2023 Ligue1 Québec season
The 2023 Ligue1 Québec season is the twelfth season of play for the Ligue1 Québec (and the first since rebranding from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec). L1Q is a division three semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.
| Season | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Dates | May 6 – September 30 |
| Champions | CS St-Laurent |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 431 (3.27 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Adama Sissoko (19 goals) |
← 2022 2024 → | |
FC Laval competed in the 2023 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2022 league champions.[1]
CS St-Laurent won their first league title and qualified for the 2024 Canadian Championship.
Main Division
Teams
Twelve teams will participate in the 2023 season. The league champion will earn a place in the 2024 Canadian Championship.
| Team | City | Stadium | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| A.S. Blainville | Blainville, Laurentides | Parc Blainville | Emmanuel Macagno |
| Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie | Parc Pierre-Benoît | Steve Francon |
| CS Lanaudière-Nord | Joliette, Lanaudière | École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette | Sylvestre Rukondo |
| AS Laval | Laval, Laval | Parc de Lausanne | Billy Zagakos |
| FC Laval | Laval, Laval | Collège Montmorency & Parc Roseval | Boubacar Coulibaly |
| CS Longueuil | Longueuil, Montérégie | Parc Laurier | Seyni Camara |
| CF Montréal U23 | Montréal, Montréal | Centre Nutrilait | Patrick Viollat |
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Mount Royal, Montréal | Parc Recreatif de TMR | Luc Brutus |
| CS Saint-Laurent | Saint-Laurent, Montreal | Vanier College Stadium | Nicolas Razzaghi |
| CS St-Hubert | Saint-Hubert, Montérégie | Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme | Nasson Theosmy |
| Ottawa South United | Ottawa, Ontario | TAAG Park at Carleton University | Peter Mapendere |
| Royal-Sélect de Beauport | Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale | Stade Beauport | Samir Ghrib |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CS Saint-Laurent (C) | 22 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 55 | 2024 Canadian Championship |
| 2 | Royal-Sélect de Beauport | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 45 | |
| 3 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 41 | |
| 4 | FC Laval | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 40 | |
| 5 | CF Montréal U23 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 29 | 23 | +6 | 40 | |
| 6 | CS St-Hubert | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 30 | |
| 7 | AS Blainville | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 36 | 35 | +1 | 30 | |
| 8 | CS Longueuil | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 26 | |
| 9 | AS Laval | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 24 | |
| 10 | Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 35 | 53 | −18 | 20 | |
| 11 | Ottawa South United | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 18[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 12 | CS Lanaudière-Nord | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 18 | 69 | −51 | 2 |
- Ottawa South United was deducted 1 point for defaulting one match.
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adama Makan Sissoko | FC Laval | 19 |
| 2 | Loic Adrien Kwemi | CS Saint-Laurent | 17 |
| 3 | Yann Régis Toualy | CS Saint-Laurent | 12 |
| 4 | Evans Eze | AS Blainville | 11 |
| 5 | Dylan Ngono | Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | 8 |
| Rickson Aristilde | FC Laval | ||
| Safwane Mlah | CS Saint-Laurent | ||
| Alexandre Marcoux | AS Blainville | ||
| Josué Desire Youta | CS Saint-Laurent | ||
| 10 | Jordan Ogla Mbala | CS Longueuil | 7 |
| Bonano Beugré Gnenago | Royal-Sélect de Beauport | ||
| Guesly Alexandre | CF Montréal Academy | ||
Coupe L1QC
The two Coupe PLSQ finalists from the previous season (AS Blainville and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu) advanced directly to the Quarter-Final round. Two additional clubs (FC Laval and RS Beauport) were selected by a random draw to also advance directly to the Quarter-Final round.
| First Round October 7–8 | Quarter-Finals October 14 | Semi-Finals October 21 | Final October 28 | ||||||||||||
| AS Blainville | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| CS Longueuil | 0 | CS St-Laurent | 4 | ||||||||||||
| CS St-Laurent | 6 | CS St-Laurent | 4 | ||||||||||||
| Royal-Sélect de Beauport | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Royal-Sélect de Beauport | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| CS St-Hubert | 0 | AS Laval | 0 | ||||||||||||
| AS Laval | 2 | CS St-Laurent | |||||||||||||
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | |||||||||||||||
| FC Laval | 2(4) | ||||||||||||||
| CS Lanaudière-Nord | 4 | CS Lanaudière-Nord | 2(5) | ||||||||||||
| Ottawa South United | 2 | CS Lanaudière-Nord | 0 | ||||||||||||
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 3 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 2 | ||||||||||||
| CF Montréal U23 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Source: Spordle
Reserve Division
The league will operate a reserve division. Each team, apart from the CF Montréal Academy, will operate a reserve team, playing each other once. Pierrefonds FC, who play in the women's division but not the men's, will field a team in the division as well
First Phase
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CS Saint-Laurent Reserves | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 16 | +13 | 28 |
| 2 | CS Longueuil Reserves | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 22 |
| 3 | AS Laval Reserves | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 20 |
| 4 | FC Laval Reserves | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 19 |
| 5 | CS St-Hubert Reserves | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 18 |
| 6 | Royal-Sélect de Beauport Reserves | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 16 |
| 7 | AS Blainville Reserves | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 16 |
| 8 | Pierrefonds FC | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 11 |
| 9 | Ottawa South United Reserves | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 11 |
| 10 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 10 |
| 11 | Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Reserves | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 30 | −17 | 6 |
| 12 | CS Lanaudière-Nord Reserves | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 6 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
Second phase
Upon the conclusion of the Reserve Division, the league ran a short second phase, divided into two groups, with all the teams returning except for Ottawa South United.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CS Saint-Laurent Reserves | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 10 | Championship final |
| 2 | FC Laval Reserves | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 7 | |
| 3 | CS St-Hubert Reserves | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 6 | |
| 4 | CS Lanaudière-Nord Reserves | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 3 | |
| 5 | Pierrefonds FC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CS Longueuil Reserves (C) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 13 | Championship final |
| 2 | AS Laval Reserves | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 10 | |
| 3 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | AS Blainville Reserves | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 7 | |
| 5 | Royal-Sélect de Beauport Reserves | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |
| 6 | Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Reserves | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
(C) Champions
Championship Final
References
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