Chennaiyin F.C.
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| Full name | Chennaiyin Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | Marina Machans |
| Founded | 2014 |
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai |
| Capacity | 40,000 |
| Owner |
Abhishek Bachchan Vita Dani M S Dhoni |
| Manager | Sabir Pasha |
| League | Indian Super League |
| 2016 | Regular season: 7th Finals: DNQ |
| Website | Club home page |
| The Marina Arena | |
| Address | India |
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| Location | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Owner | Government of Tamil Nadu |
| Capacity | 38,000 |
| Tenants | |
| Chennaiyin FC Tamil Nadu football team |
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Chennaiyin FC (CFC) is an Indian Super League football franchise based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The franchise began to play in October 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. They were the Indian Super League champions for the year 2015. Home of Golden Boot winners.
The franchise is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Its manager is Italian World Cup-winning defender Marco Materazzi and former Liverpool, Roma left back John Arne Riise is the marquee player. 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 negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture.
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. Then, on 14 August 2014, it was reported that ISL officials were inspecting the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai for the proposed team.
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