2017 Scarborough SC season

The 2017 Scarborough SC season was the third season in the club's participation in the Canadian Soccer League. They began the season on May 27, 2017 at home against York Region Shooters.[1] The season concluded with Scarborough securing a postseason berth by finishing fourth in the standings. In the preliminary rounds of the playoffs they secured the necessary wins in order to make their first CSL Championship appearance. In the finals they were defeated by the York Region Shooters in a penalty shootout.

Scarborough SC
2017 season
OwnerAngel Belchev
Head CoachKrum Bibishkov
Canadian Soccer League4th place (First Division)
CSL ChampionshipFinal
Top goalscorerAleksandar Stojiljković
(17 goals)

Summary

In preparation for the 2017 season general manager Kiril Dimitrov acquired the services of Krum Bibishkov as a Player-coach.[2] Scarborough continued its policy of recruiting overseas talent in order to bring more depth to the roster.[3] Throughout the majority of the season the team battled for the fourth position standing, until achieving a five game undefeated streak at the end of the season in order to clinch that berth. Their overall success saw the club finish in the top four in best offensive and defensive records with Aleksandar Stojiljković winning the CSL Golden Boot.[4] In the first round of the postseason they faced Brantford Galaxy, and advanced to the next round after a 6-2 victory.[5] Scarborough made club history by defeating FC Vorkuta by a score of 1-0 to make their first CSL Championship final appearance.[6] Their opponents in the finals were York Region Shooters, where Scarborough was denied the title after a 5-4 defeat in a penalty shootout.[7]

Transfers

In
No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Source
FW Krum Bibishkov Brantford Galaxy Free Transfer [8]
GK Milos Djurkovic FK Radnik Bijeljina Free Transfer [8]
GK John Trye ASA Charge Free Transfer [8]

Out
No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Source
11 MF Alon Badat FC Ukraine United Free Transfer [9]
14 MF Adis Hasecic SC Waterloo Region Free Transfer [10]

Competitions

Canadian Soccer League
Main article: 2017 Canadian Soccer League season

League table
First Division
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Vorkuta (C, A) 14 10 2 2 43 13 +30 32 Qualification for Playoffs
2 Serbian White Eagles (A) 14 9 4 1 38 14 +24 31
3 York Region Shooters (A, O) 14 9 3 2 34 7 +27 30
4 Scarborough SC (A) 14 7 3 4 37 17 +20 24
5 Brantford Galaxy (A) 14 6 0 8 26 37 −11 18
6 Milton SC (A) 14 2 2 10 24 75 −51 8
7 SC Waterloo Region (A) 14 1 5 8 19 33 −14 8
8 Royal Toronto FC (A) 14 1 3 10 20 45 −25 6
Updated to match(es) played on September 11, 2017. Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(A) Advance to a further round; (C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner.

Results summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
14 7 3 4 37 17  +20 24 4 1 2 19 4  +15 3 2 2 18 13  +5

Last updated: September 10, 2017.
Source: CSL

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314
GroundHAAHHAHHAAAHHA
ResultDLWLWWLWLDDWWW
Updated to match(es) played on September 10, 2017. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches
May 27 Scarborough SC0–0York Region ShootersToronto, Ontario
Report Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
June 2 Serbian White Eagles2–1Scarborough SCToronto, Ontario
Pešić  31'
Jočić  74'		 Report Dimitrov  24' Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ramee Arbaji
June 11 Brantford Galaxy2–5Scarborough SCBrantford, Ontario
Report Stojiljković , , ,
Melo 		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex
July 1 Scarborough SC0–1FC VorkutaToronto, Ontario
Report Ivliev  13' Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
July 8 York Region Shooters2–0Royal Toronto FCToronto, Ontario
Stojiljković  4'
Bibishkov  65'		 Report Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
July 14 York Region Shooters0–1Scarborough SCVaughan, Ontario
Report Dimitrov  67' Stadium: St. Joan Of Arc Turf Field
July 28 Scarborough SC1–2Serbian White EaglesToronto, Ontario
Stefan Stoiljkovic  55' Report Miroslav Jovanović  48'
Kamberović  61'		 Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ramee Arbaji
August 12 Scarborough SC4–1SC WaterlooToronto, Ontario
Angel Angelov  5'
Alen Kucalovic
Stojiljković , 		Report Zelenbaba  61' Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
August 19 FC Vorkuta1–0Scarborough SCToronto, Ontario
Diachenko  65' Report Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
August 23 Milton SC5–5Scarborough SCMilton, Ontario
William Mokake ,
Scott Damion Tristan ,
Adnan Smajic 		Report Adrian Todorovic ,
Bibishkov ,
Karadachki 		Stadium: Milton Community Park
August 27 Royal Toronto FC3–3Scarborough SCToronto, Ontario
Report Stojiljković , , Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
September 2 Scarborough SC7–0Milton SCToronto, Ontario
Stojiljković , , ,
Bibishkov ,
Marc Jankovic 		Report Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
September 8 Scarborough SC5–0Brantford GalaxyToronto, Ontario
Marc Jankovic  15'
Dimitrov  48'
Stojiljković  60',  71',  78'		 Report Stadium: Birchmount Stadium
September 10 SC Waterloo0–3Scarborough SCWaterloo, Ontario
Report Dimitrov  23',  70'
Stojiljković  35'		 Stadium: Warrior Field

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of November 10, 2017[11]

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