List of HFX Wanderers FC records and statistics explained

This is a record of seasons played by HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) and other soccer competitions, from Halifax's inaugural CPL campaign in 2019 to the present day. It also includes club and individual honours and records for the team.

Key

Key to competitions

• Canadian Premier League (CPL) – The top-flight of soccer in Canada, established in 2019.
• Canadian Championship (CC) – The premier knockout cup competition in Canadian soccer, first contested in 2008.
• CONCACAF Champions Cup (CCC) – The premier competition in North American soccer since 1962. It went by the name of Champions' Cup until 2008 and the Champions League until 2024.

Key to colors and symbols:

style=background:gold	1st or W	Champions/Winners
style=background:silver	2nd or RU	Runners-up
style=background:#FFCCCC	Last	Wooden Spoon
style=background:#FAECC8;"	♦	CPL Golden Boot
	Highest average attendance

Key to league record

• Season = The year and article of the season
• Div = Level on pyramid
• League = League name
• Pld = Played
• W = Games won
• L = Games lost
• D = Games drawn
• GF = Goals scored
• GA = Goals against
• Pts = Points
• PPG = Points per game
• Pos. = League position

Key to cup record

• DNE = Did not enter
• DNQ = Did not qualify
• NH = Competition not held or canceled
• QR = Qualifying round
• PR = Preliminary round
• GS = Group stage
• R1 = First round
• R2 = Second round
• R3 = Third round
• R4 = Fourth round
• R5 = Fifth round
• QF = Quarterfinals
• SF = Semifinals
• RU = Runners-up
• W = Winners

Overview

Season	League												Playoffs	CC	Continental	Average attendance	Top goalscorer(s)
	Div	League	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	PPG	Pos.					Name	Goals
2019^[1]	1	CPL	28	6	10	12	21	35	–14	28	1.00	style=background:#FFCCCC	7th	DNQ	R3	Ineligible	6,601	Akeem Garcia	7
2020		CPL	10	4	4	2	15	14	+1	16	1.60		bgcolor=silver	RU	DNQ	DNQ	N/A	Akeem Garcia	style=background:#FAECC8;"	6
2021		CPL	28	8	11	9	28	34	–6	35	1.25	6th	DNQ	QF			João Morelli	15
2022		CPL	28	8	5	15	24	38	–14	29	1.04	7th	DNQ	QF	5,825		Samuel Salter	12
2023		CPL	28	11	9	8	39	32	+7	42	1.5	3rd	R1	PR	5,854		Massimo Ferrin	9

1. Average attendance include statistics from league matches only.
2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in league season, league playoffs, Canadian Championship, CONCACAF League, and other competitive continental matches.

Year-by-year statistics

		Canadian Premier League									CPL Playoffs									Canadian Championship									Continental
Year		P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD		P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD		P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD		P	W	D	L	Pts	GF	GA	GD
2019^[2]		28	6	10	12	28	21	35			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	3	1	2	10	11	9	+2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020		10	4	4	2	16	15	14			1	0	0	1	0	0	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021		28	8	11	9	35	28	34	-6		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	1	3	3	4	-1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022		28	8	5	15	29	24	38	-14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	0	1	3	3	2	+1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023		28	11	9	8	42	39	32	+7		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	-1		1	0	0	1	0	1	3	-2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024
Totals		38	10	14	14	44	36	49	–13		1	0	0	1	0	0	2	–2		6	3	1	2	10	11	9	+2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Individual honours

• Golden Boot

Akeem Garcia (2020)

• Coach of the Year: Stephen Hart (2020)
• U21 Player of the Year nomination: Chrisnovic N'sa (2020)
• Goalkeeper of the Year nomination: Christian Oxner (2020)
• Golden Boot

João Morelli (2021)

• CPL Player of the Year: João Morelli (2021)
• Coach of the Year nomination: Patrice Gheisar (2023)
• Defender of the Year nomination: Daniel Nimick (2023)
• CPL Player of the Year nomination: Lorenzo Callegari (2023)

Wins

• Record win (all major competitions):
  • 0-4 vs Vancouver FC, 23 June 2024
• Record Canadian Premier League (CPL) win:
  • 0-4 vs Vancouver FC, 23 June 2024
• Record Canadian Championship win:
  • 2-0 vs Valour FC, 12 June 2019
  • 2-0 vs Guelph United F.C., 10 May 2022
• Record home win (CPL):
  • 3-0 vs Vancouver FC, 12 August 2023
  • 3-0 vs Valour FC, 26 August 2023
• Record home win (Canadian Championship):
  • 2-1 vs Valour FC, 5 June 2019
  • 2-1 vs A.S. Blainville, 17 August 2021
• Record away win (CPL):
  • 0-4 vs Vancouver FC, 23 June 2024
• Record away win (Canadian Championship):
  • 0-2 vs Valour FC, 12 June 2019
  • 0-2 vs Guelph United F.C., 10 May 2022

Losses and draws

• Record defeat (all major competitions):
  • 0-5 vs Pacific FC, 15 September 2020
• Record CPL defeat:
  • 0-5 vs Pacific FC, 15 September 2020
• Record Canadian Championship defeat:
  • 1-3 vs CF Montréal, 22 September 2021
  • 1-3 vs Atlético Ottawa, 19 April 2023
• Record home defeat (CPL):
  • 0-4 vs Forge FC, 20 May 2022
• Record home defeat (Canadian Championship):
  • 1-3 vs CF Montréal, 22 September 2021
• Record away defeat (CPL):
  • 2-6 vs York9, 27 July 2019
• Record away defeat (Canadian Championship):
  • 1-3 vs Atlético Ottawa, 19 April 2023
• Highest scoring draw (all major competitions):
  • 3-3 vs York United, 6 September 2021

Attack

• Most goals scored in a CPL match:
  • 4 vs Vancouver FC, 23 June 2024
• Most goals scored in a Canadian Championship match:
  • 3 vs Vaughan Azzurri, 15 May 2019^[3]
• Most goals scored in a Continental match: N/A

Defence

• Most goals conceded in a match (all major competitions):
  • 6 to York9, 27 July 2019
• Most goals conceded in a CPL match:
  • 6 to York9, 27 July 2019
• Most goals condeded in a Canadian Championship match:
  • 3 to Ottawa Fury FC, 10 July 2019
  • 3 to CF Montréal, 22 September 2021
  • 3 to Atlético Ottawa, 19 April 2023
• Most goals conceded in a Continental match: N/A
• Most goals conceded in a home match (all major competitions):
  • 4 to Forge FC, 20 May 2022
  • 4 to York United, 1 August 2022
• Most goals conceded in a CPL match at home:
  • 4 to Forge FC, 20 May 2022
  • 4 to York United, 1 August 2022
• Most goals conceded in a Canadian Championship match at home:
  • 3 to Ottawa Fury FC, 10 July 2019
  • 3 to CF Montréal, 22 September 2021
• Most goals conceded in an away match (all major competitions):
  • 6 to York9, 27 July 2019
• Most goals conceded in a CPL away match:
  • 6 to York9, 27 July 2019
• Most goals conceded in a Canadian Championship away match:
  • 3 to Atlético Ottawa, 19 April 2023
• Most clean sheets in a CPL season: 9, in the 2022 season

Firsts (all competitions)

• First player signed: 29 November 2018 ( Zachary Sukunda) ^[4]
• First club captain: Jan-Michael Williams^[5]
• First competitive match: 28 April 2019 (0-1 loss at Pacific FC in CPL)^[6]
• First competitive win: 4 May 2019 (2-1 win vs Forge FC) in CPL)
• First competitive clean sheet: 12 June 2019 (2-0 win vs Valour FC in Canadian Championship by Jan-Michael Williams)
• First competitive goal: 4 May 2019 by Akeem Garcia in the 30th minute vs Forge FC in CPL^[7]
• First competitive brace: João Morelli against FC Edmonton, 26 August 2020
• First competitive hat-trick: none yet

Sequences

• Longest winning streak (all major competitions): 3 wins, 1–19 June 2019
• Longest winning streak (CPL): 2 wins (four different times)
• Longest losing streak (all major competitions): 6 losses, 10–31 July 2019
• Longest losing streak (CPL): 5 losses, 13–31 July 2019
• Longest unbeaten run (all major competitions): 10 matches, 22 August 2021 to 3 October 2021
• Longest unbeaten run (CPL): 10 matches, 22 August 2021 to 3 October 2021
• Longest unbeaten run at home (all major competitions): 7 matches, 5 August 2019 to 9 October 2019
• Longest unbeaten away run (all major competitions): 7 matches, 22 August 2021 to 17 October 2021
• Longest drawing streak (all major competitions): 6 draws, 2 September 2019 to 2 October 2019
• Longest drawing streak (CPL): 6 draws, 2 September 2019 to 2 October 2019
• Longest streak without a win (all major competitions): 13 matches, 16 September 2022 to 3 June 2023
• Longest streak without a win (CPL, over two seasons): 12 matches, 16 September 2022 to 3 June 2023
• Longest streak without a win (CPL, one season): 10 matches, 10 August 2019 to 9 October 2019
• Longest scoring run (all major competitions):
  • 11 matches, 9 October 2019 to 12 September 2020
  • 11 matches, 24 July 2021 to 11 September 2021
• Longest non-scoring run (all major competitions):
  • 5 matches, 15 September 2020 to 3 July 2021
• Most clean sheets in a row (all major competitions):
  • 3 matches, 11–23 October 2021 (Christian Oxner and Kieran Baskett)
  • 3 matches, 5–16 September 2022 (Kieran Baskett)
• Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal (all major competitions):
  • 314 minutes, 6–26 October 2021 (224 minutes by Kieran Baskett and 90 minutes by Christian Oxner)

Attendance at Wanderer Grounds

• Highest reported attendance (all major competitions):
  • 6500 vs Toronto FC, 24 May 2022
  • 6500 vs Atlético Ottawa, 30 June 2022
• Highest reported attendance (CPL): 6500 vs Atlético Ottawa, 30 June 2022
• Highest reported attendance (Canadian Championship): 6500 vs Toronto FC, 24 May 2022
• Lowest reported attendance (all major competitions):
  • 3446 (attendance limited by provincial pandemic restrictions) vs York United, 6 September 2021
  • 3854 (when not limited by any restrictions) vs Valour FC, 6 May 2019
• Lowest reported attendance (CPL):
  • 3446 (attendance limited by provincial pandemic restrictions) vs York United, 6 September 2021
  • 4332 (when not limited by any pandemic restrictions) vs Pacific FC, 27 September 2022
• Lowest reported attendance (Canadian Championship):
  • 3780 (attendance limited by provincial pandemic restrictions) vs A.S. Blainville, 17 August 2021
  • 3854 (when not limited by any restrictions) vs Valour FC, 6 May 2019

International caps

This is a list of players who have gained full international caps during their time with Halifax Wanderers FC.

Player	Nation	Caps	Goals
Andre Rampersad	align-"left"		5	1
Jems Geffrard	align-"left"		3	0
		2	0
		2	0
Alex Marshall		2	0

Individual records

Appearances

• Youngest player – Adisa De Rosario, 17 years 11 months 13 days (vs. Forge FC, CPL, October 9, 2022) ^[7]
• Oldest player – Jan-Michael Williams, 34 years 11 months 10 days (at Cavalry FC, CPL, October 5, 2019) ^[8]

width=1%	Rank	width=16%	Name	width=10%	Career	width=10%	League	width=8%	Finals	width=10%	Canadian Championship	width=10%	Continental	width=10%	Total
1	Andre Rampersad	2019–	117	4	11	0	132
2	Akeem Garcia	2019–2022	66	3	8	0	77
3	Peter Schaale	2019–2022	64	3	8	0	75
4	Aidan Daniels	2022–	64	1	4	0	69
5	Zachary Fernandez	2022–	62	1	4	0	67
6	Christian Oxner	2019–2022	58	3	5	0	66
7	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	2021–2022; 2024–	59	0	4	0	63
8	Alex Marshall	2020–2022	47	4	2	0	53
9	Cory Bent	2020–2022	44	3	3	0	50
	Samuel Salter	2021–2022	47	0	3	0	50

Bold indicates player still active with club.

Goals

• Most goals in a season – João Morelli, 14 in 2021^[9]
• Most goals in a match –
  • João Morelli, 2 v FC Edmonton, Canadian Premier League, August 26, 2020) ^[10]
  • Daniel Nimick, 2 v Vancouver FC, Canadian Premier League, June 23, 2024) ^[11]
  • Ryan Telfer, 2 v Vancouver FC, Canadian Premier League, June 23, 2024) ^[12]
• Fastest goal in a match – Tomasz Skublak, 2nd minute (at Vaughan Azzurri, Canadian Championship, May 15, 2019) ^[13]
• Youngest goalscorer – Tiago Coimbra, 19 years 5 months 0 days (v Cavalry FC, Canadian Premier League, June 17, 2023) ^[14]
• Oldest goalscorer – Luis Alberto Perea, 33 years 1 month 6 days (v Pacific FC, Canadian Premier League, October 9, 2019) ^[15]

width=1%	Rank	width=16%	Name	width=10%	Career	width=10%	League	width=8%	Finals	width=10%	Canadian Championship	width=10%	Continental	width=10%	Total
1	João Morelli	2020–2023	22	1	1	0	24
2	Akeem Garcia	2019–2022	17	2	2	0	21
3	Samuel Salter	2021–2022	14	0	1	0	15
4	Daniel Nimick	2023–	13	0	1	0	14
5	Massimo Ferrin	2023–	10	0	1	0	11
6	Tiago Coimbra	2023–	6	0	0	0	6
7	Cory Bent	2020–2022	3	0	2	0	5
	Aidan Daniels	2022–	4	0	1	0	5
	Luis Alberto Perea	2019	3	0	2	0	5
	Ryan Telfer	2024–	4	0	1	0	5

Bold indicates player still active with club.

Assists

• Most assists in a season – Lorenzo Callegari, 6 in 2023

width=1%	Rank	width=16%	Name	width=10%	Career	width=10%	League	width=8%	Finals	width=10%	Canadian Championship	width=10%	Continental	width=10%	Total
1	Lorenzo Callegari	2023–	6	0	0	0	6
	Zachary Fernandez	2022–	6	0	0	0	6
	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	2021–2022 2024–	5	0	1	0	6
	Daniel Nimick	2023–	6	0	0	0	6
	Andre Rampersad	2019–	6	0	0	0	6
6	Aidan Daniels	2022–	5	0	0	0	5
	Wesley Timoteo	2022–	5	0	0	0	5
8	Massimo Ferrin	2023–	4	0	0	0	4
	Mohamed Kourouma	2019	3	0	1	0	4
10	Cory Bent	2020–2022	3	0	0	0	3
	Morey Doner	2021	3	0	0	0	3
	Kodai Iida	2019	2	0	1	0	3
	Alex Marshall	2020–2022	3	0	0	0	3
	Peter Schaale	2019–2022	2	0	1	0	3

Bold indicates player still active with club.

Clean sheets

• Most clean sheets in a season – Yann Fillion, 7 in 2023
• Youngest keeper to record a clean sheet – Kieran Baskett, 19 years 11 months 22 days (vs. York United FC, CPL, September 18, 2021) ^[16]
• Oldest keeper to record a clean sheet – Jan-Michael Williams, 34 years 8 months 11 days (vs. York 9 FC, CPL, July 6, 2019) ^[17]

width=1%	Rank	width=16%	Name	width=10%	Career	width=10%	League	width=8%	Finals	width=10%	Canadian Championship	width=10%	Continental	width=10%	Total
1	Christian Oxner	2019–2022	17	0	1	0	18
2	Yann Fillion	2023–	10	0	0	0	10
3	Kieran Baskett	2021–2022	9	0	0	0	9
4	Jan-Michael Williams	2019	2	0	1	0	3

Notes and References

1. Web site: HFX Wanderers FC: 2019 season in review. canpl.ca. Jonathan Briggins. December 24, 2019.
2. Web site: HFX Wanderers FC: 2019 season in review. canpl.ca. Jonathan Briggins. December 24, 2019.
3. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 16, 2019.
4. Web site: HFX Wanderers Announce First Official Player Signing. Global News. Graeme Benjamin. December 16, 2019.
5. Web site: Our Wanderers Captains. Twitter. HFX Wanderers FC. December 24, 2019.
6. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 16, 2019.
7. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 24, 2019.
8. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 24, 2019.
9. Web site: Statistics. November 23, 2021.
10. Web site: Wanderers show attacking form in 3-1 victory over Edmonton. Jonathan Briggins. September 2, 2020.
11. Web site: Match Stats. CPL. June 23, 2024.
12. Web site: Match Stats. CPL. June 23, 2024.
13. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 24, 2019.
14. Web site: Wanderers Daniels and Coimbra named to CPL Team of the Week. June 19, 2023. Canadian Premier League.
15. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 24, 2019.
16. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 24, 2019.
17. Web site: Canadian Premier League Schedule. canpl.ca. CanPL. December 24, 2019.