2017_PLSQ_season
2017 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season
Football league season
The 2017 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season is the sixth 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.
| Season | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Champions | AS Blainville |
| Cup champions | AS Blainville |
| Matches played | 63 |
| Goals scored | 203 (3.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (14 goals) (AS Blainville) |
| Biggest home win | 5 goals: Blainville 5–0 Gatineau (2 September) |
| Biggest away win | 8 goals: St-Hubert 1–9 Blainville (20 May) |
| Highest scoring | 10 goals: St-Hubert 1–9 Blainville (20 May) |
← 2016 2018 → | |
CS Mont-Royal Outremont was the defending champion from 2016.
AS Blainville won the league championship this season.
For the third season running, the league will feature a total of seven teams. Dynamo de Québec & CS St-Hubert will begin their first season in the league,[1] while Lakeshore SC & Ottawa Fury FC Academy departed after the 2016 season.
Starting this year, the league champion was granted a place in the next year's Canadian Championship. As a result, the Inter-Provincial Cup was discontinued.[2]
The following seven teams will take part in the 2017 season:
| Team | City | Stadium | Founded | Joined | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current teams | |||||
| AS Blainville | Blainville, Laurentides | Blainville Park | 1986 | 2012 |  Emmanuel Macagno |
| Dynamo de Quebec | Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale | ESLE | 1991 | 2017 | Edmond Foyé |
| FC Gatineau | Gatineau, Outaouais | Mont-Bleu Field | 2012 | 2013 | Sylver Castagnet |
| FC Lanaudière | Terrebonne, Lanaudière | Terrebonne Sports Complex | 2016 | 2016 |  Andrew Olivieri |
| CS Longueuil | Longueuil, Montérégie | Laurier Park | 1970 | 2014 | Anthony Rimasson |
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Mount Royal, Montréal | TMR Recreation Centre | ? | 2013 | Luc Brutus |
| CS St-Hubert | Saint-Hubert, Montérégie | Rosanne-Laflamme | 1980 | 2017 | François Bourgeais |
Each team played 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 qualifies for the 2018 Canadian Championship.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Blainville (C, Q) | 18 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 14 | +31 | 41 | 2018 Canadian Championship |
| 2 | Dynamo de Québec | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 31 | |
| 3 | CS Longueuil | 18 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 27 | |
| 4 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 24 | |
| 5 | FC Lanaudière | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 19 | |
| 6 | CS St-Hubert | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 44 | −21 | 17 | |
| 7 | FC Gatineau | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 34 | −19 | 13 |
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Top goalscorers
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Top goalkeepers
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Awards
| Award | Player (club) | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Ballon d'or (Best Player) | Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville) | [3][4] |
| Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) | Frederico Moojen (CS Mont-Royal Outremont) | |
| Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) | Berlin Jean-Gilles (FC Lanaudière) | |
| Golden Boot (Top Scorer) | Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville) | |
| Coach of the Year | Emmanuel Macagno (AS Blainville) | |
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 2017 PLSQ Cup maintained the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final.[5] As defending champion, AS Blainville were granted a bye for the first round.[6]
| First round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||
| AS Blainville (a) | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| CS Longueuil | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| CS Longueuil | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| FC Lanaudière | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| AS Blainville | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| CS St-Hubert | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Dynamo de Québec | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| CS St-Hubert (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
First round
| July 15, 2017 | FC Lanaudière | 1 – 1 | CS Longueuil | Terrebonne |
| 3:00 pm | Syla  65' |
Report | Bona 37' |
Stadium: Multisports Terrebonne |
| July 22, 2017 | CS Longueuil | 3 – 0 (4 – 1 agg.) | FC Lanaudière | Longueuil |
| 7:30 pm | Davies 13' Oliveri 45', 68' |
Report | Stadium: Laurier 1 |
| July 16, 2017 | FC Gatineau | 1 – 1 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Gatineau |
| 5:00 pm | Dagnogo |
Report | Rosa |
Stadium: Mont-Bleu 4 |
| July 23, 2017 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 0 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.) | FC Gatineau | Montreal |
| 6:30 pm | Report | Gauthier-Lafrenière 15' |
Stadium: TMR REC3 |
| July 15, 2017 | CS St-Hubert | 1 – 1 | Dynamo de Québec | Longueuil |
| 5:00 pm | Martel 64' |
Report | Cossette 29' |
Stadium: Rosanne-Laflamme |
| July 22, 2017 | Dynamo de Québec | 2 – 2 (3 – 3 agg.) | CS St-Hubert (a) | Lévis |
| 4:00 pm | Grant-Gignac 69' (o.g.) St-Maurice 89'Aussems 90+3' |
Report | Adiem 2' |
Stadium: ESLE |
Semifinals
| July 29, 2017 | CS Longueuil | 1 – 1 | AS Blainville | Longueuil |
| 8:30 pm | Mira 47' |
Report | Aboulhamid 2' |
Stadium: Laurier 1 |
| September 9, 2017 | AS Blainville (a) | 0 – 0 (1 – 1 agg.) | CS Longueuil | Blainville |
| 6:00 pm | Stadium: Parc Blainville 1 |
| July 29, 2017 | CS St-Hubert | 1 – 3 | FC Gatineau | Longueuil |
| 5:00 pm | Mersel 71' |
Report | Lamontagne 48' Karajovanovic 63'Houache 82' |
Stadium: Rosanne-Laflamme |
| September 9, 2017 | FC Gatineau | 1 – 2 (4 – 3 agg.) | CS St-Hubert | Gatineau |
| 5:00 pm | Stadium: Mont-Bleu |
Final
| October 28, 2017 | AS Blainville | 1 – 0 | FC Gatineau | Terrebonne |
| 6:30 pm | Mayard 28' |
Stadium: Multisports Terrebonne |
The league operated a reserve division.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo de Quebec Reserves | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 26 |
| 2 | CS Longueuil Reserves | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 18 | +9 | 23 |
| 3 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 21 |
| 4 | AS Blainville Reserves | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 13 | +14 | 20 |
| 5 | CS St-Hubert Reserves | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 14 |
| 6 | FC Lanaudière Reserves | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 7 |
| 7 | FC Gatineau Reserves | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 6 |
Awards
| Award | Player (club) | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Ballon d'or (Best Player) | Laurent Palacio Tellier (CS Longueuil Reserves) | [4] |
| Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) | Nacereddine Zenaini (FC Lanaudière Reserves) | |
| Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) | Wassim Chaouki (Dynamo de Québec Reserves) | |
| Golden Boot (Top Scorer) | Ekoe Wobuibe Dekpo (CS Longueuil Reserves) | |
- "CS St-Hubert Jouera en PLSQ Cette Saison" [CS St-Hubert To Play PLSQ This Season] (in French). PLSQ. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- "PLSQ Guide de Press 2018" [PLSQ Press Guide 2018] (PDF). PLSQ (in French). April 2018.
- "Tapis Rogue 2017: Mayard Refle Tout!" [2017 Red Carpet: Mayard Scores it all!]. PLSQ (in French). 5 November 2017.
- "Coupe PLSQ" [PLSQ Cup] (in French). PLSQ. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
- "PLSQ 2017: new and several steps forward". Capitaine Soccer. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.