The 2025–26 Chennaiyin season is the club's Twelfth season since its establishment in 2014 as well as their Twelfth season in 2025–26 Indian Super League.In addition to the league, they will also compete in the 2025–26 AIFF Super Cup edition.
Staff Overview Position NameHead coach Clifford MirandaAssistant coach Noel Wilson Goalkeeping coach Rajat Ghosh Dastidar
Players Squad information
Notes: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. All players in this Squad were part of Indian Super League Chennaiyin FC Squad for Super Cup included only 24 players among this original Squad denotes a player who left on Winter transfer window. denotes a player who joined on Winter transfer window.
NameNationalityPosition(s)Date of birth (age)Signed fromGoalkeepers 1Samik MitraGK Indian Arrows 13Mohammad NawazGK Mumbai City FC 24Mohanraj KGK Chennaiyin FC IIDefenders4LaldinpuiaCB/RB Jamshedpur FC5ElsinhoCB/DM Jamshedpur FC6Ankit MukherjeeRB/CB East Bengal FC17Mandar Rao DessaiLB East Bengal FC20Pritam KotalCB/RB Kerala Blasters FC23Vignesh DakshinamurthyLB Hyderabad FC26Laldinliana RenthleiRB Jamshedpur FC 42SK Rajjak AliDF Chennaiyin FC II 50Klusner John Manuel PereiraLB SC de Goa 57Raj Basfore CB Mohun Bagan SG IIEduardo KauCB Ayutthaya United F.C.Midfielders8Jitendra SinghDM/CM/CB Jamshedpur FC 21Maheson Singh TongbramDM Punjab FC 22Lalrinliana HnamteCM/DM/RM Mohun Bagan Super Giant 37Jiteshwor SinghDM/CM NEROCA FC 44Solaimalai R DM Chennaiyin FC II 45Ngangom Raman SinghMF Chennaiyin FC II 46Karthick ThirumalaiMF Chennaiyin FC II 51Kingsley FernandesCM/DM Churchill Brothers FC Alberto NogueraAM/CM CF Rayo MajadahondaMohammed Ali BemammerDM/CMWithout Club Forwards 19Irfan YadwadCF/LW FC Bengaluru United 27Daniel Chima ChukwuCF Jamshedpur FC 48Vivek SFW Chennaiyin FC II71Farukh ChoudharyLW/RW Jamshedpur FC 77Gurkirat SinghRW/CF/LW Mumbai City FC Imran KhanRW/LWWithout Club Iñigo MartinCF FC Telavi
Transfers
Incomings Date PlayerPosition(s) From Fee 24 October 2025 Kingsley Fernandes CM/DM Churchill Brothers FCFree Transfer 24 October 2025 Raj Basfore CB Mohun Bagan SG IIFree Transfer 24 October 2025 Klusner John Manuel Pereira LB SC de GoaFree Transfer 26 January 2026 Imran Khan RW/LW Without ClubFree Transfer 28 January 2026 Alberto Noguera AM/CM CF Rayo MajadahondaFree Transfer 29 January 2026 Mohammed Ali Bemammer DM/CM Without Club Free Transfer 29 January 2026 Iñigo Martin CF FC TelaviFree Transfer 30 January 2026 Eduardo Kau CB Ayutthaya United F.C.Free Transfer Spending:
Outgoings Date Player Position(s) To Fee 12 June 2024 Wilmar Jordán CF FC MotaguaFree Transfer 12 June 2024 Prateek Kumar Singh GK Sribhumi FCFree Transfer 18 June 2024 Edwin Sydney Vanspaul DM/RB Without Club Other 19 June 2024 Ryan Edwards CB Without Club Other 20 June 2024 Connor Shields AM/CM/DM Without Club Other 4 July 2024 Kiyan Nassiri CF/LW/RW Mohun Bagan Super Giant 14 July 2024 Vincy Barretto LW/RW Jamshedpur FCFree Transfer 10 August 2024 Lukas Brambilla AM/LW/RW Al-Fahaheel SCFree Transfer Income:
Competitions Overall record
Super Cup
Chennaiyin FC will participate in the Super Cup and was grouped into Group A alongside Mohun Bagan Super Giants, East Bengal FC and Dempo SC.
Group stage
Matches
Indian Super League
League table
References