: Rahul Bheke

18 December 2021 6	Chennaiyin	2-1	Odisha	Vasco
19:30 IST	Narayan Das 10' Germanpreet Singh 23' 45' Ariel Borysiuk 49' Mirlan Murzaev 63'		Isaac Vanmalsawma 29' Thoiba Singh 53' Sebastian Thangmuansang 75' Javi Hernández 86' 90'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Slavko Damjanović Man of the Match: Pratik Mondal

22 December 2021 7	Chennaiyin	0-3	Kerala Blasters	Vasco
19:30 IST			Díaz 9' Sahal 38' Puitea 56' Luna 79'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Attendance: Closed Doors Referee: Crystal John Man of the Match: Adrián Luna (Kerala Blasters)

30 December 2021 8	Chennaiyin	2-4	Bengaluru	Vasco
19:30 IST	Mirlan Murzaev 4' Rahim Ali 49'		Prince Ibara 13' Cleiton Silva (pen.) 39' Alan Costa 43' Ashique Kuruniyan 45' Suresh Wangjam 57' Udanta Singh 70' Pratik Chowdhary 74' Danish Farooq Bhat 80'	Stadium: Tilak Maidan Stadium Referee: Rahul Kumar Gupta Man of the Match: Naorem Roshan Singh

2 January 2022 9	Jamshedpur	0-1	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
21:30 IST	Narender Gahlot 22' Ricky Lallawmawma 48' Alex Lima 83'		Łukasz Gikiewicz 31' 84'	Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium Referee: Pranjal Banerjee Man of the Match: Mohammad Sajid Dhot

8 January 2022 10	Goa	1-0	Chennaiyin	Bambolim
21:30 IST				Stadium: GMC Athletic Stadium

13 January 2022 11	Chennaiyin	1-1	Hyderabad	Margao
19:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

22 January 2022 12	Chennaiyin	v	NorthEast	Margao
19:30 IST				Stadium: Fatorda Stadium

Squad statistics

	ISL	Total
Games played	20	20
Games won	5	5
Games drawn	5	5
Games lost	10	10
Goals scored	17	17
Goals conceded	35	35
Goal difference	-18	-18
Clean sheets	3	3
Yellow cards	13	13
Red cards	0	0

Statistics

2021-22 Indian Super League season Statistics

Goal scorers

Rank	Player Name	Matches	Goals
1	Vladimir Koman	9	2
1	Mirlan Murzaev	9	2
2	Lallianzuala Chhangte	9	1
	Anirudh Thapa
	Rahim Ali
	Łukasz Gikiewicz
	Germanpreet Singh	5

Assists

Rank	Player Name	Matches	Assists
1	Mirlan Murzaev	9	2
2	Lallianzuala Chhangte	9	1
	Vladimir Koman
	Łukasz Gikiewicz
	Germanpreet Singh	5

Yellow cards

Rank	Player Name	Matches	Yellow Cards
1	Rahim Ali	9	3
2	Reagan Singh	9	2
2	Narayan Das	9	2
4	Slavko Damjanović	9	1
	Lallianzuala Chhangte
	Anirudh Thapa
	Ariel Borysiuk
	Łukasz Gikiewicz
	Germanpreet Singh	5

Red cards

References

^ "2021–22 Indian Super League season - Wikipedia". en.m.wikipedia.org.
^ "Chennaiyin FC Technical Staff".
^ "Chennaiyin FC appoint Bozidar Bandovic as head coach". 10 July 2021.
^ "Reserve team coach Santosh Kashyap highlights Chennaiyin FC's commitment to youth | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
^ "Chennaiyin FC Squad Details".
^ Sportstar, Team (22 April 2021). "Edwin Vanspaul signs new contract with Chennaiyin FC". Sportstar.
^ Release, Press (18 June 2021). "Rahim Ali extends his stay at Chennaiyn FC". thebridge.in.
^ "Chennaiyin FC retain right-back Reagan Singh till 2023". 25 June 2021.
^ "Rafael Crivellaro extends contract with Chennaiyin FC". 16 July 2021.
^ "Experienced defender Narayan Das joins Chennaiyin FC". 29 June 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign central defender Salam Ranjan Singh". 2 July 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign experienced goalkeeper Debjit Majumder". 7 July 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Indian striker Jobby Justin". 25 July 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Deepak Devrani on a one-year contract". 4 August 2021.
^ "Serbian defender Slavko Damjanovic joins Chennaiyin FC". 5 August 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign experienced Polish midfielder Ariel Borysiuk". 10 August 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC rope in talented young Indian defender Davinder Singh". 13 August 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz". 21 August 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign Mirlan Murzaev and bolster attack". 1 August 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC sign promising Indian midfielder Ninthoi Meetei". 7 September 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin FC complete foreign signings, rope in Hungarian midfielder Vladimir". 4 September 2021.
^ "Chennaiyin Fc Sign Nerijus Valskis Until End of Season". January 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Mumbai City FC seal loan move for Lallianzuala Chhangte". 31 January 2022.
^ "ATK Mohun Bagan sign Deepak Tangri from Chennaiyin FC". 29 June 2021.
^ "Kerala Blasters FC sign Bosnian defender Enes Sipovic". Indian Super League.
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^ "Jamshedpur sign seasoned Brazilian defender Eli Sabia". Jamshedpur Football Club. 31 August 2021.

[1] "2021–22 Indian Super League season - Wikipedia". en.m.wikipedia.org.

[2] "Chennaiyin FC Technical Staff".

[3] "Chennaiyin FC appoint Bozidar Bandovic as head coach". 10 July 2021.

[4] "Reserve team coach Santosh Kashyap highlights Chennaiyin FC's commitment to youth | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.

[5] "Chennaiyin FC Squad Details".

[6] Sportstar, Team (22 April 2021). "Edwin Vanspaul signs new contract with Chennaiyin FC". Sportstar.

[7] Release, Press (18 June 2021). "Rahim Ali extends his stay at Chennaiyn FC". thebridge.in.

[8] "Chennaiyin FC retain right-back Reagan Singh till 2023". 25 June 2021.

[9] "Rafael Crivellaro extends contract with Chennaiyin FC". 16 July 2021.

[10] "Experienced defender Narayan Das joins Chennaiyin FC". 29 June 2021.

[11] "Chennaiyin FC sign central defender Salam Ranjan Singh". 2 July 2021.

[12] "Chennaiyin FC sign experienced goalkeeper Debjit Majumder". 7 July 2021.

[13] "Chennaiyin FC sign Indian striker Jobby Justin". 25 July 2021.

[14] "Chennaiyin FC sign Deepak Devrani on a one-year contract". 4 August 2021.

[15] "Serbian defender Slavko Damjanovic joins Chennaiyin FC". 5 August 2021.

[16] "Chennaiyin FC sign experienced Polish midfielder Ariel Borysiuk". 10 August 2021.

[17] "Chennaiyin FC rope in talented young Indian defender Davinder Singh". 13 August 2021.

[18] "Chennaiyin FC sign Polish striker Lukasz Gikiewicz". 21 August 2021.

[19] "Chennaiyin FC sign Mirlan Murzaev and bolster attack". 1 August 2021.

[20] "Chennaiyin FC sign promising Indian midfielder Ninthoi Meetei". 7 September 2021.

[21] "Chennaiyin FC complete foreign signings, rope in Hungarian midfielder Vladimir". 4 September 2021.

[22] "Chennaiyin Fc Sign Nerijus Valskis Until End of Season". January 2022.

[mumbaicityfc.com-23] "Mumbai City FC seal loan move for Lallianzuala Chhangte". 31 January 2022.

[24] "ATK Mohun Bagan sign Deepak Tangri from Chennaiyin FC". 29 June 2021.

[25] "Kerala Blasters FC sign Bosnian defender Enes Sipovic". Indian Super League.

[auto-26] "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

[27] "Jamshedpur sign seasoned Brazilian defender Eli Sabia". Jamshedpur Football Club. 31 August 2021.

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