CSL Golden Boot

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 nine countries, other than Canada, have won the Golden Boot including Croatia (Tihomir Maletic, 2010, Dražen Vuković, 2012, Marin Vučemilović-Grgić 2014), 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), and France (Guillaume Surot, 2014). The club with the most top goalscorers is the Toronto/Mississauga Olympians with four wins followed by London City, and the Trois-Rivières Attak with two.

Winners

Season	Player	Team	Goals
1998	Gus Kouzmanis	Toronto Olympians	33
1999	Eddy Berdusco	Toronto Olympians	24
2000	Gus Kouzmanis	Toronto Olympians	12
2001	Kevin Nelson	Ottawa Wizards	23
2002	Darren Tilley	Mississauga Olympians	20
2003	Carlo Arghittu	St. Catharines Wolves	18
2004	Paul Munster	London City	25
2005	Aaron Byrd	Windsor Border Stars	17
2006	Gabriel Pop	Serbian White Eagles	27
2007	Nicolas Lesage	Trois-Rivières Attak	20
2008	Daniel Nascimento	Brampton Lions	18
2009	Reda Agourram	Trois-Rivieres Attak	13
2010	Tihomir Maletic	Toronto Croatia	17
2011	Stefan Vukovic	TFC Academy	18
2012	Drazen Vukovic	SC Waterloo	20
2013	Guillaume Surot	Kingston FC	28
2014	Marin Vučemilović-Grgić	London City	20
2015	Richard West	York Region Shooters	23
2016	Sergiy Ivliev	FC Ukraine United	15
2017	Aleksandar Stojiljković	Scarborough SC	17
2018	Sani Dey[3]	Hamilton City SC	13
2019	Mykola Temniuk	FC Vorkuta	18

Awards won by club

Rank	Club	Total
1	Toronto/Mississauga Olympians	4
2	London City	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	Scarborough SC	1
3	Serbian White Eagles	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		22

Awards won by nationality

Rank	Country	Total
1	Canada	8
2	Croatia	3
3	Ukraine	2
4	England	1
4	France	1
4	Ghana	1
4	Jamaica	1
4	Northern Ireland	1
4	Romania	1
4	Serbia	1
4	Trinidad and Tobago	1
4	United States	1
Total		22

See also

Canadian Soccer League MVP Award

References

1. "CPSL Awards Night". Canada Kicks. 1998-12-18. Archived from the original on July 9, 2015. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
2. RUMLESKI, Kathy. "LFP Sports: Croatia bags Primus Cup by upsetting Olympians". www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com. Retrieved 2017-01-25.
3. Baako, Gottlieb. "Sani Dey wins goal king in Canada |". www.ahomkafm.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2018-09-26.