2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season.
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Men's Division
Season2022
Dates7 May – 2 October
ChampionsFC Laval
Coupe PLSQAS Blainville
Matches played132
Goals scored427 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorerLoïc Kwemi (19 goals)
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season was the eleventh 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.

FC Laval won their first league title and qualified for the 2023 Canadian Championship, while AS Blainville won the Coupe PLSQ for the third time. CS Mont-Royal Outremont competed in the 2022 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2021 league champions.[1]

Changes from 2021

The 2022 season will have its greatest number of participating teams with 12 teams. CS Saint-Laurent and the CF Montréal U23 join as expansion franchises.[2][3] CS Lanaudière-Nord (who previously competed in the PLSQ until 2015 as FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière prior to their merger with ARS Laser) returns to the league, replacing the district team FC Lanaudière.[4] CS Monteuil became AS Laval following a merger with another non-PLSQ club.[5] Ottawa South United will return to the league full-time after being forced to withdraw midway through the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Each team will play each other home and away for a 22 match season. The league champion will qualify for the 2023 Canadian Championship and the top four teams will qualify for the Coupe PLSQ.[6]

Main Division

Teams

Twelve teams will participate in the 2022 season. The league champion will earn a place in the 2023 Canadian Championship.

Team City Stadium
A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc Blainville
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Stade Alphonse-Desjardins
CS Lanaudière-Nord Joliette, Lanaudière André-Courcelles Stadium & École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette
AS Laval Laval, Laval Parc de Lausanne
FC Laval Laval, Laval Collège Montmorency
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier
CF Montréal U23 Montréal, Montréal Centre Nutrilait
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR
CS Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent, Montreal Vanier College Stadium
CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme
Ottawa South United Ottawa, Ontario Quinn's Point Field & Richcraft Recreation Complex
Royal-Sélect de Beauport Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale Stade Beauport

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Laval (C) 22 16 5 1 52 13 +39 53 2022 Coupe PLSQ and 2023 Canadian Championship
2 CS Saint-Laurent 22 16 1 5 58 26 +32 49 2022 Coupe PLSQ
3 A.S. Blainville 22 14 2 6 51 23 +28 44
4 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 22 12 5 5 36 19 +17 41
5 CS Longueuil 22 12 2 8 31 37 −6 38[a]
6 CF Montréal U23 22 12 2 8 47 32 +15 38[a]
7 CS St-Hubert 22 8 4 10 28 30 −2 28
8 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 22 7 5 10 32 27 +5 26
9 AS Laval 22 7 4 11 25 33 −8 25
10 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 22 3 7 12 25 47 −22 16
11 CS Lanaudière-Nord 22 3 3 16 19 61 −42 12
12 Ottawa South United 22 1 2 19 23 79 −56 5
Source: PLSQ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ a b CS Longueil beat CF Montreal U23 on head-to-head points (6-0)

Note: The match on October 1 between CS Mont-Royal Outremont and CS Saint-Laurent was abandoned before completion and initially recorded as a double forfeit (CSMRO had been leading 2-1 at the time of abandonment).[7] After an appeal, the match was changed to a 3-0 forfeit victory for CS Mont-Royal Outremont.[8]

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Loïc Adrien Kwemi CS Saint-Laurent 19
2 Yann Régis Toualy CS Saint-Laurent 15
3 Pierre-Rudolph Mayard AS Blainville 14
Adama Makan Sissoko FC Laval
5 Arthur Lionel Polla Phudje Ottawa South United 9
6 Joseph Greguy Saint Simon CS Mont-Royal Outremont 8
Riad Bey FC Laval
8 Josué Desire Youta FC Laval 7
Babacar Thiaw Laye Diop CS St-Hubert
Yves Wesley Wandje Djomze CS Saint-Laurent

Awards

Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Loïc Adrien Kwemi (CS Saint-Laurent) [9]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Renan Dias Manini (CS Mont-Royal Outremont) [9]
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Kevin Lenours (CS Longueuil) [9]
Golden Boot (Top Scorer - 19 goals) Loïc Adrien Kwemi (CS Saint-Laurent) [9]
Coach of the Year Boubacar Coulibaly (FC Laval) [10]

Coupe PLSQ

Semi-finals Final
      
1 FC Laval 2
4 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 1
1 FC Laval 1
3 AS Blainville 3
2 CS Saint-Laurent 1
3 AS Blainville 2

Semi-finals

October 15, 2022 FC Laval 2–1 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Laval, Quebec
7:00 PM Bey
Keita 		Oliveri Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
Referee: Robert D'Alesio
October 15, 2022 CS Saint-Laurent 1–2 AS Blainville Blainville, Quebec
8:00 PM Boughanmi Bruce
Cobuzzi 		Stadium: Parc Blainville
Attendance: 0[7]
Referee: Renzo Paolo Villanueva Tanaka

Final

October 22, 2022 FC Laval 1–3 AS Blainville Laval, Quebec
8:00 PM Sissoko 12' Report Syla 22'
El Harchali 27'
Khenoussi 38'		 Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
Referee: Michael Venne

Friendlies

In July and August, HFX Wanderers U23, the U23 side of Canadian Premier League club HFX Wanderers FC, and Sunderland U21, the U21 side of English Championship side Sunderland each played two friendly matches against PLSQ opposition.

July 27, 2022 HFX Wanderers U23 2–3 CS St-Hubert Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:30 PM Robinson 55'
Green 62'		 Report Amla 18', 37'
Ghamraoui 45'		 Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
August 3, 2022 HFX Wanderers U23 1–0 CS Saint-Laurent Halifax, Nova Scotia
5:30 PM Elomrani 13' Report Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
August 5, 2022 England Sunderland U21 2–1 CF Montréal U23 Moncton, New Brunswick
7:00 PM
Report Ngogang 81' Stadium: Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
August 7, 2022 England Sunderland U21 2–1 CF Montréal U23 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
1:00 PM
Report Marinaro 89' Stadium: University of Prince Edward Island

Reserve Division

The league will operate a reserve division. Each team, apart from the CF Montréal Academy, will operate a reserve team, playing each other home-and-away.[6] CS St-Hubert, RS Beauport, and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu withdrew from the division in September, with their final matches awarded as forfeit losses.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 CS Saint-Laurent Reserves (C) 19 15 3 1 44 19 +25 48
2 AS Laval Reserves 20 13 5 2 54 24 +30 44
3 A.S. Blainville Reserves 20 13 4 3 45 26 +19 43
4 FC Laval Reserves 20 13 2 5 55 32 +23 41
5 CS St-Hubert Reserves 19 7 2 10 27 41 −14 23
6 Royal-Sélect de Beauport Reserves 19 7 2 10 35 40 −5 23
7 CS Longueuil Reserves 19 5 4 10 30 35 −5 19
8 CS Lanaudière-Nord Reserves 20 5 3 12 25 32 −7 18
9 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves 19 5 2 12 25 37 −12 17
10 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Reserves 20 4 3 13 26 47 −21 15
11 Ottawa South United Reserves 19 2 4 13 22 55 −33 10
Source: TSI Sports
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
(C) Champions

Note:The match on September 3 between CS St-Hubert and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu resulted in a double forfeit.

Awards

Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Ryan Moteng Kamsu (FC Laval Reserves) [11]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Mahdi Djellab (CS St-Laurent Reserves)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer - 14 goals) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves)

References

  1. ^ Tougas, Marc (10 October 2021). "Le CS MRO Champion 2021 de la PLSQ-M Grâce à la Loyauté et à la Profondeur" [CS MRO 2021 Champion of the PLSQ-M Thanks to Loyalty and Depth]. PLSQ (in French).
  2. ^ "La PLSQ Accueille Deux Nouvelles Équipes" [The PLSQ Welcomes Two New Teams]. Première Ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 16 September 2021.
  3. ^ Defly, Elom (20 January 2022). "L'équipe réserve du CF Montréal joindra la PLSQ" [The Reserve Team of CF Montreal will join the PLSQ]. PLSQ (in French).
  4. ^ "Le FC Lanaudière retourne à sa source" [FC Lanaudière returns to its source]. Just eSoccer (in French). 8 June 2021.
  5. ^ Pereira, Nicholas (8 August 2021). "Centre-Sud s'oppose à la fusion des clubs de l'est" [Centre-Sud opposes the merger of the eastern clubs]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  6. ^ a b "PLSQ 2022 : Une Saison Chargée" [PLSQ 2022: A Busy Season]. Première ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 4 April 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Match: CS Saint-Laurent - CS Mont-Royal Outremont". PLSQ (in French). 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Communiqué: CS St-Laurent - CS Mont-Royal Outremont" [Press Release: CS St-Laurent - CS Mont-Royal Outremont]. PLSQ (in French). 13 October 2022.
  9. ^ a b c d @PLSQ1 (10 November 2022). "Tapis Rouge PLSQ" [PLSQ Red Carpet] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ @PLSQ1 (11 November 2022). "Tapis Rouge PLSQ" [PLSQ Red Carpet] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ @PLSQ1 (9 November 2022). "Tapis Rouge PLSQ" [PLSQ Red Carpet] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.