2019 HFX Wanderers FC season

The 2019 HFX Wanderers FC season was the first season in the club's history having been founded on 5 May 2018, as well as the first season in Canadian Premier League (CPL) history. Stephen Hart was the club's first manager, with the team playing at Wanderers Grounds. The season covers the period from 1 November 2018 through to 31 October 2019. Hart, like his peers in the CPL, built a squad from the ground up, and made use of all available mechanisms for player recruitment: the CPL Open Trials, the U-Sports Draft, and benefiting from his domestic and international connections, particularly from his native Trinidad & Tobago.

HFX Wanderers

2019 season
President	Derek Martin
Head coach	Stephen Hart
Stadium	Wanderers Grounds
Canadian Premier League	Spring: 4th Fall: 7th Overall: 7th
Canadian Championship	Third qualifying round
Top goalscorer	League: Akeem Garcia (7 goals) All: Akeem Garcia (8 goals)
Highest home attendance	6,244 (June 1 vs. Pacific FC)
Lowest home attendance	3,854 (June 5 vs. Valour FC)
Average home league attendance	League: 6,055 All: 5,904
Biggest win	2–0 (June 26 vs. Valour FC) and two other occasions
Biggest defeat	2–6 (July 27 vs. York 9 FC)
Home colours Away colours
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Overview

The first ever player signed by the team was Canadian defender Zachary Sukunda on 29 November 2018, followed by a quartet of Trinidad & Tobago players in the new year. A contingent of Canadians followed before Hart turned his attention to signing three players from the CPL Open Trials:^[1] Kouamé Ouattara, Kodai Iida, and Mohamed Kourouma. Hart also signed all three U-Sports draft picks, and added some veteran attacking options in Luis Alberto Perea and Juan Diego Gutierrez. As the season approached and during the season, Hart raided League 1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri three times to round out his squad, signing Tomasz Skublak, Matthew Arnone and eventually, Duran Lee.

A short pre-season in April in the Dominican Republic saw HFX play only two matches, before playing its first ever competitive fixture on 28 April 2019, away at Pacific FC and losing 1–0. Following the defeat, HFX returned home to a raucous Wanderers Grounds on 4 May 2019, picking up its first win in history, defeating eventual champions Forge FC 2–1 with forward Akeem Garcia, scoring the team's first ever goal in the 30th minute. HFX would finish the Spring Season a respectable fourth place. In the Canadian Championship, HFX dispatched Vaughan Azzurri and Valour FC.

The Fall Season began optimistically on 6 July 2019 with the team recording a 1–0 win over York 9 FC and preparing to face Ottawa Fury FC of the United Soccer League Championship in the third preliminary round of the Canadian Championship. However, a congested fixture schedule would take its toll on the team, playing seven matches in eighteen days in July. HFX would lose all of them, bar one draw away to the afore-mentioned Ottawa Fury FC, which was insufficient to progress in the Canadian Championship. Throughout the year, HFX had had difficulty mustering much offense, which contributed to the slump. Improved defensive performances in September resulted in an uptick of form, but without much goalscoring, HFX could only muster six consecutive draws (a league record), surrendering the lead late on a number of occasions along the way. Combined with suggestions of locker room discord^[2] and Hart commenting on his players learning what it meant to be a professional,^[3] the Fall Season was difficult for HFX, finishing last which also “earned” the team the proverbial wooden spoon for 2019 as a whole. However, the year would end on a positive note, with Hart and company earning their first and only away win, 2–0 against York 9 FC. The Privateers 1882's supporter's group player of the year award went to centre-back, Matthew Arnone.

Off the pitch, the club was a tremendous success, the supporters regularly packing Wanderers Grounds to its limits and making it a difficult place to play for visiting teams. Indeed, in league play Cavalry FC was the only team to ever win at Wanderers Grounds all year. The boisterous atmosphere was the envy of the league and even attracted the notice of Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley who hoped his team would play there in the Canadian Championship.^[4]

A last place finish, however, was always going to mean high player turnover. Instead of announcing a list of players released at the end of the season, the club instead would announce returning players only over the course of the off-season.^[5]

Current squad

As of October 19, 2019^[6]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
21	Jan-Michael Williams		GK	(1984-10-26)October 26, 1984 (aged 35)	Sacachispas
50	Christian Oxner		GK	(1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 23)	Saint Mary's Huskies
Defenders
3	André Bona		RB / CB	(1990-01-19)January 19, 1990 (aged 29)	UQAM Citadins
4	Chakib Hocine		CB	(1991-08-08)August 8, 1991 (aged 28)	Ekenäs
6	Chrisnovic N'sa		CB / CM	(1999-01-28)January 28, 1999 (aged 20)	Montreal Impact Academy
16	Duran Lee		CB	(1995-05-09)May 9, 1995 (aged 24)	Vaughan Azzurri
20	Ndzemdzela Langwa		LB	(1998-03-05)March 5, 1998 (aged 21)	Socuéllamos
23	Matthew Arnone		CB	(1994-02-28)February 28, 1994 (aged 25)	Vaughan Azzurri
24	Alex De Carolis		LB / CB	(1992-09-24)September 24, 1992 (aged 27)	Umeå FC
25	Zachary Sukunda		RB	(1995-06-24)June 24, 1995 (aged 24)	Northcote City
Midfielders
5	Elton John		CM / CB	(1987-04-08)April 8, 1987 (aged 32)	San Juan Jabloteh
7	Juan Gutiérrez		LW / RW / AM	(1992-04-28)April 28, 1992 (aged 27)	Sport Rosario
8	Elliot Simmons		CM	(1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 21)	Dalkurd
9	Kodai Iida		AM	(1994-12-06)December 6, 1994 (aged 25)	Washington Premier FC
12	Mohamed Kourouma		LW	(1990-08-04)August 4, 1990 (aged 29)	Miami City
13	Kouamé Ouattara		CM	(1991-08-06)August 6, 1991 (aged 28)	CS Dieppe
15	Scott Firth		CM	(2001-03-02)March 2, 2001 (aged 18)	Suburban FC
18	Andre Rampersad		CM	(1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 24)	Santa Rosa
22	Abd-El-Aziz Yousef		RW / AM	(1999-10-05)October 5, 1999 (aged 20)	Cambuur
Forwards
10	Luis Perea		ST	(1986-09-03)September 3, 1986 (aged 33)	La Equidad
11	Akeem Garcia		CF / RW	(1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 23)	Santa Rosa
14	Vincent Lamy		CF	(1999-07-10)July 10, 1999 (aged 20)	Montreal Impact Academy
17	Tomasz Skublak		ST	(1997-12-08)December 8, 1997 (aged 22)	Vaughan Azzurri

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	DF	Zachary Sukunda	Northcote City	Free Transfer	November 29, 2018	[7]
21	GK	Jan-Michael Williams	Sacachispas	Free Transfer	January 10, 2019	[8]
5	DF	Elton John	Queen's Park CC	Free Transfer	January 10, 2019	[8]
18	MF	Andre Rampersad	FC Santa Rosa	Free Transfer	January 10, 2019	[8]
11	FW	Akeem Garcia	FC Santa Rosa	Free Transfer	January 10, 2019	[8]
4	DF	Chakib Hocine	Ekenäs	Free Transfer	January 16, 2019	[9]
14	FW	Vincent Lamy	Montreal Impact Academy	Free Transfer	January 22, 2019	[10]
8	MF	Elliot Simmons	Dalkurd	Free Transfer	January 22, 2019	[10]
15	MF	Scott Firth	Suburban FC	Free Transfer	January 30, 2019	[11]
20	DF	Ndzemdzela Langwa	Socuéllamos	Free Transfer	February 5, 2019	[8]
6	DF	Chrisnovic N'sa	Montreal Impact Academy	Free Transfer	February 5, 2019	[8]
50	GK	Christian Oxner	Saint Mary's Huskies	Selected 19th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	February 20, 2019	[12]
24	DF	Alex De Carolis	Umeå FC	Free Transfer	February 20, 2019	[12]
13	MF	Kouamé Ouattara	CS Dieppe	Free Transfer	February 21, 2019	[13]
9	MF	Kodai Iida	Washington Premier FC	Free Transfer	February 21, 2019	[13]
10	FW	Luis Alberto Perea	La Equidad	Free Transfer	February 25, 2019	[14]
7	MF	Juan Diego Gutiérrez	Sport Rosario	Free Transfer	February 25, 2019	[14]
2	DF	Peter Schaale	CBU Capers	Selected 5th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	March 29, 2019	[15]
3	DF	André Bona	UQAM Citadins	Selected 10th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft	March 29, 2019	[15]
12	MF	Mohamed Kourouma	FC Miami City	Free Transfer	April 4, 2019	[16]
22	MF	Abd-El-Aziz Yousef	SC Cambuur	Free Transfer	April 4, 2019	[16]
17	FW	Tomasz Skublak	Vaughan Azzurri	Free Transfer	April 9, 2019	[17]
23	DF	Matthew Arnone	Vaughan Azzurri	Free Transfer	May 1, 2019	[18]
16	DF	Duran Lee	Vaughan Azzurri	Free Transfer	August 13, 2019	[19]

Draft picks

HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018.^[20] Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	5	DF	Peter Schaale	Germany	CBU Capers
2	10	DF	André Bona	France	UQAM Citadins
3	19	GK	Christian Oxner	Canada	Saint Mary's Huskies

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee/notes	Date	Source
2	DF	Peter Schaale	CBU Capers	Developmental Contract expired	August 15, 2019	[21]

Competitions

Match times are Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).

Preseason

Inter RD v HFX Wanderers FC

April 12	Inter RD	0–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
		Report	Lamy

FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers FC

April 14	FC Edmonton	0–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
		Report	Garcia

Canadian Premier League

Main article: 2019 Canadian Premier League

Spring season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	10	8	0	2	16	7	+9	24	2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2	Forge	10	6	1	3	15	7	+8	19	2019 CONCACAF League preliminary round[a]
3	FC Edmonton	10	4	2	4	8	9	−1	14
4	HFX Wanderers	10	3	2	5	8	11	−3	11
5	Pacific	10	3	2	5	11	15	−4	11
6	York9	10	2	5	3	9	11	−2	11
7	Valour	10	3	0	7	8	15	−7	9

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:

1. As winner of home and away matches between FC Edmonton, Forge FC, and Valour FC

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	3	2	5	8	11	−3	11	3	1	1	8	5	+3	0	1	4	0	6	−6

Last updated: July 1, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A
Result	L	W	L	L	D	W	L	D	W	L
Position	7	5	5	6	6	3	4	4	3	4

Updated to match(es) played on July 1, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Pacific FC v HFX Wanderers FC

April 28 1	Pacific FC	1–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
8:00 pm	Starostzik 23' MacNaughton  45+1'  72' Baldisimo  69'	Report		Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Alain Ruch

HFX Wanderers FC v Forge FC

May 4 2	HFX Wanderers FC	2–1	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm	Garcia 30' Langwa  38' Bona  42' N'sa  70' Perea 82',  90+4' Williams  90+2'	Report	Thomas 57' Samuel  90+4'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,113 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

Valour FC v HFX Wanderers FC

May 11 3	Valour FC	1–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:30 pm	Ferguson 48' Garcia  80' Janssens  86'	Report	Bona  88'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 5,819 Referee: David Barrie

Cavalry FC v HFX Wanderers FC

May 25 4	Cavalry FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30 pm	Malonga 21', 56' Pasquotti  53'	Report	Gutiérrez  76'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,162 Referee: David Barrie

HFX Wanderers FC v York9 FC

May 29 5	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	York9 FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm	Arnone  4' Schaale 15' Langwa  24' Simmons  39'	Report	Gattas 5' (pen.) Estevez  21' Porter  26' Gogarty  52'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,387 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

HFX Wanderers FC v Pacific FC

June 1 6	HFX Wanderers FC	2–1	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00 pm	Garcia 51' Perea 68' (pen.)	Report	Campbell 42' McCurdy  66'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,244 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

HFX Wanderers FC v Cavalry FC

June 19 7	HFX Wanderers FC	1–2	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm	Iida  26' Arnone  39' Andre Rampersad 50'  71'	Report	Waterman  36' Camargo 39' Bona 41' (o.g.) Wheeldon  57' Büscher  80'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,021 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

York9 FC v HFX Wanderers FC

June 22 8	York9 FC	0–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:30 pm	Murofushi  22'	Report	Bona  15' N'sa  90+2'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 2,101 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

HFX Wanderers FC v Valour FC

June 26 9	HFX Wanderers FC	2–0	Valour FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm	Kourouma 44' (pen.) Skublak  65' Schaale  84' Garcia 85'  90+5'	Report	Ohin  65'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,834 Referee: David Barrie

FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers FC

July 1 10	FC Edmonton	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Edmonton, Alberta
4:30 pm	Velado-Tsegaye 36' Diouck 84'	Report		Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 3,012 Referee: Filip Dujic

Fall season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Cavalry	18	11	5	2	35	12	+23	38	2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2	Forge	18	11	4	3	30	19	+11	37
3	York9	18	7	2	9	30	26	+4	23
4	Pacific	18	5	5	8	24	31	−7	20
5	Valour	18	5	4	9	22	37	−15	19
6	FC Edmonton	18	4	6	8	19	24	−5	18
7	HFX Wanderers	18	3	8	7	13	24	−11	17

Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
18	3	8	7	13	24	−11	17	2	6	1	5	4	+1	1	2	6	8	20	−12

Last updated: October 19, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Ground	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	D	D	D	D	D	D	L	L	W
Position	3	5	5	6	6	7	5	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on October 19, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

HFX Wanderers FC v York9 FC

July 6 1	HFX Wanderers FC	1–0	York9 FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:30 pm	Garcia 55'	Report	Abzi  84'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,244 Referee: Juan Marquez

HFX Wanderers FC v Cavalry FC

July 13 2	HFX Wanderers FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:30 pm	Gutiérrez  59' Bona  88'	Report	Oliver 85'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,177 Referee: Filip Dujic

Forge FC v HFX Wanderers FC

July 17 3	Forge FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Hamilton, Ontario
8:00 pm	Bekker 36' Borges 40'  89' Henry  86'	Report	Garcia  32'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 5,631 Referee: David Barrie

Pacific FC v HFX Wanderers FC

July 20 4	Pacific FC	3–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
7:00 pm	Blasco 9' Verhoven  26' Campbell 61', 90+1'	Report	Schaale  8' Arnone 15'  90+5' John  54'	Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 2,737 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

York9 FC v HFX Wanderers FC

July 27 5	York9 FC	6–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Toronto, Ontario
4:30 pm	Telfer 11', 63' Gattas 22', 31', 45' Aparicio  40' Gasparotto  45+4' Estevez 85'	Report	N'sa  19' Perea  45+4' Bona  53' Skublak 60' De Carolis  68' Rampersad  69' Thompson 75' (o.g.)	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 3,154 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers FC

July 31 6	FC Edmonton	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Edmonton, Alberta
10:00 pm	Diouck  19' Ongaro 21' Ameobi 47' (pen.)	Report	Rampersad  34' Hocine  74' Bona  87'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 2,873 Referee: Juan Marquez

HFX Wanderers FC v Valour FC

August 5 7	HFX Wanderers FC	1–0	Valour FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:30 pm	Skublak  41' Arnone 58'	Report	Arguiñarena  82' Murrell  90' Gutiérrez  90+2'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,115 Referee: Filip Dujic

HFX Wanderers FC v Cavalry FC

August 10 8	HFX Wanderers FC	0–0	Cavalry FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm	Simmons  27' Oxner  60'	Report	Wheeldon  38' Trafford  47'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,204 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

Valour FC v HFX Wanderers FC

August 28 9	Valour FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:00 pm	Mitter  45+1' Bustos 47', 50'  77'	Report	Ouattara  28'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 4,346 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

HFX Wanderers FC v FC Edmonton

September 2 10	HFX Wanderers FC	0–0	FC Edmonton	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm	Gutiérrez  11' De Carolis  25'	Report	Diouck  13'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

Forge FC v HFX Wanderers FC

September 15 11	Forge FC	2–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Hamilton, Ontario
2:00 pm	Awuah  55' Nanco 69' Borges 81'	Report	Garcia 48' Gutiérrez 58' Langwa  79'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 6,016 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

HFX Wanderers FC v Forge FC

September 18 12	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	Forge FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:30 pm	Garcia 43' Tomasz Skublak  90+4'	Report	Edgar  53' 90+3'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,824 Referee: Myriam Marcotte
Note: Originally scheduled for August 21, 5:00 pm

HFX Wanderers FC v Valour FC

September 21 13	HFX Wanderers FC	0–0	Valour FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm	Rampersad  71'	Report	Ohin  44' Murrell  90+1'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,138 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

HFX Wanderers FC v FC Edmonton

September 28 14	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm	Didic 6' (o.g.) John  18'	Report	Temguia  69' Ameobi 80'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Juan Marquez

Pacific FC v HFX Wanderers FC

October 2 15	Pacific FC	1–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Langford, British Columbia
11:00 pm	Blasco 31' Starostzik  44' Hojabrpour  57'	Report	N'sa  51' Garcia 80' Lee  90'	Stadium: Westhills Stadium Attendance: 2,708 Referee: David Gantar

Cavalry FC v HFX Wanderers FC

October 5 16	Cavalry FC	2–0	HFX Wanderers FC	Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm	Adekugbe 71' Büscher  83' Waterman 90+1'	Report	Skublak  44' Williams  83' N'sa  90+4'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,295 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

HFX Wanderers FC v Pacific FC

October 9 17	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	Pacific FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm	Perea 27' (pen.) John  41' Oxner  70'	Report	MacNaughton 13'  81' González  36'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,055 Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin

York9 FC v HFX Wanderers FC

October 19 18	York9 FC	0–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Toronto, Ontario
2:30 pm	Doner  35' Murofushi  76'	Report	Gutiérrez 27' Iida 33' Bona  64'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 3,452 Referee: Ben Hoskins

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2019 Canadian Championship

First qualifying round

Vaughan Azzurri v HFX Wanderers FC

May 15 Leg 1	Vaughan Azzurri	2–3	HFX Wanderers FC	Vaughan, Ontario
8:00 pm	Johnston  45' Whiteman 51' Raposo 60' Velastegui  90+2'	Report	Skublak 2' Simmons  19' Garcia 39' Kourouma 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Serge Topalian

HFX Wanderers FC v Vaughan Azzurri

May 22 Leg 2	HFX Wanderers FC	0–1 (3a–3 agg.)	Vaughan Azzurri	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:00 pm	Rampersad  33' Iida  39' Gutiérrez  53' Skublak  90+1'	Report	Schaale 27' (o.g.) Fathazada  44' Johnston  59'  88'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,532 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Second qualifying round

HFX Wanderers FC v Valour FC

June 5 Leg 1	HFX Wanderers FC	2–1	Valour FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:15 pm	Rampersad  26' Skublak 39',  50' Kourouma 41' Bona  71'	Report	Bustos 33',  71' Galvis  41'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 3,854 Referee: Juan Marquez

Valour FC v HFX Wanderers FC

June 12 Leg 2	Valour FC	0–2 (1–4 agg.)	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:30 pm	Ohin  81'	Report	Kourouma 58' Bona 90+3'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 4,373 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Third qualifying round

HFX Wanderers FC v Ottawa Fury FC

July 10 Leg 1	HFX Wanderers FC	2–3	Ottawa Fury FC	Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm	Perea 32' (pen.)  70' Garcia  39' Barnathan 62' (o.g.) Simmons  63' Bona  72'	Report	Thiago 23', 35' Irving  31' Obasi  58' Tissot 67' Barnathan  70'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Ottawa Fury FC v HFX Wanderers FC

July 24 Leg 2	Ottawa Fury FC	2–2 (5–4 agg.)	HFX Wanderers FC	Ottawa, Ontario
8:30 pm	Obasi 45+1' François 66' Oliveira  73' Haworth  79' Gagnon-Laparé  90+4'	Report	Skublak 30'  86' Perea 43' Schaale  73'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 4,443 Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 19, 2019^[update]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		CPL Spring season		CPL Fall season		Canadian Championship
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	FRA	André Bona	31	1	8+2	0	14+1	0	5+1	1
4	DF	ALG	Chakib Hocine	6	0	0+0	0	4+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF	TRI	Elton John	21	0	6+1	0	11+0	0	3+0	0
6	DF	CAN	Chrisnovic N'sa	21	0	5+1	0	9+3	0	2+1	0
7	MF	PER	Juan Diego Gutiérrez	22	2	2+2	0	12+3	2	2+1	0
8	MF	CAN	Elliot Simmons	17	0	6+1	0	4+2	0	4+0	0
9	MF	JPN	Kodai Iida	25	1	8+2	0	4+6	1	4+1	0
10	FW	COL	Luis Alberto Perea	17	5	3+0	2	9+3	1	2+0	2
11	FW	TRI	Akeem Garcia	28	8	8+1	3	15+0	4	4+0	1
12	MF	GUI	Mohamed Kourouma	32	4	6+2	1	16+2	0	6+0	3
13	MF	CIV	Kouamé Ouattara	7	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
14	FW	CAN	Vincent Lamy	7	0	0+3	0	1+0	0	1+2	0
15	MF	CAN	Scott Firth	9	0	0+2	0	2+4	0	0+1	0
16	DF	CAN	Duran Lee	8	0	0+0	0	7+1	0	0+0	0
17	FW	CAN	Tomasz Skublak	25	4	6+1	0	9+5	1	3+1	3
18	MF	TRI	Andre Rampersad	30	1	5+3	1	17+0	0	5+0	0
20	DF	CAN	Ndzemdzela Langwa	24	0	8+1	0	6+4	0	4+1	0
21	GK	TRI	Jan-Michael Williams	15	0	7+0	0	5+0	0	3+0	0
22	MF	SOM	Abd-El-Aziz Yousef	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
23	DF	CAN	Matthew Arnone	28	2	8+0	0	16+0	2	4+0	0
24	DF	CAN	Alex De Carolis	21	0	4+0	0	11+2	0	2+2	0
25	DF	CAN	Zachary Sukunda	21	0	5+0	0	5+7	0	2+2	0
50	GK	CAN	Christian Oxner	21	0	3+0	0	13+2	0	3+0	0
Players who left during the season:
2	DF	GER	Peter Schaale	22	1	10+0	1	7+0	0	5+0	0

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Akeem Garcia	FW	3	4	1	8
2		Luis Alberto Perea	FW	2	1	2	5
3		Mohamed Kourouma	MF	1	0	3	4
		Tomasz Skublak	FW	0	1	3	4
5		Matthew Arnone	DF	0	2	0	2
		Juan Diego Gutiérrez	MF	0	2	0	2
7		André Bona	DF	0	0	1	1
		Kodai Iida	MF	0	1	0	1
		Andre Rampersad	MF	1	0	0	1
		Peter Schaale	DF	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	2	1	3
Totals				8	13	11	32

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Mohamed Kourouma	MF	1	2	1	4
2		Kodai Iida	MF	2	0	1	3
3		Peter Schaale	DF	0	1	1	2
		Tomasz Skublak	FW	0	1	1	2
5		Matthew Arnone	DF	0	0	1	1
		Juan Diego Gutiérrez	MF	0	0	1	1
		Elton John	MF	0	1	0	1
		Luis Alberto Perea	FW	1	0	0	1
		Andre Rampersad	MF	0	1	0	1
		Elliot Simmons	MF	0	0	1	1
Totals				4	6	7	17

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank	Nat.	Player	CPL Spring season	CPL Fall season	Canadian Championship	TOTAL
1		Christian Oxner	1	5	0	6
2		Jan-Michael Williams	1	1	1	3
Totals			2	6	1	9

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Player	CPL Spring season		CPL Fall season		Canadian Championship		TOTAL
1	GK		Jan-Michael Williams	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
2	DF		Peter Schaale	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
3	DF		André Bona	3	0	4	0	2	0	9	0
4	DF		Chakib Hocine	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
5	MF		Elton John	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0
6	DF		Chrisnovic N'sa	2	0	3	0	0	0	5	0
7	MF		Juan Diego Gutiérrez	1	0	2	0	1	0	4	0
8	MF		Elliot Simmons	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
9	MF		Kodai Iida	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
10	FW		Luis Alberto Perea	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
11	FW		Akeem Garcia	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0
13	MF		Kouamé Ouattara	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16	DF		Duran Lee	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
17	FW		Tomasz Skublak	1	0	3	0	3	0	7	0
18	MF		Andre Rampersad	1	0	3	0	2	0	6	0
20	DF		Ndzemdzela Langwa	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
23	DF		Matthew Arnone	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
24	DF		Alex De Carolis	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
50	GK		Christian Oxner	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Totals				18	0	31	1	13	0	62	1

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League