2019 Forge FC season

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Forge FC

2019 season

Chairman

Bob Young

Head coach

Bobby Smyrniotis

Stadium

Tim Hortons Field

Canadian Premier League

Spring: 2nd
Fall: 2nd
Overall: 2nd

CPL Finals

Champions

Canadian Championship

Second qualifying round

CONCACAF League

Round of 16

Top goalscorer

League: Tristan Borges (12 goals)
All: Tristan Borges (13 goals)

Highest home attendance

17,611 vs. York9 FC
(April 27, CPL)

Lowest home attendance

3,864 vs. Cavalry FC
(October 16, CPL)

Average home league attendance

6,588

Biggest win

3–0 vs. Pacific FC
(Home, May 8, CPL)
3–0 vs. Pacific FC
(Home, September 28, CPL)

Biggest defeat

0–4 vs. York9 FC
(Away, October 12, CPL)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

2020 →

The 2019 Forge FC season was the first season in the club's history, as well as first season in Canadian Premier League history. On April 27, 2019, Forge FC hosted York9 FC in the inaugural CPL match at Tim Hortons Field.^[1] During the season, Forge also participated in the Canadian Championship, CONCACAF League, and the Canadian Premier League Finals.

On November 2, 2019, Forge FC defeated Cavalry FC 2–0 on aggregate in the CPL Finals and became the first ever champions of the Canadian Premier League.^[2] As champions, they qualified for the 2020 CONCACAF League.

Squad

As of November 2, 2019.

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Triston Henry	GK	(1993-09-08)September 8, 1993 (aged 26)	Sigma FC
18	Quillan Roberts	GK	(1994-09-13)September 13, 1994 (aged 25)	Los Angeles FC
Defenders
2	Jonathan Grant	RB	(1993-10-15)October 15, 1993 (aged 26)	Nyköpings BIS
4	Dominic Samuel	RB / CB	(1994-09-29)September 29, 1994 (aged 25)	Sigma FC
5	Daniel Krutzen	CB / LB	(1996-09-19)September 19, 1996 (aged 23)	Reading United
6	Kwame Awuah	LB / CM	(1995-12-02)December 2, 1995 (aged 24)	New York City FC
15	Oluwaseun Oyegunle	DF	(2002-11-03)November 3, 2002 (aged 17)	Sigma FC
16	Klaidi Cela	CB	(1999-07-16)July 16, 1999 (aged 20)	Sigma FC
21	Bertrand Owundi	CB	(1993-10-15)October 15, 1993 (aged 26)	Minnesota United
22	Monti Mohsen	LB	(2000-06-13)June 13, 2000 (aged 19)	Sigma FC
30	David Edgar	CB	(1987-05-19)May 19, 1987 (aged 32)	Hartlepool United
Midfielders
3	Elimane Oumar Cissé	CM	(1995-03-12)March 12, 1995 (aged 24)	Diambars FC
7	David Choinière	LW / RW	(1997-02-07)February 7, 1997 (aged 22)	Montreal Impact
8	Giuliano Frano	CM / RB	(1993-05-16)May 16, 1993 (aged 26)	Sigma FC
10	Kyle Bekker	AM / CM	(1990-09-02)September 2, 1990 (aged 29)	North Carolina FC
13	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	DM	(1996-04-17)April 17, 1996 (aged 23)	IFK Värnamo
19	Tristan Borges	RW / LW / AM	(1998-08-26)August 26, 1998 (aged 21)	SC Heerenveen
20	Justin Stoddart	MF	(1995-03-31)March 31, 1995 (aged 24)	Sigma FC
Forwards
9	Marcel Zajac	ST	(1998-04-29)April 29, 1998 (aged 21)	Akron Zips
11	Chris Nanco	ST / RW / LW	(1995-02-15)February 15, 1995 (aged 24)	Bethlehem Steel
17	Kadell Thomas	ST / RW / LW	(1996-11-26)November 26, 1996 (aged 23)	Sigma FC
23	Anthony Novak	ST	(1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 25)	Oakville Blue Devils

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
10	MF	Kyle Bekker	North Carolina FC	Free transfer	November 29, 2018	^[3]
11	FW	Chris Nanco	Bethlehem Steel	Free transfer	November 29, 2018	^[3]
9	FW	Marcel Zajac	Akron Zips	Free transfer	January 8, 2019	^[3]
19	MF	Tristan Borges	SC Heerenveen	Free transfer	January 10, 2019	^[4]
21	DF	Bertrand Owundi	Minnesota United	Free transfer	January 17, 2019	^[5]
6	DF	Kwame Awuah	New York City FC	Free transfer	January 29, 2019	^[6]
13	MF	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	IFK Värnamo	Free transfer	January 31, 2019	^[7]
8	MF	Giuliano Frano	Sigma FC	Free transfer	February 7, 2019	^[8]
4	DF	Dominic Samuel	Sigma FC	Free transfer	February 25, 2019	^[9]
1	GK	Triston Henry	Sigma FC	Free transfer	February 25, 2019	^[9]
2	DF	Jonathan Grant	Nyköpings BIS	Free transfer	February 26, 2019	^[10]
3	MF	Elimane Oumar Cissé	Diambars FC	Free transfer	February 26, 2019	^[10]
18	GK	Quillan Roberts	Los Angeles FC	Free transfer	March 2, 2019	^[11]
22	DF	Monti Mohsen	Sigma FC	Free transfer	March 2, 2019	^[11]
5	DF	Daniel Krutzen	Reading United	Free transfer	March 2, 2019	^[11]
17	FW	Kadell Thomas	Sigma FC	Free transfer	March 2, 2019	^[11]
7	MF	David Choinière	Montreal Impact	Free transfer	March 7, 2019	^[12]
16	DF	Klaidi Cela	Sigma FC	Free transfer	April 3, 2019	^[13]
23	FW	Anthony Novak	Oakville Blue Devils	Free transfer	April 3, 2019	^[13]
12	FW	Jace Kotsopoulos	Guelph Gryphons	2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	May 16, 2019	^[14]
30	DF	David Edgar	Hartlepool United	Free transfer	August 2, 2019	^[15]
20	MF	Justin Stoddart	Sigma FC	Free transfer	September 15, 2019	^[16]
15	DF	Oluwaseun Oyegunle	Sigma FC	Signed to a Developmental Contract	September 15, 2019	^[16]

Loaned in

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
14	FW	Emery Welshman	FC Cincinnati	Recalled from loan on August 2	March 8, 2019	^[17]^[18]
31	GK	Baj Maan	Sigma FC	Signed to a Developmental Contract	June 11, 2019	^[19]
31	GK	Luke Iacobellis	Sigma FC	Signed to a Developmental Contract	September 4, 2019	^[20]

Draft picks

Forge FC selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018.^[21] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	3	FW	Jace Kotsopoulos	Canada	Guelph Gryphons
2	12	MF	Aboubacar Sissoko	Mali	Montreal Carabins
3	17	MF	Marko Mandekic	Canada	Toronto Varsity Blues

Out

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
12	FW	Jace Kotsopoulos	Guelph Gryphons	Developmental Contract expired	August 15, 2019	^[22]
15	DF	Oluwaseun Oyegunle		Developmental Contract expired	November 3, 2019

Club

Kits

On September 28, 2018, the Canadian Premier League announced that Canadian Soccer Business had signed a "long-term" deal on behalf of the league with Italian sporting apparel company Macron to be the official league kit provider, supplying the league's clubs with bespoke playing kits and training gear.^[23]

On April 5, 2019, Forge FC's home and away kits were unveiled alongside those of the CPL's other teams.^[24] The club later unveiled a black and gold third kit on May 30 to commemorate the sporting history of Hamilton.^[25]

Supplier: Macron / Sponsor: Tim Hortons

Home

Home Alt.

Away

Away Alt.

Third

Pre-season

Matches

April 12 Friendly	Forge FC	2–0	Valour FC	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
		Report

Competitions

Match times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
CPL Spring season	April 27	June 26	Matchday 1	Runners-up	10	6	1	3	15	7	+8	060.00
CPL Fall season	July 6	October 16	Matchday 1	Runners-up	18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	061.11
Canadian Championship	June 4	June 11	Second qualifying round	Second qualifying round	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1	000.00
CONCACAF League	August 1	August 29	Preliminary round	Round of 16	4	2	1	1	4	5	−1	050.00
CPL Finals	October 26	November 2	Finals	Winners	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Total					36	21	7	8	53	34	+19	058.33

Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Spring season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	10	8	0	2	16	7	+9	24	2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2	Forge	10	6	1	3	15	7	+8	19	2019 CONCACAF League preliminary round^[a]
3	FC Edmonton	10	4	2	4	8	9	−1	14
4	HFX Wanderers	10	3	2	5	8	11	−3	11
5	Pacific	10	3	2	5	11	15	−4	11
6	York9	10	2	5	3	9	11	−2	11
7	Valour	10	3	0	7	8	15	−7	9

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

^ As winner of home and away matches between FC Edmonton, Forge FC, and Valour FC

2019 CONCACAF League qualification table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	FOR	FCE	VAL
1	Forge FC	4	3	1	6	2	+4	9	2019 CONCACAF League	—	2–0	2–1
2	FC Edmonton	4	2	2	3	4	−1	6		1–0	—	0–1
3	Valour FC	4	1	3	3	6	−3	3		0–2	1–2	—

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	6	1	3	15	7	+8	19	3	1	1	9	4	+5	3	0	2	6	3	+3

Last updated: June 26, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A
Result	D	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	2	7	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2

Updated to match(es) played on June 26, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

April 27 1 Inaugural match	Forge FC	1–1	York9 FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00 pm	Frano 68' Thomas 78'	Report	Telfer 3' Aparicio 59' 90+5'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 17,611 Referee: David Gantar

May 4 2	HFX Wanderers FC	2–1	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
1:00 pm	Garcia 30' Langwa 38' Bona 42' N'sa 70' Perea 82', 90+4' Williams 90+2'	Report	Thomas 57' Samuel 90+4'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,113 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

May 8 3	Forge FC	3–0	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00 pm	Novak 3' Welshman 14' Frano 70' Samuel 88'	Report		Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,861 Referee: Filup Dujic

May 12 4	Forge FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00 pm	Borges 34' Thomas 68'	Report	Ledgerwood 22' Wheeldon 31' Joel Waterman 81' Pasquotti 90+5'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,912 Referee: Carol Anne Chenard

May 16 5 CONCACAF series	Valour FC	0–2	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00 pm	Garcia 18'	Report	Novak 8' Zajac 31' Borges 69' Thomas 89'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 4,731 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

May 25 6	York9 FC	0–2	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00 pm	Gattas 67' Gasparotto 90+3'	Report	Novak 64' Nanco 70' Borges 78'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 4,260 Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Note: Match was delayed in the 62nd minute for 75 minutes due to lightning.

May 29 7 CONCACAF series	Forge FC	2–0	FC Edmonton	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00 pm	Borges 35' (pen.) Krutzen 70'	Report	Moses 54' Diouck 80' Temguia 90+3'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 6,019 Referee: Mathieu Souare

June 15 8 CONCACAF series	Forge FC	2–1	Valour FC	Hamilton, Ontario
5:00 pm	Samuel 31' Bekker 76' Kotsopoulos 84' Murrell 90' (o.g.)	Report	Bustos 1' Béland-Goyette 53' Ohin 64'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 7,152 Referee: Alain Ruch

June 22 9	Cavalry FC	0–1	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
6:00 pm		Report	Bekker 5' 87' Owundi 38' Samuel 40' Thomas 89'	Stadium: Spruce Meadows Attendance: 4,697 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

June 26 10 CONCACAF series	FC Edmonton	1–0	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
9:00 pm	Diouck 16'	Report	Owundi 64'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Fall season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	18	11	5	2	35	12	+23	38	2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2	Forge	18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	37
3	York9	18	7	2	9	30	26	+4	23
4	Pacific	18	5	5	8	24	31	−7	20
5	Valour	18	5	4	9	22	37	−15	19
6	FC Edmonton	18	4	6	8	19	24	−5	18
7	HFX Wanderers	18	3	8	7	13	24	−11	17

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	37	7	1	1	16	6	+10	4	3	2	14	13	+1

Last updated: October 16, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W
Position	6	3	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1

Updated to match(es) played on October 16, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

July 6 1	Forge FC	1–2	FC Edmonton	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00 pm	Kotsopoulos 57' Owundi 61'	Report	Ameobi 38' Henry 72' (o.g.) Marcelin 89'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 6,086 Referee: David Barrie

July 13 2	Pacific FC	2–3	Forge FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:00 pm	Legault 5' Campbell 49' Blasco 85' Hernández 87' Fisk 90+3'	Report	Zajac 12' Borges 47', 79' Welshman 50' 54'	Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

July 17 3	Forge FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00 pm	Bekker 36' Borges 40' 89' Henry 86'	Report	Garcia 32'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,631 Referee: David Barrie

July 20 4	Forge FC	3–1	Valour FC	Hamilton, Ontario
3:30 pm	Frano 16' Cissé 32' Welshman 37' (pen.) Awuah 55' Thomas 90+4' 90+4'	Report	Attardo 49'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,446 Referee: Scott Bowman

July 27 5	FC Edmonton	1–1	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
6:00 pm	Ongaro 89'	Report	Bekker 86'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,021 Referee: Filip Dujic
Note: Kickoff was delayed 10-minutes due to a thunderstorm.

August 17 6	Valour FC	1–3	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00 pm	Petrasso 76' (pen.)	Report	Novak 30', 73' Frano 51' Grant 75' Nanco 77'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 4,944 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

August 25 7	Forge FC	1–0	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
3:30 pm	Frano 48' Grant 79' 81'	Report	Adekugbe 71'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 6,883 Referee: David Barrie

September 4 8	Pacific FC	1–1	Forge FC	Langford, British Columbia
10:00 pm	Campbell 79'	Report	Mohsen 31' 67'	Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 2,124 Referee: Juan Marquez

September 8 9	Forge FC	2–1	York9 FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00 pm	Borges 21' Zajac 52'	Report	Doner 38' Murofushi 65' (pen.)	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,267 Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Note: Originally scheduled for August 2, 7:00 pm

September 12 10	Valour FC	1–3	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00 pm	Bustos 19' Mitter 26' Carreiro 33' Attardo 70'	Report	Novak 15' Nanco 16' Borges 27' (pen.) Frano 37'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 3,586 Referee: Serge Topalian

September 15 11	Forge FC	2–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00 pm	Awuah 55' Nanco 69' Borges 81'	Report	Garcia 48' Gutiérrez 58' Langwa 79'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 6,016 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

September 18 12	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
5:30 pm	Garcia 43' Tomasz Skublak 90+4'	Report	Edgar 53' 90+3'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,824 Referee: Myriam Marcotte
Note: Originally scheduled for August 21, 6:00 pm

September 28 13	Forge FC	3–0	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
3:30 pm	Samuel 34' Henry 41' Bekker 45' Novak 54' Cissé 73' Borges 76' 90+1' Awuah 82'	Report	Smith 82'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,616 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

October 2 14	FC Edmonton	0–1	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
9:00 pm		Report	Cela 26'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,042 Referee: David Barrie

October 6 15	Forge FC	1–0	York9 FC	Hamilton, Ontario
3:30 pm	Borges 71' (pen.) Zajac 90+3'	Report	Di Chiara 69' Springer 74'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,864 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

October 9 16	Cavalry FC	2–1	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Oliver 15' Malonga 63', 84' Pasquotti 88'	Report	Frano 45+1' Novak 47' 78' Owundi 66' Nanco 90+3'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 1,938 Referee: Silviu Petrescu
Note: Originally scheduled for July 30, 9:00 pm

October 12 17	York9 FC	4–0	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
3:30 pm	Di Chiara 22' (pen.) Adjei 57' Abzi 66' Gattas 90'	Report		Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,314 Referee: Filip Dujic
Note: Originally scheduled for August 28, 7:00 pm

October 16 18	Forge FC	1–0	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00 pm	Choinière 42' Samuel 64' 71'	Report	Hamilton 36' Büscher 74'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Juan Marquez

CPL finals

Forge qualified for the CPL finals on September 28.^[26] The CPL announced the match schedule on September 30.^[27]

October 26 First leg	Forge FC	1–0	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00 pm	Borges 45+1', 69' Awuah 63'	Report	Oliver 24' Waterman 37' Wheeldon 69' Trafford 75' Ledgerwood 88'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 10,486 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
Note: Borges' red card was rescinded by Canada Soccer's Disciplinary Committee.

November 2 Second leg	Cavalry FC	0–1 (0–2 agg.)	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
3:30 pm	Pasquotti 18' Ledgerwood 51' Escalante 75' Wheeldon 86'	Report	Novak 42' Choinière 73', 90+5' Henry 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 5,831 Referee: Alain Ruch

Canadian Championship

The Canadian Soccer Association announced the format of the 2019 Canadian Championship on January 10;^[28]^[29] the draw results were announced on February 12.^[30]^[31] Forge entered the competition in the second round.^[29]

June 4 Second qualifying round Leg 1	Forge FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:30 pm	Welshman 48' Achinioti-Jönsson 68' Frano 84' Roberts 90+4'	Report	Mavila 40' Malonga 90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,174 Referee: David Barrie

June 11 Second qualifying round Leg 2	Cavalry FC	2–1 (3–2 agg.)	Forge FC	Foothills County, Alberta
9:30 pm	Malonga 41' Camargo 58' Escalante 59' Mavila 60' Giantsopoulos 90+6'	Report	Bekker 13' Krutzen 68'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,000 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

CONCACAF League

CONCACAF conducted the CONCACAF League draw on May 30, before Forge had qualified for the competition.^[32]^[33]

Preliminary round

The preliminary round schedule was announced on June 10.^[34]

August 1 First leg	Forge FC	2–1	Antigua GFC	Hamilton, Ontario
6:00 pm	Krutzen 46' Owundi 61' Choinière 90+1'	Report	Pacheco 33'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,644 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica)

August 8 Second leg	Antigua GFC	0–0 (1–2 agg.)	Forge FC	Guatemala City, Guatemala
8:00 pm	Mingorance 46' 86'	Report	Henry 45' Borges 47'	Stadium: Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores Referee: Randy Solano (Dominican Republic)

Round of 16

The round of 16 schedule was announced on August 9.^[35]

August 22 First leg	Forge FC	1–0	Olimpia	Hamilton, Ontario
8:00 pm	Nanco 4' Frano 22'	Report		Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,876 Referee: José Raúl Torres (Puerto Rico)

August 29 Second leg	Olimpia	4–1 (4–2 agg.)	Forge FC	San Pedro Sula, Honduras
10:00 pm	Ferrari 30' Flores 42' Lacayo 75' Bengtson 79'	Report	Choinière 88'	Stadium: Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano Attendance: 0 Referee: Henry Bejarano (Costa Rica)
Note: The match was played behind closed doors in San Pedro Sula as punishment following rioting between fans of Olimpia and Motagua that caused multiple fatalities and injuries on August 17.^[36]

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of 2 November 2019^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		CPL Spring season		CPL Fall season		CPL Finals		Canadian Championship		CONCACAF League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Triston Henry	27	0	8+0	0	12+0	0	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+0	0
2	DF	CAN	Jonathan Grant	16	1	1+0	0	10+1	1	1+0	0	0+0	0	3+0	0
3	MF	SEN	Elimane Oumar Cissé	27	2	10+0	0	10+1	2	1+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
4	DF	CAN	Dominic Samuel	33	0	10+0	0	15+1	0	1+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	0
5	DF	BEL	Daniel Krutzen	34	2	9+0	1	16+1	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	4+0	1
6	DF	CAN	Kwame Awuah	32	0	8+2	0	12+3	0	2+0	0	1+1	0	3+0	0
7	MF	CAN	David Choinière	23	4	3+3	0	8+2	1	0+2	1	2+0	0	1+2	2
8	MF	CAN	Giuliano Frano	31	1	7+1	1	12+4	0	1+1	0	2+0	0	2+1	0
9	FW	CAN	Marcel Zajac	26	1	2+6	0	10+3	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	1+2	0
10	MF	CAN	Kyle Bekker	34	5	8+0	1	17+1	3	2+0	0	2+0	1	4+0	0
11	FW	CAN	Chris Nanco	29	5	4+5	1	9+6	3	2+0	0	0+1	0	2+0	1
13	MF	SWE	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	29	0	9+1	0	9+4	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
15	DF	CAN	Oluwaseun Oyegunle	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
16	DF	CAN	Klaidi Cela	10	1	0+1	0	3+4	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
17	FW	CAN	Kadell Thomas	19	3	2+5	2	3+4	1	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+3	0
18	GK	GUY	Quillan Roberts	9	0	2+0	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
19	MF	CAN	Tristan Borges	33	13	8+1	4	12+4	8	2+0	1	2+0	0	4+0	0
20	MF	CAN	Justin Stoddart	1	0	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
21	DF	CMR	Bertrand Owundi	26	0	8+1	0	11+2	0	0+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0
22	DF	CAN	Monti Mohsen	9	1	0+2	0	4+3	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	FW	CAN	Anthony Novak	22	6	5+0	2	7+4	4	2+0	0	0+0	0	3+1	0
30	DF	CAN	David Edgar	14	1	0+0	0	7+2	1	2+0	0	0+0	0	2+1	0
Player(s) transferred out during this season
12	FW	CAN	Jace Kotsopoulos	5	2	0+2	1	1+0	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	0+1	0
14	FW	GUY	Emery Welshman	13	4	6+0	1	5+0	2	0+0	0	1+0	1	1+0	0

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	CPL Finals	Canadian Championship	CONCACAF League	Total
1	Tristan Borges	MF	4	8	1	0	0	13
2	Anthony Novak	FW	2	4	0	0	0	6
3	Kyle Bekker	MF	1	3	0	1	0	5
3	Chris Nanco	FW	1	3	0	0	1	5
5	David Choinière	MF	0	1	1	0	2	4
5	Emery Welshman	FW	1	2	0	1	0	4
7	Kadell Thomas	FW	2	1	0	0	0	3
8	Elimane Oumar Cissé	MF	0	2	0	0	0	2
	Jace Kotsopoulos	FW	1	1	0	0	0	2
	Daniel Krutzen	DF	1	0	0	0	1	2
11	Klaidi Cela	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
	David Edgar	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Giuliano Frano	MF	1	0	0	0	0	1
	Jonathan Grant	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Monti Mohsen	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Marcel Zajac	FW	0	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals			1	0	0	0	0	1
Totals			15	30	2	2	4	54

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Player	Pos.	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	CPL Finals	Canadian Championship	CONCACAF League	Total
1	Kwame Awuah	DF	2	3	0	0	1	6
2	Kyle Bekker	MF	3	2	0	0	0	5
2	Tristan Borges	MF	1	4	0	0	0	5
4	David Choinière	MF	1	0	0	3	0	4
4	Anthony Novak	FW	0	3	0	0	1	4
6	Marcel Zajac	FW	1	2	0	0	0	3
7	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	MF	1	1	0	0	0	2
	Elimane Oumar Cissé	MF	0	1	1	0	0	2
	Daniel Krutzen	DF	2	0	0	0	0	2
	Chris Nanco	FW	0	1	1	0	0	2
	Emery Welshman	FW	2	0	0	0	0	2
12	Klaidi Cela	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Giuliano Frano	MF	0	0	0	0	1	1
	Jonathan Grant	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Dominic Samuel	DF	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Kadell Thomas	FW	0	1	0	0	0	1
Totals			13	22	2	2	3	43

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	CPL Finals	CONCACAF League	Total
1	Triston Henry	4	3	2	2	11
2	Quillan Roberts	1	3	0	0	4
Totals		5	6	2	2	15

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	CPL Spring season		CPL Fall season		CPL Finals		Canadian Championship		CONCACAF League		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	GK		Triston Henry	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
2	DF		Jonathan Grant	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Dominic Samuel	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
5	DF		Daniel Krutzen	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		Kwame Awuah	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
7	MF		David Choinière	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8	MF		Giuliano Frano	1	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
9	FW		Marcel Zajac	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10	MF		Kyle Bekker	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	FW		Chris Nanco	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF		Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
14	FW		Emery Welshman	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW		Kadell Thomas	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18	GK		Quillan Roberts	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
19	MF		Tristan Borges	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
21	DF		Bertrand Owundi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
22	DF		Monti Mohsen	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	FW		Anthony Novak	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
30	DF		David Edgar	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				14	0	25	1	4	1	3	1	5	0	51	3

Updated to match played November 2, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Honours

Canadian Premier League Awards

Name	Award	Status	Source
Tristan Borges	Golden Boot	Won	^[37]
	Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year	Won	^[37]^[38]
	Player of the Year	Won	^[37]^[38]
Kyle Bekker	Player of the Year	Nominated	^[37]^[38]
Bobby Smyrniotis	Coach of the Year	Nominated	^[37]^[38]

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External links

2019 Forge FC season at Official Site

Forge Football Club

Hamilton, Ontario
The Club	History Crest and colours Club culture Records and statistics
Stadium	Tim Hortons Field (2019–present)
Rivalries	905 Derby (York United) Cavalry rivalry
Key personnel	Chairman Bob Young Vice-chairman John McGrane President Matt Afinec Head coach Bobby Smyrniotis
Development clubs	Hamilton United Sigma FC

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CPL Shield (2)	2021 2024

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	37	7	1	1	16	6	+10	4	3	2	14	13	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	37	7	1	1	16	6	+10	4	3	2	14	13	+1

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	37	7	1	1	16	6	+10	4	3	2	14	13	+1