FC Cincinnati
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| Full name | Fußball Club Cincinnati |
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| Nickname(s) | FCC, FC Cincy |
| Founded | August 12, 2015 |
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Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Capacity | 35,061 |
| Owner | Carl H. Lindner III |
| General Manager | Jeff Berding |
| Head Coach | John Harkes |
| League | USL |
| 2016 | 3rd, Eastern Conference Playoffs: Conference Quarterfinals |
| Website | Club home page |
FC Cincinnati is a United Soccer League (USL) club that began play in 2016. The team was announced on August 12, 2015. The club's ownership group is led by Carl H. Lindner III. John Harkes currently coaches the team.
In May 2015, rumors of a new USL club in Cincinnati started to be reported by the news media. There was much speculation regarding the relationship the team would have with the Cincinnati Bengals, as well as a former Cincinnati soccer club, the Cincinnati Kings, as Jeff Berding was named as part of the ownership group. Berding was employed by the Bengals and on the board of the youth soccer club Kings-Hammer FC. The Lindner family, of American Financial Group which is headquartered in Cincinnati, was reported as the owner of the new team with Carl Lindner III representing the owners at the press conference.
Then on August 12, 2015, FC Cincinnati announced that John Harkes would coach the new club and that the club would play in Nippert Stadium.
On April 16, 2016, FC Cincinnati broke the USL attendance record for a game, with 20,497 in attendance for the rivalry game against Louisville City FC, and, on May 14, against another rival Pittsburgh Riverhounds, broke its own record with 23,375 in attendance. On September 17, 2016, the team broke the USL record again, when they drew 24,376 for their game against Orlando City B.
On July 16, 2016, FC Cincinnati set the record for highest attendance at a soccer match in the state of Ohio when 35,061 people came for an Exhibition game against Crystal Palace.
On October 2, 2016, FC Cincinnati hosted their first ever playoff match against Charleston Battery, losing 2–1 in the quarterfinals of the 2016 USL playoffs. In the process, the club broke the playoff and single game attendance record at 30,187.
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