| 2014 season | |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Marco Materazzi |
| Stadium | Jawaharlal Nehru stadium |
| ISL | 1st |
| Playoffs | Semi-finalist |
| Top goalscorer | Elano Blumer (8) |
| Highest home attendance | 25,317 vs. Kerala Blasters (16 December) |
| Lowest home attendance | 16,567 vs. Mumbai City FC (28 October) |
| Average home league attendance | 22,095 |
The 2014 season was Chennaiyin FC's inaugural season in the first tournament of the newly formed Indian Super League.
Chennai city was one of the 9 cities that were selected for franchise bidding, when the ISL was founded in 2013. However, on 11 April 2014 it was reported that Chennai's main bidder, a consortium led by Sunil Gavaskar would drop out due to commitments with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. [1] Later, Bangalore franchise was terminated after their owners dropped out following a dispute with the organizers. Initially reports came out that the ISL organizers were looking for bidders for new owners for the Bangalore franchise before it was revealed that Ronnie Screwvala and actor Abhishek Bachchan would together bid for a Chennai team instead of a Bangalore franchise. [2]
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| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head Coach & Manager |  Marco Materazzi |
| Assistant coach |  Vivek Nagul |
| Goalkeeping coach | Francesco Franzese |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chennaiyin | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 23 | Advance to ISL Play-offs |
| 2 | Goa | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 22 | |
| 3 | Atlético de Kolkata (C) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 19 | |
| 4 | Kerala Blasters | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 19 |
| Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 |
Last updated: 1 December 2014.
Source: Matches
| 15 October 2014 Match 4 | Goa | 1 – 2 | Chennaiyin | Goa, India |
| 19:00 IST | Grégory Arnolin  65' | Report | Balwant Singh 32' Elano 42' | Stadium: Fatorda Stadium, Fatorda Attendance: 16,652 |
| 21 October 2014 Match 9 | Chennaiyin | 2 – 1 | Kerala Blasters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | Elano 14' Bernard Mendy 64' | Report | Iain Hume 50' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 19,430 |
| 25 October 2014 Match 12 | Delhi Dynamos | 4 – 1 | Chennaiyin | New Delhi, India |
| 19:00 IST | Wim Raymaekers 1' Junker 21'Herrero 79 (p)'Marmentini 90' | Report | Elano 69' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Delhi Attendance: 13,000 |
| 28 October 2014 Match 15 | Chennaiyin | 5 – 1 | Mumbai City FC | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | Elano 9 (pen.)', 69' Jeje Lalpekhlua 26'John Valencia 41', 44' | Report | Syed Rahim Nabi 87' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 16,567 |
| 4 November 2014 Match 21 | Chennaiyin | 1 – 1 | Atlético de Kolkata | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | Elano 90 +3 (pen.)' | Report | Luis García 35 (pen.)' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 24,088 |
| 8 November 2014 Match 25 | Chennaiyin | 2 – 2 | NorthEast United FC | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | Elano 25', 78' | Report | Cornell Glen 38' Koke 85' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 22,496 |
| 11 November 2014 Match 28 | FC Pune City | 1 – 1 | Chennaiyin | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| 19:00 IST | Kostas Katsouranis 9' | Report | John Valencia 58' | Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune Attendance: 7,243 |
| 14 November 2014 Match 31 | Atlético de Kolkata | 0 – 0 | Chennaiyin | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Stadium: Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata Attendance: 46,288 |
| 19 November 2014 Match 36 | Chennaiyin | 3 – 1 | FC Pune City | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | John Valencia 62' Bruno Pelissari 70'Jeje Lalpekhlua 90' | Report | Eric Djemba-Djemba 70 (o.g.)' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 23,726 |
| 23 November 2014 Match 39 | Mumbai City FC | 0 – 3 | Chennaiyin | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Pelissari 71' Dhanachandra Singh 81'Cristian Hidalgo 89' | Stadium: DY Patil Stadium, Mumbai Attendance: 23,857 |
| 27 November 2014 Match 42 | NorthEast United FC | 3 – 0 | Chennaiyin | Guwahati, Assam, India |
| 19:00 IST | Boro 10' Sambou 21', 23' | Report | Stadium: Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati Attendance: 29,894 |
| 30 November 2014 Match 45 | Kerala Blasters | 0 – 1 | Chennaiyin | Kochi, Kerala, India |
| 19:00 IST | Report | Pelissari 87' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Attendance: 61,323 |
| 5 December 2014 Match 50 | Chennaiyin | 1 – 3 | Goa | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | Jean-Eudes Maurice 90' | Report | Romeo Fernandes 23' André Santos 41'Miroslav Slepička 62' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 24,687 |
| 9 December 2014 Match 53 | Chennaiyin | 2 – 2 | Delhi Dynamos | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | Bruno Pelissari 16' Jeje Lalpekhlua 28' | Report | Alessandro Del Piero 53' Hans Mulder 88' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 20,446 |
| 13 December 2014Leg 1 | Kerala Blasters | 3–0 | Chennaiyin | Kochi, Kerala, India |
| 19:00 IST | Ahmed 27' Hume 29'Mathew 90+4' | Report | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Kochi Attendance: 60,900 Referee: Pranjal Banerjee |
| 16 December 2014Leg 2 | Chennaiyin | 3–1 (a.e.t.) (3–4 agg.) | Kerala Blasters | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| 19:00 IST | Silvestre 42' Jhingan (o.g.) Lalpekhlua 90' | Report | Pearson 117' | Stadium: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai Attendance: 25,327 Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar |
