This is a list of seasons played by the Portland Timbers in American soccer, from 1975, when the original club first competed in the North American Soccer League, through the most recent completed season. All four incarnations of the Portland Timbers are represented. This list details the club's achievements in all competitions and the top scorers for each season. Records of friendlies and preseason tournaments are not included. Totals include the records and statistics of all four iterations of the club.[1][2]

Key

Key to competitions

Seasons

Season League Position Playoffs USOC Continental / Other Average attendance Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W L D GF GA GD Pts PPG Conf. Overall Name(s) Goals
1975 1 NASL 22 16 6 0 43 27 +16 48 2.19 1st 1st RU DNE[3] DNE[4] 14,503 England Peter Withe[5] 18
1976 NASL 24 8 16 0 23 41 –18 24 1.00 9th 18th DNQ 20,166 England Tony Betts 6
1977 NASL 26 10 16 0 39 42 –3 30 1.15 9th 15th 13,208 Scotland Stewart Scullion 11
1978 NASL 30 20 10 0 50 36 +14 60 2.00 3rd 4th SF 11,803 Bermuda Clyde Best[6] 14
1979 NASL 30 11 19 0 50 75 –25 33 1.10 12th 19th DNQ 13,018 Scotland John Bain
Bermuda Clyde Best 		8
1980 NASL 32 15 17 0 50 53 –3 45 1.41 9th 16th 10,210 Bermuda Clyde Best 11
1981 NASL 32 17 15 0 52 49 +3 51 1.59 3rd 12th R1 10,516 Scotland John Bain[7] 12
1982 NASL 32 14 18 0 49 44 +5 42 1.31 4th 10th DNQ 8,786[8] England Ron Futcher 13
1983 No club existed
1984
1985 3 WACS 7 1 4 2 8 16 −8 5 0.71 N/A 4th − DNE DNE − N/A N/A
1986 WSA 14 6 6 2 19 22 −3 20 1.43 3rd − United States Brent Goulet 9♦
1987 WSA 10 5 5 0 9 15 –6 15 1.50 4th DNQ − 3 players tied 2
1988 WSA 12 1 11 0 16 32 –16 3 0.25 6th – United States Scott Benedetti 8♦
1989 2 WSL 16 11 5 0 32 25 +7 33 2.06 2nd 3rd SF – United States Scott Benedetti 8
1990 APSL 20 10 10 0 42 36 +6 30 1.50 4th 8th DNQ – United States Shawn Medved 10
1991–
2000 		No club existed
2001 2 A-League 26 13 10 3 41 38 +3 42 1.62 4th 10th QF QR1 DNE 5,974 United States Mark Baena[9] 15
2002 A-League 28 13 12 3 47 39 +8 42 1.50 4th 8th R1 QR1 6,261 Syria Fadi Afash
United States McKinley Tennyson 		18♦
2003 A-League 28 15 11 2 39 33 +6 47 1.68 5th 10th DNQ QR1 5,871 Mexico Byron Alvarez 12
2004 A-League 28 18 7 3 58 30 +28 57 2.04 1st 1st[10] QF Ro16 5,281 Mexico Byron Alvarez[11] 18
2005 USL-1 28 10 9 9 40 42 −2 39 1.39 N/A 5th QF Ro16 5,553 United States Dan Antoniuk[12] 14
2006 USL-1 28 7 15 6 25 39 –14 27 0.96 11th DNQ R3 5,575 United States Luke Kreamalmeyer[13] 9
2007 USL-1 28 14 5 9 32 18 +14 51 1.82 2nd SF R2 6,794 United States Andrew Gregor[14] 9
2008 USL-1 30 7 13 10 26 33 –7 31 1.03 11th DNQ R1 DNQ 8,567 United States Chris Brown[15] 9
2009 USL-1 30 16 4 10 45 19 +26 58 1.93 1st SF Ro16 9,734 Guinea Mandjou Keita[16] 14
2010 D2 Pro 30 13 7 10 34 23 +11 46 1.63 3rd 3rd QF Ro16 10,727 United States Ryan Pore 15
2011 1 MLS 34 11 14 9 40 48 −8 42 1.24 6th 12th DNQ QR2 18,827 United States Kenny Cooper
United States Jack Jewsbury[17] 		8
2012 MLS 34 8 16 10 34 56 –22 34 1.00 8th 17th Ro16 20,438 Scotland Kris Boyd 7
2013 MLS 34 14 5 15 54 33 +21 57 1.68 1st 3rd SF SF 20,674 Argentina Diego Valeri[18] 13
2014 MLS 34 12 9 13 61 52 +9 49 1.44 6th 11th DNQ QF CONCACAF Champions League GS 20,744 Argentina Gastón Fernández[19] 10
2015 MLS 34 15 11 8 41 39 +2 53 1.56 3rd 5th W Ro16 DNQ 21,144 Nigeria Fanendo Adi 18
2016 MLS 34 12 14 8 48 53 −5 44 1.29 7th 12th DNQ Ro16 CONCACAF Champions League GS 21,144 Nigeria Fanendo Adi 18
2017 MLS 34 14 9 11 60 50 +10 53 1.56 1st 6th QF R4 DNQ 21,144 Argentina Diego Valeri 21
2018 MLS 34 15 10 9 54 48 +6 54 1.59 5th 8th RU QF 21,144 Argentina Sebastián Blanco
Argentina Diego Valeri 		10
2019 MLS 34 14 13 7 49 48 +1 49 1.44 6th 11th R1 SF 25,218 Argentina Brian Fernández 15
2020 MLS 23 11 6 6 46 35 +11 39 1.70 3rd 8th R1 NH Leagues Cup
MLS is Back Tournament 		NH
 25,368 United States Jeremy Ebobisse
Argentina Diego Valeri 		9
2021 MLS 34 17 13 4 56 52 +4 55 1.65 4th 5th RU NH CONCACAF Champions League QF 21,285 Chile Felipe Mora 13
2022 MLS 34 11 10 13 53 53 0 46 1.35 8th 15th DNQ Ro32 DNQ DNQ 23,341 Colombia Dairon Asprilla 10
Total – – 954 414 371 169 1412 1341 +71 1408 1.48 – – – – — – Argentina Diego Valeri 98

^ 1. Avg. attendance include statistics from league matches only.
^ 2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in League, Playoffs, U.S. Open Cup, 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.

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Notes

  1. ^ "Portland Timbers Stats and History".
  2. ^ "Portland Timbers Stats and History".
  3. ^ Westervelt, Ted (May 14, 2013). "U.S. Open Cup: 1958 to 1987". Goal, The New York Times Soccer Blog. Archived from the original on October 5, 2019. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  4. ^ Note: In the NASL years of 1974–1984, the NASL did not compete in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. CONCACAF awarded spots to the U.S. Open Cup winner. The NASL adopted an isolationist perspective, viewing the separate cup competition as not American enough and as commercially competitive with its own playoff cup, the Soccerbowl.
  5. ^ Peter Withe (1975): includes 2 playoff goals.
  6. ^ Clyde Best (1978): includes 2 playoff goals.
  7. ^ John Bain (1981): includes 1 playoff goal.
  8. ^ Litterer, David. "The Year in American Soccer - 1982". Archived from the original on November 28, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2013.
  9. ^ Mark Baena (2001): includes 1 playoff goal and 1 Open Cup qualification goal.
  10. ^ The Commissioner's Cup was first created in 1991 to honor the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) regular season champion and was awarded through the 1996 season. It was revived in 2005 to honor the USL First Division (USL-1) regular season champion and was awarded retroactively to the teams which had amassed the most points in previous A-League (A-L) seasons from 1997 to 2004.
  11. ^ Byron Alvarez (2004): includes 1 playoff goal and 1 Open Cup goal.
  12. ^ Dan Antoniuk (2005): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
  13. ^ Luke Kreamalmeyer (2006): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
  14. ^ Andrew Gregor (2007): includes 1 playoff goal.
  15. ^ Chris Brown (2008): includes 1 Open Cup goal.
  16. ^ Mandjou Keita (2009): includes 3 Open Cup goals.
  17. ^ Jack Jewsbury (2011): includes 1 Open Cup qualification goal.
  18. ^ Diego Valeri (2013): 2 Open Cup + 1 Playoff goals
  19. ^ Gastón Fernández (2014): 4 Open Cup

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