AS Laval
Full nameAlliance Soccer Laval
Founded1966 (as CS Monteuil)
2021 (as AS Laval)
StadiumCentre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
Head CoachVasilios "Billy" Zagakos
LeagueLigue1 Québec
2023L1Q-Male, 9th
L1Q-Female, 7th
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Alliance Soccer Laval (formerly CS Monteuil) is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Laval, Quebec that plays in Ligue1 Québec. In 2021, CS Monteuil merged with youth club CS Étoiles de l’Est to form AS Laval.

History

CS Monteuil

CS Monteuil logo

The club was originally formed in 1966 under the name l’Association sportive Monteuil de Laval.[1]

In 2018, they entered a team in the women's division of the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[2] In 2019, the women won the league, earning 33 points through 15 games to come in first place.[3] In 2021, the club finished in second place in both the league season and the league cup.[4]

In 2019, a year after the women's team, the club entered a team in the men's division the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division III league, [5] with Sandro Grande becoming the men's head coach.[6] They played their first match on May 4 against FC Gatineau winning 3–2.[7] They finished in sixth place out of nine teams in their inaugural season[8] In 2020, Antoine Katako, formerly the coach of CS Fabrose took over as head coach, replacing interim coach David Cerasuolo,[9] who took over following the departure of head coach Sandro Grande[10] as well as technical director Marco Masucci late in the season, who took a position with the Quebec Soccer Federation.[11]

AS Laval

In late 2021, CS Monteuil merged with CS Étoiles de l’Est to form a new club in later 2021 known as AS Laval (initially a third club, CS Centre-Sud, was to be part of the merger, but they later pulled out).[12][13][14] In 2022, the women's team finished second in the league, qualifying them for the inaugural League1 Canada Interprovincial Championship, where they finished in second place, after defeating League1 Ontario side Alliance United FC in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals,[15] before losing to PLSQ champions AS Blainville in the finals.[16]

Seasons

Men

as CS Monteuil

Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup Ref
2019 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 9 6–6–4 6th Group Stage [17]
2020 on hiatus – COVID-19
2021 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 10[note 1] 4–2–10 7th – [17]
  1. ^ Ottawa South United withdrew from the 2021 league mid-way through due to government restrictions, with their matches removed from the standings. Thus, Monteuil's two victories against Ottawa were not included in their record.

as AS Laval

Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup Ref
2022 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 12 7–4–11 9th did not qualify
2023 Ligue1 Québec 12 7–3–12 9th Quarter-finals

Women

as CS Monteuil

Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup Interprovincial Championship Ref
2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 5 5–2–5 2nd – – [18]
2019 6 10–3–2 1st – – [18]
2020 on hiatus – COVID-19
2021 10 6–3–0 2nd Finalists – [18]

as AS Laval

Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup Interprovincial Championship Ref
2022 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 12 8–2–1 2nd Semi-finals Finalists [18]
2023 Ligue1 Québec 12 3–4–4 7th Quarter-finals did not qualify [19]

Roster

As of May 6 2023[20]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Canada CAN Younes Soubaa
2 DF Canada CAN Miary Rakoto
3 MF Canada CAN Raheim Parkin
5 DF France FRA Enzo Eullaffroy
6 MF Canada CAN John Cevik
7 MF Canada CAN Jordan Therrien
8 FW France FRA Alexis Jeanne
9 FW Canada CAN Alberto Correa
10 FW Canada CAN Maximilian Banfi
11 MF Canada CAN Nareg Kalloghlian
No. Pos. Nation Player
12 GK Canada CAN Lancelot Lefebvre
13 FW Canada CAN Diego Antonio Diaz Olmedo
14 MF Canada CAN Mahdi Djellab
15 DF Canada CAN Alexandre Hajjar
17 FW Canada CAN Elie Zafoe
18 FW Canada CAN Ali Merghemi
22 DF Canada CAN Mario Sarbev
29 MF Canada CAN Alessandro Bertacchini
— DF Canada CAN Bilal Bouchemella
— MF France FRA Rémy Moulard
— DF Canada CAN Yanick Potvin
— Canada CAN Jeremyah Phillips

Notable former players

Men

Women

References

  1. ^ "Histoire" [History]. CS Monteuil (in French).
  2. ^ "Le CS Monteuil fait son entrée dans la Première Ligue de soccer du Québec féminine" [CS Monteuil makes its entry into the Quebec Women's Premier Soccer League]. L'Écho de Laval (in French). 3 May 2018.
  3. ^ Pereira, Nicholas (1 October 2019). "Championnat québécois pour le CS Monteuil féminin" [Quebec championship for CS Monteuil women]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  4. ^ Pereira, Nicholas (29 August 2021). "Le CS Monteuil s'incline en finale de la Coupe PLSQ-F" [CS Monteuil lose in the final of the PLSQ-F Cup]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  5. ^ "Le CS Monteuil se Joindra à La PSLQ Masculine en 2019" [CS Monteuil Will Join the Men's PSLQ in 2019]. PLSQ (in French). 6 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Marco Masucci quitte son poste de directeur technique" [Marco Masucci leaves his post of technical director]. Courrier Laval (in French). 1 November 2019.
  7. ^ St-Germain, Nicolas (5 May 2019). "Un premier match semi-professionnel pour le CS Saint-Hubert" [PLSQ: le CS Monteuil réussit son entrée]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  8. ^ Pereira, Nicolas (13 September 2019). "Le CS Monteuil souhaite s'améliorer" [CS Monteuil wants to improve]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  9. ^ "Antoine Katako se joint au CS Monteuil" [Antoine Katako joins CS Monteuil]. Courrier Laval (in French). 6 December 2019.
  10. ^ "Monteuil – Sandro Grande : divorce à l'amiable" [Monteuil - Sandro Grande: amicable divorce]. Just eSoccer (in French). 4 September 2019.
  11. ^ Lidbetter, Mark (7 November 2019). "Monteuil's Marco Masucci moving on". The Suburban.
  12. ^ "Les 6 Clubs de Soccer de Laval se Regroupent en 2 Nouveaux Clubs" [Laval's 6 Soccer Clubs Merge into 2 New Clubs]. Laval (in French). 15 April 2021.
  13. ^ Robillard, Camille (19 April 2021). "Remaniement des clubs de soccer lavallois" [Reshuffle of Laval soccer clubs]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  14. ^ Pereira, Nicholas (8 August 2021). "Centre-Sud s'oppose à la fusion des clubs de l'est" [Centre-Sud opposes the merger of the eastern clubs]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  15. ^ "L'AS Laval l'emporte contre Alliance United aux tirs au but" [AS Laval wins against Alliance United on penalties]. Première ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 13 August 2022.
  16. ^ "L'AS Blainville couronnée championenne de la première édition du championnat interprovincial" [AS Blainville crowned champions of the first edition of the interprovincial championship]. Première ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 15 August 2022.
  17. ^ a b "Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
  18. ^ a b c d "Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec Feminin". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
  19. ^ "Ligue1 Quebec Women". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
  20. ^ "AS Laval". Spordle.
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