2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season


The 2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season is the fifth season of play for the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec; the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec and one of two Division 3 semi-professional soccer leagues in the Canadian soccer pyramid.
CS Mont-Royal Outremont is the defending champion.

Changes from 2015

The league will again feature seven teams, as in 2015.
In December 2015, the league announced that FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière had dropped out of the league and that the club's regional soccer association, ARS Lanaudière, would field a new club in the PLSQ called FC Lanaudière. This club is meant to represent the whole Lanaudière region, and is supported by the association's 14 clubs, including L'Assomption-Lanaudière.

Teams

The following seven teams will take part in the 2016 season:
TeamCityStadiumFoundedJoinedHead Coach
AS BlainvilleBlainville, LaurentidesParc Blainville19862012 Jean-Pierre Ceriani
FC GatineauGatineau, OutaouaisTerrain Mont-Bleu?2013 Nabil Aouadi
Lakeshore SCKirkland, MontréalJohn Abbott College19662015 Bill Sedgewick
FC LanaudièreTerrebonne, LanaudièreMultiple venues20162016 Andrew Olivieri
CS LongueuilLongueuil, MontérégieCentre Multi Sport19702013 Anthony Rimasson
CS Mont-Royal OutremontMount Royal, MontréalREC Mont-Royal?2013 Luc Brutus
Ottawa Fury FC AcademyOttawa, OntarioAlgonquin College20132015 Darko Buser

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 faces the League1 Ontario league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.

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, but is a competition running in parallel to the regular season, albeit only for PLSQ teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.
The 2016 PLSQ Cup will maintain the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final. As defending champion, Lakeshore SC will obtain a bye for the first round.

First Round

FC Gatineau wins 5-2 on aggregate.
CS Mont-Royal Outremont wins 7-4 on aggregate.
AS Blainville wins 5-0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

FC Gatineau wins 4-2 on aggregate.
AS Blainville wins 5-3 on aggregate.

Final

Inter-Provincial Cup Championship

The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec – the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.
CS Mont-Royal Outremont won 3–2 on aggregate

Statistics

Top Goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Frederico MoojenCS Mont-Royal Outremont21
1 Pierre-Rudolph MayardAS Blainville21
3 Dex KanikiLakeshore SC10
4 Sean RosaCS Mont-Royal Outremont9
5 Maxime OliveriCS Mount Royal Outremont7
5 Mitchell SylaFC Lanaudière7
7 Karim OurzdineCS Longueuil6
7 Gabriel BitarOttawa Fury FC Academy6
7 Rida AboulhamidAS Blainville6
7 Adama SissokoCS Mont-Royal Outremont6

Source:

Top Goalkeepers

RankPlayerClubMinutesGAA
1 Francis MonongoCS Mont-Royal Outremont7200.75
2 Andrew MacRaeOttawa Fury FC Academy4500.80
3 Jean-Lou GosselinAS Blainville15300.94
4 Gabard FénélonLakeshore SC10661.01
5 Jason StockCS Mont-Royal Outremont6301.14
6 Horace Sobze ZemoFC Gatineau10351.57
7 Remo TaraschiLakeshore SC5091.59
8 Erwann OfouyaFC Gatineau5851.85
9 Frederick NadeauCS Longueuil4502.00
10 Gregory WaltersFC Lanaudière12182.07

Minimum 450 minutes played. Source: