Soccer
Host of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, more than four FIFA World Cup championships, many CONCACAF Gold Cup games, candidate city for the FIFA 2026 World Cup and home of the Club de foot Montréal, a professional MLS soccer team, Montréal is a leading international soccer destination that has it all.
We have done it before
Montréal has hosted the following signature soccer events:
- 1987 FIFA World Championships U-17
- 2007 FIFA World Cup U-20
- 2009 Impact vs Santos Laguna (Mexico), Champions League, CONCACAF
- 2010 Impact vs AC Milan, exhibition match
- 2010 CONCACAF Gold Cup - Canada vs Honduras
- 2012 Impact vs Olympique Lyonnais, exhibition match
- 2014 FIFA Women’s World Cup U-20
- 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup
- 2016 Impact vs AS Roma, exhibition match
- 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup - Canada vs. Curaçao
- Real Madrid, Chelsea and Paris St-Germain training camps
The beautiful game is alive and kicking in Montréal
Montréal’s cutting-edge soccer venues
The Olympic Stadium
One of the most popular Olympic facilities in the world, the stadium is home to the most modern multisport high-performance centre in Québec and Canada and has a FIFA-certified soccer field with more than 56,000 seats. It is also fully equipped for TV production and boasts leadingedge hospitality suites and services. The Olympic Stadium is also the second home of the Montréal Impact and is often used for soccer games and large-scale events such as the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Saputo Stadium (MLS)
An MLS-certified soccer field built in 2013 that seats up to 20,000 spectators, this stunning stadium boasts natural turf and beautiful corporate suites, and is a gem in Canada’s stadiums inventory. It is the primary home of the Montréal Impact, an MLS team, and hosts most of team’s regular season and exhibition games.
FIFA-certified field city-wide
Montréal has numerous soccer fields that meet the requirements and standards of Soccer Canada, FIFA and other soccer event rights holders, including the Montréal Soccer Center (1 outdoor, 1 indoor), Claude-Robillard Sports Complex (2 outdoor and a 10,000-seat capacity), Centre Nutrilait, the Montréal Impact’s training center (4 outdoor), Marcel Laurin Sports Complex (2 outdoor, 1 indoor) and more than 90 community-based soccer fields.
Montréal's ecosystem is real and vibrant
- Soccer sport federation is based in the region of Montréal
- We have thousands of volunteers ready to contribute
- Key soccer suppliers are based in the Montréal area
- Experienced FIFA event organizers are based in Montréal
- Sports Events Montréal, the City of Montréal and sport organizations work as one to support major sporting events
- Given its strong relationship with public funding partners, the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal and private corporations, Montréal knows how to secure public and commercial funding to support your events