2018 Scarborough SC season

The 2018 season was Scarborough SC's fourth season in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season official commenced on May 19, 2018 in an away match against FC Ukraine United.[1]The season proved to be a successful one as Scarborough managed to compete in the top four and ultimately secured a playoff berth by finishing fourth in the First Division. In the postseason tournament Scarborough successfully defeated Hamilton City SC, and FC Ukraine in the earlier rounds in order to reach the CSL Championship final for the second straight season.[2] Their opposition in the finals were FC Vorkuta, but ultimately were defeated in a penalty shootout.[3]

Scarborough SC

2018 season
Owner	Angel Belchev
Head Coach	Zoran Rajović
Canadian Soccer League	4th place (First Division)
CSL Championship	Final
Top goalscorer	Aleksandar Stojiljković (10 goals)
Home colours Away colours

While in the Second Division their reserve team made their debut, and successfully clinched a postseason berth. Their postseason participation came to an early conclusion after a defeat to Halton United. For the second consecutive season Aleksandar Stojiljković finished as the club's top goalscorer with 10 goals.

Summary

In the off season Scarborough negotiated a player agreement with York Region Shooters in order to acquire additional talent as the Shooters ceased operations for the 2018 season.[4][5] Scarborough also launched their first reserve team in the Second Division under the management of Eddy Coronel.[6]Further notable changes included the return of European journeyman Zoran Rajović in order to operate as a player-coach.[7] As former head coach Krum Bibishkov departed after receiving a franchise in the Canadian Soccer League for his soccer academy Real Mississauga SC.[8] Throughout the season Rajovic managed to secure Scarborough their third consecutive playoff berth by finishing fourth in the standings.

In the preliminary round of the postseason Scarborough defeated Hamilton City SC by a score of 4-1.[9]In the following round Toronto faced division champions FC Ukraine United, and defeated them to reach the finals of the CSL Championship for the second consecutive year.[10] In finals Scarborough faced FC Vorkuta, but were defeated in a penalty shootout.[11] Meanwhile in the Second Division their reserve squad secured a postseason berth by finishing third. In the playoffs the team faced an early elimination from Halton United.[12]

Players

First Division roster

As of August 10, 2018[13]

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  SLE John Trye 3 DF  SRB Momcilo Rudan 4 DF  SRB Stefan Rudan 5 MF  SRB Zoran Knežević 6 MF   Mirza Colic 7 MF   Stefan Stojiljkovic 8 MF   Milorad Stefanovic 9 MF  BIH Harris Fazlagic 10 FW  SRB Aleksandar Stojiljković 12 DF  BIH Marko Filipović 14 FW   Hammud Ali Atif 15 DF   Stefan Arsenijevic

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK  SRB Milos Djurkovic [14] 17 FW  JAM Kavin Bryan 18 DF  BUL Angel Angelov [15] 19 MF  BIH Zoran Rajović 20 MF  JAM Odain Omaro Simpson [16] 21 DF   Alen Kucalovic 22 MF  CAN Mehdi Barati Mahvar [17] 23 DF   Ivan Cendic 30 FW  BUL Kiril Dimitrov – GK  CAN Adrian Ibanez [18] – MF  SRB Neven Radakovic

Second Division roster

As of September 19, 2018[19]

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   Austin Litow-Daye [20] 2 FW  MEX Amador Torres Castillo [21] 3 MF   Boris Guajardo 5 MF   Muhammet Furkan Demir 6 FW   Darren Khedo 7 MF   Juan Rincon 10 MF   Ivan Prieto 11 DF   Cruz Coronel 12 MF   Aljay Sharkail Wilson 13 FW   Juan Rivera 15 FW  CAN Ryan Khedoo [22]

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF   Adan Rivas 17 MF   Paul McGhie 18 DF   Joshua Mena 19 MF   Dimitri Bannikov 21 DF  MEX Edgar Oswaldo Osorio [23] 23 DF   Guy Kozi 24 DF   Ricardo Fonseca 25 MF   Mathew Garcia – GK   Marlon Moore – FW  MEX Daniel González Vega

Management

Position	Staff
Head coach	Zoran Rajovic
Assistant coach	Imad Hukara
Reserve head coach	Eddy Coronel
Manager	Kiril Dimitrov
Reserve team manager	Karen Coronel

Last updated: August 10, 2018
Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Source
	FW	Kavin Bryan	York Region Shooters	Free Transfer	[24]
	GK	Adrian Ibanez	York Region Shooters	Free Transfer	[25]
	MF	Zoran Knežević	OFK Grbalj	Free Transfer	[26]
	MF	Neven Radaković	FK Odžaci	Free Transfer	[27]
	FW	Zoran Rajović	HNK Orašje	Free Transfer	[28]
	DF	Momčilo Rudan	FK Bratstvo Prigrevica	Free Transfer	[29]
	DF	Stefan Rudan	FK Bratstvo Prigrevica	Free Transfer	[30]
	MF	Odain Omaro Simpson	York Region Shooters	Free Transfer	[25]
	FW	Daniel González Vega	Deportivo Toluca F.C.	Free Transfer	[31]

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Source
	FW	Krum Bibishkov	Real Mississauga SC	Free Transfer	[32]
	DF	Adrian Cann	Mississauga MetroStars	Free Transfer	[33]
	DF	Metodi Iliev	FC Septemvri Simitli	Free Transfer	[34]
	DF	Marc Jankovic	Master's Futbol	Free Transfer	[35]
	DF	Zdravko Karadachki	Edinburgh City F.C.	Free Transfer	[36]
	MF	Tihomir Kosturkov	FC Septemvri Simitli	Free Transfer	[37]
	FW	Joey Melo	Master's Futbol	Free Transfer	[38]

Competitions

Canadian Soccer League

Main article: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Ukraine United (A, C)	16	12	2	2	60	16	+44	38	Qualification for Playoffs
2	FC Vorkuta (A, O)	16	12	2	2	55	16	+39	38
3	SC Waterloo Region (A)	16	9	2	5	34	33	+1	29
4	Scarborough SC (A)	16	8	5	3	34	20	+14	29
5	Hamilton City SC (A)	16	8	1	7	41	38	+3	25
6	Serbian White Eagles (A)	16	5	4	7	20	20	0	19
7	Real Mississauga SC (A)	16	3	2	11	14	42	−28	11
8	Brantford Galaxy (A)	16	3	2	11	9	37	−28	11
9	CSC Mississauga	16	1	2	13	9	37	−28	5

Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-csl-first-division-standings/
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

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	8	5	3	34	20	+14	29	4	2	2	14	10	+4	4	3	1	20	10	+10

Last updated: September 20, 2018.
Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A
Result	L	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	D	D	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FC Ukraine United v Scarborough SC

May 19	FC Ukraine United	2–0	Scarborough SC	Toronto, Ontario
	Amir Hosic  74' Milishchuk  83'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Scarborough SC v Hamilton City SC

May 27	Scarborough SC	5–1	Hamilton City SC	Toronto, Ontario
	Stojiljkovic  40',  55',  60',  80' Dimitrov  70'	Report	Luke Rajain  3'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

Scarborough SC v FC Ukraine United

June 3	Scarborough SC	0–3	FC Ukraine United	Toronto, Ontario
		Report	Lukyanets  64' Malysh  74' Amir Hosic  80'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

Serbian White Eagles v Scarborough SC

June 8	Serbian White Eagles	0–0	Scarborough SC	Toronto, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Javier Prior

Scarborough SC v Brantford Galaxy

June 17	Scarborough SC	3–0	Brantford Galaxy	Toronto, Ontario
	Bryan  15' Stojiljkovic  55',  75'	Report		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

Scarborough SC v CSC Mississauga

June 24	Scarborough SC	1–0	CSC Mississauga	Toronto, Ontario
20:00	Dimitrov  60'	Report		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

CSC Mississauga v Scarborough SC

June 29	CSC Mississauga	0–4	Scarborough SC	Mississauga, Ontario
21:00		Report	Stojiljkovic  5' Bryan  24',  43' Dimitrov  70'	Stadium: Iceland Field

Scarborough SC v FC Vorkuta

July 8	Scarborough SC	3–2	FC Vorkuta	Toronto, Ontario
	Bryan  5',  18' Atif Hammud Ali  33'	Report	Riabyi  25' Riabets  38'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

Brantford Galaxy v Scarborough SC

July 21	Brantford Galaxy	1–4	Scarborough SC	Hamilton, Ontario
20:30	Dragan Milovic  36'	Report	Hammud Ali Atif  1' Stojiljković  8',  80' Alen Kucalovic  45'	Stadium: Heritage Field

Scarborough SC v Real Mississauga SC

July 29	Scarborough SC	1–1	Real Mississauga SC	Toronto, Ontario
20:00	Knežević  55'	Report	Edmond Badal  30'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

FC Vorkuta v Scarborough SC

August 4	FC Vorkuta	1–1	Scarborough SC	Toronto, Ontario
19:00	Ursulenko  67'	Report	Atif Hammud Ali  2'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

Scarborough SC v SC Waterloo Region

August 12	Scarborough SC	1–3	SC Waterloo Region	Toronto, Ontario
20:00	Dimitrov  57'	Report	Vladimir Stankovic Mohamed Aborig Zelenbaba  80'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

Hamilton City SC v Scarborough SC

August 18	Hamilton City SC	4–4	Scarborough SC	Hamilton, Ontario
18:30	Marko Ferlez , Kristian Puljic ,	Report	Bryan , , Hammud Ali Atif	Stadium: Heritage Field

Scarborough SC v Serbian White Eagles

September 9	Scarborough SC	0–0	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario
20:00		Report		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

SC Waterloo Region v Scarborough SC

September 15	SC Waterloo Region	1–3	Scarborough SC	Waterloo, Ontario
18:30	Miodrag Kovacevic  3'	Report	Stojiljković  42' Atif Hammud Ali  86',  89'	Stadium: RIM Park

Real Mississauga SC v Scarborough SC

September 23	Real Mississauga SC	1–4	Scarborough SC	Mississauga, Ontario
20:30		Report		Stadium: Paramount Fine Foods Centre

Postseason

Scarborough SC v Hamilton City SC

September 29 Quarterfinal	Scarborough SC	4–1	Hamilton City SC	Toronto, Ontario
17:00	Angel Angelov  33' Atif Hammud Ali  42' Knežević  60' Neven Radaković  70'	Report	Peter Aleksic  46'	Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

FC Ukraine United v Scarborough SC

October 7 Semifinal	FC Ukraine United	1–2	Scarborough SC	Toronto, Ontario
14:00	Malysh  89'	Report	Bryan  68' Stojiljkovic  91'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

FC Vorkuta v Scarborough SC

October 13 Final	FC Vorkuta	1–1 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p)	Scarborough SC	Toronto, Ontario
15:00	Halchuk  29'	Report	Odain Omaro Simpson  77'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Referee: Marcos Jaramillo

Second Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	FC Vorkuta B (A, C, O)	15	12	1	2	71	20	+51	37	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Halton United (A)	15	10	0	5	48	20	+28	30
3	Scarborough SC B (A)	15	8	0	7	48	40	+8	24
4	Milton SC	15	7	0	8	37	50	−13	21
5	Brantford Galaxy B (A)	15	5	1	9	25	32	−7	16
6	Serbian White Eagles B	15	2	0	13	13	80	−67	6

Updated to match(es) played on September 25, 2018. Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-second-division-standings/
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 by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H
Result	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Scarborough SC B v Halton United

May 26	Scarborough SC B	3–1	Halton United	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

FC Vorkuta B v Scarborough SC B

June 3	FC Vorkuta B	4–3	Scarborough SC B	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: St. Roberts S.S Field

Scarborough SC B v Brantford Galaxy B

June 10	Scarborough SC B	4–2	Brantford Galaxy B	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Scarborough SC B v Serbian White Eagles B

July 11	Scarborough SC B	4–1	Serbian White Eagles B	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Halton United v Scarborough SC B

July 14	Halton United	2–0	Scarborough SC B	Burlington, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Norton Park

Scarborough SC B v FC Vorkuta B

July 22	Scarborough SC B	1–5	FC Vorkuta B	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report	Dyachenko Haidarzhi Bogdan Khmyzov Polyuhanych Yarmosh	Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Brantford Galaxy B v Scarborough SC B

July 29	Brantford Galaxy B	3–1	Scarborough SC B	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

Scarborough SC B v FC Vorkuta B

August 4	Scarborough SC B	1–7	FC Vorkuta B	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report	Valery Doroshenko Kristijan Kezic , , Melnyk Polyuhanych ,	Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Milton SC v Scarborough SC B

August 12	Milton SC	4–3	Scarborough SC B	Milton, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Milton Sports Centre

Scarborough SC B v Halton United

August 18	Scarborough SC B	2–1	Halton United	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Serbian White Eagles B v Scarborough SC B

August 24	Serbian White Eagles B	1–9	Scarborough SC B	Toronto, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Milton SC v Scarborough SC B

September 2	Milton SC	8–5	Scarborough SC B	Milton, Ontario
19:30		Report		Stadium: Milton Sports Centre

Brantford Galaxy B v Scarborough SC B

September 5	Brantford Galaxy B	0–3	Scarborough SC B	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

Scarborough SC B v Serbian White Eagles B

September 10	Scarborough SC B	3–0	Serbian White Eagles B	Vaughan, Ontario
21:00		Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Scarborough SC B v Milton SC

September 19	Scarborough SC B	6–1	Milton SC	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Postseason

Halton United v Scarborough SC B

October 9 Semifinal	Halton United	3–1	Scarborough SC B	Burlington, Ontario
21:00	Christian Truyen  11',  63' Karl Manzi  47'	Report	Edgar Oswaldo  31'	Stadium: Norton Park

Statistics

Goals and assists

Correct as of October 13, 2018[39][40]

First Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Aleksandar Stojiljković 14 10 2 FW Kavin Bryan 14 9 3 FW Hammud Ali Atif 15 7 4 MF Kiril Dimitrov 12 3 5 MF Zoran Knežević - 1 DF Alen Kucalovic - 1 Total 55 31

Second Division Goals Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals 1 FW Matthaus Garcia 10 6 2 FW Ryan Khedoo 7 5 3 FW Daniel González Vega 6 4 5 MF Muhammet Furkan Demir 9 2 DF Ricardo Fonseca 9 2 MF Paul Mcghie 14 2 MF Juan Rincon 14 2 Total 69 23

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