The 2023 Atlético Ottawa season was the fourth season in the history of Atlético Ottawa. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship. This was the club's second season under head coach Carlos González.

In the previous season, the club finished 1st in the Canadian Premier League regular season, before losing to Forge FC in the post-season Final.

Current squad As of July 28, 2023 No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Sean Melvin GK Colorado Springs Switchbacks 29 Nathan Ingham GK York United FC Defenders 3 Macdonald Niba CB Kuopion Palloseura 4 Diego Espejo CB Atlético Madrid B 5 Luke Singh CB Toronto FC 15 Maxim Tissot LB / DM Forge FC 17 Miguel Acosta RB / LB / CB Atlético Baleares 20 Karl Ouimette CB Indy Eleven 23 Tyr Walker CB / FB Acadia University 46 Zachary Roy RB CS St-Hubert 91 Aboubakary Sacko LB Le Havre B Midfielders 10 Ollie Bassett AM / LW Pacific FC 11 Noah Verhoeven CM York United 14 Jean-Aniel Assi LW / RW CF Montréal 16 Zach Verhoven LW / RW / RB Pacific FC 21 Alberto Zapater DM Real Zaragoza 26 Omar Darwish DM OSU Atletico 30 Gabriel Antinoro LW CF Montréal 96 Ilias Iliadis DM / LB CF Montréal Forwards 7 Gianni dos Santos LW Pacific FC 9 Carl Haworth RW / RB Indy Eleven 18 Samuel Salter CF HFX Wanderers 19 Malcolm Shaw CF / RW Assyriska IK 99 Ruben Del Campo CF / LW San Fernando CD

Transfers

In

Transferred in No.Pos.PlayerFrom clubFee/notesDateSource20 Indy ElevenFree transfer11 York UnitedFree transfer18 HFX WanderersUndisclosed fee & sell-on clause7 Pacific FCFree30 CF MontréalFree91 Le Havre BFree12 Rivers FCU-Sports Draft Pick23 Acadia UniversityU-Sports Development contract25UnattachedFree99 San Fernando CDFree21 Real ZaragozaFreeDevelopment contract

Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromFee/notesDateSource4 Atlético Madrid BLoan extended14 CF MontréalLoan5 Toronto FCLoan96 CF MontrealLoan

Draft picks Atlético Ottawa made the 8th and 15th selections in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft. 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.PlayerNationalityUniversity18Thompson Rivers215Carleton

Out

Transferred out

No.Pos.PlayerTo clubFee/notesDateSource14Free agentLoan expired; released from parent club5 Atlético Madrid BLoan expired; returned to parent club33 Mar Menor FCOption declined6Contract expired7Option declined8Contract expired12Development contract expiredDevelopment contract expiredDevelopment contract expired2RetiredRetired11 Atlético San LuisLoan expired; returned to parent club9 York UnitedOption declined20 Qadsia SCOption declined13 Manisa F.K.Transfer; fee undisclosed25Emergency contract expired12Released22 Pacific FCReleased

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results summary

Results by Match

Matches

Playoff 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=40|Rank !width=40|Nat. !scope="col" style="width:350px;"| Player !width=100|Pos. !width=250|Canadian Premier League !width=250|Canadian Championship !width=275|Total |- |1|||| Ollie Bassett || MF|| 11 || 1 ||12 |- |2|||| Samuel Salter || FW|| 7 || 0 ||7 |- |rowspan=3|3|||| Zach Verhoven || MF|| 3 || 0 ||3 |- |||| Carl Haworth || MF|| 3 || 0 ||3 |- |||| Maxim Tissot || DF|| 2 || 1 ||3 |- |rowspan=4|6|||| Malcolm Shaw || FW|| 1 || 1 ||2 |- |||| Gianni dos Santos || FW|| 2 || 0 ||2 |- |||| Gabriel Antinoro || MF|| 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Diego Espejo || DF|| 1|| 1 ||2 |- |rowspan=6|10||||| Noah Verhoeven || MF|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |||| Zakaria Bahous || MF|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |||| Jean-Aniel Assi || MF|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |||| Miguel Acosta || DF|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |||| Luke Singh || DF|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |||| Ilias Iliadis || MF|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||38||4||42

Top assists {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=40|Rank !width=40|Nat. !scope="col" style="width:350px;"| Player !width=100|Pos. !width=250|Canadian Premier League !width=250|Canadian Championship !width=275|Total |- |rowspan=2|1||||Jean-Aniel Assi || MF || 3 || 1 ||4 |- |||Carl Haworth || MF|| 4 || 0 ||4 |- |rowspan=2|3||||Ollie Bassett || MF|| 3 || 0 ||3 |- |||Gianni dos Santos || FW || 2 || 1 ||3 |- |rowspan=4|5||||Noah Verhoeven || MF|| 2 || 0 ||2 |- |||Miguel Acosta || DF|| 2 || 0 ||2 |- |||Zach Verhoven || MF|| 2 || 0 ||2 |- |||Ruben Del Campo || FW|| 2 || 0 ||2 |- |rowspan=3|9||||Malcolm Shaw || FW || 1 || 0 ||1 |- |||Macdonald Niba || MF|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |||Samuel Salter || FW|| 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||22||2||24

Clean sheets RankNat.PlayerCanadian Premier LeagueCanadian ChampionshipTOTAL1Nathan Ingham 7 0 72Sean Melvin 2 0 2Totals909

Disciplinary record No.Pos.Nat.PlayerCanadian Premier LeagueCanadian ChampionshipTOTAL 3DF Macdonald Niba 2 0 0 0 204DF Diego Espejo 5 1 0 0 515DF Luke Singh 5 0 0 0 507FW Gianni dos Santos 1 0 1 0 209FW Carl Haworth 2 0 0 0 2010MF Ollie Bassett 3 0 0 0 3011MF Noah Verhoeven 2 0 1 0 3014MF Jean Aniel Assi 3 0 0 0 2015DF Maxim Tissot 1 0 0 0 1016MF Zach Verhoven 3 0 0 0 3017DF Miguel Acosta 3 0 0 0 3018FW Sam Salter 6 0 0 0 6019FW Malcolm Shaw 2 0 0 0 2020DF Karl Ouimette 5 0 0 0 5021MF Alberto Zapater 3 0 0 0 3029GK Nathan Ingham 2 0 0 0 2030MF Gabriel Antinoro 3 0 1 0 4046DF Zachary Roy 1 0 0 0 1091DF Aboubakary Sacko 2 0 0 0 2096MF Ilias Iliadis 4 0 0 0 4099FW Ruben del Campo 2 0 0 0 20Totals58130611

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