Alliance Soccer Laval (formerly CS Monteuil) is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Laval, Quebec that plays in Ligue1 Québec. In 2021, CS Monteuil merged with youth club CS Étoiles de l’Est to form AS Laval.
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| Full name | Alliance Soccer Laval | |
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| Founded | 1966 (as CS Monteuil) 2021 (as AS Laval) | |
| Stadium | Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne | |
| Head Coach | Vasilios "Billy" Zagakos | |
| League | Ligue1 Québec | |
| 2024 | L1Q, 11th (men) L1Q, 10th (women) | |
| Website | https://www.aslaval.com/ | |
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History
editCS Monteuil
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The club was originally formed in 1966 under the name l’Association sportive Monteuil de Laval.[1]
In 2018, they entered a team in the women's division of the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[2] In 2019, the women won the league, earning 33 points through 15 games to come in first place.[3] In 2021, the club finished in second place in both the league season and the league cup.[4]
In 2019, a year after the women's team, the club entered a team in the men's division the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division III league, [5] with Sandro Grande becoming the men's head coach.[6] They played their first match on May 4 against FC Gatineau winning 3–2.[7] They finished in sixth place out of nine teams in their inaugural season[8] In 2020, Antoine Katako, formerly the coach of CS Fabrose took over as head coach, replacing interim coach David Cerasuolo,[9] who took over following the departure of head coach Sandro Grande[10] as well as technical director Marco Masucci late in the season, who took a position with the Quebec Soccer Federation.[11]
AS Laval
editIn late 2021, CS Monteuil merged with CS Étoiles de l’Est to form a new club in later 2021 known as AS Laval (initially a third club, CS Centre-Sud, was to be part of the merger, but they later pulled out).[12][13][14] In 2022, the women's team finished second in the league, qualifying them for the inaugural League1 Canada Interprovincial Championship, where they finished in second place, after defeating League1 Ontario side Alliance United FC in a penalty shootout in the semi-finals,[15] before losing to PLSQ champions AS Blainville in the finals.[16]
Seasons
editMen
editas CS Monteuil
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | League Cup | Ref |
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| 2019 | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | 9 | 6–6–4 | 6th | Group Stage | [17] |
| 2020 | on hiatus – COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | 10[note 1] | 4–2–10 | 7th | – | [17] |
- ^ Ottawa South United withdrew from the 2021 league mid-way through due to government restrictions, with their matches removed from the standings. Thus, Monteuil's two victories against Ottawa were not included in their record.
as AS Laval
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | League Cup | Ref |
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| 2022 | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | 12 | 7–4–11 | 9th | did not qualify | |
| 2023 | Ligue1 Québec | 12 | 7–3–12 | 9th | Quarter-finals | |
| 2024 | 11 | 4–8–8 | 11th | did not qualify |
Women
editas CS Monteuil
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | League Cup | Interprovincial Championship | Ref |
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| 2018 | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | 5 | 5–2–5 | 2nd | – | – | [18] |
| 2019 | 6 | 10–3–2 | 1st | – | – | [18] | |
| 2020 | on hiatus – COVID-19 | ||||||
| 2021 | 10 | 6–3–0 | 2nd | Finalists | – | [18] | |
as AS Laval
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Interprovincial Championship | Ref |
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| 2022 | Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | 12 | 8–2–1 | 2nd | – | Semi-finals | Finalists | [18] |
| 2023 | Ligue1 Québec | 12 | 3–4–4 | 7th | – | Quarter-finals | did not qualify | [19] |
| 2024 | 12 | 5–2–9 | 5th, Group B (10th overall) | did not qualify | – | did not qualify |
Roster
edit- As of May 6 2023[20]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable former players
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Women
References
edit- ^ "Histoire" [History]. CS Monteuil (in French).
- ^ "Le CS Monteuil fait son entrée dans la Première Ligue de soccer du Québec féminine" [CS Monteuil makes its entry into the Quebec Women's Premier Soccer League]. L'Écho de Laval (in French). 3 May 2018.
- ^ Pereira, Nicholas (1 October 2019). "Championnat québécois pour le CS Monteuil féminin" [Quebec championship for CS Monteuil women]. Courrier Laval (in French).
- ^ Pereira, Nicholas (29 August 2021). "Le CS Monteuil s'incline en finale de la Coupe PLSQ-F" [CS Monteuil lose in the final of the PLSQ-F Cup]. Courrier Laval (in French).
- ^ "Le CS Monteuil se Joindra à La PSLQ Masculine en 2019" [CS Monteuil Will Join the Men's PSLQ in 2019]. PLSQ (in French). 6 May 2019.
- ^ "Marco Masucci quitte son poste de directeur technique" [Marco Masucci leaves his post of technical director]. Courrier Laval (in French). 1 November 2019.
- ^ St-Germain, Nicolas (5 May 2019). "Un premier match semi-professionnel pour le CS Saint-Hubert" [PLSQ: le CS Monteuil réussit son entrée]. Courrier Laval (in French).
- ^ Pereira, Nicolas (13 September 2019). "Le CS Monteuil souhaite s'améliorer" [CS Monteuil wants to improve]. Courrier Laval (in French).
- ^ "Antoine Katako se joint au CS Monteuil" [Antoine Katako joins CS Monteuil]. Courrier Laval (in French). 6 December 2019.
- ^ "Monteuil – Sandro Grande : divorce à l'amiable" [Monteuil - Sandro Grande: amicable divorce]. Just eSoccer (in French). 4 September 2019.
- ^ Lidbetter, Mark (7 November 2019). "Monteuil's Marco Masucci moving on". The Suburban.
- ^ "Les 6 Clubs de Soccer de Laval se Regroupent en 2 Nouveaux Clubs" [Laval's 6 Soccer Clubs Merge into 2 New Clubs]. Laval (in French). 15 April 2021.
- ^ Robillard, Camille (19 April 2021). "Remaniement des clubs de soccer lavallois" [Reshuffle of Laval soccer clubs]. Courrier Laval (in French).
- ^ Pereira, Nicholas (8 August 2021). "Centre-Sud s'oppose à la fusion des clubs de l'est" [Centre-Sud opposes the merger of the eastern clubs]. Courrier Laval (in French).
- ^ "L'AS Laval l'emporte contre Alliance United aux tirs au but" [AS Laval wins against Alliance United on penalties]. Première ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 13 August 2022.
- ^ "L'AS Blainville couronnée championenne de la première édition du championnat interprovincial" [AS Blainville crowned champions of the first edition of the interprovincial championship]. Première ligue de soccer du Québec (in French). 15 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
- ^ a b c d "Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec Feminin". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
- ^ "Ligue1 Quebec Women". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
- ^ "AS Laval". Spordle.