2019 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2019 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season.
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Men's Division
Season2019
ChampionsA.S. Blainville
Cup championsCS Fabrose
Matches played72
Goals scored259 (3.6 per match)
Top goalscorerFelipe Costa de Souza (13)
(CS Fabrose)
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The 2019 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season was the eighth 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.

A.S. Blainville was the defending champion for the men's division from 2018 and once again won the title for the third consecutive season.

Changes from 2018

For the first time, the league will have nine teams in the men's division. CS Monteuil will begin their first season in the league, after previously having a female team the prior year.[1]

Teams

The following nine teams will take part in the 2019 season:

Team City Stadium Founded Joined Head coach
Current teams
A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc Blainville 1986 2012 France Emmanuel Macagno
Dynamo de Quebec Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale Polyvalente L'Ancienne-Lorette 1991 2017 France Edmond Foyé
FC Gatineau Gatineau, Outaouais Terrain Mont-Bleu 2013 2013 France Sylver Castagnet
FC Lanaudière Terrebonne, Lanaudière Multiple venues 2016 2016 Canada Andrew Olivieri
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier 1970 2014 France Anthony Rimasson
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR ? 2013 Canada Luc Brutus
CS Monteuil Laval, Laval Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne 1968 2019 Canada David Cerasuolo
CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme 1980 2017 France François Bourgeais
CS Fabrose Laval, Laval Parc Cartier 1971 2018 France Josy Madelonet

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A.S. Blainville (C) 16 11 4 1 43 12 +31 37 2021 Canadian Championship[a]
2 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 16 11 4 1 41 12 +29 37
3 Dynamo de Québec 16 7 6 3 31 23 +8 27
4 CS Fabrose 16 7 5 4 30 21 +9 26
5 CS St-Hubert 16 7 3 6 25 25 0 24
6 CS Monteuil 16 6 6 4 27 23 +4 24
7 FC Lanaudière 16 3 2 11 27 51 −24 11
8 CS Longueuil 16 2 4 10 23 45 −22 10
9 FC Gatineau 16 0 2 14 12 47 −35 2
Source: PLSQ
(C) Champions
  1. ^ Due to the revised format of the 2020 Canadian Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PLSQ champion would instead qualify for the 2021 edition.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Felipe Costa De Souza CS Fabrose 13
2 Pierre-Rudolph Mayard AS Blainville 11
Adama Sissoko CS Mont-Royal Outremont
4 Mohamed Diallo CS Monteuil 10
Bonano Beugre Gnenago Dynamo de Québec
Mouad Ouzane CS Mont-Royal Outremont
7 Samuel Georget Dynamo de Québec 7
8 Gabriel Wiethaeuper-Balbinotti FC Lanaudière 6
Nazim Belguendouz CS Mont-Royal Outremont
Hugo Chambon AS Blainville

Awards

Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Bonano Gnenago (Dynamo de Québec) [2][3]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Yvenson André (CS Saint-Hubert)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Felipe Costa de Souza (CS Fabrose)
Coach of the Year Antoine Katako (CS Fabrose)
Coupe PLSQ MVP Nehemis Kenguena Sana (CS Fabrose) [2]

League Cup

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all nine 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.

In a change from previous seasons, it will begin with a group stage featuring three group of three teams each. The top team in each group, as well as the best second-place finisher will advance to the knockout round.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 CS Monteuil 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
3 FC Lanaudière 2 0 1 1 0 3 −3 1
Source: PLSQ

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A.S. Blainville 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 Dynamo de Québec 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 FC Gatineau 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 1
Source: PLSQ

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CS Fabrose 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 CS Saint-Hubert 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4
3 CS Longueuil 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 0
Source: PLSQ

Ranking of second place teams

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CS Saint-Hubert 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2 Dynamo de Québec 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 3
3 CS Monteuil 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3
Source: [citation needed]

Knockout Round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
A.S. Blainville 1 (3)
 
 
 
CS Fabrose 1 (4)
 
CS Fabrose 2
 
 
 
 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 0
 
CS Mont-Royal Outremont 6
 
 
CS Saint-Hubert 2
 

Reserve Division

The league operated a reserve division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 CS Monteuil Reserves 16 13 1 2 51 20 +31 40
2 A.S. Blainville Reserves 16 8 4 4 36 30 +6 28
3 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves 16 9 1 6 37 30 +7 28
4 FC Lanaudière Reserves 16 8 2 6 33 35 −2 26
5 CS St-Hubert Reserves 16 8 2 6 57 41 +16 26
6 CS Fabrose Reserves 16 7 2 7 41 34 +7 23
7 CS Longueuil Reserves 16 7 1 8 38 40 −2 22
8 Dynamo de Quebec Reserves 16 3 1 12 18 54 −36 10
9 FC Gatineau Reserves 16 1 2 13 22 49 −27 5
Source: TSI Sports

Awards

Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Charles-David Martel (CS St-Hubert Reserves) [2][3]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Jean de Dieu Mbuyi Ngoyi (CS Monteuil Reserves)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Sidiki Kone (FC Gatineau Reserves)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Charles-David Martel (CS St-Hubert Reserves)

References

  1. ^ "Le CS Monteuil se Joindra à La PSLQ Masculine en 2019" [CS Monteuil to Join the Male PLSQ in 2019] (in French). PLSQ. 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Thérien et Gnenago Remportent Le Ballon D'Or" [Thérien and Gnenago win the Ballon D'Or]. PLSQ (in French). 24 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Tapis Rouge du Soccer Québécois:Les Gagnats Honorés!" [2019 Quebec Soccer Red Carpet: Honoured Winners]. Soccer Quebec (in French). 25 November 2019.