2024 Valour FC season

Valour FC

2024 season
President	Wade Miller
Head coach	Phillip Dos Santos
Stadium	Princess Auto Stadium
Canadian Premier League	8th
Canadian Championship	Preliminary round
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The 2024 Valour FC season is the sixth season in the history of Valour FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

Current squad

As of August 6, 2024.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Darlington Murasiranwa		GK	(2001-02-07)February 7, 2001 (aged 23)	FC London
50	Jonathan Viscosi		GK	(1991-03-18)March 18, 1991 (aged 33)	VPS
Defenders
2	Roberto Alarcón		RB	(1998-04-21)April 21, 1998 (aged 26)	Cavalry FC	INT
3	Jordan Haynes		LB / LW	(1996-01-17)January 17, 1996 (aged 28)	Pacific FC
4	Charalampos Chantzopoulos		CB	(1994-07-08)July 8, 1994 (aged 30)	KPV	INT
13	Tass Mourdoukoutas		CB	(1999-03-03)March 3, 1999 (aged 25)	York United	INT
23	Gianfranco Facchineri		CB	(2002-04-27)April 27, 2002 (aged 22)	Windsor City FC	U-S
30	Themi Antonoglou		LB / LW	(2001-06-02)June 2, 2001 (aged 23)	Toronto FC
Midfielders
6	Dante Campbell		DM / CB	(1999-05-22)May 22, 1999 (aged 25)	LA Galaxy II
7	Kian Williams		AM / CF	(2000-01-07)January 7, 2000 (aged 24)	Keflavík	INT, IL
8	Juan Pablo Sanchez		MF	(2003-04-18)April 18, 2003 (aged 21)	Salgueiros	U21
11	Noah Verhoeven		CM	(1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 25)	Atlético Ottawa	Loan
17	Jordan Faria		CM	(2000-06-13)June 13, 2000 (aged 24)	Toronto FC II
20	Diogo Ressurreição		MF	(2000-08-15)August 15, 2000 (aged 24)	Vitória Guimarães B	INT
21	Marcello Polisi		CM / DM	(1997-01-24)January 24, 1997 (aged 27)	HFX Wanderers
24	Zachary Sukunda		AM / RW / RB	(1995-06-24)June 24, 1995 (aged 29)	IF Gnistan
27	Raphael Ohin		CM	(1995-05-25)May 25, 1995 (aged 29)	WSA Winnipeg
64	Safwane Mlah		AM	(2001-12-08)December 8, 2001 (aged 23)	CS Saint-Laurent
Forwards
9	Jordan Swibel		CF	(1999-04-13)April 13, 1999 (aged 25)	Marconi Stallions	INT
10	Shaan Hundal		CF	(1999-07-14)July 14, 1999 (aged 25)	Vancouver FC
16	Joe Hanson		CF / AM	(2003-08-10)August 10, 2003 (aged 21)	Whitecaps FC 2	U21
19	Abdul Binate		CF	(2003-01-24)January 24, 2003 (aged 21)	Pacific FC	U21
25	Loïc Kwemi		CF	(1997-03-02)March 2, 1997 (aged 27)	CS Saint-Laurent

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No.	Pos.	Player	From club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	FW	Shaan Hundal	Vancouver FC	Free	December 1, 2023	[1]
	MF	Zachary Sukunda	IF Gnistan	Free	December 1, 2023	[2]
	DF	Roberto Alarcón	Cavalry FC	Free	December 15, 2023	[3]
	MF	Jordan Faria	Toronto FC II	Free	December 18, 2023	[4]
	DF	Tass Mourdoukoutas	York United	Free	December 27, 2023	[5]
	FW	Jordan Swibel	Marconi Stallions	Free	January 12, 2024	[6]
	DF	Charalampos Chantzopoulos	KPV	Free	January 25, 2024	[7]
	DF	Themi Antonoglou	Toronto FC	Free	February 2, 2024	[8]
	GK	Jonathan Viscosi	VPS	Free	February 9, 2024	[9]
	FW	Abdul Binate	Pacific FC	Free	February 14, 2024	[10]
	FW	Joe Hanson	Whitecaps FC 2	Free	April 8, 2024	[11]
	MF	Diogo Ressurreição	Vitória Guimarães B	Free	April 10, 2024	[12]
	DF	Gianfranco Facchineri	Windsor City FC	Selected 9th in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract	April 11, 2024	[13]
	MF	Safwane Mlah	CS Saint-Laurent	Free	June 28, 2024	[14]
	FW	Loïc Kwemi	CS Saint-Laurent	Free	June 28, 2024	[14]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Fee/notes	Date	Source
	MF	Noah Verhoeven	Atlético Ottawa	Season-long loan	February 9, 2024	[9]

Draft picks

Valour FC selected the following players in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Round	Selection	Pos.	Player	Nationality	University
1	1	MF	Owen Sheppard	Canada	Cape Breton
2	9	DF	Gianfranco Facchineri	Canada	Windsor

Out

Transferred out

No.	Pos.	Player	To club	Fee/notes	Date	Source
4	DF	Guillaume Pianelli		Contract expired	December 31, 2023	[15]
22	DF	Matteo de Brienne	Atlético Ottawa	Contract expired	December 31, 2023	[15] [16]
35	DF	Andrew Jean-Baptiste		Contract expired	December 31, 2023	[15]
8	MF	Diego Gutiérrez	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2023	[15] [17]
9	FW	Walter Ponce	Unión La Calera	Contract expired	December 31, 2023	[15]
	DF	Matthew Chandler		Option declined	December 31, 2023	[15]
19	DF	Eskander Mzoughi	AS Soliman	Option declined	December 31, 2023	[15]
10	MF	Kevin Rendón	Deportivo Pasto	Option declined	December 31, 2023	[15]
11	MF	Jared Ulloa	Unión Huaral	Option declined	December 31, 2023	[15]
12	FW	Ahinga Selemani		Option declined	December 31, 2023	[15]
23	FW	Anthony Novak		Option declined	December 31, 2023	[15]
32	FW	Jaime Siaj	Khaitan SC	Option declined	December 31, 2023	[15]
2	DF	Andy Baquero	Vaughan Azzurri	Option declined	December 31, 2023	[18]
18	DF	Klaidi Cela	KF Liria	Option declined	December 31, 2023	[18]
24	FW	Pacifique Niyongabire	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Undisclosed fee	January 12, 2024	[19]
99	GK	Rayane Yesli	Atlético Ottawa	Undisclosed fee	February 9, 2024	[9]
33	DF	Abdou Samaké	Glacis United	Contract terminated by mutual consent	June 25, 2024	[20]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League regular season

Main article: 2024 Canadian Premier League season § Regular season

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Playoff qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	15	5	8	45	31	+14	50	First semifinal
2	Cavalry (C)	28	12	12	4	39	27	+12	48
3	Atlético Ottawa	28	11	11	6	42	31	+11	44	Quarterfinal
4	York United	28	11	6	11	35	36	−1	39	Play-in round
5	Pacific	28	9	7	12	27	32	−5	34
6	HFX Wanderers	28	7	9	12	37	43	−6	30 [a]
7	Vancouver	28	7	9	12	29	43	−14	30 [a]
8	Valour	28	7	7	14	31	42	−11	28

Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total number of wins; 3) Head-to-head; 4) Goal differential; 5) Goals for; 6) Away goals differential; 7) Away goals for; 8) Home goals differential; 9) Home goals for; 10) Fewest disciplinary points; ^[b] 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Coin toss (tie between two (2) clubs) or drawing of lots (tie between three (3) or more clubs). ^[21]
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup Round one); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup Round one)
Notes:

1. Tie resolved by head-to-head points; HFX Wanderers: 7, Vancouver: 4
2. Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points. ^[21]

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Vancouver FC v Valour FC

April 141	Vancouver FC	4-1	Valour FC	Langley Township
	Dyer  31' Dyer 45' Gee 47' Conroy  52' Bitar 53' Norman Jr. 67' Cantave  79'	Report	Swibel 24' Faria  48'  56' Campbell  80'	Stadium: Willoughby Community Park Attendance: 4038

Pacific FC v Valour FC

April 192	Pacific FC	2–0	Valour FC	Langford
	Heard 47' Heard  51' Bahous  77' Young 79'	Report	Facchineri  15' Swibel  37' Verhoeven  44' Campbell  84' Haynes  90+2'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 2851

Forge FC v Valour FC

April 273	Forge FC	2–1	Valour FC	Hamilton
	Choinière  33' Parra  42' Borges 61' Metusala  70' Borges  76' Jensen 90' Jensen  90+1'	Report	Facchineri  45' Faria 65'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3051

Atlético Ottawa v Valour FC

May 54	Atlético Ottawa	2–0	Valour FC	Ottawa
	del Campo 19' Antinoro 32' Didić  47' de Brienne  67' Twardek  90+1'	Report	Verhoeven  18' Campbell  70' Faria  90+3'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 3886

York United FC v Valour FC

May 105	York United FC	3–1	Valour FC	Toronto
	Ferrari  11' Babouli  45+3' Abatneh 68' Wright 74' Sturing  82' Babouli 90+1' Botello  90+2' Ricci  90+6'	Report	Campbell 15' Sanchez  28' Ressurreição  36' Hanson  60'	Stadium: York Lions Stadium Attendance: 1049

HFX Wanderers FC v Valour FC

May 206	HFX Wanderers FC	1–2	Valour FC	Halifax
	Nimick 67' (pen.) Nimick  73' Fernandez  87'	Report	Darlington Murasiranwa  15' Verhoeven  43' Ressurreição 49' Sanchez  58' Faria  59' Dos Santos  67' Antonoglou  74' Swibel 75'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6413

Cavalry FC v Valour FC

May 267	Cavalry FC	1–1	Valour FC	Foothills County
	Trafford  11' Aird 39'	Report	Sanchez 31' Binate  34' Ohin  79' Faria  88'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3395

Valour FC v Vancouver FC

June 28	Valour FC	2–0	Vancouver FC	Winnipeg
	Swibel 38' Swibel 48' Hundal  59' Binate  89' Sukunda  90+2'	Report	Fry  44'	Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium Attendance: 4262

Valour FC v Atlético Ottawa

June 99	Valour FC	0–2	Atlético Ottawa	Winnipeg
	Ohin  55' Verhoeven  58' Alarcón  61'	Report	de Brienne  13' Bassett 59' (pen.) Salter 9+1'	Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium Attendance: 4750

Valour FC v Pacific FC

June 1410	Valour FC	2–3	Pacific FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Forge FC v Valour FC

June 2311	Forge FC	2–1	Valour FC	Hamilton
				Stadium: Tim Hortons Field

Valour FC v York United FC

June 2712	Valour FC	1–0	York United FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

July 713	Valour FC	0–1	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

HFX Wanderers FC v Valour FC

July 1814	HFX Wanderers FC	3–1	Valour FC	Halifax
				Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

Atlético Ottawa v Valour FC

July 2115	Atlético Ottawa	2–2	Valour FC	Ottawa
				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

Pacific FC v Valour FC

July 2816	Pacific FC	0–3	Valour FC	Langford
				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

Valour FC v Forge FC

August 417	Valour FC	2–1	Forge FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Valour FC v York United FC

August 1118	Valour FC	0–1	York United FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Valour FC v HFX Wanderers FC

August 1719	Valour FC	2–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Valour FC v Vancouver FC

August 2520	Valour FC	1–2	Vancouver FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Cavalry FC v Valour FC

August 3021	Cavalry FC	2–2	Valour FC	Foothills County
				Stadium: ATCO Field

Valour FC v Atlético Ottawa

September 922	Valour FC	1–1	Atlético Ottawa	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

York United FC v Valour FC

September 1323	York United FC	1–1	Valour FC	Toronto
				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

Valour FC v HFX Wanderers FC

September 2124	Valour FC	1–1	HFX Wanderers FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Valour FC v Pacific FC

September 3025	Valour FC	1–0	Pacific FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Valour FC v Forge FC

October 626	Valour FC	0–1	Forge FC	Winnipeg
		Report		Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Vancouver FC v Valour FC

October 1327	Vancouver FC	1-1	Valour FC	Langley Township
				Stadium: Willoughby Community Park

Valour FC v Cavalry FC

October 1928	Valour FC	1-2	Cavalry FC	Winnipeg
				Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium

Canadian Championship

Main article: 2024 Canadian Championship

  Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

Atlético Ottawa v Valour FC

May 1Preliminary round	Atlético Ottawa	7–0	Valour FC	Ottawa
				Stadium: TD Place Stadium

References

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3. "Valour FC sign former Cavalry fullback Roberto Alarcón". Canadian Premier League. December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
4. "Valour FC sign Canadian midfielder Jordan Faria to a contract". Valour FC. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
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12. "Welcome, Diogo #ForValour". Facebook. April 10, 2024. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
13. "We have signed Canadian Defender Gianfranco Facchineri to a U-Sports contract". Facebook. April 11, 2024. Retrieved April 11, 2024.
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External links

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