2015 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season

2015 PLSQ Cup
Coupe PLSQ
Tournament details
Country	Canada; Quebec
Dates	June 14 - October 24, 2015
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	Lakeshore
Runner-up	Mont-Royal Outremont
Tournament statistics
Matches played	11
Goals scored	31 (2.82 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)	Hicham Makhoukh (3)

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec
	File:Première Ligue de soccer du Québec logo.png
Season	2015
Champions	Mont-Royal Outremont
Cup champions	Lakeshore SC
Matches played	63
Goals scored	218 (3.46 per match)
Top goalscorer	Frederico Moojen; (18 goals)
Biggest home win	L'Assomption 4-0 Lakeshore; (31 May 2015); L'Assomption 4-0 Gatineau; (18 October 2015)
Biggest away win	Gatineau 1-7 Mont-Royal Outremont; (20 Sept 2015)
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The 2015 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season is the fourth 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).

The season began on May 2, 2015 and ended on October 18, 2015, with the cup final taking place on October 24, 2015. CS Longueuil is the defending champion.

Changes from 2014

Two new teams joined the league for this season, while ACP Montréal-Nord did not return due to administrative difficulties.^[1] Joining the league are Lakeshore SC, which is based in the southwestern portion of the island of Montreal, while the other is an academy team of Ottawa Fury FC, whose primary team competes in the Division 2 North American Soccer League. This expansion into Ottawa marks the first time a team from outside Québec will take part in the PLSQ, with Fury FC citing the proximity of other teams as making the PLSQ a logical choice.^[2]

This season will also feature the arrival of a reserve division, which will allow PLSQ teams to establish a youth development pathway. In addition, the league commissioned Montreal composer Vincent Duhaime-Perreault to compose an anthem for the league, which will be played prior to all season and cup matches.^[3]

Teams

Blainville

Gatineau

Lakeshore SC

L'Assomption-Lanaudière

Longueuil

MR-Outremont

Ottawa

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Locations of teams within Greater Montreal for the 2015 PLSQ season.

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	Head Coach
AS Blainville	Blainville, Laurentides	Stade du Parc Blainville	2012	Jean-Pierre Ceriani
FC Gatineau	Gatineau, Outaouais	Terrain Mont Bleu	2013	Josy Madelonet
Lakeshore SC	Kirkland, Montréal	Bénévoles Park	2015
FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière	L'Assomption, Lanaudière	Stade André-Courcelles	2012	Marco Torrens
CS Longueuil	Longueuil, Montérégie	Centre Multi Sport	2014	Mathieu Rufié
CS Mont-Royal Outremont	Mont-Royal, Montréal	REC Mont-Royal	2013	Luc Brutus
Ottawa Fury FC Academy	Ottawa, Ontario	Algonquin College	2015	Phillip Dos Santos

Source:^[4]

Standings

Each team will play 18 matches as part of the season; three matches against each other team in the league split home and away. There are no playoffs at the end of the season; the first-place team will be crowned as league champion and will face the L1O league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	18	11	3	4	44	24	+20	36	Inter-Provincial Cup vs L1O Champion
2	Lakeshore FC	18	10	5	3	36	21	+15	35
3	AS Blainville	18	8	6	4	32	26	+6	30
4	CS Longueuil	18	7	5	6	27	28	−1	26
5	Ottawa Fury FC Academy	18	6	0	12	23	32	−9	18
6	FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière	18	5	2	11	32	41	−9	17
7	FC Gatineau	18	4	3	11	24	46	−22	15

Source: http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue14/index_.htm

Cup

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 2015 PLSQ Cup will maintain the same format as the previous season, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final. As defending champion, FC Gatineau will obtain a bye for the first round.^[5] Template:8TeamBracket-2legsExceptFinal

First Round

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)	Ottawa Fury Academy	1 – 2	Lakeshore	Raven Road Field, Carleton University
3:30 pm	Schroeter 66'	Report	Saidi 7' El Ali 36'	Attendance: 91 Referee: Timothy Wong

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)	Lakeshore	1 – 0	Ottawa Fury Academy	Bénévoles Park
7:00 pm	Kaniki 2'	Report		Referee: Gilmar Hernandez

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)	Blainville	2 – 1	Longueuil	Parc Blainville 1
4:00 pm	Makhoukh 83' Sylla 87'	Report	Hasnat Kashem 4'	Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

11 July 2015 (2015-07-11)	Longueuil	0 – 2	Blainville	Centre Multi-sports 1
4:00 pm		Report	Makhoukh 36' Sylla 46'	Referee: Marie-Han Gagnon-Chretien

14 June 2015 (2015-06-14)	Mont-Royal Outremont	3 – 2	L'Assomption-Lanaudière	TMR REC 3
6:30 pm	Anastasopoulos 35' Dagrou 69' de Souza 81' (pen.)	Report	Fournier 33' (pen.), 88' (pen.)	Attendance: 300 Referee: Okba Benbaka

12 July 2015 (2015-07-12)	L'Assomption-Lanaudière	1 – 3	Mont-Royal Outremont	André Courcelles
1:00 pm	Romero 48'	Report	Dias 31' Sissoko 67' Rosa 73'	Referee: Mathieu Asselin

Semifinals

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08)	Lakeshore	0 – 0	Gatineau	Bénévoles Park
8:00 pm		Report		Referee: Younes Cherid

6 September 2015 (2015-09-06)	Gatineau	0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (3 – 5 p)	Lakeshore	Mont-Bleu 4
4:00 pm		Report		Referee: Christopher Grabas

8 August 2015 (2015-08-08)	Mont-Royal Outremont	4 – 0	Blainville	TMR REC 3
5:00 pm	Moojen Rosa Téoli Sissoko	Report		Attendance: 101 Referee: Taras Lesiuk Pokynboroda

5 September 2015 (2015-09-05)	Blainville	1 – 2	Mont-Royal Outremont	Parc Blainville 1
7:00 pm	Makhoukh	Report	Dagrou Djema	Referee: Francis LaTulippe

Final

24 October 2015 (2015-10-24)	Lakeshore	4 – 2 (a.e.t.)	Mont-Royal Outremont	Bois-de-Boulogne, Laval
4:00 pm	Carrié 34' Fénélon 59' 62' Sisti 68' Kaniki 91' (pen.) Antwi 117'	Report	Moojen 66' (pen.) Reale 85'	Referee: Christopher Grabas

Top Goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Frederico Moojen	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	18
2	Pierre-Rudolph Mayard	FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière	15
3	Dex Kaniki	Lakeshore SC	11
4	Berlin Jean-Gilles	AS Blainville	8
	Cédric Carrié	Lakeshore SC
	Paymon Kabiri	Lakeshore SC
7	Mohamed Dagnogo	Ottawa Fury FC Academy	6
7	Pierre Rancy	AS Blainville	6
9	Sean Rosa	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	5
9	El Mehdi Ibn Brahim	CS Longueuil	5

Last updated October 21, 2015. Source: http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue14/index_.htm

References

^ "SEPT ÉQUIPES AMORCERONT LA SAISON 2015 EN PREMIÈRE LIGUE DE SOCCER DU QUÉBEC". Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "Fury FC to Feature in PLSQ". Ottawa Fury FC. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE" (PDF). federation-soccer.qc.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "LES CALENDRIERS 2015 de la Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec" (PDF). publicationsports.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
^ "RÉSULTATS DU TIRAGE AU SORT DES ÉQUIPES POUR LA COUPE PLSQ 2015". Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

External links

Official website

[1] "SEPT ÉQUIPES AMORCERONT LA SAISON 2015 EN PREMIÈRE LIGUE DE SOCCER DU QUÉBEC". Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

[2] "Fury FC to Feature in PLSQ". Ottawa Fury FC. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

[3] "COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE" (PDF). federation-soccer.qc.ca. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

[4] "LES CALENDRIERS 2015 de la Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec" (PDF). publicationsports.com. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

[5] "RÉSULTATS DU TIRAGE AU SORT DES ÉQUIPES POUR LA COUPE PLSQ 2015". Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. Retrieved 25 April 2015.

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