User:RedPatch/PLSQ (women)

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec Féminine
Organising body	Quebec Soccer Federation
Founded	2018
First season	2018
Country	Canada
Confederation	CONCACAF
Number of teams	12
Level on pyramid	3
League cup(s)	Coupe PLSQ
Current champions	AS Blainville ; (2021)
Current Couple PLSQ	AS Blainville ; (2021)
Most championships	AS Blainville (2 titles)
Most Couple PLSQs	AS Blainville (1 title)
Website	http://www.plsq.ca
	Current: 2022 PLSQF season

The Première ligue de soccer du Québec Féminine (PLSQ-F) is a semi-professional soccer league created in 2018, organized by the Quebec Soccer Federation, which operates at the pro-am tier of the Canadian soccer league system.^[1] The Canadian Soccer Association relies on provincial soccer organizations to sanction regional leagues. The PLSQ women's division is below the U.S.-based National Women's Soccer League (U.S. Division I) and equal to League1 Ontario and League1 British Columbia.

History

In 2011, the men's Première ligue de soccer du Québec was established to begin play in 2012, marking the return of a semi-professional soccer league to the province for the first time in 20 years.^[2]^[3]

In 2018, a women's division was added, starting with five teams: AS Blainville, Dynamo de Québec, FC Sélect Rive-Sud, CS Monteuil, and Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis.^[4]^[5] Dynamo de Québec won the first league championship.^[6]

Beginning in the 2020 season, League1 Ontario and the PLSQ had planned to hold a Final Four end-of-season tournament for their women's divisions, from August 14 to 16, pitting the top two sides from each league in an inter-provincial playoff.^[7] However, due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, League1 Ontario cancelled their 2020 season, cancelling this tournament indefinitely,^[8]^[9] although the PLSQ did manage to complete a delayed shortened season,^[10] although some teams did opt out of playing for the season.^[11] In 2021, the league introduced the Coupe PLSQ as the league cup tournament.^[12]^[13] AS Blainville won the inaugural Coupe PLSQ.^[14]

Over the course of its history, various clubs have joined and departed the league. AS Blainville is the only club to have participated in every season since the league's inception.^[15]

Competition format

The league typically runs from May to August with teams playing each other team 1-3 times (depending on the number of teams). In 2021, the league cup was introduced.

Yearly results

**PLSQ Women's Trophy Winners**
Season	Teams	PLSQ Champions League winners	Coupe PLSQ Cup winners
2018	5	Dynamo de Québec	—
2019	6	CS Monteuil	—
2020	4^{[note 1]}	AS Blainville	—
2021	10	AS Blainville	AS Blainville

^ Originally 8 clubs were set to participate, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, four clubs withdrew from the season

Clubs

Current clubs

The following twelve teams are members of the league for the 2022 season:

Team	City	Stadium	Joined	Head coach^[16]
Current teams
AS Blainville	Blainville, Laurentides	Parc Blainville	2018	Jean-Lou Gosselin
AS Chaudière-Ouest	Lévis		2022
Pierrefonds FC	Lac St-Louis, Montreal		2020	Carlos Carvalho
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie	Stade Alphonse-Desjardins	2021	Julian Labalec
AS Laval^{[note 1]}	Laval, Laval	Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne	2018	Amro Radwan
FC Laval^{[note 2]}	Laval, Laval	Parc Cartier	2019	Angelo Jean-Baptiste
CS Longueuil	Longueuil, Montérégie	Parc Laurier	2020	Gilbert Bayiha
CS Mont-Royal Outremont	Mount Royal, Montréal	Parc Recreatif de TMR	2019	George-Éric Painson
CS St-Hubert	Saint-Hubert, Montérégie	Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme	2020	Cindy Walsh
Ottawa South United	Ottawa, Ontario	George Nelms Sports Park	2020	Anthony Vassallo
Québec EXCEL			2022
Royal-Sélect de Beauport	Beauport, Quebec City	Centre Sportif Marc-Simoneau	2021	Michel Fischer

^ AS Laval was known as CS Monteuil until the 2021 season
^ FC Laval was known as CS Fabrose until the 2020 season

RedPatch/PLSQ (women) is located in Southern Quebec

Blainville

Longueuil

FC Laval

Celtix

AS Laval

Mont-Royal

Ottawa

St-Hubert

Pierrefonds

Beauport

Chaudière-Ouest

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Locations of current (red) and future (green) clubs.

Former clubs

Club	City	Stadium	Joined	Left
Former teams
Dynamo de Quebec	Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale	ESLE	2018	2019
FC Sélect Rive-Sud	Longueuil, Montérégie	Centre Multi Sport	2018	2019
Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis	Lachine, Montréal	Dollard 2	2018	2018

Timeline

References

^ "League 1 kicks off Ontario soccer season, offering a chance to rise up the ranks". chatnewstoday.ca. Canadian Press. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2019. League 1 Ontario and the PLSQ league in Quebec are sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association as Division 3 leagues.
^ "Retour d'une ligue semi-pro" [Return of a semi-pro league]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé. August 30, 2011.
^ "La Première ligue voit le jour" [The Premier League is born]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). April 3, 2012.
^ O'Neill, Paméla (January 11, 2018). "Une première saison de PLSQ féminine!" [A first season of women's PLSQ!]. Viau Park (in French).
^ "PLSQ féminine : les effectifs" [Women's PLSQ: numbers]. Just eSoccer (in French). May 2, 2018.
^ "Le Dynamo Féminin Champion de PLSQ!" [The Female Dynamo are PLSQ Champions!]. Dynamo de Québec (in French). July 30, 2018.
^ "2020 L1O schedule: Condensed seasons & revamped championships for men's, women's". League1 Ontario. March 5, 2020.
^ Thompson, Marty (June 6, 2020). "League1 Ontario's 2020 'Summer season' cancelled, officials target Fall start". League1 Ontario.
^ Thompson, Marty (September 4, 2020). "League1 Ontario cancels 'Fall season' plans for 2020". League1 Ontario.
^ "COVID-19: Report du Début de la Saison" [COVID-19: Postponement of Early Season]. PLSQ (in French). March 25, 2020.
^ "La Première ligue de soccer du Québec lancera bientôt sa saison" [The Premier league of Quebec soccer will launch its season soon]. RDS (in French). July 13, 2020.
^ "La Dixième Saison de la PLSQ Débute Samedi" [The Tenth Season of the PLSQ Begins on Saturday]. PLSQ (in French). June 25, 2021.
^ O’Neill, Paméla (August 12, 2021). "Une Première Coupe PLSQ Féminine!" [A First Women's PLSQ Cup!]. PLSQ (in French).
^ O'Neill, Paméla (August 15, 2021). "L'AS Blainville Remporte la Coupe PLSQ Féminine!" [AS Blainville Wins the Women's PLSQ Cup!]. PLSQ (in French).
^ Gray, Shawn (January 31, 2017). "Quebec's 3rd Division". Northern Starting XI.
^ Le tour des clubs de PLSQ féminine 2021. Just eSoccer. YouTube. March 6, 2021.

External links

Official website

[16] Originally 8 clubs were set to participate, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, four clubs withdrew from the season

[18] AS Laval was known as CS Monteuil until the 2021 season

[19] FC Laval was known as CS Fabrose until the 2020 season

[1] "League 1 kicks off Ontario soccer season, offering a chance to rise up the ranks". chatnewstoday.ca. Canadian Press. April 28, 2017. Retrieved May 28, 2019. League 1 Ontario and the PLSQ league in Quebec are sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association as Division 3 leagues.

[return-2] "Retour d'une ligue semi-pro" [Return of a semi-pro league]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé. August 30, 2011.

[3] "La Première ligue voit le jour" [The Premier League is born]. Le Journal de Montréal (in French). April 3, 2012.

[4] O'Neill, Paméla (January 11, 2018). "Une première saison de PLSQ féminine!" [A first season of women's PLSQ!]. Viau Park (in French).

[5] "PLSQ féminine : les effectifs" [Women's PLSQ: numbers]. Just eSoccer (in French). May 2, 2018.

[6] "Le Dynamo Féminin Champion de PLSQ!" [The Female Dynamo are PLSQ Champions!]. Dynamo de Québec (in French). July 30, 2018.

[format-7] "2020 L1O schedule: Condensed seasons & revamped championships for men's, women's". League1 Ontario. March 5, 2020.

[8] Thompson, Marty (June 6, 2020). "League1 Ontario's 2020 'Summer season' cancelled, officials target Fall start". League1 Ontario.

[9] Thompson, Marty (September 4, 2020). "League1 Ontario cancels 'Fall season' plans for 2020". League1 Ontario.

[10] "COVID-19: Report du Début de la Saison" [COVID-19: Postponement of Early Season]. PLSQ (in French). March 25, 2020.

[11] "La Première ligue de soccer du Québec lancera bientôt sa saison" [The Premier league of Quebec soccer will launch its season soon]. RDS (in French). July 13, 2020.

[tenth-12] "La Dixième Saison de la PLSQ Débute Samedi" [The Tenth Season of the PLSQ Begins on Saturday]. PLSQ (in French). June 25, 2021.

[13] O’Neill, Paméla (August 12, 2021). "Une Première Coupe PLSQ Féminine!" [A First Women's PLSQ Cup!]. PLSQ (in French).

[14] O'Neill, Paméla (August 15, 2021). "L'AS Blainville Remporte la Coupe PLSQ Féminine!" [AS Blainville Wins the Women's PLSQ Cup!]. PLSQ (in French).

[15] Gray, Shawn (January 31, 2017). "Quebec's 3rd Division". Northern Starting XI.

[17] Le tour des clubs de PLSQ féminine 2021. Just eSoccer. YouTube. March 6, 2021.

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