List of Real Salt Lake seasons

This is a list of seasons played by Real Salt Lake in American (Major League Soccer) and CONCACAF soccer, from 2005 (when the team was founded) to the most recent completed season.[1] It details the club's achievements in major competitions, and the top scorers for the team in each season.[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
2005 MLS 32 5 22 5 30 65 –35 20 0.63 5th 11th DNQ R3 DNE 18,037 United States Jason Kreis 9
2006 MLS 32 10 13 9 45 49 –4 39 1.22 6th 10th Ro16 DNQ 16,366 Jamaica Jeff Cunningham 17♦[3]
2007 MLS 30 6 15 9 31 45 –14 27 0.90 6th 12th QR2 15,960 United States Chris Brown 5
2008 MLS 30 10 10 10 40 39 +1 40 1.33 3rd 7th SF QR2 16,179 Armenia Yura Movsisyan 8
2009 MLS 30 11 12 7 43 35 +8 40 1.33 5th 8th W QR1 17,831 United States Robbie Findley 15
2010 MLS 30 15 4 11 45 20 +25 56 1.87 2nd 2nd QF QR3 CONCACAF Champions League RU 17,095 Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío 18
2011 MLS 34 15 11 8 44 36 +8 53 1.56 3rd 3rd SF QF DNQ 17,594 Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío 16
2012 MLS 34 17 11 6 46 35 +11 57 1.68 2nd 5th QF R3 CONCACAF Champions League GS 19,087 Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío 19
2013 MLS 34 16 10 8 57 41 +16 56 1.65 2nd 4th RU RU DNQ 19,218 Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío 13
2014 MLS 34 15 8 11 54 39 +15 56 1.65 3rd 4th QF R4 20,351 Ecuador Joao Plata 13
2015 MLS 34 11 15 8 38 48 –10 41 1.21 9th 16th DNQ SF CONCACAF Champions League QF 20,160 Argentina Javier Morales 10
2016 MLS 34 12 12 10 44 46 –2 46 1.35 6th 9th R1 Ro16 DNQ 19,759 Ecuador Joao Plata 8
2017 MLS 34 13 15 6 49 55 –6 45 1.32 8th 14th DNQ R4 18,781 Four players tied 7
2018 MLS 34 14 13 7 55 58 –3 49 1.44 6th 12th QF R4 18,605 Croatia Damir Kreilach 15
2019 MLS 34 16 13 5 46 41 +5 53 1.56 3rd 6th QF R4 Leagues Cup QF 18,121 Slovakia Albert Rusnák 10
2020 MLS 22 5 10 7 25 35 –10 22 1.00 11th 21st DNQ NH Leagues Cup
MLS is Back Tournament
NH
Ro16
5,655 Croatia Damir Kreilach 9
2021 MLS 34 14 14 6 55 54 +1 48 1.41 7th 13th SF NH DNQ 15,283 Croatia Damir Kreilach 16
2022 MLS 34 12 11 11 43 45 −2 47 1.38 7th 14th R1 R3 20,470 Venezuela Sergio Córdova 11
Total 512 191 194 127 692 687 +5 700 1.37 Costa Rica Álvaro Saborío 63

^ 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

  1. ^ "Schedule | Real Salt Lake".
  2. ^ "Real Salt Lake Stats and History".
  3. ^ Cunnigham won the MLS Golden Boot (16 goals)
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Real Salt Lake
  • Founded 2004
  • Based in Sandy, Utah
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Key personnel
Owners
David Blitzer
Ryan Smith
Head coach
Pablo Mastroeni
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Dave Checketts
Dean Howes
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