List of FC Cincinnati seasons

FC Cincinnati is a professional soccer club based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The club competed in the United Soccer League (now known as the USL Championship)^[1] for three seasons before being granted expansion to first-division Major League Soccer for the 2019 season. This seasons list contains results for both iterations of the franchise, with totals including combined statistics from both eras.^[2]^[3]

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Season	League										Position		Playoffs	USOC	LC	Continental / Other		Average attendance^[a]	Top goalscorer(s)^[b]
Season	Name	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Conf.	Overall	Playoffs	USOC	LC	Continental / Other		Average attendance^[a]	Name(s)	Goals
2016	USL	30	16	6	8	41	27	+14	56	1.87	3rd	3rd	R1	R3	NH	N/A		17,296	Sean Okoli	16♦
2017	USL	32	12	10	10	46	48	−2	46	1.44	6th	14th	R1	SF		DNQ		21,198	Baye Djiby Fall	16
2018	USL	34	23	3	8	72	34	+38	77	2.26	1st	1st	QF	R4		DNQ		25,717	Emmanuel Ledesma	16
USL total		96	51	19	26	159	109	+50	179	1.86	—	—	—	—	—	—		21,404	Emmanuel Ledesma/Danni König	22
2019	MLS	34	6	22	6	31	75	–44	24	0.71	12th	24th	DNQ	R16	DNQ	DNQ		27,336	Allan Cruz	7
2020	MLS	23	4	15	4	12	36	–24	16	0.70	14th	26th		NH	NH	MLS is Back	Ro16	0^[c]	Yuya Kubo	3
2021	MLS	34	4	22	8	37	74	–37	20	0.59	14th	27th		NH	DNQ	DNQ		21,157	Brenner	8
2022	MLS	34	12	9	13	64	56	+8	49	1.44	5th	10th	QF	R32	Showcase			22,487	Brandon Vazquez	20
2023	MLS	34	20	5	9	57	39	+18	69	2.03	1st	1st	SF	SF	R32			25,367	Luciano Acosta	21
2024	MLS	34	18	11	5	58	48	+10	59	1.74	3rd	5th	R1	DNE	R16	CCC	R16	25,237	Luciano Acosta	15
2025	MLS	34	20	9	5	52	40	+12	65	1.91	2nd	2nd	QF	DNE	League Phase	CCC	R16	24,668	Evander	22
MLS total^[4]		227	84	93	50	311	368	–57	302	1.33	—	—	—	—	—	—		24,375	Luciano Acosta	54
Combined total		323	135	112	76	470	477	–7	481	1.49	—	—	—	—	—	—		23,385	Luciano Acosta	54

v t e Lists of Major League Soccer team seasons
Eastern Conference	Atlanta United FC Charlotte FC Chicago Fire FC FC Cincinnati Columbus Crew D.C. United Inter Miami CF CF Montréal Nashville SC New England Revolution New York City FC New York Red Bulls Orlando City SC Philadelphia Union Toronto FC
Western Conference	Austin FC Colorado Rapids FC Dallas Houston Dynamo FC LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Diego FC San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC all-time Tacoma Defiance Sporting Kansas City St. Louis City SC Vancouver Whitecaps FC all-time
Defunct clubs	Chivas USA Miami Fusion Tampa Bay Mutiny
List of Major League Soccer seasons

v t e United Soccer League team seasons
Current clubs	Birmingham Legion FC Charleston Battery Detroit City FC Hartford Athletic Indy Eleven Louisville City FC North Carolina FC Orange County SC Phoenix Rising Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Richmond Kickers Sacramento Republic FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
Former clubs	FC Cincinnati Montréal Impact Nashville SC Orlando City SC Ottawa Fury FC Portland Timbers Rochester Rhinos Tacoma Defiance Vancouver Whitecaps FC
American soccer club seasons Canadian soccer club seasons

v t e FC Cincinnati
Cincinnati, Ohio
Club	MLS players 2018 MLS expansion draft Seasons
Stadiums	Nippert Stadium (2016–2020) TQL Stadium (2021–present)
Affiliated clubs	FC Cincinnati 2 (MLS Next Pro)
Rivalries	Hell Is Real Derby Columbus Crew River Cities Cup Louisville City FC
Key personnel	Owners Carl Lindner III Meg Whitman Scott Farmer CEO Carl Lindner III Jeff Berding General manager Chris Albright Head coach Pat Noonan
Seasons	USL 2016 2017 2018 MLS 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

List of FC Cincinnati seasons

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