2017 FC Cincinnati season
| 2017 season | ||||
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| General manager | Jeff Berding | |||
| Head coach | Alan Koch | |||
| Stadium | Nippert Stadium | |||
| USL | Sixth, Eastern Conference | |||
| USL Playoffs | Quarterfinals | |||
| U.S. Open Cup | Semifinals | |||
| Top goalscorer | League: Baye Djiby Fall (11) All: Baye Djiby Fall (15) | |||
| Highest home attendance | League: 30,417 (September 16 vs. NYRB II) All: 33,250 (August 15 vs. New York) | |||
| Lowest home attendance | League: 15,244 (April 19 vs. Tampa Bay) All: 6,519 (May 31 vs. Louisville City) | |||
| Average home league attendance | League: 21,199 All: 21,696 | |||
| Biggest win | CIN 4–0 STL (4/15) | |||
| Biggest defeat | LOU 5–0 CIN (8/12) | |||
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The 2017 FC Cincinnati season was the club's second season of existence, and their second in the United Soccer League (USL). It was FC Cincinnati's first season as a second-tier team in the U.S. soccer pyramid, as the United States Soccer Federation provisionally promoted the USL from Division III to Division II for the 2017 season. FC Cincinnati plays in the Eastern Division of USL.
The season is best remembered for FC Cincinnati's championship run in the U.S. Open Cup. They won matches against five teams, including Columbus Crew and Chicago Fire of MLS (the highest division of U.S. soccer), to advance to the semifinals, a feat not achieved by a lower-division team since 2009. Their run was also noted for setting many attendance records; their matches against the New York Red Bulls and Chicago Fire were respectively the 2nd and 3rd highest-attended U.S. Open Cup matches ever, beaten only by the 2011 Final. Their match against Chicago Fire aired on ESPN, marking the first time a match from the Round of 16 received a national television broadcast.