2024 Valour FC season

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Valour FC
2024 season
PresidentWade Miller
Head coachPhillip Dos Santos
StadiumPrincess Auto Stadium
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The 2024 Valour FC season is the sixth season in the history of Valour FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Current squad

As of August 6, 2024.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Darlington Murasiranwa Zimbabwe GK (2001-02-07) February 7, 2001 (age 23) Canada FC London
50 Jonathan Viscosi Canada GK (1991-03-18) March 18, 1991 (age 33) Finland VPS
Defenders
2 Roberto Alarcón Spain RB (1998-04-21) April 21, 1998 (age 26) Canada Cavalry FC INT
3 Jordan Haynes Canada LB / LW (1996-01-17) January 17, 1996 (age 28) Canada Pacific FC
4 Charalampos Chantzopoulos Germany CB (1994-07-08) July 8, 1994 (age 30) Finland KPV INT
13 Tass Mourdoukoutas Australia CB (1999-03-03) March 3, 1999 (age 25) Canada York United INT
23 Gianfranco Facchineri Canada CB (2002-04-27) April 27, 2002 (age 22) Canada Windsor City FC U-S
30 Themi Antonoglou Canada LB / LW (2001-06-02) June 2, 2001 (age 23) Canada Toronto FC
Midfielders
6 Dante Campbell Canada DM / CB (1999-05-22) May 22, 1999 (age 25) United States LA Galaxy II
7 Kian Williams England AM / CF (2000-01-07) January 7, 2000 (age 24) Iceland Keflavík INT, IL
8 Juan Pablo Sanchez United States MF (2003-04-18) April 18, 2003 (age 21) Portugal Salgueiros U21
11 Noah Verhoeven Canada CM (1999-06-15) June 15, 1999 (age 25) Canada Atlético Ottawa Loan
17 Jordan Faria Canada CM (2000-06-13) June 13, 2000 (age 24) Canada Toronto FC II
20 Diogo Ressurreição Portugal MF (2000-08-15) August 15, 2000 (age 24) Portugal Vitória Guimarães B INT
21 Marcello Polisi Canada CM / DM (1997-01-24) January 24, 1997 (age 27) Canada HFX Wanderers
24 Zachary Sukunda Canada AM / RW / RB (1995-06-24) June 24, 1995 (age 29) Finland IF Gnistan
27 Raphael Ohin Ghana CM (1995-05-25) May 25, 1995 (age 29) Canada WSA Winnipeg
64 Safwane Mlah Canada AM (2001-12-08) December 8, 2001 (age 23) Canada CS Saint-Laurent
Forwards
9 Jordan Swibel Australia CF (1999-04-13) April 13, 1999 (age 25) Australia Marconi Stallions INT
10 Shaan Hundal Canada CF (1999-07-14) July 14, 1999 (age 25) Canada Vancouver FC
16 Joe Hanson Canada CF / AM (2003-08-10) August 10, 2003 (age 21) Canada Whitecaps FC 2 U21
19 Abdul Binate Canada CF (2003-01-24) January 24, 2003 (age 21) Canada Pacific FC U21
25 Loïc Kwemi Canada CF (1997-03-02) March 2, 1997 (age 27) Canada CS Saint-Laurent

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
FW Canada Shaan Hundal Canada Vancouver FC Free December 1, 2023 [1]
MF Canada Zachary Sukunda Finland IF Gnistan Free December 1, 2023 [2]
DF Spain Roberto Alarcón Canada Cavalry FC Free December 15, 2023 [3]
MF Canada Jordan Faria Canada Toronto FC II Free December 18, 2023 [4]
DF Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas Canada York United Free December 27, 2023 [5]
FW Australia Jordan Swibel Australia Marconi Stallions Free January 12, 2024 [6]
DF Germany Charalampos Chantzopoulos Finland KPV Free January 25, 2024 [7]
DF Canada Themi Antonoglou Canada Toronto FC Free February 2, 2024 [8]
GK Canada Jonathan Viscosi Finland VPS Free February 9, 2024 [9]
FW Canada Abdul Binate Canada Pacific FC Free February 14, 2024 [10]
FW Canada Joe Hanson Canada Whitecaps FC 2 Free April 8, 2024 [11]
MF Portugal Diogo Ressurreição Portugal Vitória Guimarães B Free April 10, 2024 [12]
DF Canada Gianfranco Facchineri Canada Windsor City FC Selected 9th in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract April 11, 2024 [13]
MF Canada Safwane Mlah Canada CS Saint-Laurent Free June 28, 2024 [14]
FW Canada Loïc Kwemi Canada CS Saint-Laurent Free June 28, 2024 [14]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
MF Canada Noah Verhoeven Canada Atlético Ottawa Season-long loan February 9, 2024 [9]

Draft picks

Valour FC selected the following players in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft. 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 1 MF Owen Sheppard  Canada Cape Breton
2 9 DF Gianfranco Facchineri  Canada Windsor

Out

Transferred out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
4 DF France Guillaume Pianelli Contract expired December 31, 2023 [15]
22 DF Canada Matteo de Brienne Canada Atlético Ottawa Contract expired December 31, 2023 [15][16]
35 DF Haiti Andrew Jean-Baptiste Contract expired December 31, 2023 [15]
8 MF Canada Diego Gutiérrez Canada Cavalry FC Contract expired December 31, 2023 [15][17]
9 FW Chile Walter Ponce Chile Unión La Calera Contract expired December 31, 2023 [15]
DF Canada Matthew Chandler Option declined December 31, 2023 [15]
19 DF Canada Eskander Mzoughi Tunisia AS Soliman Option declined December 31, 2023 [15]
10 MF Colombia Kevin Rendón Colombia Deportivo Pasto Option declined December 31, 2023 [15]
11 MF Peru Jared Ulloa Peru Unión Huaral Option declined December 31, 2023 [15]
12 FW United States Ahinga Selemani Option declined December 31, 2023 [15]
23 FW Canada Anthony Novak Option declined December 31, 2023 [15]
32 FW Jordan Jaime Siaj Kuwait Khaitan SC Option declined December 31, 2023 [15]
2 DF Cuba Andy Baquero Canada Vaughan Azzurri Option declined December 31, 2023 [18]
18 DF Canada Klaidi Cela Kosovo KF Liria Option declined December 31, 2023 [18]
24 FW Burundi Pacifique Niyongabire United States Tampa Bay Rowdies Undisclosed fee January 12, 2024 [19]
99 GK Algeria Rayane Yesli Canada Atlético Ottawa Undisclosed fee February 9, 2024 [9]
33 DF Mali Abdou Samaké Gibraltar Glacis United Contract terminated by mutual consent June 25, 2024 [20]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League regular season

Main article: 2024 Canadian Premier League season § Regular season

League table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Playoff qualification
1 Forge (S) 28 15 5 8 45 31 +14 50 First semifinal
2 Cavalry (C) 28 12 12 4 39 27 +12 48
3 Atlético Ottawa 28 11 11 6 42 31 +11 44 Quarterfinal
4 York United 28 11 6 11 35 36 −1 39 Play-in round
5 Pacific 28 9 7 12 27 32 −5 34
6 HFX Wanderers 28 7 9 12 37 43 −6 30[a]
7 Vancouver 28 7 9 12 29 43 −14 30[a]
8 Valour 28 7 7 14 31 42 −11 28
Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total number of wins; 3) Head-to-head; 4) Goal differential; 5) Goals for; 6) Away goals differential; 7) Away goals for; 8) Home goals differential; 9) Home goals for; 10) Fewest disciplinary points;[b] 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Coin toss (tie between two (2) clubs) or drawing of lots (tie between three (3) or more clubs).[21]
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup Round one); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup Round one)
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tie resolved by head-to-head points; HFX Wanderers: 7, Vancouver: 4
  2. ^ Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points.[21]

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

April 14 1 Vancouver FC 4-1 Valour FC Langley Township
 Report
Stadium: Willoughby Community Park
Attendance: 4038
April 19 2 Pacific FC 2–0 Valour FC Langford
 Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 2851
April 27 3 Forge FC 2–1 Valour FC Hamilton
 Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3051
May 5 4 Atlético Ottawa 2–0 Valour FC Ottawa
 Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 3886
May 10 5 York United FC 3–1 Valour FC Toronto
 Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 1049
May 20 6 HFX Wanderers FC 1–2 Valour FC Halifax
 Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6413
May 26 7 Cavalry FC 1–1 Valour FC Foothills County
 Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3395
June 2 8 Valour FC 2–0 Vancouver FC Winnipeg
 Report
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
Attendance: 4262
June 9 9 Valour FC 0–2 Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg
 Report
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
Attendance: 4750
June 14 10 Valour FC 2–3 Pacific FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
June 23 11 Forge FC 2–1 Valour FC Hamilton
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
June 27 12 Valour FC 1–0 York United FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
July 7 13 Valour FC 0–1 Cavalry FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
July 18 14 HFX Wanderers FC 3–1 Valour FC Halifax
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
July 21 15 Atlético Ottawa 2–2 Valour FC Ottawa
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
July 28 16 Pacific FC 0–3 Valour FC Langford
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
August 4 17 Valour FC 2–1 Forge FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
August 11 18 Valour FC 0–1 York United FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
August 17 19 Valour FC 2–1 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
August 25 20 Valour FC 1–2 Vancouver FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
August 30 21 Cavalry FC 2–2 Valour FC Foothills County
Stadium: ATCO Field
September 9 22 Valour FC 1–1 Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
September 13 23 York United FC 1–1 Valour FC Toronto
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
September 21 24 Valour FC 1–1 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
September 30 25 Valour FC 1–0 Pacific FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
October 6 26 Valour FC 0–1 Forge FC Winnipeg
Report Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
October 13 27 Vancouver FC 1-1 Valour FC Langley Township
Stadium: Willoughby Community Park
October 19 28 Valour FC 1-2 Cavalry FC Winnipeg
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2024 Canadian Championship

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

May 1 Preliminary round Atlético Ottawa 7–0 Valour FC Ottawa
Stadium: TD Place Stadium

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Winnipeg Welcomes Back Shaan Hundal On Multi-Year Deal". Northern Tribune. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Valour FC sign Canadian midfielder Zachary Sukunda". Valour FC. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
  3. ^ "Valour FC sign former Cavalry fullback Roberto Alarcón". Canadian Premier League. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "Valour FC sign Canadian midfielder Jordan Faria to a contract". Valour FC. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  5. ^ "Valour FC sign Australian defender Tass Mourdoukoutas to a contract". Valour FC. December 27, 2023. Retrieved December 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Valour FC sign Australian forward Jordan Swibel". Canadian Premier League. January 12, 2024. Retrieved January 12, 2024.
  7. ^ "Valour Brings In Big Defender Chantzopoulos". Northern Tribune. January 25, 2024. Retrieved January 25, 2024.
  8. ^ "Valour Adds TFC Full-Back Themi Antonoglou". Northern Tribune. February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Atlético Ottawa acquire goalkeeper Rayane Yesli, Noah Verhoeven joins Valour on loan". Canadian Premier League. February 9, 2024. Retrieved February 9, 2024.
  10. ^ "Valour FC sign Canadian attacker Abdul Binate". Valour FC. February 14, 2024. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "VYukon Native Joe Hanson Heads 'Down South' To Winnipeg". Northern Tribune. April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 8, 2024.
  12. ^ "Welcome, Diogo #ForValour". Facebook. April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
  13. ^ "We have signed Canadian Defender Gianfranco Facchineri to a U-Sports contract". Facebook. April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
  14. ^ a b ""They're two players who have been on our radar now for a couple of years"". Valour FC. June 28, 2024. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Valour FC Offseason Roster Update". Valour FC. November 22, 2023.
  16. ^ "Atlético Ottawa Signs Hometown Talent Matteo de Brienne for 2024 Season". atleticoottawa.canpl.ca. December 21, 2023.
  17. ^ "Cavalry FC Signs Diego Gutierrez to 2024 Roster". cavalryfc.canpl.ca. January 2, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Valour FC announce 7 departures including Gutierrez, de Brienne". Valour FC. December 20, 2023.
  19. ^ "Tampa Bay Signs Valour Forward Niyongabire". Northern Tribune. January 12, 2024.
  20. ^ "Valour FC Release Defender Abdoulaye Samaké". Valour FC. June 25, 2024.
  21. ^ a b "2024 CPL Competition Guidelines". Canadian Premier League. April 12, 2024. Archived from the original on April 12, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
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