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Première Ligue de soccer du Québec Féminine
Organising bodyQuebec Soccer Federation
Founded2018
First season2018
CountryCanada
ConfederationCONCACAF
Number of teams12
Level on pyramid3
League cup(s)Coupe PLSQ
Current championsAS Blainville
(2021)
Current Couple PLSQAS Blainville
(2021)
Most championshipsAS Blainville (2 titles)
Most Couple PLSQsAS Blainville (1 title)
Websitehttp://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

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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

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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

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

Clubs

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Current clubs

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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 Canada Jean-Lou Gosselin
AS Chaudière-Ouest Lévis 2022
Pierrefonds FC Lac St-Louis, Montreal 2020 Portugal Carlos Carvalho
Celtix du Haut-Richelieu Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie Stade Alphonse-Desjardins 2021 Canada Julian Labalec
AS Laval[note 1] Laval, Laval Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne 2018 Canada Amro Radwan
FC Laval[note 2] Laval, Laval Parc Cartier 2019 Canada Angelo Jean-Baptiste
CS Longueuil Longueuil, Montérégie Parc Laurier 2020 Canada Gilbert Bayiha
CS Mont-Royal Outremont Mount Royal, Montréal Parc Recreatif de TMR 2019 Canada George-Éric Painson
CS St-Hubert Saint-Hubert, Montérégie Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme 2020 Canada Cindy Walsh
Ottawa South United Ottawa, Ontario George Nelms Sports Park 2020 Canada Anthony Vassallo
Québec EXCEL 2022
Royal-Sélect de Beauport Beauport, Quebec City Centre Sportif Marc-Simoneau 2021 Canada Michel Fischer
  1. ^ AS Laval was known as CS Monteuil until the 2021 season
  2. ^ FC Laval was known as CS Fabrose until the 2020 season