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
Technical staff
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 Ref. 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 Ref. 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
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
League results by round
Matchday
Squad appearances and goals
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
Squad statistics ISLSuper CupTotalGames played 17 0 17Games won 8 0 8Games drawn 4 0 4Games lost 5 0 5Goals scored 30 0 30Goals conceded 26 0 26Goal difference 6 0 6Clean sheets 4 0 4Goal by Substitute 0 0 3Yellow cards 29 0 29Red cards 3 0 3
Goalscorers No.Pos.NationNameISLSuper CupTotal9MFNerijus Valskis1501550MFRafael Crivellaro7077MFLallianzuala Chhangte70727FWAndré Schembri5056DFLucian Goian2025DFMasih Saighani10113DFEli Sabia10115MFAnirudh Thapa101TOTAL36036
Clean sheets No.NationNameISLSuper CupTotal Clean SheetsGames played13Vishal Kaith150315 TOTAL30315
Disciplinary record No.Pos.NationNameISLSuper CupTotal1GKKaranjit Singh00000000031GKVishal Kaith20000020033GKSanjiban Ghosh00000000042GKSamik Mitra0000000003DFTondonba Singh0000000005DFMasih Saighani1000001006DF Lucian Goian3000003008DFEdwin Sydney Vanspaul21000021013DFEli Sabiá21000021018DFJerry Lalrinzuala00000000025DFZohmingliana Ralte00000000026MFLaldinliana Renthlei10000010028DFGermanpreet Singh40000040035DFHendry Antonay00000000037DFReamsochung Aimol0000000007MFLallianzuala Chhangte00000000010MFDragoș Firțulescu10000010011MF Thoi Singh21000021015MFAnirudh Thapa40000040016MFSinivasan Pandiyan00000000022MFDeepak Tangri00000000017MFDhanpal Ganesh10000010050MFRafael Crivellaro2000002009FWNerijus Valskis30000030012FWJeje Lalpekhlua00000000027FWAndré Schembri10000010045FWBawlte Rohmingthanga00000000024FWRahim Ali000000000 TOTAL29300002320
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