2025 Canadian Premier League season

Canadian Premier League

Season	2025
Dates	April 5 – October 18 (regular season) October 22 – November 9 (playoffs)
Champions	Atlético Ottawa
CPL Shield	Forge
CONCACAF Champions Cup	Atlético Ottawa Forge Vancouver
Matches	112
Goals	336 (3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Samuel Salter (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Forge 5–0 Valour (August 2)
Biggest away win	Valour 0–5 Forge (June 22)
Highest scoring	Cavalry 5–4 Vancouver (August 17)
Longest winning run	6 matches Forge (July 18 – August 22)
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches Forge (April 5 – August 22)
Longest winless run	11 matches Vancouver (May 17 – July 25)
Longest losing run	5 matches Valour (June 15 – July 20) Vancouver (August 10 – September 5)
Highest attendance	17,971 Forge 2–2 Atlético Ottawa (May 13)
Lowest attendance	1,178 Vancouver 2–2 Cavalry (October 18)
Total attendance	447,800
Average attendance	3,998
← 2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of October 18, 2025.

The 2025 Canadian Premier League season was the seventh season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. Cavalry FC were the defending champions, having defeated Forge FC in the 2024 final. ^[1]

Rule changes

The CPL's total player compensation budget was increased by $69,500 to a total of $1,182,000 (or $1,282,000 for teams maximizing the U-21 salary incentive). ^{[2] [3]} Beginning in 2025, players who had three seasons of CPL experience or have lived in Canada for at least three years were considered domestic players for roster purposes. ^[2]

Teams

The same eight teams that competed in the 2024 season competed in the 2025 season, though this was the last season with eight teams, with expansion to nine teams planned for 2026. ^[4]

Stadiums and locations

Forge

Cavalry

Pacific

Wanderers

York

Valour

Vancouver

Ottawa

Location of the 2025 Canadian Premier League teams

Club	Results	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Atlético Ottawa	details	Ottawa, Ontario	TD Place Stadium	24,000
Cavalry FC	details	Foothills County, Alberta	ATCO Field	6,000
Forge FC	details	Hamilton, Ontario	Hamilton Stadium	23,218
HFX Wanderers FC	details	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Wanderers Grounds	7,500
Pacific FC	details	Langford, British Columbia	Starlight Stadium	6,000
Valour FC	details	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Princess Auto Stadium	32,343
Vancouver FC	details	Langley, British Columbia	Willoughby Community Park	6,560
York United FC	details	Toronto, Ontario	York Lions Stadium	4,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atlético Ottawa	Diego Mejía	Nathan Ingham	Macron	Maple Lodge Farms [5]
Cavalry	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Marco Carducci		WestJet
Forge	Bobby Smyrniotis	Kyle Bekker		WeatherTech [6]
HFX Wanderers	Patrice Gheisar	Andre Rampersad		Volkswagen
Pacific	James Merriman	Josh Heard		Telus [7]
Valour	Phillip Dos Santos	Raphael Ohin		OneSoccer
Vancouver	Martin Nash (interim)	Callum Irving		Caffè Artigiano [8]
York United	Mauro Eustáquio	Elijah Adekugbe		Carlsberg 0.0% [9]

Coaching changes

Team	Outgoing coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming coach	Date of appointment
York United	Benjamín Mora [10]	End of contract	November 10, 2024	Pre-season	Mauro Eustáquio [11]	November 21, 2024
Atlético Ottawa	Carlos González [12]	Mutual consent	November 21, 2024		Diego Mejía [13]	January 15, 2025
Vancouver	Afshin Ghotbi [14]	Mutual consent	July 23, 2025	8th	Martin Nash (interim) [14]	July 24, 2025

Regular season

Format

The regular season was played as a quadruple round-robin, with each team playing the other seven teams twice at home and twice away between April and October. The regular season winner Forge FC was awarded the regular season title, the CPL Shield, and qualified for Round one of the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.

The top five teams qualified for the playoffs.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Forge (S)	28	16	10	2	51	22	+29	58	First semifinal and 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup
2	Atlético Ottawa (C)	28	15	11	2	54	28	+26	56	First semifinal
3	Cavalry	28	11	9	8	47	36	+11	42	Quarterfinal
4	HFX Wanderers	28	11	6	11	41	34	+7	39	Play-in round
5	York United	28	10	8	10	43	38	+5	38
6	Valour	28	7	5	16	35	62	−27	26
7	Pacific	28	5	8	15	30	59	−29	23
8	Vancouver	28	4	9	15	35	57	−22	21	2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup [a]

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; 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Drawing of lots. ^[15]
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup Round one); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup Round one)
Notes:

1. Vancouver FC qualified for the Champions Cup as the runners-up of the 2025 Canadian Championship, due to the winners, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, qualifying through Major League Soccer.

Results

Home \ Away	ATO	CAV	FOR	HFX	PAC	VAL	VFC	YRK
Atlético Ottawa		2–2	1–1	2–2	3–1	5–2	3–1	3–2
	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	0–0
Cavalry	1–3		4–1	0–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	2–1
0–2		1–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	5–4	0–1
Forge	2–2	1–0		2–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	2–2
2–0	1–1		1–0	4–0	5–0	1–1	3–0
HFX Wanderers	2–0	0–3	0–0		3–1	3–1	1–0	4–0
0–1	1–1	1–2		3–0	4–1	1–2	1–1
Pacific	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–2		2–0	4–4	2–1
0–2	3–3	0–1	2–2		1–4	1–1	1–3
Valour	1–2	1–2	0–5	0–1	0–0		1–3	2–1
3–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1		3–1	0–0
Vancouver	1–4	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3		0–2
2–2	2–2	0–1	3–1	2–3	2–5		2–1
York United	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–2	5–1	3–2	1–0
2–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	4–0

Source: CanPL.ca
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by match week

Team ╲ Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Atlético Ottawa	5	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Cavalry	6	6	6	7	5	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Forge	3	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
HFX Wanderers	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	4	4	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	4	5
Pacific	2	5	5	5	7	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7
Valour	8	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6
Vancouver	7	8	8	6	4	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
York United	1	4	4	4	6	7	8	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	4	4	5	4

Source: CanPL As It Stands articles, CanPL standings
  = First semifinal ;   = Quarterfinal ;   = Play-in round

Playoffs

All times are local.

The 2025 playoffs features a series of single-leg matches for five teams following a modified Page playoff system; the top two regular season teams got byes to the first semifinal; the third-placed team got a bye to the quarterfinal; while the fourth- and fifth-placed teams contested a play-in match to reach the quarterfinal.

The winner of the quarterfinal and the loser of the first semifinal contested the second semifinal. The winner of the first semifinal hosted the winner of the second semifinal in the 2025 CPL Final to crown the league champion, who collected the North Star Cup, and qualified for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup. ^[16]

In playoffs, if the scores were equal at the end of normal time, two 15 minute periods of extra time were played with each team allowed an extra substitution. If still tied, the winner would have been decided by a penalty shoot-out. ^[15]

If a team completed the 'Double', that is, the regular season winner also won the 2025 CPL Final, then the second-highest seeded regular season team would have qualified for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup. ^{[15] [17]}

Bracket

	Play-in round					First semifinal					Second semifinal					Final
						October 26 – Hamilton										November 9 – Ottawa
						1	Forge	1								2	Atlético Ottawa (a.e.t.)	2
						2	Atlético Ottawa	2			November 2 – Hamilton					3	Cavalry	1
											1	Forge	0
						Quarterfinal					3	Cavalry	1
						October 26 – Foothills County
	October 22 – Halifax					3	Cavalry	4
	4	HFX Wanderers	2 (4)			5	York United	1
	5	York United (p)	2 (5)

Play-in round

October 22

7:30 pm ADT ^[a]

HFX Wanderers	2–2 (a.e.t.)	York United
Coimbra 45+1' Gagnon-Laparé 114'	Report	Altobelli 86' Hundal 119'
Penalties
Coimbra Callegari Timoteo Johnston Baï Gagnon-Laparé	4–5	Altobelli Bitar Hundal Yeates Ferrin Kibato

Wanderers Grounds , Halifax, Nova Scotia

Attendance: 5,444

Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

Quarterfinal

October 26

4:00 pm MDT

Cavalry	4–1	York United
Musse 8' Warschewski 17', 58' Singh 47' (o.g.)	Report	Hundal 44'

ATCO Field , Foothills County, Alberta

Attendance: 3,729

Referee: Ben Hoskins

First semifinal

October 26

2:00 pm EDT

Forge	1–2	Atlético Ottawa
Choinière 23'	Report	Antinoro 33' Salter 58'

Hamilton Stadium , Hamilton, Ontario

Attendance: 6,463

Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

Second semifinal

See also: Cavalry FC–Forge FC rivalry

November 2

4:00 pm EST

Forge	0–1	Cavalry
	Report	Warschewski 57'

Hamilton Stadium , Hamilton, Ontario

Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Final

Main article: 2025 Canadian Premier League final

November 9

5:20 pm EST ^[b]

Atlético Ottawa	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Cavalry
Rodríguez 40', 107'	Report	Aird 33' (pen.)

TD Place Stadium , Ottawa, Ontario

Attendance: 13,132 ^[18]

Referee: Michael Venne

Statistical leaders

See also: Canadian Premier League records and statistics § Career player records

As of November 2, 2025

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals [19]
1	Samuel Salter	Atlético Ottawa	20
2	Tiago Coimbra	HFX Wanderers	13
3	Brian Wright	Forge	12
4	Julian Altobelli	York United	11
	Ballou Tabla	Atlético Ottawa
	Tobias Warschewski	Cavalry
7	Ali Musse	Cavalry	10
8	Shaan Hundal	Valour / York United	9
	David Rodríguez	Atlético Ottawa
10	Sergio Camargo	Cavalry	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Samuel Salter 4	Atlético Ottawa	Valour	5–2 (H)	May 10	[20]
Brian Wright	Forge	Valour	5–0 (A)	June 22	[21]
Yann Toualy	Pacific	HFX Wanderers	3–2 (H)	July 12	[22]
Tiago Coimbra	HFX Wanderers	Valour	4–1 (H)	August 22	[23]
Shaan Hundal 4	York United	Pacific	5–1 (H)	August 24	[24]
Myles Morgan	Valour	Vancouver	5–2 (A)	September 5	[25]

Note:⁴ – player scored 4 goals

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists [19]
1	David Rodríguez	Atlético Ottawa	9
2	Ali Musse	Cavalry	7
3	Themi Antonoglou	Valour	6
	Manny Aparicio	Atlético Ottawa
	Thierno Bah	Vancouver
	Sergio Camargo	Cavalry
7	Max Ferrari	York United	5
	Hoce Massunda	Forge
	Sean Rea	Halifax Wanderers
	Wesley Timóteo	Halifax Wanderers
	Tobias Warschewski	Cavalry

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets [19]
1	Jassem Koleilat	Forge	13
2	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa	11
3	Rayane Yesli	HFX Wanderers	8
	Marco Carducci	Cavalry
5	Diego Urtiaga	York United	7

Attendance

As of October 21, 2025

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Forge FC	97,054	17,971	4,371	6,932	+31.3%†
2	HFX Wanderers	90,420	7,143	5,044	6,459	+6.6%†
3	Atlético Ottawa	65,899	6,087	3,337	4,706	−14.2%†
4	Cavalry FC	59,781	5,114	3,669	4,270	+1.1%†
5	Valour FC	44,977	11,390	1,591	3,213	+3.4%†
6	Pacific FC	41,459	4,300	2,281	2,961	−2.6%†
7	York United	28,768	7,218	1,342	2,055	+37.1%†
8	Vancouver FC	19,442	2,006	1,178	1,389	−56.1%†
	League total	447,800	17,971	1,178	3,998	+0.4%†

Source: CanPL, FotMob

Awards

Canadian Premier League Awards

The 2025 Canadian Premier League Awards was held in Gatineau, Quebec, on November 7, 2025. ^[26]

Award	Recipient	Finalists	Ref
Golden Boot	Samuel Salter (Atlético Ottawa)	N/A
Golden Glove	Jassem Koleilat (Forge FC)	Marco Carducci (Cavalry FC) Nathan Ingham (Atlético Ottawa) Jassem Koleilat (Forge FC)	[27]
Coach of the Year	Bobby Smyrniotis (Forge FC)	Mauro Eustáquio (York United FC) Diego Mejía (Atlético Ottawa) Bobby Smyrniotis (Forge FC)	[28]
Player of the Year	Samuel Salter (Atlético Ottawa)	–
Best Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year	Tiago Coimbra (Halifax Wanderers FC)	Noah Abatneh (Atlético Ottawa) Gabriel Antinoro (Atlético Ottawa) Thierno Bah (Vancouver FC) Tiago Coimbra (Halifax Wanderers FC) Hoce Massunda (Forge FC)	[29]
Defender of the Year	Daniel Nimick (Forge FC)	Noah Abatneh (Atlético Ottawa) Daniel Nimick (Forge FC) Rezart Rama (Forge FC)	[30]
Players' Player of the Year	Samuel Salter (Atlético Ottawa)	Julian Altobelli (York United FC) Nana Ampomah (Forge FC) Manuel Aparicio (Alético Ottawa) Kyle Bekker (Forge FC) Tiago Coimbra (Halifax Wanderers FC) Ali Musse (Cavalry FC) Daniel Nimick (Forge FC) David Rodríguez (Atlético Ottawa) Samuel Salter (Atlético Ottawa) Ballou Tabla (Atlético Ottawa)	[31]

Monthly Awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goalkeeper of the Month		References
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Goalkeeper	Club
April	Patrice Gheisar	Halifax Wanderers FC	David Rodríguez	Atlético Ottawa	Rayane Yesli	Halifax Wanderers FC	[32] [33] [34]
May	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Cavalry FC	Samuel Salter	Atlético Ottawa	Marco Carducci	Cavalry FC	[35] [36] [37]
June	Diego Mejía	Atlético Ottawa	Daniel Nimick	Forge FC	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa	[38] [39] [40]
July	Mauro Eustáquio	York United FC	Kyle Bekker	Forge FC	Jassem Koleilat	Forge FC	[41] [42] [43]
August	Bobby Smyrniotis	Forge FC	Ali Musse	Cavalry FC	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa	[44] [45] [46]
September	Diego Mejía	Atlético Ottawa	Ballou Tabla	Atlético Ottawa	Nathan Ingham	Atlético Ottawa	[47] [48] [49]
October	Tommy Wheeldon Jr.	Cavalry FC	Manuel Aparicio	Atlético Ottawa	Callum Irving	Vancouver FC	[50] [51] [52]

Team of the Week

The Gatorade Team of the Week are selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack and OneSoccer's Oliver Platt.

Team of the Week
Week	Goalkeeper	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards	Ref
1	Koleilat (Forge)	Jevremović (Forge) Quintana (Pacific) Nimick (Forge) Chung (Pacific)	Rea (HFX) Rodríguez (Ottawa) Adekugbe (York) Kratt (Pacific)	Babouli (Forge) Altobelli (York)	[53]
2	Ingham (Ottawa)	Sow (HFX) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Kane (Forge)	dos Santos (Ottawa) Bekker (Forge) Aparicio (Ottawa) Ampomah (Forge)	Rodríguez (Ottawa) Coimbra (HFX) Probo (HFX)	[54]
3	Carducci (Cavalry)	Timoteo (HFX) Enyou (Vancouver) Abatneh (Ottawa) Fernandez (Valour)	Aparicio (Ottawa) Mezquida (Vancouver) Fotsing (Vancouver)	Rea (HFX) Warschewski (Cavalry) Probo (HFX)	[55]
4	Ingham (Ottawa)	Ndom (Pacific) Meilleur-Giguère (HFX) Pearlman (HFX)	Ferrazzo (York) Hojabrpour (Forge) Castro (Ottawa) Ferrari (York)	Tabla (Ottawa) Altobelli (York) Dias (HFX)	[56]
5	Ingham (Ottawa)	dos Santos (Ottawa) Meilleur-Giguère (HFX) O'Connor (Vancouver) Aird (Cavalry)	Camargo (Cavalry) Shome (Cavalry) Bekker (Forge)	Salter (Ottawa) Díaz (Vancouver) Warschewski (Cavalry)	[57]
6	Ingham (Ottawa)	Lajeunesse (Pacific) Ndom (Pacific) Laing (Cavalry) Antinoro (Ottawa)	Rodríguez (Ottawa) Musse (Cavalry) Bustos (Pacific) Shome (Cavalry)	Salter (Ottawa) Warschewski (Cavalry)	[58]
7	Yesli (HFX)	Timoteo (HFX) Montgomery (Cavalry) Egwu (Valour) Aird (Cavalry)	Ampomah (Forge) Musse (Cavalry) Twardek (Valour) Aparicio (Ottawa) Callegari (HFX)	Warschewski (Cavalry)	[59]
8	Carducci (Cavalry)	Timoteo (HFX) Meilleur-Giguère (HFX) Nimick (Forge) Pearlman (HFX)	Camargo (Cavalry) Musse (Cavalry) Johnston (HFX) Callegari (HFX)	Warschewski (Cavalry) Altobelli (York)	[60]
9	Carducci (Cavalry)	Botello (York) Owolabi-Belewu (Forge) Adekugbe (York) dos Santos (Ottawa)	Kibato (York) Yeates (York) Fotsing (Vancouver) Ampomah (Forge)	Salter (Ottawa) Altobelli (York)	[61]
10	Ingham (Ottawa)	Montgomery (Cavalry) Nimick (Forge) Cloutier (Ottawa)	dos Santos (Ottawa) Figueiredo (Valour) Camargo (Cavalry) Twardek (Valour)	Herdman (Cavalry) Wright (Forge) Massunda (Forge)	[62]
11	Ingham (Ottawa)	Botello (York) Nimick (Forge) Pearlman (Halifax) Antinoro (Ottawa)	Kibato (York) Aparicio (Ottawa) Bekker (Forge) Accettola (York)	Rodríguez (Ottawa) Coimbra (Halifax)	[63]
12	Pavela (York)	Gherasimencov (Cavalry) Nimick (Forge) Meilleur-Giguère (Halifax) Pearlman (Halifax)	Ampomah (Forge) Camargo (Cavalry) Musse (Cavalry) Kibato (York) Hojabrpour (Forge)	Wright (Forge)	[64]
13	Ingham (Ottawa)	dos Santos (Ottawa) Ndom (Pacific) Duhaney-Walker (Ottawa) Rama (Forge)	Rea (Halifax) Fry (Vancouver) Aparicio (Ottawa) Reid (York)	Coimbra (Halifax) Wright (Forge)	[65]
14	Koleilat (Forge)	Botello (York) Ndom (Pacific) Cloutier (Ottawa) Kunle Dada-Luke (Vancouver)	Toualy (Pacific) Bustos (Pacific) Reid (York) Kibato (York) Bekker (Forge)	Coimbra (Halifax)	[66]
15	Ingham (Ottawa)	Ferrari (York) Nimick (Forge) Sturing (York) Aird (Cavalry)	Ampomah (Forge)| Bitar (York)| Rodríguez (Ottawa) Castro (Ottawa) Bekker (Forge)	Salter (Ottawa)	[67]
16	Urtiaga (York)	Botello (York) Cloutier (Ottawa) Sturing (York) Fernandez (Valour)	Froese (Valour) Rodríguez (Ottawa) Paton (Forge) Callegari (HFX) Bekker (Forge)	Salter (Ottawa)	[68]
17	Irving (Vancouver)	Botello (York) O'Connor (Vancouver) Sturing (York) Rama (Forge)	Fry (Vancouver) Young (Pacific) Bekker (Forge) Chung (Pacific)	Babouli (Forge) Ampomah (Forge)	[69]
18	Carducci (Cavalry)	Kozlovskiy (Ottawa) Sow (HFX) Chung (Pacific)	Zanatta (Pacific) Hojabrpour (Forge) Aparicio (Ottawa) Borges (Forge)	Salter (Ottawa) Díaz (Vancouver) Rodríguez (Ottawa)	[70]
19	Ingham (Ottawa)	Jevremović (Forge) Klomp (Cavalry) Sturing (York) Pearlman (Halifax)	Bekker (Forge) Hojabrpour (Forge) Daniels (Pacific)	Mezquida (Vancouver) Wright (Forge) Musse (Cavalry)	[71]
20	Ingham (Ottawa)	Botello (York) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Rama (Forge)	Ferrin (York) Aparicio (Ottawa) López (York) Johnston (HFX) Musse (Cavalry)	Coimbra (Halifax) Hundal (York)	[72]
21	Yesli (HFX)	Konincks (Valour) Meilleur-Giguère (Halifax) Klomp (Cavalry)	Ntignee (Cavalry) Aparicio (Ottawa) Camargo (Cavalry) Pearlman (Halifax)	Bahamboula (HFX) Warschewski (Cavalry) Rodríguez (Ottawa)	[73]
22	Melvin (Pacific)	Botello (York) Sturing (York) Mbomio (Ottawa) Ferrari (York)	Tabla (Ottawa) Aparicio (Ottawa) Froese (Valour) Rodríguez (Ottawa)	Morgan (Valour) Ampomah (Forge)	[74]
23	Irving (Vancouver)	Antonoglou (Valour) Ndom (Pacific) Facchineri (Valour) Ferrari (York)	Ntignee (Cavalry) Musse (Cavalry) Froese (Valour) Aparicio (Ottawa) Kobza (Cavalry)	Salter (Ottawa)	[75]
24	Carducci (Cavalry)	Bah (Vancouver) Campagna (Vancouver) Alphonse (HFX) Antinoro (Ottawa)	Ntignee (Cavalry) Johnston (HFX) Kobza (Cavalry) Massunda (Forge)	Tabla (Ottawa) Rea (Halifax)	[76]
25	Ingham (Ottawa)	Jevremović (Forge) Nimick (Forge) Sturing (York) Kunle Dada-Luke (Vancouver)	Tabla (Ottawa) Fry (Vancouver) Jensen (Forge) Massunda (Forge)	Salter (Ottawa) Mbongue (Vancouver)	[77]
26	Irving (Vancouver)	Antonoglou (Valour) Mekidèche (HFX) Campagna (Vancouver)	Kibato (York) Fotsing (Vancouver) Aparicio (Ottawa) Ferrin (York)	Ntignee (Cavalry) Díaz (Pacific) Tabla (Ottawa)	[78]
27	Irving (Vancouver)	Levis (Ottawa) Enyou (Vancouver) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge)	Sow (HFX) Kibato (York) Johnston (HFX) Pearlman (Halifax)	Camargo (Cavalry) Díaz (Pacific) Bustos (Pacific)	[79]
28	Ingham (Ottawa)	Antonoglou (Valour) Achinioti-Jönsson (Forge) Konincks (Valour)	Voytsekhovskyy (Valour) Borges (Forge) Aparicio (Ottawa) Choinière (Forge)	Morgan (Valour) Wright (Forge) Elva (Cavalry)	[80]

Player transfers

There were two transfer windows, the first open from January 31 to April 23 and the second from July 24 to August 21. ^[81]

CPL–U Sports Draft

The 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft took place on December 5, 2024. ^[82]

Foreign players

Main article: List of foreign CPL players

Canadian Premier League teams can sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting line-up for each match. ^[3]

The following international players were signed for the 2025 season. To be considered domestic for CPL purposes, players must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, refugees, or (new for 2025) foreign players with at least three seasons spent in the league. Note that these players may still represent other countries in international competitions. ^{[83] [84]}

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Inactive players [c]	Former players
Atlético Ottawa	Alberto Zapater	Juan Castro	David Rodríguez	Monty Patterson	Kevin Ortega	Antonio Álvarez	Roni Mbomio		Iker Moreno
Cavalry	Nicolas Wähling	Levi Laing	Ayman Sellouf						Jesse Daley
Forge	Béni Badibanga	Nana Opoku Ampomah	Rezart Rama	Marko Jevremović	Christos Liatifis	Victor Klonaridis
HFX Wanderers	Lorenzo Callegari	Vitor Dias	Yohan Baï	Jason Bahamboula					Giorgio Probo
Pacific	Aly Ndom	Daniel de Pauli	Lukas Browning Lagerfeldt	Emanuel Montejano				Juan Quintana	Pedro Machado
Valour	Kian Williams	Diogo Ressurreição	Xavier Venâncio	Bruno Figueiredo	Diego Konincks	Oskar van Hattum
Vancouver	José Navarro	Allan Enyou	Juan Batista	Michel Cavalcante	Abdoulaye Ouattara	Pathé Ndiaye	Nicolás Mezquida
York United	Oswaldo León	Orlando Botello	Diego Urtiaga	Leonel López					Bryan Rosa

Players in italic denote players who were new to their respective clubs for the 2025 season, sorted chronologically by their announcement. Players in bold indicate players who have represented their national teams at the senior level.

Notes

1. In the 109th minute, the match was suspended for 4 minutes due to lightning in the area. The match was suspended for another 31 minutes in the 112th minute for the same reason.
2. The match, originally scheduled for 5:00 pm, was delayed 20 minutes due to the need for snow removal.
3. Players who remain under contract but have suffered season-ending injury and may not return to play. They do not count towards roster or cap restrictions and as such can be replaced by another foreign player.

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