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This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2023 Ligue1 Québec féminine season.
Ligue1 Québec
Men's Division
Season2023
DatesMay 6 – September 30
ChampionsCS St-Laurent
Coupe L1QCCS St-Laurent
Matches played132
Goals scored431 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorerAdama Sissoko (19 goals)
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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.

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[edit]

Teams[edit]

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[edit]

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[a]
12 CS Lanaudière-Nord 22 0 2 20 18 69 −51 2
Source: Spordle
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Ottawa South United was deducted 1 point for defaulting one match.

Top scorers[edit]

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

Awards[edit]

Award Player (club)
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Safwane Mlah (CS Saint-Laurent)
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Adama Makan Sissoko (FC Laval)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Heikel Jarras (Royal-Sélect de Beauport)
Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Adama Makan Sissoko (FC Laval)
Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Kosta Maniatis (CS Saint-Laurent)
Coach of the Year Nicholas Razzaghi (CS Saint-Laurent)

Coupe L1QC[edit]

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 2
CS Mont-Royal Outremont 0
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


Friendlies[edit]

May 31, 2023 Vermont Green FC 3–0 CS Mont-Royal Outremont Burlington, Vermont, United States
7:00 PM Martin 16'
Pope 47'
Krioutchenkov 		Report Stadium: Virtue Field

Reserve Division[edit]

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[edit]

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
Source: Spordle
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals

Second phase[edit]

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
Source: Spordle
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
Source: Spordle
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
(C) Champions

Championship Final

Final
September 16
   
A1 CS Saint-Laurent Reserves 0
B1 CS Longueuil Reserves 1

Awards[edit]

Award Player (club)
Ballon d'or (Best Player) Djamel Mekallach Chellali (CS Longueuil Reserves)
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Nicholas Minchillo (CS Saint-Laurent Reserves)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves)
Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves)
Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Alexis Desjardins (CS Longueuil Reserves)

References[edit]

  1. ^ O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (17 April 2023). "PREVIEW: Forge FC vs. FC Laval — 2023 Canadian Championship". Canadian Premier League.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ligue1_Qu%C3%A9bec_season