2019 FC Edmonton season

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FC Edmonton
2019 season
General managerJay Ball
Head coachJeff Paulus
StadiumClarke Stadium
Canadian Premier LeagueSpring: 3rd
Fall: 6th
Overall: 4th
Canadian ChampionshipSecond qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Easton Ongaro (10 goals)
All: Easton Ongaro (10 goals)
Highest home attendance4,238
(May 12 vs. Pacific FC)
Lowest home attendance2,021
(July 27 vs. Forge FC)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 2,905
All: 2,849
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The 2019 FC Edmonton season was the eighth season in the club's history, as well as the first season in Canadian Premier League history.

Overview

After finishing in seventh place in the 2017 NASL season, FC Edmonton discontinued professional operations, but kept their academy. Co-owner Tom Fath stated that the franchise had proved to be unsustainable in the Edmonton market, and the decision was reinforced by the uncertainty surrounding the status of the NASL. Despite these events, there was speculation that the still under construction Canadian Premier League was looking at Edmonton as a potential market.[1] That speculation proved to be correct on June 8, 2018, when it was announced that Edmonton had come out of hiatus and officially joined the new league. A new logo was revealed, and it was announced that the team would continue to play at Clarke Stadium.[2] On July 3, 2018, Jeff Paulus was named head coach.[3] He had formerly been an assistant coach for the first team and technical director of the academy. On November 28, FC Edmonton announced their first two signings as members of the CPL, academy graduate Allan Zebie, who played for the team in 2017, and former Vancouver Whitecap Randy Edwini-Bonsu, who played minor soccer in Edmonton as a child.[4] The Eddies signed more academy graduates, including Bruno Zebie, Ajeej Sarkaria and Ajay Khabra. On December 13, South Korean midfielder Son Yong-chan was signed, Edmonton's first international signing as a Canadian Premier League club.[5]

Squad

As of October 19, 2019.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Connor James Canada GK (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 23) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
13 Dylon Powley Canada GK (1996-09-05)September 5, 1996 (aged 23) Sweden Gute
31 Chris Ezoua Canada GK (2000-03-26)March 26, 2000 (aged 19) Academy
Defenders
3 Jeannot Esua Cameroon RB / RW (1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 23) Cameroon Rainbow Bamenda
4 Allan Zebie Canada LB (1993-05-29)May 29, 1993 (aged 26) Canada FC Edmonton (NASL)
5 Ramón Soria Spain CB / DM (1989-03-07)March 7, 1989 (aged 30) Spain Formentera
8 Mélé Temguia Germany CB (1995-08-01)August 1, 1995 (aged 24) Australia Valentine Phoenix
12 Kareem Moses Trinidad and Tobago RB (1990-02-11)February 11, 1990 (aged 29) Finland FF Jaro
55 Amer Didic Canada CB (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 25) United States San Antonio FC
Midfielders
6 Edem Mortotsi Ghana CM (1993-05-16)May 16, 1993 (aged 26) Canada FC Edmonton (NASL)
7 Son Yong-chan South Korea CM (1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 28) India Ozone
10 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph Canada AM (1994-11-01)November 1, 1994 (aged 25) Oman Al-Rustaq
14 James Marcelin Haiti DM / CB (1986-06-13)June 13, 1986 (aged 33) United States Miami United
16 Prince Amanda Canada LW / RW (2001-03-23)March 23, 2001 (aged 18) Academy
17 Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Canada LW / RW / ST (2001-07-01)July 1, 2001 (aged 18) Academy
20 Bruno Zebie Canada LM (1995-08-14)August 14, 1995 (aged 24) Canada Calgary Foothills
22 Tony Tchani Cameroon CM (1989-04-13)April 13, 1989 (aged 30) United States Chicago Fire
23 Ajay Khabra Canada CM (1995-06-13)June 13, 1995 (aged 24) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
Forwards
9 Ajeej Sarkaria Canada ST (1995-02-07)February 7, 1995 (aged 24) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
11 Randy Edwini-Bonsu Canada ST / LW / RW (1990-04-20)April 20, 1990 (aged 29) Germany Tennis Borussia Berlin
18 Tomi Ameobi England CF (1988-08-16)August 16, 1988 (aged 31) United States FC Cincinnati
19 Easton Ongaro Canada ST (1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 21) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
26 David Doe Canada ST (2000-11-30)November 30, 2000 (aged 19) Canada FC Edmonton (NASL)
45 Oumar Diouck Belgium ST (1994-11-09)November 9, 1994 (aged 25) Belgium KVK Tienen

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
11 FW Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu Germany Tennis Borussia Berlin Free Transfer November 29, 2018 [6]
4 DF Canada Allan Zebie Unattached Free Transfer November 29, 2018 [6]
7 MF South Korea Son Yong-chan India Ozone Free Transfer December 13, 2018 [7]
20 MF Canada Bruno Zebie Canada Calgary Foothills Free Transfer December 13, 2018 [7]
23 MF Canada Ajay Khabra Canada Alberta Golden Bears Free Transfer December 13, 2018 [7]
9 FW Canada Ajeej Sarkaria Canada Alberta Golden Bears Selected 8th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft December 13, 2018 [7]
13 GK Canada Dylon Powley Sweden Gute Free Transfer January 17, 2019 [8]
1 GK Canada Connor James Canada Alberta Golden Bears Selected 7th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft January 17, 2019 [8]
18 FW England Tomi Ameobi United States FC Cincinnati Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
6 MF Ghana Edem Mortotsi Canada Edmonton Green & Gold Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
12 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Moses Finland FF Jaro Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
5 DF Spain Ramón Soria Spain Formentera Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
45 FW Belgium Oumar Diouck Belgium KVK Tienen Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
26 FW Canada David Doe Academy Graduate February 15, 2019 [10]
16 MF Canada Prince Amanda Academy Graduate February 15, 2019 [10]
17 MF Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Academy Graduate February 15, 2019 [10]
14 MF Haiti James Marcelin United States Miami United Free Transfer February 22, 2019 [11]
3 DF Cameroon Jeannot Esua Cameroon Rainbow Bamenda Free Transfer February 22, 2019 [11]
8 DF Germany Mélé Temguia Australia Valentine Phoenix Free Transfer February 26, 2019 [12]
10 MF Canada Philippe Lincourt-Joseph Oman Al-Rustaq Free Transfer February 26, 2019 [12]
55 DF Canada Amer Didic United States San Antonio FC Free Transfer April 15, 2019 [13]
19 FW Canada Easton Ongaro Canada Alberta Golden Bears Free Transfer May 1, 2019 [14]
22 MF Cameroon Tony Tchani Unattached Free Transfer August 7, 2019 [15]

Draft picks

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018.[16] 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 7 GK Connor James File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Alberta Golden Bears
2 8 FW Ajeej Sarkaria File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Alberta Golden Bears
3 21 DF Noah Cunningham File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada Alberta Golden Bears

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source

Competitions

Match times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

Preseason

Canadian Premier League

Spring season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 10 8 0 2 16 7 +9 24 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2 Forge 10 6 1 3 15 7 +8 19 2019 CONCACAF League preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
3 FC Edmonton 10 4 2 4 8 9 −1 14
4 HFX Wanderers 10 3 2 5 8 11 −3 11
5 Pacific 10 3 2 5 11 15 −4 11
6 York9 10 2 5 3 9 11 −2 11
7 Valour 10 3 0 7 8 15 −7 9
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:
2019 CONCACAF League qualification table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FOR FCE VAL
1 Forge FC 4 3 0 1 6 2 +4 9 2019 CONCACAF League 2–0 2–1
2 FC Edmonton 4 2 0 2 3 4 −1 6 1–0 0–1
3 Valour FC 4 1 0 3 3 6 −3 3 0–2 1–2
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 4 2 4 8 9  −1 14 2 1 2 3 4  −1 2 1 2 5 5  0

Last updated: July 1, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match
Match12345678910
GroundAHAAHHAAHH
ResultWDLLLLDWWW
Position1455677533
Updated to match(es) played on July 1, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
June 2 5 CONCACAF series FC Edmonton 0–1 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
10:30 am Ameobi Yellow card 16' Report Galvis Yellow card 8'
Thomas Yellow card 16'
Musse File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,762
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
Note: Originally scheduled for June 1, but postponed due to the Alberta wildfire.
June 19 7 York9 FC 0–0 FC Edmonton Toronto, Ontario
5:00 pm Di Chiara Yellow card 78' Report Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Filip Dujic
June 26 9 CONCACAF series FC Edmonton 1–0 Forge FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm Diouck File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' Report Owundi Yellow card 64' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,321
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Fall season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 18 11 5 2 35 12 +23 38 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2 Forge 18 11 4 3 30 19 +11 37
3 York9 18 7 2 9 30 26 +4 23
4 Pacific 18 5 5 8 24 31 −7 20
5 Valour 18 5 4 9 22 37 −15 19
6 FC Edmonton 18 4 6 8 19 24 −5 18
7 HFX Wanderers 18 3 8 7 13 24 −11 17
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 4 6 8 19 24  −5 18 3 3 3 12 10  +2 1 3 5 7 14  −7

Last updated: October 19, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match
Match123456789101112131415161718
GroundAAHHHHAAHAHAHAHAHA
ResultWLDDWWDLDDLLLDLLWL
Position23344133333466666
Updated to match(es) played on October 19, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
July 17 3 FC Edmonton 0–0 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm Diouck Yellow card 51'
Ongaro Yellow card 81'
Report Ohin Yellow card 43' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,890
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
Note: Game was delayed 50-minutes due to a thunderstorm.
July 27 4 FC Edmonton 1–1 Forge FC Edmonton, Alberta
4:00 pm Ongaro File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' Report Bekker File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,021
Referee: Filip Dujic
Note: Kickoff was delayed 10-minutes due to a thunderstorm.
August 16 7 Wildrose Cup Cavalry FC 0–0 FC Edmonton Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm Oliver Yellow card 34' Report Didic Yellow card 76'
Edwini-Bonsu Yellow card 80'
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,650
Referee: Juan Marquez
September 2 10 HFX Wanderers FC 0–0 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:00 am Gutiérrez Yellow card 11'
De Carolis Yellow card 25'
Report Diouck Yellow card 13' Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
October 2 15 FC Edmonton 0–1 Forge FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00 pm Report Cela File:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,042
Referee: David Barrie

Canadian Championship

June 12 Second qualifying round FC Edmonton 1–0
(2–3 agg.)
York9 FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:30 pm Edwini-Bonsu Yellow card 43'
Marcelin Yellow card 85'
Temguia File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'
Report Gogarty Yellow card 57' Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,076
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 19, 2019

No. Pos Nat Player Total CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada CAN Connor James 22 0 10+0 0 12+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Cameroon CMR Jeannot Esua 23 0 9+1 0 11+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Canada CAN Allan Zebie 23 0 7+0 0 16+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Spain ESP Ramón Soria 25 1 10+0 0 12+1 1 2+0 0
6 MF Ghana GHA Edem Mortotsi 18 0 0+2 0 9+7 0 0+0 0
7 MF South Korea KOR Son Yong-chan 16 0 7+1 0 4+2 0 2+0 0
8 DF Germany GER Mélé Temguia 29 3 10+0 1 17+0 1 2+0 1
9 FW Canada CAN Ajeej Sarkaria 10 0 2+0 0 6+2 0 0+0 0
10 MF Canada CAN Philippe Lincourt-Joseph 12 0 2+1 0 1+7 0 1+0 0
11 FW Canada CAN Randy Edwini-Bonsu 14 0 2+3 0 1+6 0 2+0 0
12 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Kareem Moses 17 0 6+1 0 5+3 0 2+0 0
13 GK Canada CAN Dylon Powley 8 0 0+0 0 6+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF Haiti HAI James Marcelin 23 0 9+1 0 9+2 0 1+1 0
16 MF Canada CAN Prince Amanda 2 1 0+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
17 MF Canada CAN Marcus Velado-Tsegaye 18 1 2+4 1 3+7 0 0+2 0
18 FW England ENG Tomi Ameobi 25 4 8+0 1 13+2 3 1+1 0
19 FW Canada CAN Easton Ongaro 22 10 0+5 0 11+5 10 0+1 0
20 MF Canada CAN Bruno Zebie 25 1 8+2 1 12+1 0 2+0 0
22 MF Cameroon CMR Tony Tchani 5 0 0+0 0 2+3 0 0+0 0
23 MF Canada CAN Ajay Khabra 24 0 4+2 0 17+1 0 0+0 0
26 FW Canada CAN David Doe 8 0 1+2 0 1+3 0 1+0 0
45 FW Belgium BEL Oumar Diouck 28 6 7+3 4 15+1 2 2+0 0
55 DF Canada CAN Amer Didic 20 0 6+0 0 13+0 0 0+1 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Easton Ongaro FW 0 10 0 10
2 Belgium Oumar Diouck FW 4 2 1 7
3 England Tomi Ameobi FW 1 3 0 4
4 Germany Mélé Temguia DF 1 1 1 3
5 Canada Prince Amanda MF 0 1 0 1
Spain Ramón Soria DF 0 1 0 1
Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye MF 1 0 0 1
Canada Bruno Zebie MF 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 1 0 1
Totals 8 19 2 29

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Amer Didic DF 1 2 0 3
Spain Ramón Soria DF 2 1 0 3
3 Belgium Oumar Diouck FW 0 2 0 2
Cameroon Jeannot Esua DF 1 1 0 2
Ghana Edem Mortotsi MF 0 2 0 2
Canada Easton Ongaro FW 1 1 0 2
7 Canada Prince Amanda MF 0 1 0 1
England Tomi Ameobi FW 0 0 1 1
Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu FW 0 1 0 1
Canada Philippe Lincourt-Joseph MF 0 1 0 1
Canada Ajeej Sarkaria FW 0 1 0 1
South Korea Son Yong-chan MF 1 0 0 1
Totals 6 13 1 20

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Connor James 4 3 0 7
2 Canada Dylon Powley 0 1 0 1
Totals 4 4 0 8

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
3 DF Cameroon Jeannot Esua 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
4 DF Canada Allan Zebie 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF Spain Ramón Soria 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
6 MF Ghana Edem Mortotsi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF South Korea Son Yong-chan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 DF Germany Mélé Temguia 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
9 FW Canada Ajeej Sarkaria 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 MF Canada Philippe Lincourt-Joseph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 FW Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
12 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Moses 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 MF Haiti James Marcelin 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
17 MF Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW England Tomi Ameobi 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
19 FW Canada Easton Ongaro 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 MF Spain Bruno Zebie 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
45 FW Belgium Oumar Diouck 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 0
55 DF Canada Amer Didic 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 11 1 22 1 5 0 38 2

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

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