SPORTS TEAM HISTORY

  • Home
  • Sports History
    • Baseball History
    • Basketball History
    • College History
    • Football History
    • Hockey History
    • Soccer History
  • Greatest Player Polls
  • More…
    • STH News
    • Sports Team History Products
Sports Team History

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Search in posts
Search in pages
Sports Team History
Image

Columbus Crew Team History

STH MLS Greatest Player Polls Banner
Sports Market History Banner #4
Sports News History Banner #1
STH Products Sale Banner
Columbus Crew SC




  • 2015
  • 2020
  • Columbus Crew SC 2015

    Columbus Crew SC Team Formation

    On June 15, 1994, Major League Soccer announced that Columbus, Ohio, would be home to one of the ten founding members of the new top-flight North American professional soccer league. Columbus had promised construction of a soccer-specific stadium and had sold over 12,000 season-ticket deposits. The team was tentatively named the Columbus Eclipse in its application to the league, as ...
    Read More
    See Full Story
  • Columbus Crew SC MLS Champs 2020

    COVID Year MLS Champs Columbus Crew SC in 2020

    The 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs (branded as the 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th edition of the MLS Cup Playoffs, the post-season championship of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top soccer league in the United States and Canada. The tournament culminated the 2020 MLS regular season. The playoffs began on November 20 and concluded with ...
    Read More
    See Full Story

Crew SC Primary Logo
Crew SC Wordmark Logo

History of the Crew

The Columbus Crew, formerly known as Columbus Crew SC, is an American professional soccer club based in Columbus, Ohio. The Crew competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference and began to play in 1996 as one of the 10 charter clubs of the league. The team is currently operated by an ownership group led by the Haslam family (also owners of the Cleveland Browns and Pilot Corporation) and former team physician Pete Edwards. The Haslam/Edwards group is the third ownership group in club history.





Established
1994

City
Columbus

League History
1996 – Present / Major League Soccer

Team History
2015 – Present / Columbus Crew SC
1996 - 2014 / Columbus Crew

Nickname
Columbus Crew SC – On October 8, 2014, the Precourt ownership changed the name and logo of the club, changing the name from "Columbus Crew" to "Columbus Crew SC."

Championship
MLS Cups 1
2020, 2008

Stadium
2016 – Present / Mapfre Stadium
1999 - 2015 / Columbus Crew Stadium
1996 - 1999 / Ohio Stadium

Owner
2018 - Present / Jimmy Haslam, Dee Haslam, Peter H. Edwards Jr., and other investors (Columbus Partnership)
2013 - 2018 / Anthony Precourt (Precourt Sports Ventures LLC)
2006 - 2013 / Clark Hunt
1995 - 2006 / Lamar Hunt

Who is the greatest Columbus Crew SC?
  • Add your greatest player

To qualify as the greatest player for this team, the player must have played one season for this team. If not, we will remove the player.
* verifies that player has played for this team as an added player by a fan.

Retired Number

*Blue is this team’s history

Latest Posts

Interesting Facts on Mario Lemieux

January 29, 2023

History Of Los Angeles FC Ownership and Team

January 24, 2023

NHL Power Rankings: Bruins lead Stanley Cup

January 23, 2023

The Greatest Seasons Ever by MLB Hitter

January 20, 2023

History of the Chargers and their Move Back to Los Angeles

January 13, 2023

STH News

Latest Sports Team History News

Interesting Facts on Mario Lemieux

January 29, 2023

History Of Los Angeles FC Ownership and Team

January 24, 2023

NHL Power Rankings: Bruins lead Stanley Cup

January 23, 2023

The Greatest Seasons Ever by MLB Hitter

January 20, 2023

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Search in posts
Search in pages
Sports Logo History
Sports News History
Sports Market History
  • About
  • Contact
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy

Sports Team History
© 2013 - 2023 Sports History Group LLC - All Rights Reserved
  • Home
  • Sports History
    • Baseball History
    • Basketball History
    • College History
    • Football History
    • Hockey History
    • Soccer History
  • Greatest Player Polls
  • More…
    • STH News
    • Sports Team History Products
  • Home
  • Sports History
    • Baseball History
    • Basketball History
    • College History
    • Football History
    • Hockey History
    • Soccer History
  • Greatest Player Polls
  • More…
    • STH News
    • Sports Team History Products