Columbus Crew

The **Columbus Crew** (known from 2015 to 2021 as **Columbus Crew SC**, and briefly in 2021 as **Columbus SC**) are an American soccer team that plays in Major League Soccer in Columbus, Ohio.  They started play in 1996, playing at Ohio Stadium on the campus of Ohio State University until opening the new Columbus Crew Stadium in 1999. That stadium would be renamed Mapfre Stadium in 2015 and Historic Crew Stadium in late 2020. The Crew played their first match at the new Lower.com Field, now known as ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, on July 3, 2021.

Shortly after the start of the 2021 season, the team announced a name change to Columbus SC. Fan reaction was extremely negative.  On May 17, 2021, only a week after the change to Columbus SC, the team announced that it would return to the original name of Columbus Crew, without the "SC".

## Honors

- MLS Cup (league championship): 2 (2008, 2020)
- MLS Supporters' Shield (best regular-season record): 3 (2004, 2008, 2009)
- Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup: 1 (2002)

## League position

|Season|League|Position|
| --- | --- | --- |
|1996|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|1997|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|1998|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|1999|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|2000|Major League Soccer|4th / Center|
|2001|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2002|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|2003|Major League Soccer|5th / East|
|2004|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2005|Major League Soccer|6th / East|
|2006|Major League Soccer|6th / East|
|2007|Major League Soccer|6th / East|
|2008|Major League Soccer|Champions|
|2009|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2010|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2011|Major League Soccer|Wild Card|
|2012|Major League Soccer|6th / East|
|2013|Major League Soccer|8th / East|
|2014|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2015|Major League Soccer|Finalist|
|2016|Major League Soccer|9th / East|
|2017|Major League Soccer|Semifinals|
|2018|Major League Soccer|Quarterfinals|
|2019|Major League Soccer|10th / East|
|2020|Major League Soccer|Champions|

## Infobox (football club)

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- **fullname**: Columbus Crew
- **nickname**: The Crew
- **stadium**: ScottsMiracle-Gro Field
Columbus, Ohio
- **capacity**: 20,000
- **owntitle**: Owners
- **owner**: Dee Haslam, Dee and Jimmy Haslam
JW and Whitney Johnson
Dr. Pete Edwards
- **chrtitle**: CEO
- **mgrtitle**: Head coach
- **manager**: Caleb Porter
- **league**: Major League Soccer
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- **season**: 2020 Major League Soccer season, 2020
- **current**: 2021 Columbus Crew season
- **position**: Eastern Conference: 3rd
Overall: 4th
Playoffs: Champions
- **website**: http://www..com/
- **american**: true