FC Lanaudière

Football Club Lanaudière is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Terrebonne, Quebec that plays in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. The club was founded in 2016 by the Lanaudière regional soccer association to replace FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière after the latter's departure from the PLSQ. The club is operated by Association Régionale de Soccer (ARS) de Lanaudière and is supported by the region's 14 soccer clubs, and is the first club in the PLSQ to use this regional model.[1]

FC Lanaudière
Full nameFootball Club Lanaudière
Short nameFCL
Founded2016
StadiumCentre de Soccer Multifonctionnel de Terrebonne
Executive DirectorJohn Bellini
Head CoachKevin Mendes Duarte
LeaguePremière Ligue de soccer du Québec
2019PLSQ, 7th
WebsiteClub website

History

The club was formed in 2016 by the Association Régionale de Soccer (ARS) de Lanaudière to replace FC L'Assomption-Lanaudière, one of its member clubs, which was leaving the league, to ensure that the region still had a presence in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[2] The club was supported by its 14 member teams. For their inaugural season, about 40% of the players were from Lanaudière, with the team aiming to have 80% of the roster come from the region within five years.[3] Andrew Olivieri was the club's original head coach.[4][5] In 2018, the club finished in last place in the league standings, but managed to win the League Cup, defeating FC Gatineau in the finals in penalty kicks.[6][7]

Seasons
Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup
2016 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 7 4–3–11 6th Quarter-finals
2017 7 4–7–7 5th Quarter-finals
2018 8 2–5–14 8th Champions
2019 9 3–2–11 7th Group stage
2020 on hiatus - COVID-19

Notable former players

Coaching history

Honours

See also

References
  1. "Le FC Lanaudière est né!" [FC Lanaudière is born!]. FC Lanaudière (in French). Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  2. Dan Krieger (April 4, 2016). "Weekly Sports League and Franchise Report". Our Sports Central.
  3. Jean-Marc Gilbert (June 21, 2016). "Une première année remplie de défis" [A first year full of challenges]. Journal La Revue (in French).
  4. "Retour Sur 2016" [Looking Back on 2016]. PLSQ (in French). March 20, 2017.
  5. "Le FC Lanaudière en quête de joueurs «professionnels»" [FC Lanaudière in search of "professional" players]. Just eSoccer (in French). December 23, 2016.
  6. Marc Tougas (July 3, 2019). "Le FC Lanaudière Prend Du Mieux" [FC Lanaudière Is Getting Better]. PLSQ (in French).
  7. "FC Lanaudière: Champions de la Coupe PLSQ!" [FC Lanaudière: PLSQ Cup Champions!]. ARS Lanaudière (in French). October 29, 2018.
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