CSL Golden Boot

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The Canadian Soccer League Golden Boot is an annual Canadian soccer award given to the top goalscorer for each season in the Canadian Soccer League. The Golden Boot has been awarded since 1998 when the league debuted as the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The highest ranked CSL Golden Boot goalscorer is Gus Kouzmanis with 33 goals during the league's inaugural season. [1] Kouzmanis has also won the award the most times (2) during the 1998, and 2000 seasons. [2] Players from twelve countries, other than Canada, have won the Golden Boot including Croatia (Tihomir Maletic, 2010, Dražen Vuković, 2012, Marin Vučemilović-Grgić 2014), Serbia (Aleksandar Stojiljković, 2017, Vladimir Strizovic, 2022), Ukraine (Sergiy Ivliev, 2016, Mykola Temniuk 2019), Trinidad and Tobago (Kevin Nelson, 2001), England (Darren Tilley, 2002), Jamaica (Richard West, 2015), Northern Ireland (Paul Munster, 2004), United States (Aaron Byrd, 2005), Romania (Gabriel Pop, 2006), France (Guillaume Surot, 2014), [3] Ghana (Sani Dey, 2018), and Central African Republic (Moussa Limane, 2020) The club with the most top goalscorers is the Toronto/Mississauga Olympians with four wins followed by London City, Scarborough SC, and Trois-Rivières Attak with two.

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Winners

SeasonPlayerTeamGoalsRef(s)
1998 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gus Kouzmanis Toronto Olympians 33
1999 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Eddy Berdusco Toronto Olympians 24
2000 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Gus Kouzmanis Toronto Olympians 12
2001 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Kevin Nelson Ottawa Wizards 23 [4]
2002 Flag of England.svg Darren Tilley Mississauga Olympians 20 [5]
2003 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Carlo Arghittu St. Catharines Wolves 18 [6]
2004 Ulster Banner.svg Paul Munster London City 25 [7]
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Aaron Byrd Windsor Border Stars 17 [8]
2006 Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Pop Serbian White Eagles 27 [9] [10]
2007 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Nicolas Lesage Trois-Rivières Attak 20 [9]
2008 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daniel Nascimento Brampton Lions 18 [11]
2009 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Reda Agourram Trois-Rivieres Attak 13 [12]
2010 Flag of Croatia.svg Tihomir Maletic Toronto Croatia 17 [13]
2011 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Stefan Vukovic TFC Academy 18
2012 Flag of Croatia.svg Dražen Vuković SC Waterloo 20 [14]
2013 Flag of France.svg Guillaume Surot Kingston FC 28 [15]
2014 Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Vučemilović-Grgić London City 20 [16]
2015 Flag of Jamaica.svg Richard West York Region Shooters 23
2016 Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhiy Ivlyev FC Ukraine United 15
2017 Flag of Serbia.svg Aleksandar Stojiljković Scarborough SC 17
2018 Flag of Ghana.svg Sani Dey [17] Hamilton City SC 13
2019 Flag of Ukraine.svg Mykola Temniuk FC Vorkuta 18 [18]
2020 Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Moussa Limane Scarborough SC 7 [19]
2021 Wabila WallaceAtletico Sporting Toronto7
2022 Flag of Serbia.svg Vladimir Strizovic Serbian White Eagles 8
2023 Flag of Ukraine.svg Serhiy Ivlyev Dynamo Toronto14 [20]

Awards won by club

RankClubTotal
1
Toronto/Mississauga Olympians
4
2
London City
2
2
Scarborough SC
2
2
Serbian White Eagles
2
2
Trois-Rivieres Attak
2
3
Brampton United
1
3
FC Ukraine United
1
3
FC Vorkuta
1
3
Hamilton City SC
1
3
Kingston FC
1
3
Ottawa Wizards
1
3
SC Waterloo Region
1
3
St. Catharines Wolves
1
3
TFC Academy
1
3
Toronto Croatia
1
3
Windsor Border Stars
1
3
York Region Shooters
1
Total24

Awards won by nationality

RankCountryTotal
1
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
8
2
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
3
3
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
2
3
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine
2
4
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic
1
4
Flag of England.svg England
1
4
Flag of France.svg France
1
4
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana
1
4
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
1
4
Ulster Banner.svg Northern Ireland
1
4
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
1
4
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago
1
4
Flag of the United States.svg United States
1
Total24

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