List of Atlanta United FC records and statistics

Atlanta United FC is an American professional soccer team based in Atlanta, Georgia that competes in Major League Soccer (MLS).

This is a list of franchise records for Atlanta United, which dates from their inaugural season in 2017 to present.

Honors

• MLS Cup
  • Winners: 2018
• Campeones Cup
  • Winners: 2019
• Eastern Conference (playoffs)
  • Winners: 2018
• U.S. Open Cup
  • Winners: 2019

Player records

Most appearances

#	Pos.	Name	Nation	Career	MLS	Playoffs	USOC	INTL	Total
1	Goalkeeper	Brad Guzan	United States	2017–	199	18	4	13	234
2	Defender	Brooks Lennon	United States	2020–	146	6	8	7	167
3	Forward	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	2017–2022	134	10	3	11	158
4	Defender	Miles Robinson	United States	2017–2023	123	6	9	12	150
5	Midfielder	Jeff Larentowicz	United States	2017–2020	113	8	3	8	132
6	Midfielder	Julian Gressel	United States	2017–2019	98	9	7	4	118
7	Defender	Leandro González Pírez	Argentina	2017–2019	95	9	7	4	115
8	Midfielder	Esequiel Barco	Argentina	2018–2023	81	9	5	12	107
9	Defender	Michael Parkhurst	United States	2017–2019	86	8	2	4	100
10	Midfielder	Matheus Rossetto	Brazil	2020–2023	90	3	1	4	98

As of December 10, 2024[1]

USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Goals

#	Pos.	Name	Nation	Career	MLS	Playoffs	USOC	INTL	Total
1	Forward	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	2017–2022	98	5	2	6	111
2	Midfielder	Thiago Almada	Argentina	2022–2024	23	1	1	1	26
3	Forward	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Greece	2023–2024	22	2	0	0	24
4	Midfielder	Miguel Almirón	Paraguay	2017–2018 2025–	21	1	0	0	22
	Forward	Héctor Villalba	Paraguay	2017–2019	21	1	0	0	22
6	Midfielder	Julian Gressel	United States	2017–2019	15	2	1	2	20
7	Midfielder	Esequiel Barco	Argentina	2018–2023	17	0	1	1	19
8	Midfielder	Saba Lobzhanidze	Georgia	2023–	12	1	0	1	14
	Midfielder	Marcelino Moreno	Argentina	2020–2023	13	0	1	0	14
10	Midfielder	Luiz Araújo	Brazil	2021–2023	11	0	2	0	13

As of November 10, 2024[1]

USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Assists

#	Pos.	Name	Nation	Career	MLS	Playoffs	USOC	INTL	Total
1	Midfielder	Julian Gressel	United States	2017–2019	35	2	2	0	39
2	Defender	Brooks Lennon	United States	2020–	31	3	0	1	35
3	Midfielder	Thiago Almada	Argentina	2022–2024	31	0	0	0	31
4	Midfielder	Miguel Almirón	Paraguay	2017–2018 2025–	28	2	0	0	30
5	Midfielder	Esequiel Barco	Argentina	2018–2023	17	2	2	3	24
	Forward	Héctor Villalba	Paraguay	2017–2019	24	0	0	0	24
7	Forward	Josef Martínez	Venezuela	2017–2022	16	1	0	2	19
8	Midfielder	Pity Martínez	Argentina	2019–2020	11	2	1	3	17
9	Midfielder	Marcelino Moreno	Argentina	2020–2023	14	0	1	1	16
10	Forward	Yamil Asad	Argentina	2017	13	0	0	0	13

As of December 10, 2024[1]

USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Shutouts

#	Pos.	Name	Nation	Career	MLS	Playoffs	USOC	INTL	Total
1	Goalkeeper	Brad Guzan	United States	2017–	59	5	2	5	71
2	Goalkeeper	Alec Kann	United States	2017–2021	4	0	1	0	5
3	Goalkeeper	Rocco Ríos Novo	Argentina	2021–2022	2	0	0	2	4
4	Goalkeeper	Josh Cohen	United States	2024–	0	0	2	1	3
5	Goalkeeper	Raúl Gudiño	Mexico	2022	2	0	0	0	2
	Goalkeeper	Bobby Shuttleworth	United States	2022	1	0	1	0	2
7	Goalkeeper	Quentin Westberg	United States	2023–2024	1	0	0	0	1

As of December 10, 2024[1]

USOC = U.S. Open Cup; INTL = CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, Leagues Cup
Bolded players are currently on the Atlanta United FC roster.

Hat Tricks

Player[2]	Nationality	Against	Result	Date	Competition	Ref.
Josef Martínez (6)	Venezuela	Minnesota United FC	6–1	March 11, 2017	Major League Soccer	[3]
		New England Revolution	7–0	September 13, 2017		[4]
		Orlando City SC	3–3	September 16, 2017		[5]
		Vancouver Whitecaps FC	4–1	March 17, 2018		[6]
		Philadelphia Union	3–1	June 2, 2018		[7]
		D.C. United	3–1	July 21, 2018		[8]
Miguel Almirón	Paraguay	Houston Dynamo	4–1	May 20, 2017	Major League Soccer	[9]
Ronaldo Cisneros	Mexico	Chicago Fire FC	4–1	May 7, 2022	Major League Soccer	[10]
Juanjo Purata	Mexico	Toronto FC	4–2	September 10, 2022	Major League Soccer	[11]
Giorgos Giakoumakis	Greece	New England Revolution	4–1	March 9, 2024	Major League Soccer	[12]

Coaching records

As of January 26, 2025

Coach	From	To	Record [a]
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Gerardo Martino	September 27, 2016	December 10, 2018	78	42	17	19	053.85
Frank de Boer	December 23, 2018	July 24, 2020	55	31	5	19	056.36
Stephen Glass (interim)	July 27, 2020	December 18, 2020	19	5	4	10	026.32
Gabriel Heinze	December 18, 2020	July 18, 2021	17	4	8	5	023.53
Rob Valentino (interim)	July 18, 2021	August 12, 2021	5	1	2	2	020.00
Gonzalo Pineda	August 12, 2021	June 3, 2024	108	37	31	40	034.26
Rob Valentino (interim)	June 3, 2024	December 19, 2024	24	7	9	8	029.17
Ronny Delia	December 20, 2024	Present	0	0	0	0	!—
Total			306	127	76	103	041.50

1. Includes Major League Soccer, MLS Cup Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup and MLS is Back Tournament

Trophies

No.	Name	MLS	SS	USOC	CCL	CC	Total
1	Frank de Boer	–	–	1	–	1	2
2	Gerardo Martino	1	–	–	–	–	1

List of seasons

Main article: List of Atlanta United FC seasons

Transfer records

Highest transfer fees paid

#	Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Date
1	Forward	Emmanuel Latte Lath	Middlesbrough	$22 million	February 2025 [13]
2	Midfielder	Thiago Almada	Vélez Sarsfield	$16 million	January 2022 [14]
3	Midfielder	Pity Martínez	River Plate	$15.5 million	January 2019 [15]
4	Midfielder	Esequiel Barco	Independiente	$15 million	January 2018 [16]
5	Midfielder	Aleksei Miranchuk	Atalanta	$13 million	July 2024 [17]
6	Forward	Luiz Araújo	Lille	$12 million	August 2021 [18]
7	Midfielder	Miguel Almirón	Newcastle United	$10 million	January 2025 [19]
8	Midfielder	Miguel Almirón	Lanús	$8 million	December 2016 [20]
9	Midfielder	Marcelino Moreno	Lanús	$7 million	September 2020 [21]
10	Forward	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Celtic	$5.2 million	February 2023 [22]

Highest transfer fees received

#	Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Date
1	Midfielder	Thiago Almada	Botafogo	$30 million	July 2024 [23]
2	Midfielder	Miguel Almirón	Newcastle United	$26 million	January 2019 [24]
3	Midfielder	Pity Martínez	Al-Nassr	$18 million	September 2020 [25]
4	Midfielder	Caleb Wiley	Chelsea	$11 million	July 2024 [26]
5	Midfielder	Luiz Araújo	Flamengo	$10 million	July 2023 [27]
	Midfielder	Giorgos Giakoumakis	Cruz Azul	$10 million	June 2024 [28]
7	Midfielder	Esequiel Barco	River Plate	$6.4 million	January 2023 [29]
8	Midfielder	Héctor Villalba	Libertad	$4.4 million	January 2020 [30]
9	Midfielder	Santiago Sosa	Racing Club	$4 million	January 2025 [31]
10	Defender	Alan Franco	São Paulo	$2.3 million	January 2023 [32]

International results

By competition

As of August 4, 2024 (Includes CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
CONCACAF Champions League	12	6	1	5	14	14	0	50.00
Campeones Cup	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Leagues Cup	4	0	3	1	4	8	-4	0.00
Total	17	7	4	6	21	24	-3	41.17

By club

As of August 4, 2024 (Includes CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Alajuelense	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2
América	3	2	0	1	4	5	–1
Cruz Azul	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0
D.C. United	1	0	1	0	3	3	+0
Herediano	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
Inter Miami	1	0	0	1	0	4	–4
Monterrey	2	1	0	1	1	3	–2
Motagua	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Philadelphia Union	2	0	1	1	1	4	–3
Santos Laguna	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0

By country

As of August 4, 2024 (Includes CONCACAF Champions League, Campeones Cup, and Leagues Cup)

Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Costa Rica	4	3	0	1	7	3	+4
Honduras	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Mexico	7	3	2	2	6	9	–3
United States	4	0	2	2	4	11	–7

By season

Competition	Season	Round	Opposition	Home	Away	Aggregate
CONCACAF Champions League	2019	Round of 16	Herediano	4–0	1–3	5–3
		Quarterfinals	Monterrey	1–0	0–3	1–3
	2020	Round of 16	Motagua	3–0	1–1	4–1
		Quarterfinals	América	1–0	0–3	1–3
	2021	Round of 16	Alajuelense	1–0	1–0	2–0
		Quarterfinals	Philadelphia Union	0–3	1–1	1–4
Campeones Cup	2019	Final	América	3–2
Leagues Cup	2023	Group Stage	Inter Miami	0–4
			Cruz Azul	1–1 (4–5p)
	2024	Group Stage	D.C. United	3–3 (5–6p)
			Santos Laguna	0–0 (3–5p)

Individual honors

MLS MVP

Year	Player
2018	Josef Martínez[33]

MLS Best XI

Year	Player
2017 [34]	Miguel Almirón Josef Martínez
2018 [35]	Miguel Almirón (2) Josef Martínez (2)
2019 [36]	Josef Martínez (3) Miles Robinson
2021 [37]	Miles Robinson (2)
2023 [38]	Thiago Almada Giorgos Giakoumakis

Coach of the Year

Year	Player
2018	Gerardo Martino[39]

Golden Boot

Year	Player
2018	Josef Martínez[40]

Newcomer of the Year

Year	Player
2017	Miguel Almirón[41]
2022	Thiago Almada[42]
2023	Giorgos Giakoumakis[43]

Young Player of the Year Award

Year	Player
2017	Julian Gressel[44]
2023	Thiago Almada[45]

MLS Cup MVP

Year	Player
2018	Josef Martínez[46]

All-Star Game MVP

Year	Player
2018	Josef Martínez[47]

Goal of the Year

Year	Player
2017	Héctor Villalba[48]
2019	Josef Martínez[49]
2022	Josef Martínez[50]

Save of the Year

Year	Player
2017	Brad Guzan[51]

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