For landmark defensive seawall, see The Battery (Charleston).
Soccer club
Charleston Battery
Full name
Charleston Battery
Nickname(s)
Black and Yellow, Battery, Holy City FC
Founded
1993 (31 years ago) (1993)
Stadium
Patriots Point Soccer Complex Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Capacity
5,000
Owner
Rob Salvatore[1]
Head coach
Ben Pirmann
League
USL Championship
2023
3rd, Eastern Conference Playoffs: USL Championship Final
Website
Club website
Home colors
Away colors
Third colors
Current season
Charleston Battery is an American professional soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina, and member of the USL Championship. Founded in 1993, the Battery are the oldest continuously operating professional soccer club in the United States.
Charleston are one of the more successful lower-division soccer clubs in the United States, having won the USISL Pro League in 1996, the USL A-League in 2003, and the final season of the USL Second Division in 2010.[2] In 2012, the team won the USL Pro Championship, winning its fourth league title in club history. Charleston are also the most successful club in the history of the unofficial Southern Derby competition with nine first-place finishes.
Charleston Battery currently play at Patriots Point Soccer Complex in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Previously, the club played its home games at the soccer-specific MUSC Health Stadium in the Daniel Island section of Charleston from 1999 to 2019. The team's colors are black and yellow, with a traditional red scheme for away uniforms. From 2004 through the 2021 season, their head coach and general manager was Mike Anhaeuser.[3]
^Miller, Andrew (October 30, 2019). "Charleston Battery sold to new owner after 3 tumultuous years under former leadership". Post and Courier.
^"United Soccer Leagues (USL)". usl2.uslsoccer.com. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
^Staff, Charleston Battery (November 1, 2021). "Charleston Battery and Head Coach Michael Anhaeuser to Part Ways". Charleston Battery | South Carolina's Premier Pro Soccer Club. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2021.
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