2019–20 Chennaiyin FC Season
The 2019–20 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's sixth season since its establishment in 2014 and their sixth season in the Indian Super League. Players Technical staff Transfers Transfers in Transfers out Competitions Chennaiyin travelled to the TransStadia in Ahmedabad and JRD Tata Sports Complex in Jamshedpur for their pre-season tour ahead of the new season. There, the club was set to play friendlies with Ahmedabad's ARA club on September 15 whereas they will start Ahmedabad campaign on September 1. On September 20, Chennaiyin will travel to Jamshedpur. Its opponents and dates for preseason friendlies in Jamshedpur will be confirmed later. Chennaiyin FC, Gokulam Kerala FC play out draw in pre-season friendly on October 8. Indian Super League Standings League Results by round Matchday Squad appearances and goals , - ! colspan=10 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center, Goalkeepers , - ! colsp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chennaiyin FC
Chennaiyin Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football. The club was founded in August 2014 during the inaugural season of the Indian Super League. One of the most successful clubs in the history of the league, it has won the Indian Super League title on two occasions, in the 2015 and 2017–18 seasons respectively. The club is owned by Vita Dani, Bollywood actor Abhishek Bachchan and Indian cricketer MS Dhoni. The team's name ''Chennaiyin FC'' means ''Chennai's football club'' in Tamil where the 'yin' suffix is similar to a possessive 's' in English. The club's primary colour is blue ever since its inception and its logo is the ''Dhrishti Bommai'', a representation of chasing away negativity and preserving positivity in the Tamil culture. History Origin When the Indian Super League was founded in 2014, the city of Chennai was one of the nine proposed ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thoi Singh
Khangebam Thoi Singh (born 5 October 1990) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Real Kashmir in the I-League. Youth career Thoi started his career when representing his state Manipur in the Mir Iqbal Hussain Trophy, a National level under-16 sub-junior trophy. Thoi signed his first professional contract with Chennai-based Indian Bank in 2006 to represent them in the I-League 2nd Division. Senior career His performances with the southern side attracted the interest of Maharashtra-based (now defunct) Mahindra United, where he signed a 3-year contract in 2007. The highlight of his time at Mahindra includes a tournament winning goal in the final of the 2008 Durand Cup against Churchill Brothers. Thoi joined Goan-based Salgaocar in 2010 for the 2010-11 season where he won the league with Salgaocar, though only appearing 8 times and scoring once, and was predominantly used as a squad player. He accepted Bhaichung Bhutia's inviatiton to play for I-Lea ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hapoel Tel Aviv
Hapoel Tel Aviv ( he, הפועל תל אביב) is a sports club in Israel, founded in the 1920s, and part of the Hapoel association. It runs several sports clubs and teams in Tel Aviv which have competed in a variety of sports over the years, such as football, basketball, weightlifting and others. Hapoel Tel Aviv is well known for its red uniforms. Notable members *Michael Beilin (born 1976), Olympic Greco-Roman wrestler * Vered "Vardush" Buskila (born 1983), Olympic sailor * Gil Cohen (born 1992), Olympic sailor * Maayan Davidovich (born 1988), Olympic windsurfer *Anat Fabrikant (born 1975), Olympic competitive sailor * Yehoshua Feigenbaum (born 1947), Olympic football player * Udi Gal (born 1979), Olympic sailor and world championship bronze medalist * Max Geller (born 1971), Olympic wrestler *Eliezer Halfin (1948–72) Olympic wrestler; killed in Munich Massacre *Michal Hein (born 1968), Olympic windsurfer *Gideon Kliger (born 1980), Olympic sailor and world championship bro ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chennai City FC
Chennai City Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, that last competed in the I-League, then one of the top flights of Indian football league system, and Chennai Football League. Established in 1946 as Nethaji Sports Club, the club spent its grand majority of history by competing in state leagues and city tournaments until entering the national stage in 2016. On 11 December 2016, nicknamed ''the Lions'', Chennai City was awarded a direct-entry spot into the I-League for 2016–17 season, and became champion in the 2018–19 season. History Formation and early years The club was founded in 1946 as ''Netaji Sports Club'', by five friends, SV Kanagasabai, E Vadivelu, TR Govindarajan, PV Chellappa and K Ekambaram. Nethaji Sports Club, affiliated with Tamil Nadu Football Association (TNFA), has appeared in several state competitions including Vittal trophy, TFA Shield and Chennai District Football League. The club always used to ha ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Karanjit Singh
Karanjit Singh Parmar (born 8 January 1986) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Indian Super League club Kerala Blasters. Club career Born in Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India, Karanjit started playing football at the age of 15. He was spotted at a local tournament by the former India national team head coach Sukhwinder Singh. Subsequently, he was called for JCT in 2004, where he spent six seasons. He moved to Salgaocar in 2010 and won the 2010–11 I-League in debut season. Chennaiyin Karanjit was drafted by Indian Super League club Chennaiyin in 2015 ISL player auction. He appeared in four league games in the 2015 ISL but didn't managed to keep any clean sheets. Chennaiyin won their first ever ISL title with a 3–2 win against Goa in the final and Karanjit won his second league title. In January 2016, he was loaned out to Salgaocar for the 2015–16 I-League. He signed a two-year contract extension with Chennaiyin in July 2017 ahead of the 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Syed Sabir Pasha
Syed Sabir Pasha (born 5 November 1972) is a former Indian football player and technical director at All India Football Federation. During his playing days, Pasha played for Indian Bank in the National Football League from 1991 to 2007 and represented India between 1993 and 2001. Playing career Born in Tamil Nadu, Pasha started his career with Indian Bank in 1991. With Indian Bank, he won several titles including 2001–02 I-League Second Division, Chennai Super League,India regional tournaments 1997/98 ''Rsssf''. Retrieved 16 August 2021 Tamil Nadu State League. He also won Lal Bahadur Shastri Cup in 1998 [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sandy Stewart (footballer)
Alexander Stewart (born 14 October 1965 in Bellshill) is a Scottish football player and coach. Stewart played as a full-back for Hearts, Kilmarnock, Airdrieonians, Partick Thistle and Airdrie United. He became the latter club's first manager, and has been an assistant manager at several clubs in Scotland, England, the United States and India, working with Owen Coyle. Playing career Early years Stewart grew up supporting Rangers and trained as a welder on leaving school. He began his career with Eastwood Juveniles before joining Pollok of the Junior grade in 1986, aged 20. Over a year later, he joined Heart of Midlothian. However, in his spell at Tynecastle he only made one appearance, in the East of Scotland Shield in May 1988. He then moved on to Kilmarnock where he played in seven matches towards the end of the 1988–89 season and scored his first senior goal, although at its conclusion the club were relegated to the third division on goal difference. Airdrieonians S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rahim Ali
Rahim Ali ( bn, রহিম আলি; born 21 April 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin and the India national team. Club career Earlier career Born in Barrackpore, West Bengal, Ali was part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch that was preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in India. After the tournament, Ali was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time. He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against Chennai City. He came on as a 73rd-minute substitute for Rahul Praveen as Indian Arrows won 3–0. Chennaiyin On 31 May 2019, Ali signed with Chennaiyin and appeared in the 2019–20 Indian Super League. They lost to Odisha on 6 January 2020 and won a game against Hyderabad by 3–1. International career Ali represented the India und ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Rafael Crivellaro
Rafael Schuler Crivellaro (born 18 February 1989) is a Brazilian professional Association football, footballer who plays as an Midfielder#Attacking midfielder, attacking midfielder for Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC, Chennaiyin. Career Born in Porto Alegre, Crivellaro youth development was spent at Sport Club Internacional, Internacional and Empoli F.C., Empoli. In 2009, he joined, Sociedade Esportiva e Recreativa Caxias do Sul competing in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C, third tier. From there, he moved to Guaratinguetá Futebol, Guaratinguetá making his professional debut on 19 October 2010 in a match against Associação Desportiva Recreativa e Cultural Icasa, Icasa. Crivellaro joined Vitória Guimarães in January 2011, being loaned to Trofense for the 2011–12 Liga de Honra, 2011-12 season on 26 August 2011. The following year, he returned to Guimarães, competing in their first team, but also having short stints in their Vitória de Guimarães B, reserve-sid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Germanpreet Singh
Germanpreet Singh (born 24 June 1996) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Jamshedpur in the Indian Super League. Career Born in Gurdaspur, Punjab, Singh is a graduate of the AIFF Academy. He signed for Dempo of the I-League and made his professional debut on 27 January 2015 against Sporting Goa. He came on as a 5th-minute substitute for Peter Carvalho as Dempo won 3–0. He scored his first ever professional goal in his next match on 7 February 2015 against Royal Wahingdoh. After coming off the bench at half-time, Singh scored what would be the opening goal of the game for Dempo but the match still ended 1–1. Chennaiyin In 2017, Germanpreet signed from Minerva Punjab on a 3 year deal. He only made a single appearance in his first season. On 30 September 2018, he was included in the game squad for the opening match. He made a total of 11 appearances for his team before the AFC Asian Cup Break. International Germanpreet represented the I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Deepak Tangri
Deepak Tangri (born 1 February 1999) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for Indian Super League club Mohun Bagan and the India national team. Club career Tangri started his football career with Mohun Bagan. In November 2017, it was announced that Tangri was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time. He made his professional debut for the side on 5 December 2017 against Minerva Punjab. He started but couldn't prevent the Indian Arrows from losing 2–0. Mohun Bagan SG On 29 June 2021, Deepak Tangri was signed by Mohun Bagan SG on a two-year contract. International career At international level, Tangri had represented India at both U-19 and U-23 levels. He received a surprise maiden call-up to the senior national team squad by Igor Štimac for 2023 AFC Asian Cup in Qatar. He made his debut for India on 13 Ja ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Abhijit Sarkar (footballer)
Abhijit Sarkar (born 5 January 2000) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Mohammedan in the I-League. He has represented India at various youth levels, and also played for them in the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup. Career Born in Bandel, West Bengal, Sarkar was part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch that was preparing for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup to be hosted in India. After the tournament, Sarkar was selected to play for the Indian Arrows, an All India Football Federation-owned team that would consist of India under-20 players to give them playing time. He made his professional debut for the side in the Arrow's first match of the season against Chennai City. He came on as a 90th-minute substitute for Jeakson Singh Thounaojam as Indian Arrows won 3–0. On 10 February 2018 Sarkar came on as a substitute and scored twice in injury time to lift the arrows to a 2–1 victory over Churchill Brothers. After an impressive season, he signed f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |