2018 Brantford Galaxy season

Last updated
Brantford Galaxy
2018 season
PresidentBosko Borjan
Head CoachMilan Prpa
Canadian Soccer League 8th place (First Division)
CSL Championship Quarterfinal
Top goalscorerSlavko Knezevic
(3 goals)
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The 2018 season was Brantford Galaxy's seventh season in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season began on May 25, 2018 in an away match against CSC Mississauga. [1] Despite the team's mediocre season they still clinched the final playoff berth. Their participation in the postseason was short lived as they were eliminated by FC Ukraine United in the first round. While their reserve squad faced a similar fate in the Second Division after losing to FC Vorkuta B in the opening round. The club's top goalscorer was Slavko Knezevic with three goals.

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Summary

After the departure of Sasa Vukovic to Hamilton City SC, the club brought in Milan Prpa as head coach. [2] The roster assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many notable veterans returning. [3] Overall the changes in management achieved little difference in the performance of the club. As the club produced a mediocre season by finishing eighth in the First Division, but still managed to secure the final playoff berth. In the opening round of the postseason Brantford faced FC Ukraine United, but were eliminated in a penalty shootout. [4]

Meanwhile in the Second Division their reserve team managed to secure a postseason berth. In the playoffs they faced division champions FC Vorkuta B, and were defeated by a score of 3-1. [5]

Players

First Division roster

As of August 10, 2018 [6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Giorgi Jovicic [7]
4 DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Zeljko Dokic
5 DF Flag of Montenegro.svg  MNE Miljan Milovic [8]
6 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Donart Beqiri [9]
7 FW Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Haris Redžepi
8 DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Boris Milicic
9 MF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Saša Vidović
10 MF Flag of Croatia.svg  CRO Dragan Milovic [10]
11 MF Flag placeholder.svg Zoran Cvijetic
12 MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Adrian Tismenar
14 MF Flag placeholder.svg Filip Cvetic
15 DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Nenad Nikolić
16 MF Flag placeholder.svg Adolfo Alvarado
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Marko Djukic
18 MF Flag placeholder.svg Camilo Veloza
19 DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  BIH Bojan Samardzija [11]
21 DF Flag placeholder.svg Dalibor Josic
22 MF Flag placeholder.svg Slavko Knezevic
24 MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Adam Villela [12]
- MF Flag placeholder.svg Mladen Gardovic
- MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Sasa Jelovac
- MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Andrej Prpa
- DF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Dejan Ristić
- MF Flag placeholder.svg Ilic Marko
- MF Flag of Serbia.svg  SRB Uroš Vidović

Second Division roster

As of September 19, 2018 [13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
2 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Arsenije Japalak [14]
3 DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Michael Dhliwayo [15]
6 MF Flag placeholder.svg Roberto Hogeveen
7 FW Flag placeholder.svg Aleksa Japalak
11 MF Flag placeholder.svg Brandon De Serpa
15 MF Flag placeholder.svg Brandon Beal
16 MF Flag placeholder.svg Dexter Hamilton
18 DF Flag placeholder.svg Rade Parenta
19 MF Flag placeholder.svg John Cordeiro
20 DF Flag placeholder.svg Nemanja Sudar
27 FW Flag placeholder.svg Harold Ranveau
- DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN
– MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Ebenezer Adeniran [16]
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Mohamed Ali
– GK Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Alexander Borsos [17]
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Nikola Cekic
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Paul Chakhov
– DF Flag placeholder.svg Matteo Decosimi
No.Pos.NationPlayer
– DF Flag placeholder.svg Milan Dvokic
– DF Flag placeholder.svg Tyler Froates
– DF Flag placeholder.svg Mark Fronda
– FW Flag placeholder.svg Kareem Hassanein
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Martyn Hookes
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Ernest Jones-Hughes
– MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Zach Kingma [18]
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Josh Lachini
– DF Flag placeholder.svg Charles Lanipekun
– FW Flag placeholder.svg Alfonso Loto
– GK Flag placeholder.svg Jeff Martins
– FW Flag placeholder.svg Joaquim Martins
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Andrew Misner
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Aleksa Visekruna
– MF Flag placeholder.svg Kyle Purcell
– DF Flag placeholder.svg Bojan Spajic
– MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Pat Wilson [19]

Management

PositionStaff
Head coachMilan Prpa
Assistant coachAleksandar Pesic
Reserve head coachNikola Ilic
Team trainerDusan Dujic
DirectorBosko Borjan
PresidentBosko Borjan
Game day managerJohn Volpe
Media relationsAndrew Pilkington

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

Transfers

In

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesSource
4DF Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Željko Đokić Flag of Serbia.svg FK Zemun Free Agent [20]

Out

No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesSource
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Miroslav Čabrilo Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Hamilton City SC Free Transfer [21]

Canadian Soccer League

First Division

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
5 Hamilton City SC 168174138+325Playoffs
6 Serbian White Eagles 165472020019
7 SC Real Mississauga 1632111442−2811
8 Brantford Galaxy 163211937−2811
9 CSC Mississauga 161213937−285
Source: Canadian Soccer League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
163211937 −2811215721 −14116216 −14

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

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516
GroundAHHAHHHHHAAAHAAA
ResultDLWLLLLLDLWLWLLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

June 2 Brantford Galaxy 0–4 Hamilton City SC Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Report Arsen Platis Soccerball shade.svg8'
Sani Dey Soccerball shade.svg18', Soccerball shade.svg39'
Vukasin Kovacevic Soccerball shade.svg50'		Stadium: Heritage Field
June 9 Brantford Galaxy 3–0 CSC Mississauga Hamilton, Ontario
20:30Slavko Knezevic Soccerball shade.svg63'
Adam Villella Soccerball shade.svg68'
Jelovac Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report Stadium: Heritage Field
July 21 Brantford Galaxy 1–4 Scarborough SC Hamilton, Ontario
20:30Dragan Milovic Soccerball shade.svg36' Report Hammud Ali Atif Soccerball shade.svg1'
Stojiljković Soccerball shade.svg8', Soccerball shade.svg80'
Alen Kucalovic Soccerball shade.svg45'		Stadium: Heritage Field
August 12 Brantford Galaxy 0–3 Serbian White Eagles Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Report Andrej Marinkovic Soccerball shade.svg8'
Milan Mitrovic Soccerball shade.svg39'
Luka Bojic Soccerball shade.svg51'		Stadium: Heritage Field
August 18 Brantford Galaxy 1–1 SC Waterloo Region Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Vidovic Soccerball shade.svg90' Report Jordan Aivaliotis Soccerball shade.svg11'Stadium: Heritage Field
September 16 Brantford Galaxy 1–0 SC Real Mississauga Hamilton, Ontario
20:30Donart Beqiri Soccerball shade.svg14' Report Stadium: Heritage Field
September 20 FC Vorkuta 5–0 Brantford Galaxy Toronto, Ontario
21:00 Gostiev Soccerball shade.svg30', Soccerball shade.svg32', Soccerball shade.svg45'
Ivliev Soccerball shade.svg50'
Kristijan Kezic Soccerball shade.svg82'		 Report Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
September 23 Hamilton City SC 2–1 Brantford Galaxy Hamilton, Ontario
19:00Vukasin Kovacevic Soccerball shade.svg
Stefan Blazic Soccerball shade.svg		 Report Dokic Soccerball shade.svgStadium: Heritage Field

Postseason

Second Division

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
2 Halton United 1510054820+2830Playoffs
3 Scarborough SC B 158074840+824
4 Milton SC 157083750−1321
5 Brantford Galaxy B 155192532−716
6 Serbian White Eagles B 1520131380−676
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-second-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
155192532 −7163041515 02151017 −7

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

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415
GroundAAAAHHHHAHAAHHA
ResultLLWWLWLWLWDLLLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

September 14 Milton SC 2–0 Brantford Galaxy B Milton, Ontario
Report Stadium: Milton Sports Centre

Postseason

October 6Semifinal FC Vorkuta B 3–1 Brantford Galaxy B Vaughan, Ontario
15:00Kristijan Kezic Soccerball shade.svg8', Soccerball shade.svg45'
Antonenko Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Donare Beqere Soccerball shade.svg17'Stadium: St. Roberts S.S Field

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of October 13, 2018 [22] [23]

References

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  4. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "FC UKRAINE UNITED AND FC VORKUTA SQUEAK THROUGH TO SEMIFINALS – Canadian Soccer League" . Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  5. ↑ Adamson, Stan. "VORKUTA BIDS FOR CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE FOLLOWING SATURDAY SEMIFINAL VICTORIES – Canadian Soccer League" . Retrieved 2018-12-21.
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  8. ↑ "Miljan Milovic - Football Player | Fieldoo". www.fieldoo.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 2018-11-14.
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  11. ↑ "Bojan Samardžija - Player Profile - Biathlon". Eurosport. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  12. ↑ "Cardinals dominate HWCAA boys' soccer". www.hwcdsb.ca. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  13. ↑ "Brantford Galaxy SC B – Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2017-05-28. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  14. ↑ "Ontario Colleges Athletic Association". Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  15. ↑ "Michael Dhliwayo | #20 | D | Windsor - Ontario University Athletics (OUA)". www.oua.ca. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  16. ↑ "Ontario Colleges Athletic Association". Ontario Colleges Athletic Association. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  17. ↑ "Men's Soccer Roster - University of Windsor Athletics". University of Windsor Athletics. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  18. ↑ "Redeemer University College Athletics". Redeemer University College Athletics. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  19. ↑ "Patrick Wilson - 2007 - Cornerstone University". cugoldeneagles.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  20. ↑ "Zeljko Dokic". www.90minut.pl. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  21. ↑ "Hamilton City – Canadian Soccer League" . Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  22. ↑ "2018 First Division Stats – Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
  23. ↑ "2018 Second Division Stats – Canadian Soccer League". canadiansoccerleague.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-12-16. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
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