List of San Jose Earthquakes seasons

The San Jose Earthquakes are a soccer team based in San Jose, California, that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS), the most senior soccer league in the United States. San Jose Earthquakes was established as the San Jose Clash in 1994 becoming a founding member of MLS where they competed starting in 1996. The team rebranded and changed their name in 2000 to San Jose Earthquakes, connecting them with the former professional team that played in San Jose from 1974 to 1988. The franchise was moved at the conclusion of the 2005 MLS season to Houston to become the Houston Dynamo, thus putting the team and its records on hiatus. The team was revived two years later as an MLS expansion franchise, beginning play in 2008.

In addition to the MLS season, San Jose also competes in the annual U.S. Open Cup tournament. Depending on the team's performance in these two competitions, they may also qualify for the MLS Cup Playoffs in the same year and the CONCACAF Champions League the following year. The CONCACAF Champions League winner qualifies for the next FIFA Club World Cup. The Earthquakes have won two MLS Cups and Supporters Shields apiece, but they have yet to win the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.[1] Having won 4 trophies, San Jose is the eighth most successful MLS club and one of only three clubs to win the MLS Cup and Supporters Shield multiple times. The following list summarizes the Earthquakes' yearly performance in all competitive competitions.[2]

Key to competitions

Seasons

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Season League Position Playoffs USOC Continental / Other Average
attendance
Top goalscorer(s)
League Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Conf. Overall Name(s) Goals
1974 NASL 20 9 8 3 43 38 15 21 1.05 2nd West 4th QF DNE DNE DNE 16,584   Paul Child 15
1975 NASL 22 8 14 0 37 48 −11 16 0.72 5th West 17th did not qualify DNE DNE 17,927   llija Mitic 14
1976 NASL 24 14 10 0 47 30 17 28 1.16 1st South 6th SF DNE DNE 19,826   llija Mitic 14
1977 NASL 26 14 12 0 37 44 −13 28 1.07 2nd South 9th R1 17,739   Paul Child 13
1978 NASL 30 8 22 0 36 81 −45 16 0.53 4th American West 23rd did not qualify 14,281   Paul Child /
  Peter Ressel
8
1979 NASL 30 8 22 0 41 74 −33 16 0.53 4th American West 23rd did not qualify 15,092   Bernie Gersdorff 10
1980 NASL 32 9 23 0 45 68 −23 18 0.56 4th American West 23rd did not qualify 13,169   Steve David 14
1981 NASL 32 11 21 0 44 78 34 22 0.69 4th West 19th did not qualify 12,400   George Best 13
1982 NASL 32 13 19 0 47 62 −45 26 0.81 5th West 11th did not qualify 11,012 Godfrey Ingram 17
1983 NASL 30 20 10 0 71 54 17 40 1.33 2nd West 3rd SF 11,933   Steve Zungul 16
1984 NASL 24 8 16 0 61 62 −1 16 0.67 5th West 8th did not qualify 10,676   Steve Zungul 20
1985 WACS 7 4 2 1 10 9 1 9 1.29 N/A 1st N/A   Chris Dengerfield 2
1986 WSA 14 3 4 7 13 23 −10 13 0.93 N/A 6th N/A   Chris Fry 8
1987 WSA 13 6 7 0 21 13 3rd Runners-up
1988 WSA 12 7 5 0 20 19 3rd Runners-up
1989–
1995
No club existed
1996 MLS 32 15 17 0 50 50 0 39 1.22 4th 6th QF DNE DNE 17,232   Paul Bravo 13
1997 MLS 32 12 20 0 50 59 −9 30 1.07 5th 10th DNQ QF DNQ 13,597   Ronald Cerritos 12
1998 MLS 32 13 19 0 48 60 −12 33 1.03 5th 10th QF 13,653   Ronald Cerritos 13
1999 MLS 32 19 13 0 48 49 −1 37 1.16 5th 7th DNQ 14,959   Ronald Cerritos 15
2000 MLS 32 7 17 8 35 50 −15 29 0.91 4th 12th QF 12,460   Abdul Conteh 8
2001 MLS 26 13 7 6 47 29 18 45 1.73 2nd 5th W QF 9,635   Ronald Cerritos 11
2002 MLS 28 14 11 3 45 35 10 45 1.61 2nd 2nd QF QF CONCACAF Champions' Cup QF 11,150   Ariel Graziani 14
2003 MLS 30 14 7 9 45 35 10 51 1.70 1st 2nd W Ro16 CONCACAF Champions' Cup Ro16 10,465   Landon Donovan 12
2004 MLS 30 9 10 11 41 35 6 38 1.27 4th 7th QF SF CONCACAF Champions' Cup QF 13,001   Brian Ching 12
2005 MLS 32 18 4 10 53 31 22 64 2.00 1st 1st QF QF DNQ 13,037   Dwayne De Rosario 9
2006 On Hiatus
2007
2008 MLS 30 8 13 9 32 38 −6 33 1.10 7th 14th DNQ QR1 DNE 13,713   Darren Huckerby 6
2009 MLS 30 7 14 9 36 50 −14 30 1.00 8th 14th QR1 DNQ 14,114   Ryan Johnson 11
2010 MLS 30 13 10 7 34 33 1 46 1.53 6th 8th SF QR2 9,659   Chris Wondolowski 19♦[3]
2011 MLS 34 8 12 14 40 45 −5 38 1.12 7th 14th DNQ QR3 11,857   Chris Wondolowski 16
2012 MLS 34 19 6 9 72 43 29 66 1.94 1st 1st QF QF 13,293   Chris Wondolowski 27♦[4]
2013 MLS 34 14 11 9 35 42 −7 51 1.50 6th 10th DNQ R3 CONCACAF Champions League QF 12,765   Chris Wondolowski 13
2014 MLS 34 6 16 12 35 50 −15 30 0.88 9th 18th Ro16 DNQ 14,947   Chris Wondolowski 14
2015 MLS 34 13 13 8 41 39 2 47 1.38 7th 13th Ro16 20,979   Chris Wondolowski 18
2016 MLS 34 8 12 14 32 40 −8 38 1.12 9th 17th R4 19,930   Chris Wondolowski 12
2017 MLS 34 13 14 7 39 60 −21 46 1.35 6th 12th R1 SF 19,875   Chris Wondolowski 15
2018 MLS 34 4 21 9 49 71 −22 21 0.62 12th 23rd DNQ R4 19,032   Danny Hoesen 12
2019 MLS 34 13 16 5 52 55 −3 44 1.29 8th 15th Ro16 18,781   Chris Wondolowski 15
2020 MLS 23 8 9 6 35 51 −16 30 1.30 8th 16th R1 NH MLS is Back Tournament QF 15,112   Chris Wondolowski 9
2021 MLS 34 10 13 11 46 54 −8 41 1.21 10th 21st DNQ NH DNQ 12,101   Javier Eduardo López 12
2022 MLS 34 8 15 11 52 69 −17 35 1.03 14th 26th RD16 12,911   Jeremy Ebobisse 17
2023 MLS 34 10 14 10 39 43 −4 44 1.29 9th 16th WC R3 2023 Leagues Cup GS 18,041   Cristian Espinoza 13
Total 759 278 294 187 1,040 1,104 −64 972 1.29   Chris Wondolowski 171

^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.

References

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  1. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes".
  2. ^ "San Jose Earthquakes Stats and History".
  3. ^ Wondolowski won the MLS Golden Boot (18 goals)
  4. ^ Wondolowski won the MLS Golden Boot (27 goals)