FC Cincinnati is an American professional soccer team based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) since 2019. Prior to 2019, the club played in United Soccer League (USL), now called USL championship, since its founding in 2015.[1][2]
This is a list of club records for FC Cincinnati, which dates back their inaugural season USL season in 2016, and continues through present day.
| Rank | Name | Period | League | Playoffs | US Open Cup | Leagues Cup | CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yuya Kubo
|
2020–present | 142 | 9[a] | 6 | 8[b] | 7 | 172 |
| 2 |  Luciano Acosta
|
2021–2024 | 125 | 9 | 7 | 6[b] | 4 | 151 |
| 3 |  Nick Hagglund
|
2019–present | 136 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 149 |
| 4 | Roman Celentano
|
2022–present | 115 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 135 |
| 5 |  Alvas Powell
|
2019, 2022–present | 103 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 129 |
| 6 | Brandon Vázquez
|
2020–2023 | 112 | 6 | 5 | 4[b] | 0 | 127 |
| 7 |  Obinna Nwobodo
|
2022–present | 97 | 8 | 4 | 8[b] | 6 | 123 |
| 8 | Álvaro Barreal
|
2020–present | 104 | 6 | 7 | 4[b] | 0 | 121 |
| 9 | Corben Bone
|
2016–2019 | 96 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 110 |
| 10 | Ian Murphy
|
2022–2024 | 80 | 6 | 7 | 8[b] | 4 | 105 |
| Rank | Name | Period | League | Playoffs | US Open Cup | Leagues Cup | CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luciano Acosta
|
2021–2024 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| 2 | Brandon Vázquez
|
2020–2023 | 32 | 2 | 3 | 6[c] | 0 | 43 |
| 3 |  Brenner
|
2021–2023 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 |  Danni König
|
2017–2018 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| Emmanuel Ledesma
|
2018–2019 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Álvaro Barreal
|
2020–present | 13 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Yuya Kubo
|
2020–present | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2[c] | 0 | ||
| 8 | Evander
|
2025–present | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Sean Okoli
|
2016 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Corben Bone
|
2016–2019 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
 Baye Djiby Fall
|
2017 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Rank | Name | Period | League | Playoffs | US Open Cup | Leagues Cup | CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Celentano
|
2022–present | 33 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
| 2 | Mitch Hildebrandt
|
2016–2017 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Spencer Richey
|
2018–2021 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
 Przemysław Tytoń
|
2019–2021 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Evan Newton
|
2018 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 6 |  Kenneth Vermeer
|
2021–2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Alec Kann
|
2022–present | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 |  Dallas Jaye
|
2016–2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rank | Name | League | Playoffs | US Open Cup | Leagues Cup | CONCACAF Champions' Cup | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luciano Acosta
|
115 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 133 |
| 2 |  Kendall Waston
|
41 | 1[d] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 |
| 3 |  Haris Medunjanin
|
8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Matt Miazga
|
7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Deandre Yedlin
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 |  Justin Hoyte
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Nick Hagglund
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Rónald Matarrita
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Obinna Nwobodo
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Geoff Cameron
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 4 | 3 |
*Only includes games started as Captain – does not take into account Captaincy changes mid-match.[4]
Bolded players are currently on the FC Cincinnati roster.
Highest MLS Point Total: 69 (2023)
Highest USL Point Total: 77 (2018)
Lowest MLS Point Total: 16 (2020)
Lowest USL Point Total: 46 (2017) Source:[4]
Highest Overall Point Total: 77 (2018)
Most Games Played in a season: 46 (2023)
Best Finish in Concacaf Champions Cup: Round of 16 (2024, 2025)
Best Finish in US Open Cup: Semi-finals (2017, 2023)
Best Finish in MLS Cup Playoffs: Conference Finals (2023)
Best Finish in USL Playoffs: Conference Semi-Finals (2018)
Best Finish in Leagues Cup: Round of 16 (2024)
Highest Finish in MLS Supporters Shield: 1st (2023)
Highest Finish in USL Regular Season: 1st (2018)
Lowest Finish in MLS Supporters Shield: 27th (2021) Source:[4]
Highest Overall Attendance: 35,061 16 July 2016 vs Crystal Palace (Friendly)
Highest Attendance for a Competitive Match: 33,250 15 August 2017 vs NY Red Bulls (USOC)
Highest MLS Regular Season Attendance: 32,250 17 March 2019 vs Portland Timbers and June 22, 2019, vs LA Galaxy (Nippert Stadium MLS Capacity)
Highest MLS Playoff Attendance: 25,513 2 December 2023 vs Columbus Crew and November 25, 2023, vs Philadelphia Union (TQL Stadium Capacity)
Highest USL Regular Season Attendance: 31,478 29 September 2018 vs Indy Eleven
Highest USL Playoff Attendance: 30,187 2 October 2016 vs Charleston Battery
Largest Crowd Played in Front of: 70,382 10 March 2019 at Atlanta United[5] Source:[4]
Record MLS win: 6–0 vs San Jose Earthquakes, September 10, 2022
Record USL win: 5–1 at Atlanta United 2, August 22, 2018
Record US Open Cup win: 4–1 AET vs Detroit City FC, May 16, 2018
Record Concacaf Champions Cup win: 4–0 vs Cavalier FC, February 28, 2024
Record Leagues Cup win: 4–2 vs NYCFC, August 5, 2024 Source:[4]
Record MLS defeat: 1–7 at Minnesota United, June 29, 2019
Record USL defeat: 0–5 at Louisville City, August 12, 2017
Record US Open Cup defeat: 1–5 at New England Revolution, May 11, 2022 Source:[4]
First Match: 2-2 vs Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur (Friendly), February 21, 2016
First USL Match: 0-1 at Charleston Battery, March 26, 2016
First USL Win: 2-1 at Bethlehem Steel F.C. April 3, 2016
First MLS Match: 1-4 at Seattle Sounders, March 2, 2019
First MLS Goal: Leonardo Bertone (1-0), 2 Mar. 2019 at Seattle Sounders
First MLS Win: 3-0 vs Portland Timbers, March 17, 2019
First US Open Cup Match: 2-1 vs Indy Eleven NPSL, May 18, 2016
First Concacaf Champions Cup Match: 2-0 at Cavalier FC, February 22, 2024 Source:[4]
| International competitions | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 |
| Leagues Cup | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 18 | +3 |
| Total | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 25 | +7 |
| Nation | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mexico
|
10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | −2 |
 Honduras
|
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
| Jamaica
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 |
| United States
|
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
All results (home and away) list FC Cincinnati's goal tally first.
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Leagues Cup | Group stage | Sporting Kansas City
|
3–3 (4–2 p) | 1st | |
| Chivas
|
3–1 | |||||
| Round of 32 | Nashville SC
|
1–1 (4–5 p) | ||||
| 2024 | CONCACAF Champions Cup | Round one | Cavalier
|
4–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| Round of 16 | Monterrey
|
0–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | ||
| Leagues Cup | Group stage | Querétaro
|
1–0 | 1st | ||
| New York City FC
|
4–2 | |||||
| Round of 32 | Santos Laguna
|
1–1 (6–5 p) | ||||
| Round of 16 | Philadelphia Union
|
2–4 | ||||
| 2025 | CONCACAF Champions Cup | Round one | Motagua
|
1–1 | 4–1 | 5–2 |
| Round of 16 | Tigres UANL
|
1–1 | 1–3 | 2–5 | ||
| Leagues Cup | League phase | Monterrey
|
3-2 | 11th | ||
| Juárez
|
2-2 (4–5 p) | |||||
| Chivas
|
1-2 | |||||
The following players have received the Landon Donovan MVP Award while playing for FC Cincinnati:
The following players have been in the MLS Best XI while playing for FC Cincinnati:
Luciano "Lucho" Acosta – 2023[14][15] (2) Matt Miazga – 2023[14][15] Luciano "Lucho" Acosta – 2024[16][17] (3)The following players have received the MLS Defender of the Year Award while playing for FC Cincinnati:
The following coaches have received the MLS Sigi Schmid Coach of the Year Award while coaching for FC Cincinnati:
The following players have received the MLS Save of the Year Award while playing for FC Cincinnati:
The following players have received the MLS Goal of the Year Award while playing for FC Cincinnati:
The following players have been selected as Captain for the MLS All-Star Game while playing for FC Cincinnati:
Luciano "Lucho" Acosta – 2023[28][29] Luciano "Lucho" Acosta – 2024[30][29](2) Evander – 2025[31][32]The following players have been selected for the MLS All-Star Game while playing for FC Cincinnati:
Brandon Vázquez – 2022[33][34] Luciano "Lucho" Acosta – 2022[33][35] Luciano "Lucho" Acosta – 2023[28][36](2) Álvaro Barreal – 2023[28][36] Matt Miazga – 2023[28][36] Luciano "Lucho" Acosta – 2024[30][37](3) Luca Orellano – 2024[30][37] Miles Robinson – 2024[37][g] Evander – 2025[31][38] Miles Robinson – 2025[31][38](2)The following players have been in the USL All-League First Team while playing for FC Cincinnati:
Mitch Hildebrandt – 2016[53][54]
Harrison Delbridge – 2016[53][54] Sean Okoli – 2016[53][54] Harrison Delbridge – 2017[55][56]The following players have been in the USL All-League Second Team while playing for FC Cincinnati:
| Player | Season(s) | Previous Club |
|---|---|---|
| Fanendo Adi
|
2019 | Portland Timbers |
| Allan Cruz
|
2019 | C.S. Herediano |
| Yuya Kubo
|
2020–2022 | KAA Gent |
| Jurgen Locadia
|
2020–2021 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Luciano Acosta
|
2021–2024 | Atlas FC |
| Brenner
|
2021–2023 | São Paulo FC |
| Obinna Nwobodo
|
2022–2024 | Göztepe S.K. |
 Aaron Boupendza
|
2023–2024 | Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) |
| Niko Gioacchini
|
2024 | Como 1907 |
 Kevin Denkey
|
2025 | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. |
| Evander
|
2025 | Portland Timbers |
| Rank | Player | Fee | Previous Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kévin Denkey
|
16.2m | Cercle Brugge K.S.V. |
| 2 | Brenner
|
13m | São Paulo FC |
| 3 | Evander[h]
|
12m | Portland Timbers |
| 4 | Aaron Boupendza
|
7m | Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) |
| 5 |  Isaac Atanga
|
4.2m | FC Nordsjælland |
| Rank | Player | Fee | New Club |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brenner
|
10m | Udinese Calcio |
| 2 | Brandon Vázquez
|
7.5m | C.F. Monterrey |
| 3 | Luciano Acosta[i]
|
5m | FC Dallas |
| 4 | Frankie Amaya
|
950k | New York Red Bulls |
| 5 |  Gustavo Vallecilla
|
800k | Colorado Rapids |
Bolded players are currently on the FC Cincinnati roster.
