2019 FC Edmonton season

After finishing in seventh place in the 2017 NASL season, FC Edmonton discontinued professional operations, but kept their academy. Co-owner Tom Fath stated that the franchise had proved to be unsustainable in the Edmonton market, and the decision was reinforced by the uncertainty surrounding the status of the NASL. Despite these events, there was speculation that the still under construction Canadian Premier League was looking at Edmonton as a potential market.^[1] That speculation proved to be correct on June 8, 2018, when it was announced that Edmonton had come out of hiatus and officially joined the new league. A new logo was revealed, and it was announced that the team would continue to play at Clarke Stadium.^[2]

On July 3, 2018, Jeff Paulus was named head coach.^[3] He had formerly been an assistant coach for the first team and technical director of the academy. On November 28, FC Edmonton announced their first two signings as members of the CPL, academy graduate Allan Zebie, who played for the team in 2017, and former Vancouver Whitecap Randy Edwini-Bonsu, who played minor soccer in Edmonton as a child.^[4] The Eddies signed more academy graduates, including Bruno Zebie, Ajeej Sarkaria and Ajay Khabra. On December 13, South Korean midfielder Son Yong-chan was signed, Edmonton's first international signing as a Canadian Premier League club.^[5]

As of October 19, 2019.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Connor James		GK	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 23)	Alberta Golden Bears
13	Dylon Powley		GK	(1996-09-05)September 5, 1996 (aged 23)	Gute
31	Chris Ezoua		GK	(2000-03-26)March 26, 2000 (aged 19)	Academy
Defenders
3	Jeannot Esua		RB / RW	(1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 23)	Rainbow Bamenda
4	Allan Zebie		LB	(1993-05-29)May 29, 1993 (aged 26)	FC Edmonton (NASL)
5	Ramón Soria		CB / DM	(1989-03-07)March 7, 1989 (aged 30)	Formentera
8	Mélé Temguia		CB	(1995-08-01)August 1, 1995 (aged 24)	Valentine Phoenix
12	Kareem Moses		RB	(1990-02-11)February 11, 1990 (aged 29)	FF Jaro
55	Amer Didic		CB	(1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 25)	San Antonio FC
Midfielders
6	Edem Mortotsi		CM	(1993-05-16)May 16, 1993 (aged 26)	FC Edmonton (NASL)
7	Son Yong-chan		CM	(1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 28)	Ozone
10	Philippe Lincourt-Joseph		AM	(1994-11-01)November 1, 1994 (aged 25)	Al-Rustaq
14	James Marcelin		DM / CB	(1986-06-13)June 13, 1986 (aged 33)	Miami United
16	Prince Amanda		LW / RW	(2001-03-23)March 23, 2001 (aged 18)	Academy
17	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye		LW / RW / ST	(2001-07-01)July 1, 2001 (aged 18)	Academy
20	Bruno Zebie		LM	(1995-08-14)August 14, 1995 (aged 24)	Calgary Foothills
22	Tony Tchani		CM	(1989-04-13)April 13, 1989 (aged 30)	Chicago Fire
23	Ajay Khabra		CM	(1995-06-13)June 13, 1995 (aged 24)	Alberta Golden Bears
Forwards
9	Ajeej Sarkaria		ST	(1995-02-07)February 7, 1995 (aged 24)	Alberta Golden Bears
11	Randy Edwini-Bonsu		ST / LW / RW	(1990-04-20)April 20, 1990 (aged 29)	Tennis Borussia Berlin
18	Tomi Ameobi		CF	(1988-08-16)August 16, 1988 (aged 31)	FC Cincinnati
19	Easton Ongaro		ST	(1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 21)	Alberta Golden Bears
26	David Doe		ST	(2000-11-30)November 30, 2000 (aged 19)	FC Edmonton (NASL)
45	Oumar Diouck		ST	(1994-11-09)November 9, 1994 (aged 25)	KVK Tienen

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
11	FW	Randy Edwini-Bonsu	Tennis Borussia Berlin	Free Transfer	November 29, 2018	[6]
4	DF	Allan Zebie	Unattached	Free Transfer	November 29, 2018	[6]
7	MF	Son Yong-chan	Ozone	Free Transfer	December 13, 2018	[7]
20	MF	Bruno Zebie	Calgary Foothills	Free Transfer	December 13, 2018	[7]
23	MF	Ajay Khabra	Alberta Golden Bears	Free Transfer	December 13, 2018	[7]
9	FW	Ajeej Sarkaria	Alberta Golden Bears	Selected 8th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	December 13, 2018	[7]
13	GK	Dylon Powley	Gute	Free Transfer	January 17, 2019	[8]
1	GK	Connor James	Alberta Golden Bears	Selected 7th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	January 17, 2019	[8]
18	FW	Tomi Ameobi	FC Cincinnati	Free Transfer	January 31, 2019	[9]
6	MF	Edem Mortotsi	Edmonton Green & Gold	Free Transfer	January 31, 2019	[9]
12	DF	Kareem Moses	FF Jaro	Free Transfer	January 31, 2019	[9]
5	DF	Ramón Soria	Formentera	Free Transfer	January 31, 2019	[9]
45	FW	Oumar Diouck	KVK Tienen	Free Transfer	January 31, 2019	[9]
26	FW	David Doe	Academy Graduate		February 15, 2019	[10]
16	MF	Prince Amanda	Academy Graduate		February 15, 2019	[10]
17	MF	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye	Academy Graduate		February 15, 2019	[10]
14	MF	James Marcelin	Miami United	Free Transfer	February 22, 2019	[11]
3	DF	Jeannot Esua	Rainbow Bamenda	Free Transfer	February 22, 2019	[11]
8	DF	Mélé Temguia	Valentine Phoenix	Free Transfer	February 26, 2019	[12]
10	MF	Philippe Lincourt-Joseph	Al-Rustaq	Free Transfer	February 26, 2019	[12]
55	DF	Amer Didic	San Antonio FC	Free Transfer	April 15, 2019	[13]
19	FW	Easton Ongaro	Alberta Golden Bears	Free Transfer	May 1, 2019	[14]
22	MF	Tony Tchani	Unattached	Free Transfer	August 7, 2019	[15]

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018.^[16] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	7	GK	Connor James	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears
2	8	FW	Ajeej Sarkaria	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears
3	21	DF	Noah Cunningham	Canada	Alberta Golden Bears