2025 York United FC season

York United FC
2025 season
Head Coach	Mauro Eustáquio
Stadium	York Lions Stadium
Canadian Premier League	5th
CPL playoffs	Quarterfinal
Canadian Championship	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Julian Altobelli (10); All: Julian Altobelli (14)
Highest home attendance	7,218 ; (May 31 vs HFX Wanderers)
Average home league attendance	2,055
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2024 2026 →

Head CoachMauro Eustáquio

StadiumYork Lions Stadium

Canadian Premier League5th

CPL playoffsQuarterfinal

The 2025 York United FC season is the seventh season in the history of York United FC and the last before being rebranded as Inter Toronto FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Following the 2024 season, manager Benjamín Mora departed the team, to become the new head coach of Liga MX club Querétaro.^[1]^[2] He was replaced by former interim manager Mauro Eustáquio, who became the youngest head coach in Canadian Premier League history.^[3]

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No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Diego Urtiaga		GK	(1998-10-09)October 9, 1998 (aged 27)	Atlético San Luis	INT, Loan
12	Ivan Pavela	/	GK	(2005-03-03)March 3, 2005 (aged 20)	NK Dugopolje	U21
Defenders
3	Luke Singh	/	CB	(2000-09-12)September 12, 2000 (aged 25)	Toronto FC
4	Oswaldo León		CB	(1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 26)	Dorados de Sinaloa	INT
5	Frank Sturing		CB	(1997-05-29)May 29, 1997 (aged 28)	SV Horn
6	Orlando Botello		LB	(2001-08-06)August 6, 2001 (aged 24)	C.F. Monterrey U23	INT, Loan
15	Cameron DaSilva		CB	(2002-12-19)December 19, 2002 (aged 23)	Simcoe County Rovers
23	Riley Ferrazzo		FB	(1999-08-04)August 4, 1999 (aged 26)	HFX Wanderers
62	Nyal Higgins		CB	(1998-01-19)January 19, 1998 (aged 27)	Vaughan Azzurri
Midfielders
7	Steffen Yeates		CM	(2000-01-04)January 4, 2000 (aged 25)	Pacific FC
8	Elijah Adekugbe	/	MF	(1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 29)	Cavalry FC
16	Max Ferrari		LW / RW	(2000-08-20)August 20, 2000 (aged 25)	Aurora FC
17	Leonel López		CM	(1994-05-24)May 24, 1994 (aged 31)	The Strongest	INT
20	Gabriel Bitar	/	AM / CF	(1998-08-23)August 23, 1998 (aged 27)	Vancouver FC
21	Kembo Kibato		MF	(2000-09-16)September 16, 2000 (aged 25)	Vancouver FC
28	Jesse Costa		CM	(2005-04-28)April 28, 2005 (aged 20)	Corinthians	U21
32	Luca Accettola		CM / AM	(2004-02-19)February 19, 2004 (aged 21)	York Lions	U21, U-S
33	Joshua Lopez		MF	(2008-05-26)May 26, 2008 (aged 17)	TFC Academy	DEV
Forwards
9	Shaan Hundal		CF	(1999-07-14)July 14, 1999 (aged 26)	Valour FC
10	Adonijah Reid		CF	(1999-08-13)August 13, 1999 (aged 26)	Pacific FC
11	Massimo Ferrin		CF / RW / LW	(1998-12-06)December 6, 1998 (aged 27)	HFX Wanderers
18	Julian Altobelli		CF / AM	(2002-11-04)November 4, 2002 (aged 23)	Toronto FC II
19	Shola Jimoh		LW	(2008-04-08)April 8, 2008 (aged 17)	York United FC Academy	U21, EYT
Out on loan
2	Alexander Bergman (at Harju JK Laagri)	/	CB	(2004-12-08)December 8, 2004 (aged 21)	Nõmme United	U21

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
10	FW	Adonijah Reid	Pacific FC	Free	January 7, 2025	^[6]
23	DF	Riley Ferrazzo	HFX Wanderers	Free	January 9, 2025	^[7]
20	MF	Gabriel Bitar	Vancouver FC	Transferred for the first round pick in the 2026 CPL–U Sports Draft	January 13, 2025	^[8]
15	DF	Cameron DaSilva	Simcoe County Rovers	Free	January 14, 2025	^[9]
7	MF	Steffen Yeates	Pacific FC	Undisclosed fee	January 20, 2025	^[10]
3	DF	Luke Singh	Toronto FC	Free	January 22, 2025	^[11]
2	DF	Alexander Bergman	Nõmme United	Free	January 27, 2025	^[12]
22	FW	Marsel Bibishkov	Juventus U17	Free	January 29, 2025	^[13]
18	FW	Julian Altobelli	Toronto FC II	Free	January 31, 2025	^[14]
11	FW	Massimo Ferrin	HFX Wanderers	Undisclosed fee	February 3, 2025	^[15]
12	GK	Ivan Pavela	NK Dugopolje	Free	February 5, 2025	^[16]
33	MF	Joshua Lopez	TFC Academy	Developmental contract	April 4, 2025	^[17]
30	MF	Christian Zeppieri	York Lions	U-Sports contract	April 4, 2025	^[18]
32	MF	Luca Accettola	York Lions	Selected 5th in the 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract	April 4, 2025	^[19]
9	FW	Bryan Rosa	SC Pombal	Free	April 24, 2025	^[20]
9	FW	Shaan Hundal	Valour FC	Free	July 17, 2025	^[21]
	MF	Leonel López	The Strongest	Free	July 25, 2025	^[22]
	MF	Jesse Costa	Corinthians	Free	August 15, 2025	^[23]

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
6	DF	Orlando Botello	C.F. Monterrey U23	Loaned until end of season	January 24, 2025	^[24]
1	GK	Diego Urtiaga	Atlético San Luis	Loaned until end of season	April 3, 2025	^[25]

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	5	MF	Luca Accettola	Canada	York
2	13	FW	Matthew Fischer	Canada	York

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
15	MF	Josué Martínez		Loan expired	November 10, 2024	^[26]
24	MF	Tomas Giraldo		Loan expired	November 10, 2024	^[26]
20	FW	Jorge Guzmán		Loan expired	November 10, 2024	^[26]
12	MF	Santiago Márquez		Loan expired	November 10, 2024	^[26]
18	GK	Eleias Himaras	Valour FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
23	DF	Noah Abatneh	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
12	MF	Clément Bayiha	Þór Akureyri	Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
30	MF	Kadin Martin-Pereux		Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
33	MF	Matthew Baldisimo		Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
9	FW	Brian Wright	Forge FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
10	FW	Molham Babouli	Forge FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
14	FW	Theo Afework		Contract expired	December 31, 2024	^[26]
1	GK	Thomas Vincensini		Option declined	January 13, 2025	^[27]
11	FW	Dennis Salanović		Option declined	January 13, 2025	^[27]
7	MF	Juan Córdova	Unión San Felipe	Contract terminated by mutual consent	January 23, 2025	^[28]
9	FW	Bryan Rosa		Contract terminated by mutual consent	June 6, 2025	^[29]
22	FW	Marsel Bibishkov	Slavia Sofia	Contract terminated by mutual consent	June 30, 2025	^[30]
17	MF	Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy	Valour FC	Contract terminated by mutual consent	July 17, 2025	^[21]

2025 York United FC season

Transfers

In

Loans in

Draft picks

Out

Transferred out

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results by match

Matches

Playoff matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

Top scorers

Top assists

Clean sheets

Disciplinary record

References

External links

Related Articles

March 5, 2025 Friendly	York United FC	2-2	S.C.U. Torreense	Torres Vedras, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Estádio Manuel Marques

March 14, 2025 Friendly	York United FC	v	AS Laval
Note: Game played behind closed doors

March 21, 2024 Friendly	York United FC	v	Valour FC
Note: Game played behind closed doors

March 28, 2024 Friendly	York United FC	v	Simcoe County Rovers FC
Note: Game played behind closed doors

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Canadian Premier League	28	10	8	10	43	38	+5	035.71
Canadian Championship	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	033.33
Total	31	11	8	12	52	44	+8	035.48

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	W	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	W	D	D	W
Position	1	4	4	4	6	7	7	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	5

April 6 1	Vancouver FC	0–2	York United FC	Langley, British Columbia
7:00pm	Fry 54'	Report	Ferrin 20' Altobelli 66' 84' Singh 70' Jimoh 75'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 1,435 Referee: Alain Ruch

April 13 2	York United FC	1–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Toronto, Ontario
3:00pm	Bitar 22' 71' Higgins 78' Ferrari 86' Adekugbe 86'	Report	Callegari 42' Johnston 43' Probo 53' 71' Coimbra 81' 82' Mekidèche 86' Yesli 90+4'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,087 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

April 19 3	Atlético Ottawa	3–2	York United FC	Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm	Abatneh 31' 90+5' Rodríguez 43' Salter 51' Aparicio 56' 72'	Report	León 2' Altobelli 11' Bitar 21' Singh 53' Adekugbe 59' Jimoh 66' Kibato 68' Ferrazzo 83' 90+5'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3,337 Referee: Mario Alayass

May 10 6	Pacific FC	2-1	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00pm	Zanatta 44' (pen.) Daniels 55' Heard 57' Montejano 68' 90+2' Anchor 90+3'	Report	Ferrazzo 10' Bitar 25' Sturing 27' Yeates 90+2' León 90+10'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,821 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

June 8 10	Cavalry FC	2-1	York United FC	Calgary, Alberta
6:00pm	Camargo 2' 51' Aird 35' Field 45+1' Herdman 90+1'	Report	Ferrari 9' Kibato 50' Ferrin 52' Botello 53' Adekugbe 78' Zeppieri 85' Umanzor 88'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 5,114 Referee: Michael Venne

June 29 13	Forge FC	2-2	York United FC	Hamilton, Ontario
4:00pm	Rama 26' Wright 40' 72' Ampomah 66' Owolabi-Belewu 69' Choinière 79'	Report	Ferrin 19' Adekugbe 27' Reid 45+1' 50' Yeates 84'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 6,621 Referee: Michael Venne

July 26 16	Cavalry FC	0-1	York United FC	Calgary, Alberta
5:00pm	Piepgrass 57' Camargo 89' Gutiérrez 90+8'	Report	Altobell 36' Bitar 45' Sturing 58' León 75' Jimoh 80' Urtiaga 90+2'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,496 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

April 27 4	York United FC	2–2	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm	Ferrazzo 14' 66' Singh 25' Altobelli 29' (pen.)	Report	Rama 12' 45+4' Wright 33' (pen.)	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,679 Referee: Scott Bowman

May 2 5	York United FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
8:00pm	Higgins 6' Yeates 36' Altobelli 45+1' Singh 75' Ferrari 90+3'	Report	Warschewski 9' Aird 69' 90+5' Laing 77'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,342 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

May 16 7	Valour FC	2-1	York United FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
8:00pm	Romeo 37' Egwu 43' 84' Twardek 51'	Report	Ferrazzo 21' Bitar 42' Altobelli 45' Kibato 45+3' Adekugbe 47' Botello 89'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 1,591 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

May 25 8	York United FC	2-1	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm	Altobelli 29' Botello 87' León 90+4' Rosa 90+4'	Report	Essoussi 43' Godbout 79' Tahid 90+3' O'Connor 90+3'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,452 Referee: Mario Alayass

May 31 9	York United FC	2-0	HFX Wanderers FC	Quebec City, Quebec
4:00pm	Ferrazzo 12' Altobelli 29' Urtiaga 86' Yeates 89'	Report	Callegari 51' Pearlman 61'	Stadium: Telus Stadium Attendance: 7,218 Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
Note: Canadian Premier League “On Tour” match in Quebec City

June 14 11	Pacific FC	1-3	York United FC	Langford, British Columbia
6:00pm	Young 11' Ndom 20' 59' Anchor 79' Botello 70'	Report	Kibato 42' Accettola 53' Ferrazzo 60'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2,604 Referee: Alain Ruch

June 22 12	York United FC	0-0	Atlético Ottawa	Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm		Report	Kozlovskiy 10'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,364 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

July 13 14	York United FC	3-2	Valour FC	Toronto, Ontario
6:00pm	Altobelli 45+1' (pen.) Yeates 54+4' Reid 47' León 53' Ferrari 78' Botello 89' Jimoh 90+1'	Report	Ressurreição 15' Williams 22' Froese 36' Viscosi 45' Morgan 61' Alarcón 90+2'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,117 Referee: Scott Bowman

July 19 15	York United FC	4-0	Vancouver FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00pm	Reid 3' Bitar 84' 90+2' Kibato 88'	Report	O'Connor 49'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,349 Referee: Niko Jecanski

August 3 17	Atlético Ottawa	0-0	York United FC	Ottawa, Ontario
4:00pm	Aparicio 16' Castro 26' Ingham 72'	Report	Reid 41' Ferrin 62' León 72'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 5,175 Referee: Ben Hoskins

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August 9 18	York United FC	1–2	Forge FC	Toronto, Ontario
1:00 pm	Bitar 5' Reid 11' Sturing 35' López 38'	Report	Borges 14' Filion 54' Ampomah 63'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,681 Referee: Roberto D'Alesio
Note: Kick-off was rescheduled from 2:00 pm.^[33]

August 17 19	Valour FC	0-0	York United FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm	Figueiredo 54' Egwu 56' Mlah 58' Ohin 68'	Report	Sturingi 71'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,294 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

August 24 20	York United FC	5–1	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:00pm	Hundall 10', 72', 80', 82' López 16' Reid 52'	Report	Díaz 45' Zanatta 48'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,583 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Sept 1 21	HFX Wanderers FC	4-0	York United FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm	Dias 11' Bahamboula 26' (pen.) Timoteo 45+2' Bahamboula 57' Sow 75' Baï 80'	Report	Bitar 24' Kibato 54' León 70' Altobelli 89' León 90+3'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,811 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

Sept 5 22	York United FC	3-1	Cavalry FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:30pm	Higgins 6' Reid 10', 40' Singh 30' López 59', 72' Botello 70' Ferrari 84'	Report	Klomp 55' Kamdem 57' Aird 87' (pen.)	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1,546 Referee: Michael Venne

Sept 14 23	York United FC	2-2	Atlético Ottawa	Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm	Yeates 10' Hundal 12' Sturing 54' Botello 62'	Report	Salter 8', 49' Levis 38' Assi 90+2'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,108 Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

Sept 21 24	Vancouver FC	2-1	York United FC	Langley, British Columbia
6:00pm	Pathé 31' Gee 44' 59' Campbell 74'	Report	Sturing 15' Ferrin 40'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Sept 28 25	York United FC	1-0	Valour FC	Toronto, Ontario
3:00pm	Altobelli 44' 52' Bitar 80'	Report	Antonoglou 40' Figueiredo 65' Alarcón 72'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Mario Alayass

Oct 4 26	HFX Wanderers FC	1-1	York United FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00pm	Mekidèche 44' Alphonse 36' Pearlman 36' Timoteo 45+3' Baï 90+5'	Report	Ferrari 45+1' López 45+3' Sturing 62' Ferrin 68' Ferrazzo 90+3'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Referee: Scott Bowman

Oct 9 27	York United FC	2-2	Pacific FC	Toronto, Ontario
7:30pm	Ferrari 48' López 54' Jimoh 73' Hundal 74' Accettola 90+4'	Report	Bustos 21' Juhmi 30' Díaz 34' (pen.) Ndom 85' Montejano 90+4'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Referee: Mathieu Souaré