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Forge FC
2020 season
Chairman	Bob Young
Head coach	Bobby Smyrniotis
Stadium	Tim Hortons Field
Canadian Premier League	Champions
Canadian Championship	TBD
CONCACAF League	TBD
Top goalscorer	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson; Kyle Bekker (3 goals each)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2020 Forge FC season is the second season in the history of Forge FC. Forge are the defending league champions, having defeated Cavalry FC in the 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals. Before the start of the season, Forge announced that 18 players from last season would be returning in 2020.^[1]^[2]

On March 20, 2020, the league announced a postponement of the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[3]

Current squad

As of August 14, 2020^[4]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Triston Henry	GK	(1993-09-08) September 8, 1993 (age 31)	Sigma FC
31	Baj Maan	GK	(2000-07-12) July 12, 2000 (age 24)	NKU Norse
Defenders
2	Jonathan Grant	RB	(1993-10-15) October 15, 1993 (age 31)	Nyköpings BIS
4	Dominic Samuel	RB / CB	(1994-09-29) September 29, 1994 (age 30)	Sigma FC
5	Daniel Krutzen	CB / LB	(1996-09-19) September 19, 1996 (age 28)	Reading United
6	Kwame Awuah	LB / CM	(1995-12-02) December 2, 1995 (age 28)	New York City FC
14	David Edgar	CB	(1987-05-19) May 19, 1987 (age 37)	Hartlepool United
15	Maxim Tissot	LB	(1992-04-13) April 13, 1992 (age 32)	Ottawa Fury
16	Klaidi Cela	CB	(1999-07-16) July 16, 1999 (age 25)	Sigma FC
21	Jordan Dunstan	CB	(1993-03-21) March 21, 1993 (age 31)	Chattanooga FC
22	Monti Mohsen	LB	(2000-06-13) June 13, 2000 (age 24)	Sigma FC
Midfielders
7	David Choinière	LW / RW	(1997-02-07) February 7, 1997 (age 27)	Montreal Impact
8	Elimane Oumar Cissé	CM	(1995-03-12) March 12, 1995 (age 29)	Diambars FC
10	Kyle Bekker	AM / CM	(1990-09-02) September 2, 1990 (age 34)	North Carolina FC
13	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	DM	(1996-04-17) April 17, 1996 (age 28)	IFK Värnamo
24	Paolo Sabak	AM	(1999-02-10) February 10, 1999 (age 25)	NEC Nijmegen
Forwards
9	Marcel Zajac	ST	(1998-04-29) April 29, 1998 (age 26)	Akron Zips
11	Chris Nanco	ST / RW / LW	(1995-02-15) February 15, 1995 (age 29)	Bethlehem Steel
17	Kadell Thomas	ST / RW / LW	(1996-11-26) November 26, 1996 (age 27)	Sigma FC
19	Molham Babouli	CF / RW / LW	(1993-01-02) January 2, 1993 (age 31)	FC Ukraine United
20	Gabriel Balbinotti	ST	(1998-04-12) April 12, 1998 (age 26)	UQTR Patriotes
23	Anthony Novak	ST	(1994-03-27) March 27, 1994 (age 30)	Oakville Blue Devils

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
–	GK	David Monsalve	Ottawa Fury	Free transfer	March 2, 2020	^[5]
24	MF	Paolo Sabak	NEC Nijmegen	Free transfer	April 23, 2020	^[6]
15	DF	Maxim Tissot	Ottawa Fury	Free transfer	July 22, 2020	^[7]
31	GK	Baj Maan	NKU Norse	Free transfer	July 31, 2020	^[8]
21	DF	Jordan Dunstan	Chattanooga FC	Free transfer	July 31, 2020	^[8]
20	FW	Gabriel Balbinotti	UQTR Patriotes	Selected 7th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft	July 31, 2020	^[8]
19	FW	Molham Babouli	Unattached	Free transfer	August 4, 2020	^[9]

Draft picks

Forge FC selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft. 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	7	FW	Gabriel Balbinotti	Canada	UQTR Patriotes
2	8	MF	Alex Zis	Canada	Guelph Gryphons

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/Notes	Date	Source
18	GK	Quillan Roberts		Contract expired	January 8, 2020	^[2]
21	DF	Bertrand Owundi		Contract expired	January 8, 2020	^[2]
20	MF	Justin Stoddart		Contract expired	January 8, 2020	^[2]
19	MF	Tristan Borges	OH Leuven	Undisclosed	January 22, 2020	^[10]
8	MF	Giuliano Frano		Contract terminated by mutual consent	July 30, 2020	^[11]
	GK	David Monsalve	Xelajú MC	Undisclosed	July 31, 2020	^[12]

Competitions

Match times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4).

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	August 13	September 19	First stage	Winners	11	6	4	1	19	10	+9	054.55
Canadian Championship	TBD	TBD	Final	TBD	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
CONCACAF League	October	TBD	Preliminary round	TB	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total					11	6	4	1	19	10	+9	054.55

Last updated: September 19, 2020
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

First stage

Table

Template:2020 Canadian Premier League first stage table

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Result	D	W	D	W	L	W	D
Position	1	1	1	1	2	1	2

Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

August 13 1	Forge FC	2–2	Cavalry FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
8:00pm	Zajac 15' Novak 26' Krutzen 58' Bekker 71' Grant 75' Samuel 90+3'	Report	Adekugbe 6' Zator 11' Mavila 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Alumni Field

August 16 2	Forge FC	2–0	FC Edmonton	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm	Awuah 11' Samuel 40' Moses 90+2' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Alumni Field

August 19 3	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
8:00pm	Beaulieu 15' Béland-Goyette 44' Garcia 47' Schaale 90+4'	Report	Sabak 16' (pen) Zajac 48' Cela 90'	Stadium: Alumni Field

August 22 4	Forge FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
4:00pm	Nanco 18' Edgar 37' Bekker 90+7'	Report	Dixon 26', 73' Bustos 45' Verhoven 71'	Stadium: Alumni Field

August 26 5	York9 FC	3–2	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Porter 27' Di Chiara 34', 60' (pen.) Aparicio 54'	Report	Edgar 40' Nanco 49' Achinioti-Jönsson 52' Awuah 72' Tissot 90+2'	Stadium: Alumni Field

August 30 6	Atlético Ottawa	0–2	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm	Khabra 39' John 86'	Report	Krutzen 35' Thomas 65' Choinière 89'	Stadium: Alumni Field

September 5 7	Forge FC	2–2	Valour FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm	Bekker 8' Achinioti-Jönsson 65'	Report	Le Bourhis 14' Dyer 27' Aird 43' Gutierrez 59' Galán 71'	Stadium: Alumni Field

Group stage

Table

Template:2020 Canadian Premier League group stage table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3
Result	D	W	W
Position	2	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on September 15, 2020. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

September 9 1	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Garcia 2' Ruby 56'	Report	Sabak 43', 56' (pen) Edgar 71'	Stadium: Alumni Field

September 12 2	Forge FC	2–0	Pacific FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
12:00pm	Krutzen 35' (pen) Balbinotti 43' Novak 71' Achinioti-Jönsson 84'	Report	Chung 34' Young 36'	Stadium: Alumni Field

September 15 3	Cavalry FC	0–1	Forge FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00pm	Hernández 90+2'	Report	Babouli 27' Bekker 35' Edgar 69'	Stadium: Alumni Field

Final

September 19 2020 CPL Final	Forge FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
3:00pm	Grant 58' Achinioti-Jönsson 60' Edgar 65' Tissot 90'	Report		Stadium: Alumni Field

Canadian Championship

Final

Forge FC

v

Toronto FC

CONCACAF League

Preliminary round

October 20–22 PR	TBD	v	Forge FC	TBD
				Stadium: TBD
Note: Originally scheduled to be a two-leg tie played in July

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of September 19, 2020^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Canadian Premier League		CONCACAF League		Canadian Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CAN	Triston Henry	10	0	10+0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	CAN	Jonathan Grant	4	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	CAN	Dominic Samuel	10	0	8+2	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	BEL	Daniel Krutzen	11	2	11+0	2	0	0	0	0
6	DF	CAN	Kwame Awuah	11	1	9+2	1	0	0	0	0
7	MF	CAN	David Choinière	11	1	6+5	1	0	0	0	0
8	MF	SEN	Elimane Oumar Cissé	8	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	CAN	Marcel Zajac	4	0	4+0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	CAN	Kyle Bekker	11	3	11+0	3	0	0	0	0
11	FW	CAN	Chris Nanco	5	2	5+0	2	0	0	0	0
13	MF	SWE	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	11	3	9+2	3	0	0	0	0
14	DF	CAN	David Edgar	10	0	10+0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	CAN	Maxim Tissot	11	1	3+8	1	0	0	0	0
16	DF	CAN	Klaidi Cela	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	CAN	Kadell Thomas	9	0	1+8	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	CAN	Molham Babouli	10	1	4+6	1	0	0	0	0
20	FW	CAN	Gabriel Balbinotti	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	CAN	Jordan Dunstan	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
22	DF	CAN	Monti Mohsen	3	0	3+0	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	CAN	Anthony Novak	9	2	4+5	2	0	0	0	0
24	MF	BEL	Paolo Sabak	11	2	8+3	2	0	0	0	0
31	GK	CAN	Baj Maan	1	0	1+0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Kyle Bekker	MF	3	3
1	Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	MF	3	3
3	Chris Nanco	FW	2	2
	Paolo Sabak	MF	2	2
	Anthony Novak	FW	2	2
	Daniel Krutzen	DF	2	2
7	Kwame Awuah	DF	1	1
	David Choinière	FW	1	1
	Molham Babouli	FW	1	1
	Maxim Tissot	MF	1	1
Own goals			1	1
Totals			19	19

Updated to match played September 19, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Paolo Sabak	MF	2	2
	Maxim Tissot	DF	2	2
	Molham Babouli	FW	2	2
4	David Choinière	MF	1	1
	Kadell Thomas	FW	1	1
	Kyle Bekker	MF	1	1
Totals			9	9

Updated to match played September 19, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League	CONCACAF League	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Triston Henry	5	0	0	5
Totals			5	0	0	5

Updated to match played September 19, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	Canadian Premier League		CONCACAF League		Canadian Championship		TOTAL
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player
2	DF		Jonathan Grant	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4	DF		Dominic Samuel	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
5	DF		Daniel Krutzen	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF		kwame Awuah	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	FW		Marcel Zajac	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	MF		Kyle Bekker	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	MF		Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF		David Edgar	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
15	DF		Maxim Tissot	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF		Klaidi Cela	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW		Kadell Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	FW		Gabriel Balbinotti	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24	MF		Paolo Sabak	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals				20	0	0	0	0	0	20	0

Updated to match played September 19, 2020
Source: Canadian Premier League

References

^ Molinaro, John (December 13, 2019). "Borges, Bekker headline list of Forge returnees from championship squad". canpl.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Forge FC brings back David Edgar, drops 3 members of title-winning squad". canpl.ca. CPL. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
^ "Canadian Premier League postpones start of 2020- season due to COVID-19". CTV News. The Canadian Press.
^ "CPL off-season roster tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2020?". Canadian Premier League. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
^ "Forge FC add Canadian goalkeeper Monsalve". Forge FC. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
^ "Forge FC inks promising Belgian attacker Paolo Sabak". Forge FC. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-04-23.
^ "Forge FC sign Canadian International defender Tissot". Forge FC. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Forge FC sign trio of Canadians". Forge FC. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
^ "Forge FC sign Canadian forward Babouli". Forge FC. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-08-04.
^ "Borges Transferred to OH Leuven". forgefc.canpl.ca. Forge FC. January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
^ Jaques, John (July 30, 2020). "Giuliano Frano Has Left Forge FC". Northern Tribune. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
^ "Monsalve transferred to Xelaju MC". Forge FC. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-07-31.

External links

Official Site

[1] Molinaro, John (December 13, 2019). "Borges, Bekker headline list of Forge returnees from championship squad". canpl.ca. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

[departures-2] "Forge FC brings back David Edgar, drops 3 members of title-winning squad". canpl.ca. CPL. Retrieved January 8, 2020.

[3] "Canadian Premier League postpones start of 2020- season due to COVID-19". CTV News. The Canadian Press.

[4] "CPL off-season roster tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2020?". Canadian Premier League. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2019-12-11.

[5] "Forge FC add Canadian goalkeeper Monsalve". Forge FC. 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.

[6] "Forge FC inks promising Belgian attacker Paolo Sabak". Forge FC. 2020-04-23. Retrieved 2020-04-23.

[7] "Forge FC sign Canadian International defender Tissot". Forge FC. 2020-07-22. Retrieved 2020-07-22.

[trio-8] "Forge FC sign trio of Canadians". Forge FC. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-07-31.

[9] "Forge FC sign Canadian forward Babouli". Forge FC. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2020-08-04.

[10] "Borges Transferred to OH Leuven". forgefc.canpl.ca. Forge FC. January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

[11] Jaques, John (July 30, 2020). "Giuliano Frano Has Left Forge FC". Northern Tribune. Retrieved July 30, 2020.

[12] "Monsalve transferred to Xelaju MC". Forge FC. 2020-07-31. Retrieved 2020-07-31.

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