The Charleston Battery are an American professional soccer club based in Charleston, South Carolina. Founded in 1993, the team plays in the United Soccer League (USL) Championship and is the oldest continuously-operating professional soccer club in the United States. The Battery are one of the most successful lower-division soccer teams in the nation, having previously won the USISL Pro League in 1996, the USL A-League in 2003, and the final season of the USL Second Division in 2010. In 2012, the team won the USL Pro Championship. The Battery were also finalists in the 2008 U.S. Open Cup. The Battery have played at Ralph Lundy Field at Patriots Point Soccer Stadium in Mount Pleasant since the 2020 campaign.
Head Coach
Ben Pirmann
Stadium
Patriots Point Stadium, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (5,000 seats)
Honours
USL A-League
Champions, 2003
Atlantic Division Champions, 2000
Southeast Division Champions, 2002, 2003
USL Second Division
Champions, 2010
Regular Season Champions, 2010
USL Championship
Champions, 2012
U.S. Open Cup
Runner Up, 2008
Semifinals, 1999, 2004
Quarterfinals, 2007, 2009, 2010
Southern Derby
Winner, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
