2017 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season explained

Competition:Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Season:2017
Winners:AS Blainville
Shield:AS Blainville
Shieldtitle:Cup champions
Matches:63
Total Goals:203
League Topscorer:Pierre-Rudolph Mayard
(14 goals) (AS Blainville)
Biggest Home Win:5 goals:
Blainville 5–0 Gatineau
(2 September)
Biggest Away Win:8 goals:
St-Hubert 1–9 Blainville
(20 May)
Highest Scoring:10 goals:
St-Hubert 1–9 Blainville
(20 May)
Nextseason:2018

The 2017 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season is the sixth season of play for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.

CS Mont-Royal Outremont was the defending champion from 2016.

AS Blainville won the league championship this season.

Changes from 2016

For the third season running, the league will feature a total of seven teams. Dynamo de Québec & CS St-Hubert will begin their first season in the league,[1] while Lakeshore SC & Ottawa Fury FC Academy departed after the 2016 season.

Starting this year, the league champion was granted a place in the next year's Canadian Championship. As a result, the Inter-Provincial Cup was discontinued.[2]

Teams

The following seven teams will take part in the 2017 season:

TeamCityStadiumFoundedJoinedHead coach
Current teams
AS BlainvilleBlainville, LaurentidesBlainville Park19862012 Emmanuel Macagno
Dynamo de QuebecQuebec City, Capitale-NationaleESLE19912017 Edmond Foyé
FC GatineauGatineau, OutaouaisMont-Bleu Field20122013 Sylver Castagnet
FC LanaudièreTerrebonne, LanaudièreTerrebonne Sports Complex20162016 Andrew Olivieri
CS LongueuilLongueuil, MontérégieLaurier Park19702014 Anthony Rimasson
CS Mont-Royal OutremontMount Royal, MontréalTMR Recreation Centre?2013 Luc Brutus
CS St-HubertSaint-Hubert, MontérégieRosanne-Laflamme19802017 François Bourgeais

Standings

Each team played 18 matches as part of the season; three against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season and qualifies for the 2018 Canadian Championship.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
align=center 1 Pierre-Rudolph MayardAS Blainville14
align=center rowspan=1 2 Berlin Jean-GillesFC Lanaudière13
align=center rowspan=2 3 Dex KanikiCS Longueuilalign=center rowspan=2 11
Frederico MoojenCS Mont-Royal Outremont
align=center rowspan=1 5 Rida AboulhamidAS Blainville9
align=center rowspan=1 6 Mitchell SylaFC Lanaudière8
align=center rowspan=1 7 Charles-David MartelCS St-Hubert7
align=center 8 Nicolas BertrandAS Blainville6
align=center rowspan=1 9(Four players tied)align=center rowspan=1 5
Updated to matches played on 22 October 2017. Source: http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/l_stat.aspx

Top goalkeepers

RankPlayerClubMinutesGAA
align=center 1 Jean-Lou GosselinAS Blainville4500.60
align=center rowspan=1 2 Erwann OfouyaAS Blainville1170align=center rowspan=1 0.69
align=center rowspan=1 3 Nizar HouhouCS Mont-Royal Outremont720align=center rowspan=1 0.75
align=center 4 Valentin LamoulieCS Longueuil7090.76
align=center 5 Mario GergesDynamo de Québec12150.96
align=center 6 Gabard FénélonFC Lanaudière14401.31
align=center 7 Horace Sobze ZemoFC Gatineau12601.57
align=center 8 Francis MonongoCS Longueuil7311.60
align=center 9 Khalid IsmailCS Mont-Royal Outremont9002.10
align=center 10 Nicolas MilliCS St-Hubert10352.61
Updated to matches played on October 22, 2017. Minimum 450 minutes played. Source: http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/l_stat.aspx

Awards

AwardPlayer (club)Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player)Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville)[3] [4]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)Frederico Moojen (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)Berlin Jean-Gilles (FC Lanaudière)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville)
Coach of the YearEmmanuel Macagno (AS Blainville)

Cup

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all seven teams from the league take part, and is unrelated to the season standings. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is a competition running in parallel to the regular season (similar to the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup), albeit only for PLSQ teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.

The 2017 PLSQ Cup maintained the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final.[5] As defending champion, AS Blainville were granted a bye for the first round.[6]

First round



Semifinals


Final

Reserve Division

The league operated a reserve division.

Awards

AwardPlayer (club)Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player)Laurent Palacio Tellier (CS Longueuil Reserves)
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)Nacereddine Zenaini (FC Lanaudière Reserves)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)Wassim Chaouki (Dynamo de Québec Reserves)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)Ekoe Wobuibe Dekpo (CS Longueuil Reserves)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CS St-Hubert Jouera en PLSQ Cette Saison. CS St-Hubert To Play PLSQ This Season. fr. PLSQ. 27 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150434/http://www.plsq.ca/fr/news/le-cs-st-hubert-jouera-en-plsq-cette-saison. 27 February 2017. dead.
  2. Web site: Canada Soccer Announces Inclusion Of League1 And PLSQ Champions In 2018 Canadian Championship. League1 Ontario. 12 March 2017.
  3. Web site: PLSQ Guide de Press 2018. PLSQ Press Guide 2018. April 2018. PLSQ. fr.
  4. Web site: Tapis Rogue 2017: Mayard Refle Tout!. 2017 Red Carpet: Mayard Scores it all!. November 5, 2017. PLSQ. fr.
  5. Web site: Coupe PLSQ. PLSQ Cup. fr. PLSQ. 20 March 2017.
  6. Web site: PLSQ 2017: new and several steps forward. Capitaine Soccer. 20 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083748/https://capitainesoccer.net/2017/03/16/plsq-2017-du-neuf-et-plusieurs-pas-en-avant/. 21 March 2017. dead.