Columbia Lions men's soccer

The Columbia Lions men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Columbia University. The team is a member of the Ivy League of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Columbia Lions Men's Soccer
Founded	1906; 117 years ago (1906)
University	Columbia University
Head coach	Kevin Anderson (9th season)
Conference	Ivy
Location	New York City, New York
Stadium	Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium (Capacity: 3,500)
Nickname	Lions
Colors	Columbia blue and white^[1]
Home Away
Pre-tournament ISFA/ISFL championships
1909, 1910
NCAA Tournament runner-up
1983
NCAA Tournament Semifinals
1979, 1983
NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals
1979, 1983
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
1979, 1983
NCAA Tournament appearances
1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2017
Conference Regular Season championships
1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, 2016

The Lions fielded their first varsity team in 1906, and have since won 10 Ivy League Championships and have made 14 NCAA tournament appearances. Their most recent appearance in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship came in 2017 where the Lions reached the second round before losing 1–0 to Wake Forest in the 88' on a penalty kick.^[2]

Since 2009, the Lions have been coached by Kevin Anderson, a former assistant coach for the Boston College Eagles men's soccer program. Anderson played soccer professionally for ten years with the Colorado Rapids and the Tampa Bay Mutiny of Major League Soccer.^[3]

Roster

As of May 11, 2021 ^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   AUS Daniel López 2 DF   USA Max González 3 DF   USA Blake Willis 4 DF   USA Matthew Leong 5 MF   USA Jake Novoshelski 6 MF   USA Andrew Stevens 7 MF   USA Uri Zeitz 8 MF   USA Vitto Luzio 9 FW   AUS Bryson Bezdek 10 MF   USA Beto Carrillo 11 MF   USA Sile Ogundeyin 12 FW   USA Jon Ned 12 DF   USA Jack Muoio

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   CAN Keenan Foley 15 MF   USA Sebastian Gunbeyi 16 DF   USA David Walley 17 MF   USA Avi Eller 18 MF   CAN Jacob Daum 19 FW   AUS Spiros Stamoulis 20 MF   USA Brian Timoney 21 DF   ESP Gannen Headrick 23 MF   SWE Hugo Hamilton 24 MF   USA Cyrus Siminou 27 DF   AUS Will Todd 30 GK   USA Michael Collodi 33 GK   USA Matthew Goodman

Team honors

Conference championships

Columbia has won 10 Ivy League championships,^[5] their last being in the 2016–2017 season.

Season	Conference	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
1978	Ivy	John Rennie	13–2–1	6–0–1
1979	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	14–4–1	6–1–0
1980	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	12–2–2	4–1–2
1981	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	10–2–4	6–1–0
1982	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	12–3–2	7–0–0
1983	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	18–1–0	7–0–0
1984	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	12–2–2	6–1–0
1985	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	12–3–2	6–0–1
1993	Ivy	Dieter Ficken	9-6-1	6–1-0
2016	Ivy	Kevin Anderson	13-3-1	5–1–1

Kit history

First kits

2013-2015

2016-

Secondary kits

2013-2014

2016

2017-

References

1. Columbia University Brand Guide (PDF). December 1, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2018.
2. "No. 1 Wake Forest Ends Columbia's Run, 1-0". gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
3. "Men's Soccer Coaching Staff". gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
4. 2020 men's soccer roster on Lions website
5. (PDF). gocolumbialions.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.

External links

• Official website