{"id":29072,"date":"2016-09-30T03:34:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T03:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=29072"},"modified":"2016-09-30T03:34:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T03:34:07","slug":"indian-super-league-champions-chennaiyin-fc-unveil-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=29072","title":{"rendered":"Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC unveil squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-29071\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"357\" alt=\"Chennaiyin FC squad\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 8px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad.jpg 850w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-696x292.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>Chennai: Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC launched their squad ahead of the 2016 ISL here in the city on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Marco Materazzi, the rest of his coaching staff including assistant coach Syed Sabir Pasha and all the players including marquee player John Arne Riise addressed the local media at a press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Materazzi stated, &ldquo;We are all happy to be back in Chennai. We have enjoyed fantastic support in the first two seasons and are looking forward to defend the title. We all know how difficult it was for our people in Chennai last year during the floods. I know winning the trophy didn&rsquo;t solve their problems but we played for them and will try our best to keep the trophy in Chennai.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Squad<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeepers: Karanjit Singh, Pawan Kumar, Duwayne Kerr (Jamaica)<\/p>\n<p>Defenders: Abhishek Das, Mehrajuddin Wadoo, Dhanachandra Singh, Nallappan Mohanraj, Jerry Lalrinzuala (developmental player), Eli Sabia (Brazil), Eder Monteiro (Brazil), Bernard Mendy (France), John Arne Riise (Norway)<\/p>\n<p>Midfielders: Raphael Augusto (Brazil), Hans Mulder (Netherlands), Harmanjot Singh Khabra, Dhanpal Ganesh, Zakeer Mundampara, Siam Hanghal, Baljit Sahni, Thoi Singh, Anirudh Thapa (developmental player), Bodo Baoringdao (developmental player), Bedashwor Singh (developmental player), Manuele Blasi (Italy)<\/p>\n<p>Forwards: David Succi (Italy), Maurizio Peluso (Italy), Prosenjit Chakraborty (developmental player), Uttam Rai (developmental player), Jayesh Rane, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Dudu Omagbemi (Nigeria)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-29071\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad.jpg\" width=\"850\" height=\"357\" alt=\"Chennaiyin FC squad\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 8px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad.jpg 850w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-768x323.jpg 768w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Chennaiyin-FC-squad-696x292.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/>Chennai: Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC launched their squad ahead of the 2016 ISL here in the city on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Head coach Marco Materazzi, the rest of his coaching staff including assistant coach Syed Sabir Pasha and all the players including marquee player John Arne Riise addressed the local media at a press conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[11709,12975,466,7563,7564,12209,17043,5833],"class_list":["post-29072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football-football","tag-chennaiyin-fc","tag-football-news","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-indian-super-league","tag-isl","tag-john-arne-riise","tag-marco-materazzi","tag-syed-sabir-pasha"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC unveil squad - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=29072\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC unveil squad - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chennai: Indian Super League champions Chennaiyin FC launched their squad ahead of the 2016 ISL here in the city on Thursday evening. 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