List of D.C. United seasons

D.C. United is an American professional soccer club based in Washington, D.C. that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), the top tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league since its inception, in 1996. Over the club's history, D.C. United has been considered to be the flagship franchise of MLS winning 13 international and domestic titles. Domestically, United has won the U.S. Open Cup thrice, and holds an MLS record for most MLS Cup and MLS Supporters' Shields apiece, winning each honor four times.^[1] United was also the first club to win both the Supporters' Shield and MLS Cup consecutively.^[2]

On the international stage, D.C. United has competed in both the CONCACAF Champions League and its predecessor the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. The club is also the only American soccer club to ever compete in a CONMEBOL competition, participating in the 2005 and 2007 editions of the Copa Sudamericana. In 1998, the club won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.^[3]^[4] Subsequently, United won the now-defunct Copa Interamericana, a competition between the CONCACAF on CONMEBOL champion that year to determine the best soccer club in the Americas. In the 1998, and final edition of the Copa Interamericana, D.C. United defeated Vasco da Gama of Brazil to take the title.^[5]

Key

Key to competitions

Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996.
U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in U.S. soccer, first contested in 1914.
CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008.

Key to colors and symbols

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
Last	Wooden Spoon
♦	MLS Golden Boot
	Highest average attendance
Italics	Ongoing competition

Key to league record

Season = The year and article of the season
Div = Division/level on pyramid
League = League name
Pld = Games played
W = Games won
L = Games lost
D = Games drawn
GF = Goals for
GA = Goals against
GD = Goal difference
Pts = Points
PPG = Points per game
Conf. = Conference position
Overall = League position

Key to cup record

DNE = Did not enter
DNQ = Did not qualify
NH = Competition not held or canceled
QR = Qualifying round
PR = Preliminary round
GS = Group stage
R1 = First round
R2 = Second round
R3 = Third round
R4 = Fourth round
R5 = Fifth round
Ro16 = Round of 16
QF = Quarterfinals
SF = Semifinals
F = Final
RU = Runners-up
W = Winners

Seasons

Season	League									Position		Playoffs	USOC	Continental			Inter- continental	Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
Season	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Conf.	Overall	Playoffs	USOC	CCL	LC	Other(s)	Inter- continental	Average attendance	Name(s)	Goals
1996	32	16	16	0	62	56	+6	46	1.44	2nd	3rd	W	W	DNE	NH	–	DNQ	15,262	Raúl Díaz Arce	24
1997	32	21	11	0	70	53	+17	55	1.72	1st	1st	W	RU	SF			DNQ	16,698	Jamie Moreno	17
1998	32	24	8	0	74	48	+26	58	1.81	1st	2nd	RU	DNQ	W			Copa Interamericana (W)	16,077	Roy Lassiter	18
1999	32	23	9	0	65	43	+22	57	1.78	1st	1st	W	Ro16	3rd			DNQ	17,419	Roy Lassiter	18
2000	32	8	18	6	44	63	–19	30	0.94	4th	11th	DNQ	QF	4th				18,580	Jamie Moreno	12
2001	26	8	16	2	42	50	−8	26	1.00	4th	10th		SF	NH		Giants Cup (RU)		21,518	Abdul Conteh	14
2002	28	9	14	5	31	40	−9	32	1.14	5th	10th		DNQ	Ro16		–		16,519	Ali Curtis Bobby Convey	5
2003	30	10	11	9	38	36	+2	39	1.30	4th	7th	QF	SF	DNQ				15,565	Dema Kovalenko Marco Etcheverry	6
2004	30	11	10	9	43	42	+1	42	1.31	2nd	4th	W	Ro16	DNQ				17,232	Alecko Eskandarian	14
2005	32	16	10	6	58	37	+21	54	1.69	2nd	3rd	QF	QF	SF			Copa Sudamericana (Ro16)	16,664	Jamie Moreno	17
2006	32	15	7	10	52	38	+14	55	1.72	1st	1st	SF	SF	DNQ			DNQ	18,251	Christian Gómez	16
2007	30	16	7	7	56	34	+22	55	1.83	1st	1st	QF	Ro16	SF		SuperLiga (SF)	Copa Sudamericana (Ro16)	20,967	Luciano Emilio	24♦^[6]
2008	30	11	15	4	43	51	−8	37	1.23	6th	10th	DNQ	W	SF		SuperLiga (GS)	DNQ	19,835	Luciano Emilio	16
2009	30	9	8	13	43	44	−1	40	1.33	4th	10th		RU	GS		–		10,053	Luciano Emilio	13
2010	30	6	20	4	21	47	−26	22	0.73	8th	16th		SF	GS				14,532	Danny Allsopp	8
2011	34	9	13	12	49	52	−3	39	1.15	6th	13th		QR2	DNQ				15,181	Dwayne De Rosario	13♦^[7]
2012	34	17	10	7	53	43	+10	58	1.71	2nd	3rd	SF	Ro16					13,846	Chris Pontius	12
2013	34	3	24	7	22	59	−37	16	0.47	10th	19th	DNQ	W					13,646	Dwayne de Rosario	8
2014	34	17	9	8	52	37	+15	59	1.74	1st	3rd	QF	R3					17,030	Fabian Espindola	8
2015	34	15	13	6	43	45	−2	51	1.50	4th	8th	QF	Ro16	QF				19,371	Jairo Arrieta	9
2016	34	11	10	13	53	47	+6	46	1.35	4th	10th	R1	Ro16	QF				17,081	Lamar Neagle	9
2017	34	9	20	5	31	60	−29	32	0.94	11th	21st	DNQ	Ro16	DNQ				17,904	Luciano Acosta	5
2018	34	14	11	9	60	50	+10	51	1.50	4th	9th	R1	Ro16					17,635	Wayne Rooney	12
2019	34	13	11	10	42	38	+4	50	1.47	5th	10th	R1	Ro16		DNE			17,744	Wayne Rooney	13
2020	23	5	12	6	25	41	−16	21	0.91	13th	24th	DNQ	NH		Ro16 / NH			17,058	Ola Kamara	5
2021	34	14	15	5	56	54	+2	47	1.38	8th	16th		NH		DNQ			12,791	Ola Kamara	19
2022	34	7	21	6	36	71	−35	27	0.87	14th	28th		R4		DNQ			16,256	Taxiarchis Fountas	12
2023	34	10	14	10	45	49	−4	40	1.18	12th	23rd		R4		Ro32			17,540	Christian Benteke	14
2024	34	10	14	10	52	70	-18	40	1.18	10th	21st		DNQ		Ro32				Christian Benteke	25
Total	923	357	377	189	1361	1398	-18	1225	1.32	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Jamie Moreno	162

^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.

References

^ "D.C. United Stats and History".
^ "History & Tradition". D.C. United. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ "SOCCER – CONCACAF CUP; D.C. United Wins Tournament". The New York Times. August 17, 1998. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ Torres
^ "D.C. United downs Vasco da Gama to take InterAmerican Cup". CNN/SI. December 7, 1998. Archived from the original on January 24, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2011.
^ Emilio won the MLS Golden Boot (20 goals)
^ De Rosario won the MLS Golden Boot (1 goal for Toronto, 2 goals for Red Bulls, 13 goals for D.C.)

General

MLS statistics sourced to: Litterer, David. "Major League Soccer". RSSSF. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
U.S. Open Cup statistics sourced to: Hikala, Josh. "1995 – present (Pro Era)". TheCup.us. Archived from the original on August 16, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
CONCACAF statistics sourced to: Torres, Steven. "CONCACAF Champions Cup and Champions League History" (PDF). CONCACAF. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
Top scorers sourced to: "Statistics". Major League Soccer. Retrieved July 13, 2011.

[1] "D.C. United Stats and History".

[trophies-2] "History & Tradition". D.C. United. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[3] "SOCCER – CONCACAF CUP; D.C. United Wins Tournament". The New York Times. August 17, 1998. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[Torres-4] Torres

[5] "D.C. United downs Vasco da Gama to take InterAmerican Cup". CNN/SI. December 7, 1998. Archived from the original on January 24, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2011.

[6] Emilio won the MLS Golden Boot (20 goals)

[7] De Rosario won the MLS Golden Boot (1 goal for Toronto, 2 goals for Red Bulls, 13 goals for D.C.)

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