Viva Chennai FC
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| Full name | Viva Chennai Football Club | ||
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| Short name | VCFC | ||
| Ground | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai) | ||
| Capacity | 40,000 | ||
| Head coach | C. M. Renjith | ||
| League | CFA Senior Division | ||
| 2022 | CFA Senior Division League, Champions | ||
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Viva Chennai Football Club is an Indian professional football club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu that competes in the CFA Senior Division of the Chennai Football League.[1] Viva Chennai won the 2022 CFA Senior Division.[2][3][4][5]
History
[edit]Viva Chennai Football Club was formed after C.M. Renjit took over Star Juvenile club from the previous owner. The club was renamed when it joined the CFA Super Division league after 2 years. Currently the club is owned by V.C. Praveen, president of Gokulam Kerala FC.[2][6][7]
"There are a lot of talented players in Tamil Nadu. But we don't have any proper tournaments apart from the CFA league here. So a lot of players lose interest and don't want to take up football seriously. We want to give them that platform. Our aim is to play in the I-League. We could have directly bid for a team next year but then we wanted to take the difficult path of qualifying through second division. This will be a great chance for the talented players to prove themselves."
C.M. Renjith, co-owner and head coach of Viva Chennai, on the club's aim to play I-League.[2]
Viva Chennai won the CFA Super Division in 2022, making it biggest club achievement.
Honours
[edit]Domestic league
[edit]- Chennai Football League
- Champions (1): 2022
Notable players
[edit]Affiliated club(s)
[edit]The following club is currently affiliated with Viva Chennai FC:
- Gokulam Kerala FC (2018–present)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dasgupta, Damayanti (13 May 2016). "Orok eyes CFA title with Viva before joining Kolkata club". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Chennai: The Times of India. TNN. Archived from the original on 20 September 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
- ^ a b c Saharoy, Shilarze (2 December 2017). "Viva Chennai: Viva Chennai likely to play I-League 2nd division". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Viva Chennai 2018". Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Reporter, Sports (25 May 2016). "Viva Chennai holds Indian Bank". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "Chennaiyin FC beats Viva Chennai FC". www.mid-day.com. 18 January 2018. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "FC Goa beat Viva chennai". oHeraldo. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "FC Goa edge past Viva Chennai in AWES Cup". Khel Now. 6 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ Mohamed, Farzan. "Gokulam Kerala FC sign Sinivasan Pandiyan for I-League season". www.sportskeeda.com. Archived from the original on 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Viva Chennai FC on Facebook
- Viva Chennai FC at Soccerway
- Viva Chennai FC at Flashscore