The 2017 Scarborough SC season was the third season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. They began the season on May 27, 2017 at home against York Region Shooters. The season concluded with Scarborough securing a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the standings. In the preliminary rounds of the playoffs they secured the necessary wins in order to make their first CSL Championship appearance. In the finals they were defeated by the York Region Shooters in a penalty shootout.
Summary In preparation for the 2017 season general manager Kiril Dimitrov acquired the services of Krum Bibishkov as a Player-coach. Scarborough continued its policy of recruiting overseas talent in order to bring more depth to the roster. Throughout the majority of the season the team battled for the fourth position standing, until achieving a five game undefeated streak at the end of the season in order to clinch that berth. Their overall success saw the club finish in the top four in best offensive and defensive records with Aleksandar Stojiljković winning the CSL Golden Boot. In the first round of the postseason they faced Brantford Galaxy, and advanced to the next round after a 6-2 victory. Scarborough made club history by defeating FC Vorkuta by a score of 1-0 to make their first CSL Championship final appearance. Their opponents in the finals were York Region Shooters, where Scarborough was denied the title after a 5-4 defeat in a penalty shootout.
Transfers
In No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesSourceFW Krum Bibishkov Brantford GalaxyFree TransferGK Milos Djurkovic FK Radnik BijeljinaFree TransferGK John Trye ASA ChargeFree Transfer
Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesSource11MF Alon Badat FC Ukraine UnitedFree Transfer 14MF Adis Hasecic SC Waterloo RegionFree Transfer
Competitions
Canadian Soccer League
League table
First Division
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
Statistics
Goals Correct as of November 10, 2017
+First Division GoalsPos.Playing Pos.NationNameAppearances Goals1 FW Aleksandar Stojiljković 13 172 MF Kiril Dimitrov 14 63 MF Krum Bibishkov 15 54 DF Marc Jankovic 11 2 DF Adrian Todorovic 2 26 DF Angel Angelov 13 1 DF Zdravko Karadachki 5 1 MF Alen Kucalovic 10 1 FW Joey Melo 4 1 MF Stefan Stojiljković 14 1Total 95 37
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