List of soccer clubs in Canada by competitive honours won
This article lists active Canadian professional soccer clubs whose men's sides have won competitive honours run by official governing bodies. Friendly competitions and matches organized between clubs are not included. A significant number of Canadian clubs have participated and continue to participate in leagues sanctioned by American authorities.
The first official title won by an active Canadian professional soccer club was claimed by the Vancouver Whitecaps, who were crowned 1979 NASL champions after defeating the Tampa Bay Rowdies 2–1 in Soccer Bowl '79.[1] From there, Canadian teams began playing in multiple different American and Canadian leagues, including the original Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992), the American Professional Soccer League (1990–1996), the USL First Division (2005–2010), Major League Soccer (1996–present), and finally, the Canadian Premier League (2019–present).
As of 2024, three Canadian professional clubs play in the U.S.-sanctioned Major League Soccer, while the other eight play in the Canadian Premier League.
Summary totals
[edit]The table below shows every official title won by active Canadian professional soccer clubs regardless of the division.
Numbers with a blue background are record totals for that category. Statistics include previous iterations of active professional clubs, such as the Vancouver Whitecaps and CF Montréal.
- As of November 9, 2024
| Club | League championships | Can. Champ. | Shield | Total | ||||||||
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| CPL | MLS | NASL | CSL | APSL | USL | Total | CPL | MLS | Total | |||
| Vancouver Whitecaps FC | – | – | 1 | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | 4 | – | – | –[a] | 11 |
| Toronto FC | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | – | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| CF Montréal | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5[b] | – | – | –[c] | 8 |
| Forge FC | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 2[d] | – | 1 | 6 |
| Cavalry FC | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2[d] | – | 2 | 3 |
| Pacific FC | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Atlético Ottawa | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1[d] | – | 1 | 1 |
- ^ If regular season titles were awarded during the CSL, APSL, and USL A-League, the Vancouver Whitecaps would have accumulated 6 titles.
- ^ Despite the Voyageurs Cup from 2002 to 2007 being recognized as the official precursor to the Canadian Championship by CF Montréal, the Vancouver Whitecaps and Major League Soccer (MLS),[2][3][4][5][6] Canada Soccer does not and has never recognized them. For that reason, CF Montréal are shown as having only won 5 titles in this section instead of 11.
- ^ If regular season titles were awarded during the APSL, USL A-League and USL-1 era, CF Montréal would have accumulated 5 titles.
- ^ a b c Cavalry (2019), Forge FC (2021) and Atlético Ottawa (2022) were retroactively awarded the CPL Shield as CPL regular season winners.
See also
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- List of football clubs by competitive honours won
- Canadian soccer league system
- List of soccer clubs in Canada
References
[edit]- ^ "This day in history: 'Caps win 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl". whitecapsfc.com. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. September 8, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "🏆 2002 🏆 2003 🏆 2004 🏆 2005 🏆 2006 🏆 2007 🏆 2008 🏆 2013 🏆 2014 🏆 2019 La dixième. The tenth". twitter.com. CF Montréal. September 25, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "TROPHIES BY MLS CLUB". mlssoccer.com. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Canadian Championship: The full list of Voyageurs Cup winners". mlssoccer.com. June 30, 2016. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Recap: CF Montréal 1, Toronto FC 0". mlssoccer.com. Tristan D'Amours. November 21, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2024.
- ^ "Add it to the collection: Voyageurs Cup the latest addition to Whitecaps FC's trophy case". whitecapsfc.com. Vancouver Whitecaps FC. August 27, 2015. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
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