# 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 was awarded in 1998 when the Canadian National Soccer League merged with the stillborn Ontario Professional Soccer League to form the Canadian Professional Soccer League. The highest ranked CSL Golden Boot goalscorer is Gus Kouzmanis with 33 goals during the league's inaugural season. Kouzmanis and Serhiy Ivlyev have won the award the most times (2) with Kouzmanis in the 1998, and 2000 seasons and Ivlyev in the 2016 and 2023 seasons. 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 (Serhiy Ivlyev, 2016, 2023, Mykola Temnyuk 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), 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, Serbian White Eagles, and 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 | Dražen Vuković | SC Waterloo | 20 |
| 2013 | Guillaume Surot | Kingston FC | 28 |
| 2014 | Marin Vučemilović-Grgić | London City | 20 |
| 2015 | Richard West | York Region Shooters | 23 |
| 2016 | Serhiy Ivlyev | FC Ukraine United | 15 |
| 2017 | Aleksandar Stojiljković | Scarborough SC | 17 |
| 2018 | Sani Dey | Hamilton City SC | 13 |
| 2019 | Mykola Temnyuk | FC Vorkuta | 18 |
| 2020 | Moussa Limane | Scarborough SC | 7 |
| 2021 | Wabila Wallace | Atletico Sporting Toronto | 7 |
| 2022 | Vladimir Strizović | Serbian White Eagles | 8 |
| 2023 | Serhiy Ivlyev | Dynamo Toronto | 13 |
| 2024 | Nikola Timotijević | Serbian White Eagles | 13 |

### Awards won by club

| Rank | Club | Total |
| 1 | Toronto/Mississauga Olympians | 4 |
| 2 | Serbian White Eagles | 3 |
| 2 | London City | 2 |
| 2 | Scarborough SC | 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 | Total | 25 |

### Awards won by nationality

| Rank | Country | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 8 |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 1 |
| 4 | England | 1 |
| 4 | France | 1 |
| 4 | Ghana | 1 |
| 4 | Jamaica | 1 |
| 4 | Northern Ireland | 1 |
| 4 | Romania | 1 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
| 4 | United States | 1 |
| Total | Total | 26 |