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
ChampionsBlainville
Cup championsBlainville
Matches played63
Goals scored203 (3.22 per match)
Top goalscorerPierre-Rudolph Mayard (14 goals)
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 is the defending champion.

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

Standings

Each team plays 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: http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/l_classam.aspx
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Statistics

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 will maintain the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final.[3] As defending champion, AS Blainville will obtain a bye for the first round.[4]

 
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 Lanaudière1 – 1CS LongueuilTerrebonne
3:00 pm Syla  65' Report Bona  37' Stadium: Multisports Terrebonne
July 22, 2017 CS Longueuil3 – 0
(4 – 1 agg.)		FC LanaudièreLongueuil
7:30 pm Davies  13'
Oliveri  45', 68'		 Report Stadium: Laurier 1


July 16, 2017 FC Gatineau1 – 1CS Mont-Royal OutremontGatineau
5:00 pm Dagnogo Report Rosa Stadium: Mont-Bleu 4
July 23, 2017 CS Mont-Royal Outremont0 – 1
(1 – 2 agg.)		FC GatineauMontreal
6:30 pm Report Gauthier-Lafrenière  15' Stadium: TMR REC3


July 15, 2017 CS St-Hubert1 – 1Dynamo de QuébecLongueuil
5:00 pm Martel  64' Report Cossette  29' Stadium: Rosanne-Laflamme
July 22, 2017 Dynamo de Québec2 – 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 Longueuil1 – 1AS BlainvilleLongueuil
8:30 pm Mira  47' Report Aboulhamid  2' Stadium: Laurier 1
September 9, 2017 AS Blainville (a)0 – 0
(1 – 1 agg.)		CS LongueuilBlainville
6:00 pm Stadium: Parc Blainville 1


July 29, 2017 CS St-Hubert1 – 3FC GatineauLongueuil
5:00 pm Mersel  71' Report Lamontagne  48'
Karajovanovic  63'
Houache  82'		 Stadium: Rosanne-Laflamme
September 9, 2017 FC Gatineau1 – 2
(4 – 3 agg.)		CS St-HubertGatineau
5:00 pm Stadium: Mont-Bleu

Final
October 28, 2017 AS Blainville1 – 0FC GatineauTerrebonne
6:30 pm Mayard  28' Stadium: Multisports Terrebonne

References
  1. "CS ST-HUBERT TO PLAY PLSQ THIS SEASON". plsq.ca. 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". league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  3. "COUPE PLSQ". plsq.ca. PLSQ. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  4. "PLSQ 2017: new and several steps forward". capitainesoccer.net. Capitaine Soccer. Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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