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2017–18 Chennaiyin FC Season
The 2017–18 Chennaiyin FC season was the club's fourth season since its establishment in 2014 and their fourth season in the Indian Super League. Transfers Pre-season In: Out: Squad Technical staff Competitions Indian Super League League table Results summary Results by round Matches = League stage = =Playoffs= =Final= Indian Super Cup As one of the top six teams in Indian Super League, Chennaiyin FC qualified for the main round in 2018 Indian Super Cup. Chennaiyin FC will meet the fifth placed I-League side Aizawl F.C. Aizawl FC is an Indian professional football club based in Aizawl, Mizoram, that competes in the I-League. Incorporated in 1984, the club earned the entry in India's top-tier league in 2015–16, after winning 2015 I-League 2nd Division. Nickn ... in Round of 16 match. Squad statistics Appearances an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Gregory Nelson
Gregory Nelson (born 31 January 1988) is a Dutch professional footballer who last played for Chennaiyin FC in the Indian Super League, as a winger. Early and personal life Born in Amsterdam, Nelson is of Surinamese descent. Club career Nelson began his career with AZ and RBC, playing for the latter after a loan deal was made permanent. After being released by RBC following their bankruptcy, he was without a club until he signed for Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia in June 2010. In January 2012, he signed for Ukrainian club Metalurh Donetsk on a three-and-a-half year contract. During his time in the Ukraine, a war with Russia began, and the club had to relocate to Kiev for safety. In October 2015, after Metalurh Donetsk went bankrupt, he returned to Bulgaria to sign for Botev Plovdiv. On 23 October 2015, on his debut for the club, Nelson scored the winning goal against Pirin Blagoevgrad. In January 2017 he signed for Kazakhstan Premier League side FC Kaisar. After his contract w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chennai City F
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city in the country and forms the fourth-most populous urban agglomeration. The Greater Chennai Corporation is the civic body responsible for the city; it is the oldest city corporation of India, established in 1688—the second oldest in the world after London. The city of Chennai is coterminous with Chennai district, which together with the adjoining suburbs constitutes the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the 36th-largest urban area in the world by population and one of the largest metropolitan economies of India. The traditional and de facto gateway of South India, Chennai is among the most-visited Indian cities by foreign tourists. It was ranked the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhanpal Ganesh
Dhanpal Ganesh (born 13 June 1994) is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chennaiyin in the Indian Super League. Career Pune Born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Ganesh became the first player from the Pune Academy to sign with the first-team at Pune in July 2011. He made his professional debut for the club on 18 December 2011 against Churchill Brothers at the Fatorda Stadium; he came on in the 94th minute for Othallo Tabia as Pune won the match 2–0. He made his first start for the club in the I-League on 18 April 2012 against Salgaocar in a 2–0. Pailan Arrows (loan) For the 2012–13 I-League season Ganesh was loaned out to the Pailan Arrows for the whole season. He made his debut for the Arrows on 28 August 2012 in the Durand Cup against Air India in which he started as Arrows drew the match 1–1. He then made his league debut for Pailan Arrows on the league opening day against Mumbai on 6 October 2013. He came on as an 87th-minute substitute for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anorthosis Famagusta FC
Anorthosis Famagusta ( el, Ανόρθωση Αμμοχώστου, translit=Anorthosi Ammochostou), commonly known as Anorthosis in English or Anorthosi in Greek, is a Cypriot football club, part of the Anorthosis Famagusta multi-sport club founded in 1911 in Varosha, Famagusta.Ιστορικά γεγονότα , Anorthosis Famagusta Official Website Anorthosis was one of the founding clubs of the in 1934. After the in 1974, they were fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iñigo Calderón
Íñigo Calderón Zapatería (born 4 January 1982) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right-back, currently assistant manager of Deportivo Alavés B. He played for Alicante and Alavés in Spain, joining Brighton & Hove Albion in 2010 and going on to remain several years with the club while appearing in 232 competitive games. Club career Spain Born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, Basque Country, Calderón started his professional career with Alicante CF in the Segunda División B, achieving two first-place finishes and one third during his three-year spell but seeing his team consecutively fail in the promotion play-offs. In 2007, he moved to Deportivo Alavés (he had already represented its C and B sides early in his career), playing two Segunda División seasons – often serving as team captain– and suffering relegation in his second year. Brighton & Hove Albion On 7 January 2010, after a spell on trial, Calderón signed with Football League One cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai F
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million (2.3 crore). Mumbai lies on the Konkan coast on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2008, Mumbai was named an alpha world city. It has the highest number of millionaires and billionaires among all cities i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Riga FC
Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016 the club has been playing in the Virslīga. History The club was officially registered in April 2014. The team was established before the 2015 season after a merger of two Riga based teams – ''FC Caramba'' and ''Dinamo Rīga''. In the 2015 season the team played in the Latvian First League under the name of FC Caramba/Dinamo, since Caramba had won promotion to the 1. līga after winning the Latvian Second League in 2014. After winning the First League and promotion to the Higher League, the club changed its name to Riga FC. In 2018 was appointed as coach the Ukrainian Viktor Skrypnyk, where he managed to lead to win two Latvian Higher Leagues in 2018, 2019 and the Latvian Football Cup in 2018. Domestic European ;Notes * 1QR: First qualifying round * 2QR: Second qualifying round * 3QR: Third qualifying round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rene Mihelič
Rene Mihelič (born 5 July 1988) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for SC Kalsdorf. Club career Mihelič came through NK Maribor's youth academy, before making his senior team debut in September 2005. In 2010 he was signed by the Portuguese team Nacional. On 8 February 2013, Bulgarian side Levski Sofia confirmed Mihelič had joined on loan until the end of the season, with the option of making the move permanent. He made his official A PFG debut for Levski Sofia on 17 March 2013, after coming on as a substitute in the 0–0 home draw with Montana. Mihelič scored his first goal in his first appearance as a starter for Levski Sofia, netting the equalizer in the 1–1 away draw with PFC Cherno More Varna on 30 March 2013. Mihelič returned to Slovenia in October 2013, when he joined Zavrč. On 25 January 2014, Mihelič was signed by Hungarian League club Debrecen. On 22 July 2014, Mihelič scored his first goal in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions Lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Ilves
Tampereen Ilves (; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish football club, based in Tampere. They currently play in the Veikkausliiga, the highest level of professional football in Finland. They were formed in 1975 as a merger between Ilves-Kissat Tampere and TaPa Tampere, and joined the Premier Division in 1979. Ilves won the Finnish League championship in 1983 and the Finnish Cup on three occasions in 1979, 1990, and 2019. In the late 1990s, Ilves suffered financial trouble and its professional team was reformed into Tampere United before the 1999 season. The initial plan was to join Ilves with TPV, but TPV decided to continue as its own team. As a result, Tampere United inherited Ilves' place in the second highest division, and Ilves dissolved their men’s team. Thus the club did not have a men's team from 1999 to 2007. Their home ground is Tammelan Stadion. However, in 2020–2023, they are playing at Tampere Stadium, while waiting for a new Tammelan stadion to be built. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jude Nworuh
Jude Ikechukwu Nworuh (born 9 June 1989 in Lagos) is a Nigerian professional footballer who is currently playing for Hapoel Ramat Gan. Career Nworuh began his career at F.C. Ebedei in Lagos, Nigeria, which is the former youth team of Obafemi Martins and many other successful Nigerian footballers. He was a top scorer at F.C. Ebedei, which led to a move to the Danish Club, Midtjylland, who at the time were scouting heavily in Nigeria. On 20 September 2008 he was injured during a match, resulting in a skull fracture. He was operated later that night in Aarhus, and made a full recovery. He played his first UEFA Cup game in 2008, and featured again in the UEFA Europa League (''name change'') in 2011. He was loaned out to Fredericia to get more playing time and then on 4 September 2012 he signed a contract with AC Horsens. He has been a consistent scorer for AC Horsens, and has been their highest goalscorer every season after his first season with them. On 7 September 2017, Nworu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
