2017 Première ligue de soccer du Québec 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.

Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Season2017
ChampionsAS Blainville
Cup championsAS Blainville
Matches played63
Goals scored203 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerPierre-Rudolph Mayard
(14 goals) (AS Blainville)
Biggest home win5 goals:
Blainville 5–0 Gatineau
(2 September)
Biggest away win8 goals:
St-Hubert 1–9 Blainville
(20 May)
Highest scoring10 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.

Changes from 2016

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]

Teams

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 France Emmanuel Macagno
Dynamo de Quebec Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale ESLE 1991 2017 France Edmond Foyé
FC Gatineau Gatineau, Outaouais Mont-Bleu Field 2012 2013 France Sylver Castagnet
FC Lanaudière Terrebonne, Lanaudière Terrebonne Sports Complex 2016 2016 Canada Andrew Olivieri
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Laurier Park 1970 2014 France Anthony Rimasson
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal TMR Recreation Centre  ? 2013 Canada Luc Brutus
CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Rosanne-Laflamme 1980 2017 France François Bourgeais
2017 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season is located in Southern Quebec
Blainville
Blainville
Gatineau
Gatineau
Lanaudière
Lanaudière
Longueuil
Longueuil
Mont-Royal
Mont-Royal
St-Hubert
St-Hubert
Dynamo
Dynamo
Locations of teams for the 2017 PLSQ season.

Standings

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
Updated to match(es) played on October 22, 2017. Source: TSI Sports
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Statistics

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)

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 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 roundSemifinalsFinal
 
                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
AS Blainville (a)101
 
 
 
CS Longueuil10 1
 
CS Longueuil 134
 
 
 
FC Lanaudière 10 1
 
AS Blainville 1
 
 
 
FC Gatineau 0
 
CS Mont-Royal Outremont 101
 
 
 
 FC Gatineau 11 2
 
FC Gatineau314
 
 
 
CS St-Hubert12 3
 
Dynamo de Québec 123
 
 
 CS St-Hubert (a) 12 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

Reserve Division

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
Source: TSI Sports

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)

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Canada Soccer Announces Inclusion Of League1 And PLSQ Champions In 2018 Canadian Championship". League1 Ontario. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "PLSQ Guide de Press 2018" [PLSQ Press Guide 2018] (PDF). PLSQ (in French). April 2018.
  4. "Tapis Rogue 2017: Mayard Refle Tout!" [2017 Red Carpet: Mayard Scores it all!]. PLSQ (in French). 5 November 2017.
  5. "Coupe PLSQ" [PLSQ Cup] (in French). PLSQ. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  6. "PLSQ 2017: new and several steps forward". Capitaine Soccer. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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