Football Club Cincinnati, commonly known as FC Cincinnati, is an American professional

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club based in

Cincinnati Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line w ...

. The club plays in the Eastern Conference of

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(MLS). The team succeeded the lower-division team of the same name and was announced on May 29, 2018, when MLS awarded an expansion franchise to Cincinnati. The team began MLS play on March 2, 2019, with its first match against

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. The club's ownership group is led by Carl H. Lindner III with

Jeff Berding Jeff Berding (born February 8, 1967) is an American sports executive and politician. He serves as co-CEO of FC Cincinnati, a professional soccer team he co-founded in 2015. He is also a Democratic politician, having served on the Cincinnati City ...

serving as Co-CEO. Currently, the role of general manager is held by

Chris Albright Christopher John Albright (born January 14, 1979) is an American former soccer player and current general manager for FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer. Youth and college Albright attended William Penn Charter School. A forward early in his ...

History

The owners of the USL club began negotiations with Major League Soccer over a potential expansion franchise in early 2016, and Cincinnati was announced as one of ten cities that had expressed interest in the slots for teams 25 to 28. MLS Commissioner

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visited Cincinnati in December 2016 to tour Nippert Stadium and meet with city and club officials, complimenting the city and its fans. FC Cincinnati formally submitted its expansion bid in January 2017, including a shortlist of potential stadium locations. On May 29, 2018, Major League Soccer announced that Cincinnati would join the league in 2019 as an expansion team under the FC Cincinnati brand.

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, a 26,000-seat soccer-specific venue in the West End, opened in 2021. FC Cincinnati signed its first two MLS players,

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and

Fatai Alashe Abdul-Fatai Alashe (born October 21, 1993) is an American professional soccer player. Career College and amateur Alashe spent all four years of his college career at Michigan State University where he made a total of 86 appearances for the Spar ...

, in July 2018. Adi was the team's first

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. Both players were loaned to the FC Cincinnati USL team for the remainder of the 2018 season. FC Cincinnati selected five players from certain MLS teams in the

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, which took place on December 11, 2018. The players were Darren Mattocks (D.C United), Kei Kamara (Vancouver Whitecaps FC), Roland Lamah (FC Dallas), Eric Alexander (Houston Dynamo), and Hassan Ndam (New York Red Bulls). Kei Kamara was then traded to the Colorado Rapids for an international roster spot. On May 7, 2019, the club fired head coach Alan Koch after a 2–7–2 start to the 2019 MLS season. Assistant coach

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was named as interim head coach. President and general manager

cited a culmination of on-field performance and off-field matters for the dismissal. On August 8, 2019,

Ron Jans Ron Jans (, born 29 September 1958) is a Dutch football coach and former player, he currently is the head coach of Twente. Coaching career FC Groningen Born in Zwolle, Overijssel, Ron Jans joined FC Groningen on 2002, and was the longest-serv ...

was officially hired and made head coach of FC Cincinnati. However, Jans resigned on February 17, 2020, amidst an investigation into his alleged use of a racial slur. On August 6, 2021, FC Cincinnati announced that the club and then general manager

Gerard Nijkamp Gerard Nijkamp (born 1970) is a Dutch soccer player and manager. He worked in various coaching and managerial roles for Dutch club PEC Zwolle from 1998 until 2019, when he started in his role as general manager of FC Cincinnati. He continued in ...

had "parted ways effective immediately". On September 27, 2021, the club relieved the duties of head coach

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, 2-time interim head coach

, and assistant coach

Said Bakkati Said Bakkati ( ar, سعيد بقّاتي; born 23 March 1982) is a Dutch former footballer of Moroccan descent. He was a defender who played as a rightback. Playing career Club Bakkati's career began when he signed a professional contract with ...

. Former MLS defender

Tyrone Marshall Tyrone Everton Marshall (born 12 November 1974) is a retired Jamaican footballer and current head coach of FC Cincinnati 2, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's FC Cincinnati. Career Youth and College Marshall moved to the Fort Lauderda ...

was named interim coach. On October 4, 2021, FC Cincinnati announced the hiring of

as the general manager of the club. On December 14, 2021, FC Cincinnati officially hired

Pat Noonan Pat Noonan (born August 2, 1980) is an American soccer coach and former soccer player. He is the head coach of FC Cincinnati in Major League Soccer. Playing career College and amateur Noonan attended De Smet Jesuit High School, and played c ...

as the new head coach of the team. Under the first season of the Albright-Noonan regime, the Orange and Blue would qualify for their first post-season in

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on 49 points (12–9–13), good for fifth in the East (eighth in the league). Brenner and

Brandon Vazquez Brandon Vázquez Toledo (born October 14, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. Club career Atlanta United Vázquez signed with Major League Soccer expansion c ...

would score a joint-best 18 goals in the regular season, the first time in MLS history teammates had made such a mark; in addition,

Luciano Acosta Luciano Federico "Lucho" Acosta (born 31 May 1994) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a attacking midfielder for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. Club career Boca Juniors Acosta made his professional debut for Boca Jun ...

contributed 10 goals and a league-leading 19 assists to a Cincinnati side that netted 64 goals on the season. Cincinnati defeated

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in their first playoff match (2–1) before losing to top-seeded

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in the conference semifinals, 1–0.

Stadium

FC Cincinnati played at

Nippert Stadium James Gamble Nippert Memorial Stadium is an outdoor stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio, on the campus of the University of Cincinnati. Primarily used for American football, it is the home field of the Cincinnati Bearcats football team. The stadium has ...

for its first two seasons in MLS while its permanent home, the soccer-specific

, was being built. The new stadium hosted its first match, a 3–2 loss to Inter Miami CF, on May 16, 2021.

Colors and badge

FC Cincinnati's primary colors are orange and blue. The secondary colors are gray, dark blue, and white. The home jersey is blue, orange, and white. The away jersey is white and black. An updated crest was designed after they were accepted as an expansion team to Major League Soccer. It maintains the same orange and blue color scheme but now pays tribute to the city of Cincinnati.

Sponsorship

FC Cincinnati reached a multiyear deal with

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to serve as the club's exclusive banking and financial services partner. First Financial will gain many benefits from this partnership. There will be a First Financial Gate as well as a premium club area at the new stadium. They will also be involved in planning community events, fan experiences and game-day activities. As part of an extended sponsorship, First Financial Bank was announced as FC Cincinnati's sleeve sponsor, along with

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Club culture

The club recognizes the following supporters' groups: Auxilia One, the Bridge, the Briogaid, Los Caballeros, Die Innenstadt, Hangar 937, Norden, the Pride, Queen City Firm, and the Queen City Mafia.

Rivalries

Cincinnati has an in-state rival in

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. The idea of the Ohio soccer rivalry first gained popularity ahead of a

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match between FC Cincinnati (then in the

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) and the Crew. The rivalry was dubbed the Hell Is Real Derby after a billboard on

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, the highway between Columbus and Cincinnati. The clubs faced each other in their first league matches in 2019: on August 10 in Columbus and August 25 in Cincinnati (the latter match took place during MLS Rivalry Week). FCC also retains a heated rivalry from its USL days with current lower division club

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. The two teams most recently played each other in a friendly on March 13, 2021.

Ownership

Former

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executive

was the club's original president, and in 2022, he was promoted to co-CEO. The CEO and majority owner of the team is

Carl Lindner III Carl Henry Lindner III is an American businessman from Cincinnati, Ohio. He has served as the co-chief executive officer of American Financial Group since January 2005. He has also acted as chief executive officer and majority owner of FC Cincin ...

, CEO of

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, with Scott Farmer also a leading owner. In November 2019,

Meg Whitman Margaret Cushing Whitman (born August 4, 1956) is the US ambassador to Kenya, an American business executive and former gubernatorial candidate for California. She is a board member of Procter & Gamble and General Motors. Whitman was previously ...

purchased a minority stake in the club. Whitman will serve as the club's Alternate Governor on the MLS Board of Governors. In May 2019, Dutch football executive

joined the club as general manager to oversee all the club's sports activities. On August 6, 2021, Nijkamp and the club mutually agreed to part ways. The club was 7–20–10 during his tenure.

Media

On January 30, 2019, FC Cincinnati reached an agreement with

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to have WSTR-TV televise all home and away games, except for ones already scheduled to be broadcast nationally. Continuing from their roles on the former USL team, Tom Gelehrter would call play-by-play with Kevin McCloskey as color analyst. Lindsay Patterson served as sideline reporter through 2019, and Alex Stec held the position from 2020. Beginning in 2023,

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will air every MLS match, regardless of club, thus ending FC Cincinnati's time on local TV.

Players and staff

Roster

Out on loan

Technical staff

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Head coaches

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Club captains

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Records

Year-by-year

This is a partial list of the last five MLS seasons completed by FC Cincinnati. For the full season-by-season history, see

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, and other competitive continental matches.

Player records

Appearances

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Nick Hagglund Nicholas Stuart Hagglund (born September 14, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. Career Xavier University Hagglund played four years of college soccer for the ...

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Haris Medunjanin Haris Medunjanin (; born 8 March 1985) is a Bosnian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dutch club PEC Zwolle. He started his professional career at AZ, who loaned him to Sparta Rotterdam in 2006. In 2008 he joined Valladolid, ...

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Geoff Cameron Geoffrey Scott "Geoff" Cameron (born July 11, 1985) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a defender. Cameron began playing college soccer with the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Rhode Island Rams, as well as USL Premier ...

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Goals

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, 2019–2022 , 9 , 0 , 0 , 9 , - , 6 , align="left" ,

Emmanuel Ledesma Emmanuel Jorge Ledesma (born 24 May 1988) is an Argentine footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for USL Championship side Las Vegas Lights FC. Career Early years as a journeyman After moving through the youth ranks of Serie A side G ...

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Kekuta Manneh Kekuta Manneh (born 30 December 1994) is a Gambian-American professional soccer player who plays as a winger. Club career Youth and amateur Manneh began his career at the several youth academies, including Gilcock Academy, in Gambia before mov ...

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Darren Mattocks Darren Dimitri Mattocks (born 2 September 1990) is a Jamaican professional footballer who last played as a forward for Phoenix Rising FC and the Jamaica national football team. College career Mattocks played for the University of Akron where ...

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Shutouts

Przemysław Tytoń Przemysław Tytoń (; born 4 January 1987) is a Polish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Eredivisie club Twente. Club career Born in Zamość, Tytoń played for Górnik Łęczna until the end of the 2006–07 season when t ...

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Roman Celentano Roman Celentano (born September 14, 2000) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. Early life Roman Celentano was born on September 14, 2000, to Marcello and Manuela Cele ...

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Kenneth Vermeer Kenneth Harold Vermeer (born 10 January 1986) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. A product of the Ajax Youth Academy, Vermeer has played for Jong Ajax, Willem II on loan, as ...

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Alec Kann Alec Kann (born August 8, 1990) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for Major League Soccer club FC Cincinnati. Career Youth and college Kann attended Lakeside High School (DeKalb County, Georgia), where he was ...

, 2022–present , 1 , 0 , 0 , 1 Bolded players are currently on the FC Cincinnati roster.

Affiliated clubs

On September 25, 2020, FC Cincinnati signed a partnership agreement with

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club

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. Furthermore, the club is also a part of the "Common Values Club Alliance" with Hoffenheim, and

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club Hearts of Oak SC.

Footnotes

References

External links

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