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 League.
This list encompasses the honours won by Forge FC and records set by the club, its players, and its manager.
Team honours
- Canadian Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2020
Player honours
Canadian Premier League
CONCACAF League
Team of the Tournament
Player records
Appearances
- As of October 30, 2022
Place | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kyle Bekker | 2019–present | 87 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 117 |
2 | Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson | 2019–present | 85 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 115 |
3 | Triston Henry | 2019–present | 78 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 110 |
4 | Dominic Samuel | 2019–present | 79 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 108 |
5 | David Choinière | 2019–present | 74 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 105 |
6 | Tristan Borges | 2019, 2021–present | 72 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 98 |
7 | Kwame Awuah | 2019–2021 | 59 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 81 |
8 | Daniel Krutzen | 2019–2022 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 80 |
9 | Elimane Oumar Cissé | 2019–2021 | 55 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 74 |
10 | Chris Nanco | 2019–2022 | 55 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 71 |
Bold signifies current Forge FC player
Goalscorers
- As of October 28, 2023
Rank | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Woobens Pacius | 2021–present | 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–present | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 League defeat: Cruz Azul 3–1 Forge FC, February 24, 2022[24]
Highest scores
- Highest scoring CPL game: 7 goals
- FC Edmonton 3–4 Forge FC, May 31, 2022[25]
- Forge FC 4–3 Atlético Ottawa, June 25, 2023[26]
- Highest scoring Canadian Championship game: 3 goals
- Cavalry FC 2–1 Forge FC, June 11, 2019[27]
- Forge FC 2–1 Valour FC, September 15, 2021[13]
- Forge FC 3–0 FC Laval, April 18, 2023[19]
- CF Montréal 3–0 Forge FC, May 25, 2022[22]
- Highest scoring CONCACAF League game: 5 goals, Olimpia 4–1 Forge FC, August 29, 2019[23]
- Highest scoring CONCACAF Champions League game: 4 goals, Cruz Azul 3–1 Forge FC, February 24, 2022[24]
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[28]
Coaching records
- As of October 28, 2023
Coach | From | To | Record | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
Bobby Smyrniotis | October 1, 2018 | Present | 160 | 81 | 36 | 43 | 50.63 | |
Total | 160 | 81 | 36 | 43 | 50.63 |
Domestic results
By competition
- As of October 28, 2023
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 October 28, 2023
By competition
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CONCACAF League | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 43.75 |
CONCACAF Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 | 0.00 |
Total | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 38.89 |
By club
Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 |
Panama | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
By season
Competition | Season | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CONCACAF League | 2019 | Preliminary round | Antigua | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | [29][30] |
Round of 16 | Olimpia | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | [31][32] | ||
2020 | Preliminary round | Municipal Limeño | 2–1 (A) | [33] | |||
Round of 16 | Tauro | 2–1 (A) | [34] | ||||
Quarter-finals | Arcahaie | 1–1 (2–4 p) (A) | [35] | ||||
Play-in round | Marathón | 0–1 (A) | [36] | ||||
2021 | Preliminary round | FAS | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | [37][38] | |
Round of 16 | Independiente | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | [39][40] | ||
Quarter-finals | Santos de Guápiles | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | [41][42] | ||
Semi-finals | Motagua | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 (a) | [43][44] | ||
CONCACAF Champions League | 2022 | Round of 16 | Cruz Azul | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | [14][24] |
CONCACAF Champions Cup | 2024 | Round one | Guadalajara |
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.[45][46]
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