List of Forge FC records and statistics
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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
[edit]- Canadian Championship
- Runners-up (1): 2020
Player honours
[edit]Canadian Premier League
[edit]CONCACAF League
[edit]Team of the Tournament
Player records
[edit]Appearances
[edit]- As of November 9, 2024
Rank | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2019–present | 140 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 185 |
2 | ![]() | 2019–present | 138 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 182 |
3 | ![]() | 2019–present | 116 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 161 |
4 | ![]() | 2019, 2021–present | 119 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 158 |
![]() | 2019–2024 | 116 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 158 | |
6 | ![]() | 2019–2023 | 105 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 142 |
7 | ![]() | 2021–2024 | 85 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 112 |
8 | ![]() | 2022–2024 | 74 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 97 |
9 | ![]() | 2021–2023 | 73 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 93 |
10 | ![]() | 2019–2021, 2024–present | 66 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 85 |
Bold signifies current Forge FC player
Goalscorers
[edit]- As of November 9, 2024
Rank | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2019, 2021–present | 30 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 34 |
2 | ![]() | 2021–2023 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 32 |
3 | ![]() | 2019–present | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 28 |
4 | ![]() | 2019–present | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
5 | ![]() | 2022–2024 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 |
6 | ![]() | 2022–2024 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
7 | ![]() | 2020–2021, 2025–present | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
![]() | 2022–present | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | |
9 | ![]() | 2019–2022 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
![]() | 2019–2022 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
![]() | 2019–2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Bold signifies current Forge FC player
Clean sheets
[edit]- As of November 9, 2024
Place | Name | Period | CPL | CPL Playoffs | Canadian Championship | Continental | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | 2019–2023 | 38 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 51 |
2 | ![]() | 2024–present | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 2021–present | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
![]() | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
5 | ![]() | 2020–2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bold signifies current Forge FC player
Team records
[edit]Firsts
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- As of November 9, 2024
Coach | From | To | Record | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
![]() | October 1, 2018 | Present | 198 | 100 | 42 | 56 | 50.51 | |
Total | 198 | 100 | 42 | 56 | 50.51 |
Domestic results
[edit]By competition
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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 |
International results
[edit]- As of February 11, 2025
By competition
[edit]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
[edit]Club | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | –3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | –3 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | –5 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | –2 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
By country
[edit]Country | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
![]() | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | –3 |
![]() | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 14 | –11 |
![]() | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 |
By season
[edit]Competition | Season | Round | Opposition | Home | Away | Aggregate | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CONCACAF League | 2019 | Preliminary round | ![]() | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | [35][36] |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | [37][38] | ||
2020 | Preliminary round | ![]() | 2–1 (A) | [39] | |||
Round of 16 | ![]() | 2–1 (A) | [40] | ||||
Quarter-finals | ![]() | 1–1 (2–4 p) (A) | [41] | ||||
Play-in round | ![]() | 0–1 (A) | [42] | ||||
2021 | Preliminary round | ![]() | 3–1 | 2–2 | 5–3 | [43][44] | |
Round of 16 | ![]() | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | [45][46] | ||
Quarter-finals | ![]() | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | [47][48] | ||
Semi-finals | ![]() | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 (a) | [49][50] | ||
CONCACAF Champions League | 2022 | Round of 16 | ![]() | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | [17][32] |
CONCACAF Champions Cup | 2024 | Round one | ![]() | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–5 | [33][51] |
2025 | Round one | ![]() | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | [52][27] |
Global records
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ The CONCACAF Champions Cup was named the CONCACAF Champions League from 2008 to 2023.
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