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Division II: 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985Conference Tournament championshipsTAAC: 1991
C-USA: 2015
 The American: 2022Conference Regular Season championshipsASC: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004

C-USA: 2017, 2021

The American: 2022

The FIU Panthers men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Florida International University. As of the upcoming 2022 season, the team is a member of the NCAA Division I American Athletic Conference (The American).

History

FIU started their soccer program in 1972. They were unaffiliated from any collegiate organization until they joined the NCAA Division II from 1975 to 1986. During this time, FIU went to 11 NCAA Division II Tournaments where they won the national championships in 1982 and 1984 and runners up in 1980 and 1985.[2]

Due to the success of their program in Division II, they became an NCAA Division I team in 1987. The team has represented FIU at 8 NCAA Division I Tournaments finishing runners up in 1996.[2]

FIU's most recent conference change was announced during the 2021–22 offseason, when it left Conference USA (C-USA) for The American. The decision of the Sun Belt Conference to reinstate its men's soccer league effective with the 2022 season dropped the C-USA men's soccer membership to four (Charlotte, FIU, Florida Atlantic, UAB).[3] Of these four schools, all but FIU (which remains a full C-USA member) were scheduled to move fully to The American in the near future, with a July 2023 entry date later confirmed.[4] Accordingly, The American brought all four remaining C-USA men's soccer teams into its own soccer league. FIU will remain an affiliate of The American after the other three schools fully join that league.[5]

Conferences

Throughout their history, the team has been part of several collegiate athletic conferences. They were members of the Trans America Athletic Conference (now known as the ASUN Conference) from 1991 to 1997 where they won the Conference Tournament in 1991. They joined the Atlantic Soccer Conference from 2000 to 2004 where they were Conference Regular Season Champions in 2000, 2002, 2003, and 2004. From 2005 to 2021, the team was a member of Conference USA,[2] and it joined the American Athletic Conference in 2022.

  • Independent (1972–1990)
  • TAAC (1991–1997)
  • Independent (1998–1999)
  • ASC (2000–2004)
  • C-USA (2005–2021)
  • The American (2022–present)

Roster

As of August 12, 2023[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK United States USA Thomas Wallis
1 GK Spain ESP Beltran Fernandez
2 DF Denmark DEN Lucas Christensen
3 DF United States USA Owen Travis
4 DF Denmark DEN Kasper Skraep
5 DF Mexico MEX Edgar Aguilar
6 MF France FRA Matthias Lavenant
7 FW Portugal POR Bernardo Dos Santos Monteiro
8 MF Germany GER Tim Schels
9 FW Mexico MEX Eduardo Mustre
10 MF Japan JPN Yushi Nagao
11 FW Ghana GHA Michael Appiah
12 FW Canada CAN Simon Afrifa
13 DF Denmark DEN Philip Hildebrandt
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF Mexico MEX Diego Castillo
15 MF Italy ITA Francesco Renzi
16 MF England ENG Andrew Bennett
17 FW Japan JPN Fumiya Shiraishi
18 MF Portugal POR João Domíngues
19 DF Norway NOR Adrian Barosen
20 FW Brazil BRA Paulo Alves
21 MF Germany GER Julian Hodek
22 MF France FRA Julien Gastaldy
24 DF France FRA Joackim Betina
25 DF United States USA Brittain Gottlieb
28 GK Iceland ISL Vilhelm Sigurjonsson
30 GK United States USA Tyler Hogan

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Head coach United States Kyle Russell
Associate head coach United States Dannie Merida
Assistant coach United States Lucas Champenois
Volunteer assistant coach United States Luca Campos

Head coaches

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "FIU Style Guide" (PDF). Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Media Guide" (PDF). 2015 FIU Men's Soccer Media Information Guide. Florida International University. 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  4. ^ "American Announces Entrance Agreements With Incoming Members for 2023-24 Season" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "American Announces Affiliate Members in Men's Soccer and Women's Swimming and Diving" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
  6. ^ "2021 Men's Soccer Roster". Florida International University. Retrieved 4 September 2020.

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