2023 Charlotte FC season

Charlotte FC
2023 season
Sporting Director	Zoran Krneta
Head coach	Christian Lattanzio
Major League Soccer	Conference: 9th ; Overall: 19th
MLS Cup Playoffs	Wild Card
U.S. Open Cup	Round of 16
Leagues Cup	Quarterfinals
Highest home attendance	69,345
Average home league attendance	36,337
Biggest win	4–1 vs South Georgia Tormenta
Biggest defeat	0–3 vs Atlanta United FC; 0–3 at D.C. United
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Charlotte FC season was the club's second season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States. The team was coached by Christian Lattanzio, who took over as interim manager during the inaugural season and became permanent head coach in October 2022. Charlotte FC earned their first MLS Cup Playoffs berth in team history, but lost in the wild card round to the New York Red Bulls. Lattanzio was fired at the end of the season.^[2]^[3]

Team information

Squad information

Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions as of October 9, 2022.

Squad No.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Games played	Goals scored
Goalkeepers
1	Kristijan Kahlina	(1992-07-24) July 24, 1992 (age 32)	Ludogorets Razgrad	2022	2024 ^[4]	32	0
23	Pablo Sisniega	(1995-07-07) July 7, 1995 (age 29)	Los Angeles FC	2022	Undisclosed	2	0
31	George Marks	(1999-11-10) November 10, 1999 (age 24)	Clemson Tigers	2022	2023 ^[5]	3	0
Defenders
2	Jan Sobociński	(1999-03-20) March 20, 1999 (age 25)	ŁKS Łódź	2021	Undisclosed	11	0
3	Adam Armour	(2002-09-27) September 27, 2002 (age 22)	1. FC Nürnberg	2021	2023 ^[6]	6	1
4	Guzmán Corujo	(1996-08-02) August 2, 1996 (age 28)	Nacional	2022	2024 ^[7]	26	1
6	Bill Tuiloma	(1995-03-27) March 27, 1995 (age 29)	Portland Timbers	2023	2025^[8]	0	0
14	Nathan Byrne	(1992-06-05) June 5, 1992 (age 32)	Derby County	2022	2024^[9]	5	0
24	Jaylin Lindsey	(2000-03-27) March 27, 2000 (age 24)	Sporting Kansas City	2021	2024 ^[10]	27	0
25	Harrison Afful	(1986-07-24) July 24, 1986 (age 38)	Columbus Crew	2022	2023 ^[11]	24	1
28	Joseph Mora	(1993-01-15) January 15, 1993 (age 31)	D.C. United	2021	2023 ^[12]	25	0
29	Adilson Malanda	(2001-10-29) October 29, 2001 (age 23)	Rodez	2022	2025^[13]	6	0
Midfielders
7	Kamil Jóźwiak	(1998-04-22) April 22, 1998 (age 26)	Derby County	2022	2025 ^[14]	22	0
8	Ashley Westwood	(1990-04-01) April 1, 1990 (age 34)	Burnley F.C.	2023	2024 ^[15]	0	0
13	Brandt Bronico	(1995-06-20) June 20, 1995 (age 29)	Chicago Fire	2020	2025 ^[16]	37	1
15	Ben Bender	(2001-10-03) October 3, 2001 (age 23)	Maryland Terrapins	2022	Undisclosed	31	3
19	Chris Hegardt	(2002-01-06) January 6, 2002 (age 22)	Georgetown Hoyas	2022	2023 ^[17]	3	0
20	Derrick Jones	(1997-03-03) March 3, 1997 (age 27)	Houston Dynamo	2022	2023 ^[5]	19	1
77	Nuno Santos	(1999-03-02) March 2, 1999 (age 25)	Benfica B	2022	2024 ^[18]	4	1
Forwards
9	Enzo Copetti	(1996-01-16) January 16, 1996 (age 28)	Racing Club	2023	2025 ^[19]	0	0
11	Karol Świderski	(1997-01-23) January 23, 1997 (age 27)	PAOK	2022	2025 ^[20]	30	10
16	Andre Shinyashiki	(1997-06-11) June 11, 1997 (age 27)	Colorado Rapids	2022	2025 ^[21]	23	7
17	McKinze Gaines	(1998-03-02) March 2, 1998 (age 26)	Austin FC	2021	2023 ^[5]	27	3
18	Kerwin Vargas	(2002-01-02) January 2, 2002 (age 22)	C.D. Feirense	2022	2024 ^[22]	14	0
21	Vinicius Mello	(2002-08-02) August 2, 2002 (age 22)	Internacional	2022	2025 ^[23]	0	0

Roster transactions

In

#	Pos.	Player	Signed from	Details	Date	Source
36	MF	Brandon Cambridge	University of Portland	Free agent	December 21, 2022	^[24]
8	MF	Ashley Westwood	Burnley	Free transfer	January 27, 2023	^[15]
9	FW	Enzo Copetti	Racing Club	Undisclosed fee	January 11, 2023	^[19]
6	DF	Bill Tuiloma	Portland Timbers	$800,000 GAM	February 16, 2023	^[25]
22	FW	Justin Meram	Real Salt Lake	$200,000 GAM	April 27, 2023	^[26]

Out

#	Pos.	Player	To	Details	Date	Source
22	DF	Christian Fuchs	Retirement	Option declined	October 17, 2022	^[27]^[28]
35	MF	Quinn McNeill	Free agent	Option declined	November 14, 2022	^[29]
36	DF	Koa Santos	Loudoun United	Option declined	November 14, 2022	^[29]^[30]
8	MF	Jordy Alcívar	Independiente del Valle	Undisclosed Fee	November 24, 2022	^[31]
12	FW	Daniel Ríos	C.D. Guadalajara	Undisclosed Fee	December 25, 2022	^[32]
30	GK	Adrian Zendejas	Miami FC	Loan out	January 17, 2023	^[33]
5	DF	Anton Walkes	None	Deceased	January 19, 2023	^[34]
26	FW	Yordy Reyna	Torpedo Moscow	Contract buyout	February 17, 2023	^[35]
3	DF	Adam Armour	FC Tulsa	Waived	April 26, 2023	^[36]

SuperDraft picks

Round	Selection	Position	Player	College	Notes
1	1	DF	Hamady Diop	Clemson	Generation Adidas
1	12	FW	Patrick Agyemang	Rhode Island
2	11	FW	Nick Scardina	Washington
3	11	MF	Andrew Privett	Penn State

Competitions

Exhibitions

Charlotte has been announced to be participating in the 2023 edition of the Coachella Valley Invitational.^[37]

January 21	Charlotte FC	Cancelled	St. Louis City SC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Note: Cancelled following the death of Anton Walkes.^[38]

January 28	LA Galaxy	1–1	Charlotte FC	California
	Puig (pen.)	Match announcement Puig goal

Febaruary 1 Coachella Valley Invitational	Charlotte FC	3–2	D.C. United	Indio, California
	Vargas 5' Gaines 39' Świderski 54'	Report	Benteke 3' Durkin 42'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

Febaruary 4 Coachella Valley Invitational	Charlotte FC	1–1	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	Indio, California
	Hasal 65' (o.g.)	Report	Becher 85'	Stadium: Empire Polo Club

February 11	Charlotte FC	3–0	Charleston Battery	Charlotte, North Carolina
	Copetti 55' Bender 68' Santos 73'	Report		Stadium: Bank of America Stadium

February 18	Charlotte FC	3–2	Birmingham Legion FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
	Jóźwiak 11' Świderski 26' Copetti 34'	Report		Stadium: Bank of America Stadium

Major League Soccer season

Eastern Conference

MLS Eastern Conference table (2023)
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Nashville SC	34	13	11	10	39	32	+7	49	Qualification for round one
8	New York Red Bulls	34	11	13	10	36	39	−3	43	Qualification for the wild-card round
9	Charlotte FC	34	10	11	13	45	52	−7	43	Qualification for the wild-card round
10	CF Montréal	34	12	17	5	36	52	−16	41
11	New York City FC	34	9	11	14	35	39	−4	41

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Overall

Overall MLS standings table
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
17	New York Red Bulls	34	11	13	10	36	39	−3	43
18	Portland Timbers	34	11	13	10	46	58	−12	43
19	Charlotte FC	34	10	11	13	45	52	−7	43
20	CF Montréal	34	12	17	5	36	52	−16	41
21	Minnesota United FC	34	10	13	11	46	51	−5	41

Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
34	10	13	11	45	52	−7	43	6	8	3	24	21	+3	4	5	8	21	31	−10

Updated to match(es) played on October 25, 2023.

Matches

February 25 1	Charlotte FC	0–1	New England Revolution	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EST	Byrne 28'	Report	Kessler 26' 89'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 69,345 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

March 4 2	St. Louis City SC	3–1	Charlotte FC	St Louis, Missouri
7:30 PM CST	Tuiloma 41' (o.g.) Hiebert 43' Parker 45' Löwen 45+5' (pen.) Stroud 61' Klauss 71'	Report	Copetti 25' Malanda 39' Westwood 45+1' Swiderski 45+4' Shinyashiki 64' Byrne 87'	Stadium: Citypark Attendance: 22,423 Referee: Ted Unkel

March 11 3	Charlotte FC	0–3	Atlanta United FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
12:25 EST	Copetti 90'	Report	Wiley 5', 45+2' 69' Araújo 12' Berry 26' Sejdić 35' Purata 85'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 31,538 Referee: Ismail Elfath

March 18 4	Orlando City SC	1–2	Charlotte FC	Orlando, Florida
7:30 PM EDT	Ojeda 57'	Report	Copetti 26', 80' Afful 28' Vargas 37' Marks 69' Bronico 76' Jóźwiak 77'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 18,123 Referee: Armando Villarreal

March 25 5	Charlotte FC	1–1	New York Red Bulls	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Santos 36' Copetti 62' Jones 64' Reyes 74' (o.g.)	Report	Manoel 43' 56' D. Nealis 45+3' Tolkin 63' Duncan 80'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 32,540 Referee: Marcos de Oliveira

April 1 6	Toronto FC	2–2	Charlotte FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:30 PM EDT	Bernardeschi 6' 67' Bradley 44' Rosted 11' Hedges 41'	Report	Bender 51' Jóźwiak 70' Copetti 90+2' Hegardt 90+3'	Stadium: BMO Field Attendance: 22,801 Referee: Ramy Touchan

April 8 7	Real Salt Lake	3–1	Charlotte FC	Sandy, Utah
7:30 PM MDT	Vera 23' Ruiz 56' 57' Julio 59' Savarino 62' Glad 70'	Report	Bender 13' Świderski 27' Afful 42' Jóźwiak 48'	Stadium: America First Field Attendance: 17,506 Referee: Fotis Bazakos

April 15 8	Charlotte FC	2–2	Colorado Rapids	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Jones 50' Vargas 62' Jóźwiak 65'	Report	Abubakar 2' Rubio 45+2' Max 52' 54' Yapi 64' Acosta 88' Barrios 90+1'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 31,240 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

April 22 9	Charlotte FC	1–0	Columbus Crew	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Świderski 37' Jones 45+4'	Report	Yeboah 75'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 30,468 Referee: Jon Freemon

April 29 10	D.C. United	3–0	Charlotte FC	Washington, D.C.
7:30 PM EDT	Najar 9' Fountas 34' (pen.) Benteke 43' 75' Greene 90+5'	Report	Jones 63' Gaines 74'	Stadium: Audi Field Attendance: 19,215 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

May 6 11	Charlotte FC	3–2	New York City FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Jones 2' Copetti 8', 39' 66' Meram 14' Ledezma 74' (o.g.)	Report	Ledezma 14' Pereira 37' Rodríguez 57' (pen.)	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 30,454 Referee: Chris Penso

May 13 12	Atlanta United FC	1–3	Charlotte FC	Atlanta, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Gutman 51' Ibarra 71' Purata 86' Lennon 87'	Report	Meram 18', 57' Świderski 52' (pen.) Sobocinski 59'	Stadium: Mercedes-Benz Stadium Attendance: 43,427 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

May 17 13	Charlotte FC	2–1	Chicago Fire FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Malanda 45+1' Kahlina 55' Cambridge 68', 81' Świderski 80' Jones 87' Sobociński 88'	Report	Giménez 20' Przybyłko 29' Gutiérrez 39' Torres 72' Koutsias 90+1'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 29,016 Referee: Tori Penso

May 20 14	Charlotte FC	1–2	Nashville SC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Bronico 6', 54' Byrne 11'	Report	Bunbury 34' Mukhtar 39', 90+3' (pen.) McCarty 69'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 30,526 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

May 27 15	LA Galaxy	0–1	Charlotte FC	Carson, California
7:30 PM PDT	Hernández 46' 85'	Report	Afful 56' Świderski 73' Vargas 79'	Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 17,434 Referee: Drew Fischer

May 31 16	Philadelphia Union	1–0	Charlotte FC	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:30 PM EDT	Lowe 59' Kahlina 70' (o.g.)	Report	Westwood 12'	Stadium: Subaru Park Attendance: 18,705 Referee: Ted Unkel

June 3 17	Columbus Crew	4–2	Charlotte FC	Columbus, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT	Ramírez 5', 59' Arfsten 21' Hernández 43', 86'	Report	Sobociński 39' Świderski 56' Meram 58' Byrne 78' Jones 84'	Stadium: Lower.com Field Attendance: 20,199 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

June 10 18	Charlotte FC	3–3	Seattle Sounders FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Lindsey 17' Westwood 53' Jones 62' Vargas 64' Agyemang 86', 89'	Report	C. Roldan 11' Ruidíaz 36', 70' Nouhou 78'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 31,563 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

June 21 19	New York Red Bulls	2–2	Charlotte FC	Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 PM EDT	Nealis 11' Harper 26', 58' Coronel 45+3' Vanzeir 53', 88'	Report	Bender 13', 19' Corujo 42' Lindsey 55' Bronico 84' Byrne 89' Gaines II 90+5'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Sergii Boiko

June 24 20	Charlotte FC	0–0	CF Montréal	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Świderski 30' Vargas 50' Copetti 58'	Report		Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 18,032 Referee: Mark Allatin

July 5 21	New York City FC	1–1	Charlotte FC	New York, New York
7:30 PM EDT	Haak 58' Cufré 81' Parks 88'	Report	Gaines II 17' Świderski 58' Tuiloma 90+2'	Stadium: Citi Field Attendance: 15,122 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 8 22	Charlotte FC	2–2	FC Cincinnati	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Świderski 14', 24', 90+3' Corujo 27' Lindsey 45+2' Arfield 69' Jóźwiak 89'	Report	Mosquera 11' Acosta 52' Santos 57' Barreal 68' Murphy 29' 75'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 43,613 Referee: Ted Unkel

July 15 23	CF Montréal	2–0	Charlotte FC	Montréal, Quebec
7:30 PM EDT	Opoku 29' Offor 31'	Report	Agyemang 54' Tuiloma 60' Sobociński 85'	Stadium: Saputo Stadium Attendance: 18,413 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

August 26 24	Charlotte FC	2–1	Los Angeles FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Malanda 8' Świderski 13' Westwood 29' Arfield 75' Bronico 90+6'	Report	Tillman 19' González 67'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 37,809 Referee: Victor Rivas

August 30 25	Charlotte FC	1–1	Orlando City SC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Jones 72' Copetti 81' (pen.), 90+5'	Report	Martins 68' Araújo 75' Ojeda 88'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 27,236 Referee: Rosendo Mendoza

September 2 26	Nashville SC	1–1	Charlotte FC	Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT	Mukhtar 26', 90+8' (pen.) McCarty 56' Godoy 73' Bunbury 90+2'	Report	Jones 27' Malanda 89' Arfield 90+3' Byrne 90+6'	Stadium: Geodis Park Attendance: 27,902 Referee: Alex Chilowicz

September 16 27	Charlotte FC	0–0	D.C. United	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT		Report	Canouse 33' Ruan 70' Hines-Ike 75'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 36,101 Referee: Jon Freemon

September 20 28	Charlotte FC	2–2	Philadelphia Union	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Meram 55' Świderski 61' Jóźwiak 89' Westwood 90+1' Agyemang 90+10'	Report	Martínez 52' Sullivan 70' Gazdag 90+7'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 28,584 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

September 23 29	FC Cincinnati	3–0	Charlotte FC	Cincinnati, Ohio
7:30 PM EDT	Barreal 45+1' Boupendza 50' Acosta 78'	Report	Westwood 35' Kahlina 45+3'	Stadium: TQL Stadium Attendance: 25,513 Referee: Jair Marrufo

September 30 30	New England Revolution	2–1	Charlotte FC	Foxborough, Massachusetts
7:30 PM EDT	Nacho Gil 28' Buck 64' Romney 85'	Report	Westwood 37' Świderski 45+2', 84'	Stadium: Gillette Stadium Attendance: 37,701 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

October 4 31	Charlotte FC	3–0	Toronto FC	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Świderski 8' (pen.), 45+2' (pen.) Dejaegere 56'	Report	Bradley 26' Mbongue 45+6'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 30,080 Referee: Malik Badawi

October 7 32	Chicago Fire FC	0–2	Charlotte FC	Chicago, Illinois
7:30 PM CDT	Giménez 61' Terán 80'	Report	Westwood 23' Świderski 58' (pen.) Jones 90+3' Jóźwiak 90+6'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 18,308 Referee: Natalie Simon

October 18 33	Inter Miami CF	2–2	Charlotte FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:00 PM EDT	Busquets 21' Stefanelli 45+6' Gregore 49' Avilés 76' Robinson 84'	Report	Copetti 45' Vargas 52' Bronico 69'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 20,344 Referee: Lukasz Szpala
Note: The match was originally scheduled for August 20, but was postponed due to Inter Miami CF's participation in the Leagues Cup final.^[39]

October 21 34	Charlotte FC	1–0	Inter Miami CF	Charlotte, North Carolina
6:00 PM EDT	Westwood 4' Vargas 13', 61' Malanda 24' Meram 88'	Report	Gregore 18' Miller 90+3'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 66,101 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

MLS Cup Playoffs

October 25 Wild Card	New York Red Bulls	5–2	Charlotte FC	Harrison, New Jersey
7:30 pm EDT	Manoel 10', 37', 78' Tolkin 26' Barlow 56'	Report	Malanda 25' Copetti 33' Vargas 49' Agyemang 64'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 16,074 Referee: Ismail Elfath

U.S. Open Cup

Charlotte FC will enter the 2023 edition of the U.S. Open Cup in the third round.

April 25 Third Round	Charlotte FC (MLS)	4–1	South Georgia Tormenta FC (USL1)	Matthews, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Jóźwiak 24' Bronico 41' Copetti 55' Jones 65' Świderski 84' Cambridge 90+3' 90+4'	Report	Mason 44' 48' Cassini 83'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 3,568 Referee: Jervis Atagana

May 9 Round of 32	Charlotte FC (MLS)	1–0	Orlando City SC (MLS)	Matthews, North Carolina
7:00 PM EDT	Bronico 18' Bender 51' Jóźwiak 70'	Report	Araújo 27' Schlegel 74' Jansson 78'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 4,024 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

May 24 Round of 16	Birmingham Legion FC (USLC)	1–0	Charlotte FC (MLS)	Birmingham, Alabama
8:00 PM EDT	Kasim 60' Alves 90+4'	Report	Malanda 28' 51' Westwood 84'	Stadium: Protective Stadium Attendance: 12,722 Referee: Guido Gonzales Jr.

Leagues Cup

Charlotte FC will make their debut in the Leagues Cup. On January 20, the groups for the tournament were determined with Charlotte drawn into Group South 4.^[40] This group also contains FC Dallas and Necaxa.

South 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	PW	PL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	CLT	DAL	NEC
1	Charlotte FC	2	1	1	0	0	6	3	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage	—	—	—
2	FC Dallas	2	1	0	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	3–0
3	Necaxa	2	0	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0		1–4	—	—

Source: Leagues Cup
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

July 21, 2023 Group Stage	FC Dallas	2–2 (1–4 p)	Charlotte FC	Frisco, Texas
7:30 PM CDT	Kamungo 45' Jesus 69' Lletget 75'	Report	Arfield 52' Privett 55' Świderski 61' (pen.) Westwood 68' Bender 90+7'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 10,425 Referee: Jorge Abraham Camacho Peregrina
	Penalties
	Lletget Farfan Ferreira		Świderski Bender Cambridge Agyemang

July 29, 2023 Group Stage	Charlotte FC	4–1	Necaxa	Charlotte, North Carolina
7:30 PM EDT	Bronico 6' Meram 21' Świderski 42' Byrne 45+1' Westwood 45+1' Arfield 45+7' Malanda 55' Agyemang 87'	Report	Gutiérrez 19' Rodríguez 39' Batista 45+1' Méndez 49' González 59' Poggi 89'	Stadium: Bank of America Stadium Attendance: 29,575 Referee: Guido Gonzales

Knockout

August 3, 2023 Round of 32	Charlotte FC	0−0 (4−3 p)	Cruz Azul	Frisco, Texas
8:30 pm EDT	Byrne 15'	Report	Antuna 60' Ditta 74'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 6,844 Referee: Ismael Cornejo Meléndez
	Penalties
	Swiderski Bender Jones Westwood Vargas Privett		Rivero Antuna Rotondi Dueñas Rodríguez Castaño
Note: Match played at neutral site due to scheduling conflicts at Charlotte FC's home stadium Bank of America Stadium and a lack of approved venues in the Charlotte metropolitan area.

August 7, 2023 Round of 16	Houston Dynamo FC	1–2	Charlotte FC	Houston, Texas
9:30 pm EDT	Baird 10' Escobar 90+5' Ibrahim 90+6'	Report	Agyemang 80' Micael 81' (o.g.) Byrne 84'	Stadium: Shell Energy Stadium Attendance: 9,188 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

August 11, 2023 Quarter-finals	Inter Miami CF	4–0	Charlotte FC	Fort Lauderdale, Florida
8:30 pm ET	Martínez 12' (pen.) Taylor 32' Miller 64' Malanda 78' (o.g.) Messi 86'	Report	Dejaegere 62' Westwood 90+1'	Stadium: DRV PNK Stadium Attendance: 20,368 Referee: Ismail Elfath

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Numbers after plus-sign(+) denote appearances as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		MLS		MLS Cup		U.S. Open Cup		Leagues Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	CRO	Kristijan Kahlina	33	0	24	0	1	0	3	0	5	0
23	GK	MEX	Pablo Sisniega	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK	USA	George Marks	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	POL	Jan Sobociński	17	0	6+7	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
3	DF	FIN	Jere Uronen	10	0	7+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	URU	Guzmán Corujo	6	0	5+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF	NZL	Bill Tuiloma	19	0	15+2	0	0	0	1+1	0	0	0
14	DF	ENG	Nathan Byrne	39	0	29+2	0	1	0	0+3	0	4	0
24	DF	USA	Jaylin Lindsey	29	1	15+6	1	0	0	2+1	0	5	0
25	DF	GHA	Harrison Afful	18	0	11+4	0	0	0	1	0	1+1	0
28	DF	CRC	Joseph Mora	5	0	2+2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
29	DF	FRA	Adilson Malanda	36	0	29	0	1	0	2	0	4	0
32	DF	SEN	Hamady Diop	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF	POL	Kamil Jóźwiak	33	4	15+10	2	1	0	1+1	2	5	0
8	MF	ENG	Ashley Westwood	37	3	29	3	1	0	0+2	0	5	0
10	MF	BEL	Brecht Dejaegere	12	1	7+2	1	0+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
13	MF	USA	Brandt Bronico	41	2	30+2	1	1	0	3	0	5	1
15	MF	USA	Ben Bender	23	4	11+6	3	0	0	1	0	1+4	1
19	MF	USA	Chris Hegardt	7	0	0+4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
20	MF	USA	Derrick Jones	34	1	20+8	0	0	0	3	1	0+3	0
34	MF	USA	Andrew Privett	19	0	11+1	0	1	0	0+1	0	5	0
36	MF	USA	Brandon Cambridge	13	2	0+9	2	0	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
37	MF	CAN	Scott Arfield	19	3	2+11	2	0+1	0	0	0	5	1
77	MF	POR	Nuno Santos	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
9	FW	ARG	Enzo Copetti	29	7	23+3	6	1	0	2	1	0	0
11	FW	POL	Karol Świderski	40	15	29+2	12	1	0	1+2	1	5	2
16	FW	BRA	Andre Shinyashiki	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	USA	McKinze Gaines	21	1	8+10	1	0+1	0	2	0	0	0
18	FW	COL	Kerwin Vargas	36	5	18+11	4	1	1	1	0	1+4	0
21	FW	BRA	Vinicius Mello	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	IRQ	Justin Meram	32	4	13+12	4	0+1	0	1+1	0	3+1	0
33	FW	USA	Patrick Agyemang	18	4	1+11	1	0+1	1	0+1	0	0+4	2

Last updated: October 25, 2023
Source: Team Stats

Goalscorers

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup	Leagues Cup	Total
1	11	FW	Karol Świderski	12	0	1	2	15
2	9	FW	Enzo Copetti	6	0	1	0	7
3	18	FW	Kerwin Vargas	4	1	0	0	5
4	22	FW	Justin Meram	4	0	0	0	4
	15	MF	Ben Bender	3	0	0	1	4
	7	MF	Kamil Jóźwiak	2	0	2	0	4
	33	FW	Patrick Agyemang	1	1	0	2	4
8	8	MF	Ashley Westwood	3	0	0	0	3
8	37	MF	Scott Arfield	2	0	0	1	3
10	36	MF	Brandon Cambridge	2	0	0	0	2
10	13	MF	Brandt Bronico	1	0	0	1	2
12	10	MF	Brecht Dejaegere	1	0	0	0	1
	17	FW	McKinze Gaines	1	0	0	0	1
	24	DF	Jaylin Lindsey	1	0	0	0	1
	20	MF	Derrick Jones	0	0	0	1	1
Own Goals				2	0	0	1	3
Totals				45	2	4	9	60

Last updated: October 25, 2023
Source: Competitive matches

Assists

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup	Leagues Cup	Total
1	7	MF	Kamil Jóźwiak	7	0	0	2	9
2	11	FW	Karol Świderski	4	1	1	2	8
3	24	DF	Jaylin Lindsey	5	0	0	2	7
3	13	MF	Brandt Bronico	4	1	0	2	7
5	18	FW	Kerwin Vargas	5	0	0	0	5
	8	MF	Ashley Westwood	4	0	0	1	5
	22	FW	Justin Meram	4	0	0	1	5
8	15	MF	Ben Bender	3	0	0	0	3
9	9	FW	Enzo Copetti	2	0	0	0	2
9	25	DF	Harrison Afful	2	0	0	0	2
11	6	DF	Bill Tuiloma	1	0	0	0	1
	10	MF	Brecht Dejaegere	1	0	0	0	1
	14	DF	Nathan Byrne	1	0	0	0	1
	17	FW	McKinze Gaines	1	0	0	0	1
	21	DF	Adilson Malanda	1	0	0	0	1
	1	GK	Kristijan Kahlina	0	1	0	0	1
	19	MF	Chris Hegardt	0	0	1	0	1
	36	MF	Brandon Cambridge	0	0	1	0	1
Totals				45	3	3	10	61

Last updated: October 25, 2023
Source: Competitive matches

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name								Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	MLS	MLS Cup	U.S. Open Cup		Leagues Cup	Total		Notes
20	MF		Derrick Jones	11					11
14	DF		Nathan Byrne	7				3	10
8	MF		Ashley Westwood	6		1		3	10
9	FW		Enzo Copetti	7	1				8
29	DF		Adilson Malanda	5	1		1	1	7	1
13	MF		Brandt Bronico	5		2			7
11	FW		Karol Świderski	6					6
7	MF		Kamil Jóźwiak	5					5
2	DF		Jan Sobociński	4					4
18	FW		Kerwin Vargas	4					4
22	FW		Justin Meram	3				1	4
17	FW		McKinze Gaines	3					3
24	DF		Jaylin Lindsey	3					3
25	DF		Harrison Afful	3					3
33	FW		Patrick Agyemang	3					3
1	GK		Kristijan Kahlina	2					2
4	DF		Guzmán Corujo	2					2
6	DF		Bill Tuiloma	2					2
15	MF		Ben Bender	1		1			2
37	MF		Scott Arfield	1				1	2
16	FW		Andre Shinyashiki	1					1
19	MF		Chris Hegardt	1					1
31	GK		George Marks	1					1
77	MF		Nuno Santos	1					1
10	MF		Brecht Dejaegere					1	1
34	MF		Andrew Privett					1	1
36	MF		Brandon Cambridge				1			1

Last updated: October 15, 2023
Source: Competitive matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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[2] Connuck, Shane; Zietlow, Alex (November 14, 2023). "Charlotte FC fires head coach Christian Lattanzio". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved February 25, 2024.

[3] "Charlotte FC part ways with head coach Christian Lattanzio". MLSsoccer.com. November 8, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2024.

[4] "Charlotte FC Signs Croatian Goalkeeper Kristijan Kahlina". December 28, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[Contract_Option_Announcement-5] "Charlotte FC Announces End of Season Roster Decisions". October 17, 2022. Retrieved October 19, 2022.

[6] "Charlotte FC Signs North Carolina Native Adam Armour". June 29, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[7] "Charlotte FC Signs Defender Guzmán Corujo". September 1, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[8] Danzer, Paul (February 16, 2023). "Timbers trade away defender Bill Tuiloma; Dairon Asprilla out up to six weeks". Portland Tribune.

[9] "Charlotte FC Signs English Defender Nathan Byrne". August 4, 2022.

[10] "Charlotte FC Defender Jaylin Lindsey Signs New Contract". April 6, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[11] "Charlotte FC Re-Signs Defender Harrison Afful". January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

[12] "Charlotte FC Signs Expansion Draft Picks Anton Walkes and Joseph Mora to New Contracts". February 3, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[13] "Charlotte FC Acquires French Defender Adilson Malanda". August 4, 2022.

[14] "Charlotte FC Signs Winger Kamil Jóźwiak from Derby County to Designated Player Contract". March 11, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[Westwood_announcement-15] "Charlotte FC Sign Midfielder Ashley Westwood". January 7, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

[16] "Charlotte FC Midfielder Brandt Bronico Signs Contract Extension". August 25, 2022.

[17] "Charlotte FC Signs Georgetown Midfielder Chris Hegardt In Exchange For $50,000 in General Allocation Money from Seattle Sounders FC". January 6, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[18] "Charlotte FC Acquires Portuguese Attacking Midfielder Nuno Santos from SL Benfica". August 4, 2022.

[Copetti_announcement-19] "Charlotte FC Signs Forward Enzo Copetti from Racing Club". January 11, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

[20] "Charlotte FC Signs Striker Karol Świderski as First Designated Player in Club History". January 26, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[21] "Charlotte FC Forward Andre Shinyashiki Signs New Contract". August 25, 2022.

[22] "Charlotte FC Signs Forward Kerwin Vargas as Club's Second U-22 Initiative Player". May 2, 2022. Retrieved May 2, 2022.

[23] "Charlotte FC Signs Brazilian Forward Vinicius Mello". December 13, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2022.

[24] "Charlotte FC Signs University of Portland Midfielder Brandon Cambridge". December 21, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

[25] "Charlotte FC Acquires Defender Bill Tuiloma from the Portland Timbers". February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 17, 2023.

[26] "Charlotte FC Acquires Forward Justin Meram from Real Salt Lake in Exchange for $200,000 General Allocation Money". April 27, 2023.

[27] "Charlotte FC Announces End of Season Roster Decisions". October 17, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

[28] "Christian Fuchs Announces Retirement From Professional Soccer After 19 Seasons". January 5, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2023.

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[32] "Charlotte FC Sells Forward Daniel Rios to C.D. Guadalajara". December 25, 2022. Retrieved January 19, 2023.

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