Bangalore ISL team
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| Full name | Chennaiyin Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Marina Machans |
| Short name | CFC |
| Founded | August 14 2014 |
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai |
| Capacity | 27,877 |
| Owner |
Abhishek Bachchan MS Dhoni Vita Dani |
| Manager |
 John Gregory
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| League | Indian Super League and Indian super cup |
| 2017–18 | Regular season: 2nd of 10 Finals: Champions |
| Website | Club website |
Chennaiyin FC (Hindi: चेन्नइयिन एफसी) is an Indian Super League football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. Chennaiyin are the reigning champions winning the 2017-18 Indian Super League season, and also having won it previously in 2015 season, making them as joint highest winners of the league along with Atletico de Kolkata.
The franchise is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Its manager is former English Midfielder John Gregory. The team's name Chennaiyin FC means Chennai's football club in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar to Apostrophe s in English. The team's logo is the Dhrishti Bommai, a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture.
The club is also known for its recently increased fan base, which also has two official supporters group, B- Stand Blues and Super Machans. Chennaiyin FC enjoys a healthy rivalries with its neighbourhood state clubs Bengaluru FC and Kerala Blasters, where any match between the trio is referred as 'The Southern Derby'.
When the Indian Super League was founded in 2014, the city of Chennai was one of the nine proposed cities up for franchise bidding. However, on 11 April 2014 it was reported that Chennai's main bidder, a consortium led by Sunil Gavaskar would drop out due to commitments with the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Then, in August 2014, with two months before the 2014 ISL season, the Bangalore owners Sun Group dropped out due to disputes with the organizers. Initially reports came out that the ISL organizers were looking for bidders for new owners for the Bangalore franchise before it was revealed that Ronnie Screwvala and actor Abhishek Bachchan would together bid for a Chennai team instead of a Bangalore franchise.
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