2021 Forge FC season

Forge FC
2021 season
Chairman	Bob Young
Head coach	Bobby Smyrniotis
Stadium	Tim Hortons Field
Canadian Premier League	1st
CPL Playoffs	Runner-up
Canadian Championship	Semi-finals
CONCACAF League	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Molham Babouli; Woobens Pacius; (7 goals each); All: Molham Babouli (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	7,488 vs. Pacific FC; (December 5, CPL Final)
Lowest home attendance	2,104 vs. Cavalry FC; (November 16, CPL)
Average home league attendance	3,490
Biggest win	4–0 vs. Atlético Ottawa; (Home, August 25, CPL)
Biggest defeat	Defeated by two goals in six matches.
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Forge FC season was the third season in the history of Forge FC. Forge were the defending league champions, having defeated HFX Wanderers FC in the 2020 Canadian Premier League Final. In addition to the domestic league, the club competed in the Canadian Championship and the CONCACAF League.

On November 2, Forge FC defeated Santos de Guápiles in the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF League to qualify for the 2022 edition of the CONCACAF Champions League, becoming the first Canadian Premier League club to do so.^[1] The club eventually bowed out of the competition in the semi-finals against Motagua.^[2]

On November 9, Forge defeated York United to clinch first place in the Canadian Premier League regular season.^[3] This secured Forge the CPL Shield, an honour that the league announced it will recognize retroactively.^[4]

Squad

As of August 8, 2021^[5]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Triston Henry	GK	(1993-09-08)September 8, 1993 (aged 28)	Sigma FC
29	Christopher Kalongo	GK	(2002-01-07)January 7, 2002 (aged 19)	Sigma FC
31	Baj Maan	GK	(2000-07-12)July 12, 2000 (aged 21)	NKU Norse
Defenders
2	Jonathan Grant	RB	(1993-10-15)October 15, 1993 (aged 28)	Nyköpings BIS
3	Dejan Jakovic	CB	(1985-07-16)July 16, 1985 (aged 36)	Los Angeles FC
4	Dominic Samuel	RB / CB	(1994-09-29)September 29, 1994 (aged 27)	Sigma FC
5	Daniel Krutzen	CB / LB	(1996-09-19)September 19, 1996 (aged 25)	Reading United
6	Kwame Awuah	LB / CM	(1995-12-02)December 2, 1995 (aged 26)	New York City FC
15	Maxim Tissot	LB / DM	(1992-04-13)April 13, 1992 (aged 29)	Ottawa Fury
22	Monti Mohsen	LB	(2000-06-13)June 13, 2000 (aged 21)	Sigma FC
23	Garven-Michée Metusala	DM / CB	(1999-12-31)December 31, 1999 (aged 22)	AS Blainville
26	Santiago Frias	CB	(2003-06-20)June 20, 2003 (aged 18)	Sigma FC
Midfielders
8	Elimane Oumar Cissé	CM	(1995-03-12)March 12, 1995 (aged 26)	Diambars FC
10	Kyle Bekker	AM / CM	(1990-09-02)September 2, 1990 (aged 31)	North Carolina FC
12	Sebastian Castello	MF	(2003-10-08)October 8, 2003 (aged 18)	Sigma FC
13	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	DM	(1996-04-17)April 17, 1996 (aged 25)	IFK Värnamo
19	Tristan Borges	RW / LW / AM	(1998-08-26)August 26, 1998 (aged 23)	OH Leuven
24	Paolo Sabak	AM	(1999-02-10)February 10, 1999 (aged 22)	NEC Nijmegen
27	Johnny Son	CM	(2003-05-30)May 30, 2003 (aged 18)	Sigma FC
Forwards
7	David Choinière	LW / RW	(1997-02-07)February 7, 1997 (aged 24)	Montreal Impact
9	Kosi Nwafornso	CF	(1997-09-19)September 19, 1997 (aged 24)	Colorado Pride Switchbacks
11	Chris Nanco	ST / RW / LW	(1995-02-15)February 15, 1995 (aged 26)	Bethlehem Steel
14	Emery Welshman	ST	(1991-11-09)November 9, 1991 (aged 30)	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.
17	Woobens Pacius	FW	(2001-05-11)May 11, 2001 (aged 20)	CF Montréal Academy
18	Molham Babouli	CF / RW / LW	(1993-01-02)January 2, 1993 (aged 28)	FC Ukraine United
21	Marcus Caldeira	FW	(2004-10-14)October 14, 2004 (aged 17)	Sigma FC
25	Joshua Navarro	CF	(1999-03-11)March 11, 1999 (aged 22)	Pérez Zeledón
28	Robbie Cleary	CF	(2003-05-15)May 15, 2003 (aged 18)	Sigma FC
99	Omar Browne	CF / RW / LW	(1994-05-03)May 3, 1994 (aged 27)	Independiente

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3	DF	Dejan Jakovic	Los Angeles FC	Free	May 13, 2021	^[6]
9	FW	Kosi Nwafornso	Colorado Pride Switchbacks	Free	June 23, 2021	^[7]
23	MF	Garven-Michée Metusala	Concordia Stingers	Selected 8th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	June 23, 2021	^[7]
26	DF	Santiago Frias	Sigma FC	Signed to a development contract	June 24, 2021	^[8]
27	MF	Johnny Son	Sigma FC	Free	June 24, 2021	^[8]
28	FW	Robbie Cleary	Sigma FC	Signed to a development contract	June 24, 2021	^[8]
12	MF	Sebastian Castello	Sigma FC	Signed to a development contract	July 30, 2021	^[9]
21	FW	Marcus Caldeira	Sigma FC	Signed to a development contract	July 30, 2021	^[9]
17	FW	Woobens Pacius	CF Montréal Academy	Free	August 8, 2021	^[10]
29	GK	Christopher Kalongo	Sigma FC	Signed to a development contract	September 11, 2021	^[11]
14	FW	Emery Welshman	Hapoel Ra'anana A.F.C.	Free	September 14, 2021	^[12]
16	DF	Klaidi Cela	Sigma FC	Free	October 8, 2021	^[13]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
19	MF	Tristan Borges	OH Leuven	Season-long loan	March 5, 2021	^[14]
25	FW	Joshua Navarro	Pérez Zeledón	Season-long loan	June 15, 2021	^[15]
99	FW	Omar Browne	Independiente	Season-long loan	June 16, 2021	^[16]
16	DF	Klaidi Cela	Sigma FC	Short term replacement player	August 4, 2021	^[17]
33	GK	Corey Marques	Sigma FC	Short term replacement player	September 3, 2021	^[18]

Draft picks

Forge FC selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. 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	8	MF	Garven-Michée Metusala	Canada	Concordia Stingers
2	9	DF	José Maria Ribeiro da Cunha	Portugal	CBU Capers

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
14	DF	David Edgar	Retired		December 8, 2020	^[19]
23	FW	Anthony Novak	Clube Condeixa	Contract expired	February 12, 2021	^[20]
9	FW	Marcel Zajac	Watra Białka Tatrzańska	Contract expired	March 17, 2021	^[21]
16	DF	Klaidi Cela	Sigma FC	Contract expired	June 24, 2021	^[22]
17	FW	Kadell Thomas	Sigma FC	Contract expired	June 24, 2021	^[22]
20	FW	Gabriel Balbinotti	FC Lanaudière	Contract expired	June 24, 2021	^[22]
21	DF	Jordan Dunstan		Contract expired	June 24, 2021	^[22]

Competitions

Matches are listed in Hamilton local time: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) until November 6, and Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) otherwise.

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 %
Canadian Premier League	June 27	November 16	Matchday 1	Winners	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	057.14
CPL Playoffs	November 21	December 5	Semi-finals	Runner-up	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
CONCACAF League	August 12	December 1	Preliminary round	Semi-finals	8	3	4	1	13	8	+5	037.50
Canadian Championship	September 15	October 27	Quarter-finals	Semi-finals	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	050.00
Total					40	21	7	12	57	35	+22	052.50

Last updated: December 5, 2021
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	50	Advance to playoffs
2	Cavalry	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50
3	Pacific (C)	28	13	6	9	47	34	+13	45
4	York United	28	8	12	8	35	39	−4	36
5	Valour	28	10	5	13	38	36	+2	35
6	HFX Wanderers	28	8	11	9	28	34	−6	35
7	FC Edmonton	28	6	10	12	34	41	−7	28
8	Atlético Ottawa	28	6	8	14	30	47	−17	26

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins.^[23]
(C) Champions; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	L	L
Position	7	8	5	4	4	3	2	4	3	4	4	4	4	1	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1

Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

June 27 1	Forge FC	0–2	Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm	Jaković 6' Bekker 31' Nanco 90+2'	Report	Dyer 6' (pen.), 46' Ricci 26' Fordyce 32'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Filip Dujic

July 1 2	FC Edmonton	2–0	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Shome 29' Soria 87' Esua 90+4'	Report	Jaković 53' Bekker 68'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 4 3	Forge FC	3–0	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm	Sabak 8' Metusala 24' Awuah 45' Babouli 70' Nanco 75' Borges 80' (pen.)	Report	Bustos 74'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-Maclaren

July 8 4	Cavalry FC	0–2	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Di Chiara 25' Ledgerwood 90+1'	Report	Bekker 13', 35' Achinioti-Jönsson 69'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 11 5	Valour FC	1–0	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
1:30pm	Ricci 56' Peña 87' Dyer 90+3'	Report	Sabak 45+2' Bekker 90' Navarro 90+3'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Carly Shaw-Maclaren

July 14 6	Forge FC	1–0	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
10:00pm	Babouli 38' (pen.), 69' Sabak 43' Henry 77' Awuah 90+1'	Report	Avila 36'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: David Barrie

July 17 7	Pacific FC	1–2	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
10:00pm	Polisi 26' MacNaughton 43' Dixon 56' Heard 77' Young 81' Samake 90+2'	Report	Samuel 5' Sabak 22' (pen.) Bekker 30' Navarro 78' Tissot 82'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 22 8	Forge FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Henry 63' Babouli 86' (pen.)	Report	Norman Jr. 6' Novak 12', 63' Musse 33' Luca 45+4' Escalante 86' Simmons 90+2' Farsi 90+5'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: David Barrie

July 30 9	York United FC	0–1	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Toussaint 19' Zator 41' Verhoeven 57' Abzi 83'	Report	Babouli 4' Grant 6' Borges 79' Henry 83'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,710 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

August 4 10	Forge FC	0–1	York United FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00pm	Navarro 25' Babouli 90+3'	Report	N'sa 5' Rivero 54', 41' 64' Ferrari 76' Nikolaos Giantsopoulos 81'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,712 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

August 8 11	Forge FC	2–0	Atlético Ottawa	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00pm	Babouli 39' (pen.) Metusala 43' Samuel 56' Tissot 87'	Report	Martínez 45' 45+4' Telfer 74' Soto 83'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,618 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

August 22 12	Forge FC	1–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm	Nanco 53' Grant 55' Awuah 90+6'	Report	Marshall 16' Gagnon-Laparé 49' Riggi 90'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,566 Referee: Serge Topalian

August 25 13	Forge FC	4–0	Atlético Ottawa	Hamilton, Ontario
8:00pm	Krutzen 44' (pen.) Pacius 54', 61' Tissot 87' Nanco 90+1'	Report	Kapor 36' Shaw 81' Martínez 86'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,165 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

August 28 14	Forge FC	3–1	York United FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm	Cissé 11' Borges 14', 60' Pacius 45' Choinière 74' Henry 90+2'	Report	Abzi 39' Johnston 84'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,819 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

September 3 15	HFX Wanderers FC	2–0	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:00pm	Karajovanovic 12' Schaale 62'	Report	Cissé 15' Bekker 28'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Ben Hoskins

September 8 16	Atlético Ottawa	0–1	Forge FC	Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm	Kapor 47' Shaw 52' Núñez 90+4'	Report	Samuel 55' Pacius 65'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Referee: Filip Dujic

September 11 17	Forge FC	0–2	York United FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm	Grant 39'	Report	Johnston 38' Ferrari 60' Rivero 62' Toussaint 78' Abzi 83'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,449 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

September 25 18	Forge FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00pm	Babouli 6' Bekker 76' Browne 80' Krutzen 83' Pacius 90+3'	Report	Díaz 38' MacNaughton 90+2'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

October 3 19	Atlético Ottawa	0–3	Forge FC	Ottawa, Ontario
3:30pm		Report	Choinière 7' Krutzen 52' Pacius 80' Babouli 82'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Referee: Yusri Rudolf

October 6 20	HFX Wanderers FC	0–1	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:00pm	Rampersad 21' Gagnon-Laparé 27' Morelli 70'	Report	Babouli 24', 25' Awuah 44' Grant 61' Nanco 84'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

October 11 21	Valour FC	3–1	Forge FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm	Romeo 5' Akio 45' Fordyce 51' Baquero 58' Dyer 59' Galhardo 64' Galán 87'	Report	Metusala 38' Nanco 76' Son 90' Browne 90+2' Borges 90+2'	Stadium: IG Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

October 16 22	Forge FC	2–0	Atlético Ottawa	Hamilton, Ontario
3:30pm	Awuah 19' Borges 45+3' Samuel 61' Browne 62' Cissé 74'	Report	Neufville 17' Acosta 40' Beckie 56'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

October 23 23	HFX Wanderers FC	0–0	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00pm		Report	Maan 20' Samuel 76'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: David Barrie

October 30 24	Forge FC	4–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Hamilton, Ontario
1:00pm	Navarro 3', 15' Choinière 25' Castello 88' Cela 90'	Report	Marshall 54' Garcia 63'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

November 6 25	York United FC	1–2	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm	Toussaint 17' Abzi 29' Johnston 90+6'	Report	Bekker 23' Henry 30' Cissé 40' Pacius 51' Sabak 69' Choinière 81' Welshman 90+5' Borges 90+6'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,126 Referee: Filip Dujic

November 9 26	York United FC	1–3	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Wright 51'	Report	Borges 23' Krutzen 36', 41' Achinioti-Jönsson 73'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 756 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

November 13 27	FC Edmonton	1–0	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm	Gorskie 61' Temguia 75' Ongaro 77'	Report	Navarro 43'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 564 Referee: Juan Marquez

November 16 28	Forge FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Hamilton, Ontario
6:00pm	Cela 25' Achinioti-Jönsson 32' Bekker 76' Babouli 90+3'	Report	Novak 3' Minatel 28' Apostol 48' Norman Jr. 75'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 2,104 Referee: Alain Ruch

Playoff matches

November 21 Semi-final	Forge FC	3–1	York United FC	Hamilton, Ontario
3:00pm	Pacius 9' Navarro 60' 66' Verhoeven 73' (o.g.)	Report	Petrasso 38' Verhoeven 61' N'sa 62' Zator 75' Johnston 85' Abzi 88' Ferrari 90+1'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,123 Referee: Juan Marquez

December 5 Final	Forge FC	0–1	Pacific FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:30pm	Browne 17' 90+1' Cissé 58' Sabak 90+2'	Report	Meilleur-Giguère 31' Hojabrpour 59' 90+2' Young 90+2'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 7,488 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

CONCACAF League

Preliminary round

August 12 (12-08) Leg 1	Forge FC	3–1	FAS	San Salvador, El Salvador
8:00 pm	Borges 15', 42' Babouli 25' Choinière 50'	Report	Flores 21', 89'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Attendance: 0 Referee: Marco Ortiz
Note: The match was played behind closed doors.

August 17 (17-08) Leg 2	FAS	2–2 (3–5 agg.)	Forge FC	San Salvador, El Salvador
10:15 pm	Reyes 13' Torres 36', 56' Meléndez 83'	Report	Navarro 49' Samuel 59' Grant 61'	Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán Referee: Benjamín Pineda

Round of 16

September 21 (21-09) Leg 1	Forge FC	0–0	Independiente	Hamilton, Ontario
8:00 pm	Borges 31'	Report	Aguila 74'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Diego Montaño

September 28 (28-09) Leg 2	Independiente	0–2 (0–2 agg.)	Forge FC	Panama City, Panamá
6:00 pm	Palacios 43' Córdoba 51'	Report	Babouli 27', 45+1' Bekker 51', 54'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Panamá Referee: Keylor Herrera

Quarter-finals

October 20 (20-10) Leg 1	Santos de Guápiles	3–1	Forge FC	San José, Costa Rica
6:00 pm	East 12' Samuel 17' (o.g.) Meneses 34' B. López 52'	Report	Bekker 6' Samuel 42' Grant 72' Achinioti-Jönsson 80' Krutzen 90+1'	Stadium: Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica Referee: Reon Radix

November 2 (2-11) Leg 2	Forge FC	3–0 (4–3 agg.)	Santos de Guápiles	Hamilton, Ontario
8:00 pm	Browne 28' Achinioti-Jönsson 40' Cissé 59' Borges 63' Babouli 65' Navarro 82'	Report	Paradela 51' Ruiz 61' Rubio 67'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,162 Referee: Armando Villarreal

Semi-finals

November 24 (24-11) Leg 1	Forge FC	2–2	Motagua	Hamilton, Ontario
8:00 pm	Cissé 63' Navarro 83' Browne 90+1' Awuah 90+3'	Report	López 43' 45' Pereira 64' Elvir 88'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Luis Enrique Santander

December 1 (1-12) Leg 2	Motagua	0–0 (2–2a agg.)	Forge FC	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
8:00 pm	Moreira 39'	Report	Sabak 90'	Stadium: Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino Referee: José Torres

Canadian Championship

September 15 QF	Forge FC	2–1	Valour FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:30pm	Choinière 33' Pacius 38' Sabak 90+4'	Report	Ricci 60' Ohin 78' Galhardo 83' 90+7'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 2,681 Referee: David Barrie

October 27 SF	Forge FC	0–0 (7–8 p)	CF Montréal	Hamilton, Ontario
7:30pm	Borges 58'	Report	Miljevic 38' Piette 52' Waterman 57' Tabla 80'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,388 Referee: Yusri Rudolf
	Penalties
	Babouli Krutzen Awuah Cissé Bekker Browne Choinière Navarro Samuel Achinioti-Jönsson Henry		Lappalainen Johnsen Tabla Camacho Zouhir Piette Struna Bassong Bayiha Waterman Breza

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of December 5, 2021^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League		CPL Playoffs		Canadian Championship		CONCACAF League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Triston Henry	34	0	22+0	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	8+0	0
2	DF	CAN	Jonathan Grant	25	1	15+4	0	0+0	0	1+0	0	5+0	1
3	DF	CAN	Dejan Jakovic	5	0	5+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
4	DF	CAN	Dominic Samuel	37	0	21+5	0	2+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	0
5	DF	BEL	Daniel Krutzen	27	3	18+1	3	1+0	0	2+0	0	5+0	0
6	DF	CAN	Kwame Awuah	35	2	23+1	1	2+0	0	1+0	0	8+0	1
7	FW	CAN	David Choinière	33	5	14+8	3	0+1	0	1+1	1	5+3	1
8	MF	SEN	Elimane Oumar Cissé	37	1	21+5	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	0
10	MF	CAN	Kyle Bekker	37	5	23+3	3	2+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	2
11	FW	CAN	Chris Nanco	24	2	7+11	2	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+5	0
12	MF	CAN	Sebastian Castello	6	1	1+5	1	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
13	MF	SWE	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	36	1	23+2	1	2+0	0	2+0	0	7+0	0
14	FW	CAN	Emery Welshman	17	0	5+5	0	1+0	0	1+1	0	2+2	0
15	DF	CAN	Maxim Tissot	18	0	4+8	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+3	0
16	DF	CAN	Klaidi Cela	6	0	2+3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
17	FW	CAN	Woobens Pacius	27	7	12+6	5	1+1	1	1+0	1	2+4	0
18	FW	CAN	Molham Babouli	29	10	16+5	7	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+2	3
19	MF	CAN	Tristan Borges	34	4	18+6	3	2+0	0	2+0	0	6+0	1
22	DF	CAN	Monti Mohsen	8	0	2+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	CAN	Garven Metusala	32	2	20+4	2	1+0	0	1+0	0	4+2	0
24	MF	BEL	Paolo Sabak	29	1	16+7	1	0+0	0	0+1	0	1+4	0
25	FW	CRC	Joshua Navarro	32	6	11+9	2	1+1	1	0+2	0	4+4	3
26	DF	CAN	Santiago Frias	2	0	0+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
27	MF	CAN	Johnny Son	7	0	0+6	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+1	0
28	FW	CAN	Robbie Cleary	5	0	0+5	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
31	GK	CAN	Baj Maan	6	0	6+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
99	FW	PAN	Omar Browne	15	3	3+4	2	2+0	0	1+0	0	4+1	1

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	CPL Playoffs	Canadian Championship	CONCACAF League	TOTAL
1	Molham Babouli	FW	7	0	0	3	10
2	Woobens Pacius	FW	6	1	1	0	8
3	David Choinière	FW	4	0	1	1	6
3	Joshua Navarro	FW	2	1	0	3	6
5	Kyle Bekker	MF	3	0	0	2	5
6	Tristan Borges	MF	3	0	0	1	4
7	Omar Browne	FW	2	0	0	1	3
7	Daniel Krutzen	DF	3	0	0	0	3
9	Chris Nanco	FW	2	0	0	0	2
	Garven Metusala	DF	2	0	0	0	2
	Kwame Awuah	DF	1	0	0	1	2
12	Jonathan Grant	DF	0	0	0	1	1
	Elimane Oumar Cissé	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Sebastian Castello	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Paolo Sabak	MF	1	0	0	0	1
	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	MF	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals			0	1	0	0	1
Totals			39	3	2	13	57

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Canadian Premier League	Canadian Championship	CONCACAF League	TOTAL
1	Triston Henry	8	1	4	13
2	Baj Maan	3	0	0	3
Totals		11	1	4	16

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		CPL Playoffs		Canadian Championship		CONCACAF League		TOTAL
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
1	GK		Triston Henry	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2	DF		Jonathan Grant	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
3	DF		Dejan Jakovic	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Dominic Samuel	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
5	DF		Daniel Krutzen	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
6	DF		Kwame Awuah	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
8	MF		Elimane Oumar Cissé	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
10	MF		Kyle Bekker	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
11	FW		Chris Nanco	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
13	MF		Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
14	MF		Emery Welshman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF		Maxim Tissot	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16	DF		Klaidi Cela	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
17	FW		Woobens Pacius	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	FW		Molham Babouli	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
19	MF		Tristan Borges	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	10	0
23	DF		Garven Metusala	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Paolo Sabak	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
25	FW		Joshua Navarro	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
27	MF		Johnny Son	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
31	GK		Baj Maan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
99	FW		Omar Browne	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
Totals				67	0	6	0	2	0	14	1	89	1

Honours

Canadian Premier League Awards

Name	Award	Status	Source
Kyle Bekker	Player of the Year	Nominated	^[24]^[25]
Triston Henry	Golden Glove	Nominated	^[24]^[25]
Bobby Smyrniotis	Coach of the Year	Nominated	^[24]^[25]

CONCACAF League Awards

Name	Award	Source
Molham Babouli	Team of the Tournament	^[26]

Notes

^ The attendances for Forge vs. Pacific (September 25), Forge vs. Atlético Ottawa (October 16), and Forge vs. HFX Wanderers (October 30) have not been announced.

References

^ "Forge FC advance to SF, qualify for Concacaf Champions League with resounding Leg 2 win vs. Santos". Forge FC. November 2, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ "Forge FC eliminated from 2021 Concacaf League on away goals after 0-0 draw with Motagua". Forge FC. December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
^ "Forge FC posts win over York United FC in Canadian Premier League play". tsn.ca. The Canadian Press. November 9, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (September 18, 2022). "Canadian Premier League announces plans to recognize regular season champions". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
^ "CPL off-season roster tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2021?". Canadian Premier League. 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
^ "Forge FC sign CanMNT veteran Dejan Jakovic". Forge FC. May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Forge FC signs U-Sports draft pick Metusala and attacker Nwafornso". forgefc.canpl.ca. 23 June 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Forge FC adds three young local players to roster". forgefc.canpl.ca. 24 June 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Forge FC signs two young local players to development contracts". Forge FC. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
^ "Forge FC signs Canadian attacker Pacius". Forge FC. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Forge FC Sign Kalongo To A Development Goalkeeper Contract". Forge FC. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
^ "Forge FC Signs Canadian Attacker Welshman". Forge FC. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
^ Jacques, John (8 October 2021). "Forge FC Adds Cela For Remainder Of Season". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
^ "Forge FC acquires Borges on loan from OH Leuven". Forge FC. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
^ "Forge FC acquires Costa Rican attacker Navarro on loan". Forge FC. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
^ "Forge FC acquires Panamanian attacker Browne on loan". Forge FC. June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.
^ "Forge FC Re-sign Cela as a Short Term Replacement Player". Forge FC. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Forge FC Sign Canadian Goalkeeper Marques to a Short Term Contract". Forge FC. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
^ "Forge FC defender and CanMNT veteran David Edgar announces his retirement". canpl.ca. Canadian Premier League. November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.
^ "Bem-vindo Novak! O ponta de lança canadense aventura-se, pela primeira vez, na Europa, vindo do Forge FC, do Canadá, para reforçar o Clube Condeixa!". Facebook (in Portuguese).
^ "Pierwszy sprawdzian Watry" (in Polish). March 13, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Kickoff: Forge FC 2021 CPL season preview". Canadian Premier League. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ Jacques, John (24 October 2021). "Pacific Procures Back-To-Back Playoff Positions". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 24 October 2021. With the CPL tiebreaker defaulting to the number of wins
^ ^a ^b ^c Thompson, Marty (December 4, 2021). "CPL Awards 2021: Nominees unveiled, ceremony set for December 14". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jaques, John (December 14, 2020). "2021 Canadian Premier League Awards Roundup". Northern Tribune. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
^ "Kevin Lopez, Anangono highlight 2021 SCL Team Of The Tournament". CONCACAF. December 17, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

Sources

"2021 Forge FC Media Guide" (PDF). Forge FC. July 4, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 3, 2023.

External links

Official site

[attendance-1] The attendances for Forge vs. Pacific (September 25), Forge vs. Atlético Ottawa (October 16), and Forge vs. HFX Wanderers (October 30) have not been announced.

[Forge_FC_advance_to_SF,_qualify_for_Concacaf_Champions_League_with_resounding_Leg_2_win_vs._Santos-2] "Forge FC advance to SF, qualify for Concacaf Champions League with resounding Leg 2 win vs. Santos". Forge FC. November 2, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

[Forge_FC_eliminated_from_2021_Concacaf_League_on_away_goals_after_0-0_draw_with_Motagua-3] "Forge FC eliminated from 2021 Concacaf League on away goals after 0-0 draw with Motagua". Forge FC. December 1, 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.

[4] "Forge FC posts win over York United FC in Canadian Premier League play". tsn.ca. The Canadian Press. November 9, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2022.

[5] O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (September 18, 2022). "Canadian Premier League announces plans to recognize regular season champions". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved September 18, 2022.

[tracker-6] "CPL off-season roster tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2021?". Canadian Premier League. 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

[jakovic-7] "Forge FC sign CanMNT veteran Dejan Jakovic". Forge FC. May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[metusala-8] "Forge FC signs U-Sports draft pick Metusala and attacker Nwafornso". forgefc.canpl.ca. 23 June 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

[son-9] "Forge FC adds three young local players to roster". forgefc.canpl.ca. 24 June 2021. Retrieved June 24, 2021.

[castello-10] "Forge FC signs two young local players to development contracts". Forge FC. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2021.

[11] "Forge FC signs Canadian attacker Pacius". Forge FC. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[12] "Forge FC Sign Kalongo To A Development Goalkeeper Contract". Forge FC. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.

[13] "Forge FC Signs Canadian Attacker Welshman". Forge FC. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

[14] Jacques, John (8 October 2021). "Forge FC Adds Cela For Remainder Of Season". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 15 November 2021.

[loans-15] "Forge FC acquires Borges on loan from OH Leuven". Forge FC. March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.

[16] "Forge FC acquires Costa Rican attacker Navarro on loan". Forge FC. June 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2021.

[17] "Forge FC acquires Panamanian attacker Browne on loan". Forge FC. June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 16, 2021.

[18] "Forge FC Re-sign Cela as a Short Term Replacement Player". Forge FC. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[19] "Forge FC Sign Canadian Goalkeeper Marques to a Short Term Contract". Forge FC. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.

[20] "Forge FC defender and CanMNT veteran David Edgar announces his retirement". canpl.ca. Canadian Premier League. November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 26, 2021.

[21] "Bem-vindo Novak! O ponta de lança canadense aventura-se, pela primeira vez, na Europa, vindo do Forge FC, do Canadá, para reforçar o Clube Condeixa!". Facebook (in Portuguese).

[22] "Pierwszy sprawdzian Watry" (in Polish). March 13, 2021.

[season-preview-23] "The Kickoff: Forge FC 2021 CPL season preview". Canadian Premier League. 2021-06-24. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[24] Jacques, John (24 October 2021). "Pacific Procures Back-To-Back Playoff Positions". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 24 October 2021. With the CPL tiebreaker defaulting to the number of wins

[CPL_Award_Nominees-25] Thompson, Marty (December 4, 2021). "CPL Awards 2021: Nominees unveiled, ceremony set for December 14". Canadian Premier League. Retrieved December 14, 2021.

[CPL_Award_Winners-26] Jaques, John (December 14, 2020). "2021 Canadian Premier League Awards Roundup". Northern Tribune. Retrieved December 14, 2020.

[27] "Kevin Lopez, Anangono highlight 2021 SCL Team Of The Tournament". CONCACAF. December 17, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.

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