2023 Vancouver FC season

The 2023 Vancouver FC season was the first season in the history of Vancouver FC.^[1] In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.^[2]

Vancouver FC

2023 season
President	Rob Friend
Coach	Afshin Ghotbi
Stadium	Willoughby Community Park Stadium
Canadian Premier League	7th
Canadian Championship	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	Shaan Hundal Gabriel Bitar (6 each)
Highest home attendance	6,177 vs. Cavalry FC (May 7)
Lowest home attendance	2,099 vs. HFX Wanderers (September 23)
Average home league attendance	2,790
Biggest win	2–0 vs. Forge FC (Home, June 20, CPL)
Biggest defeat	0–5 vs. Atlético Ottawa (Home, May 13, CPL)
Home colours Away colours
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For their inaugural season, Vancouver FC appointed Afshin Ghotbi as the club's new head coach on November 2, 2022.^[3]

Current squad

As of September 5, 2023

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Callum Irving		GK	(1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 30)	Pacific FC
21	Jeremy Zielinski		GK	(1999-01-01)January 1, 1999 (aged 24)	Hawaii Pacific Sharks
Defenders
2	Kadin Chung		RB	(1998-09-05)September 5, 1998 (aged 25)	Toronto FC
3	Rocco Romeo		CB	(2000-03-25)March 25, 2000 (aged 23)	Valour FC
4	Ibrahim Bakare		CB	(2002-05-07)May 7, 2002 (aged 21)	Cheshunt F.C.
12	Tyler Crawford		LB	(2004-03-09)March 9, 2004 (aged 19)	Michigan State Spartans
20	Anthony White		CB	(2003-08-01)August 1, 2003 (aged 20)	Toronto Varsity Blues
25	James Cameron		RB	(2005-01-24)January 24, 2005 (aged 18)	Unity FC
Midfielders
6	Renan Garcia		CM	(1986-06-19)June 19, 1986 (aged 37)	Comercial
8	Nima Moazeni Zadeh		CM / AM	(1997-07-05)July 5, 1997 (aged 26)	Capilano Blues
11	Gabriel Bitar		AM / CF	(1998-08-23)August 23, 1998 (aged 25)	FC Edmonton
13	Vasco Fry		CM	(2000-07-30)July 30, 2000 (aged 23)	Whitecaps FC 2
14	Nicky Gyimah		RW	(2003-05-27)May 27, 2003 (aged 20)	Slough Town
16	Elliot Simmons		CM	(1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 25)	Cavalry FC
17	Min-jae Kwak		LW	(2000-08-25)August 25, 2000 (aged 23)	Syracuse Pulse
19	Mikaël Cantave		AM / CF	(1996-10-25)October 25, 1996 (aged 27)	Cavalry FC
24	Lennon Thompson		CM	(2005-01-01)January 1, 2005 (aged 18)	Unity FC
26	Taryck Tahid		AM / CF	(2007-04-20)April 20, 2007 (aged 16)	VanCity Pro FA
33	Ivan Mejia		CM	(2001-05-09)May 9, 2001 (aged 22)	TSS FC Rovers
Forwards
7	Nathaniel St. Louis		CF	(2000-12-05)December 5, 2000 (aged 23)	UAB Blazers
9	Alejandro Díaz		FW	(1996-01-27)January 27, 1996 (aged 27)	Sogndal
10	Shaan Hundal		CF	(1999-07-14)July 14, 1999 (aged 24)	Inter Miami CF II
15	Mouhamadou Kane		CF	(2003-10-12)October 12, 2003 (aged 20)	York United
18	Ameer Kinani		CF	(2001-04-20)April 20, 2001 (aged 22)	TMU Bold

Staff

Executive
President	Rob Friend
Coaching staff
Head coach	Afshin Ghotbi
Assistant coach	Arez Ardalani
Assistant coach	Niall Thompson
Goalkeeping coach	Mark Village
Equipment manager	Cortlin Tonn
Manager of football operations	Jeevin Kang

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	GK	Callum Irving	Pacific FC	Free	December 14, 2022	[4]
	MF	Elliot Simmons	Cavalry FC	Free	December 21, 2022	[5]
	FW	Mouhamadou Kane	York United	Undisclosed	December 22, 2022	[6]
	DF	Kahlil John-Wentworth	Simcoe County Rovers	Free	January 12, 2023	[7]
	FW	Nathaniel St. Louis	UAB Blazers	Free	January 13, 2023	[8]
	DF	Rocco Romeo	Valour FC	Free	January 16, 2023	[9]
	MF	Gabriel Bitar	FC Edmonton	Free	January 18, 2023	[10]
	MF	Marcus Simmons	FC Edmonton	Free	January 25, 2023	[11]
	FW	Shaan Hundal	Inter Miami CF II	Free	January 31, 2023	[12]
	DF	Tyler Crawford	Michigan State Spartans	Free	February 2, 2023	[13]
	GK	Jeremy Zielinski	Hawaii Pacific Sharks	Free	February 23, 2023	[14]
	DF	Eugene Martínez	Cal Poly Pomona Broncos	Free	February 23, 2023	[14]
	MF	Nima Moazeni Zadeh	Capilano Blues	Free	February 23, 2023	[14]
	MF	Maël Henry	CF Montréal Academy	Free	February 28, 2023	[15]
	MF	Gael Sandoval	Guadalajara	Free	March 1, 2023	[16]
	DF	Kadin Chung	Toronto FC	Free	March 6, 2023	[17]
	FW	Nicky Gyimah	Slough Town	Free	March 8, 2023	[18]
	FW	Min-jae Kwak	Syracuse Pulse	Free	March 8, 2023	[18]
	DF	Ibrahim Bakare	Cheshunt F.C.	Free	March 10, 2023	[19]
	DF	Anthony White	Toronto Varsity Blues	Selected 1st overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, signed a Standard Player Contract	March 22, 2023	[20]
	FW	Ameer Kinani	TMU Bold	Selected 2nd overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, signed a CPL-U SPORTS contract	March 22, 2023	[20]
	FW	Emmanuel Robe	Romford F.C.	Free	April 14, 2023	[21]
	DF	James Cameron	Unity FC	Signed to a development contract, later converted to an Exceptional Young Talent contract	May 3, 2023	[22][23]
	MF	Lennon Thompson	Unity FC	Signed to a development contract	May 3, 2023	[22]
	FW	Kourosh Jamshidi	Unity FC	Signed to a development contract	May 3, 2023	[22]
	MF	Taryck Tahid	VanCity Pro FA	Free	May 6, 2023	[24]
	MF	Mikaël Cantave	Cavalry FC	Free	June 29, 2023	[25]
	MF	Renan Garcia	Comercial	Free	July 13, 2023	[26]
	MF	Ivan Mejia	TSS FC Rovers	Free	August 5, 2023	[27]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	MF	Cristian Mares	Club Puebla	Season-long loan	February 28, 2023	[28]
	GK	Trevor Schneider	Altitude FC	Short-term relief player	July 7, 2023
	FW	Alejandro Díaz	Sogndal	One year loan	July 7, 2023	[29]
	MF	Vasco Fry	Whitecaps FC 2	Loaned until end of season	August 3, 2023	[30]

Draft picks

Vancouver FC selected the following players in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft.^[31][32] 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	1	DF	Anthony White	Canada	Toronto
1	2	FW	Ameer Kinani	Iraq	TMU

Out

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	MF	Cristian Mares	Club Puebla	Loan terminated	April 14, 2023	[21]
19	MF	Maël Henry	Cavalry FC		June 29, 2023	[25]
13	FW	Emmanuel Robe		Contract terminated by mutual consent	June 29, 2023	[25]
10	MF	Gael Sandoval	UdeG	Contract terminated by mutual consent	July 13, 2023	[26]
5	DF	Eugene Martínez		Contract terminated by mutual consent	August 3, 2023	[30]
23	DF	Kahlil John-Wentworth		Contract terminated by mutual consent	August 3, 2023	[30]
22	MF	Marcus Simmons	Valletta F.C.		September 5, 2023	[33]

Competitions

Matches are listed in Langley local time: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7)

Pre-season friendlies

UBC Thunderbirds v Vancouver FC

February 18, 2023 (2023-02-18) Friendly	UBC Thunderbirds	0–2	Vancouver FC	Vancouver, British Columbia
		Report		Stadium: Thunderbird Stadium

Vancouver FC v Unity FC

February 24, 2023 (2023-02-24) Friendly	Vancouver FC	2–1	Unity FC	Langley, British Columbia
				Stadium: Langley Events Centre

Whitecaps FC 2 v Vancouver FC

March 1, 2023 (2023-03-01) Friendly	Whitecaps FC 2	1–3	Vancouver FC	Victoria, British Columbia
	Becher 59'	Report	Bitar Kane Kinani	Stadium: Centennial Stadium, University of Victoria
Note: The match was played in three 45 minute halves. The score at the end of the first two halves was Whitecaps 2 1-0 Vancouver FC

BB5 United v Vancouver FC

March 6, 2023 (2023-03-06) Friendly	BB5 United	0–2	Vancouver FC	Surrey, British Columbia
		Report	Kinani	Stadium: Newton Athletic Park

Portland Timbers 2 v Vancouver FC

March 13, 2023 (2023-03-13) Friendly	Portland Timbers 2	2–2	Vancouver FC	Beaverton, Oregon
		Report	Kinani Gyimah
Note: The match was played in three 45 minute halves.

Vancouver FC v Valour FC

March 18, 2023 (2023-03-18) Friendly	Vancouver FC	2–2	Valour FC	Langley, British Columbia
	Hundal Romeo		Siaj Polisi	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

FC Tigers Vancouver v Vancouver FC

March 25, 2023 (2023-03-25) Friendly	FC Tigers Vancouver	0–1	Vancouver FC	Richmond, British Columbia
7:30 PM		Report	Sandoval 37' (pen.)	Stadium: Minoru Park Referee: Niko Jecanski

Vancouver FC v TSS FC Rovers

April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03) Friendly	Vancouver FC	2–0	TSS FC Rovers	Langley, British Columbia
12:00 PM	Hundal Henry	Report		Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Stadium Referee: Seyed-Mohammad Mohseni

Altitude FC v Vancouver FC

April 8, 2023 (2023-04-08) Friendly	Altitude FC	1–1	Vancouver FC	North Vancouver, British Columbia
3:00 PM	Chavula 84'	Report	Hundal 47' (pen.)	Stadium: Fen Burdett Stadium Referee: Niko Jecanski

Overview

Competition	Starting round	Final position	Record
			Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	Matchday 1	Seventh	28	8	5	15	28	50	−22	028.57
Canadian Championship	First round	First round	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Total			29	8	5	16	28	51	−23	027.59

Last updated: October 6, 2023
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2023 Canadian Premier League season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Playoff qualification
1	Cavalry (S)	28	16	7	5	46	27	+19	55	First semifinal
2	Forge (C)	28	11	9	8	39	32	+7	42[a]
3	HFX Wanderers	28	11	9	8	39	32	+7	42[a]	Quarterfinal
4	Pacific	28	11	7	10	42	35	+7	40	Play-in round
5	York United	28	11	5	12	35	44	−9	38
6	Atlético Ottawa	28	10	6	12	38	34	+4	36
7	Vancouver	28	8	5	15	28	50	−22	29
8	Valour	28	6	8	14	25	38	−13	26

Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total wins; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Away goal differential; 6) Away goals scored; 7) Home goal differential; 8) Home goals scored; 9) Total minutes played by U-21 players; 10) Coin toss (2 teams tied) or drawing of lots (3+ teams tied).^[34]
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup)
Notes:

1. Tie resolved by away goal differential; Forge: +4, Wanderers: −2

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	W	D	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	L
Position	7	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on October 6, 2023. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Pacific FC v Vancouver FC

April 15 1	Pacific FC	1–0	Vancouver FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm PT	Aparicio 81'	Report	Chung  45+2' Kwak  72'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,825

York United FC v Vancouver FC

April 22 2	York United FC	1–2	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm ET	Voytsekhovskyy 35'	Report	Hundal 6',  42' Sandoval 18' (pen.) Moazeni Zadeh  50' Romeo  70' Kinani  81' Kwak  82' Gyimah  90+5'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 822 Referee: Ben Hoskins

HFX Wanderers FC v Vancouver FC

April 29 3	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	Vancouver FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm AT	Collomb 12' Ferrazzo  41' Callegari  57' Fernandez  89'	Report	Martínez  40' Hundal 45+2' Moazeni Zadeh  53'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,413 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

Vancouver FC v Cavalry FC

May 7 4 Home opener	Vancouver FC	1–1	Cavalry FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
4:00pm PT	Martínez  7' Romeo  29' Hundal 52'	Report	Cantave 46'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 6,177 Referee: Alain Ruch
Note: Vancouver FC manager Afshin Ghotbi was cautioned in the 45+4th minute.

Vancouver FC v Atlético Ottawa

May 13 5	Vancouver FC	0–5	Atlético Ottawa	Langley Township, British Columbia
6:30pm PT	Sandoval  56' Kinani  84'	Report	Bassett 8' Salter 36' N. Verhoeven  40', 59' Singh  42' Z. Verhoven 71' Bahous 72' Shaw  87'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,824 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Forge FC v Vancouver FC

May 19 6	Forge FC	0–0	Vancouver FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00pm ET	Hojabrpour  45' Metusala  50'	Report	Moazeni Zadeh  47' Bakare  88' Robe  90+2'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 4,378 Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Vancouver FC v Valour FC

May 28 7	Vancouver FC	0–0	Valour FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
5:00pm PT	Kwak  23' Gyimah  78'	Report	Polisi  6'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Vancouver FC v Pacific FC

June 2 8	Vancouver FC	3–6	Pacific FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Kwak 7' Bakare  9' Tahid 45+1',  52' Hundal 87' (pen.)	Report	Didic 3',  86' Aparicio  19', 80' (pen.) Heard 24' Sellouf 66' Ongaro 68' Reid  68' Manneh 90+1'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 3,438 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

Cavalry FC v Vancouver FC

June 11 9	Cavalry FC	3–1	Vancouver FC	Foothills County, Alberta
3:00pm MT	Bevan 10', 21',  65' Camargo 28'	Report	Hundal 4' E. Simmons  46' Cameron  73' Romeo  75'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,762 Referee: David Barrie

Atlético Ottawa v Vancouver FC

June 17 10	Atlético Ottawa	1–0	Vancouver FC	Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm ET	Salter 9' Singh  61'	Report	Cameron  43' Bakare  72' Romeo  82'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,149 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Vancouver FC v Forge FC

June 20 11	Vancouver FC	2–0	Forge FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Tahid 35' Kinani 39' Moazeni Zadeh  70' Romeo  81'	Report	Samuel  21'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,149 Referee: Mo Mohensi

Valour FC v Vancouver FC

June 25 12	Valour FC	1–0	Vancouver FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm CT	Niyongabire  50' Gutiérrez 58' (pen.)	Report	M. Simmons  14' Irving  56' Thompson  83'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,208 Referee: Myriam Marcotte

Vancouver FC v York United FC

July 2 13	Vancouver FC	1–2	York United FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
3:00pm PT	Hundal 6' Bakare  68' Gyimah  88'	Report	Alou 4' De Rosario 79' Adekugbe  87' Baldisimo  90+2'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,482 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Vancouver FC v HFX Wanderers FC

July 7 14	Vancouver FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Bitar 10',  70' Cantave 56' White  73'	Report	Coimbra 11' Daniels  35' Campagna  68' Omar  73'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,321 Referee: Roberto D'Alesio

Atlético Ottawa v Vancouver FC

July 16 15	Atlético Ottawa	3–1	Vancouver FC	Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm ET	Acosta 12' Antinoro 62' del Campo  90+4' Haworth 90+5'	Report	Cantave  19' Díaz 55' Kwak  90+1'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,160 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

Vancouver FC v Cavalry FC

July 22 16	Vancouver FC	1–5	Cavalry FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
4:00pm PT	Martínez  6' Díaz 10' Cameron  15' Kinani  67'	Report	Bevan 7' (pen.),  67' Klomp 24' Camargo 37' Fisk 55' Musse 84'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,239 Referee: Mario Alayass

Forge FC v Vancouver FC

July 28 17	Forge FC	2–0	Vancouver FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00pm ET	Sissoko 71' Pacius 73' Borges  90+1'	Report	Kwak  53' Gyimah  90+3'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,232 Referee: Roberto D'Alesio

Vancouver FC v Valour FC

August 6 18	Vancouver FC	0–0	Valour FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
2:00pm PT	Bitar  19' Garcia  36' Romeo  90+5'	Report	Polisi  26' Campbell  73' Haynes  90+7'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,591 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

HFX Wanderers FC v Vancouver FC

August 12 19	HFX Wanderers FC	3–0	Vancouver FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:00pm AT	Morelli 5', 58' (pen.) Rampersad  61' Ferrin 66' Ferrazzo  68'	Report	Bitar  58'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,254 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Vancouver FC v Pacific FC

August 19 20	Vancouver FC	3–2	Pacific FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
1:00pm PT	Cantave 11' E. Simmons  44' Fry  52' Bitar 76', 87'	Report	Mukumbilwa  33' Didić  41' Meilleur-Giguère 65' Daniels 73'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,363 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

York United FC v Vancouver FC

August 25 21	York United FC	2–1	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:30pm ET	Babouli 69' (pen.) Ricci 80'	Report	Bitar 11' Fry  90+5'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

Vancouver FC v Forge FC

September 3 22	Vancouver FC	0–3	Forge FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
2:00pm PT	Cantave  51' Bakare  73'	Report	Pacius 19', 28', 47' (pen.) Poku  87'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,378 Referee: Alain Ruch

Vancouver FC v Atlético Ottawa

September 9 23	Vancouver FC	2–1	Atlético Ottawa	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Cantave 6' Cameron 90+1' Bitar  90+5' Fry  90+6'	Report	Bassett 18' Iliadis  67' Verhoeven  80' Acosta  90+3'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,163 Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

Cavalry FC v Vancouver FC

September 16 24	Cavalry FC	2–1	Vancouver FC	Foothills County, Alberta
3:00pm MT	Bevan 36' (pen.) White 70' (o.g.)	Report	Fry  56' Garia 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,990 Referee: Marie Soleil Beaudoin

Valour FC v Vancouver FC

September 20 25	Valour FC	0–1	Vancouver FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
7:00pm CT		Report	Tahid 78'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 3,303 Referee: Roberto D'Alesio

Vancouver FC v HFX Wanderers FC

September 23 26	Vancouver FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
1:00pm PT	Romeo  37' Fry  50' Bitar 69' Nimick 90+5' (o.g.)	Report	Ferrin 42' Fernandez  47' Loughrey  61' Wilson  90'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 2,099 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Pacific FC v Vancouver FC

September 30 27	Pacific FC	1–2	Vancouver FC	Langford, British Columbia
2:00pm PT	Vliet  26' Daniels  38' Ongaro 53' Manneh  65'	Report	Bitar 28' Cantave  34' Fry 35' E. Simmons  54'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 4,404 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Vancouver FC v York United FC

October 6 28	Vancouver FC	1–2	York United FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:30pm PT	Garcia  4' Cantave 39' Chung  47' Fry  81'	Report	De Rosario 17', 27' Ricci  45+2'  90+5' Baldisimo  75' Dos Santos  90+8'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 3,622 Referee: Michael Venne

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2023 Canadian Championship

York United FC v Vancouver FC

April 19 First round	York United FC	1–0	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
8:00pm ET	Babouli 6' (pen.),  18' Ricci  71' Gee  75' Giantsopoulos  87'	Report	Bakare  2' Simmons  33'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,272 Referee: Michael Venne

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of October 6, 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		CPL		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	CAN	Callum Irving	28	0	27	0	1	0
21	GK	USA	Jeremy Zielinski	1	0	1	0	0	0
31	GK	CAN	Trevor Schneider	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF	CAN	Kadin Chung	14	0	12+1	0	1	0
3	DF	CAN	Rocco Romeo	26	0	25	0	1	0
4	DF	ENG	Ibrahim Bakare	26	0	18+7	0	1	0
5	DF	BLZ	Eugene Martínez	12	0	11	0	1	0
12	DF	CAN	Tyler Crawford	23	0	14+9	0	0	0
20	DF	CAN	Anthony White	20	0	17+3	0	0	0
23	DF	CAN	Kahlil John-Wentworth	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	CAN	James Cameron	19	1	17+2	1	0	0
Midfielders
6	MF	BRA	Renan Garcia	14	1	14	1	0	0
8	MF	IRN	Nima Moazeni Zadeh	14	0	9+4	0	1	0
10	MF	MEX	Gael Sandoval	13	1	9+3	1	1	0
11	MF	LBN	Gabriel Bitar	26	6	23+2	6	0+1	0
13	MF	PER	Vasco Fry	10	1	10	1	0	0
14	MF	GHA	Nicky Gyimah	12	0	2+9	0	0+1	0
16	MF	CAN	Elliot Simmons	26	0	24+1	0	1	0
17	MF	KOR	Min-jae Kwak	27	1	13+13	1	1	0
19	MF	CAN	Maël Henry	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
19	MF	HAI	Mikaël Cantave	16	4	13+3	4	0	0
22	MF	CAN	Marcus Simmons	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
24	MF	CAN	Lennon Thompson	3	0	0+3	0	0	0
26	MF	CAN	Taryck Tahid	20	3	6+14	3	0	0
33	MF	COL	Ivan Mejia	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW	CAN	Nathaniel St. Louis	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
9	FW	MEX	Alejandro Díaz	14	2	14	2	0	0
10	FW	CAN	Shaan Hundal	29	6	20+8	6	1	0
13	FW	FRA	Emmanuel Robe	5	0	1+3	0	0+1	0
15	FW	CAN	Mouhamadou Kane	8	0	2+6	0	0	0
18	FW	IRQ	Ameer Kinani	21	1	2+18	1	1	0
	FW	CAN	Kourosh Jamshidi	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: Competitions

Goalscorers

As of October 6, 2023

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	CPL	Canadian Championship	Total
1	10	FW		Shaan Hundal	6	0	6
	11	MF		Gabriel Bitar	6	0	6
3	19	MF		Mikaël Cantave	4	0	4
4	26	FW		Taryck Tahid	3	0	3
5	9	FW		Alejandro Díaz	2	0	2
6	6	MF		Renan Garcia	1	0	1
	10	MF		Gael Sandoval	1	0	1
	13	MF		Vasco Fry	1	0	1
	17	MF		Min-jae Kwak	1	0	1
	18	FW		Ameer Kinani	1	0	1
	25	DF		James Cameron	1	0	1
Own Goals					1	0	1
Totals					28	0	28

Clean sheets

As of October 6, 2023

Rank	No.	Pos	Nat	Name	CPL	Canadian Championship	Total
1	1	GK		Callum Irving	5	0	5
Totals					5	0	5

Disciplinary record

As of October 6, 2023

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	CPL			Canadian Championship			Total
1	GK		Callum Irving	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	DF		Kadin Chung	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	DF		Rocco Romeo	6	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	1
4	DF		Ibrahim Bakare	5	0	0	1	0	0	6	0	0
5	DF		Eugene Martínez	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
6	MF		Renan Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
7	FW		Nathaniel St. Louis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Nima Moazeni Zadeh	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
9	FW		Alejandro Díaz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW		Shaan Hundal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
10	MF		Gael Sandoval	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
11	MF		Gabriel Bitar	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
12	DF		Tyler Crawford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF		Vasco Fry	6	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0
13	FW		Emmanuel Robe	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
14	MF		Nicky Gyimah	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
15	FW		Mouhamadou Kane	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF		Elliot Simmons	3	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
17	MF		Min-jae Kwak	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
18	FW		Ameer Kinani	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
19	MF		Maël Henry	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Mikaël Cantave	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
20	DF		Anthony White	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
22	MF		Marcus Simmons	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
23	DF		Kahlil John-Wentworth	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Lennon Thompson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
25	DF		James Cameron	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
26	MF		Taryck Tahid	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
31	GK		Jeremy Zielinski	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	MF		Ivan Mejia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Kourosh Jamshidi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals				59	0	3	2	0	0	61	0	3

Honours

Canadian Premier League Awards

The Canadian Premier League Awards took place on October 26 in Hamilton.^[35]

Name	Award	Status	Source
James Cameron	Best Canadian U-21 Player	Nominated	[36][35]

Monthly Awards

Month	Name	Award	Source
May	Callum Irving	Goalkeeper of the Month	[37]

Team of the Week

The Gatorade Team of the Week was selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack and OneSoccer's Oliver Platt.

Week	Name	Source
1	Callum Irving	[38]
2	Callum Irving (2) Rocco Romeo Gabriel Bitar Shaan Hundal	[39]
3	Kadin Chung	[40]
4	Ibrahim Bakare	[41]
6	Tyler Crawford Min-jae Kwak	[42]
7	Eugene Martínez	[43]
8	T.J. Tahid	[44]
11	Callum Irving (3) Anthony White	[45]
13	Rocco Romeo (2)	[46]
17	James Cameron	[47]
19	Gabriel Bitar (2)	[48]
20	Gabriel Bitar (3)	[49]
22	James Cameron (2) Gabriel Bitar (4) Mikaël Cantave	[50]