2025 Vancouver FC season

Vancouver FC
2025 season
President	Rob Friend
Coach	Afshin Ghotbi; (until 23 July); Martin Nash; (since 23 July)
Stadium	Willoughby Stadium
Canadian Premier League	8th
CPL playoffs	DNQ
Canadian Championship	Runners-up
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2024 2026 →

PresidentRob Friend

CoachAfshin Ghotbi
(until 23 July)
Martin Nash
(since 23 July)

StadiumWilloughby Stadium

Canadian Premier League8th

The 2025 Vancouver FC season was the third season in the history of Vancouver FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League (CPL), the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Although the Eagles finished as the bottom of the CPL table, the club made an unlikely run to the Canadian Championship final, ultimately qualifying for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup. Based on a comment from manager Afshin Ghotbi (who was relieved of his duties mid-season), the 2025 team became known as "the best last-place team in the history of the league."^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Callum Irving	GK	(1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 32)	Pacific FC
31	Jakob Frank	GK		Coastal FC
Defenders
2	Paris Gee	LB / RB	(1994-07-05)July 5, 1994 (aged 31)	York United
3	Kunle Dada-Luke	RB / RW	(2000-01-12)January 12, 2000 (aged 25)	Pacific FC
4	Allan Enyou	CB	(2003-12-24)December 24, 2003 (aged 22)	Leganés B	INT, Loan
5	Matteo Campagna	CB / DM	(2004-06-27)June 27, 2004 (aged 21)	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	U21
7	Thierno Bah	RB	(2004-07-30)July 30, 2004 (aged 21)	Whitecaps FC 2	U21
12	Tyler Crawford	LB	(2004-03-09)March 9, 2004 (aged 21)	Michigan State Spartans	U21
13	David Norman Jr.	LB / MF	(1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 27)	St Patrick's Athletic
15	Aidan O'Connor	CB	(2001-10-07)October 7, 2001 (aged 24)	New York Red Bulls II	INT, Loan
40	Joey Buchanan	CB / DM	(2007-05-13)May 13, 2007 (aged 18)	Burnaby FC	DEV
25	Pathé Ndiaye	DF	(2004-04-27)April 27, 2004 (aged 21)	CD Leganés B	INT, Loan
Midfielders
6	Vasco Fry	CM	(2000-07-30)July 30, 2000 (aged 25)	Whitecaps FC 2
10	Juan Batista	DM / CM	(2001-09-26)September 26, 2001 (aged 24)	Foz do Iguaçu	INT
17	Emrick Fotsing	CM	(2007-09-27)September 27, 2007 (aged 18)	CF Montréal Academy	U21, EYT
18	Thomas Powell	AM	(2001-05-11)May 11, 2001 (aged 24)	Unity FC	U-S
20	Nicolás Mezquida	AM / RW	(1992-01-21)January 21, 1992 (aged 33)	Rampla Juniors	INT
29	Kevin Podgorni	AM	(2008-02-24)February 24, 2008 (aged 17)	ProStars FC	U21
32	Dominic Joseph	MF	(2008-06-26)June 26, 2008 (aged 17)	Vancouver FC U-19	DEV
16	Michel Cavalcante	DM	(2006-05-23)May 23, 2006 (aged 19)	Fortaleza U20	INT
23	Abdoulaye Ouattara	DM / CM	(2001-01-08)January 8, 2001 (aged 24)	Elite Falcons FC	INT
	Zach Verhoven	MF	(1998-08-07)August 7, 1998 (aged 27)	New Lambton FC
Forwards
9	Hugo Mbongue	FW	(2004-07-27)July 27, 2004 (aged 21)	Toronto FC	U21, Loan
11	Jay Herdman	AM / CM / CF	(2004-08-14)August 14, 2004 (aged 21)	Cavalry FC	U21, Loan
14	Terran Campbell	ST / LW	(1998-10-10)October 10, 1998 (aged 27)	Forge FC
19	José Navarro	CF	(2003-02-20)February 20, 2003 (aged 22)	UNAM	INT
Out on loan
	Alejandro Díaz	FW	(1996-01-27)January 27, 1996 (aged 29)	Pacific FC
	Felipe Jaramillo	GK	(2008-04-18)April 18, 2008 (aged 17)	Toronto FC II	U21

Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
MF	Dominic Joseph	Vancouver FC U-19	Signed to a development contract	February 5, 2025	^[5]
MF	Emrick Fotsing	CF Montréal Academy	Free	February 11, 2025	^[6]
FW	Terran Campbell	Forge FC	Free	February 13, 2025	^[7]
DF	Kunle Dada-Luke	Pacific FC	Free	March 6, 2025	^[8]
MF	Kevin Podgorni	ProStars FC	Free	March 13, 2025	^[9]
GK	Felipe Jaramillo	VanCity Pro FA	Free	March 21, 2025	^[10]
FW	Henri Godbout	UBC Thunderbirds	Selected 2nd in the 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract	March 25, 2025	^[11]
MF	Mehdi Essoussi	Toronto Varsity Blues	Selected 10th in the 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract	March 25, 2025	^[11]
MF	Thomas Powell	Unity FC	U-Sports contract	March 28, 2025	^[12]
MF	Juan Batista	Foz do Iguaçu	Free	April 6, 2025	^[13]
MF	Michel Cavalcante	Fortaleza U20	Free	April 6, 2025	^[13]
MF	Abdoulaye Ouattara	Elite Falcons FC	Free	April 6, 2025	^[13]
MF	Nicolás Mezquida	Rampla Juniors	Free	April 6, 2025	^[14]
MF	Zach Verhoven	New Lambton FC	Free	September 12, 2025	^[15]
GK	Jakob Frank	Coastal FC	Free	September 12, 2025	^[15]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
9	FW	Alejandro Díaz	Sogndal	Loaned until June 30, 2025	July 7, 2023	^[16]^[17]
4	DF	Allan Enyou	Leganés B	Loaned until end of season	February 20, 2025	^[18]
	DF	Pathé Ndiaye	Leganés B	Loaned until end of season	April 6, 2025	^[13]
	DF	Aidan O'Connor	New York Red Bulls II	Loaned until end of season	May 1, 2025	^[19]
	FW	Hugo Mbongue	Toronto FC	Loaned until end of season	July 23, 2025	^[20]
11	FW	Jay Herdman	Cavalry FC	Loaned until end of season	August 8, 2025	^[21]

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	2	FW	Henri Godbout	USA	UBC
2	10	MF	Mehdi Essoussi	Tunisia	Toronto

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
18	FW	Ayman Sellouf		Loan ended	November 10, 2024	^[22]
3	DF	Rocco Romeo	Valour FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[22]
21	FW	Austin Ricci		Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[22]
18	FW	Moses Dyer	Galway United	Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[22]
10	MF	Gabriel Bitar	York United	Transferred for York's first round pick in the 2026 CPL–U Sports Draft	January 13, 2025	^[23]
2	DF	Kadin Chung	Pacific FC	Option declined	January 13, 2025	^[23]
20	DF	Anthony White		Option declined	January 13, 2025	^[23]
8	MF	Renan Garcia		Option declined	January 13, 2025	^[23]
16	MF	Olivier Rommens		Option declined	January 13, 2025	^[23]
17	MF	Zach Verhoven	New Lambton FC	Option declined	January 13, 2025	^[23]
7	MF	Ben Fisk	Retired		January 16, 2025	^[24]
23	MF	Grady McDonnell	Club Brugge	Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause	January 31, 2025	^[25]
25	DF	James Cameron	Colorado Rapids 2	Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause	February 28, 2025	^[26]
28	GK	Niko Giantsopoulos	Retired		March 5, 2025	^[27]
11	FW	Mikaël Cantave		Contract terminated by mutual consent	July 23, 2025	^[20]
26	MF	Taryck Tahid	KF Skënderbeu Korçë	Free Transfer, with potential for additional future compensation	September 10, 2025	^[28]

2025 Vancouver FC season

Transfers

In

Loans in

Draft picks

Out

Transferred out

Loans out

Competitions

Overview

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results by match

Matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goalscorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

External links

Related Articles

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
9	FW	Alejandro Díaz	Pacific FC	Loaned until end of season, with option for permanent transfer	July 23, 2025	^[20]
43	GK	Felipe Jaramillo	Toronto FC II	Loaned until end of season	September 12, 2025	^[15]

Competition	Starting round	Record
Competition	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	Matchday 1	28	4	9	15	35	57	−22	014.29
Canadian Championship	First round	6	1	3	2	8	9	−1	016.67
Total		34	5	12	17	43	66	−23	014.71

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	10	2	51	22	+29	58	First semifinal and 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup
2	Atlético Ottawa (C)	28	15	11	2	54	28	+26	56	First semifinal
3	Cavalry	28	11	9	8	47	36	+11	42	Quarterfinal
4	HFX Wanderers	28	11	6	11	41	34	+7	39	Play-in round
5	York United	28	10	8	10	43	38	+5	38	Play-in round
6	Valour	28	7	5	16	35	62	−27	26
7	Pacific	28	5	8	15	30	59	−29	23
8	Vancouver	28	4	9	15	35	57	−22	21	2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup^[a]

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D
Position	7	7	8	7	4	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

April 6 1	Vancouver FC	0–2	York United FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
4:00pm PT	Fry 54'	Report	Ferrin 20' Altobelli 66', 84' Singh 70' Jimoh 75'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Alain Ruch
Note: Vancouver FC player Vasco Fry was issued a 2-match suspension after the game for serious foul play.

April 13 2	Vancouver FC	1–4	Atlético Ottawa	Langley Township, British Columbia
3:00pm PT	Campbell 66' Díaz 90+1'	Report	Rodríguez 20' Santos 37' Tabla 42' Castro 45+1' Didić 54' Patterson 83'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Scott Bowman

April 18 3	Cavalry FC	1–1	Vancouver FC	Foothills County, Alberta
5:00pm MT	Shome 38' Henry 50' Warschewski 90+5'	Report	Mezquida 19' Campagna 21' Norman Jr. 27' Bah 85' Díaz 90+7'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Ben Hoskins

April 26 4	Vancouver FC	1–1	Pacific FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
5:00pm PT	Mezquida 17' 69' Dada-Luke 51' Fry 56' Gee 81' Bah 90+2'	Report	Machado 43' Heard 45' Ndom 70' Browning Lagerfeldt 80'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Mathieu Souaré

May 3 5	Valour FC	1–3	Vancouver FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
6:00pm CT	Twardek 12' 64' Layne 46' 85' Venâncio 66'	Report	Fry 33' Díaz 38' Fotsing 80' Norman Jr. 83' Ndiaye 90+5'	Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

May 17 6	Vancouver FC	0–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
5:00pm PT	Campagna 20' Norman Jr. 40'	Report	Yesli 53' Telfer 59' Bahamboula 77' Coimbra 90+4'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Roberto D'Alesio

July 5 13	Forge FC	2–1	Vancouver FC	Hamilton, Ontario
7:00pm ET	Campagna 23' (o.g.) Paton 60' Filion 73'	Report	Campagna 36' Fry 90+3' Enyou 90+7'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

May 25 7	York United FC	1–0	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm ET	Altobelli 29' Botello 87' León 90+4' De La Rosa 90+4'	Report	Essoussi 43' Godbout 79' O'Connor 90+3' Tahid 90+3'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Mario Alayass

May 30 8	Vancouver FC	2–2	Atlético Ottawa	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Cloutier 13' (o.g.) Díaz 28' Bah 35' Fotsing 45' Fry 48' Mezquida 84'	Report	Salter 55' Rodríguez 64' Walker 90+2'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Scott Bowman

June 4 9	Valour FC	3–1	Vancouver FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
11:00am CT	Ohin 37' Twardek 44' Facchineri 45+6' Figueiredo 69' Egwu 73' Faria 82'	Report	Fotsing 17', 63' Dada-Luke 45+6' Norman Jr. 45+6'	Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium Referee: Yusri Rudolf

June 15 10	Vancouver FC	0–2	Forge FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
1:00pm PT	Navarro 37' Norman Jr. 45+2' Fry 80'	Report	Bekker 52', 58' Owolabi-Belewu 64' Nimick 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

June 21 11	HFX Wanderers FC	1–0	Vancouver FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:00pm AT	Johnston 12' Coimbra 25' Meilleur-Giguère 77' Callegari 80'	Report	Enyou 17' Bah 85'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Renzo Villanueva

June 27 12	Pacific FC	4–4	Vancouver FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Ndom 17', 54', 90+7' Bustos 40' Toualy 76' Irving 90+3' (o.g.)	Report	Godbout 55' Norman Jr. 64' Ndiaye 89' Mezquida 90+1', 90+2'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2821 Referee: Roberto D'Alesio

July 13 14	Vancouver FC	0–0	Cavalry FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
6:00pm PT	Enyou 21' Fry 27' Norman Jr. 48' Mezquida 62'	Report	Gherasimencov 19' Piepgrass 29' Warschewski 69'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Ben Hoskins

July 19 15	York United FC	4–0	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00pm ET	Reid 3' Bitar 84', 90+2' Kibato 88'	Report	O'Connor 49'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Iwan-Nikita Jecanski

July 25 16	Vancouver FC	1–3	Valour FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Bah 29' Enyou 51'	Report	Froese 3' Facchineri 9', 66' Mlah 22' Egwu 43' Twardek 71', 73' Viscosi 80'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Renzo Villanueva

August 4 17	HFX Wanderers FC	1–2	Vancouver FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:00pm AT	Johnston 53' Meilleur-Giguère 89'	Report	Campagna 40' Mbongue 46' Fry 83' Essoussi 84' Mezquida 90+5'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Alain Ruch

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August 10 18	Vancouver FC	2–3	Pacific FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
3:00pm PT	Bah 33' Ndiaye 49' Norman Jr. 56' Enyou 90+5'	Report	Díaz 45+4' (pen.), 60' Heard 46' Browning Lagerfeldt 69'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Scott Bowman

August 17 19	Cavalry FC	5–4	Vancouver FC	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00pm MT	Ntignee 3' Warschewski 4' Baldisimo 26', 59' Gherasimencov 88' Carducci 90+4' Klomp 90+7'	Report	Mezquida 18' (pen.) Campbell 33' Mbongue 38', 58' Dada-Luke 48' O'Connor 62' Fotsing 90+5'	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Mario Alayass

August 22 20	Vancouver FC	0–1	Forge FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:00pm PT	Bah 42' Campagna 87'	Report	Babouli 45+1' Wright 56'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Seyed Mohammad Mohseni

August 30 21	Atlético Ottawa	3–1	Vancouver FC	Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET	Rodríguez 30' Salter 40' O'Connor 80' (o.g.) Sissoko 90+3'	Report	Mezquida 25' Campagna 38' O'Connor 81' Ndiaye 85'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

September 5 22	Vancouver FC	2–5	Valour FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
7:30pm PT	Campbell 1' Mbongue 65' Norman Jr. 69' Ndiaye 85'	Report	Morgan 16', 44', 61' Faria 47' Figueiredo 90+5'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Youcef Boumsied

September 13 23	Pacific FC	1–1	Vancouver FC	Langford, British Columbia
4:00pm PT	Mukumbilwa 38' Ndom 46', 90+4'	Report	Ndiaye 34' Mbongue 45' (pen.) Dada-Luke 90+5'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Referee: Ben Hoskins

September 21 24	Vancouver FC	2–1	York United FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
3:00pm PT	Ndiaye 31' Gee 44', 59' Campbell 74'	Report	Sturing 15' Ferrin 40'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Mathieu Souaré

September 28 25	Vancouver FC	3–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langley Township, British Columbia
3:00pm PT	O'Connor 18' Fry 26' Mbongue 35', 44', 66' Ndiaye 90+2'	Report	Baï 45+2' Alphonse 54' Meilleur-Giguère 90+4'	Stadium: Willoughby Stadium Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

October 4 26	Forge FC	1–1	Vancouver FC	Hamilton, Ontario
5:00pm ET	Borges 45' Rama 60' Koné 89'	Report	Norman Jr. 43' Crawford 52' Fotsing 72', 90+6' Ouattara 77'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Referee: Yusri Rudolf

October 12 27	Atlético Ottawa	0–0	Vancouver FC	Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm ET	Abatneh 90+3'	Report	Fry 35' Ouattara 39' Michel 72' Campagna 88' Dada-Luke 90+5' Mezquida 90+5'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Referee: Michael Venne