List of Columbus Crew records and statistics

Last updated May 31, 2024

The Columbus Crew is an American professional soccer team based in Columbus, Ohio, that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS).

Honors

National^[1]
Competition	Titles	Wins	Runners-up
MLS Cup	3	2008, 2020, 2023	2015
Supporters' Shield	3	2004, 2008, 2009
U.S. Open Cup	1	2002	1998, 2010
Continental
Competition	Titles	Wins	Runners-up
Campeones Cup	1	2021

Individual Club Awards

MLS Fair Play Award (6): 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2016, 2021

Player records

Appearances

As of 25 May 2024^[2]

#	Name	Years	Signed from	MLS	Playoffs	Open Cup	Continental	Total
1	Chad Marshall	2004–2013	Stanford Cardinal	253	11	8	5	277
2	Mike Clark	1996–2003	Richmond Kickers	221	22	18	4	265
3	Jeff Cunningham	1998–2004 2011	South Florida Bulls FC Dallas	203	17	17	6	243
4	Eddie Gaven	2006–2013	MetroStars	209	9	10	13	241
5	Justin Meram	2011–2017 2018–2019	Michigan Wolverines Orlando City	206	15	11	2	234
6	Federico Higuaín	2012–2019	Colón	193	14	3	0	210
7	Brian Maisonneuve	1996–2004	Indiana Hoosiers	172	17	13	6	208
8	Josh Williams	2010–2014 2017–2023	Cleveland Internationals Toronto FC	183	12	4	7	206
9	Wil Trapp	2013–2020	Akron Zips	185	15	5	0	205
10	Brian McBride	1996–2003	VfL Wolfsburg	161	22	13	3	199

Bold denotes players still playing for the club.

Goals

As of 25 May 2024^[2]

#	Name	Years	Signed from	MLS	Playoffs†	Open Cup	Continental	Total
1	Brian McBride	1996–2003	VfL Wolfsburg	62	9	8	0	79
2	Jeff Cunningham	1998–2004 2011	South Florida Bulls FC Dallas	64	3	6	1	74
3	Gyasi Zardes	2018–2022	LA Galaxy	54	4	1	2	61
4	Federico Higuaín	2012–2019	Colón	55	4	0	0	59
5	Stern John	1998–1999	New Orleans Riverboat Gamblers	44	8	3	0	55
6	Edson Buddle	2001–2005	Long Island Rough Riders	42	2	4	4	52
7	Justin Meram	2011–2017 2018–2019	Michigan Wolverines Orlando City	38	3	2	0	43
8	Lucas Zelarayán	2020–2023	Tigres UANL	38	2	0	2	42
9	Eddie Gaven	2006–2013	MetroStars	35	2	2	1	40
10	Cucho Hernández	2022–present	Watford	29	5	0	5	39

Bold denotes players still playing for the club.

† Includes MLS is Back Tournament knockout round.

Assists

As of 25 May 2024^[2]

#	Name	Years	Signed from	MLS	Playoffs	Open Cup	Continental	Total
1	Robert Warzycha	1996–2002	Honvéd	61	5	4	1	71
2	Federico Higuaín	2012–2019	Colón	63	5	1	0	69
3	Jeff Cunningham	1998–2004 2011	South Florida Bulls FC Dallas	44	5	7	0	56
4	Brian McBride	1996–2003	VfL Wolfsburg	45	3	1	2	51
5	Guillermo Barros Schelotto	2007–2010	Boca Juniors	41	7	0	0	48
6	Brian Maisonneuve	1996–2004	Indiana Hoosiers	37	3	1	0	41
7	Lucas Zelarayán	2020–2023	Tigres UANL	30	5	0	2	37
8	Justin Meram	2011–2017 2018–2019	Michigan Wolverines Orlando City	33	2	1	0	36
9	Pedro Santos	2017–2022	Braga	34	0	1	0	35
9	Brian West	1998–2003	Virginia Cavaliers	29	2	4	0	35

Bold denotes players still playing for the club.

Shutouts

As of 25 May 2024^[2]

#	Name	Years	Signed from	MLS	Playoffs	Open Cup	Continental	Total
1	William Hesmer	2007–2012	Kansas City Wizards	41	1	0	3	45
2	Jon Busch	2002–2006	Hershey Wildcats	25	1	2	1	29
3	Eloy Room	2019–2023	PSV Eindhoven	25	1	0	2	28
4	Zack Steffen	2016–2019	SC Freiburg	23	3	0	0	26
5	Steve Clark	2014–2016	Hønefoss BK	22	1	0	0	23
5	Andy Gruenebaum	2006–2013	Kentucky Wildcats	18	0	2	3	23
7	Mark Dougherty	1998–2001	Tampa Bay Mutiny	10	2	2	0	14
7	Patrick Schulte	2022–present	Saint Louis Billikens	11	2	0	1	14
9	Brad Friedel	1996–1997	Galatasaray	11	1	0	0	12
10	Tom Presthus	2000–2003	D.C. United	9	0	0	1	10

Bold denotes players still playing for the club.

Coaching records

Name	Nationality	Tenure
Timo Liekoski	Finland	December 5, 1995 – August 2, 1996
Tom Fitzgerald	United States	August 2, 1996 – May 17, 2001
Greg Andrulis	United States	May 17, 2001 – July 16, 2005
Robert Warzycha (interim)	Poland	July 16, 2005 – October 20, 2005
Sigi Schmid	Germany	October 20, 2005 – December 16, 2008
Robert Warzycha	Poland	December 23, 2008 – September 2, 2013
Brian Bliss (interim)	United States	September 2, 2013 – November 6, 2013
Gregg Berhalter	United States	November 6, 2013 – December 2, 2018
Caleb Porter	United States	January 4, 2019 – October 10, 2022
Wilfried Nancy	France	December 6, 2022 – Present

Trophies

Rank	Name	MLS	SS	USOC	CCC	CC	Total
1	Greg Andrulis	–	1	1	–	–	2
	Caleb Porter	1	–	–	–	1
	Sigi Schmid	1	1	–	–	–
4	Robert Warzycha	–	1	–	–	–	1
4	Wilfried Nancy	1	–	–	–	–	1

International results

By competition

As of 1 May 2024

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Champions Cup	30	13	8	9	42	40	2	43.33
Giants Cup	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	00.00
Campeones Cup	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	100.00
Leagues Cup	3	2	1	0	9	5	4	66.67
Total	36	16	10	10	54	48	+6	44.44

By club

As of 1 May 2024(Includes: CONCACAF Giants Cup, CONCACAF Champions Cup, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Árabe Unido	2	0	1	1	1	3	–1
Club América	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
Cruz Azul	3	1	0	2	2	7	–5
Houston Dynamo	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
Joe Public	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Minnesota United	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
Monterrey	4	2	1	1	7	7	0
Morelia	2	1	0	1	2	6	–4
Municipal	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Puerto Rico Islanders	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Real Salt Lake	2	0	1	1	1	4	–3
Real Estelí	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Santos Laguna	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Saprissa	4	2	1	1	6	3	+3
St. Louis City	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Tigres	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
Toluca	2	0	1	1	4	5	–1

By nation

As of 1 May 2024(Includes: CONCACAF Giants Cup, CONCACAF Champions Cup, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Costa Rica	4	1	2	1	3	4	–1
Panama	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Mexico	16	6	4	6	22	29	–7
Puerto Rico	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2
Guatemala	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Nicaragua	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
United States	6	2	3	1	8	9	–1

By season

Columbus Crew in International Tournaments
Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2001	CONCACAF Giants Cup	Quarterfinals	Saprissa	1–1	0–2	1–3
2003	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	First round	Árabe Unido	3–0	1–2	4–2
2003	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Quarterfinals	Morelia	2–0	0–6	2–6
2009–10	CONCACAF Champions League	Group C	Puerto Rico Islanders	2–0	1–1	2nd
			Cruz Azul	0–2	0–5
			Saprissa	1–1	1–0
		Quarterfinals	Toluca	2–2	2–3	4–5
2010–11	CONCACAF Champions League	Group B	Municipal	1–0	1–2	2nd
			Santos Laguna	1–0	0–1
			Joe Public	3–0	4–1
		Quarterfinals	Real Salt Lake	0–0	1–4	1–4
2021	CONCACAF Champions League	Round of 16	Real Estelí	1–0	4–0	5–0
2021	CONCACAF Champions League	Quarterfinals	Monterrey	2–2	0–3	2–5
2021	Campeones Cup	Final	Cruz Azul	2–0	—	2–0
2023	Leagues Cup	Central 1	St. Louis City	2–1	—	1st
		Central 1	Club América	—	4–1	1st
		Round of 32	Minnesota United	3–3	—	3–3 (3–4 p)
2024	CONCACAF Champions Cup	Round of 16	Houston Dynamo	1–1	1–0	2–1
		Quarterfinals	Tigres	1–1	1–1	2–2 (4–3 p)
		Semifinals	Monterrey	2–1	3–1	5–2
		Final	Pachuca	—
2024	Leagues Cup	Round of 32			—
2024	Campeones Cup	Final	Club América		—

Transfers

As per MLS rules and regulations; some transfer fees have been undisclosed and are not included in the tables below.^[3]

Highest transfer fees paid

Rank	Pos.	Player	Club	Approximate Fee	Date	Ref
1	Forward	Cucho Hernández	Watford	$10,300,000	June 2022	^[4]
2	Midfielder	Lucas Zelarayán	UANL	$7,000,000	December 2019	^[5]
3	Midfielder	Pedro Santos	Braga	$2,300,000	August 2017	^[6]

Highest transfer fees received

Rank	Pos.	Player	Club	Fee	Date	Ref
1	Goalkeeper	Zack Steffen	Manchester City	$7,500,000	December 2018	^[7]
2	Defender	Giancarlo González	Palermo	$5,000,000	August 2014	^[8]
3	Forward	Justin Meram	Orlando City	$1,050,000	January 2018	^[9]

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References

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↑ "Rules and Regulations". MLSSoccer.com.
↑ "Columbus Crew complete record deal with Watford for Colombian forward Cucho Hernandez". Dispatch. June 21, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
↑ "Columbus Crew pays team-record transfer fee for midfielder Lucas Zelarayan". Dispatch. December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
↑ "Columbus Crew SC sign Pedro Santos to Designated Player deal". MassiveReport. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
↑ "USMNT goalkeeper Zack Steffen completes $10m transfer to Manchester City". Goal. December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
↑ "Giancarlo Gonzalez signs with Palermo from the Columbus Crew". SBNation. August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
↑ "Orlando City trade for Columbus Crew SC's Justin Meram". MLSSoccer. February 2, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2018.

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[columbuscrewsc1-2] 1 2 3 4 "All-Time Career Leaders". Columbus Crew. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

[3] "Rules and Regulations". MLSSoccer.com.

[4] "Columbus Crew complete record deal with Watford for Colombian forward Cucho Hernandez". Dispatch. June 21, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.

[5] "Columbus Crew pays team-record transfer fee for midfielder Lucas Zelarayan". Dispatch. December 18, 2019. Retrieved December 18, 2019.

[6] "Columbus Crew SC sign Pedro Santos to Designated Player deal". MassiveReport. August 8, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.

[7] "USMNT goalkeeper Zack Steffen completes $10m transfer to Manchester City". Goal. December 11, 2020. Retrieved December 11, 2020.

[8] "Giancarlo Gonzalez signs with Palermo from the Columbus Crew". SBNation. August 26, 2014. Retrieved August 26, 2014.

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v t e Columbus Crew
Columbus, Ohio
Club	Coaches Players Records and statistics Seasons
Stadiums	Ohio Stadium (1996–1998) Historic Crew Stadium (1999–2021) Lower.com Field (2021–present) EAS Training Center
Affiliated clubs	Columbus Crew 2 (MLS Next Pro)
Culture	Hudson Street Hooligans
Rivalries	Hell Is Real Derby (FC Cincinnati) Trillium Cup (Toronto FC)
Key personnel	Owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam President Tim Bezbatchenko Technical director Marc Nicholls Head coach Wilfried Nancy
Championships	MLS Cup 2008 MLS Cup 2020 MLS Cup 2023 2002 U.S. Open Cup 2021 Campeones Cup
Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Major League Soccer records and statistics by team
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 LA Galaxy Los Angeles FC Minnesota United FC Portland Timbers Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes Seattle Sounders FC Sporting Kansas City St. Louis City SC Vancouver Whitecaps FC
MLS records and statistics MLS attendance MLS performances in CONCACAF Champions Cup

List of Columbus Crew records and statistics

Contents

Honors

Player records

Appearances

Goals

Assists

Shutouts

Coaching records

Trophies

International results

By competition

By club

By nation

By season

Transfers

Highest transfer fees paid

Highest transfer fees received

Related Research Articles

References