Canadian soccer clubs in international competitions

This is a list of Canadian soccer clubs in international competitions. Canadian clubs have participated in competitive international soccer competitions since at least 1975 when the Serbian White Eagles entered the 1975 CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

No Canadian team has won any CONCACAF competition, but in 2015 and in 2018, CF Montréal (then the Montreal Impact) and Toronto FC, respectively, reached the finals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, losing both times. Toronto FC lost the 2018 edition of the Campeones Cup.

Qualification for CONCACAF competitions

Starting in 2023, at least three Canadian clubs qualify for each edition of the CONCACAF Champions Cup:[1]

Canadian MLS clubs can also qualify through Major League Soccer or Leagues Cup. If a CPL club were to win the league championship and the regular season, the CPL regular season runner-up would qualify in the second slot. If the Canadian Championship winner has qualified through any other method, then the runner-up would fill the slot; should the runner-up have already qualified, then the highest ranked semifinalist would earn the slot.[2]

Cups and finals

CONCACAF Champions Cup / Champions League

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up Ref.
CF Montréal 0 1 2015 [3]
Toronto FC 0 1 2018 [4]

Campeones Cup

Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Toronto FC 0 1 2018

Full international record

CONCACAF Champions Cup / Champions League

Year Team Starting round Progress
1975 Serbian White Eagles First round First round
1976 Serbian White Eagles Second round Second round[a]
Toronto Italia First round Third round[a]
1992 Vancouver 86ers First round First Round[a]
2008–09 Montreal Impact Preliminary round Quarter-finals
2009–10 Toronto FC Preliminary round Preliminary round
2010–11 Toronto FC Preliminary round 3rd in group stage
2011–12 Toronto FC Preliminary round Semi-finals
2012–13 Toronto FC Group stage 2nd in group stage
2013–14 Montreal Impact Group stage 2nd in group stage
2014–15 Montreal Impact Group stage Runners-up
2015–16 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Group stage 3rd in group stage
2016–17 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Group stage Semi-finals
2018 Toronto FC Round of 16 Runners-up
2019 Toronto FC Round of 16 Round of 16
2020 Montreal Impact Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2021 Toronto FC Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2022 Forge FC Round of 16 Round of 16
CF Montréal Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2023 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Round of 16 Quarter-finals
2024 Cavalry FC Round one Round one
Forge FC Round one Round one
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Round one Round one
2025 Cavalry FC Round one
Forge FC Round one
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Round one
  1. ^ a b c Withdrew

CONCACAF W Champions Cup

Year Team Starting round Progress
2024–25 Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy Preliminary round Group stage

Leagues Cup

Year Team Progress
2020 Toronto FC Cancelled
2023 CF Montréal Group stage
Toronto FC Group stage
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Round of 32
2024 CF Montréal Round of 32
Toronto FC Round of 32
Vancouver Whitecaps FC Round of 32

CONCACAF League

Year Team Progress
2019 Forge FC Round of 16
2020 Forge FC Quarter-finals
(Lost in CCL play-in round)
2021 Forge FC Semi-finals
(Qualified for CCL)
2022 Pacific FC Round of 16

Campeones Cup

Year Team Score Opponents
2018 Toronto FC 1–3 Mexico UANL

North American Club Championship

Year Team Score Opponents
1990 Vancouver 86ers 3–2 United States Maryland Bays

Professional Cup

Year Team Progress
1992 Vancouver 86ers First round
Montreal Supra First round

Appearances in CONCACAF competitions

As of October 15, 2024[citation needed]

Men

Modern era (2008–present)
Club Total CCC CL First appearance Last appearance
Apps Pld W D L Win%
Cavalry FC 1 2 0 0 2 000.00 1 0 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
Forge FC 5 20 7 6 7 035.00 2 3 2019 CONCACAF League 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
CF Montréal[a] 5 32 13 9 10 040.63 5 0 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
Pacific FC 1 4 2 1 1 050.00 0 1 2022 CONCACAF League 2022 CONCACAF League
Toronto FC 7 40 16 11 13 040.00 7 0 2009–10 CONCACAF Champions League 2021 CONCACAF Champions League
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4 18 7 3 8 038.89 4 0 2015–16 CONCACAF Champions League 2024 CONCACAF Champions Cup
  1. ^ Includes both the records of the NASL/USL era club, and the current club
Historical era (1975–2008)
Club Total[a] CONCACAF Champions' Cup appearances
Apps Pld W D L Win%
Serbian White Eagles 2 2 0 1 1 000.00 1975, 1976
Toronto Italia 1 2 2 0 0 100.00 1976
Vancouver 86ers 1 0 0 0 0 ! 1992
  1. ^ Does not include results that were walkovers

Women

Appearances at the CONCACAF W Champions Cup
Club Total First appearance Last appearance
Apps Pld W D L Win%
Whitecaps FC Girls Elite Academy 1 5 2 0 3 040.00 2024–25 2024–25

See also

References

  1. ^ "Concacaf announces qualification criteria for Confederation's expanded Champions League starting in 2024". CONCACAF. June 30, 2022 [First published June 1, 2022]. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  2. ^ "2024 Concacaf Champions Cup Regulations" (PDF). Concacaf. October 25, 2023. pp. 14–19. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Champions League". Archived from the original on July 28, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  4. ^ "Game Detail". www.concacafchampionsleague.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.[permanent dead link]