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Chennaiyin FC announced their full squad ahead of upcoming Indian Super League season. They will form 6 new foreigners with some existing and new coming Indian players for the tournament. German Coach Thomas Brardic will lead the team to bounce back the glory of Hero ISL to Chennaiyin after some bad seasons.  The squad is :-  Pic - Chennaiyin FC social media Goalkeepers :- DEBJIT MAJUMDER, SAMIK MITRA, DEVANSH DABAS, LOVEPREET SINGH. Defenders : - NARAYAN DAS, AAKASH SANGWAN, VAFA HAKHAMANESHI, FALLOU DIAGNE, GURMUKH SINGH AJITH KUMAR, MONOTOSH CHAKLADAR, MD. SAJID DHOT. Midfielders :- NASSER EL KHAYATI, JITESHWOR SINGH, ANIRUDH THAPA, EDWIN VANSPAUL, JULIUS DUKER, SAJAL BAG, CHRIS WHITE, MOHAMMED RAFIQUE, SOURAV DAS, SUHAIL PASHA. Forwards :- NINTHOI MEETEI, VINCY BARRETTO, RAHIM ALI, ROMARIO JESURAJ, PETAR SLISKOVIC, KWAME KARIKARI, PRASANTH K, JOCKSON DHAS, SENTHAMIZH, JOBBY JUSTIN, GULAB SINGH, MOHAMED LIYAAKATH.

In the third quarter final of ongoing Durand Cup 2022, Mumbai City defeated Chennaiyin FC by 5-3 to keep up their journey towards prestigious Durand Cup trophy. At Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata the match played for 120 minutes after having equalised in 90th minute. Greg Stewart send Mumbai City to semifinals by scoring a first hattrick for them. pic - Durand Cup social media In the starting of the match, Kwame Karikari takes a long ranger shot towards Mumbai City goal, but it saved by goalkeeper Purba Lachenpa. Then in 40th minute Mumbai City midfielder Ahmed Jahouh takes a pass to Amay Ranawade towards Chennaiyin goal and this time goalkeeper Debjit Majumder made a mistake. He fouled Amay Ranawade and Mumbai City takes the lead through penalty, goal scored by Greg Stewart. Also, referee showed yellow card to young Chennaiyin midfielder Sajal Bag for his desparate tackle.   But Chennaiyin FC returned to match by scoring the equaliser in 59th minute. Ninthoi placed a phen...

The young Indian forward Rahim Ali all set to extend his contract with Chennaiyin FC, which runs until 2024. pic - Rahim Ali The 22 year old forward, played in the FIFA U17 World Cup 2017, which was held in India. He made total three appearances for India in that tournament. He also played for India u20, u23 and for the senior national team also. He was in that team, which India won SAFF Championship 2021 in Maldives. He was the part of the AIFF Elite Academy batch 2017 and played for Indian Arrows for 2 years. Then he signed for Chennaiyin FC in 2019 and played 40 matches for them, scored 4 goals in total. There was rumours in the transfer market that the player could join East Bengal for the upcoming ISL season. But despite the interest from East Bengal, he signs a contract extension with Chennaiyin FC for two more years.