Canada's men's national soccer team and its players hold the following competitive records.[ 1] [ 2]
North American Competition [ edit ]
As of November 19, 2024 [ 3] [ 4]
Players in bold are still active with Canada.
Most capped players [ edit ]
Atiba Hutchinson is Canada's most capped player with 105 appearances
Jonathan David is Canada's all time top scorer with 31 goals
Most appearances 105 – Atiba Hutchinson
Longest international career 22 years – Pat Onstad from 1988 to 2010
Most goals 31 – Jonathan David
Most goals in one game 3 – John Catliff vs Jamaica in 1988, Alex Bunbury vs Bermuda in 1992, Simeon Jackson vs Saint Lucia in 2011, Lucas Cavallini vs Cuba in 2019, Jonathan David vs Cuba in 2019, Junior Hoilett vs Cuba in 2019, Cyle Larin vs Bermuda in 2021, Lucas Cavallini vs Cayman Islands in 2021, and Jonathan David vs Suriname in 2021
Most goals in one year 14 – Cyle Larin in 2021
Most consecutive games with at least one goal 4 – Dale Mitchell , Ali Gerba , Cyle Larin
Most consecutive games with at least two goals 2 – Tom Kouzmanis vs Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago in 1995, Ali Gerba vs Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (twice) in 2008, and Lucas Cavallini vs Cayman Islands and Aruba in 2021
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 7 – 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 17 years, 3 months, and 24 days – Atiba Hutchinson vs Honduras in 2004 and El Salvador in 2022
Most appearances before scoring a first international goal 49 – Nik Ledgerwood vs El Salvador in 2016
Fastest goal from kickoff 2nd minute – Bob Lenarduzzi vs New Zealand in 1980, Alphonso Davies vs Croatia in 2022
Latest goal in regulation time 90+5th minute – Sam Adekugbe vs United States in 2022, Lucas Cavallini vs Japan in 2022
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 , Jonathan David
First game 2–3 loss to Australia June 7, 1924
First win 1–0 win against Australia June 14, 1924
Biggest win 11–0 vs Cayman Islands on March 29, 2021
Biggest loss 0–8 vs Mexico June 18, 1993
Most goals scored in one game 11 vs Cayman Islands on March 29, 2021
Longest winning streak 8 games – from March 25, 2021, vs Bermuda to July 15, 2021, vs Haiti
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 16 games – from October 16, 2012, vs Honduras to May 27, 2014, vs Moldova
Longest goalless streak 959 minutes – from March 22, 2013, vs Japan to May 23, 2014, vs Bulgaria
Longest clean sheet streak 567 minutes – from January 19, 2015, vs Iceland to July 11, 2015, vs Jamaica
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup[ edit ]
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup record
Total: 2 titles
Year
Round
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
1963
Did not enter
1965
1967
1969
1971
1973
Did not qualify
1977
Fourth place
5
2
1
2
7
8
1981
Fourth place
5
1
3
1
6
6
1985
Champions
8
5
3
0
11
4
1989
Did not qualify
1991
Group stage
3
1
0
2
6
9
1993
Group stage
3
0
2
1
3
11
1996
Group stage
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
Group stage
2
1
0
1
1
2
2005
Group stage
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
Group stage
3
1
1
1
2
3
2013
Group stage
3
0
1
2
0
3
2015
Group stage
3
0
2
1
0
1
2017
Quarter-finals
4
1
2
1
6
5
2019
Quarter-finals
4
2
0
2
14
6
2021
Semi-finals
5
3
0
2
11
5
2023
Quarter-finals
4
1
3
0
8
6
2025
Qualified
Total (20/28)
2 titles
76
30
23
23
106
93
CONCACAF Championship / Gold Cup history
First match
Canada 1–2 El Salvador (October 8, 1977; Monterrey , Mexico)
Biggest win
Canada 7–0 Cuba (June 23, 2019; Charlotte , United States)
Biggest defeat
Mexico 8–0 Canada (July 18, 1993; Mexico City , Mexico)
Best result
Champions in 1985 , 2000
Worst result
Group stage in 1991 , 1993 , 1996 , 2003 , 2005 , 2011 , 2013 , 2015
CONCACAF Nations League [ edit ]
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out .
**Silver background colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil. Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
FIFA Confederations Cup [ edit ]
FIFA Confederations Cup history
First match
Japan 3–0 Canada (May 31, 2001; Niigata , Japan)
Biggest win
—
Biggest defeat
Japan 3–0 Canada (May 31, 2001; Niigata , Japan)
Best result
Group stage in 2001
Worst result
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out .
**Silver background colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil. Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
Year
Result
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
1900
Did not qualify
1904
Gold medallists
2
2
0
0
11
0
1908 to 1964
Did not enter
1968 to 1972
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
1988 to 2024
Did not qualify
Total
3/28
8
3
2
3
18
9
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out .
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won. Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Head-to-head record [ edit ]
Key
Positive balance (more wins than losses)
Neutral balance (as many wins as losses)
Negative balance (more losses than wins)
The following table shows Canada's all-time official international record per opponent:
As of November 19, 2024[ 5]
General Statistics Results Players Goals Culture Other teams
Men's national teams Women's national teams Men's outdoor leagues
Tier 1 Tier 3 Below tier 3 Non-FIFA
Women's outdoor leagues
Indoor and futsal competitions Cup competitions
Other competitions College and university soccer Defunct Canadian leagues Defunct American leagues Related American leagues Defunct cup competitions Other Associations
AFC
CAF
CONCACAF
CONMEBOL
OFC
UEFA
Other