List of Chicago Fire FC seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Chicago Fire FC in North American soccer competitions from 1998, when the club was formed, to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitive competitions.[1][2]

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 / Other Average
attendance
Top goalscorer(s)
League Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Conf. Overall Name(s) Goals
1998 MLS 32 20 12 0 62 45 +17 56 1.75 2nd 3rd W W DNE 17,886 United States Ante Razov 11
1999 MLS 32 18 14 0 51 36 +15 48 1.50 3rd 4th QF Ro16 CONCACAF Champions Cup 3rd 16,016 United States Ante Razov 16
2000 MLS 32 17 9 6 67 51 +16 57 1.78 1st 2nd RU W DNQ 13,387 United States Ante Razov 22
2001 MLS 27 16 6 5 50 30 +20 53 1.96 1st 2nd SF SF 16,388 United States Eric Wynalda 11
2002 MLS 28 11 13 4 43 38 +5 37 1.32 3rd 7th QF Ro16 CONCACAF Champions Cup QF 12,922 United States Ante Razov 16
2003 MLS 30 15 7 8 53 43 +10 53 1.77 1st 1st RU W DNQ 14,005 United States Ante Razov 16
2004 MLS 30 8 13 9 36 44 −8 33 1.10 5th 10th DNQ RU CONCACAF Champions Cup SF 17,153 Jamaica Damani Ralph 13
2005 MLS 32 15 13 4 49 50 −1 49 1.53 3rd 4th SF SF DNQ 17,238 United States Chris Rolfe 8
2006 MLS 32 13 11 8 43 41 +2 47 1.47 3rd 4th QF W 14,111 Costa Rica Andy Herron 13
2007 MLS 30 10 10 10 31 36 −5 40 1.33 4th 7th SF Ro16 16,490 United States Chad Barrett 8
2008 MLS 30 13 10 7 44 33 +11 46 1.53 2nd 3rd SF QF 17,034 United States Chris Rolfe 10
2009 MLS 30 11 7 12 39 34 +5 45 1.50 2nd 5th SF Ro16 North American SuperLiga RU 15,487 United States Brian McBride 7
2010 MLS 30 9 12 9 37 38 −1 36 1.20 4th 10th DNQ Ro16 North American SuperLiga GS 15,814 Guatemala Marco Pappa 7
2011 MLS 34 9 9 16 46 45 +1 43 1.26 6th 11th RU DNQ 14,274 Ghana Dominic Oduro 14
2012 MLS 34 17 11 6 46 41 +5 57 1.68 4th 6th R1 R3 16,409 United States Chris Rolfe 8
2013 MLS 34 14 13 7 47 52 −5 49 1.44 6th 12th DNQ SF 15,228 United States Mike Magee 18
2014 MLS 34 6 10 18 41 51 −10 36 1.06 9th 15th SF 16,076 United States Quincy Amarikwa 10
2015 MLS 34 8 20 6 43 58 −15 30 0.88 10th 20th SF 16,003 Ghana David Accam 10
2016 MLS 34 7 17 10 42 58 −16 31 0.91 10th 20th SF 15,602 Ghana David Accam 14
2017 MLS 34 16 11 7 62 48 +14 55 1.67 3rd 3rd R1 Ro16 17,383 Hungary Nemanja Nikolić 24♦[3]
2018 MLS 34 8 18 8 43 74 −31 32 0.94 10th 20th DNQ SF 14,806 Hungary Nemanja Nikolić 19
2019 MLS 34 10 12 12 55 47 +8 42 1.24 8th 17th R4 Leagues Cup QF 12,324 Hungary Nemanja Nikolić 13
2020 MLS 23 5 10 8 33 39 −6 23 1.00 11th 22nd NH MLS is Back Tournament GS 0[4] Slovenia Robert Berić 12
2021 MLS 34 9 18 7 36 54 −18 34 1.00 12th 22nd NH DNQ 10,703 Slovenia Robert Berić 8
2022 MLS 34 10 15 9 39 48 −9 39 1.15 12th 24th R3 15,848 Colombia Jhon Durán 8
2023 MLS 34 10 14 10 39 51 −12 40 1.18 13th 24th QF Leagues Cup R32 18,170 Switzerland Maren Haile-Selassie
Switzerland Xherdan Shaqiri
7
Total 826 305 315 210 1177 1185 -8 1111 1.35 United States Ante Razov 110

^ 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 and Notes

  1. ^ "Schedule | Chicago Fire FC".
  2. ^ "Chicago Fire Stats and History".
  3. ^ Nikolić won the MLS Golden Boot (24 goals)
  4. ^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, games were played in empty stadiums

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Chicago Fire FC
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Owner & Chairman
Joe Mansueto
President & General Manager
Georg Heitz
COO
John Urban
Interim Head Coach
Frank Klopas
Major honors (6)
MLS Cup (1)
Supporters' Shield (1)
U.S. Open Cup (4)
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Seasons (24)