Canada men's national soccer team records

Canada's men's national soccer team and its players[1][2] hold the following competitive records as of November 15, 2011.

All official records are updated and published annually in the Canada Soccer Yearbook (2008[3], 2009[4], 2010[5], 2011[6]).

Contents

Competitive record

World Cup record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
1930 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
1934 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
1938 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
1950 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
1954 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
1958 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1962 Withdrew - - - - - -
1966 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
1970 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1974 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1978 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1982 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1986 Round 1 3 0 0 3 0 5
1990 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1994 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1998 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
2002 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
2006 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
2010 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
2014 In Progress - - - - - -
Total 1/19 3 0 0 3 0 5
CONCACAF Championship/Gold Cup
Total: 2 Titles
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
1963 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1965 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1967 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1969 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1971 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1973 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1977 Fourth place 5 2 1 2 7 8
1981 Fourth place 5 1 3 1 6 6
1985 Champions 4 2 2 0 4 2
1989 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
1991 Round 1 3 1 0 2 6 9
1993 Round 1 3 0 2 1 3 11
1996 Round 1 2 1 0 1 4 5
1998 Withdrew - - - - - -
2000 Champions 5 3 2 0 7 3
2002 Third place 5 2 2 1 5 4
2003 Round 1 2 1 0 1 1 2
2005 Round 1 3 1 0 2 2 4
2007 Semi-Finals 5 3 0 2 9 5
2009 Quarter-Finals 4 2 1 1 4 3
2011 Round 1 3 1 1 1 2 3
Total 2 Titles 49 20 14 15 60 65
Confederations Cup record
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
1992 to 1999 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
2001 Round 1 3 0 1 2 0 5
2003 to 2013 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
Total 1/9 3 0 1 2 0 5
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Silver background color indicates that the tournament was held on home soil. Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won.

Pan American Games record

  • 1951Did not enter
  • 1955Did not enter
  • 1959Did not enter
  • 1963Did not enter
  • 1967 – Fourth place
  • 1971 – Fifth place
  • 1975 – Round 2
  • 1979Did not enter
  • 1983Did not enter
  • 1987 – Round 1
  • 1991 – Round 1
  • 1995Did not enter
  • 1999 – Fourth place
  • 2003Did not enter
  • 2007Did not enter

NAFC Championship record

  • 1947Did not enter
  • 1949Did not enter
  • 1990Champions
  • 1991 – Third place

Olympic Games record

Host nation(s) / Year Result GP W D* L GS GA
1900 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
1904 Champions 2 2 0 0 11 0
19081964 Did Not Enter - - - - - -
19681972 Did not Qualify - - - - - -
1976 Group Stage 2 0 0 2 2 5
1980 Did not qualify - - - - - -
1984 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 5 4
19882008 Did Not Qualify - - - - - -
2012 TBA - - - - - -
2016 TBA - - - - - -
Total 3/24 8 3 2 3 18 9
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Olympic medal record
Men's Football
Gold 1904 St Louis Team

Team and Individual Records

Team

First game
2–3 loss to  Australia June 7, 1924
First win
1–0 win against  Australia June 14, 1924
Biggest win
7–0 vs  Saint Lucia October 7, 2011
Biggest loss
0–8 vs  Mexico June 18, 1993
Most goals scored in one game
7 – vs  Saint Lucia on October 7, 2011
Longest winning streak
6 games – from February 20, 2000 vs  Mexico to June 4, 2000 vs  Cuba
Longest undefeated streak
15 games – from September 2, 1999 vs  Jamaica to June 4, 2000 vs  Cuba
Longest losing streak
8 games – from October 31, 1974 vs  Poland to August 10, 1975 vs  Hungary
Longest winless streak
12 games – from April 12, 1974 vs  Bermuda to September 24, 1976 vs  United States
Longest goalless streak
604 minutes – from July 10, 2009 vs  Costa Rica to May 29, 2010 vs  Venezuela
Longest clean sheet streak
541 minutes – from August 30, 1996 vs  Panama to March 2, 1997 vs  Mexico

Individual

Most appearances
84 – Paul Stalteri
Longest international career
22 years – Pat Onstad from 1988 to 2010
Most goals
19 – Dale Mitchell and Dwayne De Rosario
Most goals in one game
3 – John Catliff vs  Jamaica in 1988, Alex Bunbury vs  Bermuda in 1992 and Simeon Jackson vs  Saint Lucia in 2011
Most goals in one year
7 – Igor Vrablic in 1985
Most consecutive games with at least one goal
4 – Dale Mitchell and Ali Gerba
Most consecutive games with at least two goals
2 – Tom Kouzmanis vs  Jamaica and  Trinidad and Tobago in 1995, and Ali Gerba vs  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (twice) in 2008
Most braces (2 goals in one game)
5 – Dale Mitchell vs  New Zealand in 1980,  Trinidad and Tobago in 1981,  Guatemala in 1985 and 1988, and  Honduras in 1991
Most penalty kicks scored
6 – Dwayne De Rosario
Least amount of time in between two consecutive goals
1 minute – Tom Kouzmanis vs  Jamaica in 1995
Longest amount of time between first and last goals
12 years and 10 months – Tomasz Radzinski vs  Brazil in 1996 and  Mexico in 2008
Most appearances before scoring a first international goal
38 – Patrice Bernier vs  Guatemala in 2009
Fastest goal from kickoff
4th minute – Adrian Serioux vs  Honduras in 2008, Ali Gerba vs  Guatemala in 2009, and Igor Vrablic vs  Indonesia in 1986
Latest goal in regulation time
93rd minute – Gavin McCallum vs  Venezuela in 2010
Latest goal in extra time
120th minute – John Catliff vs  Mexico in 1990
Most goals in a debut
2 – Art Hughes, Dale Mitchell, Nick Papadakis, Tom Kouzmanis

Player records

Most capped Canadian players

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Paul Stalteri 1997– 84 7
2 Randy Samuel 1983–1997 82 0
3 Mark Watson 1994–2004 78 3
4 Lyndon Hooper 1986–1997 67 3
5 Dwayne De Rosario 1998– 66 19
6 Alex Bunbury 1986–1997 64 16
7 Nick Dasovic 1992–2004 63 2
8 Colin Miller 1983–1997 61 5
= Mike Sweeney 1980–1991 61 1
10 Carlo Corazzin 1994–2004 59 11

Bold notes player is still active.

Top goalscorers

# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Dwayne de Rosario 1998– 66 19
= Dale Mitchell 1980–1993 55 19
3 John Catliff 1984–1994 44 18
4 Alex Bunbury 1986–1997 64 16
5 Ali Gerba 2005– 31 15
6 Igor Vrablic 1984–1986 35 12
7 Carlo Corazzin 1994–2004 59 11
= Paul Peschisolido 1992–2004 53 11
9 Tomasz Radzinski 1995– 46 10
= Kevin McKenna 2000– 55 10

Bold notes player is still active.

Player awards

Awarded by the Canadian Soccer Association.[7]*

See: Canadian Players of the Year

Note

*The Canadian Players of the Year are determined by voting from Canadian media and coaches, save for 2002 when it was determined by fan voting, and 2005 and 2006 when it was determined by fans and media voting. The Canadian U-20 Player of the Year was determined by fans and media voting until 2007, from when it was determined by the voting of Canadian coaches.

All-time record against other nations

Team GP W D L GF GA
 Algeria 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Argentina 1 0 0 1 0 5
 Australia 8 3 1 4 11 12
 Austria 1 1 0 0 2 0
 Barbados 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Belarus 1 1 0 0 1 0
 Belgium 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Bermuda 7 4 3 0 13 2
 Brazil 4 0 2 2 4 8
 Cameroon 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Chile 4 1 1 2 2 4
 China PR 3 1 0 2 6 8
 Colombia 2 1 0 1 2 3
 Costa Rica 18 4 7 7 14 19
 Cuba 1 4 3 2 9 9
 Cyprus 2 1 1 0 1 0
 Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 1 5
 Denmark 1 0 0 1 0 2
 East Germany 3 0 0 3 1 12
 Ecuador 4 0 1 3 4 8
 Egypt 2 0 0 2 0 4
 El Salvador 12 7 2 3 16 12
 England 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Estonia 2 0 0 2 1 4
 Faroe Islands 2 1 0 1 1 1
 Finland 1 0 0 1 2 3
 France 1 0 0 1 0 1
 Germany 2 0 0 2 1 6
 Ghana 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Greece 4 0 1 3 0 5
 Guadeloupe 2 1 0 1 2 2
 Guatemala 12 8 2 2 19 10
 Haiti 9 6 2 1 14 8
 Honduras 18 6 3 9 24 29
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 3 1
 Hungary 4 0 0 4 3 10
 Iceland 1 0 1 0 1 1
 Indonesia 1 1 0 0 4 0
 Iran 3 1 0 2 1 2
 Iraq 1 0 0 1 1 6
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Jamaica 1 7 4 4 18 13
 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 3
 Libya 1 1 0 0 4 2
 Luxembourg 2 2 0 0 3 0
 Macedonia 2 1 0 1 1 3
 Malaysia 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Malta 3 0 1 2 1 4
 Martinique 2 1 2 0 4 3
 Mexico 28 4 8 16 19 61
 Morocco 2 0 1 1 3 4
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 0 3
 New Zealand 1 4 1 1 15 5
 Nigeria 1 1 0 0 3 1
 Northern Ireland 3 2 1 0 4 1
 North Korea 2 0 1 1 0 2
 Panama 1 2 4 0 7 4
 Paraguay 1 0 1 0 0 0
 Peru 2 1 0 1 3 3
 Poland 6 0 0 6 4 20
 Portugal 2 0 1 1 2 5
 Puerto Rico 2 1 1 0 3 0
 Republic of Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 3
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2 1 1 0 4 0
 Saint Lucia 2 2 0 0 11 1
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2 2 0 0 7 1
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Scotland 1 0 0 5 2 13
 Singapore 2 2 0 0 2 0
 South Africa 1 0 0 1 0 2
 South Korea 4 2 1 1 4 3
 Spain 2 0 0 2 1 4
 Soviet Union 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Suriname 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Switzerland 1 1 0 0 3 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 6 2 2 14 12
 Tunisia 1 0 0 1 0 2
 Turkey 2 0 0 2 1 6
 Ukraine 1 0 1 0 2 2
 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 1 3
 United States 30 8 9 13 33 51
 Venezuela 2 0 2 0 3 3
 Wales 3 1 0 2 2 4

See also

References