Columbus Crew

USA

2017

Matches — By League
Date		Matches	Status Status HT BTTS 2.5 O/U
USA - MLS
	05/03	Columbus 1 - 1 Chicago Fire	1 - 0	D
	12/03	Houston 3 - 1 Columbus	2 - 0	L
	19/03	DC United 0 - 2 Columbus	0 - 1	W
	26/03	Columbus 3 - 2 Portland	2 - 2	W
	02/04	Columbus 2 - 0 Orlando	1 - 0	W
	09/04	Chicago Fire 1 - 0 Columbus	1 - 0	L
	16/04	Columbus 2 - 1 Toronto	2 - 1	W
	23/04	New York 2 - 0 Columbus	2 - 0	L
	30/04	Columbus 2 - 3 New York City	1 - 1	L
	07/05	Columbus 2 - 0 New England	1 - 0	W
	11/05	Columbus 1 - 2 Toronto	0 - 0	L
	14/05	Montreal 2 - 3 Columbus	0 - 2	W
	22/05	New England 2 - 1 Columbus	2 - 1	L
	27/05	Toronto 5 - 0 Columbus	2 - 0	L
	01/06	Columbus 3 - 0 Seattle	2 - 0	W
	04/06	Colorado 2 - 1 Columbus	0 - 0	L
	18/06	Atlanta 3 - 1 Columbus	1 - 1	L
	25/06	Columbus 4 - 1 Montreal	1 - 1	W
	02/07	Columbus 0 - 2 Atlanta	0 - 1	L
	04/07	Minnesota 0 - 1 Columbus	0 - 0	W
	23/07	Columbus 1 - 0 Philadelphia	0 - 0	W
	27/07	Philadelphia 3 - 0 2 Columbus	1 - 0	L
	30/07	Salt Lake 2 - 2 Columbus	0 - 1	D
	06/08	San Jose 2 - 1 Columbus	1 - 0	L
	13/08	Columbus 3 - 1 Chicago Fire	1 - 1	W
	20/08	Orlando 1 - 1 Columbus	0 - 1	D
	24/08	Columbus 2 - 0 LA Galaxy	1 - 0	W
	27/08	Columbus 2 - 1 Dallas	0 - 0	W
	10/09	Columbus 1 - 1 Kansas City	1 - 1	D
	17/09	Vancouver 2 - 2 Columbus	1 - 1	D
	24/09	Columbus 3 - 2 New York	1 - 1	W
	01/10	Columbus 2 - 0 DC United	1 - 0	W
	16/10	Orlando 0 - 1 Columbus	0 - 0	W
	23/10	New York City 2 - 2 Columbus	2 - 1	D
Preliminary Round
	27/10	Atlanta 0 - 0 Columbus	0 - 0	D
Conference Semifinals
	01/11	Columbus 4 - 1 New York City	1 - 0	W
	05/11	New York City 2 - 0 Columbus	1 - 0	L
Conference Finals
	22/11	Columbus 0 - 0 Toronto	0 - 0	D
	30/11	Toronto 1 - 0 Columbus	0 - 0	L

Honours

Club Friendly Games

MLS

Squad & Club Info

Market Value

7.3 M €

Average Age

25.9

Country

USA

City

Stadium

ScottsMiracle-Gro Field

Founded

1994

7.3 M €

25.9

Columbus Crew squad: players, positions, shirt numbers and statistics — Forwards
Forwards	Matches	11	Goals	Assists		Value	Contract End
Justin Meram IRQ #9 29 LW	39	37	14	6	6	0 €	-
Ola Kamara NOR #11 28 CF	39	38	19	4		0 €	-
Adam Jahn USA #12 27 CF	24	1	1	1	3	0 €	-
Kekuta Manneh USA #19 23 LW	24	9	4	3		0 €	-
4 Forward	Total Value: 0 €						Average Age: 26.8

Columbus Crew squad: players, positions, shirt numbers and statistics — Midfielders
Midfielders	Matches	11	Goals	Assists		Value	Contract End
Artur K BRA #7 21 DM	27	22	1	3	3	3M €	12/30/2026
Cristian Martinez PAN #18 20 DM	8	1			2	800K €	6/29/2029
Wil Trapp USA #20 24 DM	39	39		4	3	500K €	12/30/2026
Federico Higuain ARG #10 33 AM	31	31	9	10	3	0 €	-
Hector Jimenez USA #16 29 RB	23	18		3	2	0 €	-
Mohammed Abu GHA #8 26 DM	23	16			4	0 €	-
Ethan Finlay USA #13 27 RW	19	14	1	1	2	0 €	-
Niko Hansen DNK #28 23 RW	15	3	1	2		0 €	-
Dilly Duka USA #5 28 LM						0 €	-
9 Midfielder	Total Value: 4.3Mn €						Average Age: 25.7

Columbus Crew squad: players, positions, shirt numbers and statistics — Defenders
Defenders	Matches	11	Goals	Assists			Value	Contract End
Josh Williams USA #3 29 CB	27	24	3		5		300K €	5/30/2028
Lalas Abubakar GHA #17 23 CB	10	7	1		1	1	300K €	12/30/2026
Nicolai Naess NOR #24 24 CB	18	17			1		200K €	12/30/2027
Alex Crognale USA #21 23 CB	17	12		1	1		175K €	11/29/2026
Pedro Santos PRT #32 29 RW	14	13		2	3		75K €	11/29/2026
Waylon Francis CRI #14 27 LB	12	10		2			25K €	12/30/2026
Jonathan Mensah GHA #4 27 CB	31	30	2	1	9	2	0 €	-
Jukka Raitala FIN #2 29 CB	30	21		1	4		0 €	-
Harrison Afful GHA #25 31 RB	29	26	1		3	1	0 €	-
Connor Maloney USA #31 22 RB	2	1		1			0 €	-
10 Defender	Total Value: 1.1Mn €							Average Age: 26.4

Columbus Crew squad: players, positions, shirt numbers and statistics — Goalkeepers
Goalkeepers	Matches	11		Value	Contract End
Zack Steffen USA #23 22 GK	39	39	3	1.5M €	12/30/2026
Brad Stuver USA #41 26 GK				300K €	12/30/2026
Logan Ketterer USA #30 24 GK				100K €	11/29/2026
3 Goalkeeper	Total Value: 1.9Mn €				Average Age: 24.0

Matches

Player

Referee

Incoming Players

Incoming Players
Player	Age	From	Transfer Fee	Date
Artur BRA	21	Sao Paulo FC SP	1 M €	12/31/2017
Cristian Martinez PAN	20	FC Cincinnati	Returned from Loan	12/30/2017
Mike Grella USA	30	Colorado Rapids	Signed	12/15/2017
Jon Kempin USA	24	Los Angeles Galaxy	Signed	12/12/2017
Lalas Abubakar GHA	23	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Returned from Loan	11/29/2017
Pedro Santos PRT	29	SC Braga	2 M €	8/7/2017
Kekuta Manneh USA	23	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Transfer	3/29/2017
Artur BRA	21	Sao Paulo FC SP	On Loan	2/12/2017
Cristian Martinez PAN	20	CD Universitario Penonome	Transfer	1/24/2017
Mohammed Abu GHA	26	Stroemsgodset IF	Signed	1/23/2017
Jonathan Mensah GHA	27	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	0 M €	1/2/2017

Outgoing Players

Outgoing Players
Player	Age	To	Transfer Fee	Date
Kekuta Manneh USA	23	CF Pachuca	Signed	12/31/2017
Waylon Francis CRI	27	Seattle Sounders	Transfer	12/31/2017
Waylon Francis CRI	27	Seattle Sounders	Signed	12/31/2017
Artur BRA	21	Sao Paulo FC SP	Returned from Loan	12/30/2017
Brad Stuver USA	26	New York City FC	Transfer	12/13/2017
Jukka Raitala FIN	29	-	Released	12/11/2017
Nicolai Naess NOR	24	SC Heerenveen	Transfer	8/29/2017
Ethan Finlay USA	27	Minnesota United FC	0 M €	8/8/2017
Cristian Martinez PAN	20	FC Cincinnati	On Loan	5/4/2017
Lalas Abubakar GHA	23	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	On Loan	4/5/2017
Steve Clark USA	31	AC Horsens	Signed	1/16/2017

Past Performances

USA - MLS

Honours

Club Friendly Games 1

2024

MLS 3

2023

Wilfried Nancy

2020

Caleb Porter

2008

Sigi Schmid

Detailed View

Standings — MLS
#	Team	P	W	D	L	+/-	GD	Pts
1	Toronto	34	20	9	5	74 - 37	37	69
2	New York City	34	16	9	9	56 - 43	13	57
3	Atlanta	34	15	10	9	70 - 40	30	55
4	Chicago Fire	34	16	7	11	61 - 47	14	55
5	Columbus	34	16	6	12	53 - 49	4	54
6	Seattle	34	14	11	9	52 - 39	13	53
7	Portland	34	15	8	11	60 - 50	10	53
8	Vancouver	34	15	7	12	50 - 49	1	52
9	Houston	34	13	11	10	57 - 45	12	50
10	New York	34	14	8	12	53 - 47	6	50
11	Kansas City	34	12	13	9	40 - 29	11	49
12	Dallas	34	11	13	10	48 - 48	0	46
13	San Jose	34	13	7	14	39 - 60	-21	46
14	Salt Lake	34	13	6	15	49 - 55	-6	45
15	New England	34	13	6	15	53 - 61	-8	45
16	Philadelphia	34	11	9	14	50 - 47	3	42
17	Montreal	34	11	6	17	52 - 58	-6	39
18	Orlando	34	10	9	15	39 - 58	-19	39
19	Minnesota	34	10	6	18	47 - 70	-23	36
20	Colorado	34	9	6	19	31 - 51	-20	33
21	LA Galaxy	34	8	8	18	45 - 67	-22	32
22	DC United	34	9	5	20	31 - 60	-29	32

Fixtures

Results

No upcoming matches

30/11

Toronto

1 - 0

Columbus

22/11

Columbus

0 - 0

Toronto

05/11

New York City

2 - 0

Columbus

01/11

Columbus

4 - 1

New York City

23/10

New York City

2 - 2

Columbus

About Columbus Crew

Columbus Crew is a football club founded in 1994. Home matches are played at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field.

In the USA - MLS table the side sits in position 5, on 54 points from 34 matches. Record: 16 won, 6 drawn, 12 lost. Goals scored: 53, conceded: 49, goal difference: 4.

In the most recent match the side lost 0-1 to Toronto (11/30/2017).

The squad has 26 players, with an average age of 25.9 and a combined market value of 7.3 M €. Leading scorer: Ola Kamara (19). Most assists: Federico Higuain (10). Most valuable player: Artur (3.0 M €). Players out on loan: 1.

In this transfer window 11 players joined and 11 left. Arrivals include Artur, Cristian Martinez, Mike Grella. Departures include Kekuta Manneh, Waylon Francis, Waylon Francis.

The trophy cabinet holds 3 x MLS, 1 x Club Friendly Games.

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