| Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer | |||
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 2023 Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team | |||
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| Founded | 1911 | ||
| University | Pennsylvania State University | ||
| Head coach | Jeff Cook (6th season) | ||
| Conference | Big Ten | ||
| Location | State College, Pennsylvania | ||
| Stadium | Jeffrey Field (Capacity: 5,000) | ||
| Nickname | Nittany Lions | ||
| Colors | Navy and white | ||
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| Pre-tournament ISFA/ISFL championships | |||
| ISFA: 1926*, 1929, 1933*, 1949*, 1954, 1955*; Claimed: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940; Soccer Bowl: 1949 (tie), 1950 (* shared) | |||
| NCAA Tournament College Cup | |||
| 1979 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals | |||
| 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1999, 2002 | |||
| NCAA Tournament Round of 16 | |||
| 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2020 | |||
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |||
| 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2020, 2021 | |||
| Conference Tournament championships | |||
| 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2002, 2005, 2021 | |||
| Conference Regular Season championships | |||
| 1987, 1988, 1989, 1995, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2021, 2023 | |||
The Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Pennsylvania State University. The team is a member of the Big Ten Conference of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Penn State's intercollegiate soccer program began in 1911 and has won or shared 11 national championships and 6 conference tournament championships. In 1959, the team joined the National Collegiate Athletic Association when it added men's soccer to its program and in 1987 joined the Atlantic 10 Conference as a charter member.[1] Penn State is currently a member of the Big Ten Conference and a participating school in its men's soccer league. The men's soccer team joined the Big Ten in the conference's first year of collegiate soccer play, 1991. The league is composed of teams from Penn State, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers and Wisconsin.
Penn State has won three Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament championships, made it to 12 tournament finals, and finished first in the conference table winning the regular season four times.[2][3][4]
- ^ "Pennsylvania State University, Intercollegiate Athletics, Men's Soccer records, 1948-2010 502". libraries.psu.edu.
- ^ Big Ten Men's Soccer Tournament
- ^ Big Ten Conference
- ^ "Big Ten Conference Men's Soccer records" (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 21, 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.