List of Atlanta United FC records and statistics

Atlanta United FC is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS).

This is a list of franchise records for Atlanta United, which dates from their inaugural season in 2017 to present.

Honors edit

Player records edit

Most appearances edit

# Pos. Name Nation Career MLS Playoffs USOC INTL Total
1 Goalkeeper Brad Guzan   United States 2017– 177 13 4 13 207
2 Forward Josef Martínez   Venezuela 2017–2022 134 10 3 11 158
3 Defender Miles Robinson   United States 2017–2023 123 6 9 12 150
4 Defender Brooks Lennon   United States 2020– 123 4 7 5 139
5 Midfielder Jeff Larentowicz   United States 2017–2020 113 8 3 8 132
6 Midfielder Julian Gressel   United States 2017–2019 98 9 7 4 118
7 Defender Leandro González Pírez   Argentina 2017–2019 95 9 7 4 115
8 Midfielder Esequiel Barco   Argentina 2018–2023 81 9 5 12 107
9 Defender Michael Parkhurst   United States 2017–2019 86 8 2 4 100
10 Midfielder Matheus Rossetto   Brazil 2020–2023 90 3 1 4 98
As of May 8, 2024[1]
USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Goals edit

# Pos. Name Nation Career MLS Playoffs USOC INTL Total
1 Forward Josef Martínez   Venezuela 2017–2022 98 5 2 6 111
2 Forward Giorgos Giakoumakis   Greece 2023– 22 2 0 0 24
3 Midfielder Thiago Almada   Argentina 2022– 19 1 1 1 22
Midfielder Miguel Almirón   Paraguay 2017–2018 21 1 0 0 22
Forward Héctor Villalba   Paraguay 2017–2019 21 1 0 0 22
6 Midfielder Julian Gressel   United States 2017–2019 15 2 1 2 20
7 Midfielder Esequiel Barco   Argentina 2018–2023 17 0 1 1 19
8 Midfielder Marcelino Moreno   Argentina 2020–2023 13 0 1 0 14
9 Midfielder Luiz Araújo   Brazil 2021–2023 11 0 2 0 13
10 Midfielder Pity Martínez   Argentina 2019–2020 7 0 2 2 11
As of May 8, 2024[1]
USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Assists edit

# Pos. Name Nation Career MLS Playoffs USOC INTL Total
1 Midfielder Julian Gressel   United States 2017–2019 35 2 2 0 39
2 Midfielder Thiago Almada   Argentina 2022– 31 0 0 0 31
Defender Brooks Lennon   United States 2020– 28 3 0 0 31
4 Midfielder Miguel Almirón   Paraguay 2017–2018 28 2 0 0 30
5 Midfielder Esequiel Barco   Argentina 2018–2023 17 2 2 3 24
Forward Héctor Villalba   Paraguay 2017–2019 24 0 0 0 24
7 Forward Josef Martínez   Venezuela 2017–2022 16 1 0 2 19
8 Midfielder Pity Martínez   Argentina 2019–2020 11 2 1 3 17
9 Midfielder Marcelino Moreno   Argentina 2020–2023 14 0 1 1 16
10 Forward Yamil Asad   Argentina 2017 13 0 0 0 13
As of May 8, 2024[1]
USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Shutouts edit

# Pos. Name Nation Career MLS Playoffs USOC INTL Total
1 Goalkeeper Brad Guzan   United States 2017– 57 5 2 5 69
2 Goalkeeper Alec Kann   United States 2017–2021 4 0 1 0 5
3 Goalkeeper Rocco Ríos Novo   Argentina 2021–2022 2 0 0 2 4
4 Goalkeeper Raúl Gudiño   Mexico 2022 2 0 0 0 2
Goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth   United States 2022 1 0 1 0 2
6 Goalkeeper Josh Cohen   United States 2024– 0 0 1 0 1
Goalkeeper Quentin Westberg   United States 2023– 1 0 0 0 1
As of May 8, 2024[1]
USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Hat Tricks edit

Player[2] Nationality Against Result Date Competition Ref.
Josef Martínez (6)   Venezuela Minnesota United FC 6–1 March 11, 2017 Major League Soccer [3]
New England Revolution 7–0 September 13, 2017 [4]
Orlando City SC 3–3 September 16, 2017 [5]
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 March 17, 2018 [6]
Philadelphia Union 3–1 June 2, 2018 [7]
D.C. United 3–1 July 21, 2018 [8]
Miguel Almirón   Paraguay Houston Dynamo 4–1 May 20, 2017 Major League Soccer [9]
Ronaldo Cisneros   Mexico Chicago Fire FC 4–1 May 7, 2022 Major League Soccer [10]
Juanjo Purata   Mexico Toronto FC 4–2 September 10, 2022 Major League Soccer [11]
Giorgos Giakoumakis   Greece New England Revolution 4–1 March 9, 2024 Major League Soccer [12]

Coaching records edit

As of May 8, 2024
Coach From To Record [a]
G W D L Win %
  Gerardo Martino September 27, 2016 December 10, 2018 78 42 17 19 053.85
  Frank de Boer December 23, 2018 July 24, 2020 55 31 5 19 056.36
  Stephen Glass (interim) July 27, 2020 December 18, 2020 19 5 4 10 026.32
  Gabriel Heinze December 18, 2020 July 18, 2021 17 4 8 5 023.53
  Rob Valentino (interim) July 18, 2021 August 12, 2021 5 1 2 2 020.00
  Gonzalo Pineda August 12, 2021 Present 101 36 29 36 035.64
Total 275 119 65 91 043.27

Trophies edit

No. Name MLS SS USOC CCL CC Total
1   Frank de Boer 1 1 2
2   Gerardo Martino 1 1

List of seasons edit

Transfer records edit

Highest transfer fees paid edit

# Pos. Player From Fee Date
1 Midfielder   Thiago Almada   Vélez Sarsfield $16 million January 2022 [13]
2 Midfielder   Pity Martínez   River Plate $15.5 million January 2019 [14]
3 Midfielder   Esequiel Barco   Independiente $15 million January 2018 [15]
4 Forward   Luiz Araújo   Lille $12 million August 2021 [16]
5 Midfielder   Miguel Almirón   Lanús $8 million December 2016 [17]
6 Midfielder   Marcelino Moreno   Lanús $7 million September 2020 [18]
7 Forward   Giorgos Giakoumakis   Celtic $5.2 million February 2023 [19]
8 Forward   Josef Martínez   Torino $5 million March 2017 [20]
9 Midfielder   Santiago Sosa   River Plate $4.9 million February 2021 [21]
10 Forward   Erik López   Olimpia $3.3 million January 2021 [22]

Highest transfer fees received edit

# Pos. Player To Fee Date
1 Midfielder   Miguel Almirón   Newcastle United $26 million January 2019 [23]
2 Midfielder   Pity Martínez   Al-Nassr $18 million September 2020 [24]
3 Midfielder   Luiz Araújo   Flamengo $10 million July 2023 [25]
4 Midfielder   Esequiel Barco   River Plate $6.4 million January 2023 [26]
5 Midfielder   Héctor Villalba   Libertad $4.4 million January 2020 [27]
6 Defender   Alan Franco   São Paulo $2.3 million January 2023 [28]
7 Defender   George Bello   Arminia Bielefeld $1.9 million January 2022 [29]
8 Midfielder   Marcelino Moreno   Coritiba $1.5 million June 2023 [30]
9 Midfielder   Darlington Nagbe   Columbus Crew $1 million November 2019 [31]

International results edit

By competition edit

As of July 30, 2023 (Includes CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD W%
CONCACAF Champions League 12 6 1 5 14 14 0 50.00
Campeones Cup 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100.00
Leagues Cup 2 0 1 1 1 5 -4 0.00
Total 15 7 2 6 18 21 -3 46.66

By club edit

As of July 30, 2023 (Includes CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)
Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Alajuelense 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2
  América 3 2 0 1 4 5 –1
  Cruz Azul 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
  Herediano 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2
  Inter Miami 1 0 0 1 0 4 –4
  Monterrey 2 1 0 1 1 3 –2
  Motagua 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
  Philadelphia Union 2 0 1 1 1 4 –3

By country edit

As of July 30, 2023 (Includes CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)
Country Pld W D L GF GA GD
  Costa Rica 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4
  Honduras 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
  Mexico 6 3 1 2 6 9 –3
  United States 3 0 1 2 1 8 –7

By season edit

Competition Season Round Opposition Home Away Aggregate
CONCACAF Champions League 2019 Round of 16   Herediano 4–0 1–3 5–3
Quarterfinals   Monterrey 1–0 0–3 1–3
2020 Round of 16   Motagua 3–0 1–1 4–1
Quarterfinals   América 1–0 0–3 1–3
2021 Round of 16   Alajuelense 1–0 1–0 2–0
Quarterfinals   Philadelphia Union 0–3 1–1 1–4
Campeones Cup 2019 Final   América 3–2
Leagues Cup 2023 Group Stage   Inter Miami 0–4
  Cruz Azul 1–1 (4–5p)

Individual honors edit

MLS MVP edit

Year Player
2018   Josef Martínez[32]

MLS Best XI edit

Year Player
2017
[33]
  Miguel Almirón
  Josef Martínez
2018
[34]
  Miguel Almirón (2)
  Josef Martínez (2)
2019
[35]
  Josef Martínez (3)
  Miles Robinson
2021
[36]
  Miles Robinson (2)
2023
[37]
  Thiago Almada
  Giorgos Giakoumakis

Coach of the Year edit

Year Player
2018   Gerardo Martino[38]

Golden Boot edit

Year Player
2018   Josef Martínez[39]

Newcomer of the Year edit

Year Player
2017   Miguel Almirón[40]
2022   Thiago Almada[41]
2023   Giorgos Giakoumakis[42]

Young Player of the Year Award edit

Year Player
2017   Julian Gressel[43]
2023   Thiago Almada[44]

MLS Cup MVP edit

Year Player
2018   Josef Martínez[45]

All-Star Game MVP edit

Year Player
2018   Josef Martínez[46]

Goal of the Year edit

Year Player
2017   Héctor Villalba[47]
2019   Josef Martínez[48]
2022   Josef Martínez[49]

Save of the Year edit

Year Player
2017   Brad Guzan[50]

References edit

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