Draft:2023 Charleston Battery season

The 2023 Charleston Battery season was the club's 31st season of competition which marked its 30th anniversary. Charleston compete in the USL Championship, the second tier of professional soccer in the United States and the highest level in the USL.

The Battery enjoyed a successful bounce-back campaign in 2023, reaching the USL Championship Final after failing to make the postseason the year before.

Background
The Battery ended their 2022 season in 12th, near the bottom of the Eastern Conference table. . They also suffered a 0-1 loss to Tormenta FC, ending their U.S. Open Cup run in the second round.

One week prior to the end of the 2022 season, the club and head coach Conor Casey agreed to mutually part ways after posting a dismal 6W-22L-6D record, the worst in club history. On November 17, 2022 The Battery appointed reigning USL Championship Coach of the Year Ben Pirmann as head coach from Memphis 901 FC.

The Battery retained 10 players from the 2022 team going into the 2023 season.

U.S. Open Cup
Monterey Bay FC entered into the tournament in the 2nd Round.