2014 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season explained

Competition:Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Season:2014
Winners:CS Longueuil
Shield:FC Gatineau
Shieldtitle:Cup champions
Matches:60
Total Goals:229
League Topscorer:Frederico Moojen (15)
(FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière)
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 PLSQ season was the third season of existence for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer league and the highest level of soccer fully contained within the province of Québec. It is below Major League Soccer and the North American Soccer League in the Canadian soccer league system, and on the same level as League1 Ontario.

CS Mont-Royal Outremont were the defending league and league cup champions from 2013.

CS Longueuil won the league championship this season, while FC Gatineau won the League cup.

Teams

The 2014 season was contested between six teams - four teams returning from the previous season, with CS Longueuil and ACP Montréal-Nord joining the league while FC Boisbriand, FC Brossard, and the inaugural champion FC St-Léonard did not return. FC L'Assomption became known as FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière.

TeamCityStadiumFoundedHead Coach
AS BlainvilleBlainville, LaurentidesStade du Parc Blainvillealign=center 2012 Jean-Pierre Ceriani
FC GatineauGatineau, OutaouaisTerrain Mont Bleualign=center 2013 Josy Madelonet
FC L'Assomption-LanaudièreL'Assomption, LanaudièreStade André-Courcellesalign=center 2012 Marco Torrens
CS LongueuilLongueuil, MontérégieCentre Multi Sportalign=center 2014 Mathieu Rufié
ACP Montréal-NordMontréal-Nord, MontréalParc Saint-Laurentalign=center 2014 Harry Makdessian
CS Mont-Royal OutremontMont-Royal, MontréalREC Mont-Royalalign=center 2013 Luc Brutus

Season standings

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Frederico MoojenFC L'Assomption-Lanaudière15
2Wassym AmaraCS Mont-Royal Outremont14
3Dex KanikiCS Longueuil13
4Maxime DaigleFC Gatineau8
Pascal AounCS Mont-Royal Outremont

Awards

AwardPlayer (club)Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player)Horace Patient Sobze Zemo (FC Gatineau)[1]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)Nicolas Bertrand (AS Blainville)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)Gabard Fénélon (FC St-Léonard)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)Frederico Moojen (FC L’Assomption-Lanaudière)
Coach of the YearMathieu Rufié (CS Longueuil)

Cup

CS Mont-Royal Outremont (as 2013's champion) and AS Blainville (by random draw) received byes through to the semi-finals.[2]

First round


Semifinals


Final

Inter-Provincial Cup Championship

The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was announced on October 14, 2014[3] as a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première ligue de soccer du Québec - the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.

Toronto FC Academy won 4-0 on aggregate

Notes and References

  1. Web site: PLSQ Guide de Press 2018. PLSQ Press Guide 2018. April 2018. PLSQ. fr.
  2. Web site: Coupe PLSQ. September 11, 2014. RDS.
  3. Web site: OSA and QSF announce Division 3 Inter-Provincial Cup final. Ontario Soccer Association. 14 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141019233252/http://www.ontariosoccer.ca/OSABlog/index.php/archives/10958. 2014-10-19. dead.