2018 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2018 Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine season.

The 2018 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season was the seventh 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.

Première ligue de soccer du Québec
Men's Division

Season	2018
Champions	AS Blainville (men's)
Cup champions	FC Lanaudière
Matches played	84
Goals scored	205 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (19) (AS Blainville)
← 2017 2019 →

AS Blainville was the defending champion and won the title again this season.

Changes from 2017

For the first time, the league had eight teams, with CS Fabrose beginning their first season in the league.^[1]

Also this year, a new women's division was started with their debut season.^[2]

Teams

The following eight teams took part in the 2018 season:

Team	City	Stadium	Founded	Joined	Head Coach
Current teams
AS Blainville	Blainville, Laurentides	Parc Blainville	1986	2012	Emmanuel Macagno
Dynamo de Quebec	Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale	Polyvalente L'Ancienne-Lorette	1991	2017	Edmond Foyé
FC Gatineau	Gatineau, Outaouais	Terrain Mont-Bleu	2013	2013	Sylver Castagnet
FC Lanaudière	Terrebonne, Lanaudière	Multiple venues	2016	2016	Andrew Olivieri
CS Longueuil	Longueuil, Montérégie	Parc Laurier	1970	2014	Anthony Rimasson
CS Mont-Royal Outremont	Mount Royal, Montréal	Parc Recreatif de TMR	?	2013	Luc Brutus
CS St-Hubert	Saint-Hubert, Montérégie	Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme	1980	2017	François Bourgeais
CS Fabrose	Laval, Laval	Parc Cartier	1971	2018	Josy Madelonet

Blainville

Fabrose

Gatineau

Lanaudière

Longueuil

Mont-Royal

St-Hubert

Dynamo

Locations of teams for the 2018 PLSQ season.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	AS Blainville (C)	21	16	3	2	42	14	+28	51	2019 Canadian Championship
2	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	21	14	3	4	33	15	+18	45
3	FC Gatineau	21	9	5	7	28	21	+7	32
4	CS Longueuil	21	7	8	6	20	22	−2	29
5	Dynamo de Québec	21	7	6	8	25	28	−3	27
6	CS St-Hubert	21	6	4	11	26	36	−10	22
7	CS Fabrose	21	3	6	12	19	31	−12	15
8	FC Lanaudière	21	2	5	14	12	38	−26	11

Source: TSI Sports
(C) Champions

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Pierre-Rudolph Mayard	AS Blainville	19
2	Stefan Karajovanovic	FC Gatineau	14
3	Bastien Aussems	Dynamo de Québec	6
	Sean Rosa	CS Mont-Royal Outremont
	Ludwig Kodjo Amla	CS St-Hubert

Awards

Award	Player (club)	Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player)	Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville)	[3]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)	Yvenson André (CS Saint-Hubert)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)	Stefan Karajovanovic (FC Gatineau)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	Pierre-Rudolph Mayard (AS Blainville)
Coach of the Year	Emmanuel Macagno (AS Blainville)

League Cup

The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all eight teams from the league take part, and is unrelated to the season standings. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is a competition running in parallel to the regular season (similar to the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup), albeit only for PLSQ teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.

In a change from previous seasons, all ties were played on a single match basis. Due to the expansion of the league to 8 teams, all clubs began in the first round.

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	AS Blainville	0
	FC Gatineau	1
					FC Gatineau	1
					CS St-Hubert	0
	CS St-Hubert	2
	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	1
									FC Gatineau	1 (3)
									FC Lanaudière	1 (4)
	FC Lanaudière	1 (5)
	CS Longueuil	1 (4)
					FC Lanaudière	3
					Dynamo de Québec	0
	CS Fabrose	0
	Dynamo de Québec	3

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

FC Gatineau v FC Lanaudière

October 27, 2018	FC Gatineau	1–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Lanaudière	Laval
4:00 pm				Stadium: Desjardins

Reserve Division

The league operated a reserve division.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AS Blainville Reserves	14	11	0	3	39	21	+18	33
2	CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves	14	7	3	4	28	18	+10	24
3	FC Lanaudière Reserves	14	7	3	4	35	24	+11	24
4	CS Fabrose Reserves	14	6	2	6	22	27	−5	20
5	CS Longueuil Reserves	14	6	1	7	28	28	0	19
6	CS St-Hubert Reserves	14	4	5	5	29	32	−3	17
7	Dynamo de Quebec Reserves	14	3	3	8	18	41	−23	12
8	FC Gatineau Reserves	14	2	3	9	23	31	−8	9

Source: TSI Sports

Awards

Award	Player (club)	Ref
Ballon d'or (Best Player)	Juan Pablo Munoz (CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves)	[3]
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)	Alexandre Proulx (FC Lanaudière Reserves)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)	Alex Pierre Torchon (CS Longueuil Reserves)
Golden Boot (Top Scorer)	Juan Pablo Munoz (CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves) Alexandre Proulx (FC Lanaudière Reserves)