Columbus soccer history is detailed here.
**Last Updated: 12/16/2025- Created page.
Soccer
1970-1979
Columbus Magic
Home Field: Cooper Stadium
Level: Professional
Years: 1979-1980
League: American Soccer League
League Rank: 2nd of 11 (1979), 7th of 8 (1980)
Record: 17-8-3 (1979)
11-14-3 (1980)
Columbus Magic Game Results
Reason Disbanded: Folded after the 1980 season.
1980-1989
Columbus Capitals
Home Field: Battelle Hall at the Columbus Convention Center
Level: Professional
Years: 1984-1986
League: American Indoor Soccer Association
League Rank: 2nd of 6 (1984-1985), 5th of 6 (1985-1986)
Record: 26-14 (1984-1985), 13-27 (1985-1986)
Reason Disbanded: Folded after the 1985-86 season.
1990-1999
Ohio Xoggz
Home Field: Dublin Coffman High School
Level: Professional
Years: 1994-1996
League: United States International Soccer League
Division Rank: 3rd of 9 (1994), 2nd of 5 (1995), 4th of 5(1996)
Record: 11-7 (1994), 16-3 (1995), 6-12 (1996)
Reason Disbanded: Folded after the 1996 season.
Columbus Ziggx
Home Field: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 1995-1998
League: United States Inter-Regional Women’s League, W-League
Division Rank: 3rd of 6 (1995), 3rd of 7 (1996), 2nd of 6 (1997), 4th of 6 (1998)
Record: 5-4 (1995), 7-3 (1996), 6-1 (1997) 6-7 (1998)
Reason Disbanded: Declining attendance caused the team to fold after the 1998 season.
Columbus Invaders
Home Field: Battelle Hall at the Columbus Convention Center
Level: Professional
Years: 1996-1997
League: National Professional Soccer League
League Rank: 15th of 15
Record: 5-35
Reason Disbanded: Folded after 1996-97 season from competition with Columbus Crew.
Columbus Crew
Home Field: Mapfre Stadium (1996-2021) Lower.com Field (2021-Present)
Level: Professional
Years: 1996-Present
League: Major League Soccer
League Rank
1996: 4th of 9
1997: 3rd of 9
1998: 2nd of 10
1999: 2nd of 10
2000: 4th of 10
2001: 2nd of 10
2002: 2nd of 10
2003: 5th of 10
2004: 1st of 10
2005: 6th of 10
2006: 6th of 12
2007: 6th of 13
2008: 1st of 13
2009: 1st of 14
2010: 2nd of 15
2011: 4th of 17
2012: 6th of 18
2013: 8th of 18
2014: 3rd of 18
2015: 2nd of 20
2016: 9th of 20
2017: 5th of 22
2018: 5th of 23
2019: 10th of 24
2020: 4th of 26
2021: 17th of 27
2022: 15th of 28
2023: 3rd of 29
Columbus Crew Season Records
2000-2009
Columbus Lady Shooting Stars
Home Field: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 2003
League: USL W-League
Division Rank: 3rd of 5
Record: 4-5-1
Reason Disbanded: Folded before the 2004 season.
Columbus Shooting Stars
Home Field: Unknown
Level: Professional
Years: 2003
League: Premiere Development League
Division Rank: 6th of 6
Record: 2-14-2
Reason Disbanded: Although part of the league in 2004, the team never played any games and formally disbanded after that season.
Ohio Premier Women’s SC
Home Field: Dublin Coffman HS
Level: Professional
Years: 2008-2012
League: Women’s Premier Soccer League
Division Rank: 2nd of 5 (2008), 1st of 5 (2009), 1st of 6 (2010), 1st of 5 (2011), 4th of 7 (2012)
Record: 6-1-1 (2008), 8-0-0 (2009), 7-1-2 (2010), 7-0-1 (2011), 2-1-1 (2012)
Reason Disbanded: Folded after the 2012 season.
2010-2019
Columbus Eagles FC
Home Field: Memorial Stadium at Otterbein University (2014-2019), Home Field at Capital University (Present)
Level: Professional
Years: 2014-Present
League: Women’s Premier Soccer League
Division Rank
2015: 6th of 6
2016: 4th of 5
2017: 3rd of 5
2018: 2nd of 9
2019: 4th of 6
2020: No games due to Covid-19
2021: 5th of 6
2022: 4th of 6
FC Columbus
Home Field: Panther Stadium, Ohio Dominican University
Level: Semi-Professional
Years: 2018-Present
League: National Premier Soccer League
Division Rank: 3rd of 7 (2018), 5th of 8 (2019)
Record: 6-4-2 (2018), 4-8-2 (2019)
2020-2022: Unknown
