List of New England Revolution seasons

This is a list of seasons played by New England Revolution in North American soccer competitions from 1996, when the club was formed, to the most recent completed season. It details the club's achievements in all major competitive competitions.

Key

Key to competitions

• Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996.
• U.S. Open Cup (USOC) – The premier knockout cup competition in US soccer, first contested in 1914.
• CONCACAF Champions League (CCL) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008.

Key to colors and symbols

1st or W	Winners
2nd or RU	Runners-up
3rd	Third place
Last	Wooden Spoon
♦	MLS Golden Boot
	Highest average attendance
Italics	Ongoing competition

Key to league record

• Season = The year and article of the season
• Div = Division/level on pyramid
• League = League name
• Pld = Games played
• W = Games won
• L = Games lost
• D = Games drawn
• GF = Goals for
• GA = Goals against
• GD = Goal difference
• Pts = Points
• PPG = Points per game
• Conf. = Conference position
• Overall = League position

Key to cup record

• DNE = Did not enter
• DNQ = Did not qualify
• NH = Competition not held or canceled
• QR = Qualifying round
• PR = Preliminary round
• GS = Group stage
• R1 = First round
• R2 = Second round
• R3 = Third round
• R4 = Fourth round
• R5 = Fifth round
• Ro16 = Round of 16
• QF = Quarter-finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• F = Final
• RU = Runners-up
• W = Winners

Seasons

Season	League											Position		Playoffs	USOC	Continental / Other		Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
	Div	League	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Conf.	Overall						Name(s)	Goals
1996	1	MLS	32	15	17	0	43	56	−13	33	1.03	5th	9th	DNQ	DNE	DNE		19,205	Joe-Max Moore	11
1997		MLS	32	15	17	0	40	53	−13	37	1.16	4th	8th	QF	Ro16	DNQ		21,423	Imad Baba Beto Naveda	7
1998		MLS	32	11	21	0	53	66	−13	29	0.91	6th	12th	DNQ	DNE			19,187	Raúl Díaz Arce	18
1999		MLS	32	12	20	0	38	53	–15	32	0.81	5th	8th					16,795	Joe-Max Moore	15
2000		MLS	32	13	13	6	47	49	−2	45	1.41	2nd	7th	QF	R2			15,463	Wolde Harris	16
2001		MLS	27	7	14	6	35	52	−17	27	1.00	3rd	9th	DNQ	RU			15,654	Catê	8
2002		MLS	28	12	14	2	49	49	0	38	1.36	1st	5th	RU	DNE			16,927	Taylor Twellman	25♦
2003		MLS	30	12	9	9	55	47	+8	45	1.50	2nd	3rd	SF	QF	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	Ro16	14,641	Taylor Twellman	17
2004		MLS	30	8	13	9	42	43	–1	33	1.10	4th	9th	SF	Ro16	DNQ		12,226	Pat Noonan	12♦
2005		MLS	32	17	7	8	55	37	+18	59	1.84	1st	2nd	RU	Ro16			12,525	Taylor Twellman	17♦
2006		MLS	32	12	8	12	39	35	+4	48	1.50	2nd	3rd	RU	QF	CONCACAF Champions' Cup	QF	11,786	Taylor Twellman	15
2007		MLS	30	14	8	8	51	43	+8	50	1.67	2nd	4th	RU	W	DNQ		16,787	Taylor Twellman	23
2008		MLS	30	12	11	7	40	43	–3	43	1.43	3rd	5th	QF	SF	CONCACAF Champions League North American SuperLiga	PR W	17,580	Taylor Twellman	9
2009		MLS	30	11	10	9	33	37	−4	42	1.40	3rd	7th	QF	Ro16	North American SuperLiga	SF	12,427	Shalrie Joseph	9
2010		MLS	30	9	16	5	32	50	−18	32	1.07	7th	13th	DNQ	QR2	North American SuperLiga	RU	12,987	Marko Perović	8
2011		MLS	34	5	16	13	38	58	−20	28	0.82	9th	17th		QR3	DNQ		13,222	Shalrie Joseph	8
2012		MLS	34	9	17	8	39	44	−5	35	1.03	9th	16th		R3			14,001	Saër Sène	11
2013		MLS	34	14	11	9	49	38	+11	51	1.50	3rd	7th	QF	QF			14,844	Diego Fagúndez	13
2014		MLS	34	17	13	4	51	37	+14	55	1.62	2nd	5th	RU	QF			16,681	Lee Nguyen	20
2015		MLS	34	14	12	8	48	47	+1	50	1.47	5th	11th	R1	R4			19,627	Charlie Davies	10
2016		MLS	34	11	14	9	44	54	−10	42	1.24	7th	14th	DNQ	RU			20,185	Juan Agudelo Kei Kamara	9
2017		MLS	34	13	15	6	53	61	−8	45	1.32	7th	15th		QF			19,367	Kei Kamara	12
2018		MLS	34	10	13	11	49	55	−6	41	1.21	8th	16th		R4			18,347	Teal Bunbury Cristian Penilla	11
2019		MLS	34	11	11	12	50	57	−7	45	1.32	7th	14th	R1	Ro16			16,737	Carles Gil	10
2020		MLS	23	8	7	8	26	25	+1	32	1.39	8th	15th	SF	NH	MLS is Back Tournament	Ro16	15,289	Gustavo Bou Teal Bunbury	8
2021		MLS	34	22	5	7	65	41	+24	73	2.15	1st	1st	QF	NH	DNQ		21,947	Adam Buksa	18
Total	–	–	822	314	332	176	1164	1230	–66	1090	1.32	–	–	–	–	—		–	Taylor Twellman	119

^ 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.

Head coach history

Name	Nat	Tenure
Frank Stapleton		January 1, 1996 – September 26, 1996
Thomas Rongen		November 5, 1996 – August 24, 1998
Walter Zenga (interim)		August 24, 1998 – October 28, 1998
Walter Zenga		October 28, 1998 – September 30, 1999
Steve Nicol (interim)		September 30, 1999 – November 29, 1999
Fernando Clavijo		November 29, 1999 – May 23, 2002
Steve Nicol (interim)		May 23, 2002 – November 6, 2002
Steve Nicol		November 6, 2002 – October 24, 2011
Jay Heaps		November 11, 2011 – September 19, 2017
Tom Soehn (interim)		September 19, 2017 – November 9, 2017
Brad Friedel		November 9, 2017 – May 9, 2019
Mike Lapper (interim)		May 9, 2019 – June 1, 2019
Bruce Arena		June 1, 2019 – present

General Managers

Name	Tenure
Brian O'Donovan	October 17, 1995 – September 26, 2000
Todd Smith	September 26, 2000 – 2002
Craig Tornberg	December 16, 2003 – 2008
Michael Burns	November 9, 2011 – May 13, 2019