2019 Forge FC season

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.

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 →

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	Nationality	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

Forge FC v Valour FC

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
					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

Main article: 2019 Canadian Premier League season

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:

1. 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	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FOR	FCE	VAL
1	Forge FC	4	3	0	1	6	2	+4	9	2019 CONCACAF League		—	2–0	2–1
2	FC Edmonton	4	2	0	2	3	4	−1	6			1–0	—	0–1
3	Valour FC	4	1	0	3	3	6	−3	3			0–2	1–2	—

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.

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

Forge FC v York9 FC

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

HFX Wanderers FC v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v Pacific FC

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

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

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

Valour FC v Forge FC

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

York9 FC v Forge FC

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.

Forge FC v FC Edmonton

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

Forge FC v Valour FC

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

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

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

FC Edmonton v Forge FC

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

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.

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

Forge FC v FC Edmonton

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

Pacific FC v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v HFX Wanderers FC

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

Forge FC v Valour FC

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

FC Edmonton v Forge FC

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.

Valour FC v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

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

Pacific FC v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v York9 FC

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

Valour FC v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v HFX Wanderers FC

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

HFX Wanderers FC v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v Pacific FC

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

FC Edmonton v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v York9 FC

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

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

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

York9 FC v Forge FC

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

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

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

Main article: 2019 Canadian Premier League finals

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

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

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.

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

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

Main article: 2019 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]

Forge FC v Cavalry FC

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

Cavalry FC v Forge FC

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

Main article: 2019 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]

Forge FC v Antigua GFC

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)

Antigua GFC v Forge FC

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]

Forge FC v Olimpia

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)

Olimpia v Forge FC

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
				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	Nat.	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
		Chris Nanco	FW	1	3	0	0	1	5
5		David Choinière	MF	0	1	1	0	2	4
		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	Nat.	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
		Tristan Borges	MF	1	4	0	0	0	5
4		David Choinière	MF	1	0	0	3	0	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	Nat.	Player	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	CPL Finals	Canadian Championship	CONCACAF League	Total
1		Triston Henry	4	3	2	0	2	11
2		Quillan Roberts	1	3	0	0	0	4
Totals			5	6	2	0	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
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		Nominated	[37][38]
Bobby Smyrniotis	Coach of the Year	Nominated	[37][38]