FIU Panthers men's soccer

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]

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)

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  USA Thomas Wallis 1 GK  ESP Beltran Fernandez 2 DF  DEN Lucas Christensen 3 DF  USA Owen Travis 4 DF  DEN Kasper Skraep 5 DF  MEX Edgar Aguilar 6 MF  FRA Matthias Lavenant 7 FW  POR Bernardo Dos Santos Monteiro 8 MF  GER Tim Schels 9 FW  MEX Eduardo Mustre 10 MF  JPN Yushi Nagao 11 FW  GHA Michael Appiah 12 FW  CAN Simon Afrifa 13 DF  DEN Philip Hildebrandt

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF  MEX Diego Castillo 15 MF  ITA Francesco Renzi 16 MF  ENG Andrew Bennett 17 FW  JPN Fumiya Shiraishi 18 MF  POR João Domíngues 19 DF  NOR Adrian Barosen 20 FW  BRA Paulo Alves 21 MF  GER Julian Hodek 22 MF  FRA Julien Gastaldy 24 DF  FRA Joackim Betina 25 DF  USA Brittain Gottlieb 28 GK  ISL Vilhelm Sigurjonsson 30 GK  USA Tyler Hogan

Coaching staff

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

• Dr. Greg Myers (1972–1974)
• Bill Nuttall (1975–1979)
• Karl Kremser (1980–2007)
• Munga Eketebi (2007–2011)
• Kenny Arena (2012–2013)
• Scott Calabrese (2014–2016)
• Kevin Nylen (2017–2020)
• Kyle Russell (2020–Present)

• Robin Fraser
• Steve Ralston
• Jeff Cassar
• Greg Vanney
• Bobby Boswell
• Tyrone Marshall
• Ignace Moleka
• Alen Kozic
• José Carlos Fernandez
• Sebastien Vorbe
• Juan Francisco Guerra

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