2016 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season

The 2016 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season is the fifth 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).

Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Season2016
ChampionsCS Mont-Royal Outremont
Cup championsAS Blainville
Matches played63
Goals scored209 (3.32 per match)
Top goalscorerFrederico Moojen (21)
(CS Mont-Royal Outremont) &
Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (21)
(AS Blainville)
Best goalkeeperFrancis Monongo (0.75 GAA)
(CS Mont-Royal Outremont)
Biggest home winMont-Royal 5-0 Ottawa
(May 15, 2016)
Lanaudière 5-0 Ottawa
(May 28, 2016)
Mont-Royal 5-0 Lanaudière
(June 5, 2016)
Blainville 6-1 Gatineau
(Oct. 2, 2016)
Biggest away winLanaudière 2-7 Longueuil
(June 11, 2016)
Lanaudière 0-5 Blainville
(July 23, 2016)
2015
2017
All statistics correct as of October 24, 2016.

CS Mont-Royal Outremont was the defending champion from 2015 and won the title again this season.

Changes from 2015

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The league will again feature seven teams, as in 2015.[1]

In December 2015, the league announced that FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière had dropped out of the league and that the club's regional soccer association, ARS Lanaudière, would field a new club in the PLSQ called FC Lanaudière. This club is meant to represent the whole Lanaudière region, and is supported by the association's 14 clubs, including L'Assomption-Lanaudière.[2]

Teams

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The following seven teams will take part in the 2016 season:

Team City Stadium Founded Joined Head Coach
AS Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc Blainville 1986 2012   Jean-Pierre Ceriani
FC Gatineau Gatineau, Outaouais Terrain Mont-Bleu ? 2013   Nabil Aouadi
Lakeshore SC Kirkland, Montréal John Abbott College 1966 2015   Bill Sedgewick
FC Lanaudière Terrebonne, Lanaudière Multiple venues 2016 2016   Andrew Olivieri
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Centre Multi Sport 1970 2013   Anthony Rimasson
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal REC Mont-Royal ? 2013   Luc Brutus
Ottawa Fury FC Academy Ottawa, Ontario Algonquin College 2013 2015   Darko Buser
 
 
Blainville
 
Gatineau
 
Lakeshore
 
Lanaudière
 
Longueuil
 
Mont-Royal
 
Fury Acad.
Locations of PLSQ clubs in the 2016 season.

Standings

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Each team plays 18 matches as part of the season; three against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season and faces the League1 Ontario league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 18 14 2 2 52 18 +34 44 Inter-Provincial Cup vs L1O Champion
2 AS Blainville 18 11 4 3 45 18 +27 37
3 Lakeshore SC 18 7 6 5 25 21 +4 27
4 FC Gatineau 18 6 4 8 18 30 −12 22
5 CS Longueuil 18 4 5 9 27 41 −14 17
6 FC Lanaudière 18 4 3 11 22 43 −21 15
7 Ottawa Fury FC Academy 18 4 2 12 20 38 −18 14
Source: TSI Sports

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 2016 PLSQ Cup will maintain the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final. As defending champion, Lakeshore SC will obtain a bye for the first round.[3]

First round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Lakeshore SC
8 (BYE)
Lakeshore SC 1 1 2
FC Gatineau 2 2 4
4 Ottawa Fury FC Academy 2 0 2
5 FC Gatineau 2 3 5
FC Gatineau 0
AS Blainville 4
2 FC Lanaudière 3 1 4
7 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 4 3 7
CS Mont-Royal Outremont 2 1 3
AS Blainville 3 2 5
3 CS Longueuil 0 0 0
6 AS Blainville 4 1 5

First round

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June 18, 2016 Ottawa Fury FC Academy 2 - 2 FC Gatineau Algonquin College
3:00 pm Kaiser   29'
Malekos   59'
Report Lobo   3'
Dagnogo   25'
July 17, 2016 FC Gatineau 3 - 0 Ottawa Fury FC Academy Mont-Bleu 4
5:00 pm Kulic   23'
Dagnogo   34'
Basiala   90'
Report

FC Gatineau wins 5-2 on aggregate.

June 18, 2016 FC Lanaudière 3 - 4 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Armand Corbeil
4:00 pm Grondin   65'
Syla   74', 79'
Report Sissoko   2'
Oliveri   22'
Moojen   40', 68'
July 17, 2016 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 3 - 1 FC Lanaudière TMR REC 3
6:30 pm Moojen   34'
François   56'
Dias   79'
Report Syla   38'

CS Mont-Royal Outremont wins 7-4 on aggregate.

June 18, 2016 CS Longueuil 0 - 4 AS Blainville Laurier 1
6:00 pm Report Moulinas   33'
Aboulhamid   42', 87' (pen)
Mayard   63' (pen)
July 17, 2016 AS Blainville 1 - 0 CS Longueuil Parc Blainville 1
6:00 pm Aboulhamid   82' Report

AS Blainville wins 5-0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

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August 14, 2016 FC Gatineau 2 - 1 Lakeshore SC Mont-Bleu 4
5:00 pm Maheu   11', 71' Report Perico   6' Attendance: 200
September 10, 2016 Lakeshore SC 1 - 2 FC Gatineau Smiley
2:00 pm Kaniki   87' Report Maheu   31'
Dagnogo   90+4'
Referee: Robert Schaap

FC Gatineau wins 4-2 on aggregate.

August 14, 2016 AS Blainville 3 - 2 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Parc Blainville 1
7:00 pm Mayard   21', 70'
Leconte   80'
Report Sissoko   39'
François   90'
September 11, 2016 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 1 - 2 AS Blainville TMR REC 3
6:30 pm François   31' Report Mayard   10'
Redjradj   44'
Referee: Francis Latulippe

AS Blainville wins 5-3 on aggregate.

Final

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October 29, 2016 FC Gatineau 0 - 4 AS Blainville Terrebonne
6:30 pm Report Sylla   4'
Mayard   45+1', 74'
Vela   86'

Inter-Provincial Cup Championship

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The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première ligue de soccer du Québec – the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.[4]

Vaughan Azzurri1–2CS Mont-Royal Outremont
Lowe   14' Report Ritch-Andy   41'
Oliveri  67'
Pickering Soccer Complex, Pickering

CS Mont-Royal Outremont won 3–2 on aggregate


Statistics

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Awards

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Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville) [5]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Maxime Oliveri (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Frederico Moojen (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Frederico Moojen (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)
Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville)
Coach of the Year Emmanuel Macagno (AS Blainville)

Reserve Division

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The league operated a reserve division.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 AS Blainville Reserves 12 9 2 1 32 12 +20 29
2 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves 12 7 2 3 29 18 +11 23
3 FC Gatineau Reserves 12 7 1 4 19 17 +2 22
4 Lakeshore FC Reserves 12 4 5 3 26 21 +5 17
5 CS Longueuil Reserves 12 4 2 6 25 26 −1 14
6 Ottawa Fury FC Academy Reserves 12 2 2 8 17 30 −13 8
7 FC Lanaudière Reserves 12 2 0 10 14 38 −24 6

References

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  1. ^ "Sept Équipes Amoreceront La Saison 2016 En Première ligue de soccer du Québec" [Seven teams will kick off the 2016 season in the Quebec Premier soccer league] (in French). PLSQ. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Le FC Lanaudière est né!" [FC Lanaudière is born!] (in French). FC Lanaudière. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Le calendrier 2016 est dévoilé!" [The 2016 calendar is unveiled!] (in French). PLSQ. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ "CS Mont-Royal Outremont Griffons Beat Vaughan Azzurri In 2016 Inter-Provincial Cup". League1 Ontario. 12 November 2016.
  5. ^ "PLSQ Guide de Press 2018" [PLSQ Press Guide 2018] (PDF). PLSQ (in French). April 2018.
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