CS Mont-Royal Outremont

Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in the Montreal boroughs of Mount Royal and Outremont. Since 2013, the club has competed in Ligue1 Québec.^[3] Their women's team has competed in the women's division of the PLSQ since 2019.

CS Mont-Royal Outremont

Full name	Club Soccer Mont-Royal Outremont
Nickname(s)	CSMRO, Les Griffons
Founded	1987
Stadium	REC Mont-Royal
President	Luc Brutus [1]
Head Coach	Luc Brutus [2]
League	Ligue1 Québec
2024	L1Q, 8th (men) L1Q, 3rd; Playoffs, Champions (women)
Website	https://csmro.ca
Home colours
Current season

History

In 2013, the club joined the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division III league, fielding a team in the men's division.^[4] During their inaugural season, they won both the League title and the League Cup.^[5][6]

They once again finished as league champions in 2015 and 2016.^[7] By winning the league title, they participated in the Inter-Provincial Cup, which was created in 2014, against the champion of League1 Ontario to determine the Canadian Division III champion.^[8] In 2015, they were defeated by the Oakville Blue Devils,^[9] but in 2016, they won the title by defeating Vaughan Azzurri.^[10]

They added a team in the women's division of the PLSQ for the 2019 season with Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis, which was run by the Association Régionale de Soccer du Lac St-Louis of which they are a member, transferring their team to CSMRO.^[11][12]

In 2019, the club partnered with Major League Soccer club CF Montréal, joining their Centre d'identification et perfectionnement (scouting and development centre).^[13] In 2025, they became an affiliate club of Canadian Premier League club Forge FC.^[14]

In 2021, they won their fourth PLSQ title, matching the record of AS Blainville, qualifying them for the 2022 Canadian Championship.^[15]

In 2024, they captured their first women's title, winning the league playoff series, qualifying them for the 2024 League1 Canada Women's Inter-Provincial Championship.^[16][17]

Seasons

Men

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	League Cup	Inter-Provincial Cup	Canadian Championship	Ref
2013	Première ligue de soccer du Québec	7	11–4–3	Champions	Champions	–	Not eligible	[18]
2014		6	9–5–6	3rd	Semi-finals	did not qualify		[18]
2015		7	11–3–4	Champions	Finalists	Finalists		[18]
2016		7	14–2–2	Champions	Semi-finals	Champions		[18]
2017		7	6–6–6	4th	Quarter-finals	–		[18]
2018		8	14–3–4	2nd	Quarter-finals	–	did not qualify	[18]
2019		9	11–4–1	2nd	Finalists	–	did not qualify	[18]
2020	on hiatus – COVID-19
2021	Première ligue de soccer du Québec	10[note 1]	13–1–2	Champions	–	–	did not qualify	[18]
2022		12	12–5–5	4th	Semi-Finals	–	Preliminary round	[18]
2023	Ligue1 Québec	12	12–5–5	3rd	Finalists	–	did not qualify
2024		11	5–8–7	8th	Finalists	–	did not qualify

1. Ottawa South United withdrew from the 2021 league mid-way through due to government restrictions, with their matches removed from the standings. Thus, CS Mont-Royal Outremont's victory against Ottawa is not included in their record.

Women

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	League Cup	Inter-provincial Championship	Ref
2019	Première ligue de soccer du Québec	6	2–4–9	6th	–	–	–	[19]
2020	on hiatus – COVID-19
2021	Première ligue de soccer du Québec	10	3–2–4	6th	–	did not qualify	–	[19]
2022		12	5–0–6	5th	–	did not qualify	did not qualify	[19]
2023	Ligue1 Québec	12	2–6–3	9th	–	Quarter-finals	did not qualify	[20]
2024		12	8–5–3	2nd, Group A (3rd overall)	Champions	–	Finalists

Players and staff

Coaching staff

As of March 18, 2022^[21]

• Luc Brutus – head coach
• Sevan Ortaaslan – orthopedic surgeon
• Manon Coté – doctor
• Ludovic Godefroy – fitness coach
• Stephanie Liganor – physiotherapist
• Mher Nahabedian – assistant coach
• Eduard-Nick Pascalau - coach

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the PLSQ team:

Men

• Dimitrios Anastasopoulos
• Stephane Assengue
• Jason Beaulieu
• Nazim Belguendouz
• Kevin Chan-Yu-Tin
• Lemus Christopher
• Armel Dagrou
• John Dinkota
• Gabard Fénélon
• Abraham François
• Jems Geffrard
• Chakib Hocine
• Kévin Le Bras
• Émile Legault
• Zakaria Messoudi
• Frederico Moojen
• Protais Mutambala
• Victor N'Diaye
• Frantzly Zephirin

Women

• Latifah Abdu

Honours

• PLSQ Championship (3): 2013, 2015, 2016, 2021
• Coupe PLSQ (1): 2013
• Inter-Provincial Cup (1): 2016