Club: | Halifax Wanderers |
Season: | 2023 |
Stadium: | Wanderers Grounds |
Chrtitle: | President |
Chairman: | Derek Martin |
Mgrtitle: | Head coach |
Manager: | Patrice Gheisar |
League: | Canadian Premier League |
Cup1: | Canadian Championship |
Cup1 Result: | First round |
League Topscorer: | Massimo Ferrin (8) |
Season Topscorer: | Massimo Ferrin (9) |
Largest Win: | 3-0 vs. Vancouver, 12 August |
Largest Loss: | 0-3 vs. York United, 20 May |
Highest Attendance: | 6,413 |
Lowest Attendance: | 4,907 |
Average Attendance: | 5,854 |
Prevseason: | 2022 |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
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The 2023 HFX Wanderers FC season was the fifth season in the history of HFX Wanderers FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.
This was the club's first season led by Patrice Gheisar, who was announced as the club's new head coach on November 30, 2022.[1] After finishing the season in third place, the Wanderers qualified to host their first home playoff game at the Wanderers Grounds in club history, which they lost 0-1 to Pacific FC on October 14, 2023.[2]
No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||
1 | Yann-Alexandre Fillion | GK | December 31, 2023 | IFK Mariehamn | ||
66 | Aiden Rushenas | GK | December 31, 2023 | Dalhousie Tigers | ||
Defenders | ||||||
2 | Daniel Nimick | CB | December 31, 2023 | Western Michigan Broncos | ||
3 | Zachary Fernandez | RB | December 31, 2023 | A.S. Blainville | ||
4 | Cristian Campagna | CB | December 31, 2023 | Whitecaps FC 2 | ||
5 | Cale Loughrey | CB | December 31, 2023 | FC Edmonton | ||
7 | LB | December 31, 2023 | Birmingham Legion | |||
15 | Doneil Henry | CB | December 31, 2023 | Minnesota United | ||
20 | Jake Ruby | RB | December 31, 2023 | Trinity Western Spartans | ||
22 | Mohamed Omar | CB / CM / DM | December 31, 2023 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | ||
23 | Riley Ferrazzo | FB | December 31, 2023 | Vaughan Azzurri | ||
Yorgos Gavas | CB | Whitecaps FC Academy | ||||
Midfielders | ||||||
6 | Lorenzo Callegari | CM | December 31, 2023 | Chambly | ||
10 | Aidan Daniels | AM | December 31, 2023 | OKC Energy | ||
11 | João Morelli | AM / CF | December 31, 2023 | FCI Levadia | ||
13 | Armaan Wilson | DM / CM | December 31, 2023 | Providence Friars | ||
14 | Callum Watson | CM | December 31, 2023 | Creighton Bluejays | ||
17 | Wesley Timoteo | RW / LW / FB | December 31, 2023 | FC Edmonton | ||
18 | Andre Rampersad | CM | December 31, 2023 | Santa Rosa | ||
24 | Tomas Giraldo | AM / CM | December 31, 2023 | CF Montréal | ||
37 | Lifumpa Mwandwe | RW / LW / CF | December 31, 2023 | Newtown | ||
Camilo Vasconcelos | AM | December 31, 2023 | Guelph United | |||
Forwards | ||||||
8 | Massimo Ferrin | CF / RW / LW | December 31, 2023 | Vaughan Azzurri | ||
9 | Théo Collomb | CF | December 31, 2023 | Whitecaps FC 2 | ||
19 | Tiago Coimbra | CF | December 31, 2023 | Palmeiras | ||
21 | Jordan Perruzza | FW | December 31, 2023 | Toronto FC< | --- removing Ludwig Amla due to anti-doping suspension delivered 02 Aug | |
25 | Ludwig Kodjo Amla | ST | December 31, 2023 | CS St-Hubert---> | ||
No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
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17 | FC Edmonton | Return from loan | ||||
FC Edmonton | Return from loan | |||||
FC Edmonton | Return from loan | |||||
19 | Palmeiras | Free | [4] | |||
8 | Vaughan Azzurri | Free | [5] | |||
6 | Chambly | Free | [6] | |||
1 | IFK Mariehamn | Free | [7] | |||
23 | Vaughan Azzurri | Free | [8] | |||
14 | Creighton Bluejays | Free | [9] | |||
5 | Forge FC | Free | [10] | |||
24 | CF Montréal | Free | [11] | |||
9 | Whitecaps FC 2 | Free | [12] | |||
7 | Birmingham Legion | Free | [13] | |||
2 | Western Michigan Broncos | Free | [14] | |||
13 | Providence Friars | Free | [15] | |||
11 | Vaughan Azzurri | Free | [16] | |||
Signed to a development contract | [17] | |||||
Vaughan Azzurri U19 | Signed to a development contract | |||||
66 | Dalhousie Tigers | Selected 10th overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft | April 5, 2023 | [18] | ||
15 | Minnesota United | Free | [19] | |||
Whitecaps FC Academy | Signed to a development contract | [20] | ||||
Guelph United | Signed to a development contract | [21] | ||||
HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.
Round | Selection | Pos. | Player | Nationality | University |
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1 | 3 | DF | Anthony Stolar | Cape Breton | |
2 | 10 | GK | Aiden Rushenas | Dalhousie | |
No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
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11 | Retired | [23] | |||||
1 | Pacific FC | Option declined | [24] | ||||
50 | Option declined | ||||||
2 | Option declined | ||||||
19 | CS Saint-Laurent | Option declined | |||||
31 | Option declined | ||||||
28 | York United | Option declined | |||||
7 | Option declined | ||||||
8 | Option declined | ||||||
5 | Pacific FC | Contract expired | |||||
21 | Valour FC | Contract expired | |||||
23 | Contract expired | ||||||
Contract expired | |||||||
Vaughan Azzurri | Contract expired | ||||||
9 | Atlético Ottawa | Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause | [25] | ||||
Development contract ended | [26] | ||||||
11 | Contract terminated by mutual consent | ||||||
Development contract ended | [27] | ||||||
25 | Suspended for anti-doping violation | August 2, 2023 | [28] |
The Halifax Wanderers began their pre-season on March 1 in Halifax before traveling to Auburndale, Florida, where they practiced at the Lake Myrtle Sports Park. While in Florida, games were played against Montverde Academy, Stetson University, Inter Miami CF II, and the University of South Florida.
Upon return to Halifax, a series of pre-season friendlies were held April 7 and 8 on Wickwire Field at Dalhousie University, which were open for fans to attend. The visiting teams were the Nepean Hotspurs Ottawa Selects, and Electric City FC.[30]
Matches are listed in Halifax local time: Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3)
See main article: 2023 Canadian Premier League season.
See main article: article and 2023 Canadian Championship.