The Canadian Soccer League Golden Boot is an annual Canadian soccer award given to the top goalscorer for each season in the Canadian Soccer League. The Golden Boot has been awarded since 1998 when the league debuted as the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The highest ranked CSL Golden Boot goalscorer is Gus Kouzmanis with 33 goals during the league's inaugural season.[1] Kouzmanis has also won the award the most times (2) during the 1998, and 2000 seasons.[2] Players from twelve countries, other than Canada, have won the Golden Boot including Croatia (Tihomir Maletic, 2010, Dražen Vuković, 2012, Marin Vučemilović-Grgić 2014), Serbia (Aleksandar Stojiljković, 2017, Vladimir Strizovic, 2022), Ukraine (Sergiy Ivliev, 2016, Mykola Temniuk 2019), Trinidad and Tobago (Kevin Nelson, 2001), England (Darren Tilley, 2002), Jamaica (Richard West, 2015), Northern Ireland (Paul Munster, 2004), United States (Aaron Byrd, 2005), Romania (Gabriel Pop, 2006), France (Guillaume Surot, 2014),[3] Ghana (Sani Dey, 2018), and Central African Republic (Moussa Limane, 2020) The club with the most top goalscorers is the Toronto/Mississauga Olympians with four wins followed by London City, Scarborough SC, and Trois-Rivières Attak with two.

Winners

Season Player Team Goals Ref(s)
1998 Canada Gus Kouzmanis Toronto Olympians 33
1999 Canada Eddy Berdusco Toronto Olympians 24
2000 Canada Gus Kouzmanis Toronto Olympians 12
2001 Trinidad and Tobago Kevin Nelson Ottawa Wizards 23 [4]
2002 England Darren Tilley Mississauga Olympians 20 [5]
2003 Canada Carlo Arghittu St. Catharines Wolves 18 [6]
2004 Northern Ireland Paul Munster London City 25 [7]
2005 United States Aaron Byrd Windsor Border Stars 17 [8]
2006 Romania Gabriel Pop Serbian White Eagles 27 [9][10]
2007 Canada Nicolas Lesage Trois-Rivières Attak 20 [9]
2008 Canada Daniel Nascimento Brampton Lions 18 [11]
2009 Canada Reda Agourram Trois-Rivieres Attak 13 [12]
2010 Croatia Tihomir Maletic Toronto Croatia 17 [13]
2011 Canada Stefan Vukovic TFC Academy 18
2012 Croatia Dražen Vuković SC Waterloo 20 [14]
2013 France Guillaume Surot Kingston FC 28 [15]
2014 Croatia Marin Vučemilović-Grgić London City 20 [16]
2015 Jamaica Richard West York Region Shooters 23
2016 Ukraine Serhiy Ivlyev FC Ukraine United 15
2017 Serbia Aleksandar Stojiljković Scarborough SC 17
2018 Ghana Sani Dey[17] Hamilton City SC 13
2019 Ukraine Mykola Temniuk FC Vorkuta 18 [18]
2020 Central African Republic Moussa Limane Scarborough SC 7 [19]
2021 Wabila Wallace Atletico Sporting Toronto 7
2022 Serbia Vladimir Strizovic Serbian White Eagles 8
2023 Ukraine Serhiy Ivlyev Dynamo Toronto 14 [20]

Awards won by club

Rank Club Total
1
 Toronto/Mississauga Olympians
4
2
 London City
2
2
 Scarborough SC
2
2
 Serbian White Eagles
2
2
 Trois-Rivieres Attak
2
3
 Brampton United
1
3
 FC Ukraine United
1
3
 FC Vorkuta
1
3
 Hamilton City SC
1
3
 Kingston FC
1
3
 Ottawa Wizards
1
3
 SC Waterloo Region
1
3
 St. Catharines Wolves
1
3
 TFC Academy
1
3
 Toronto Croatia
1
3
 Windsor Border Stars
1
3
 York Region Shooters
1
Total 24

Awards won by nationality

Rank Country Total
1
 Canada Canada
8
2
 Croatia Croatia
3
3
 Serbia Serbia
2
3
 Ukraine Ukraine
2
4
 Central African Republic Central African Republic
1
4
 England England
1
4
 France France
1
4
 Ghana Ghana
1
4
 Jamaica Jamaica
1
4
 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
1
4
 Romania Romania
1
4
 Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
1
4
 United States United States
1
Total 24

See also

References

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