The 2021–22 Chennaiyin FC season is the club's eighth season since its establishment in 2014 as well as their eighth season in 2021–22 Indian Super League season.
Technical staff
Coaching Staff Position Name Head Coach Bozidar Bandovic Assistant Coach Bojan Ofenbeher Assistant Coach Syed Sabir Pasha Goalkeeping Coach Milorad Nikolic Assistant Sports Scientist Atharva Tere Medical staff Position Name Team Doctor Dr. Ashay Jadhav Head Physio Rajiv Kumar Senior Masseur Nitin Patel Junior Masseur Raju Salve Management Staff Position Name Team Manager Arihant Jain Head of Football Operations Pratham Basu Kit Manager Parthiban Manogar Kit Manager Senthil Kumaran Reserve and Academy coach Santosh Kashyap Board of Directors Position Name Owner MS Dhoni Owner Abhishek Bachchan Owner Vita Dani
First-team squad
denotes a player who is unavailable for rest of the season.
No.NameNationalityPosition(s)Date of Birth (Age)Contract untilSigned FromGoalkeepers13Vishal KaithGK 2022 FC Pune City24Debjit MajumderGK2023 SC East Bengal27Samik MitraGK2022 Indian Arrows35Devansh DabasGK2023 Lonestar Kashmir FCDefenders 2Reagan SinghRB2023 NorthEast United FC3Mohammad Sajid DhotCB2022 Odisha FC5Salam Ranjan SinghCB2023 ATK Mohun Bagan FC8Edwin Sydney VanspaulRB/CM/CDM2023 Chennai City FC18Jerry LalrinzualaLB/LM2022 AIFF Elite Academy21Narayan DasLB/CB2023 SC East Bengal23Slavko DamjanovićCB2022 FK TSC Bačka Topola26Deepak DevraniCB2022 Gokulam Kerala FC32Davinder SinghRB2022Free Agent36Aqib NawabCB/RB2022 Chennaiyin FC B43Balaji GanesanLB/LM2022 Chennaiyin FC B47Rahul ManjulaLB/LM2022 Chennaiyin FC U-16Midfielders12Ninthoi MeeteiRW/RM/RB2024 NorthEast United FC7Lallianzuala ChhangteLW/LM2022 Delhi Dynamos FC10Rafael Crivellaro CM/AM2023 C.D. Feirense15Anirudh Thapa (Captain)CM/AM2023 AIFF Elite Academy16Ariel Borysiuk CM/CDM/CB2022 Jagiellonia Bialystok28Germanpreet Singh CM/CDM2022 Minerva Punjab FC38Subhadip MajhiCM/CDM/CB2024 Kalighat FC77Vladimir KomanAM/CM2022 Hatta ClubForwards11Rahim AliST/LW/RW2023 Indian Arrows17Mirlan MurzaevFW/LW/AM2023 FC Dordoi Bishkek22Jobby JustinST/RW2023 ATK Mohun Bagan FC42Suhail PashaFW/AM2022 Chennai City FC45Mohamed LiyaakathST2022Indian Arrows50Johnson MathewsFW/AM/RW2022 Bank of India99Lukasz GikiewiczST2022 East Riffa9Nerijus ValskisST2022 Jamshedpur
Contract extensions Player Contract untilRef. 8 MF Edwin Sydney Vanspaul 2023 11 FW Rahim Ali 2023 2 DF Reagan Singh 2023 10 MF Rafael Crivellaro 2023
Transfer denotes a player who is signed in Winter Transfer. denotes a player who is signed at End of season.
Transfer in Entry datePlayer From club Transfer Fee Ref. 29 June 2021 DF 21 Narayan Das SC East Bengal Free Transfer 2 July 2021 DF 5 Salam Ranjan Singh ATK Mohun Bagan Free Transfer 7 July 2021 GK 24 Debjit Majumder SC East Bengal Free Transfer 25 July 2021 FW 22 Jobby Justin ATK Mohun Bagan Free Transfer 4 August 2021 DF 26 Deepak Devrani Gokulam Kerala FC Free Transfer 5 August 2021 DF 23 Slavko Damjanović Bačka Topola Free Transfer 10 August 2021 MF 16 Ariel Borysiuk Jagiellonia Free Transfer 13 August 2021 DF 32 Davinder Singh Free Agent - 21 August 2021 FW 99 Łukasz Gikiewicz East Riffa Free Transfer 23 August 2021 FW 17 Mirlan Murzaev FC Dordoi Bishkek Free Transfer 31 August 2021 FW 12 Ninthoi Meetei Northeast United FC ₹3.00M 4 September 2021 MF 77 Vladimir Koman Hatta Club Free Transfer 10 September 2021 MF 42 Syed Suhail Pasha Chennai City F.C. Free Transfer 10 September 2021 GK 35 Devansh Dabas Lonestar Kashmir FC Free Transfer 10 September 2021 MF 30 Melroy Melwin Assisi Hyderia FC Free Transfer 10 September 2021 MF 38 Subhadip Majhi Kalighat FC Free Transfer 1 November 2021 MF 50 Johnson Joseph Mathews Bank of India Free Transfer 1 November 2021 FW 47 Mohamed Liyaakath Indian Arrows Free Transfer 1 November 2021 DF 45 Rahul Manjula Chennaiyin FC U-16 - 1 January 2022 FW 9 Nerijus Valskis Jamshedpur Free Transfer 2 January 2022 DF 3 Mohammad Sajid Dhot Odisha Free Transfer 31 May 2022 FW 7 Lallianzuala Chhangte Mumbai City FC End of Loan
Transfer out
Exit date Player To club Transfer Fee Ref. 29 June 2021 MF 22 Deepak Tangri ATK Mohun Bagan Free Transfer 1 July 2021 MF 14 Manuel Lanzarote Free Agent - 1 July 2021 GK 26 B Y Revanth Free Agent - 30 July 2021 DF 5 Enes Sipović Kerala Blasters FC Free Transfer 17 August 2021 MF 20 Memo Free Agent - 18 August 2021 FW 99 IsmaFree Agent - 20 August 2021 FW 11 Thoi Singh Free Agent - 23 August 2021 GK 1 Karanjit Singh Free Agent - > 31 August 2021 DF 13 Eli Sabiá Jamshedpur FC Free Transfer 9 September 2021 MF 21 Abhijit Sarkar Free Agent - 9 September 2021 MF 16 Sinivasan Pandiyan Gokulam Kerala - 15 September 2021 DF 3 Lalchhuanmawia Roundglass Punjab FC Free Transfer 1 December 2021 FW 29 Aman Chetri Rajasthan United FC Free Transfer 1 December 2021 DF 23 Remi Aimol Free Agent - 25 December 2021 MF 30 Melroy Melwin Assisi Rajasthan United FC Free Transfer 31 January 2022 FW 7 Lallianzuala Chhangte Mumbai City FC Loan Transfer In Blue:Winter Transfer
Pre-season and friendlies
Competition
Indian Super League
Summary
League table
Result summary
Results by round
Matches
Squad statistics
ISLSuper CupTotalGames played 20 0 20Games won 5 0 5Games drawn 5 0 5Games lost 10 0 10Goals scored 17 0 17Goals conceded 35 0 35Goal difference -18 0 -18Clean sheets 3 0 3Yellow cards 13 0 13Red cards 0 0 0
Statistics 2021–22 Indian Super League season Statistics
Goal scorers
Rank Player name Matches Goals1 Vladimir Koman92 Mirlan Murzaev2 Lallianzuala Chhangte91 Anirudh Thapa Rahim Ali Łukasz Gikiewicz Germanpreet Singh 5
Assists Rank Player name Matches Assists1Mirlan Murzaev 9 22 Lallianzuala Chhangte91 Vladimir Koman Łukasz Gikiewicz Germanpreet Singh5
Yellow cards Rank Player name Matches Yellow Cards1Rahim Ali932 Reagan Singh92Narayan Das4 Slavko Damjanović91 Lallianzuala Chhangte Anirudh Thapa Ariel Borysiuk Łukasz Gikiewicz Germanpreet Singh 5
Red cards
References