FC Lanaudière

Football Club Lanaudière was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Lanaudière-Nord, Quebec that plays in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. The club was founded in 2016 by the Association Régionale de Soccer (ARS) Lanaudière to replace FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière after the latter's departure from the PLSQ. The club was supported by the region's 14 affiliated amateur soccer clubs, and is the first club in the PLSQ to use this regional model.[1]

FC Lanaudière
Full nameFootball Club Lanaudière
Short nameFCL
Founded2016
StadiumCentre de Soccer Multifonctionnel de Terrebonne
Executive DirectorJohn Bellini
Head CoachMarco Torrens
LeaguePremière Ligue de soccer du Québec
2021PLSQ, 9th
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was formed in 2016 by the Association Régionale de Soccer (ARS) Lanaudière to replace FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière, one of its member clubs, which was leaving the league, to ensure that the region still had a presence in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[2] For their inaugural season, about 40% of the players were from Lanaudière, with the team aiming to have 80% of the roster come from the region within five years.[3] Andrew Olivieri was the club's original head coach.[4][5] In 2018, the club finished in last place in the league standings, but managed to win the League Cup, defeating FC Gatineau in the final in penalty kicks.[6][7]

In 2021, it was announced that the club would transfer its license to CS Lanaudière-Nord (a club formed from the merger of previous license holder FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière and AS Laser).[8][9]

Seasons
Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup Ref
2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 7 4–3–11 6th Quarter-finals [10]
2017 7 4–7–7 5th Quarter-finals [10]
2018 8 2–5–14 8th Champions [10]
2019 9 3–2–11 7th Group stage [10]
2020 on hiatus – COVID-19
2021 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 10[note 1] 1–1–14 9th – [10]

    Notable former players

    The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the PLSQ team:

    Coaching history
    • Canada Andrew Olivieri (2016-17)
    • Canada Mike Vitulano (2017-18)
    • Canada Giuseppe Cortese (2018-19)
    • CanadaPortugal Kevin Mendes Duarte (2020-2021)
    • CanadaCosta Rica Marco Antonio Torrens (2021)

    Honours
    • Coupe PLSQ (1): 2018

    See also

    Notes
    1. Ottawa South United withdrew from the 2021 league mid-way through due to government restrictions, with their matches removed from the standings. Thus, Lanaudière's victory and loss against Ottawa are not included in their record.

    References
    1. "Le FC Lanaudière est né!" [FC Lanaudière is born!]. FC Lanaudière (in French). Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
    2. Krieger, Dan (4 April 2016). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central.
    3. Gilbert, Jean-Marc (21 June 2016). "Une première année remplie de défis" [A first year full of challenges]. Journal La Revue (in French).
    4. "Retour Sur 2016" [Looking Back on 2016]. PLSQ (in French). 20 March 2017.
    5. "Le FC Lanaudière en quête de joueurs «professionnels»" [FC Lanaudière in search of "professional" players]. Just eSoccer (in French). 23 December 2016.
    6. Tougas, Marc (3 July 2019). "Le FC Lanaudière Prend Du Mieux" [FC Lanaudière Is Getting Better]. PLSQ (in French).
    7. "FC Lanaudière: Champions de la Coupe PLSQ!" [FC Lanaudière: PLSQ Cup Champions!]. ARS Lanaudière (in French). 29 October 2018.
    8. "Transfert du Lanaudière vers le C.S. Lanaudière=Nord" [Transfer from FC Lanaudière to CS Lanaudière-Nord]. ARS Lanaudière (in French). 8 June 2021.
    9. "Le FC Lanaudière retourne à sa source" [FC Lanaudière returns to its source]. Just eSoccer (in French). 8 June 2021.
    10. "Première Ligue de soccer du Québec". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
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