The 2019 FC Edmonton season was the eighth season in the club's history, as well as the first season in Canadian Premier League history.

Overview After finishing in seventh place in the 2017 NASL season, FC Edmonton discontinued professional operations, but kept their academy. Co-owner Tom Fath stated that the franchise had proved to be unsustainable in the Edmonton market, and the decision was reinforced by the uncertainty surrounding the status of the NASL. Despite these events, there was speculation that the still under construction Canadian Premier League was looking at Edmonton as a potential market. That speculation proved to be correct on June 8, 2018, when it was announced that Edmonton had come out of hiatus and officially joined the new league. A new logo was revealed, and it was announced that the team would continue to play at Clarke Stadium.

On July 3, 2018, Jeff Paulus was named head coach. He had formerly been an assistant coach for the first team and technical director of the academy. On November 28, FC Edmonton announced their first two signings as members of the CPL, academy graduate Allan Zebie, who played for the team in 2017, and former Vancouver Whitecap Randy Edwini-Bonsu, who played minor soccer in Edmonton as a child. The Eddies signed more academy graduates, including Bruno Zebie, Ajeej Sarkaria and Ajay Khabra. On December 13, South Korean midfielder Son Yong-chan was signed, Edmonton's first international signing as a Canadian Premier League club.

Squad As of October 19, 2019.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Connor James GK Alberta Golden Bears 13 Dylon Powley GK Gute 31 Chris Ezoua GK Academy Defenders 3 Jeannot Esua RB / RW Rainbow Bamenda 4 Allan Zebie LB FC Edmonton (NASL) 5 Ramón Soria CB / DM Formentera 8 Mélé Temguia CB Valentine Phoenix 12 Kareem Moses RB FF Jaro 55 Amer Didic CB San Antonio FC Midfielders 6 Edem Mortotsi CM FC Edmonton (NASL) 7 Son Yong-chan CM Ozone 10 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph AM Al-Rustaq 14 James Marcelin DM / CB Miami United 16 Prince Amanda LW / RW Academy 17 Marcus Velado-Tsegaye LW / RW / ST Academy 20 Bruno Zebie LM Calgary Foothills 22 Tony Tchani CM Chicago Fire 23 Ajay Khabra CM Alberta Golden Bears Forwards 9 Ajeej Sarkaria ST Alberta Golden Bears 11 Randy Edwini-Bonsu ST / LW / RW Tennis Borussia Berlin 18 Tomi Ameobi CF FC Cincinnati 19 Easton Ongaro ST Alberta Golden Bears 26 David Doe ST FC Edmonton (NASL) 45 Oumar Diouck ST KVK Tienen

Transfers

In

Transferred in No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource11 Tennis Borussia BerlinFree TransferNovember 29, 20184UnattachedFree TransferNovember 29, 20187 OzoneFree TransferDecember 13, 201820 Calgary FoothillsFree TransferDecember 13, 201823 Alberta Golden BearsFree TransferDecember 13, 20189 Alberta Golden BearsSelected 8th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports DraftDecember 13, 201813 GuteFree TransferJanuary 17, 20191 Alberta Golden BearsSelected 7th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports DraftJanuary 17, 201918 FC CincinnatiFree TransferJanuary 31, 20196 Edmonton Green & GoldFree TransferJanuary 31, 201912 FF JaroFree TransferJanuary 31, 20195 FormenteraFree TransferJanuary 31, 201945 KVK TienenFree TransferJanuary 31, 201926Academy GraduateFebruary 15, 201916Academy GraduateFebruary 15, 201917Academy GraduateFebruary 15, 201914 Miami UnitedFree TransferFebruary 22, 20193 Rainbow BamendaFree TransferFebruary 22, 20198 Valentine PhoenixFree TransferFebruary 26, 201910 Al-RustaqFree TransferFebruary 26, 201955 San Antonio FCFree TransferApril 15, 201919 Alberta Golden BearsFree TransferMay 1, 201922 UnattachedFree TransferAugust 7, 2019

Draft picks FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. RoundSelectionPos.PlayerNationalityUniversity17Alberta Golden Bears28Alberta Golden Bears321Alberta Golden Bears

Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource

Competitions Match times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

Preseason

Canadian Premier League

Spring season

League table

2019 CONCACAF League qualification table

Results summary

Results by match

Matches

Fall season

League table

Results summary

Results by match

Matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

Top scorers {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|CPL Spring season !width=80|CPL Fall season !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |1|||| Easton Ongaro || FW || 0 || 10 ||0 ||10 |- |2|||| Oumar Diouck || FW || 4 || 2 || 1 ||7 |- |3|||| Tomi Ameobi || FW || 1 || 3 || 0 ||4 |- |4|||| Mélé Temguia || DF || 1 || 1 || 1 ||3 |- |rowspan=4|5|||| Prince Amanda || MF || 0 || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Ramón Soria || DF || 0 || 1 ||0 ||1 |- ||| Marcus Velado-Tsegaye || MF || 1 || 0 ||0 ||1 |- ||| Bruno Zebie || MF || 1 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- |colspan="4"|Own goals || 0 || 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||8||19||2||29

Top assists {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|CPL Spring season !width=80|CPL Fall season !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |rowspan=2|1|||| Amer Didic || DF || 1 || 2 || 0 ||3 |- ||| Ramón Soria || DF || 2 || 1 || 0 ||3 |- |rowspan=4|3|||| Oumar Diouck || FW || 0 || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Jeannot Esua || DF || 1 || 1 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Edem Mortotsi || MF || 0 || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Easton Ongaro || FW || 1 || 1 || 0 ||2 |- |rowspan=6|7|||| Prince Amanda || MF || 0 || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Tomi Ameobi || FW || 0 || 0 || 1 ||1 |- ||| Randy Edwini-Bonsu || FW || 0 || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Philippe Lincourt-Joseph || MF || 0 || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Ajeej Sarkaria || FW || 0 || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Son Yong-chan || MF || 1 || 0 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||6||13||1||20

Clean sheets {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=80|CPL Spring season !width=80|CPL Fall season !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |1|||| Connor James || 4 || 3 || 0 ||7 |- |2|||| Dylon Powley || 0 || 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="3"|Totals||4||4||0||8

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !rowspan="2" width=10|No. !rowspan="2" width=10|Pos. !rowspan="2" width=10|Nat. !rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !colspan="2" width=80|CPL Spring season !colspan="2" width=80|CPL Fall season !colspan="2" width=80|Canadian Championship !colspan="2" width=80|TOTAL |- ! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! |- |3||DF|||| Jeannot Esua ||2||0||0||1||1||0||3||1 |- |4||DF|||| Allan Zebie ||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |5||DF|||| Ramón Soria ||1||0||2||0||0||0||3||0 |- |6||MF|||| Edem Mortotsi ||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |7||MF|||| Son Yong-chan ||1||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |8||DF|||| Mélé Temguia ||1||0||2||0||0||0||3||0 |- |9||FW|||| Ajeej Sarkaria ||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |10||MF|||| Philippe Lincourt-Joseph ||0||1||0||0||0||0||0||1 |- |11||FW|||| Randy Edwini-Bonsu ||0||0||1||0||2||0||3||0 |- |12||DF|||| Kareem Moses ||2||0||0||0||0||0||2||0 |- |14||MF|||| James Marcelin ||0||0||2||0||2||0||4||0 |- |17||MF|||| Marcus Velado-Tsegaye ||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |18||FW|||| Tomi Ameobi ||1||0||3||0||0||0||4||0 |- |19||FW|||| Easton Ongaro ||0||0||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |20||MF|||| Bruno Zebie ||1||0||1||0||0||0||2||0 |- |45||FW|||| Oumar Diouck ||1||0||5||0||0||0||6||0 |- |55||DF|||| Amer Didic ||1||0||2||0||0||0||3||0 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||11||1||22||1||5||0||38||2

References

External links 2019 FC Edmonton season at Official Site