2014 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season
Football league season
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The 2014 PLSQ season was the third season of existence for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer league and the highest level of soccer fully contained within the province of Québec. It is below Major League Soccer and the North American Soccer League in the Canadian soccer league system, and on the same level as League1 Ontario.
| Season | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Champions | CS Longueuil |
| Cup champions | FC Gatineau |
| Matches | 60 |
| Goals | 229 (3.82 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Frederico Moojen (15) (FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière) |
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CS Mont-Royal Outremont were the defending league and league cup champions from 2013.
CS Longueuil won the league championship this season, while FC Gatineau won the League cup.
Teams
The 2014 season was contested between six teams - four teams returning from the previous season, with CS Longueuil and ACP Montréal-Nord joining the league while FC Boisbriand, FC Brossard, and the inaugural champion FC St-Léonard did not return. FC L'Assomption became known as FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière.
| Team | City | Stadium | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| AS Blainville | Blainville, Laurentides | Stade du Parc Blainville |  Jean-Pierre Ceriani |
| FC Gatineau | Gatineau, Outaouais | Terrain Mont Bleu | Josy Madelonet |
| FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière | L'Assomption, Lanaudière | Stade André-Courcelles |  Marco Torrens |
| CS Longueuil | Longueuil, Montérégie | Centre Multi Sport | Mathieu Rufié |
| ACP Montréal-Nord | Montréal-Nord, Montréal | Parc Saint-Laurent |  Harry Makdessian |
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Mont-Royal, Montréal | REC Mont-Royal | Luc Brutus |
Season standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CS Longueuil | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 39 | League champion |
| 2 | FC Gatineau | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 33 | |
| 3 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 34 | +14 | 32 | |
| 4 | FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 35 | 42 | −7 | 27 | |
| 5 | AS Blainville | 20 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 15 | |
| 6 | ACP Montréal-Nord | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 15[a] |
Notes:
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Frederico Moojen | FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière | 15 |
| 2 | Wassym Amara | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 14 |
| 3 | Dex Kaniki | CS Longueuil | 13 |
| 4 | Maxime Daigle | FC Gatineau | 8 |
| Pascal Aoun | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | ||
Awards
| Award | Player (club) | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Ballon d'or (Best Player) | Horace Patient Sobze Zemo (FC Gatineau) | [1] |
| Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) | Nicolas Bertrand (AS Blainville) | |
| Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) | Gabard Fénélon (FC St-Léonard) | |
| Golden Boot (Top Scorer) | Frederico Moojen (FC L’Assomption-Lanaudière) | |
| Coach of the Year | Mathieu Rufié (CS Longueuil) | |
Cup
CS Mont-Royal Outremont (as 2013's champion) and AS Blainville (by random draw) received byes through to the semi-finals.[2]
| First Round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| AS Blainville | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| ACP Montréal-Nord | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| FC Gatineau | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| CS Longueuil | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| CS Longueuil | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| CS Longueuil | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
First round
| ACP Montréal-Nord | 0 - 1 | FC Gatineau |
|---|---|---|
| FC Gatineau | 1 - 1 | ACP Montréal-Nord |
|---|---|---|
| FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière | 0 - 3 | CS Longueuil |
|---|---|---|
| CS Longueuil | 3 - 2 | FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière |
|---|---|---|
Semifinals
| FC Gatineau | 3 - 0 | AS Blainville |
|---|---|---|
| AS Blainville | 0 - 2 | FC Gatineau |
|---|---|---|
| CS Longueuil | 2 - 3 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont |
|---|---|---|
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 1 - 3 | CS Longueuil |
|---|---|---|
Final
| FC Gatineau | 1 - 0 | CS Longueuil |
|---|---|---|
Inter-Provincial Cup Championship
The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was announced on October 14, 2014[3] as 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 Longueuil | 0 - 4 | Toronto FC Academy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Sacramento  2', 38'Kaye 10'Uccello 48' |
Toronto FC Academy won 4-0 on aggregate