Chennaiyin FC
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League (ISL), the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. It has won the Indian Super League title on two occasions, in the 2015, 2017–18 seasons respectively.
| Full name | Chennaiyin Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Marina Machans (sea blues) | |||
| Short name | CFC | |||
| Founded | August 28, 2014 | |||
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 40,000 (36,000 seated) | |||
| Owner | Abhishek Bachchan MS Dhoni Vita Dani | |||
| Manager | Owen Coyle | |||
| League | Indian Super League | |||
| 2023–24 | Indian Super League, 6th of 12 Playoffs: Knockout | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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| Departments of Chennayin FC | ||
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| Football (Men's) |
Football (Reserves & Academy) |
eSports |
The club is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni. The team's name Chennaiyin FC means Chennai's football club in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar to a possessive 's' in English. The club's primary colour is blue ever since its inception and its logo is the Dhrishti Bommai, a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture.
Chennaiyin has played three ISL Finals winning it two times. The first final they played was the 2015 final which they beat FC Goa by 3–2 in Goa. In their second final, they played against Bengaluru FC at Bengaluru and won their second title by winning 3–2. During 2019–20 season Chennaiyin played their third final against ATK, which they lost 3–1.