2023 HFX Wanderers FC season

As of September 7, 2023^[3]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Yann-Alexandre Fillion		GK	(1996-02-14)February 14, 1996 (aged 27)	IFK Mariehamn
66	Aiden Rushenas		GK	(2003-05-23)May 23, 2003 (aged 20)	Dalhousie Tigers
Defenders
2	Daniel Nimick		CB	(2000-09-22)September 22, 2000 (aged 23)	Western Michigan Broncos
3	Zachary Fernandez		RB	(2001-09-24)September 24, 2001 (aged 22)	A.S. Blainville
4	Cristian Campagna		CB	(2001-11-29)November 29, 2001 (aged 22)	Whitecaps FC 2
5	Cale Loughrey		CB	(2001-08-04)August 4, 2001 (aged 22)	FC Edmonton
7	Ryan James		LB	(1994-04-21)April 21, 1994 (aged 29)	Birmingham Legion
15	Doneil Henry		CB	(1993-04-20)April 20, 1993 (aged 30)	Minnesota United
20	Jake Ruby		RB	(2000-06-04)June 4, 2000 (aged 23)	Trinity Western Spartans
22	Mohamed Omar		CB / CM / DM	(1999-01-22)January 22, 1999 (aged 24)	Notre Dame Fighting Irish
23	Riley Ferrazzo		FB	(1999-08-04)August 4, 1999 (aged 24)	Vaughan Azzurri
	Yorgos Gavas		CB		Whitecaps FC Academy
Midfielders
6	Lorenzo Callegari		CM	(1998-02-27)February 27, 1998 (aged 25)	Chambly
10	Aidan Daniels		AM	(1998-09-06)September 6, 1998 (aged 25)	OKC Energy
11	João Morelli		AM / CF	(1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 27)	FCI Levadia
13	Armaan Wilson		DM / CM	(2002-05-29)May 29, 2002 (aged 21)	Providence Friars
14	Callum Watson		CM	(2000-02-28)February 28, 2000 (aged 23)	Creighton Bluejays
17	Wesley Timoteo		RW / LW / FB	(2000-04-09)April 9, 2000 (aged 23)	FC Edmonton
18	Andre Rampersad		CM	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 28)	Santa Rosa
24	Tomas Giraldo		AM / CM	(2003-03-08)March 8, 2003 (aged 20)	CF Montréal
37	Lifumpa Mwandwe		RW / LW / CF	(2000-12-29)December 29, 2000 (aged 23)	Newtown
	Camilo Vasconcelos		AM	(2005-03-19)March 19, 2005 (aged 18)	Guelph United
Forwards
8	Massimo Ferrin		CF / RW / LW	(1998-12-06)December 6, 1998 (aged 25)	Vaughan Azzurri
9	Théo Collomb		CF	(2000-07-11)July 11, 2000 (aged 23)	Whitecaps FC 2
19	Tiago Coimbra		CF	(2004-01-17)January 17, 2004 (aged 19)	Palmeiras
21	Jordan Perruzza		FW	(2001-01-16)January 16, 2001 (aged 22)	Toronto FC

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
17	MF	Wesley Timoteo	FC Edmonton	Return from loan	November 30, 2022
	DF	Ousman Maheshe	FC Edmonton	Return from loan	November 30, 2022
	MF	CJ Smith	FC Edmonton	Return from loan	November 30, 2022
19	FW	Tiago Coimbra	Palmeiras	Free	December 14, 2022	[4]
8	FW	Massimo Ferrin	Vaughan Azzurri	Free	December 21, 2022	[5]
6	MF	Lorenzo Callegari	Chambly	Free	January 10, 2023	[6]
1	GK	Yann-Alexandre Fillion	IFK Mariehamn	Free	January 18, 2023	[7]
23	DF	Riley Ferrazzo	Vaughan Azzurri	Free	January 20, 2023	[8]
14	MF	Callum Watson	Creighton Bluejays	Free	January 25, 2023	[9]
5	DF	Cale Loughrey	Forge FC	Free	February 1, 2023	[10]
24	MF	Tomas Giraldo	CF Montréal	Free	February 3, 2023	[11]
9	FW	Théo Collomb	Whitecaps FC 2	Free	February 8, 2023	[12]
7	DF	Ryan James	Birmingham Legion	Free	February 15, 2023	[13]
2	DF	Daniel Nimick	Western Michigan Broncos	Free	February 17, 2023	[14]
13	MF	Armaan Wilson	Providence Friars	Free	February 22, 2023	[15]
11	FW	Kosi Nwafornso	Vaughan Azzurri	Free	February 24, 2023	[16]
	DF	Ethan Schilte-Brown		Signed to a development contract	March 12, 2023	[17]
	FW	Kimani Stewart-Baynes	Vaughan Azzurri U19	Signed to a development contract	March 12, 2023	[17]
66	GK	Aiden Rushenas	Dalhousie Tigers	Selected 10th overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft	April 5, 2023	[18]
15	DF	Doneil Henry	Minnesota United	Free	July 18, 2023	[19]
	DF	Yorgos Gavas	Whitecaps FC Academy	Signed to a development contract	August 3, 2023	[20]
	MF	Camilo Vasconcelos	Guelph United	Signed to a development contract	September 7, 2023	[21]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
21	FW	Jordan Perruzza	Toronto FC	Loaned until end of season	August 7, 2023	[22]

HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft. 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	3	DF	Anthony Stolar	Canada	Cape Breton
2	10	GK	Aiden Rushenas	Canada	Dalhousie

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
11	FW	Akeem Garcia	Retired		October 28, 2022	[23]
1	GK	Kieran Baskett	Pacific FC	Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
50	GK	Christian Oxner		Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
2	DF	Peter Schaale		Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
19	DF	Obeng Tabi	CS Saint-Laurent	Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
31	DF	Eriks Santos		Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
28	MF	Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé	York United	Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
7	FW	Alex Marshall		Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
8	FW	Elhadji Mour Samb		Option declined	December 6, 2022	[24]
5	MF	Pierre Lamothe	Pacific FC	Contract expired	December 6, 2022	[24]
21	MF	Marcello Polisi	Valour FC	Contract expired	December 6, 2022	[24]
23	FW	Cory Bent		Contract expired	December 6, 2022	[24]
	DF	Ousman Maheshe		Contract expired	December 31, 2022
	MF	CJ Smith	Vaughan Azzurri	Contract expired	December 31, 2022
9	FW	Samuel Salter	Atlético Ottawa	Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause	February 16, 2023	[25]
	DF	Ethan Schilte-Brown		Development contract ended	June 13, 2023	[26]
11	FW	Kosi Nwafornso		Contract terminated by mutual consent	June 13, 2023	[26]
	FW	Kimani Stewart-Baynes		Development contract ended	July 5, 2023	[27]
25	FW	Ludwig Kodjo Amla		Suspended for anti-doping violation	August 2, 2023	[28]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
37	MF	Lifumpa Mwandwe	Newtown	Loaned until February 28, 2023	January 3, 2023	[29]

The Halifax Wanderers began their pre-season on March 1 in Halifax before traveling to Auburndale, Florida, where they practiced at the Lake Myrtle Sports Park. While in Florida, games were played against Montverde Academy, Stetson University, Inter Miami CF II, and the University of South Florida.

Upon return to Halifax, a series of pre-season friendlies were held April 7 and 8 on Wickwire Field at Dalhousie University, which were open for fans to attend. The visiting teams were the Nepean Hotspurs Ottawa Selects, and Electric City FC.^[30]