2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season

This article is about the women's season. For the men's season, see 2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season.
Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Women's Division
Season2022
Dates7 May – 16 July
ChampionsA.S. Blainville
Coupe PLSQA.S. Blainville
Matches played66
Goals scored201 (3.05 per match)
← 2021
2023 →

The 2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season will be the fifth season of play for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.

A.S. Blainville won their third consecutive league title, as well as their second consecutive Coupe PLSQ. AS Blainville and AS Laval qualified for the League1 Canada Interprovincial Championship with Blainville winning the title and Laval finishing as runner-ups.

Changes from 2021

The 2022 season will have its greatest number of participating teams with 12 teams. AS Chaudière-Ouest and the Québec girls EXCEL program join as expansion franchises.[1][2] CS Monteuil became AS Laval following a merger with another non-PLSQ club.[3]

Each team will play each other once, with the top four clubs qualifying for the Coupe PLSQ. After the season, there will be a Final Four tournament, hosted in Laval, featuring two PLSQ teams and the champions of League1 Ontario and League1 British Columbia to decide the champion of League1 Canada.[4]

Teams

Twelve teams will participate in the 2022 season.

Team City Stadium
A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc Blainville
AS Chaudière-Ouest Lévis, Quebec Parc Renaud-Maillette & École secondaire les Etchemins
Pierrefonds FC Pierrefonds, Quebec Pierrefonds Community High School
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Stade Alphonse-Desjardins
AS Laval Laval, Laval Parc de Lausanne
FC Laval Laval, Laval Collège Montmorency
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR
CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme
Ottawa South United Ottawa, Ontario Quinn's Point Field
CSA PEF Québec Montreal, Montréal Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
Royal-Sélect de Beauport Beauport, Quebec City Stade Beauport

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 A.S. Blainville (C, L) 11 8 3 0 26 8 +18 27 Coupe PLSQ & Interprovincial Championship
2 AS Laval 11 8 2 1 22 5 +17 26
3 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 11 7 3 1 25 10 +15 24 Coupe PLSQ
4 FC Laval 11 7 1 3 18 13 +5 22
5 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 11 5 0 6 13 13 0 15
6 Pierrefonds FC 11 4 2 5 15 13 +2 14[a]
7 PEF Québec 11 4 2 5 19 16 +3 14[a]
8 Ottawa South United 11 4 1 6 17 29 −12 13[b]
9 CS Longueuil 11 3 4 4 9 8 +1 13[b]
10 Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 11 2 2 7 12 30 −18 8
11 Royal-Sélect de Beauport 11 2 1 8 18 23 −5 7
12 CS St-Hubert 11 1 1 9 7 33 −26 4
Source: PLSQ
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
(C) Champions; (L) Coupe PLSQ winner
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Pierrefonds FC finished ahead of PEF Québec on head-to-head points
  2. ^ a b Ottawa South United finished ahead of CS Longueuil on total wins and/or head-to-head points

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Cassandra Provost AS Laval 8
2 Victoria Dupont Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 6
3 Lea-Jeanne Fortier Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 5
Jessica Bunker Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
Alexie Bellerose AS Blainville
Camille Raymond Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest
7 9 players tied 4

Awards

Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Mégane Sauvé (AS Blainville) [5]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Mara Bouchard (CS Longueuil) [5]
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Sophie Therien (FC Laval) [5]
Golden Boot (Top Scorer - 8 goals) Cassandra Provost (AS Laval) [5]
Coach of the Year Robert Rositoiu (AS Blainville) [6]

Coupe PLSQ

Semi-finals Final
      
1 A.S. Blainville 2 (4)
4 FC Laval 2 (3)
1 A.S. Blainville 2
3 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 0
2 AS Laval 1
3 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest 4


Semi-finals

July 31 A.S. Blainville 2–2
(4–3 p)		 FC Laval Blainville
6:00 PM Bernard O'Breham
Gosselin 		Blouin Stadium: Parc Blainville
Referee: Salima-Djoher Djerroud
July 30 AS Laval 1–4 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest Laval
7:00 PM Mallais Bunker
Deschenes 		Stadium: Parc de Lausanne
Referee: Salma Flores Desrochers

Final

August 7 A.S. Blainville 2–0 Rapides de Chaudière-Ouest Laval
4:00 PM Sauvé 9'
N.Brunelle 76'		 Stadium: Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
Referee: Sheila Couture

References

  1. ^ "La PLSQ Accueille Deux Nouvelles Équipes" [The PLSQ Welcomes Two New Teams]. Première ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 16 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Le PEF intègre la PLSQ Féminine" [The PEF Integrates into the Feminine PLSQ]. PLSQ (in French). 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ "PLSQ 2022 : Une Saison Chargée" [PLSQ 2022: A Busy Season]. Première ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 4 April 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d @PLSQ1 (9 November 2022). "Tapis Rouge PLSQ" [PLSQ Red Carpet] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
  6. ^ @PLSQ1 (11 November 2022). "Tapis Rouge PLSQ" [PLSQ Red Carpet] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.