List of Forge FC records and statistics

This article is about all-time records. For a season-by-season statistical breakdown, see Forge FC § Year-by-year.

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
  • Champions (4): 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023
    • Runners-up (1): 2021, 2024
  • Regular season winners (2): 2021, ^[3] 2024
    • Runners-up (3): 2019, 2022, 2023

• Canadian Championship
  • Runners-up (1): 2020

Player honours

Canadian Premier League

Main article: Canadian Premier League Awards

Coach of the Year

• Bobby Smyrniotis: 2024 ^[4]

Defender of the Year

• Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson: 2022 ^{[5] [6]}

Golden Boot

• Tristan Borges: 2019 ^[7]

Golden Glove

• Triston Henry: 2020, ^[8] 2023 ^[9]

Player of the Year

• Tristan Borges: 2019, ^[7] 2024 ^[10]
• Kyle Bekker: 2020 ^[8]

Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year

• Tristan Borges: 2019 ^[7]
• Kwasi Poku: 2024 ^[11]

CONCACAF League

Team of the Tournament

• Molham Babouli: 2021 ^[12]

Player records

Appearances

As of November 9, 2024

Rank	Name	Period	CPL	CPL Playoffs	Canadian Championship	Continental	Total
1	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	2019–present	140	13	15	17	185
2	Kyle Bekker	2019–present	138	12	13	19	182
3	David Choinière	2019–present	116	12	14	19	161
4	Tristan Borges	2019, 2021–present	119	10	15	14	158
	Dominic Samuel	2019–2024	116	12	11	19	158
6	Triston Henry	2019–2023	105	10	9	18	142
7	Garven Metusala	2021–2024	85	7	10	10	112
8	Alessandro Hojabrpour	2022–2024	74	8	11	4	97
9	Woobens Pacius	2021–2023	73	5	7	8	93
10	Elimane Cissé	2019–2021,2024–present	66	4	4	11	85

Boldsignifies current Forge FC player

Goalscorers

As of November 9, 2024

Rank	Name	Period	CPL	CPL Playoffs	Canadian Championship	Continental	Total
1	Tristan Borges	2019, 2021–present	30	2	1	1	34
2	Woobens Pacius	2021–2023	26	3	3	0	32
3	David Choinière	2019–present	17	3	3	5	28
4	Kyle Bekker	2019–present	17	1	2	2	22
5	Terran Campbell	2022–2024	16	0	1	1	18
6	Kwasi Poku	2022–2024	11	0	2	0	13
7	Molham Babouli	2020–2021,2025–present	8	0	0	4	12
	Noah Jensen	2022–present	10	0	2	0	12
9	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

Boldsignifies current Forge FC player

Clean sheets

As of November 9, 2024

Place	Name	Period	CPL	CPL Playoffs	Canadian Championship	Continental	Total
1	Triston Henry	2019–2023	38	4	3	6	51
2	Jassem Koleilat	2024–present	7	1	0	0	8
3	Christopher Kalongo	2021–present	4	0	0	0	4
	Quillan Roberts	2019	4	0	0	0	4
5	Baj Maan	2020–2022	3	0	0	0	3

Boldsignifies 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 ^[13]
• First Canadian Championship match: Forge FC 1–1 Cavalry FC, June 4, 2019 ^[14]
• First CONCACAF League match and win: Forge FC 2–1 Antigua GFC, August 1, 2019 ^[15]
• First Canadian Championship win: Forge FC 2–1 Valour FC, September 15, 2021 ^[16]
• First CONCACAF Champions League match: Forge FC 0–1 Cruz Azul, February 16, 2022 ^[17]

Record wins

• Record CPL win: 4 matches
  • Forge FC 4–0 Atlético Ottawa, August 25, 2021 ^[18]
  • HFX Wanderers 0–4 Forge FC, May 20, 2022 ^[19]
  • Forge FC 5–1 FC Edmonton, July 19, 2022 ^[20]
  • Atlético Ottawa 0–4 Forge FC, July 31, 2022 ^[21]
• Record Canadian Championship win: Forge FC 3–0 FC Laval, April 18, 2023 ^[22]
• Record CONCACAF League win: Forge FC 3–0 Santos de Guápiles, November 2, 2021 ^[23]

Record defeats

• Record CPL defeat: York9 FC 4–0 Forge FC, October 12, 2019 ^[24]
• Record Canadian Championship defeat: CF Montréal 3–0 Forge FC, May 25, 2022 ^[25]
• Record CONCACAF League defeat: Olimpia 4–1 Forge FC, August 29, 2019 ^[26]
• Record CONCACAF Champions Cup defeat: Monterrey 3–0 Forge FC, February 11, 2025 ^[27]

Highest scores

• Highest scoring CPL game: 7 goals
  • FC Edmonton 3–4 Forge FC, May 31, 2022 ^[28]
  • Forge FC 4–3 Atlético Ottawa, June 25, 2023 ^[29]
  • Atlético Ottawa 4–3 Forge FC, June 28, 2024 ^[30]
• Highest scoring Canadian Championship game: 4 goals, Forge FC 3–1 York United FC, May 1, 2024 ^[31]
• Highest scoring CONCACAF League game: 5 goals, Olimpia 4–1 Forge FC, August 29, 2019 ^[26]
• Highest scoring CONCACAF Champions Cup/League game: 4 goals
  • Cruz Azul 3–1 Forge FC, February 24, 2022 ^[32]
  • Forge FC 1–3 Guadalajara, February 7, 2024 ^[33]

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 ^[34]

Coaching records

As of November 9, 2024

Coach	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	Win %
Bobby Smyrniotis	October 1, 2018	Present	198	100	42	56	050.51
Total			198	100	42	56	050.51

Domestic results

By competition

As of November 9, 2024

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
Canadian Premier League	163	87	31	45	243	153	+90	53.37
Canadian Championship	15	6	5	4	19	16	+3	40
Total	178	93	36	49	262	169	+93	52.25

By club

As of November 9, 2024

Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Atlético Ottawa	21	12	4	5	34	16	+18
Cavalry FC	32	14	8	10	38	35	+3
FC Edmonton †	13	7	2	4	21	12	+9
HFX Wanderers FC	24	10	9	5	36	22	+14
FC Laval	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
CF Montréal	5	1	2	2	3	7	−4
CS Mont-Royal Outremont	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Pacific FC	22	14	3	5	36	15	+21
Toronto FC	3	1	1	1	3	3	±0
Valour FC	22	12	2	8	34	28	+6
Vancouver FC	8	4	2	2	14	9	+5
York United FC	26	16	3	7	45	26	+19

  † Defunct

International results

See also: Canadian soccer clubs in international competitions

As of February 11, 2025

By competition

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W%
CONCACAF League	16	7	6	3	22	17	+5	43.75
CONCACAF Champions Cup/League	6	0	0	6	3	14	–11	0.00
Total	22	7	6	9	25	31	–6	31.82

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
Guadalajara	2	0	0	2	2	5	–3
Independiente	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Marathón	1	0	0	1	0	1	–1
Monterrey	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5
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	6	0	0	6	3	14	–11
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	[35] [36]
		Round of 16	Olimpia	1–0	1–4	2–4	[37] [38]
	2020	Preliminary round	Municipal Limeño	2–1 (A)			[39]
		Round of 16	Tauro	2–1 (A)			[40]
		Quarter-finals	Arcahaie	1–1 (2–4 p) (A)			[41]
		Play-in round	Marathón	0–1 (A)			[42]
	2021	Preliminary round	FAS	3–1	2–2	5–3	[43] [44]
		Round of 16	Independiente	0–0	2–0	2–0	[45] [46]
		Quarter-finals	Santos de Guápiles	3–0	1–3	4–3	[47] [48]
		Semi-finals	Motagua	2–2	0–0	2–2 (a)	[49] [50]
CONCACAF Champions League	2022	Round of 16	Cruz Azul	0–1	1–3	1–4	[17] [32]
CONCACAF Champions Cup	2024	Round one	Guadalajara	1–3	1–2	2–5	[33] [51]
	2025	Round one	Monterrey	0–2	0–3	0–5	[52] [27]

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. ^{[53] [54]}

Notes

1. The CONCACAF Champions Cup was named the CONCACAF Champions League from 2008 to 2023.

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