2018 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season

The 2018 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season was the seventh 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.

Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Men's Division
Season2018
ChampionsAS Blainville (men's)
Cup championsFC Lanaudière
Matches played84
Goals scored205 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorerPierre-Rudolph Mayard (19)
(AS Blainville)
2017
2019

AS Blainville was the defending champion and won the title again this season.

Changes from 2017

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For the first time, the league had eight teams, with CS Fabrose beginning their first season in the league.[1]

Also this year, a new women's division was started with their debut season.[2]

Teams

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The following eight teams took part in the 2018 season:

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

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 AS Blainville (C) 21 16 3 2 42 14 +28 51 2019 Canadian Championship
2 CS Mont-Royal Outremont 21 14 3 4 33 15 +18 45
3 FC Gatineau 21 9 5 7 28 21 +7 32
4 CS Longueuil 21 7 8 6 20 22 −2 29
5 Dynamo de Québec 21 7 6 8 25 28 −3 27
6 CS St-Hubert 21 6 4 11 26 36 −10 22
7 CS Fabrose 21 3 6 12 19 31 −12 15
8 FC Lanaudière 21 2 5 14 12 38 −26 11
Source: TSI Sports
(C) Champions

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Pierre-Rudolph Mayard AS Blainville 19
2   Stefan Karajovanovic FC Gatineau 14
3   Bastien Aussems Dynamo de Québec 6
  Sean Rosa CS Mont-Royal Outremont
  Ludwig Kodjo Amla CS St-Hubert

Awards

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Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville) [3]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Yvenson André (CS Saint-Hubert)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Stefan Karajovanovic (FC Gatineau)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville)
Coach of the Year Emmanuel Macagno (AS Blainville)

League Cup

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The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all eight 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, all ties were played on a single match basis. Due to the expansion of the league to 8 teams, all clubs began in the first round.

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
AS Blainville 0
 
 
 
FC Gatineau 1
 
FC Gatineau 1
 
 
 
CS St-Hubert 0
 
CS St-Hubert 2
 
 
 
CS Mont-Royal Outremont 1
 
FC Gatineau 1 (3)
 
 
 
FC Lanaudière 1 (4)
 
FC Lanaudière 1 (5)
 
 
 
CS Longueuil 1 (4)
 
FC Lanaudière 3
 
 
 
Dynamo de Québec 0
 
CS Fabrose 0
 
 
Dynamo de Québec 3
 

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

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October 27, 2018 FC Gatineau 1–1 (a.e.t.) FC Lanaudière Laval
4:00 pm Stadium: Desjardins

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 14 11 0 3 39 21 +18 33
2 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves 14 7 3 4 28 18 +10 24
3 FC Lanaudière Reserves 14 7 3 4 35 24 +11 24
4 CS Fabrose Reserves 14 6 2 6 22 27 −5 20
5 CS Longueuil Reserves 14 6 1 7 28 28 0 19
6 CS St-Hubert Reserves 14 4 5 5 29 32 −3 17
7 Dynamo de Quebec Reserves 14 3 3 8 18 41 −23 12
8 FC Gatineau Reserves 14 2 3 9 23 31 −8 9
Source: TSI Sports

Awards

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Award Player (club) Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Juan Pablo Munoz (CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves) [3]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Alexandre Proulx (FC Lanaudière Reserves)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Alex Pierre Torchon (CS Longueuil Reserves)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer) Juan Pablo Munoz (CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves)
Alexandre Proulx (FC Lanaudière Reserves)

References

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  1. ^ "La PLSQ accueille le CS Fabrose". PLSQ. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Lancement de la PLSQ Féminine en 2018" [Launch of the Women's PLSQ in 2018] (in French). PLSQ. 27 November 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Le Royal Beauport en sort le plus titré!" [Royal Beauport Comes out the most successful]. Soccer Quebec (in French). 27 November 2018.