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{{infobox football league season
|image            =
|competition      = [[Première ligue de soccer du Québec]]
|season           = 2017
|winners          = [[AS Blainville]]
|shield           = [[AS Blainville]]
|shieldtitle      = Cup champions
|matches          = 63
|total goals      = 203
|league topscorer = [[Pierre-Rudolph Mayard]] <br>(14 goals) ([[AS Blainville]])
|biggest home win = 5 goals:<br>[[AS Blainville|Blainville]] 5–0 [[FC Gatineau|Gatineau]]<br><small>(2 September)</small>
|biggest away win = 8 goals:<br>St-Hubert 1–9 [[AS Blainville|Blainville]]<br><small>(20 May)</small>
|highest scoring  = 10 goals:<br>St-Hubert 1–9 [[AS Blainville|Blainville]]<br><small>(20 May)</small>
|prevseason=[[2016 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season|2016]]
|nextseason=[[2018 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season|2018]]
}}
The '''2017 Première ligue de soccer du Québec season''' is the sixth season of play for the [[Première ligue de soccer du Québec]], a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the [[Canadian soccer league system|Canadian soccer pyramid]] and the highest level of soccer based in the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Québec]].
[[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]] was the defending champion from 2016.
[[AS Blainville]] won the league championship this season.
== Changes from 2016 ==
For the third season running, the league will feature a total of seven teams.  [[Dynamo de Québec]] & CS St-Hubert will begin their first season in the league,<ref>{{cite web|title=CS St-Hubert Jouera en PLSQ Cette Saison|trans-title=CS St-Hubert To Play PLSQ This Season|language=fr|url=http://www.plsq.ca/fr/news/le-cs-st-hubert-jouera-en-plsq-cette-saison|publisher=[[PLSQ]]|accessdate=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227150434/http://www.plsq.ca/fr/news/le-cs-st-hubert-jouera-en-plsq-cette-saison|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> while [[Lakeshore SC]] & [[Ottawa Fury FC Academy]] departed after the 2016 season.
Starting this year, the league champion was granted a place in the next year's [[Canadian Championship]].  As a result, the [[Inter-Provincial Cup (soccer)|Inter-Provincial Cup]] was discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canada Soccer Announces Inclusion Of League1 And PLSQ Champions In 2018 Canadian Championship|url=http://www.league1ontario.com/news_article/show/767555?referrer_id=2309049|publisher=[[League1 Ontario]]|accessdate=12 March 2017}}</ref>
== Teams ==
The following seven teams will take part in the 2017 season:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! style="background:" | Team
! style="background:" | City
! style="background:" | Stadium
! style="background:" | Founded
! style="background:" | Joined
! style="background:" | Head coach
|-
! style="background:black" colspan="6"| <span style="color:white;">'''Current teams'''</span>
|-
| '''[[AS Blainville]]'''
| [[Blainville, Quebec|Blainville]], [[Laurentides]]
| Blainville Park
| align="center" | 1986
| align="center" | 2012
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Emmanuel Macagno
|-
| '''[[Dynamo de Quebec]]'''
| [[Quebec City]], [[Capitale-Nationale]]
| ESLE
| align="center" | 1991
| align="center" | 2017
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Edmond Foyé
|-
| '''[[FC Gatineau]]'''
| [[Gatineau]], [[Outaouais]]
| Mont-Bleu Field
| align="center" | 2012
| align="center" | 2013
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylver Castagnet
|-
| '''[[FC Lanaudière]]'''
| [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]], [[Lanaudière]]
| Terrebonne Sports Complex
| align="center" | 2016
| align="center" | 2016
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Andrew Olivieri]]
|-
| '''[[CS Longueuil]]'''
| [[Longueuil]], [[Montérégie]]
| Laurier Park
| align="center" | 1970
| align="center" | 2014
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Anthony Rimasson
|-
| '''[[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]]'''
| [[Mount Royal, Quebec|Mount Royal]], [[Urban agglomeration of Montreal|Montréal]]
| TMR Recreation Centre
| align="center" | ?
| align="center" | 2013
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Luc Brutus
|-
| '''[[CS St-Hubert]]'''
| [[Saint-Hubert, Quebec|Saint-Hubert]],  [[Montérégie]]
| Rosanne-Laflamme
| align="center" | 1980
| align="center" | 2017
| {{flagicon|FRA}} François Bourgeais
|}
{{Location map+ |Canada Southern Quebec |width=700 |float=center |caption=Locations of teams for the 2017 PLSQ season.|places=
{{Location map~ | Canada Southern Quebec |lat= 45.667 |long= -73.883 |label=<small>'''Blainville'''</small>|position=left|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ | Canada Southern Quebec |lat= 45.483 |long= -75.650 |label=<small>'''Gatineau'''</small>|position=top|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ | Canada Southern Quebec |lat= 45.720 |long= -73.707 |label=<small>'''Lanaudière'''</small>|position=right|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ | Canada Southern Quebec |lat= 45.543 |long= -73.493 |label=<small>'''Longueuil'''</small>|position=right|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ | Canada Southern Quebec |lat= 45.536 |long= -73.597 |label=<small>'''Mont-Royal'''</small>|position=left|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ | Canada Southern Quebec |lat= 45.470 |long= -73.415 |label=<small>'''St-Hubert'''</small>|position=right|mark=Red pog.svg}}
{{Location map~ | Canada Southern Quebec |lat= 46.817 |long= -71.217 |label=<small>'''Dynamo'''</small>|position=left|mark=Red pog.svg}}
}}
== Standings ==
Each team played 18 matches as part of the season; three against every other team in the league.  There are no playoffs; the first-place team is crowned as league champion at the end of the season and qualifies for the [[2018 Canadian Championship]].
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|team1=BLA |team2=DQU |team7=GAT |team5=LAN |team3=LON |team4=MRO |team6=SHU
|win_BLA=13 |draw_BLA=2  |loss_BLA=3  |gf_BLA=45 |ga_BLA=14 |status_BLA=C, Q |name_BLA=[[AS Blainville]]
|win_DQU=9  |draw_DQU=4  |loss_DQU=5  |gf_DQU=28 |ga_DQU=25 |status_DQU=  |name_DQU=[[Dynamo de Québec]]
|win_GAT=3  |draw_GAT=4  |loss_GAT=11 |gf_GAT=15 |ga_GAT=34 |status_GAT=  |name_GAT=[[FC Gatineau]]
|win_LAN=4  |draw_LAN=7  |loss_LAN=7  |gf_LAN=32 |ga_LAN=33 |status_LAN=  |name_LAN=[[FC Lanaudière]]
|win_LON=6  |draw_LON=9  |loss_LON=3  |gf_LON=30 |ga_LON=24 |status_LON=  |name_LON=[[CS Longueuil]]
|win_MRO=6  |draw_MRO=6  |loss_MRO=6  |gf_MRO=30 |ga_MRO=29 |status_MRO=  |name_MRO=[[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]]
|win_SHU=5  |draw_SHU=2  |loss_SHU=11 |gf_SHU=23 |ga_SHU=44 |status_SHU=  |name_SHU=[[CS St-Hubert]]
|res_col_header=Q  |col_adv=green1 |text_adv=[[2018 Canadian Championship]] |result1=adv
|update=October 22, 2017 |source=[http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/l_classam.aspx TSI Sports]
}}
</onlyinclude>
== Statistics ==
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
=== Top goalscorers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Goals
|-
|align=center | 1
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Pierre-Rudolph Mayard]]
| AS Blainville
|align=center| 14
|-
|align=center rowspan=1 | 2
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Berlin Jean-Gilles
| FC Lanaudière
|align=center| 13
|-
|align=center rowspan=2 | 3
| {{flagicon|CGO}} Dex Kaniki
| CS Longueuil
|align=center rowspan=2 | 11
|-
| {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Frederico Moojen]]
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont
|-
|align=center rowspan=1 | 5
| {{flagicon|MAR}} Rida Aboulhamid
| AS Blainville
|align=center| 9
|-
|align=center rowspan=1 | 6
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mitchell Syla
| FC Lanaudière
|align=center| 8
|-
|align=center rowspan=1 | 7
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Charles-David Martel
| CS St-Hubert
|align=center| 7
|-
|align=center | 8
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Nicolas Bertrand
| AS Blainville
|align=center| 6
|-
|align=center rowspan=1 | 9
| colspan=2 align=center | (''Four players tied'')
|align=center rowspan=1 | 5
|}
<small>Updated to matches played on 22 October 2017.  Source: [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/l_stat.aspx]</small>
{{col-2}}
=== Top goalkeepers ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Player
!Club
!Minutes
!GAA
|-
|align=center | 1
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Jean-Lou Gosselin
| AS Blainville
|align=center| 450
|align=center| 0.60
|-
|align=center rowspan=1 | 2
| {{flagicon|CGO}} Erwann Ofouya
| AS Blainville
|align=center| 1170
|align=center rowspan=1 | 0.69
|-
|align=center rowspan=1 | 3
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nizar Houhou
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont
|align=center| 720
|align=center rowspan=1 | 0.75
|-
|align=center | 4
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Valentin Lamoulie
| CS Longueuil
|align=center| 709
|align=center| 0.76
|-
|align=center | 5
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Mario Gerges
| Dynamo de Québec
|align=center| 1215
|align=center| 0.96
|-
|align=center | 6
| {{flagicon|HAI}} [[Gabard Fénélon]]
| FC Lanaudière
|align=center| 1440
|align=center| 1.31
|-
|align=center | 7
| {{flagicon|CMR}} Horace Sobze Zemo
| FC Gatineau
|align=center| 1260
|align=center| 1.57
|-
|align=center | 8
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Francis Monongo
| CS Longueuil
|align=center| 731
|align=center| 1.60
|-
|align=center | 9
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Khalid Ismail
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont
|align=center| 900
|align=center| 2.10
|-
|align=center | 10
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Nicolas Milli
| CS St-Hubert
|align=center| 1035
|align=center| 2.61
|}
<small>Updated to matches played on October 22, 2017.  Minimum 450 minutes played.  Source: [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/l_stat.aspx]</small>
{{col-end}}
===Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Player (club)
!Ref
|-
| Ballon d'or (Best Player)
| [[Pierre-Rudolph Mayard]] (AS Blainville)
|rowspan=5|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://plsq.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/guide-de-presse-2018.pdf|title=PLSQ Guide de Press 2018|trans-title=PLSQ Press Guide 2018|date=April 2018|work=[[PLSQ]]|language=fr}}</ref><ref name=redcarpet>{{Cite web|url=http://plsq.ca/actualites/tapis-rouge-2017-mayard-rafle-tout|title=Tapis Rogue 2017: Mayard Refle Tout!|trans-title=2017 Red Carpet: Mayard Scores it all!|date=November 5, 2017|work=[[PLSQ]]|language=fr}}</ref>
|-
| Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)
| [[Frederico Moojen]] (CS Mont-Royal Outremont)
|-
| Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)
| [[Berlin Jean-Gilles]] (FC Lanaudière)
|-
| Golden Boot (Top Scorer)
| [[Pierre-Rudolph Mayard]] (AS Blainville)
|-
| Coach of the Year
| [[Emmanuel Macagno]] (AS Blainville)
|-
|}
== Cup ==
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all seven teams from the league take part, and is unrelated to the season standings.  It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is a competition running in parallel to the regular season (similar to the [[Canadian Championship]] or the [[FA Cup]]), albeit only for PLSQ teams.  All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.
The 2017 PLSQ Cup maintained the same format as the previous seasons, as a two-game aggregate knockout tournament with a single match final.<ref>{{cite web|title=Coupe PLSQ|trans-title=PLSQ Cup|language=fr|url=http://www.plsq.ca/fr/coupe-plsq|publisher=[[PLSQ]]|accessdate=20 March 2017}}</ref>  As defending champion, AS Blainville were granted a bye for the first round.<ref>{{cite web|title=PLSQ 2017: new and several steps forward|url=https://capitainesoccer.net/2017/03/16/plsq-2017-du-neuf-et-plusieurs-pas-en-avant/|publisher=Capitaine Soccer|accessdate=20 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321083748/https://capitainesoccer.net/2017/03/16/plsq-2017-du-neuf-et-plusieurs-pas-en-avant/|archive-date=21 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{clear}}
{{#invoke:RoundN|main|columns=3
|score-boxes=2+sum
| RD1=[[#Preliminary round|First round]]
| RD2=[[#Semifinals|Semifinals]]
| RD3=[[#Final|Final]]
|skipmatch =1
|team-width=210px
|omit_blanks=yes
|flex_tree=no
<!-- Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1st/Score 2nd/Team 2/Score 1st/Score 2nd -->
<!-- First round -->
| |[[CS Longueuil]] |1|3|[[FC Lanaudière]] |1|0
| |[[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]] |1|0| [[FC Gatineau]] |1|1
| |[[Dynamo de Québec]] |1|2| '''[[CS St-Hubert]]''' ([[Away goals rule|a]]) |1|2
<!-- Semifinals -->
| |'''[[AS Blainville]]''' ([[Away goals rule|a]])|1|0|[[CS Longueuil]]|1|0
| |'''[[FC Gatineau]]'''|3|1|[[CS St-Hubert]]|1|2
| |[[AS Blainville]] |1||[[FC Gatineau]] |0|
}}
=== First round ===
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 15, 2017
| time         = 3:00 pm
| team1        = [[FC Lanaudière]]
| team2        = [[CS Longueuil]]
| score        = 1 – 1
| aet          =
| goals1       = Syla {{goal|65}}
| goals2       = Bona {{goal|37}}
| location     = [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]]
| stadium      = Multisports Terrebonne
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ002 Report]
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 22, 2017
| time         = 7:30 pm
| team1        = [[CS Longueuil]]
| team2        = [[FC Lanaudière]]
| score        = 3 – 0
| aet          =
| aggregatescore = 4 – 1
| goals1       = [[Philippe Davies|Davies]] {{goal|13}}<br>Oliveri {{goal|45||68}}
| goals2       =
| location     = [[Longueuil]]
| stadium      = Laurier 1
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ002R Report]
}}
<br>
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 16, 2017
| time         = 5:00 pm
| team1        = [[FC Gatineau]]
| team2        = [[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]]
| score        = 1 – 1
| aet          =
| goals1       = Dagnogo {{goal}}
| goals2       = Rosa {{goal}}
| location     = [[Gatineau]]
| stadium      = Mont-Bleu 4
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ003 Report]
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 23, 2017
| time         = 6:30 pm
| team1        = [[CS Mont-Royal Outremont]]
| team2        = [[FC Gatineau]]
| score        = 0 – 1
| aet          =
| aggregatescore = 1 – 2
| goals1       =
| goals2       = Gauthier-Lafrenière {{goal|15}}
| location     = [[Montreal]]
| stadium      = TMR REC3
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ003R Report]
}}
<br>
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 15, 2017
| time         = 5:00 pm
| team1        = [[CS St-Hubert]]
| team2        = [[Dynamo de Québec]]
| score        = 1 – 1
| aet          =
| goals1       = Martel {{goal|64}}
| goals2       = [[Kevin Cossette|Cossette]] {{goal|29}}
| location     = [[Longueuil]]
| stadium      = Rosanne-Laflamme
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ004 Report]
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 22, 2017
| time         = 4:00 pm
| team1        = [[Dynamo de Québec]]
| team2        = [[CS St-Hubert]] ([[Away goals rule|a]])
| score        = 2 – 2
| aet          =
| aggregatescore = 3 – 3
| goals1       = Grant-Gignac {{goal|69|o.g.}}<br>St-Maurice {{goal|89}}<br>Aussems {{goal|90+3}}
| goals2       = Adiem {{goal|2}}
| location     = [[Lévis, Quebec|Lévis]]
| stadium      = ESLE
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ004R Report]
}}
=== Semifinals ===
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 29, 2017
| time         = 8:30 pm
| team1        = [[CS Longueuil]]
| team2        = [[AS Blainville]]
| score        = 1 – 1
| aet          =
| goals1       = Mira {{goal|47}}
| goals2       = Aboulhamid {{goal|2}}
| location     = [[Longueuil]]
| stadium      = Laurier 1
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ005 Report]
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = September 9, 2017
| time         = 6:00 pm
| team1        = [[AS Blainville]] ([[Away goals rule|a]])
| team2        = [[CS Longueuil]]
| score        = 0 – 0
| aet          =
| aggregatescore = 1 – 1
| goals1       =
| goals2       =
| location     = [[Blainville, Quebec|Blainville]]
| stadium      = Parc Blainville 1
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       =
}}
<br>
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = July 29, 2017
| time         = 5:00 pm
| team1        = [[CS St-Hubert]]
| team2        = [[FC Gatineau]]
| score        = 1 – 3
| aet          =
| goals1       = Mersel {{goal|71}}
| goals2       = Lamontagne {{goal|48}}<br>[[Stefan Karajovanovic|Karajovanovic]] {{goal|63}}<br>[[Emad Houache|Houache]] {{goal|82}}
| location     = [[Longueuil]]
| stadium      = Rosanne-Laflamme
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       = [http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/ligue/infoMatch.aspx?match=CPLSQ006 Report]
}}
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = September 9, 2017
| time         = 5:00 pm
| team1        = [[FC Gatineau]]
| team2        = [[CS St-Hubert]]
| score        = 1 – 2
| aet          =
| aggregatescore = 4 – 3
| goals1       =
| goals2       =
| location     = [[Gatineau]]
| stadium      = Mont-Bleu
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       =
}}
=== Final ===
{{Football box collapsible
| date         = October 28, 2017
| time         = 6:30 pm
| team1        = [[AS Blainville]]
| team2        = [[FC Gatineau]]
| score        = 1 – 0
| aet          =
| goals1       = [[Pierre-Rudolph Mayard|Mayard]] {{goal|28}}
| goals2       =
| location     = [[Terrebonne, Quebec|Terrebonne]]
| stadium      = Multisports Terrebonne
| attendance   =
| referee      =
| report       =
}}
==Reserve Division==
The league operated a reserve division.
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|show_limit=5
|team1=DYN  |win_DYN=8 |draw_DYN=2  |loss_DYN=2  |gf_DYN=27 |ga_DYN=13 |name_DYN=Dynamo de Quebec Reserves
|team2=LON  |win_LON=7  |draw_LON=2  |loss_LON=3  |gf_LON=27 |ga_LON=18 |name_LON=CS Longueuil Reserves
|team3=MRO  |win_MRO=6 |draw_MRO=3  |loss_MRO=3  |gf_MRO=26 |ga_MRO=17 |name_MRO=CS Mont-Royal Outremont Reserves
|team4=BLA  |win_BLA=6  |draw_BLA=2  |loss_BLA=4  |gf_BLA=27 |ga_BLA=13 |name_BLA=AS Blainville Reserves
|team5=HUB  |win_HUB=3  |draw_HUB=5  |loss_HUB=4 |gf_HUB=27 |ga_HUB=33 |name_HUB=CS St-Hubert Reserves
|team6=LAN  |win_LAN=2  |draw_LAN=1  |loss_LAN=9 |gf_LAN=17 |ga_LAN=39 |name_LAN=FC Lanaudière Reserves
|team7=GAT  |win_GAT=1  |draw_GAT=3  |loss_GAT=8 |gf_GAT=16 |ga_GAT=34 |name_GAT=FC Gatineau Reserves
|update=complete |source=[http://www.tsisports.ca/soccer/archiveLigue/l_classam.aspx TSI Sports]
}}</onlyinclude>
===Awards===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Award
!Player (club)
!Ref
|-
| Ballon d'or (Best Player)
| [[Laurent Palacio Tellier]] (CS Longueuil Reserves)
|rowspan=5|<ref name=redcarpet/>
|-
| Ballon d'argent (2nd Best Player)
| [[Nacereddine Zenaini]] (FC Lanaudière Reserves)
|-
| Ballon de bronze (3rd Best Player)
| [[Wassim Chaouki]] (Dynamo de Québec Reserves)
|-
| Golden Boot (Top Scorer)
| [[Ekoe Wobuibe Dekpo]] (CS Longueuil Reserves)
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
== External links ==
*{{Official website|1=http://www.plsq.ca/}}
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