2022 HFX Wanderers FC season

The 2022 HFX Wanderers FC season was the fourth season in the history of HFX Wanderers FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

HFX Wanderers
2022 season
PresidentDerek Martin
Head coachStephen Hart
StadiumWanderers Grounds
Canadian Premier League7th
Canadian ChampionshipQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Samuel Salter (11)
All: Samuel Salter (12)
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Current squad edit

As of August 19, 2022[1]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Kieran Baskett   GK (2001-09-27)September 27, 2001 (aged 21)   William & Mary Tribe
40 Adisa De Rosario   GK (2004-10-27)October 27, 2004 (aged 18)   Toronto FC Academy
50 Christian Oxner   GK (1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 26)   Saint Mary's Huskies
Defenders
2 Peter Schaale   CB (1996-06-14)June 14, 1996 (aged 26)   CBU Capers
3 Zachary Fernandez   RB (2001-09-24)September 24, 2001 (aged 21)   A.S. Blainville
4 Cristian Campagna   CB (2001-11-29)November 29, 2001 (aged 21)   Whitecaps FC 2
19 Obeng Tabi   LB (2000-10-28)October 28, 2000 (aged 22)   LSUE Bengals
20 Jake Ruby   RB (2000-06-04)June 4, 2000 (aged 22)   Trinity Western Spartans
31 Eriks Santos   CB (1996-02-23)February 23, 1996 (aged 26)   Dila Gori
52 Gabriel Escobar     LB (2000-04-04)April 4, 2000 (aged 22)   TSS FC Rovers
77 Nicholas Gagan   CB / DM (2004-04-14)April 14, 2004 (aged 18)   Ottawa South United
Nassim Nouajaa   CB / DM (2004-05-07)May 7, 2004 (aged 18)   CF Montréal U23
Midfielders
5 Pierre Lamothe   AM (1997-09-18)September 18, 1997 (aged 25)   A.S. Blainville
13 Aidan Daniels   AM (1998-09-06)September 6, 1998 (aged 24)   OKC Energy
18 Andre Rampersad   CM (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 27)   Santa Rosa
21 Marcello Polisi   CM / DM (1997-01-24)January 24, 1997 (aged 25)   SFU Athletics
22 Mohamed Omar   CM / DM / CB (1999-01-22)January 22, 1999 (aged 23)   Notre Dame Fighting Irish
28 Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé   CM (1995-03-09)March 9, 1995 (aged 27)   Saint Louis FC
37 Lifumpa Mwandwe   RW / LW / CF (2000-12-29)December 29, 2000 (aged 22)   Newtown
Forwards
7 Alex Marshall   LW / CF (1998-02-24)February 24, 1998 (aged 24)   Cavalier
8 Elhadji Mour Samb   ST / RW / LW (1994-01-08)January 8, 1994 (aged 28)   Diambars FC
9 Samuel Salter   CF (2000-08-09)August 9, 2000 (aged 22)   AS Blainville
10 João Morelli     CF / AM (1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 26)   FCI Levadia
11 Akeem Garcia   CF / RW (1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 26)   Santa Rosa
23 Cory Bent   LW / ST (1997-05-14)May 14, 1997 (aged 25)   CBU Capers
25 Ludwig Kodjo Amla   ST (2000-11-13)November 13, 2000 (aged 22)   CS St-Hubert
27 Ryan Robinson   CF / ST (2001-06-30)June 30, 2001 (aged 21)   Vaughan Azzurri
Owen Degelman   CF (2005-05-30)May 30, 2005 (aged 17)   Chemnitzer FC

Transfers edit

In edit

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
13 MF   Aidan Daniels   OKC Energy Free January 19, 2022 [2]
3 DF   Zachary Fernandez   A.S. Blainville Free January 26, 2022 [3]
19 DF   Obeng Tabi   LSUE Bengals Free January 26, 2022 [3]
22 MF   Mohamed Omar   Notre Dame Fighting Irish Free February 16, 2022 [4]
DF   Ousman Maheshe   NAIT Ooks Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton March 29, 2022 [5]
DF   Wesley Timoteo   PO Xylotymbou Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton March 29, 2022 [5]
MF   C.J. Smith   Houston Baptist Huskies Free, signed and loaned to FC Edmonton March 29, 2022 [5]
30 DF   Colin Gander   Guelph Gryphons Selected 11th overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft April 6, 2022 [6]
77 DF   Nicholas Gagan   Ottawa South United Signed to a development contract April 6, 2022 [7]
27 FW   Ryan Robinson   Vaughan Azzurri Free April 6, 2022 [7]
16 DF   Kareem Sow   Montreal Carabins Signed to a development contract May 9, 2022 [8]
8 FW   Elhadji Mour Samb   Diambars FC Free May 9, 2022 [8]
37 MF   Lifumpa Mwandwe   Newtown Undisclosed July 13, 2022 [9]
25 FW   Ludwig Kodjo Amla   CS St-Hubert Free July 30, 2022 [10]
52 DF   Gabriel Escobar   TSS FC Rovers Free August 15, 2022 [11]
DF   Nassim Nouajaa   CF Montréal U23 Signed to a development contract August 15, 2022 [11]
40 GK   Adisa De Rosario   Toronto FC Academy Signed to a development contract August 18, 2022 [12]
FW   Owen Degelman   Chemnitzer FC Signed to a development contract August 18, 2022 [12]
4 DF   Cristian Campagna   Whitecaps FC 2 Free August 19, 2022 [13]

Draft picks edit

HFX Wanderers will make the following selections in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round Selection Pos. Player Nationality University
1 3 MF Christopher Campoli   Canada Ontario Tech
2 11 DF Colin Gander   Canada Guelph

Out edit

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
8 MF   Omar Kreim Retired December 22, 2021 [14]
3 DF   Morey Doner   Monterey Bay FC Option declined January 5, 2022 [15]
6 DF   Jems Geffrard   CS Mont-Royal Outremont Contract expired January 5, 2022 [15]
10 MF   Alessandro Riggi   Valour FC Option declined January 5, 2022 [15]
15 MF   Scott Firth Option declined January 5, 2022 [15]
19 MF   Alejandro Portal   Vaughan Azzurri Option declined January 5, 2022 [15]
25 FW   Mamadi Camara   FC Edmonton Option declined January 5, 2022 [15]
39 FW   Stefan Karajovanovic   Toronto FC II Option declined January 5, 2022 [15]
14 DF   Mateo Restrepo Retired July 23, 2022 [16]

Loans out edit

No. Pos. Player Loaned to Fee/notes Date Source
DF   Ousman Maheshe   FC Edmonton Season-long loan March 29, 2022 [5]
DF   Wesley Timoteo   FC Edmonton Season-long loan March 29, 2022 [5]
MF   C.J. Smith   FC Edmonton Season-long loan March 29, 2022 [5]

Pre-season and friendlies edit

On March 11, HFX Wanderers FC announced that the club had played New Brunswick club CS Dieppe in a friendly earlier that day.[17] On March 16, the club announced that it would hold a pre-season camp in Mississauga, Ontario with friendlies against Forge FC and clubs in League1 Ontario.[18]

March 11 Friendly HFX Wanderers FC 7–0 CS Dieppe
March 18 Friendly Vaughan Azzurri 0–1 HFX Wanderers FC
5:00pm ADT Report
  • Morelli   42'
March 23 Friendly Woodbridge Strikers 0–5 HFX Wanderers FC Vaughan, Ontario
8:05pm ADT Report
  • Daniels   36'
  • Robinson   60'
  • Munoko   65'
  • Martins   77', 80'
Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
March 26 Friendly Forge FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Hamilton, Ontario
3:00pm ADT
  •  
  •  
Report
March 31 Friendly Simcoe County Rovers FC 0–1 HFX Wanderers FC
8:00pm ADT Report Morelli  

Competitions edit

Matches are listed in Halifax local time: Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3) until November 5, and Atlantic Standard Time (UTC−4) otherwise.

Overview edit

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Canadian Premier League April 7 October 9 Matchday 1 18 5 3 10 16 27 −11 027.78
Canadian Championship May 10 May 24 Preliminary Round Quarter-finals 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 050.00
Total 20 6 3 11 19 29 −10 030.00

Last updated: August 6, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League edit

Table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Ottawa (S) 28 13 10 5 36 29 +7 49 Advance to playoffs
2 Forge (C) 28 14 5 9 47 25 +22 47
3 Cavalry 28 14 5 9 39 33 +6 47
4 Pacific 28 13 7 8 36 33 +3 46
5 Valour 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 37
6 York United 28 9 7 12 31 37 −6 34
7 HFX Wanderers 28 8 5 15 24 38 −14 29
8 FC Edmonton 28 4 8 16 31 51 −20 20
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) U-21 minutes; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[19]
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match edit

Match12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
ResultWLLWDDLWLWLWLLLDLLWLWLDWDLLL
Position2363447554555666666666777777
Updated to match(es) played on October 30, 2022. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches edit

April 7 1 York United FC 0–1 HFX Wanderers FC Toronto, Ontario
8:30pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,802
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
April 16 2 Atlético Ottawa 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 3,122
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
April 23 3 Pacific FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,042
Referee: Juan Marquez
April 30 4 HFX Wanderers FC 3–1 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,213
Referee: Ben Hoskins
May 7 5 Valour FC 0–0 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,277
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
May 15 6 HFX Wanderers FC 2–2 Cavalry FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,244
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
May 20 7 HFX Wanderers FC 0–4 Forge FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,877
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
June 4 8 HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 York United FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,224
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
June 11 9 Cavalry FC 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Foothills County, Alberta
4:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,045
Referee: Juan Marquez
June 14 10 FC Edmonton 1–2 HFX Wanderers FC Edmonton, Alberta
11:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 784
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
June 19 11 HFX Wanderers FC 0–3 Forge FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,214
Referee: Scott Bowman
June 25 12 Pacific FC 0–3 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
6:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,290
Referee: Alain Ruch
June 30 13 HFX Wanderers FC 0–2 Atlético Ottawa Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:30pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Ben Hoskins
July 10 14 Valour FC 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 3,607
Referee: Michael Venne
July 14 15 Cavalry FC 3–0 HFX Wanderers FC Foothills County, Alberta
9:30pm
Report Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,006
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
July 23 16 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:30pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Juan Marquez
August 1 17 HFX Wanderers FC 2–4 York United FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
August 6 18 Forge FC 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Hamilton, Ontario
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Referee: Michael Venne
August 13 19 HFX Wanderers FC 1-0 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,652
August 17 20 Atlético Ottawa 3-2 HFX Wanderers FC Ottawa, Ontario
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,281
August 20 21 HFX Wanderers FC 1-0 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:30pm Schaale  68'

Omar  71'

Lamothe  82'
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,729
August 28 22 FC Edmonton 3-2 HFX Wanderers FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,613
September 5 23 HFX Wanderers FC 0-0 Cavalry FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,088
September 10 24 HFX Wanderers FC 1-0 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,058
September 16 25 York United FC 0-0 HFX Wanderers FC Toronto, Ontario
8:30pm
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1,525
September 27 26 HFX Wanderers FC 0-2 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00pm Fernandez   18' Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 4,332
October 1 27 HFX Wanderers FC 1-2 Atlético Ottawa Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,944
October 9 28 Forge FC 1-0 HFX Wanderers FC Hamilton, Ontario
2:00pm Poku   8'

Welshman   68'

Metusala   90+2'
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3,016

Canadian Championship edit

May 10 PR Guelph United FC 0–2 HFX Wanderers FC Guelph, Ontario
8:30pm
  • Laryea   56'
  • Skublak   78'
  • Zajac   78'
  • Dick  82'
  • Doros  90'
Report
Stadium: Alumni Stadium
Referee: Filip Dujic
May 24 QF HFX Wanderers FC 1–2 Toronto FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Referee: Juan Marquez

Statistics edit

Squad and statistics edit

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   CAN Kieran Baskett 9 0 9+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF   GER Peter Schaale 22 0 14+6 0 1+1 0
3 DF   CAN Zachary Fernandez 26 0 24+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF   CAN Cristian Campagna 7 0 6+1 0 0+0 0
5 MF   CAN Pierre Lamothe 22 2 17+4 2 1+0 0
7 MF   JAM Alex Marshall 19 0 8+10 0 0+1 0
8 FW   CAN Mour Samb 10 1 5+4 1 1+0 0
9 FW   CAN Samuel Salter 29 12 20+7 11 2+0 1
10 FW   BRA João Morelli 2 1 2+0 1 0+0 0
11 FW   TRI Akeem Garcia 15 5 8+5 4 1+1 1
13 MF   CAN Aidan Daniels 23 2 16+5 1 2+0 1
14 DF   CAN Mateo Restrepo 14 0 9+4 0 1+0 0
16 DF   CAN Kareem Sow 5 0 5+0 0 0+0 0
18 MF   TRI Andre Rampersad 27 0 25+0 0 2+0 0
19 DF   CAN Obeng Tabi 19 0 11+8 0 0+0 0
20 DF   CAN Jake Ruby 10 0 9+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF   CAN Marcello Polisi 19 0 11+6 0 1+1 0
22 MF   CAN Mohamed Omar 17 0 12+3 0 1+1 0
23 FW   ENG Cory Bent 20 2 11+8 2 1+0 0
25 FW   CAN Ludwig Kodjo Amla 9 0 2+7 0 0+0 0
27 FW   CAN Ryan Robinson 19 0 2+16 0 0+1 0
28 MF   CAN Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 24 0 20+2 0 1+1 0
30 DF   CAN Colin Gander 17 0 10+5 0 2+0 0
31 DF   BRA Eriks Santos 25 1 22+2 1 1+0 0
37 FW   ENG Lifumpa Mwandwe 12 0 8+4 0 0+0 0
40 GK   CAN Adisa De Rosario 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
50 GK   CAN Christian Oxner 20 0 18+0 0 2+0 0

Top scorers edit

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1   Samuel Salter FW 11 1 12
2   Akeem Garcia FW 4 1 5
3   Cory Bent FW 2 0 2
4   Pierre Lamothe M 2 0 2
5   Aidan Daniels M 1 1 2
6   João Morelli FW 1 0 1
7   Mour Samb FW 1 0 1
8   Eriks Santos D 1 0 1
Totals 23 3 26

Clean sheets edit

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1   Kieran Baskett 5 0 5
2   Christian Oxner 4 1 5
Totals 9 1 10

Disciplinary record edit

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
           
18 MF   Andre Rampersad 6 0 1 0 7 0
28 MF   Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 6 1 0 0 6 1
3 MF   Zachary Fernandez 6 0 0 0 6 0
5 MF   Pierre Lamothe 5 0 0 0 5 0
2 DF   Peter Schaale 5 0 0 0 5 0
19 DF   Obeng Tabi 5 0 0 0 5 0
21 MF   Marcello Polisi 4 0 0 0 4 0
22 MF   Mohamed Omar 3 0 0 0 3 0
14 DF   Mateo Restrepo 2 1 0 0 2 1
30 DF   Colin Gander 2 0 0 0 2 0
31 DF   Eriks Santos 2 0 0 0 2 0
13 FW   Aidan Daniels 1 0 1 0 2 0
23 FW   Cory Bent 1 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF   Cristian Campagna 1 0 0 0 1 0
52 DF   Gabriel Escobar 1 0 0 0 1 0
11 FW   Akeem Garcia 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 FW   Mour Samb 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 52 2 2 0 54 2

References edit

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  4. ^ "Halifax Wanderers sign Canadian Mohamed Omar". canpl.ca. Canadian Premier League. February 16, 2022. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
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  9. ^ "'An exciting young winger': Wanderers welcome international forward Fumpa Mwandwe". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. July 13, 2022. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  10. ^ "'He combines pace, height and finishing': Wanderers sign young Canadian striker Ludwig Kodjo Amla". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
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  12. ^ a b "Wanderers sign De Rosario and Degelman to development contracts". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. August 18, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
  13. ^ "'Excellent leadership qualities across the backline': Wanderers sign Canadian U21 defender Cristian Campagna". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
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  19. ^ "2022 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

External links edit