The 2022 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season was the eleventh season of play for the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.
FC Laval won their first league title and qualified for the 2023 Canadian Championship, while AS Blainville won the Coupe PLSQ for the third time. CS Mont-Royal Outremont competed in the 2022 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2021 league champions.
Changes from 2021 The 2022 season will have its greatest number of participating teams with 12 teams. CS Saint-Laurent and the CF Montréal U23 join as expansion franchises. CS Lanaudière-Nord (who previously competed in the PLSQ until 2015 as FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière prior to their merger with ARS Laser) returns to the league, replacing the district team FC Lanaudière. CS Monteuil became AS Laval following a merger with another non-PLSQ club. Ottawa South United will return to the league full-time after being forced to withdraw midway through the 2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Each team will play each other home and away for a 22 match season. The league champion will qualify for the 2023 Canadian Championship and the top four teams will qualify for the Coupe PLSQ.
Main Division Teams Twelve teams will participate in the 2022 season. The league champion will earn a place in the 2023 Canadian Championship.
Team City Stadium A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc BlainvilleCeltix du Haut-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Stade Alphonse-Desjardins CS Lanaudière-Nord Joliette, Lanaudière André-Courcelles Stadium & École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette AS Laval Laval, Laval Parc de LausanneFC Laval Laval, Laval Collège Montmorency CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier CF Montréal U23 Montréal, Montréal Centre Nutrilait CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR CS Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent, Montreal Vanier College Stadium CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-LaflammeOttawa South UnitedOttawa, OntarioQuinn's Point Field & Richcraft Recreation Complex Royal-Sélect de Beauport Quebec City, Capitale-NationaleStade Beauport
Standings
Note: The match on October 1 between CS Mont-Royal Outremont and CS Saint-Laurent was abandoned before completion and initially recorded as a double forfeit (CSMRO had been leading 2-1 at the time of abandonment). After an appeal, the match was changed to a 3-0 forfeit victory for CS Mont-Royal Outremont. Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1Loïc Adrien Kwemi CS Saint-Laurent 192Yann Régis Toualy CS Saint-Laurent 153Pierre-Rudolph Mayard AS Blainville 14 Adama Makan Sissoko FC Laval5Arthur Lionel Polla Phudje Ottawa South United 96Joseph Greguy Saint Simon CS Mont-Royal Outremont 8 Riad Bey FC Laval8Josué Desire Youta FC Laval 7 Babacar Thiaw Laye Diop CS St-Hubert Yves Wesley Wandje Djomze CS Saint-Laurent
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Ballon d'or (Best Player) Loïc Adrien Kwemi (CS Saint-Laurent) Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Renan Dias Manini (CS Mont-Royal Outremont) Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Kevin Lenours (CS Longueuil) Golden Boot (Top Scorer - 19 goals) Loïc Adrien Kwemi (CS Saint-Laurent) Coach of the Year Boubacar Coulibaly (FC Laval)
Coupe PLSQ
Semi-finals
Final
Friendlies In July and August, HFX Wanderers U23, the U23 side of Canadian Premier League club HFX Wanderers FC, and Sunderland U21, the U21 side of English Championship side Sunderland each played two friendly matches against PLSQ opposition.
Reserve Division The league will operate a reserve division. Each team, apart from the CF Montréal Academy, will operate a reserve team, playing each other home-and-away. CS St-Hubert, RS Beauport, and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu withdrew from the division in September, with their final matches awarded as forfeit losses.
Note:The match on September 3 between CS St-Hubert and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu resulted in a double forfeit.
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Ballon d'or (Best Player) Ryan Moteng Kamsu (FC Laval Reserves) Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves) Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Mahdi Djellab (CS St-Laurent Reserves) Golden Boot (Top Scorer - 14 goals) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves)
References