2023 UCF Knights men's soccer team

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2023 UCF Knights men's soccer
UCF Knights logo.svg
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record4-1-2 (0-1-1 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Home stadium UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Seasons
  2022
2024 

The 2023 UCF Knights men's soccer team represents University of Central Florida in the 2023 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It is the Knights' first season playing in the Sun Belt Conference. [1]

Contents

2023 Sun Belt Conference men's soccer standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Marshall7 2 018 3 0
No. 19 UCF + 6 2 110 4 2
No. 3 West Virginia + 5 1 317 3 4
No. 18 James Madison + 4 2 310 5 5
Kentucky + 3 3 38 8 4
Georgia State 3 4 26 7 5
South Carolina 3 4 26 9 3
Old Dominion 2 6 15 7 5
Georgia Southern 1 5 32 9 6
Coastal Carolina 1 6 23 9 3
As of December 12, 2023
Rankings from United Soccer Coaches
Source: Sun Belt

Background

In 2022 UCF played their final season as an American Athletic Conference team and finished the season 6-7.

It was announced in 2021 that UCF would join the Big 12 Conference in 2023, however the Big 12 does not support men's soccer. [2] [3] On June 21, 2022 UCF announced they would join the Sun Belt Conference for men's soccer starting with the 2023 season. [4] [5]

Squad information

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Luciano Natoli
2 DF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Zane Bubb
3 DF Flag of France.svg  FRA Raphael Crivello
4 MF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Jonas Fritschi
5 MF Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Ousmane Ba
6 DF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Anderson Rosa
7 FW Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Mouhamed Pouye
8 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Beto Ydrach
9 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Lucca Dourado
10 FW Flag of France.svg  FRA Clarence Awoudor
11 FW Flag of Senegal.svg  SEN Malang Mandiang
12 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Robbie Soronellas
13 DF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Ron Ben Dakon
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 FW Flag of Portugal.svg  POR Fabio Guerreiro
15 MF Flag of Finland.svg  FIN Saku Heiskanen
16 DF Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Timothy Arias
17 MF Flag of New Zealand.svg  NZL Oscar Hough
18 MF Flag of France.svg  FRA Yanis Belatrache
20 DF Flag of Costa Rica.svg  CRC Brandon Calderon
21 FW Flag of Ghana.svg  GHA Emmanuel Bam
22 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA Drew Hansen
23 DF Flag of Germany.svg  GER Arne Michaelis
24 MF Flag of the United States.svg  USA AJ Seals
26 GK Flag of the United States.svg  USA Shane Wright
27 GK Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Pablo Ossabal
28 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Junior Trucillo
29 FW Flag of the United States.svg  USA Joey Mueller
30 MF Flag of Israel.svg  ISR Itai Levisman
31 GK Flag of Spain.svg  ESP Juanvi Muñoz

Coaching staff

PositionName
Head Coach Scott Calabrese
Associate Head CoachPaul Souders
Associate Head CoachJamie Davies
Goalkeeper Coach Devala Gorrick
Director of OperationsCarter Sadin
Athletic TrainerElisabeth Bird
Assistant Director of Sports PerformanceJoe Howard

Source [6]

Schedule

Date
Time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (Attendance)
City, State
Exhibition
August 12*
7:00 p.m.
at  Jacksonville W  
UCF Soccer and Track Complex
Orlando, FL
August 17*
7:00 p.m.
at  South Florida
War on I-4
L 0-2 
Corbett Stadium
Tampa, FL
Regular season
August 24*
7:00 p.m.
at No. 9  Clemson W 2-1 1-0-0
Riggs Field (4,090)
Clemson, SC
August 27*
8:00 p.m.
Stetson W 2-1 2-0-0
UCF Soccer and Track Complex (593)
Orlando, FL
September 1*
7:00 p.m.
No. 14 NC State W 3-1 3-0-0
UCF Soccer and Track Complex (397)
Orlando, FL
September 5*
7:00 p.m.
No. 6No. 11  FIU T 2-2 3-0-1
UCF Soccer and Track Complex (618)
Orlando, FL
September 9*
7:00 p.m.
No. 6 Brown W 2-0 4-0-1
UCF Soccer and Track Complex (581)
Orlando, FL
September 15
7:00 p.m.
No. 5No. 4  West Virginia T 2-2 4-0-2
(0–0–1)
UCF Soccer and Track Complex (1,061)
Orlando, FL
September 23
7:15 p.m.
No. 3at No. 1  Marshall L 0-1 4-1-2
(0–1–1)
Hoops Family Field (3,075)
Huntington, WV
September 29
5:00 p.m.
at  Kentucky   
Vickie Bell Soccer Complex
Lexington, KY
October 7
7:00 p.m.
Georgia Southern   
UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Orlando, FL
October 14
7:00 p.m.
at  Old Dominion   
Old Dominion Soccer Complex
Norfolk, VA
October 18
7:00 p.m.
Coastal Carolina   
UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Orlando, FL
October 22
6:00 p.m.
at  South Carolina   
Eugene E. Stone III Stadium
Columbia, SC
October 27
7:00 p.m.
at  Georgia State   
GSU Soccer Field
Atlanta, GA
October 31
7:00 p.m.
James Madison   
UCF Soccer and Track Stadium
Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from United Soccer Coaches. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source [7] [8]

Rankings

Ranking movements
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