2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season
The 2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec season was the seventh 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.
| Season | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Champions | AS Blainville (men's) Dynamo de Québec (women's) |
| Matches played | 84 (men's) 29 (women's) |
| Top goalscorer | Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (21 goals) (men's) Evelyne Viens (8 goals) (women's) |
← 2017 2019 → | |
AS Blainville was the defending champion and won the title again this season. This was the inaugural female season.
Changes from 2017
For the first time, the league had eight teams, with CS Fabrose beginning their first season in the league.[1]
Also this year, a new women's division was started.[2]
Men's Division
Teams
The following eight teams took part in the 2018 season:
| Team | City | Stadium | Founded | Joined | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current teams | |||||
| AS Blainville | Blainville, Laurentides | Parc Blainville | 1986 | 2012 |  Emmanuel Macagno |
| Dynamo de Quebec | Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale | Polyvalente L'Ancienne-Lorette | 1991 | 2017 | Edmond Foyé |
| FC Gatineau | Gatineau, Outaouais | Terrain Mont-Bleu | 2013 | 2013 | Sylver Castagnet |
| FC Lanaudière | Terrebonne, Lanaudière | Multiple venues | 2016 | 2016 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Andrew Olivieri |
| CS Longueuil | Longueuil, Montérégie | Parc Laurier | 1970 | 2014 | Anthony Rimasson |
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Mount Royal, Montréal | Parc Recreatif de TMR | ? | 2013 | Luc Brutus |
| CS St-Hubert | Saint-Hubert, Montérégie | Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme | 1980 | 2017 | François Bourgeais |
| CS Fabrose | Laval, Laval | Parc Cartier | 1971 | 2018 | Josy Madelonet |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Blainville (C) | 21 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 51 | 2019 Canadian Championship |
| 2 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 45 | |
| 3 | FC Gatineau | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 32 | |
| 4 | CS Longueuil | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 22 | −2 | 29 | |
| 5 | Dynamo de Québec | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 25 | 28 | −3 | 27 | |
| 6 | CS St-Hubert | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 22 | |
| 7 | CS Fabrose | 21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 15 | |
| 8 | FC Lanaudière | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 38 | −26 | 11 |
Cup
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all eight 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.
In a change from previous seasons, all ties were played on a single match basis. Due to the expansion of the league to 8 teams, all clubs began in the first round.
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| AS Blainville | 0 | |||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 1 | |||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 1 | |||||||||
| CS St-Hubert | 0 | |||||||||
| CS St-Hubert | 2 | |||||||||
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 1 | |||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| FC Lanaudière | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| FC Lanaudière | 1 (5) | |||||||||
| CS Longueuil | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| FC Lanaudière | 3 | |||||||||
| Dynamo de Québec | 0 | |||||||||
| CS Fabrose | 0 | |||||||||
| Dynamo de Québec | 3 | |||||||||
Final
| October 27, 2018 | FC Gatineau | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | FC Lanaudière | Laval |
| 4:00 pm | Stadium: Desjardins |
Reserve Division
The league operated a reserve division.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS Blainville Reserves | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 21 | +18 | 33 |
| 2 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 24 |
| 3 | FC Lanaudière Reserves | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 24 |
| 4 | CS Fabrose Reserves | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 20 |
| 5 | CS Longueuil Reserves | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | CS St-Hubert Reserves | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 32 | −3 | 17 |
| 7 | Dynamo de Quebec Reserves | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 41 | −23 | 12 |
| 8 | FC Gatineau Reserves | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 23 | 31 | −8 | 9 |
Women's Division
Teams
The following five teams took part in the inaugural season in 2018:
| Team | City | Stadium | Founded | Joined | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current teams | |||||
| AS Blainville | Blainville, Laurentides | Parc Blainville | 1986 | 2018 | Jean-Lou Gosselin |
| Dynamo de Quebec | Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale | ESLE | 1991 | 2018 |  |
| FC Sélect Rive-Sud | Longueuil, Montérégie | Centre Multi Sport | 2018 | 2018 | Marcelo Corrales et Joe Landé |
| CS Monteuil | Laval, Laval | Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne | 2018 | 2018 | David Cerasuolo |
| Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis | Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Montréal | Dollard 2 | 2018 | 2018 | Patrick Viollat |
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo de Québec (C) | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 30 | 11 | +19 | 29 |
| 2 | CS Monteuil | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 17 |
| 3 | AS Blainville | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 15 |
| 4 | FC Sélect Rive-Sud | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 21 | −10 | 13 |
| 5 | Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 11 |
References
- "La PLSQ accueille le CS Fabrose". PLSQ. Archived from the original on 7 March 2018. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- "La PLSQ lanceme de feminine division". PLSQ. Retrieved 5 September 2018.