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Chennaiyin FC

Chennaiyin
Chennaiyin FC Logo.png
Full name Chennaiyin Football Club
Nickname(s) Marina Machans
Founded 2014; 3 years ago (2014)
Ground Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Ground 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 chennaiyinfc.com
Current season
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
The Marina Arena
Address India
Location Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Owner Government of Tamil Nadu
Capacity 38,000
Tenants
Chennaiyin FC
Tamil Nadu football team

Chennaiyin FC (CFC) is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu which competes in the Indian Super League. The club 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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