Canadian national soccer team

This article is about the Canadian men's national soccer team . For the women's team, see Canada Women's National Football Team .

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Canada

Nickname (s)	The Canucks, Les Rouges (The Reds)
Association	Canadian Soccer Association
confederacy	CONCACAF
Technical sponsor	Umbro
Head coach	John Herdman (since 2018)
Assistant coach	Michael Findlay
captain	Julian de Guzman
Record scorer	Dwayne De Rosario (22)
Record player	Julian de Guzman (89)
Home stadium	BMO Field
FIFA code	CAN
FIFA rank	73rd (1332 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
382 games 138 wins 86 draws 158 defeats
statistics
First international game Australia 3-2 Canada ( Brisbane , Australia ; June 7, 1924)
Biggest win US Virgin Islands 0-8 Canada ( Bradenton , US ; Sep 9, 2018)
Biggest defeat Mexico 8-0 Canada ( Mexico City , Mexico; June 18, 1993)
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 1986 )
Best results	1st round, 1986
North and Central American Championship
Participation in the finals	17 ( first : 1977 )
Best results	Winner 1985, 2000
Confederations Cup
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2001 )
Best results	1st round 2001
(As of January 15, 2020)

The Canadian national soccer team represents the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) as a selection team on an international level in games against teams from other national associations. The team's coach nominates the squad. All football players with Canadian citizenship are available to him for his selection.

history

The Canadians played their first international game on November 28, 1885 against the USA in Newark (New Jersey) . It was lost 1-0 and is to be considered an unofficial game. On September 19, 1888, a Canadian team played in Scotland and lost 4-0. The first official game took place on June 7, 1924 in Brisbane, Australia against the national team of Australia. The Canadians also lost this 3-2.

Internationally, Canadian footballers have had little success to date. The Canadian national team had their first and so far only appearance at a soccer world championship in 1986 in Mexico , but after games against France (0: 1), Hungary (0: 2) and the USSR (0: 2) without point and Goal was eliminated in the preliminary round. In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup , they failed early in the second qualifying round to Guatemala and the later World Cup participant Costa Rica.

In addition to qualifying for the 1986 World Cup , Canada celebrated its greatest success by surprisingly winning the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2000 and reaching the semi-finals in 2002 and 2007. In 1985 the national team won the CONCACAF Championship , the forerunner of gold Cups, win.

Stadion

The national stadium for Canadians is the National Soccer Stadium in Toronto , Ontario , known as BMO Field when Canadian Major League Soccer agent Toronto FC plays there. Previous national stadiums or alternate locations may be. a. the Swangard Stadium in Burnaby , British Columbia , the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton , Alberta and the Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard in Montreal , Quebec .

Participation in the Olympic Games

1900	not participated
1904 in St. Louis	Olympic champion

After 1904, the senior national team stopped taking part in the Olympic Games and the qualifying games. In 1976 Canada participated as host with an Olympic team, but failed in the preliminary round. In 1984 , the Canadian Olympic team reached the quarter-finals, in which they lost to the Brazilian Olympic team on penalties.

Participation in soccer world championships

→ Main article : Canada National Football Team / World Cups

Although Canada has been a FIFA member since 1913, the team took part in qualifying for the 1958 World Cup for the first time, then again not until 1966, but in all qualifications since then. But she was only able to qualify for a final round. All games were lost there. In the all-time table of World Cup finalists, Canada is 71st and like four other teams has not yet scored a World Cup goal.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated
1934	Italy	not participated
1938	France	not participated
1950	Brazil	not participated
1954	Switzerland	not participated
1958	Sweden	not qualified
1962	Chile	withdrawn
1966	England	not participated
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualifiers in the first round at the US failed, which also failed to qualify.
1974	Germany	not qualified				In the qualifiers in the first round of the Mexico failed, which also failed to qualify.
1978	Argentina	not qualified				Mexico failed again in the second round of qualification .
1982	Spain	not qualified				In the qualification in the final tournament as third in the group failed at El Salvador and Honduras .
1986	Mexico	Preliminary round	France , Hungary , USSR	24.	Tony Waiters	Eliminated after three defeats as bottom of the group.
1990	Italy	not qualified				In the qualifying in the preliminary round of Guatemala failed, which also could not qualify.
1994	United States	not qualified				In the qualification in the intercontinental qualification in the first round to Australia failed after penalties. Australia then lost to Argentina in the second round .
1998	France	not qualified				In the qualification in the final round failed as a group Last of six participants.
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualification in the intermediate round to Trinidad and Tobago and Mexico failed, of which Trinidad and Tobago could not qualify either.
2006	Germany	not qualified				In the qualification in the 3rd round failed to Costa Rica and Guatemala , which could not qualify either.
2010	South Africa	not qualified				In the qualifying in the third round of Honduras and Mexico failed.
2014	Brazil	not qualified				In the qualification , Canada failed in the 3rd round to Honduras and Panama .
2018	Russia	not qualified				In the qualification in the 4th round of Mexico and Honduras have failed.
2022	Qatar
2026	Canada / Mexico / USA

CONCACAF Gold Cup

until 1991 as CONCACAF Championship

• 1963 - 73 - did not take part
• 1975 - not held
• 1977 - 4th place
• 1981 - 4th place
• 1985 - winner
• 1989 - did not participate
• 1991 - preliminary round
• 1993 - preliminary round
• 1996 - preliminary round
• 1998 - withdrawn after qualification
• 2000 - winner
• 2002 - third
• 2003 - preliminary round
• 2005 - preliminary round
• 2007 - semi-finals
• 2009 - quarter-finals
• 2011 - preliminary round
• 2013 - preliminary round
• 2015 - preliminary round
• 2017 - quarter-finals
• 2019 - quarter-finals
• 2021 - qualified

Records

(As of July 14, 2013) Canada played the most games against the USA (32) and Mexico (29). The most successful record against another country with more than one game has Canada against Trinidad and Tobago (7 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats). Canada won the most wins against the USA (8 out of 32 games), while Canadians suffered the most defeats against Mexico (17 out of 29 games). The USA also had the most draws (11 out of 32 games).

Canada had played a total of 327 games by July 14, 2013 , had 113 wins, 74 draws and scored 362 goals. Canada's opponents won 140 games and scored 465 goals.

Record against German-speaking countries

	date	place	Home team	result	Visiting team
1.	7th October 1973	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	0: 2	Canada
2.	October 9, 1974	Frankfurt (Oder)	GDR	2-0	Canada
3.	July 29, 1975	Toronto	Canada	0: 3	GDR
4th	July 31, 1975	Ottawa	Canada	1: 7	GDR
5.	June 8, 1989	Ottawa	Canada	0: 2	Belgium
6th	June 8, 1994	Toronto	Canada	0: 2	Germany
7th	May 15, 2002	St. Gallen	Switzerland	1: 3	Canada
8th.	June 1, 2003	Wolfsburg	Germany	4: 1	Canada
9.	November 16, 2005	Hesperange	Luxembourg	0: 1	Canada
10.	March 1, 2006	Vienna	Austria	0: 2	Canada

So far there have been no games against Liechtenstein.

Trainer

Surname	Nat	From	to
Don Petrie		1957	1968
Peter Dinsdale		1968	1970
Frank Pike		1970	1973
Bill McAllister		1973
Eckhard Krautzun		1973	1975
Bill McAllister		1975	1975
Eckhard Krautzun		1975	1977
Barrie Clarke		1979
Tony Waiters		1981	1986
Bob Bearpark		1986	1987
Tony Taylor		1988
Bob Lenarduzzi		1989	1990
Tony Waiters		1990	1991
Bob Lenarduzzi		1992	1997
Bruce Twamley (interim)		1998	1998
Holger Osieck		1999	2003
Colin Miller (interim)		Spring 2003	Spring 2003
Frank Yallop		2004	June 2006
Stephen Hart (interim)		July 2006	June 2007
Dale Mitchell		June 2007	March 2009
Stephen Hart (interim)		April 2009	December 2009
Stephen Hart		December 2009	October 2012
Tony Fonseca		October 2012	December 2012
Colin Miller		January 2013	July 2013
Benito Floro		August 2013	September 2016
Michael Findlay		September 2016	March 2017
Octavio Zambrano		March 2017	January 2018
John Herdman		January 2018

Record player

Status: January 15, 2020, source: rsssf.com and canadasoccer.com

Record player
Games	player	Period	Gates
89	Julian de Guzman	2002-2017	4th
84	Atiba Hutchinson	2003–	7th
84	Paul Stalteri	1997-2010	7th
82	Randy Samuel	1983-1997	0
81	Dwayne De Rosario	1998-2015	22nd
77	Mark Watson	1991-2004	3
66	Lyndon Hooper	1986-1997	3
65	Alex Bunbury	1986-1997	16
63	Kevin McKenna	2000-2012	10
61	Nick Dasovic	1992-2004	2
61	Colin Miller	1983-1997	5
61	Toisant Ricketts	2011–	17th
61	Mike Sweeney	1980-1993	1

Record goal scorers
Gates	player	Period	Games
22nd	Dwayne De Rosario	1998-2015	81
19th	John Catliff	1984-1994	44
19th	Dale Mitchell	1980-1993	55
17th	Toisant Ricketts	2011–	61
16	Alex Bunbury	1986-1997	64
16	Tosaint Ricketts	2011–	59
15th	Ali Gerba	2005-2011	29
11	Lucas Cavallini	2012-	17th
11	Carlo Corazzin	1994-2004	59
11	Jonathan David	2018-	12
11	Igor Vrablić	1984-1986	35
10	Kevin McKenna	2000-2012	63
10	Paul Peschisolido	1992-2004	53
10	Tomasz Radziński	1995-2009	46

See also

• List of international matches for the Canadian national football team
• Canada National Football Team (U-17 Juniors)
• Canada National Football Team (U-20 Men)

Web links

Commons : Canada National Soccer Team  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the football association
• Canada on Fifa.com
• Canada on CONCACAF.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
3. ^ Roberto Mamrud: Canada - Record International Players ( English ) rsssf.com. January 30, 2020. Accessed May 3, 2020.
4. ↑ Canada Soccer's Men's National Team ( English ) canadasoccer.com. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
5. ↑ The Canadian Association also counts one goal in the game against St. Kitts and Nevis on November 15, 2011 , which is not counted by rsssf.com.