| 2025 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Wade Miller | ||
| Head coach | Phillip Dos Santos | ||
| Stadium | Princess Auto Stadium | ||
The 2025 Valour FC season is the seventh season in the history of Valour FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship.
As of December 11, 2024. [1]
| No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Previous club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||
| 50 | Jonathan Viscosi |  | GK | March 18, 1991 |  VPS | |
| Defenders | ||||||
| 2 | Roberto Alarcón |  | RB | April 21, 1998 | Cavalry FC | INT |
| 23 | Gianfranco Facchineri | | CB | April 27, 2002 | Windsor City FC | |
| 30 | Themi Antonoglou | | LB / LW | June 2, 2001 | Toronto FC | |
| Midfielders | ||||||
| 6 | Dante Campbell | | DM / CB | May 22, 1999 |  LA Galaxy II | |
| 7 | Kian Williams |  | AM / CF | January 7, 2000 |  Keflavík | INT |
| 17 | Jordan Faria | | CM | June 13, 2000 | Toronto FC II | |
| 20 | Diogo Ressurreição |  | MF | August 15, 2000 | Vitória Guimarães B | INT |
| 24 | Zachary Sukunda | | AM / RW / RB | June 24, 1995 | IF Gnistan | |
| 27 | Raphael Ohin |  | CM | May 25, 1995 | WSA Winnipeg | |
| 64 | Safwane Mlah | | AM | December 8, 2001 | CS Saint-Laurent | |
| Forwards | ||||||
| 9 | Jordan Swibel |  | CF | April 13, 1999 | Marconi Stallions | INT |
| 10 | Shaan Hundal | | CF | July 14, 1999 | Vancouver FC | |
| 19 | Abdul Binate | | CF | January 24, 2003 | Pacific FC | |
| 25 | Loïc Kwemi | | CF | March 2, 1997 | CS Saint-Laurent | |
| No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | DF | Gianfranco Facchineri | U-Sports contract retained; signed pro contract | December 11, 2024 | [2] |
Valour FC selected the following players in the 2025 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 | FW | Jevontae Layne | Canada | Toronto Metropolitan |
| 2 | 9 | DF | Ibrahim Chami |  Lebanon | McGill |
| No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | MF | Noah Verhoeven | Atlético Ottawa | Loan expired | November 10, 2024 | [3] |
| 1 | GK |  Darlington Murasiranwa | Contract expired | December 31, 2024 | [3] | |
| 13 | DF | Tass Mourdoukoutas | Contract expired | December 31, 2024 | [3] | |
| 8 | MF | Juan Pablo Sanchez | Contract expired | December 31, 2024 | [3] | |
| 21 | MF | Marcello Polisi | Contract expired | December 31, 2024 | [3] | |
| 3 | DF | Jordan Haynes | Option declined | December 31, 2024 | [3] | |
| 4 | DF |  Charalampos Chantzopoulos | Option declined | December 31, 2024 | [3] | |
| 16 | FW | Joe Hanson | Option declined | December 31, 2024 | [3] |
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