| Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer | |
| Founded: | [1] |
| University: | Saint Louis University |
| Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Conference Short: | Atlantic 10 |
| City: | St. Louis |
| Stateabb: | MO |
| State: | Missouri |
| Coach: | Kevin Kalish |
| Tenure: | 5th |
| Stadium: | Hermann Stadium |
| Capacity: | 6,050 |
| Nickname: | Billikens |
| Color1: | Blue |
| Color2: | White |
| Color3: | Grey |
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| Hex3: | C4C2BD |
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| Ncaachampion: | 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973 |
| Ncaarunnerup: | 1961, 1971, 1974 |
| Ncaacollegecup: | 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1991, 1997 |
| Ncaaeliteeight: | 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2021 |
| Ncaasweetsixteen: | 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2021 |
| Ncaatourneys: | 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2024 |
| Conference Tournament: | 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2021, 2022 |
| Conference Season: | 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016, 2021, 2022 |
The Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer team is an intercollegiate varsity sports team of Saint Louis University. The Saint Louis Billikens compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. Soccer is the main fall sport at SLU, which has not sponsored football since 1949.
Despite the long soccer tradition in the city of St. Louis, the University did not field a varsity team until 1959, when the Billikens won the first NCAA soccer championship held. With Bob Guelker as coach, the team achieved a 11–1 record that season. They defeated the University of Bridgeport 5–2 in the championship game.[1]
Noted for their dominance in men's collegiate soccer during the late 1950s through the mid-1970s, the Billikens have won 10 NCAA Men's Soccer Championships, the most of any men's college soccer program in Division 1.[2] Despite this, the Billikens have not appeared in an NCAA national championship final since 1974, and have appeared in the college cup twice since then: 1991 and 1997. Of their ten titles, nine were outright earned by the Billikens and their 1967 title was shared with the Michigan State Spartans.
During their dynasty run from the 1960s through 1970s, the team was coached by Bob Guelker during their first five championships, while Harry Keough coached the last five championship teams at SLU. Dan Donigan was the most recent head coach, serving from February 2001 until he resigned in January 2010 to accept a position at Rutgers. Presently, the Billikens are coached by Kevin Kalish.
Note: The number in parentheses indicates the year the player graduated from SLU; for those who didn't graduate from SLU, the number indicates the last year they played for SLU.
| width= px style="" | Dates | width= px style="" | Name | width= px style="" | Notes |
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| 1959–1966 |  Bob Guelker | Won 5 NCAA championships in 8 seasons. | |||
| 1967–1982 | Harry Keough | Won 5 NCAA championships in his first 7 seasons. | |||
| 1983–1996 | Joe Clarke | ||||
| 1997–2000 | Bob Warming | ||||
| 2001–2009 | Dan Donigan | ||||
| 2010–2017 | Mike McGinty | ||||
| 2018–present | Kevin Kalish |
See main article: List of Saint Louis Billikens men's soccer seasons.
The following table shows the sixteen-year span from 1959 to 1974 in which SLU won 10 NCAA titles. In the six seasons in which SLU did not win, they finished second three times, reached the semifinals once, reached the quarterfinals once, and reached the round-of-16 once. In all 16 seasons, the NCAA tournament was either won by SLU or by the team that had beaten SLU.
| + St. Louis winning NCAA tournament seasons | |||||||||
| width= px style="" | Title No. | width= px style="" | Title season | width= px style="" | width= px style="" | width= px style="" | Total record | ||
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| 1 | 8–1-0 | 3–0 | 12–1–0 | ||||||
| 2 | 11–1-0 | 3–0 | 14–1–0 | ||||||
| 3 | 9–0-1 | 3–0 | 12–0–1 | ||||||
| 4 | 10–0-0 | 3–0 | 13–0–0 | ||||||
| 5 | 10–0-0 | 4–0 | 14–0–0 | ||||||
| 6 | 5–3-1 | 3–1 | 13–3–2 | ||||||
| 7 | 9–0–0 | 4–0 | 13–0–0 | ||||||
| 8 | 10–0-1 | 4–0 | 14–0–1 | ||||||
| 9 | 11–2–3 | 4–0 | 15–2–3 | ||||||
| 10 | 11–2–3 | 4–0 | 15–2–3 |
| width= px style="" | Season | width= px style="" | Overall record | width= px style="" | Conf. Record | width= px style="" | Coach | width= px style="" | Conf. | width= px style="" | Conf. Rank | width= px style="" | Conf. Tournament | width= px style="" | NCAA tournament |
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| 2023 | 8–4–5 | 4–1–3 | Kevin Kalish | A10 | 2nd | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| 2022 | 12–5–3 | 6–1–1 | Kevin Kalish | A10 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Second Round | ||||||||
| 2021 | 16–1–4 | 8–0–0 | Kevin Kalish | A10 | 1st | Champions | NCAA Quarterfinals | ||||||||
| 2020 | 9–5–0 | 4–2–0 | Kevin Kalish | A10 | 2nd | Semifinals | |||||||||
| 2019 | 10–7–0 | 6–2–0 | Kevin Kalish | A10 | 4th | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| 2018 | 6–4–7 | 4–4–0 | Kevin Kalish | A10 | 6th | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| 2017 | 7–9–1 | 4–4–0 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 8th | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| 2016 | 7–8–3 | 6–2–0 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 1st | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| 2015 | 8–7–2 | 4–2–2 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 3rd | Quarterfinals | |||||||||
| 2014 | 14–4–2 | 5–1–2 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 2nd | Semifinals | 2nd round | ||||||||
| 2013 | 14–5–2 | 6–0–2 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 1st | Runner-Up | |||||||||
| 2012 | 16–5–0 | 7–2–0 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 1st | Champions | second round, eighth overall seed | ||||||||
| 2011 | 6–10–1 | 4–5–0 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 10th | ||||||||||
| 2010 | 9–7–3 | 5–3–0 | Mike McGinty | A10 | 5th | Semifinals | |||||||||
| 2009 | 12–6–0 | 7–2–0 | Donigan | A10 | 2nd | Champions | 2nd Round | ||||||||
| 2008 | 12–5–5 | 6–3 | Donigan | A10 | 4th | Semifinals | 2nd round |