Albany Great Danes men's soccer

Albany Great Danes men's soccer
Founded1950 (1950)
UniversityUniversity at Albany, SUNY
Head coachTrevor Gorman (7th season)
ConferenceAmerica East
LocationAlbany, New York
StadiumBob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium
(Capacity: 8,500)
NicknameGreat Danes
ColorsPurple and gold[1]
   
Home
Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
2016
NCAA Tournament appearances
2016, 2017
Conference Tournament championships
2016, 2017
Conference Regular Season championships
2004, 2015

The Albany Great Danes men's soccer team represents the University at Albany, SUNY in NCAA Division I men's soccer competitions. The Great Danes compete in the America East Conference.

Players

As of 26 Sep 2024[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
0 GK  USA Daniel Shannon
1 GK  JPN Kodai Tsuzuki
2 MF  USA Max Kwitchoff
3 DF  USA Ethan Cook
4 DF  CAN Lucas Watt
5 DF  CAN Santiago Frias
6 MF  SWE Elias Ehlin
7 MF  ISL Ivar Gissurarson
8 MF  CAN Caleb Vallance
9 FW  ESP Ander Castillo
10 FW  USA Mamadi Jiana
11 FW  MAR Saad Faiz
12 MF  CAN Chris Lee
13 MF  PUR Marcos Villanueva
14 MF  USA Jordan Shullenberger
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF  CAN Ben Kaplan
16 DF  CAN Nassim Nouajaa
17 DF  SWE Edis Alic
18 FW  USA Mohamed Soumah
19 MF  NED Timo Jansen
20 MF  USA Brennan McDermott
21 FW  BRA Pedro Lucas
22 DF  CYP Christos Efstathiou
23 MF  USA Breckin Fett
24 DF  USA Riley Liston
25 FW  USA Zach Lind
26 DF  CRO Lovro Horvat
27 DF  USA Luca Grilla
28 GK  USA Kenan Kanic
30 GK  USA Parker Kump

Seasons

Division I

Albany joined Division I in 1999 and spent two years as an independent before joining the America East Conference. Albany played in Division III and Division II from 1950 until 1998.

Statistics overview
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Albany (Division I Independent) (1999–2000)
1999 6–11–1 N/A N/A
2000 8–7–3 N/A N/A
Division I (Independent): 14–18–4 (.444)
Albany (America East Conference) (2001–present)
2001 8–9–0 5–6–0 7th
2002 9–6–2 4–2–2 T–4th
2003 7–9–2 3–5–1 8th
2004 12–4–2 6–2–1 T–1st AEC Semifinals
2005 6–9–4 3–4–1 5th AEC Semifinals
2006 7–10–2 5–3–0 4th AEC Quarterfinals
2007 3–10–4 2–3–3 8th
2008 12–4–2 5–1–2 2nd AEC Semifinals
2009 0–13–3 0–6–1 8th
2010 5–10–1 1–5–1 8th
2011 Trevor Gorman 6–10–3 1–3–3 6th AEC Semifinals
2012 Trevor Gorman 6–11–1 3–4–0 5th AEC Quarterfinals
2013 Trevor Gorman 6–11–4 3–3–1 T–4th AEC Semifinals
2014 Trevor Gorman 4–9–6 2–4–1 5th AEC Quarterfinals
2015 Trevor Gorman 10–8–1 5–2–0 1st AEC Semifinals
2016 Trevor Gorman 13–6–2 4–2–1 T–2nd AEC Champions
NCAA Second Round
2017 Trevor Gorman 14–4–2 4–2–1 T–3rd AEC Champions
NCAA Second Round
Division I (1999–): 142–161–45 (.473) 56–57–19 (.496)
Division I (2001–): 128–143–41 (.476) 56–57–19 (.496)
Total: 459–440–93 (.510)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA tournament results

Albany has appeared in two NCAA tournaments.

Year Record Seed Region Round Opponent Results
2016 14–5–3 14 3 Second round
Sweet Sixteen
Boston College
Clemson
W 3–0
L 1–3
2017 12–5–2 Unseeded 4 First round
Second round
Maryland
Western Michigan
W 0–0 (5–4 p)
L 0–2

References

  1. ^ UAlbany Athletics Brand Guidelines (PDF). January 30, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  2. ^ Men's soccer roster on ualbanysports.com