The 2025 Ligue1 Québec season is the fourteenth season of play for the Ligue1 Québec (and the third since rebranding from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec). It is the first season with multiple tiered divisions, with Ligue2 Québec and Ligue3 Québec being introduced this season. 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 will compete in the 2025 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2024 league champions.
Changes from 2024 CF Montréal U23 withdrew from the league after the 2024 season. Two new tiered divisions were formed following the dissolution of the amateur Ligue de soccer élite du Québec.
Format In Ligue1 Québec, the ten teams will play each other twice, home and away. There will be no relegation at the end of the season. The winner will qualify for the 2026 Canadian Championship.
In Ligue2 Québec, the 24 teams will play each other each once. At the end of the season, the top team will be promoted to Ligue1 Québec for the 2026 season, while the teams finishing second through fifth will participate in a promotion playoff for the second promotion spot. The clubs finishing 15th through 24th will be relegated to Ligue3 Québec.
In Ligue3 Québec, 16 teams (including 4 reserve sides) will each play each other once. The top four teams will compete for the league title in a playoff, however, there will be no promotion for this season.
Ligue1 Québec
Teams Ten teams will participate in the 2024 season, with each team playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches. The league champion will earn a place in the 2026 Canadian Championship.
Team City Stadium Head coach A.S. Blainville Blainville, Laurentides Parc BlainvilleCeltix du Haut-RichelieuSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Parc Pierre-Benoît AS Laval Laval, Laval Parc de Lausanne FC Laval Laval, Laval Parc Berthiaume-Du Tremblay Stade CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier 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-Laflamme Ottawa South UnitedOttawa, Ontario George Nelms Sports Park Royal-Sélect de Beauport Quebec City, Capitale-NationaleStade Beauport
Standings
Statistics Top goalscorers(does not include Coupe Ligue1 Québec) RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mouhamadou Kane AS Laval122 Étienne Tremblay Celtix du Haut-Richelieu103 David Martins Jorge CS Longueuil9 Abdulazeez Hammood Lazam Ottawa South United5 Olivier Andres Correa CS St-Laurent8 Mohamed Kourouma AS Laval7 Ibrahim Condé FC Laval7 Samir-Mohamed Djeha CS St-Laurent Abdul Binate AS Blainville Bakary Stephane Leonard Kaboré CS St-Laurent Source: Spordle
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Ballon d'or (Best Player) Abdul Binate (AS Blainville) Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Mouhamadou Kane (AS Laval) Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Joakim Milli (CS St-Laurent) Coach of the Year Nicholas Razzaghi (CS St-Laurent)
Coupe L1QC The league cup occurred after the season, with the top-eight clubs from the season advancing to the cup.
Source: Spordle
Friendlies
Ligue2 Québec
Teams Twenty-four teams will participate in the division. Each team will play each other once for a 23-match season. At the end of the season, the first-place team will be promoted to Ligue1 Québec for the 2026 season. The teams finishing second through fifth will participate in the promotion playoffs to earn the second promotion berth. The teams finishing 15th through 24th will be relegated to Ligue3 Québec.
Team City Stadium Current teams AS Brossard Brossard, MontérégieAS Gatineau Gatineau, Outaouais AS St-Léonard St Leonard, Montreal FC Boréal Prévost CS Braves d'Ahuntsic Montréal CF L'International de Québec Quebec City AS Chaudière-Ouest Lévis CS BouchervilleBoucherville CS LaSalle Montréal CS Montréal Centre Montréal CS Roussilion Saint-Constant CS Saint-Lazare/Hudson Saint-Lazare CS Trident Quebec City CS Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières CS Rivière-des-Prairies Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Lakeshore SC Kirkland, Montréal CS Lévis-Est Lévis CS Mistral de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke AS Montis Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville Panellinios St Michel FC Montréal CS Phénix des Rivières Quebec City Revolution FC Saint-Eustache CS Les Ambassadeurs de Saint-Jérôme Saint-Jérôme CS Union Lanaudière Sud Repentigny
Standings
Promotion playoffs The second through fifth place teams advanced to the promotion playoffs.
Source: Spordle
Statistics Top goalscorers(does not include Promotion Playoffs) RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bastien Aussems CS Trident242 Loïc Kwemi CS LaSalle233 Pedro Gulli Lakeshore SC214 Marc-Olivier Kouo Dibongue CF L'International de Québec175 Jeremy Morin AS Chaudière-Ouest156 Prince-Ivan Nginyu CS LaSalle147 Martial Ange Mietchop CS Trois-Rivières138 David Martins Jorge CS Rivière-des-Prairies12 Chimnosoh Okeke CS Rivière-des-Prairies Mahdi Abbassi CS Montréal Centre Paymon Kabiri Lakeshore SC Samuel Valade CS Mistral de Sherbrooke Amine Khettal Revolution FC Source: Spordle
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Ballon d'or (Best Player) Loïc Kwemi (CS LaSalle) Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Bastien Aussems (CS Trident) Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Mario Gerges (AS Gatineau)
Ligue3 Québec
Teams Sixteen teams will participate in the division. Each team will place each other once for a 15 match season. At the end of the season, the top four teams will compete in the playoffs for the league title. There will be no promotion this season. At the end of the season, the four Reserve teams will be removed from the league.
Team City Stadium Current teams AS Laval B LavalCS Blizz'Or (Vallée de l'Or) Val-d'Or Polyvalente Le Carrefour (1)CS Boréal d'Alma Alma CS Lanaudière-Nord Joliette, LanaudièreCeltix du Haut-Richelieu BSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Chevaliers NDMC Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel CS Mondial de Rivière-du-Loup Rivière-du-Loup Cégep de Rivière-du-Loup (1) CS Fury de Rimouski Rimouski Complexe Sportif Guillaume-Leblanc (Synthétique) CS Haute-Saint-Charles Quebec City CS Mont-Royal Outremont B Mount Royal, Montréal CS TitansBois-des-Filion Parc André-Guérard (Synthétique) FC Anjou Anjou FS Salaberry Montréal CS Longueuil B Longueuil, Montérégie Notre-Dame-de-Grâce SA Notre-Dame-de-Grâce CS Venturi de Saguenay Saguenay
Standings
Playoffs The top four finishers advanced to the playoffs.
Source: Spordle
Statistics Top goalscorers(does not include playoffs) RankPlayerClubGoals1 Kékoro Konaté CS Fury de Rimouski202 Mathiel Dufour CS Boréal d'Alma133 Kevin Briard CS Venturi de Saguenay124 Moussa Touré Chevaliers NDMC11 Thomas Bonneau-Desmeules CS Boréal d'Alma6 Julien Noiret CS Longueuil B107 Matis Boulanger CS Titans9 Mohamed Lamine Sylla FS Salaberry9 Patrick Harrison CS Mondial de Rivière-du-Loup810 Felix Turgeon CS Boréal d'Alma7 Mahamat Outman Notre-Dame-de-Grâce SA Rodensley Eloi Clervil AS Laval B Vincent Paré CS Mondial de Rivière-du-Loup Source: Spordle
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Ballon d'or (Best Player) Kékoro Konaté (CS Fury de Rimouski) Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Kékoro Konaté (CS Fury de Rimouski) Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Mouhamed Seye (CS Venturi de Saguenay)
Ligue Espoirs Québec The league operated a U19 reserve division this season. The winner of each division and the best second place team advanced to the playoffs.
Group A
Group B
Group C
Playoffs The winner of each division and the best second place finisher advanced to the playoffs.
Source: Spordle
Awards AwardPlayer (club)Ref Ballon d'or (Best Player) Éloi Kingsley (Celtix du Haut-Richelieu U19) Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Éloi Kingsley (Celtix du Haut-Richelieu U19) Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Alex Desmeules (Royal-Sélect de Beauport U19)
Coupe du Québec Soccer Quebec hosted the Coupe du Québec to determine their entrant into the amateur national championship, the 2025 Challenge Trophy. It was open to clubs in Ligue2 Quebec and below. 14 Ligue2 Quebec clubs, 6 Ligue3 Quebec clubs, and 9 Ligue Espoirs clubs entered, in addition to clubs in the lower regional divisions. CS Rivière-des-Prairies won the Cup and represented the province where they finished in third.
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