Chicago Sting

founded 1974 Chicago, IL dissolved 1988

games
310
wins
150
draws
0
losses
132
honors
2

first recorded game April 18, 1975 · latest recorded game Oct. 3, 1984

Totals and dates are as recorded here.

Honors

All-time, by competition

competition GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
NASL 282 150 132 1386 585 523 4.91 1.12
282 150 132 1386 585 523 4.91 1.12

Division, year by year

1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1st division10 seasons North American Soccer League, 1975North American Soccer League, 1976North American Soccer League, 1977North American Soccer League, 1978North American Soccer League, 1979North American Soccer League, 1980North American Soccer League, 1981North American Soccer League, 1982North American Soccer League, 1983North American Soccer League, 1984
Where Chicago Sting sat in the pyramid, 1975 to 1984. A block marks a league season, placed on the year the season began and the division its league is recorded at; select one for that season. An empty column is a year with no league season on record. Cups are left out: a cup has no division.

Points per game, season by season

0 2 4 6 8 1975: 4.82 points per game in 22 NASL games 1975 1976: 5.50 points per game in 24 NASL games 1976 1977: 3.38 points per game in 26 NASL games 1977 1978: 4.10 points per game in 30 NASL games 1978 1979: 5.30 points per game in 30 NASL games 1979 1980: 5.84 points per game in 32 NASL games 1980 1981: 6.09 points per game in 32 NASL games 1981 1982: 4.03 points per game in 32 NASL games 1982 1983: 4.90 points per game in 30 NASL games 1983 1984: 5.00 points per game in 24 NASL games 1984 all-time 4.91
Points per game by season. A league season only, oldest first. Points per game rather than points, because the schedule has run anywhere from 20 games to 34. Points are as the league awarded them, which has not always been three for a win. Select a column for that season; the table below carries every figure.

Season by season

competition season GP W L pts gf ga ppg gf/ga
NASL 1984 24 13 11 120 50 49 5.00 1.02
NASL 1983 30 15 15 147 66 73 4.90 0.90
NASL 1982 32 13 19 129 56 67 4.03 0.84
NASL 1981 32 23 9 195 84 50 6.09 1.68
NASL 1980 32 21 11 187 80 50 5.84 1.60
NASL 1979 30 16 14 159 70 62 5.30 1.13
NASL 1978 30 12 18 123 57 64 4.10 0.89
NASL 1977 26 10 16 88 31 43 3.38 0.72
NASL 1976 24 15 9 132 52 32 5.50 1.63
NASL 1975 22 12 10 106 39 33 4.82 1.18

Career leaders

complete stats

Goals

  1. Karl-Heinz Granitza 128
  2. Arno Steffenhagen 58
  3. Pato Margetic 31
  4. Gordon Hill 25
  5. Ricardo Alonso 19
  6. Charlie Fajkus 18
  7. Peter Ressel 18
  8. Derek Spalding 15
  9. Ingo Peter 15
  10. Seninho 14

Assists

  1. Karl-Heinz Granitza 101
  2. Pato Margetic 48
  3. Jorgen Kristensen 42
  4. Arno Steffenhagen 34
  5. Peter Ressel 34
  6. Charlie Fajkus 28
  7. Ingo Peter 26
  8. Dick Advocaat 17
  9. Gordon Hill 17
  10. Seninho 17

Appearances

  1. Karl-Heinz Granitza 199
  2. Charlie Fajkus 138
  3. Clive Griffiths 126
  4. Derek Spalding 119
  5. Rudy Glenn 106
  6. Pato Margetic 98
  7. Arno Steffenhagen 97
  8. Ingo Peter 96
  9. Mervyn Cawston 90
  10. Mark Simanton 84

Most recent games — all 310 →

+4 −4 0
Goal difference in the 20 results listed below, oldest to newest. Wins rise above zero in green, losses fall below it in red, and a draw is a grey block across the line. Hover over a bar for the result and date; select it for the game.
date competition season team score team venue referee attendance sources
Oct. 3, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 3 - 2 Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 16842 1
Oct. 1, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 2 - 1 Toronto Blizzard Wrigley Field 8352 1
Sept. 28, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 4 - 3 Vancouver Whitecaps Wrigley Field 10139 1
Sept. 23, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 3 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps BC Place 14753 1
Sept. 18, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 0 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Wrigley Field 5484 1
Sept. 15, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 1 - 0 New York Cosmos Wrigley Field 10729 1
Sept. 7, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 3 - 2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Tampa Stadium 7832 1
Sept. 3, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 3 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps Wrigley Field 6694 1
Aug. 29, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 0 - 4 San Diego Sockers Qualcomm Stadium 7198 1
Aug. 22, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 1 - 2 Toronto Blizzard Wrigley Field 8080 1
Aug. 16, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 1 - 2 Tulsa Roughnecks Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman… 5222 1
Aug. 12, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 5 - 4 Vancouver Whitecaps BC Place 15303 1
Aug. 8, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 3 - 6 Golden Bay Earthquakes Wrigley Field 6887 1
July 21, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 4 - 2 Golden Bay Earthquakes Wrigley Field 8699 1
July 18, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 2 - 1 San Diego Sockers Qualcomm Stadium 5902 1
July 11, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 2 - 3 Minnesota Strikers Metrodome 8317 1
July 4, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 0 - 2 Toronto Blizzard Wrigley Field 13704 1
June 27, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 0 - 1 Vancouver Whitecaps BC Place 17547 1
June 24, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 1 - 0 Toronto Blizzard Varsity Stadium 16021 1
June 22, 1984 NASL 1984 Chicago Sting 1 - 2 New York Cosmos Wrigley Field 11458 1