List of Forge FC records and statistics
Forge FC is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Hamilton, Ontario. The club was founded in 2017 by Hamilton Tiger-Cats owner Bob Young as part of a larger effort with the Canadian Soccer Association that resulted in the creation of the Canadian Premier League.[1]
The club began play on April 27, 2019 in the CPL's inaugural match against York9 FC.[2] In addition to the CPL, Forge FC has competed in the Canadian Championship, the CONCACAF League, and the CONCACAF Champions Cup.[a]
This list encompasses the honours won by Forge FC and records set by the club, its players, and its manager.
Team honours
- Canadian Premier League
- Canadian Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2020
Player honours
Canadian Premier League
- Tristan Borges: 2019[4]
- Triston Henry: 2020,[5] 2023[6]
- Tristan Borges: 2019[4]
- Kyle Bekker: 2020[5]
Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year
- Tristan Borges: 2019[4]
- Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson: 2022[7][8]
CONCACAF League
Team of the Tournament
- Molham Babouli: 2021[9]
Player records
Appearances
- As of October 28, 2023
Rank | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
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1 | Kyle Bekker | 2019–present | 113 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 147 |
Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson | 2019–present | 112 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 147 | |
3 | Triston Henry | 2019–present | 105 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 142 |
4 | Dominic Samuel | 2019–present | 98 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 132 |
5 | Tristan Borges | 2019, 2021–present | 96 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 126 |
6 | David Choinière | 2019–present | 89 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 124 |
7 | Woobens Pacius | 2021–2023 | 73 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 93 |
8 | Garven Metusala | 2021–present | 63 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 82 |
9 | Kwame Awuah | 2019–2021 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 81 |
10 | Daniel Krutzen | 2019–2022 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 80 |
Bold signifies current Forge FC player
Goalscorers
- As of October 28, 2023
Rank | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
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1 | Woobens Pacius | 2021–2023 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 |
2 | Tristan Borges | 2019, 2021–present | 22 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 26 |
3 | David Choinière | 2019–present | 12 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 21 |
4 | Kyle Bekker | 2019–present | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
5 | Terran Campbell | 2022–present | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 |
6 | Molham Babouli | 2020–2021 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
7 | Daniel Krutzen | 2019–2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Chris Nanco | 2019–2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
Anthony Novak | 2019–2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
10 | Noah Jensen | 2022–present | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Joshua Navarro | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
Aboubacar Sissoko | 2022–2023 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
Emery Welshman | 2019, 2021–2022 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Bold signifies current Forge FC player
Clean sheets
- As of October 28, 2023
Place | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
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1 | Triston Henry | 2019–present | 38 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 51 |
2 | Quillan Roberts | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
3 | Baj Maan | 2020–2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Christopher Kalongo | 2021–present | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Bold signifies current Forge FC player
Team records
Firsts
- First CPL match: Forge FC 1–1 York9 FC, April 27, 2019[2]
- First CPL win: Forge FC 3–0 Pacific FC, May 8, 2019[10]
- First Canadian Championship match: Forge FC 1–1 Cavalry FC, June 4, 2019[11]
- First CONCACAF League match and win: Forge FC 2–1 Antigua GFC, August 1, 2019[12]
- First Canadian Championship win: Forge FC 2–1 Valour FC, September 15, 2021[13]
- First CONCACAF Champions League match: Forge FC 0–1 Cruz Azul, February 16, 2022[14]
Record wins
- Record CPL win: 4 matches
- Forge FC 4–0 Atlético Ottawa, August 25, 2021[15]
- HFX Wanderers 0–4 Forge FC, May 20, 2022[16]
- Forge FC 5–1 FC Edmonton, July 19, 2022[17]
- Atlético Ottawa 0–4 Forge FC, July 31, 2022[18]
- Record Canadian Championship win: Forge FC 3–0 FC Laval, April 18, 2023[19]
- Record CONCACAF League win: Forge FC 3–0 Santos de Guápiles, November 2, 2021[20]
Record defeats
- Record CPL defeat: York9 FC 4–0 Forge FC, October 12, 2019[21]
- Record Canadian Championship defeat: CF Montréal 3–0 Forge FC, May 25, 2022[22]
- Record CONCACAF League defeat: Olimpia 4–1 Forge FC, August 29, 2019[23]
- Record CONCACAF Champions Cup/League defeat: 2 matches
- Cruz Azul 3–1 Forge FC, February 24, 2022[24]
- Forge FC 1–3 Guadalajara, February 7, 2024[25]
Highest scores
- Highest scoring CPL game: 7 goals
- FC Edmonton 3–4 Forge FC, May 31, 2022[26]
- Forge FC 4–3 Atlético Ottawa, June 25, 2023[27]
- Atlético Ottawa 4–3 Forge FC, June 28, 2024[28]
- Highest scoring Canadian Championship game: 4 goals, Forge FC 3–1 York United FC, May 1, 2024[29]
- Highest scoring CONCACAF League game: 5 goals, Olimpia 4–1 Forge FC, August 29, 2019[23]
- Highest scoring CONCACAF Champions Cup/League game: 4 goals
- Cruz Azul 3–1 Forge FC, February 24, 2022[24]
- Forge FC 1–3 Guadalajara, February 7, 2024[25]
Record attendances
- Highest attendance at Tim Hortons Field: 17,611, against York9 FC, April 27, 2019[2]
- Highest away attendance: 28,724, against Cruz Azul, February 24, 2023 at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City, Mexico[30]
Coaching records
- As of October 28, 2023
Coach | From | To | Record | |||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Bobby Smyrniotis | October 1, 2018 | Present | 160 | 81 | 36 | 43 | 050.63 | |
Total | 160 | 81 | 36 | 43 | 050.63 |
Domestic results
By competition
- As of October 28, 2023
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% |
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Canadian Premier League | 132 | 71 | 26 | 35 | 196 | 119 | +77 | 53.79 |
Canadian Championship | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 30 |
Total | 142 | 74 | 30 | 38 | 207 | 130 | +77 | 52.11 |
By club
- As of October 28, 2023
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Atlético Ottawa | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 7 | +20 |
Cavalry FC | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 |
FC Edmonton † | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 12 | +9 |
HFX Wanderers FC | 20 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 29 | 17 | +12 |
FC Laval | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
CF Montréal | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | −5 |
CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 |
Pacific FC | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 13 | +19 |
Toronto FC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ±0 |
Valour FC | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 24 | +4 |
Vancouver FC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 |
York United FC | 21 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 34 | 25 | +9 |
International results
- As of February 13, 2024
By competition
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% |
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CONCACAF League | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 43.75 |
CONCACAF Champions Cup/League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | –6 | 0.00 |
Total | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 26 | –1 | 35.00 |
By club
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Antigua | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Arcahaie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
C.D. FAS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
Cruz Azul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 |
Guadalajara | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 |
Independiente | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
Marathón | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
Motagua | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Municipal Limeño | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Olimpia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2 |
Santos de Guápiles | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
Tauro | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
By country
Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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Costa Rica | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
El Salvador | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
Guatemala | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
Haiti | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Honduras | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 |
Mexico | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | –6 |
Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
By season
Competition | Season | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate | Ref |
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CONCACAF League | 2019 | Preliminary round | Antigua | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | [31][32] |
Round of 16 | Olimpia | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | [33][34] | ||
2020 | Preliminary round | Municipal Limeño | 2–1 (A) | [35] | |||
Round of 16 | Tauro | 2–1 (A) | [36] | ||||
Quarter-finals | Arcahaie | 1–1 (2–4 p) (A) | [37] | ||||
Play-in round | Marathón | 0–1 (A) | [38] | ||||
2021 | Preliminary round | FAS | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | [39][40] | |
Round of 16 | Independiente | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | [41][42] | ||
Quarter-finals | Santos de Guápiles | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | [43][44] | ||
Semi-finals | Motagua | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 (a) | [45][46] | ||
CONCACAF Champions League | 2022 | Round of 16 | Cruz Azul | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | [14][24] |
CONCACAF Champions Cup | 2024 | Round one | Guadalajara | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | [25][47] |
Global records
On May 12, 2019, Forge hosted Cavalry FC at Tim Hortons Field in the first men's top-level professional soccer game in the world refereed by an all-women staff.[48][49]
Notes
- ^ The CONCACAF Champions Cup was named the CONCACAF Champions League from 2008 to 2023.
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