| 2017 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Owner | Precourt Sports Ventures LLC | ||
| Head coach | Gregg Berhalter | ||
| Major League Soccer | Eastern Conference: 5th Overall: 5th | ||
| MLS Cup | Conference finals (knocked out by Toronto FC) | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Fourth round (knocked out by FC Cincinnati) | ||
| Trillium Cup | Runners-Up (3–8) | ||
| Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup | Champions (2–1) | ||
| Carolina Challenge Cup | Champions | ||
| Top goalscorer | League: Ola Kamara (18) All: Ola Kamara (19) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 21,289 (EC Finals, November 21 vs. Toronto) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 10,318 (May 10 vs. Toronto) | ||
| Average home league attendance | 15,439 | ||
|
| |||
The 2017 Columbus Crew SC season was the club's twenty-second season of existence, and their twenty-second consecutive season in Major League Soccer, the top flight of American soccer. Columbus also competed in the U.S. Open Cup, and took part in the Carolina Challenge Cup during preseason. The season covered the period from October 24, 2016 to the start of the 2018 Major League Soccer season.
Crew SC won the Carolina Challenge Cup by going 2–1–0, defeating Seattle Sounders FC in the final game to clinch the title. On August 26, the club won the Lamar Hunt Pioneer Cup with a 2–1 victory over FC Dallas, their second straight year claiming the series and third time in five seasons.
Columbus finished fifth in the Eastern Conference, qualifying for the playoffs for the 14th time in club history. Crew SC eliminated Atlanta United FC and New York City FC, but fell 1–0 on aggregate to Toronto FC in the conference finals.