2015 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec
Season 2015
Champions CS Mont-Royal Outremont
Cup champions Lakeshore SC
Matches played 63
Goals scored 218 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer Frederico Moojen
(18 goals)
Biggest home win L'Assomption 4-0 Lakeshore
(31 May 2015)
L'Assomption 4-0 Gatineau
(18 October 2015)
Biggest away win Gatineau 1-7 Mont-Royal Outremont
(20 Sept 2015)
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The 2015 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season is the fourth season of play for the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec; the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec and one of two Division 3 semi-professional soccer leagues in the Canadian soccer pyramid (the other being League1 Ontario).

The season began on May 2, 2015 and ended on October 18, 2015, with the cup final taking place on October 24, 2015. CS Longueuil is the defending champion.

Changes from 2014

Two new teams joined the league for this season, while ACP Montréal-Nord did not return due to administrative difficulties.[1] Joining the league are Lakeshore SC, which is based in the southwestern portion of the island of Montreal, while the other is an academy team of Ottawa Fury FC, whose primary team competes in the Division 2 North American Soccer League. This expansion into Ottawa marks the first time a team from outside Québec will take part in the PLSQ, with Fury FC citing the proximity of other teams as making the PLSQ a logical choice.[2]

This season will also feature the arrival of a reserve division, which will allow PLSQ teams to establish a youth development pathway. In addition, the league commissioned Montreal composer Vincent Duhaime-Perreault to compose an anthem for the league, which will be played prior to all season and cup matches.[3]

Teams

Blainville
Gatineau
Lakeshore SC
L'Assomption-Lanaudière
Longueuil
MR-Outremont
Ottawa
Locations of teams within Greater Montreal for the 2015 PLSQ season.
Team City Stadium Founded Head Coach
AS Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Stade du Parc Blainville 2012 France Jean-Pierre Ceriani
FC Gatineau Gatineau, Outaouais Terrain Mont Bleu 2013 France Josy Madelonet
Lakeshore SC Kirkland, Montréal Bénévoles Park 2015
FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière L'Assomption, Lanaudière Stade André-Courcelles 2012 Costa Rica Marco Torrens
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Centre Multi Sport 2014 France Mathieu Rufié
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mont-Royal, Montréal REC Mont-Royal 2013 Canada Luc Brutus
Ottawa Fury FC Academy Ottawa, Ontario Algonquin College 2015 Canada Phillip Dos Santos

Source:[4]

Standings

Each team will play 18 matches as part of the season; three matches against each other team in the league split home and away. There are no playoffs at the end of the season; the first-place team will be crowned as league champion and will face the L1O league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 18 11 3 4 44 24 +20 36 Inter-Provincial Cup vs L1O Champion
2 Lakeshore FC 18 10 5 3 36 21 +15 35
3 AS Blainville 18 8 6 4 32 26 +6 30
4 CS Longueuil 18 7 5 6 27 28 −1 26
5 Ottawa Fury FC Academy 18 6 0 12 23 32 −9 18
6 FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière 18 5 2 11 32 41 −9 17
7 FC Gatineau 18 4 3 11 24 46 −22 15

Cup

2015 PLSQ Cup
Coupe PLSQ
Country  Canada
 Quebec
Dates June 14 - October 24, 2015
Teams 7
Champions Lakeshore SC
Runners-up CS Mont-Royal Outremont
Matches played 11
Goals scored 31 (2.82 per match)

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 2015 PLSQ Cup will maintain the same format as the previous season, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final. As defending champion, FC Gatineau will obtain a bye for the first round.[5]

  First Round Semifinals Finals
                             
 FC Gatineau        
 (BYE)        
   FC Gatineau 0 0 0 (3)  
   Lakeshore FC (pen.) 0 0 0 (5)  
 Lakeshore FC 2 1 3
   Ottawa Fury FC Academy 1 0 1  
     Lakeshore FC (aet)  
   CS Mont-Royal Outremont  
   CS Longueuil 1 0 1  
 AS Blainville 2 2 4  
   AS Blainville 0 1 1
   CS Mont-Royal Outremont 4 2 6  
 FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière 2 1 3
   CS Mont-Royal Outremont 3 3 6  

First Round



Semifinals


Final

Top Goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Frederico Moojen CS Mont-Royal Outremont 18
2 Canada Pierre-Rudolph Mayard FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière 15
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo Dex Kaniki Lakeshore SC 11
4 Canada Berlin Jean-Gilles AS Blainville 8
Canada Cédric Carrié Lakeshore SC 8
Canada Paymon Kabiri Lakeshore SC 8
7 Canada Mohamed Dagnogo Ottawa Fury FC Academy 6
Canada Pierre Rancy AS Blainville 6
9 Canada Sean Rosa CS Mont-Royal Outremont 5
El Mehdi Ibn Brahim CS Longueuil 5

Last updated October 21, 2015. Source: http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue14/index_.htm

References

  1. ↑ "SEPT ÉQUIPES AMORCERONT LA SAISON 2015 EN PREMIÈRE LIGUE DE SOCCER DU QUÉBEC.". Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Fury FC to Feature in PLSQ". Ottawa Fury FC. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE" (PDF). federation-soccer.qc.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "LES CALENDRIERS 2015 de la Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec" (PDF). publicationsports.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "RÉSULTATS DU TIRAGE AU SORT DES ÉQUIPES POUR LA COUPE PLSQ 2015". Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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