FC Coimbatore

Not to be confused with Chennaiyin FC.

FC Coimbatore

Full name	Football Club Coimbatore
Nickname(s)	The Lions
Short name	FCC
Founded	1946;77 years ago (1946) (as Nethaji Sports Club) 2014;9 years ago (2014) (as Chennai City FC) 2023;0 years ago (2023) (as FC Coimbatore)
Ground	Nehru Stadium, Coimbatore
Capacity	30,000
Owner	Rohit Ramesh
Head coach	Vacant
Home colours Away colours

FC Coimbatore is an Indian professional football club based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The club last competed in I-League, ^{[4] [5]} then top flight of Indian football league system, alongside Chennai Football League. ^{[6] [7]} Established in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club, the club spent its grand majority of history by competing in state leagues and city tournaments until entering the national stage in 2016. ^[8]

FC Coimbatore was known by its nickname the lions. ^{[9] [10]} On 11 December 2016, the club was awarded a direct-entry spot into the I-League for 2016–17 season, and became champion in the 2018–19 season. ^{[11] [12]}

History

Formation and early years (1946–2016)

The club was founded in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club, ^{[13] [14]} by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram. ^[15] Nethaji Sports Club, affiliated with Tamil Nadu Football Association (TNFA), ^[16] has appeared in several state competitions including Vittal trophy, TFA Shield and Chennai District Football League. ^{[17] [18] [19]} The club always used to have a young squad with players usually aged 21–22 and the club did come close to national relevance a couple of times, making appearances in the Durand Cup and Federation Cup.

Since the 1990s, Nethaji Sports Club participated in Madras Football League, conducted by Chennai Football Association. ^{[20] [21]} In state tournament, Tamil Nadu State League, they finished as runners-up thrice in 2004, 2005–06 and 2007. ^{[22] [23] [24]} The club was renamed to Chennai City FC on 11 June 2014. ^[25]

I-League years (2016–2021)

On 11 December 2016, the club was accepted as a direct entry club for 2016–17 I-League ^[26] and became the second club from Tamil Nadu to play in the top division after Indian Bank Recreational Club team in National Football League. ^{[27] [28] [29]} Chennai City FC made it to the Federation Cup by finishing eighth in the I-League table and did it with a game remaining in the league.

Chennai City did decent in their first season at the highest level of domestic league. ^[30] Their potential was highlighted when they managed to hold off Mohun Bagan AC for a very long time and even got wins against Aizawl FC and East Bengal FC. ^[31]

In the 2016–17 Indian Federation Cup, they were pitted in Group A against Aizawl, East Bengal and Churchill Brothers. Chennai City lost their first games and were out of contention before playing the last fixture. The team did salvage pride as they won the game against Churchill Brothers emphatically in a 3–1 victory. ^{[32] [33] [34]}

Edwin Sydney Vanspaul with new club kit in 2019

On 6 February 2019, Chennai City FC had agreed for a partnership with Swiss Super League giants FC Basel, ^{[35] [36]} which owned 26 percent of the club and would develop football in the state by building football schools for young talents. ^[37] FC Basel would also have a player exchange program, including first team players, with CCFC and help the club with technical know how. ^{[38] [39]}

"Our long-term philosophy is to cultivate our own style of football – the Chennai City FC style — throughout the ranks. We want our junior teams to play the same way as the senior team is now playing. That would improve the ecosystem immensely. We want to build the Chennai City model of football in Tamil Nadu."

— Rohit Ramesh, owner and CEO of Chennai City FC, on club's long-term philosophy (after their historic I-League triumph). ^[40]

On 9 March 2019, Chennai City FC beat former champions Minerva Punjab 3–1 to be crowned the 2018–19 I-League champions. ^{[41] [42]} This marked the finish of a very successful season for the club, defying all expectations to win the league. ^{[43] [44] [45]} Spanish-Uruguayan forward Pedro Manzi Cruz also scored a brace in this match, and was the joint top scorer of the league, scoring 21 league goals with record four hat-tricks. ^{[46] [47] [48] [49]} This was Chennai City FC's maiden I-League title, and later they represented India at the 2020 AFC Champions League playoffs ^[50] and 2020 AFC Cup respectively. ^{[51] [52]} The club then participated in 2019 Durand Cup with all-indian squad. ^[53] They later went on to participate in 2019 edition of Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup in Bangladesh, but failed to advance to the knock-out stages. ^[54]

Chennai City also participated in the Hero Super Cup during March–April 2019, ^{[55] [56]} and lost in the semi-finals to eventual champions FC Goa. ^[57] However, they did manage to win 2–1 against ISL champions Bengaluru FC in the quarter-finals. ^[58] In December 2020, Satyasagara appointed as head coach, ^[59] and the club ended their 2020–21 I-League campaign in ninth place.

Expulsion

In December 2021, the AIFF club licensing committee has unanimously decided to not grant the exemption sought by the club, after having failed to receive the ICLS licence. As a result, Chennai City was barred from participating in the 2021–22 I-League. ^{[60] [61] [62] [63]} The club also failed to took part in 2021–22 Chennai Senior Division league.

Sporting license change

On 3 March 2023, the club owner Rohit Ramesh officially announced that the sporting license of Chennai City FC has transferred, and the owners are "out of footballing activities", ^[64] while retaining the name, rights and logo of the club. Upon transfer of the license to the new licensee, the club will restart footballing activities from the lower divisions of the state league. ^[64]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2016—2017	Classic Polo	Baako [65]
2017—2018	Counter Sports [66]	—
2018—2019	Penalty	Uhlsport [67]
2019—2021	Nivia [68]	TVS Group

Stadium

Main article: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Coimbatore)

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore on a matchday of I-League in 2018

The club played most of its home games at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Coimbatore. ^{[69] [7]} Constructed in 1971, it is currently used mostly for football matches and has a capacity of 30,000. ^{[70] [71] [72]} Prior to 2017–2018 season, the club played their home matches at the Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Chennai.

In 2019, the club decided to play their continental matches (AFC Champions League playoffs and AFC Cup) at the EKA Arena in Ahmedabad. ^{[73] [74]}

Affiliated clubs

The following club was affiliated with Chennai City FC:

• FC Basel (2019–2020) ^{[75] [76] [77]}

Honours

Domestic leagues

• I-League
  • Champions (1): 2018–19 ^[78]
• Chennai Football League ^{[nb 1]}
  • Champions (2): 2008–09, ^[79] 2016–17 ^[80]
• Tamil Nadu State League
  • Runners-up (3): 2004, 2005–06, 2007

Notable players

For all former notable Chennai City FC players with a Wikipedia article, see: Chennai City FC players .

Past internationals

• The foreign players below, had senior/youth international cap(s) for their respective countries. Players whose name is listed, represented their countries before or after playing for Chennai City FC. ^[81]
• Echezona Anyichie (2016–2017) ^[82]
• Zohib Islam Amiri (2017) ^{[83] [84]}
• Ildar Amirov (2017–2018) ^[85]
• Murilo de Almeida (2017–2018) ^[86]
• Veniamin Shumeyko (2017–2018) ^[87]
• Uroš Poljanec (2017–2018) ^{[88] [89] [90]}
• Duach Jock (2018) ^{[91] [92]}
• Aman Talantbekov (2018) ^{[91] [92]}
• Feiz Shamsin (2018–2019) ^[93]
• Tenzin Samdup (2018–2019) ^{[nb 2] [94] [95]}
• Iqbal Hussain (2020–2021) ^{[96] [97]}

Continental record

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2020 [98]	AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 1	Al-Riffa	0–1
2020 [98]	AFC Cup	Group E	Maziya S&RC	2–2	–	Cancelled
			TC Sports	–	–
			Bashundhara Kings	–	–

Team records

I-League

Season	Div.	Tms.	Pos.	Attendance	Federation Cup/Super Cup	Durand Cup	AFC Champions League	AFC Cup
2016–17	I-League	10	8	2,949	Group stage	DNP	DNQ	DNQ
2017–18	I-League	10	8	8,194	Qualification round	DNP	DNQ	DNQ
2018–19	I-League	11	1 [99]	6,138	Semi-finals	Group stage	DNQ	DNQ
2019–20	I-League	11	7	7,825	DNP	Group Stage	Preliminary round 1	Group Stage
2020–21	I-League	11	9	Played in closed stadiums due to COVID-19 pandemic in India	Tournament Suspended due to COVID-19	DNP	DNQ	DNQ
2021–22	I-League	13	Barred by AIFF		TBD	DNP	DNQ	DNQ

Key

• Tms. = Number of teams
• Pos. = Position in league
• Attendance/G = Average league attendance
• DNP = Did not participate
• DNQ = Did not qualify

Overall

As of 14 January 2017

Season	I-League								Asia						Top Scorer
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Position	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Player	Goals
2016–17	18	4	5	9	15	29	17	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	Charles	4
2017–18	18	4	7	7	15	24	19	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	Joachim	5
2018–19	18	13	4	3	48	28	43	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	Manzi	21
2019–20	15	5	5	5	20	21	20	7	2	0	1	1	2	3	Yusa	5

Head coach

As of 26 October 2020

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Win%	Ref.
Robin Charles Raja	India	13 December 2016	8 February 2017	7	1	1	5	3	11	014.29	[100]
V. Soundararajan	India	9 January 2017	14 March 2018	13	3	4	6	15	19	023.08	[101]
Akbar Nawas	Singapore	26 October 2020	15 March 2018	38	20	9	9	68	49	052.63	[102]
Satyasagara	Singapore	10 December 2020	2021	14	5	0	9	16	25	035.71	[103]

Team

• Highest transfer fee received – €125,000 plus sell-on clause from J2 League side Albirex Niigata for Pedro Manzi, 2020. ^{[104] [105] [106]}

See also

• List of football clubs in India
• Sport in Chennai

Notes

1. ^
   Formerly known as the Madras Football Association League.
2. ^
   Represented Tibet national football team in CONIFA tournaments internationally.

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External links

• Chennai City FC at Global Sports Archive
• FC Coimbatore on Facebook
• FC Coimbatore on Twitter
• Chennai City FC at Soccerway
• Chennai City FC at the-AIFF.com
• Chennai City FC at WorldFootball.net