Canada at the FIFA World Cup

This is a record of Canada's results at the FIFA World Cup. Canada has appeared in the FIFA World Cup on one occasion, which was in 1986.[1][2][3][4]

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup
Qualification record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not participate
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 8 8
Chile 1962 Withdrew
England 1966 Did not enter
Mexico 1970 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 8 9
West Germany 1974 4 1 1 2 6 7
Argentina 1978 10 4 3 3 12 11
Spain 1982 9 2 6 1 10 9
Mexico 1986 Group stage 24th 3 0 0 3 0 5 8 5 3 0 11 4
Italy 1990 Did not qualify 2 1 0 1 3 3
United States 1994 14 6 4 4 22 20
France 1998 16 6 4 6 15 21
South Korea Japan 2002 8 2 3 3 2 8
Germany 2006 8 3 2 3 12 8
South Africa 2010 8 2 2 4 13 14
Brazil 2014 12 7 3 2 24 11
Russia 2018 6 4 2 0 11 1
Total Group stage 1/22 3 0 0 3 0 5

1986 FIFA World Cup

Canada Canada Squad

[5]

Head coach: Tony Waiters

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Tino Lettieri (1957-09-27)27 September 1957 (aged 28) United States Minnesota Strikers
2 2DF Bob Lenarduzzi (1955-05-01)1 May 1955 (aged 31) United States Tacoma Stars
3 2DF Bruce Wilson (c) (1951-06-20)20 June 1951 (aged 34) no club
4 3MF Randy Ragan (1959-06-07)7 June 1959 (aged 26) no club
5 2DF Terry Moore (1958-06-02)2 June 1958 (aged 27) Northern Ireland Glentoran
6 2DF Ian Bridge (1959-09-18)18 September 1959 (aged 26) Switzerland La Chaux-de-Fonds
7 4FW Carl Valentine (1958-07-04)4 July 1958 (aged 27) United States Cleveland Force
8 3MF Gerry Gray (1961-01-20)20 January 1961 (aged 25) United States Chicago Sting
9 4FW Branko Segota (1961-06-08)8 June 1961 (aged 24) United States San Diego Sockers
10 4FW Igor Vrablic (1965-07-19)19 July 1965 (aged 20) Belgium Seraing
11 3MF Mike Sweeney (1959-12-25)25 December 1959 (aged 26) United States Cleveland Force
12 2DF Randy Samuel (1963-12-23)23 December 1963 (aged 22) Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
13 3MF George Pakos (1952-08-14)14 August 1952 (aged 33) Canada Victoria Athletic Association
14 4FW Dale Mitchell (1958-04-21)21 April 1958 (aged 28) United States Tacoma Stars
15 3MF Paul James (1963-11-11)11 November 1963 (aged 22) Mexico CF Monterrey
16 3MF Greg Ion (1963-03-12)12 March 1963 (aged 23) United States Los Angeles Lazers
17 3MF David Norman (1962-05-06)6 May 1962 (aged 24) United States Tacoma Stars
18 3MF Jamie Lowery (1961-01-15)15 January 1961 (aged 25) no club
19 3MF Pasquale De Luca (1962-05-26)26 May 1962 (aged 24) United States Cleveland Force
20 2DF Colin Miller (1964-10-04)4 October 1964 (aged 21) Scotland Rangers
21 1GK Sven Habermann (1961-11-03)3 November 1961 (aged 24) no club
22 1GK Paul Dolan (1966-04-16)16 April 1966 (aged 20) Canada Edmonton Brickmen

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 321091+85
 France 321051+45
 Hungary 31022972
 Canada 30030550

1 June 1986
16:00 CST
Canada  0 1  France
Report Papin  79'
Estadio Nou Camp, León
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

6 June 1986
12:00 CST
Hungary  2 0  Canada
Esterházy  2'
Détári  75'
Report

9 June 1986
12:00 CST
Soviet Union  2 0  Canada
Blokhin  58'
Zavarov  74'
Report
Estadio Sergio León Chavez, Irapuato
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Idriss Traore (Mali)

References

  1. "Canada World Cup Record". FIFA.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. Molinaro, John F. (July 1, 2010). "Remembering Canada's '86 World Cup team". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved Jul 3, 2014.
  3. Doyle, Jamie; Molinaro, John; Sasha, Kalra. "One and Only: Remembering Canada's lone World Cup appearance". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved Jul 3, 2014.
  4. Yannis, Alex (April 5, 1986). "Soccer; Canadians and M.I.S.L. at Odds for Cup". nytimes.com. Retrieved Jul 3, 2014.
  5. "1986 Canada World Cup Squad". FIFA.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
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