2023 Valour FC season

In Valour's preceding four seasons, it never reached the play-offs, for which the top-four qualified in those seasons. The club ended in sixth place in the first two seasons and fifth place in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, missing the play-offs by one and nine points, respectively. The club's entry in the domestic cup competition, led to a single win over its previous four seasons. It was the club's second full season with Phillip Dos Santos as head coach, since he took over midway through the 2021 campaign.

As of August 17, 2023.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Darlington Murasiranwa		GK	(2001-02-07)February 7, 2001 (aged 22)	FC London
99	Rayane Yesli		GK	(1999-10-12)October 12, 1999 (aged 24)	Blainville
Defenders
2	Andy Baquero		RB / RW	(1994-08-17)August 17, 1994 (aged 29)	Delfines del Este
3	Jordan Haynes		LB / LW	(1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 27)	Pacific FC
4	Guillaume Pianelli		CB	(1998-05-01)May 1, 1998 (aged 25)	UQTR Patriotes
5	Abdou Samake		CB	(1996-10-07)October 7, 1996 (aged 27)	Pacific FC
18	Klaidi Cela		CB	(1999-07-16)July 16, 1999 (aged 24)	Vaughan Azzurri
19	Eskander Mzoughi		RB	(2003-02-06)February 6, 2003 (aged 20)	Oud-Heverlee Leuven U23
22	Matteo de Brienne		LB	(2002-05-22)May 22, 2002 (aged 21)	Carleton University
35	Andrew Jean-Baptiste		CB	(1992-06-16)June 16, 1992 (aged 31)	Umeå FC
	Matthew Chandler		CB	(2000-02-07)February 7, 2000 (aged 23)	Wisconsin Badgers
Midfielders
6	Dante Campbell		DM / CB	(1999-05-22)May 22, 1999 (aged 24)	LA Galaxy II
7	Kian Williams		AM / CF	(2000-01-07)January 7, 2000 (aged 23)	Keflavík
8	Diego Gutiérrez		RM / RB	(1997-02-18)February 18, 1997 (aged 26)	Barnechea
10	Kevin Rendón		AM	(1993-01-08)January 8, 1993 (aged 30)	Deportivo Pasto
20	Juan Pablo Sanchez	/	MF	(2003-04-18)April 18, 2003 (aged 20)	Salgueiros
21	Marcello Polisi		CM / DM	(1997-01-24)January 24, 1997 (aged 26)	HFX Wanderers
27	Raphael Ohin		CM	(1995-05-25)May 25, 1995 (aged 28)	WSA Winnipeg
Forwards
9	Walter Ponce		CF	(1998-03-04)March 4, 1998 (aged 25)	Barnechea
11	Jared Ulloa		RW / LW	(2002-06-08)June 8, 2002 (aged 21)	Sporting Cristal
12	Ahinga Selemani		FW	(1996-03-15)March 15, 1996 (aged 27)	One Knoxville SC
23	Anthony Novak		ST	(1994-03-27)March 27, 1994 (aged 29)	Cavalry FC
24	Pacifique Niyongabire		LW / RW	(2000-03-15)March 15, 2000 (aged 23)	Perth Glory
32	Jaime Siaj		ST	(1995-12-16)December 16, 1995 (aged 28)	Finn Harps

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
3	DF	Jordan Haynes	Pacific FC	Free	December 5, 2022	[1]
5	DF	Abdou Samake	Pacific FC	Free	December 12, 2022	[2]
24	FW	Pacifique Niyongabire	Perth Glory	Free	December 19, 2022	[3]
7	MF	Kian Williams	Keflavík	Free	December 21, 2022	[4]
21	MF	Marcello Polisi	HFX Wanderers	Free	January 4, 2023	[5]
	DF	Eskander Mzoughi	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Free	January 18, 2023	[6]
	MF	Juan Pablo Sanchez	Salgueiros	Free	January 18, 2023	[6]
32	FW	Jaime Siaj	Finn Harps	Free	January 25, 2023	[7]
11	MF	Jared Ulloa	Sporting Cristal	Free	February 2, 2023	[8]
6	MF	Dante Campbell	LA Galaxy II	Free	February 10, 2023	[9]
1	GK	Jordan Tisseur	FC Laval	Signed to a development contract	February 20, 2023	[10]
4	DF	Guillaume Pianelli	UQTR Patriotes	Selected 5th overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft	March 6, 2023	[11]
23	FW	Anthony Novak	Cavalry FC	Free	March 9, 2023	[12]
	DF	Matthew Chandler	Wisconsin Badgers	Free	April 6, 2023	[13]
	DF	Klaidi Cela	Vaughan Azzurri	Free	April 27, 2023	[14]
12	FW	Ahinga Selemani	One Knoxville SC	Free	July 22, 2023	[15]
	GK	Darlington Murasiranwa	FC London	Free	August 17, 2023	[16]

Valour FC 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	5	DF	Guillaume Pianelli	France	UQTR
2	12	DF	Samuel LaPlante	Canada	UQTR

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
17	MF	Brett Levis	FC Tulsa	Contract expired	November 15, 2022	[17]
4	DF	Tony Mikhael		Contract expired	November 15, 2022
12	DF	Jonathan Esparza		Contract expired	November 15, 2022
1	GK	Jonathan Sirois	CF Montréal	End of loan	November 30, 2022
24	FW	Sean Rea	CF Montréal	End of loan	November 30, 2022
13	FW	Billy Forbes	Detroit City	End of loan	November 30, 2022
14	DF	Stefan Cebara		Contract expired	December 13, 2022	[18]
11	MF	Alessandro Riggi		Contract expired	December 13, 2022	[18]
77	MF	Federico Peña	Umeå FC	Contract expired	December 13, 2022	[18]
7	FW	Moses Dyer	FC Tulsa	Contract expired	December 22, 2022	[19]
3	DF	Rocco Romeo	Vancouver FC	Contract expired	January 16, 2023	[20]
16	FW	Daryl Fordyce	Retired		January 20, 2023	[21]
5	DF	Nassim Mekideche	Sporting Kansas City II	Contract expired	January 23, 2023	[22]
70	MF	Matthew Catavolo	Toronto FC II	Undisclosed fee	March 21, 2023	[23]

Valour played three friendlies in as part of their preseason preparations.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Vancouver FC v Valour FC

March 18, 2023 (2023-03-18)	Vancouver FC	2–2	Valour FC	Langley, British Columbia
	Hundal Romeo		Siaj Mat.Polisi	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Cavalry FC v Valour FC

April 3, 2023 (2023-04-03)	Cavalry FC	0–2	Valour FC	Calgary, Alberta
		Report	Niyongabire	Stadium: Macron Performance Centre Referee: Yusri Rudolf