The 2020–21 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's seventh season since its establishment in 2014 and their seventh season in the Indian Super League
Technical staff
Coaching Staff Position Name Head coach Csaba László Assistant Coach Admir Kozlić Assistant Coach Syed Sabir Pasha Goalkeeping Coach Martin Raška Sports Scientist Csaba Gabris Management Staff Position Name Team Manager Arihant Jain Reserve and Academy coach Santosh Kashyap Chief Technical Officer(Scout) Amoy Ghoshal Board of Directors Position Name Owner MS Dhoni Owner Abhishek Bachchan Owner Vita Dani
Players
In bold:Winter Transfer
Transfer Transfers in Entry date Player From club Transfer Type Ref. 27 August 2020 GK 27 Samik Mitra Indian Arrows Free Transfer 27 August 2020 FW 29 Aman Chetri Chennaiyin FC II N/A 13 September 2020 DF 2 Reagan Singh NorthEast United FC Free Transfer 13 September 2020 DF 3 Lalchhuanmawia Odisha FC Free Transfer 21 September 2020 DF 5 Enes Sipović Umm Salal SC Free Transfer 4 October 2020 DF 20 Memo Jamshedpur FC Free Transfer 11 October 2020 FW 99 Esmaël Gonçalves Matsumoto Yamaga FC Free Transfer 15 October 2020 FW 19 Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev FK Khujand ₹2.50M 20 October 2020 FW9 Jakub Sylvestr Hapoel Haifa F.C. Free Transfer 28 October 2020 GK 26 BY Revanth Chennaiyin FC II N/A 28 October 2020 DF 35 Balaji Ganesan Chennaiyin FC II N/A 28 October 2020 DF 36 Aqib Nawab Chennaiyin FC II N/A 11 January 2021 MF 14 Manuel Lanzarote UE Sant Andreu Free Transfer In bold:Winter transfer
Transfers out Exit date Player To club Transfer Type Ref. 8 August 2020 FW 9 Nerijus Valskis Jamshedpur Free Transfer 25 August 2020 FW 10 Dragoș FirțulescuFree Agent - 7 September 2020 DF 3 Tondonba Singh Mumbai Free Transfer 3 September 2020 DF 26 Laldinliana Renthlei Jamshedpur Free Transfer 7 September 2020 GK 33 Sanjiban Ghosh Northeast Free Transfer 7 September 2020 DF 25 Zohmingliana Ralte Sudeva Free Transfer 7 September 2020 MF 5 Masih Saighani Free Agent - 8 September 2020 DF 6 Lucian Goian Free Agent - 8 September 2020 FW 12 Jeje Lalpekhlua East Bengal Free Transfer 11 March 2021 FW9 Jakub Sylvestr Zalgiris Free Transfer 20 March 2021 FW 19 Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev ZSKA Dushanbe Free Transfer In bold:Winter Transfer
Preseason and friendlies
Owing the COVID-19 pandemic, all the clubs including Chennaiyin FC couldn't have a proper preseason. The preseason time was cut short this season. The Chennaiyin began their preseason against one of their fellow Indian Super League opponent, Mumbai City FC on 2 November 2020.
Competitions Indian Super League
League table
Result summary
Results by round
Matches
Squad statistics
Squad statistics ISLSuper CupTotalGames played 20 0 20Games won 3 0 3Games drawn 11 0 11Games lost 6 0 6Goals scored 17 0 17Goals conceded 23 0 23Goal difference -6 0 -6Clean sheets 6 0 6Yellow cards 46 0 46Red cards 1 0 1
Statistics 2020–21 Indian Super League Statistics
Goal scorers
Rank Player name Goals1 Isma 4 Lallianzuala Chhangte2 Anirudh Thapa2 Rahim Ali Jakub Sylvestr3 Rafael Crivellaro1 Manuel Lanzarote Fatkhullo Fatkhuloev
Assists Rank Player name Assists1Jakub Sylvestr 42Edwin Vanspaul23Lallianzuala Chhangte1 Rafael Crivellaro Isma Reagan Singh
Yellow cards Rank Player name Yellow Cards 1 Reagan Singh 62Deepak Tangri4 Enes Sipovic Memo Jerry Lalrinzuala3Rafael Crivellaro3 Thoi Singh Eli Sabia Vishal Kaith4Manuel Lanzarote2 Germanpreet Singh Rahim Ali Isma5Anirudh Thapa1 Edwin Sydney Vanspaul Jakub Sylvestr Lallianzuala Chhangte
Red cards Rank Player name Red Cards 1 Enes Sipovic 1
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