List of CF Montréal seasons explained

Canadian soccer club CF Montréal (known as the Montreal Impact until 2020) has competed in Major League Soccer since 2012. Prior to becoming an MLS club, Montreal competed in a variety of second-division American leagues from their foundation in 1992.^[1] The following list summarizes the results for both the predecessor and successor clubs,^[2] with totals including statistics from both iterations of the Impact.^{[3] [4]}

Key

Key to competitions

• Major League Soccer (MLS) – The top-flight of soccer in the United States, established in 1996.
• North American Soccer League (NASL) – The second division of soccer in the United States from 2011 through 2017, now defunct.
• USSF Division 2 Professional League (D2 Pro) – The second division of soccer in the United States for a single season in 2010, now defunct.
• USL First Division (USL-1) – The second division of soccer in the United States from 2005 through 2009.
• A-League – The second division of soccer in the United States from 1995 through 2004, now defunct.
• American Professional Soccer League (APSL) – The second division of soccer in the United States from 1990 through 1996, now defunct.
• Canadian Championship (CC) – The premier knockout cup competition in Canadian soccer, first contested in 2008. The Voyageurs Cup (VC), founded in 2002, preceded the competition and now serves as the championship trophy for the current cup tournament.
• 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 colours and symbols:

style=background:gold	1st or W	Winners
style=background:silver	2nd or RU	Runners-up
style=background:#CFAA88	3rd	Third place
style=background:#FFCCCC	Last	Last place
style=background:#FAECC8;"	♦	League top scorer
	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 cancelled
• 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	CC	Continental / Other	Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
	Div	League	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Conf.	Overall			Name(s)		Goals
1993	2	APSL	24	11	13	0	28	33	−5	33	1.38	N/A	style=background:#FFCCCC	7th	DNQ	–	DNE	–		6
1994		APSL	20	12	8	0	27	18	+9	36	1.80		bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	bgcolor = gold		W	3,216		10
1995		A-League	24	17	7	0	47	27	+20	51	2.13		bgcolor=gold	1st	SF		5,075		12
1996		A-League	27	21	6	0	40	18	+22	55	2.04		bgcolor=gold	1st	SF		4,868		9
1997		A-League	28	21	7	0	58	19	+39	61	2.18	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st		QF	5,066		16
1998		A-League	28	21	7	0	47	33	+14	47	1.68	4th	9th	QF	4,008			11
1999	On Hiatus
2000	2	A-League	28	12	13	3	34	41	−7	39	1.39	10th	17th	DNQ	–	DNE	2,338	Ali Gerba	7
2001		A-League	26	10	14	2	29	37	−8	32	1.23	4th	14th			2,103	George Papandreou	9
2002		A-League	28	16	9	3	39	29	+10	51	1.82	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	5th		QF	5,178		style=background:#FAECC8;"	19♦
2003		A-League	28	16	6	6	40	21	+19	54	1.93	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver		2nd	QF	7,236	Mauro Biello	7
2004		A-League	28	17	6	5	36	15	+21	56	2.00	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver		2nd	bgcolor=gold	W	9,279	Frederick Commodore Eduardo Sebrango	8
2005		USL-1	28	18	3	7	37	15	+22	61	2.18	N/A	bgcolor=gold	1st		SF	11,176	Mauro Biello	9
2006		USL-1	28	14	5	9	31	15	+16	51	1.82		bgcolor=gold	1st		SF	11,554	Mauricio Salles	9
2007		USL-1	28	14	6	8	32	21	+11	50	1.79		bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd		QF	11,035	Charles Gbeke	10
2008		USL-1	30	12	12	6	33	28	+5	42	1.40		bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	SF	bgcolor=gold	W	CONCACAF Champions League	QF	12,696	Roberto Brown Tony Donatelli	4
2009		USL-1	30	12	11	7	32	31	+1	43	1.43		5th	bgcolor=gold	W	3rd	DNQ	12,033	Roberto Brown	7
2010		D2 Pro	30	12	11	7	36	30	+6	43	1.43	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	6th	SF	3rd	12,397	Ali Gerba	13
2011		NASL	28	9	11	8	35	27	+8	35	1.25	N/A	7th	DNQ	SF	11,514	Ryan Pore	7
2012	1	MLS	34	12	16	6	45	51	−6	42	1.24	7th	12th		SF	22,772	Patrice Bernier	9
2013		MLS	34	14	13	7	50	49	+1	49	1.44	5th	11th	R1	bgcolor=gold	W	CONCACAF Champions League	GS	20,602	Marco Di Vaio	22
2014		MLS	34	6	18	10	38	58	−20	28	0.82	style=background:#FFCCCC	10th	style=background:#FFCCCC	19th	DNQ	bgcolor=gold	W	CONCACAF Champions League	bgcolor=silver	RU	17,421	Marco Di Vaio	13
2015		MLS	34	15	13	6	48	44	+4	51	1.50	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	7th	QF	bgcolor=silver	RU	DNQ	17,750	Didier Drogba Ignacio Piatti	12
2016		MLS	34	11	11	12	49	53	−4	45	1.32	5th	11th	SF	SF	20,669	Ignacio Piatti	21
2017		MLS	34	11	17	6	52	58	−6	39	1.15	9th	17th	DNQ	bgcolor=silver	RU	N/A		20,046	Ignacio Piatti	19
2018		MLS	34	14	16	4	47	53	−6	46	1.35	7th	15th		SF	DNQ	18,569	Ignacio Piatti	16
2019		MLS	34	12	17	5	47	60	−13	41	1.21	9th	18th		bgcolor=gold	W	16,171	Saphir Taïder	10
2020		MLS	23	8	13	2	33	43	−10	26	1.13	9th	18th	PR	DNQ	CONCACAF Champions League MLS is Back Tournament	QF Ro16	5,439	Romell Quioto	10
2021		MLS	34	12	12	10	46	44	+2	46	1.35	10th	18th	DNQ	bgcolor=gold	W	DNQ			Romell Quioto	9
2022												bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=CFAA88	3rd	QF		CONCACAF Champions League	QF	14,828	Romell Quioto	16
Total	–	–	820	380	301	139	1116	971	+145	1253	1.54	–	–	–	–	–		–	Ignacio Piatti <	-- As of the end of the 2020 season -->	78

1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, Playoffs, Canadian Championship, MLS is Back Tournament, CONCACAF Champions League, FIFA Club World Cup, and other competitive continental matches.
3. Points and PPG have been adjusted from non-traditional to traditional scoring systems for seasons prior to 2003 to more effectively compare historical team performance across seasons.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Three from here get U.S. invitations. The Baltimore Sun Newspaper. From. Staff Reports. December 16, 1992. August 11, 2014.
2. Web site: CF Montréal.
3. Web site: CF Montréal Stats and History.
4. Web site: Montreal Impact Stats and History.