Guelph United F.C.

University of Guelph Gryphons and Guelph SC

Guelph United F.C. was founded in 2020 by Keith Mason, Benny Mezezi, and Ami Mezezi,[5] in partnership with the University of Guelph Gryphons, the Guelph Soccer Club, and the City of Guelph[6] with the goal of bringing semi-professional soccer to the community.[7] Guelph Gryphons head and assistant coaches Keith Mason and Justin Springer were announced as the team's associate coaches.[8] The team is expected to be primarily composed of University of Guelph players, supplemented by local players.[9]

The club joined League1 Ontario for the 2021 season and will also field a team in the reserve division.[9] Ahead of their debut, they made headlines signing former Canadian Premier League player Jace Kotsopoulos as the team's first ever player.[10][11] They made their debut on July 30, 2021 defeating FC London by a score of 6-0.[12][13] In their first season, they came in first place in the West Division, advancing to the playoffs, with their team featuring three of the top four regular season goal scoring leaders.[14][15] In the playoffs, they won the League1 Ontario title, after defeating Blue Devils FC 3-1 in the finals, qualifying them for the 2022 Canadian Championship.[16] They were defeated in the first round of the Canadian Championship by professional club HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League 2-0.[17][18][19]

Guelph Union was founded by the Guelph Soccer Club[20] to join the League1 Ontario women's division for the 2021 season.[21][22] They became the city's first ever women's semi-professional sports team.[23] The women's team initially existed as a separate entity from the men's team,[24] although they merged into one entity (while retaining the Union name for the women's team) in January 2023,[25] as the women's team was potentially going to leave the city, as they would not be returning under the Guelph SC banner.[26] Prior to this the Guelph Soccer Club had fielded four teams in the Ontario Women's Soccer League.[27] They made their debut in the 2021 Summer Championship season on July 22, 2021, defeating Darby FC 1-0.[28] The club partnered with the Children’s Foundation of Guelph and Wellington as their charitable partner, donating fifty percent of the revenue from their ticket sales to the organization.[29][30] In their debut season, they participated in the short-season Summer Championship division, finishing with a perfect 6-0 record to win the division.[31] In 2022, they began playing in the main division (after opting to play in the short-season division in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), winning their debut match 1-0 over Darby FC.[32] They finished their inaugural season in the main division in 13th place.[33]

as of March 30, 2021[34]

Name	Position
Keith Mason	General Manager
Justin Springer	Men's Head coach
Don Ferguson	Men's Goalkeeper coach

As of 27 April 2023[35]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Carter Robart 2 MF  CAN Anthony Ostrun 3 DF  CAN Colin Gander 4 MF  JAM Amardo Oakley 5 MF  ENG Harvey Marchant 6 DF  CAN Marko Maletic 7 MF  CAN Parmpreet Johal 8 MF  CAN Youssef Zaghloul 9 FW  CAN Jared Agyemang 10 MF  CAN Jack Sears 11 FW  CAN Leo Shrimpton

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 FW  CAN Milan Beader 13 MF  CAN John Greenhough 14 DF  CAN Cole Fernandez 15 MF  GRE Dion Stergiotis 17 FW  CAN Damian Truong 18 MF  CAN Arman Moghadsi 19 MF  CAN Cedric Macnay 20 GK  CAN Daniel Clarke 21 MF  CAN Gray Yates 22 DF  BRB Zachary Ellis-Hayden — FW  CAN Camilo Vasconcelos