2021 HFX Wanderers FC season

HFX Wanderers
2021 season
President	Derek Martin
Head coach	Stephen Hart
Stadium	Wanderers Grounds
Canadian Premier League	6th
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: João Morelli (14 goals); All: João Morelli (15 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 HFX Wanderers FC season was the third season in the club's history, as well as the third season in Canadian Premier League history.

Current squad[edit]

As of June 11, 2021

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
50	Christian Oxner	GK	(1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 25)	Saint Mary's Huskies
12	Kieran Baskett	GK	(2001-09-27)September 27, 2001 (aged 20)	William & Mary Tribe
Defenders
2	Peter Schaale	CB	(1996-06-14)June 14, 1996 (aged 25)	CBU Capers
3	Morey Doner	RB	(1994-03-25)March 25, 1994 (aged 27)	York9 FC
6	Jems Geffrard	CB	(1994-08-26)August 26, 1994 (aged 27)	Fresno FC
14	Mateo Restrepo	RB	(1997-04-29)April 29, 1997 (aged 24)	UC Santa Barbara Gauchos
16	Kareem Sow	CB	(2000-09-28)September 28, 2000 (aged 21)	Montreal Carabins
20	Jake Ruby	RB	(2000-06-04)June 4, 2000 (aged 21)	Trinity Western Spartans
31	Eriks Santos	CB	(1996-02-23)February 23, 1996 (aged 25)	Dila Gori
Midfielders
5	Pierre Lamothe	AM	(1997-09-18)September 18, 1997 (aged 24)	A.S. Blainville
8	Omar Kreim	MF	(1995-02-10)February 10, 1995 (aged 26)	Montreal Carabins
10	Alessandro Riggi	LW / RW	(1993-11-30)November 30, 1993 (aged 28)	Phoenix Rising
15	Scott Firth	CM	(2001-03-02)March 2, 2001 (aged 20)	Suburban FC
18	Andre Rampersad	CM	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 26)	Santa Rosa
21	Marcello Polisi	CM / DM	(1997-01-24)January 24, 1997 (aged 24)	SFU Athletics
22	João Morelli	AM	(1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 25)	FCI Levadia
28	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	CM	(1995-03-09)March 9, 1995 (aged 26)	Saint Louis FC
Forwards
7	Alex Marshall	LW / CF	(1998-02-24)February 24, 1998 (aged 23)	Cavalier
9	Samuel Salter	CF	(2000-08-09)August 9, 2000 (aged 21)	AS Blainville
11	Akeem Garcia	CF / RW	(1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 25)	Santa Rosa
23	Cory Bent	LW / ST	(1997-05-14)May 14, 1997 (aged 24)	CBU Capers
39	Stefan Karajovanovic	CF	(1999-04-16)April 16, 1999 (aged 22)	Carleton Ravens

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3	DF	Morey Doner	York9 FC	Free	January 6, 2021	^[1]
12	GK	Kieran Baskett	William & Mary Tribe	Free	January 13, 2021	^[2]
28	MF	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	Saint Louis FC	Free	January 20, 2021	^[3]
5	MF	Pierre Lamothe	A.S. Blainville	Free	January 27, 2021	^[4]
9	FW	Samuel Salter	CSUN Matadors	Free	February 10, 2021	^[5]
39	FW	Stefan Karajovanovic	Carleton Ravens	Selected 7th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	June 10, 2021	^[6]
16	DF	Kareem Sow	Montreal Carabins	Selected 10th overall in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft	June 11, 2021	^[7]
21	MF	Marcello Polisi	SFU Athletics	Free	June 11, 2021	^[8]

Draft picks[edit]

HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2021 CPL–U Sports Draft on January 29, 2021. 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	7	FW	Stefan Karajovanovic	Canada	Carleton Ravens
2	10	DF	Kareem Sow	Canada	Montreal Carabins

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
1	GK	Jason Beaulieu	Retired		November 3, 2020	^[9]
5	MF	Louis Béland-Goyette	Gudja United	Contract expired	November 3, 2020	^[9]
6	DF	Chrisnovic N'sa	York United FC	Contract expired	November 3, 2020	^[9]
16	DF	Luke Green	St. Francis Xavier X-Men	Contract expired	November 3, 2020	^[9]
24	DF	Alex De Carolis	IFK Eskilstuna	Contract expired	November 19, 2020	^[10]
17	MF	Aboubacar Sissoko	Indy Eleven	Contract expired	February 10, 2021	^[11]
13	DF	Daniel Kinumbe		Contract expired	March 31, 2021	^[12]
9	FW	Ibrahima Sanoh		Contract expired	March 31, 2021	^[12]

Competitions[edit]

Canadian Premier League[edit]

Table[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	2	10	39	24	+15	50	Advance to playoffs
2	Cavalry	28	14	8	6	34	30	+4	50
3	Pacific (C)	28	13	6	9	47	34	+13	45
4	York United	28	8	12	8	35	39	−4	36
5	Valour	28	10	5	13	38	36	+2	35
6	HFX Wanderers	28	8	11	9	28	34	−6	35
7	FC Edmonton	28	6	10	12	34	41	−7	28
8	Atlético Ottawa	28	6	8	14	30	47	−17	26

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins.^[13]
(C) Champions; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match[edit]

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	L	L	D	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	D	L	L	D
Position	8	7	8	6	7	7	8	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	6	6

Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

June 26 1	Pacific FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
5:00pm	Bustos 17' Bassett 37' Heard 60' Chung 70' Lee 79'	Report	Morelli 72'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

June 30 2	Valour FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Jean-Baptiste 20' Akio 89'	Report	Ruby 48' Marshall 71'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

July 3 3	Cavalry FC	0–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Ledgerwood 45+4'v Kaiser 53' Escalante 85' Simmons 89'	Report	Polisi 67'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: David Barrie

July 10 4	HFX Wanderers	2–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm	Morelli 7' 44' 55' Doner 90+1'	Report	Aird 64' Gorskie 84'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 13 5	HFX Wanderers	0–0	Pacific FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:00pm		Report	Heard 17' Hojabrpour 58' Polisi 17'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 17 6	HFX Wanderers	1–2	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm	Restrepo 24' Doner 57' Kreim 84' Salter 87'	Report	Novak 45+2' Musse 52' Selemani 55' Escalante 60' Loturi 83' Klomp 90+3'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Alain Ruch

July 21 7	FC Edmonton	1–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Soria 31' Temguia 33' Ongaro 81'	Report	Firth 38' Oxner 75'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

July 24 8	HFX Wanderers	1–0	Valour FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm	Doner 29' Lamothe 44' 49' Morelli 45+2' Rampersad 54' Bent 90+4'	Report	Cebara 45+2'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 0 Referee: Carly Shaw-Maclaren

August 2 9	HFX Wanderers	2–1	Atlético Ottawa	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00pm ET	Morellia 25', 37' Garcia 29'	Report	Telfer 21' Mannella 39' Shaw 79' Acosta 90'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

August 7 10	HFX Wanderers	2–3	York United FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm	Ruby 21', 78' Morelli 40' Restrepo 43'	Report	Ferrari 39' Johnston 54' 80' Wilson 67' Wright 90'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 3,800 Referee: David Barrie

August 14 11	Atlético Ottawa	2–1	HFX Wanderers	Ottawa, Ontario
4:00pm	Shaw 39' Beckie 82' Wright 87' Shaw 88'	Report	Garcia 12' (pen.) Karajovanovic 16' Rampersad 57'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 12,064 Referee: David Barrie

August 22 12	Forge FC	1–1	HFX Wanderers	Hamilton, Ontario
5:00pm	Nanco 53' Grant 55' Awuah 90+6'	Report	Marshall 16' Gagnon-Laparé 49' Riggi 90'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field

August 25 13	York United	1–1	HFX Wanderers	Toronto, Ontario
7:00pm	Ramírez 3' Wilson 67' Ferrari 90+5' Johnston 90+6'	Report	Salter 79' Polisi 82' Gagnon-Laparé 85' Santos 90+2'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium

August 29 14	Atlético Ottawa	2–2	HFX Wanderers	Ottawa, Ontario
2:30pm	McKendry 35' Wright 39' Telfer 45+2', 45+2' Verhoven 69' Shaw 75' (pen.)	Report	Morelli 3', 45+3', 51' Karajovanovic 58' Geffrard 74'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium

September 3 15	HFX Wanderers	2–0	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:00pm	Karajovanovic 12' Schaale 62'	Report	Cissé 15' Bekker 28'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

September 6 16	HFX Wanderers	3–3	York United	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm	Bent 39' Polisi 70' Morelli 84' (pen.), 87' (pen.) Schaale 90+1' Abzi 90+2' (o.g.) Camara 90+3'	Report	Abzi 40' Ulbricht 52' Rivero 90' 90+1'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

September 11 17	Atlético Ottawa	1–2	HFX Wanderers	Ottawa, Ontario
2:30pm	T. Shaw 38' Higgins 42' Verhoven 45' M. Shaw 52'	Report	Morelli 17' (pen.) 69' 89' Schaale 67'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium

September 18 18	York United	0–0	HFX Wanderers	Toronto, Ontario
7:30pm	C. N'sa 84'	Report	Riggi 24'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium

September 25 19	HFX Wanderers	1–0	FC Edmonton	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm	Morelli 24' Schaale 87' Rampersad 90+1' Garcia 90+1' Baskett 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

September 29 20	HFX Wanderers	2–1	Atlético Ottawa	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:30pm	Camara 33' Morelli 45+3' (pen.) 54' Baskett 78' Karajovanovic 86'	Report	Neufville 45+2' Telfer 68'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

October 3 21	York United	2–2	HFX Wanderers	Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm	Rivero 13' Wilson 23' Abzi 43' C. N'sa 60' Ulbricht 68' 78'	Report	Garcia 27' Camara 41' Portal 82'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium

October 6 22	HFX Wanderers	0–1	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00pm	Rampersad 22' Gagnon-Laparé 27' Morelli 70'	Report	Babouli 24', 25' Awuah 44' Grant 61' Nanco 84'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

October 11 23	HFX Wanderers	1–0	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00pm	Bent 2' Lamothe 7' Samake 83' (o.g.) Camara 90+3'	Report	Haynes 43'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: David Gantar

October 17 24	Cavalry FC	0–0	HFX Wanderers	Calgary, Alberta
5:00pm	Klomp 73'	Report	Riggi 26' Santos 46'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 2,756 Referee: David Gantar

October 23 25	HFX Wanderers	0–0	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm ET		Report	Maan 20' Samuel 76'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: David Barrie

October 26 26	Valour FC	3–0	HFX Wanderers	Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:30pm ET	Akio 38' Galhardo 45' Levis 49' Rea 66'	Report		Stadium: IG Field Referee: Alain Ruch

October 30 27	Forge FC	4–1	HFX Wanderers	Hamilton, Ontario
2:00pm	Navarro 3', 15' Choinière 25' Castello 88' Cela 90'	Report	Marshall 54' Garcia 63'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

November 7 28	HFX Wanderers	1–1	Atlético Ottawa	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00pm	Salter 11' Schaale 16' Portal 41' Santos 56' Rampersad 67' Geffrard 88'	Report	Acosta 25' Arnone 57', 53' 57'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,456 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

Canadian Championship[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

August 17	HFX Wanderers	2–1	A.S. Blainville	Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 PM	Bent 10' Restrepo 58' Morelli 72' (pen.) Baskett 81' Marshall 90+6'	Report	Essomé Penda 52' (pen.) Dicko-Raynauld 53' Islam Haroon 57' Leconte 57' Lefèvre 58' Yesli 71' Bertrand 90+1'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 3,780 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Quarter-finals[edit]

September 22 Quarter-final	HFX Wanderers	1–3	CF Montréal	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:00PM	Bent 27' Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé 31'	Report	Matko Miljevic 30' Miljevic 35' Tabla 89', 90+2'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,413 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Statistics[edit]

Players[edit]


No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Pos	Nat	Name	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists	Apps	Goals	Assists
2	DF		Peter Schaale	22	1	1	21	1	1	1	0	0
3	DF		Morey Doner	21	0	3	20	0	3	1	0	0
5	MF		Pierre Lamothe	26	1	1	24	1	0	2	0	1
6	DF		Jems Geffrard	12	0	0	11	0	0	1	0	0
7	FW		Alex Marshall	23	2	1	22	2	1	1	0	0
8	MF		Omar Kreim	7	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW		Samuel Salter	22	3	1	21	3	1	1	0	0
10	FW		Alessandro Riggi	17	0	0	16	0	0	1	0	0
11	FW		Akeem Garcia	24	2	1	22	2	1	2	0	0
14	DF		Mateo Restrepo	12	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF		Scott Firth	11	0	0	10	0	0	1	0	0
16	DF		Kareem Sow	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Andre Rampersad	29	0	1	27	0	1	2	0	0
19	MF		Alejandro Portal	10	0	1	10	0	1	0	0	0
20	DF		Jake Ruby	17	1	1	16	1	1	1	0	0
21	MF		Marcello Polisi	17	0	0	15	0	0	2	0	0
22	FW		João Morelli	23	15	0	21	14	0	2	1	0
23	FW		Cory Bent	21	2	3	19	0	3	2	2	0
25	FW		Mamadi Camara	10	1	0	10	1	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	24	0	3	22	0	3	2	0	0
31	DF		Eriks Santos	20	0	0	18	0	0	2	0	0
39	FW		Stefan Karajovanovic	27	1	2	25	1	2	1	0	0

Goalkeepers[edit]


No.	Nat	Name	Total			Canadian Premier League			Canadian Championship
No.	Nat	Name	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts	Apps	Conceded	Shutouts
12		Kieran Baskett	12	15	4	10	11	4	2	4	0
50		Christian Oxner	18	23	5	18	23	5	0	0	0

References[edit]

^ "HFX Wanderers FC sign experienced Canadian fullback Morey Doner". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.
^ "Halifax Wanderers sign local goalkeeper Kieran Baskett". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
^ "Halifax Wanderers sign Canadian midfielder Jeremy Gagnon-Laparé". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
^ "Halifax Wanderers Football Club sign Canadian midfielder Pierre Lamothe". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
^ "Halifax Wanderers Sign Canadian Forward Samuel Salter". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ "Stefan Karajovanovic signs his first professional contract with HFX Wanderers FC". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
^ "HFX Wanderers Sign CPL-U SPORTS Draft Pick Kareem Sow for the 2021 Season". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
^ "HFX Wanderers sign Canadian Midfielder Marcello Polisi". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Halifax Wanderers FC Announce Initial 2021 Roster Moves". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.
^ "HFX Wanderers FC parts ways with fullback Alex De Carolis". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
^ "Indy Eleven signs midfielder Aboubacar Sissoko". indyeleven.com. February 10, 2021. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "HFX Wanderers FC Training Camp 2021 Update". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
^ Jacques, John (24 October 2021). "Pacific Procures Back-To-Back Playoff Positions". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 24 October 2021. With the CPL tiebreaker defaulting to the number of wins

External links[edit]

2021 HFX Wanderers FC season at Official Site

[1] "HFX Wanderers FC sign experienced Canadian fullback Morey Doner". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 6, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2021.

[2] "Halifax Wanderers sign local goalkeeper Kieran Baskett". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 13, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2021.

[3] "Halifax Wanderers sign Canadian midfielder Jeremy Gagnon-Laparé". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.

[4] "Halifax Wanderers Football Club sign Canadian midfielder Pierre Lamothe". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. January 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2021.

[5] "Halifax Wanderers Sign Canadian Forward Samuel Salter". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. HFX Wanderers FC. February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.

[6] "Stefan Karajovanovic signs his first professional contract with HFX Wanderers FC". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

[7] "HFX Wanderers Sign CPL-U SPORTS Draft Pick Kareem Sow for the 2021 Season". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. Retrieved June 11, 2021.

[8] "HFX Wanderers sign Canadian Midfielder Marcello Polisi". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. Retrieved June 11, 2021.

[rosterupdate-9] "Halifax Wanderers FC Announce Initial 2021 Roster Moves". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2020.

[10] "HFX Wanderers FC parts ways with fullback Alex De Carolis". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.

[11] "Indy Eleven signs midfielder Aboubacar Sissoko". indyeleven.com. February 10, 2021. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021. Retrieved February 10, 2021.

[training-12] "HFX Wanderers FC Training Camp 2021 Update". hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca. March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

[13] Jacques, John (24 October 2021). "Pacific Procures Back-To-Back Playoff Positions". Northern Tribune. Retrieved 24 October 2021. With the CPL tiebreaker defaulting to the number of wins

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