2012 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season

Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Season2012
ChampionsSaint-Léonard FC
Matches played40
Goals scored142 (3.55 per match)
Top goalscorerFrederico Moojen (14)
(FC L'Assomption)
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The 2012 PLSQ season was the first 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 Quebec. It is below Major League Soccer and the North American Soccer League in the Canadian soccer league system.[1]

FC Saint-Léonard were the league champions for the inaugural season.

Teams

The 2012 season was contested between five teams.[2] Each team will play 16 regular season games, as well as four exhibition matches with each team playing a match against the Montreal Impact Academy, the U23 team of Quebec, Alymer, and one other semi-professional team.[3]

Team City Stadium Founded
AS Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Stade du Parc Blainville 2012
FC Boisbriand Boisbriand, Laurentides Parc Régional 640 2012
FC Brossard Brossard, Montérégie Parc Illinois 2012
FC L'Assomption L'Assomption, Lanaudière Stade André-Courcelles 2012
FC Saint-Léonard St Leonard, Montreal Stade Hébert 2012

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Saint-Léonard 16 8 4 4 34 25 +9 28 League champion
2 FC L'Assomption 16 7 4 5 34 26 +8 25
3 AS Blainville 16 6 2 8 26 35 −9 20
4 FC Brossard 16 5 4 7 26 28 −2 19
5 FC Boisbriand 16 4 6 6 22 28 −6 18
Source: Gol Network

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Frederico Moojen FC L'Assomption 16
2 Luta Makita FC Saint-Léonard 10
3 Simon Beaulieu AS Blainville 8
4 Rocco Placentino FC Saint-Léonard 7
5 Cedric Carrie FC Brossard 6
Armel Dagrou FC Brossard
Camilo Trujillo FC Boisbriand

Awards

Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Cédric Carrié (FC Brossard) [4]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Rocco Placentino (FC Saint-Léonard)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Frederico Moojen (FC L'Assomption)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Frederico Moojen (FC L'Assomption)
Coach of the Year Jean-Pierre Cériani (AS Blainville)

References

  1. ^ Duarte, Kevin (1 January 2012). "Improving Canadian Soccer Starts at a Youth Level". Red Nation.
  2. ^ "Première ligue de soccer du Québec". Gol Network.
  3. ^ "La Première ligue voit le jour" [The Premier League is born]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). 3 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Jean-Pierre Cériani sacré Entraîneur de l'année" [Jean-Pierre Cériani named Coach of the Year]. Nord Info (in French). 12 November 2012.