Canada at the FIFA World Cup

The Canada men's national soccer team had played at the FIFA World Cup on one occasion, in 1986.[1][2][3][4] For most other editions of the World Cup, Canada has not succeeded in gaining one of the places reserved for the North American CONCACAF teams.

For the women's team, see Canada at the FIFA Women's World Cup.

FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
1930 Did not enter
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958 Did not qualify
1962 Did not enter
1966
1970 Did not qualify
1974
1978
1982
1986 Group stage 24th of 24 3 0 0 3 0 5
1990 Did not qualify
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018
2022 To be determined[lower-alpha 1]
2026
Total Group stage 1/21 3 0 0 3 0 5
  1. FIFA has yet to decide whether the 2026 tournament co-hosts will qualify automatically or not.[5]

1986 FIFA World Cup
Main article: 1986 FIFA World Cup

Canada squad

The Canadian squad was as follows.[6]

Head coach: Tony Waiters

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

Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 321091+85
 France 321051+45
 Hungary 310229−72
 Canada 300305−50
Canada 0–1 France
Report Papin  79'
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
Hungary 2–0 Canada
Esterházy  2'
Détári  75'		 Report
Attendance: 13,800
Soviet Union 2–0 Canada
Blokhin  58'
Zavarov  74'		 Report
Attendance: 14,200

References
  1. "Canada World Cup Record". FIFA.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  2. Molinaro, John F. (July 1, 2010). "Remembering Canada's '86 World Cup team". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  3. Doyle, Jamie; Molinaro, John; Sasha, Kalra. "One and Only: Remembering Canada's lone World Cup appearance". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  4. Yannis, Alex (April 5, 1986). "Soccer; Canadians and M.I.S.L. at Odds for Cup". nytimes.com. Retrieved July 3, 2014.
  5. "Canada wins vote to co-host 2026 FIFA World Cup with U.S. and Mexico - Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  6. "1986 Canada World Cup Squad". FIFA.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
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