The 2023 Ligue1 Québec season is the twelfth season of play for the Ligue1 Québec (and the first since rebranding from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec). L1Q is a division three semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.
FC Laval competed in the 2023 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2022 league champions.
CS St-Laurent won their first league title and qualified for the 2024 Canadian Championship.
Main Division Teams Twelve teams will participate in the 2023 season. The league champion will earn a place in the 2024 Canadian Championship.
Team City Stadium Head coach A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc Blainville Emmanuel MacagnoCeltix du Haut-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Parc Pierre-Benoît Steve Francon CS Lanaudière-Nord Joliette, Lanaudière École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette Sylvestre Rukondo AS Laval Laval, Laval Parc de Lausanne Billy ZagakosFC Laval Laval, Laval Collège Montmorency & Parc Roseval Boubacar Coulibaly CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier Seyni Camara CF Montréal U23 Montréal, Montréal Centre Nutrilait Patrick Viollat CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR Luc Brutus CS Saint-Laurent Saint-Laurent, Montreal Vanier College Stadium Nicolas Razzaghi CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme Nasson Theosmy Ottawa South UnitedOttawa, OntarioTAAG Park at Carleton University Peter Mapendere Royal-Sélect de Beauport Quebec City, Capitale-NationaleStade Beauport Samir Ghrib
Standings
Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Adama Makan Sissoko FC Laval 192Loïc Adrien Kwemi CS Saint-Laurent173Yann Régis Toualy CS Saint-Laurent 124Evans Eze AS Blainville 115Dylan Ngono Celtix du Haut-Richelieu 8 Rickson Aristilde FC Laval Safwane Mlah CS Saint-Laurent Alexandre Marcoux AS Blainville Josué Desire Youta CS Saint-Laurent10Jordan Ogla Mbala CS Longueuil 7 Bonano Beugré Gnenago Royal-Sélect de Beauport Guesly Alexandre CF Montréal Academy
Awards AwardPlayer (club) Ballon d'or (Best Player) Safwane Mlah (CS Saint-Laurent) Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Adama Makan Sissoko (FC Laval) Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Heikel Jarras (Royal-Sélect de Beauport) Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Adama Makan Sissoko (FC Laval) Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Kosta Maniatis (CS Saint-Laurent) Coach of the Year Nicholas Razzaghi (CS Saint-Laurent)
Coupe L1QC The two Coupe PLSQ finalists from the previous season (AS Blainville and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu) advanced directly to the Quarter-Final round. Two additional clubs (FC Laval and RS Beauport) were selected by a random draw to also advance directly to the Quarter-Final round.
Source: Spordle
Friendlies
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 once. Pierrefonds FC, who play in the women's division but not the men's, will field a team in the division as well
First Phase
Second phase Upon the conclusion of the Reserve Division, the league ran a short second phase, divided into two groups, with all the teams returning except for Ottawa South United.
Group A
Group B
Championship Final
Awards AwardPlayer (club) Ballon d'or (Best Player) Djamel Mekallach Chellali (CS Longueuil Reserves) Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Nicholas Minchillo (CS Saint-Laurent Reserves) Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves) Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves) Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Alexis Desjardins (CS Longueuil Reserves)
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