2023 Ligue1 Québec season

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2023 Ligue1 Québec féminine season.

The 2023 Ligue1 Québec season is the twelfth season of play for the Ligue1 Québec (and the first since rebranding from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec). L1Q is a division three semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Québec.

Ligue1 Québec
Men's Division

Season	2023
Dates	May 6 – September 30
Champions	CS St-Laurent
Coupe L1QC	CS St-Laurent
Matches played	132
Goals scored	431 (3.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	Adama Sissoko (19 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

FC Laval competed in the 2023 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2022 league champions.^[1]

CS St-Laurent won their first league title and qualified for the 2024 Canadian Championship.

Main Division

Teams

Twelve teams will participate in the 2023 season. The league champion will earn a place in the 2024 Canadian Championship.

Team	City	Stadium	Head coach
A.S. Blainville	Blainville, Laurentides	Parc Blainville	Emmanuel Macagno
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie	Parc Pierre-Benoît	Steve Francon
CS Lanaudière-Nord	Joliette, Lanaudière	École secondaire Barthélemy-Joliette	Sylvestre Rukondo
AS Laval	Laval, Laval	Parc de Lausanne	Billy Zagakos
FC Laval	Laval, Laval	Collège Montmorency & Parc Roseval	Boubacar Coulibaly
CS Longueuil	Longueuil, Montérégie	Parc Laurier	Seyni Camara
CF Montréal U23	Montréal, Montréal	Centre Nutrilait	Patrick Viollat
CS Mont-Royal Outremont	Mount Royal, Montréal	Parc Recreatif de TMR	Luc Brutus
CS Saint-Laurent	Saint-Laurent, Montreal	Vanier College Stadium	Nicolas Razzaghi
CS St-Hubert	Saint-Hubert, Montérégie	Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme	Nasson Theosmy
Ottawa South United	Ottawa, Ontario	TAAG Park at Carleton University	Peter Mapendere
Royal-Sélect de Beauport	Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale	Stade Beauport	Samir Ghrib

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CS Saint-Laurent (C)	22	18	1	3	68	20	+48	55	2024 Canadian Championship
2	Royal-Sélect de Beauport	22	13	6	3	45	27	+18	45
3	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	22	12	5	5	35	18	+17	41
4	FC Laval	22	12	4	6	45	34	+11	40
5	CF Montréal U23	22	12	4	6	29	23	+6	40
6	CS St-Hubert	22	8	6	8	34	35	−1	30
7	AS Blainville	22	9	3	10	36	35	+1	30
8	CS Longueuil	22	7	5	10	31	33	−2	26
9	AS Laval	22	7	3	12	30	36	−6	24
10	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	22	5	5	12	35	53	−18	20
11	Ottawa South United	22	5	4	13	25	48	−23	18^[a]
12	CS Lanaudière-Nord	22	0	2	20	18	69	−51	2

Source: Spordle
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Ottawa South United was deducted 1 point for defaulting one match.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Adama Makan Sissoko	FC Laval	19
2	Loic Adrien Kwemi	CS Saint-Laurent	17
3	Yann Régis Toualy	CS Saint-Laurent	12
4	Evans Eze	AS Blainville	11
5	Dylan Ngono	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	8
	Rickson Aristilde	FC Laval
	Safwane Mlah	CS Saint-Laurent
	Alexandre Marcoux	AS Blainville
	Josué Desire Youta	CS Saint-Laurent
10	Jordan Ogla Mbala	CS Longueuil	7
	Bonano Beugré Gnenago	Royal-Sélect de Beauport
	Guesly Alexandre	CF Montréal Academy

Awards

Award	Player (club)
Ballon d'or (Best Player)	Safwane Mlah (CS Saint-Laurent)
Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)	Adama Makan Sissoko (FC Laval)
Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)	Heikel Jarras (Royal-Sélect de Beauport)
Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer)	Adama Makan Sissoko (FC Laval)
Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper)	Kosta Maniatis (CS Saint-Laurent)
Coach of the Year	Nicholas Razzaghi (CS Saint-Laurent)

Coupe L1QC

The two Coupe PLSQ finalists from the previous season (AS Blainville and Celtix du Haut-Richelieu) advanced directly to the Quarter-Final round. Two additional clubs (FC Laval and RS Beauport) were selected by a random draw to also advance directly to the Quarter-Final round.

	First Round October 7–8				Quarter-Finals October 14				Semi-Finals October 21				Final October 28
					AS Blainville	1
	CS Longueuil	0			CS St-Laurent	4
	CS St-Laurent	6							CS St-Laurent	4
									Royal-Sélect de Beauport	1
					Royal-Sélect de Beauport	5
	CS St-Hubert	0			AS Laval	0
	AS Laval	2											CS St-Laurent	2
													CS Mont-Royal Outremont	0
					FC Laval	2(4)
	CS Lanaudière-Nord	4			CS Lanaudière-Nord	2(5)
	Ottawa South United	2							CS Lanaudière-Nord	0
									CS Mont-Royal Outremont	3
					Celtix du Haut-Richelieu	0
	CS Mont-Royal Outremont	3			CS Mont-Royal Outremont	2
	CF Montréal U23	0

Source: Spordle

Reserve Division

The league will operate a reserve division. Each team, apart from the CF Montréal Academy, will operate a reserve team, playing each other once. Pierrefonds FC, who play in the women's division but not the men's, will field a team in the division as well

First Phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	CS Saint-Laurent Reserves	11	9	1	1	29	16	+13	28
2	CS Longueuil Reserves	11	6	4	1	20	11	+9	22
3	AS Laval Reserves	11	6	2	3	31	17	+14	20
4	FC Laval Reserves	11	5	4	2	22	16	+6	19
5	CS St-Hubert Reserves	11	5	3	3	25	18	+7	18
6	Royal-Sélect de Beauport Reserves	11	5	1	5	22	20	+2	16
7	AS Blainville Reserves	11	4	4	3	22	17	+5	16
8	Pierrefonds FC	11	3	2	6	10	20	−10	11
9	Ottawa South United Reserves	11	3	2	6	17	23	−6	11
10	CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves	11	2	4	5	8	16	−8	10
11	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Reserves	11	2	0	9	13	30	−17	6
12	CS Lanaudière-Nord Reserves	11	1	3	7	12	27	−15	6

Source: Spordle
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals

Second phase

Upon the conclusion of the Reserve Division, the league ran a short second phase, divided into two groups, with all the teams returning except for Ottawa South United.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CS Saint-Laurent Reserves	4	3	1	0	18	5	+13	10	Championship final
2	FC Laval Reserves	4	2	1	1	18	8	+10	7
3	CS St-Hubert Reserves	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
4	CS Lanaudière-Nord Reserves	3	1	0	2	6	19	−13	3
5	Pierrefonds FC	4	0	0	4	2	15	−13	0

Source: Spordle
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	CS Longueuil Reserves (C)	5	4	1	0	13	7	+6	13	Championship final
2	AS Laval Reserves	5	3	1	1	14	7	+7	10
3	CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves	5	2	1	2	8	9	−1	7
4	AS Blainville Reserves	5	2	1	2	11	10	+1	7
5	Royal-Sélect de Beauport Reserves	5	1	1	3	7	11	−4	4
6	Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Reserves	5	0	1	4	5	14	−9	1

Source: Spordle
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) head-to-head points; 4) goal differential; 5) most goals
(C) Champions

Championship Final

Final September 16       A1 CS Saint-Laurent Reserves 0 B1 CS Longueuil Reserves 1 Awards Award Player (club) Ballon d'or (Best Player) Djamel Mekallach Chellali (CS Longueuil Reserves) Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player) Nicholas Minchillo (CS Saint-Laurent Reserves) Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves) Soulier D'Or (Golden Boot - Top Scorer) Zineddine Bey (AS Laval Reserves) Gant D'Or (Golden Glove - Top Goalkeeper) Alexis Desjardins (CS Longueuil Reserves) References O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (17 April 2023). "PREVIEW: Forge FC vs. FC Laval — 2023 Canadian Championship". Canadian Premier League.