Scrosoppi FC

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Scrosoppi FC
Scrosoppi Logo.png
Full nameScrosoppi Football Club
Founded2020;4 years ago (2020)
Stadium Bishop Reding CSS
PresidentGary Raulino
Head CoachJohn Yacou
League League1 Ontario
2024 L1O-P: 1st (men)
L1O-C, 2nd (women)
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

Scrosoppi Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Milton, Ontario that plays in League1 Ontario Premier. The club is named after St. Luigi Scrosoppi, who is the patron saint of soccer players. [1] [2]

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History

Original club logo from 2021-2022 Scrosoppi FC logo.jpg
Original club logo from 2021–2022

The club was founded in 2020, partnering with youth soccer clubs Milton Youth SC and Brampton SC. [2] [3] (As of 2023, neither club appears to be a partner club of Scrosoppi. [4] ) The name was chosen in honour of St. Luigi Scrosoppi, who is the patron saint of soccer players. [5]

The club joined League1 Ontario for the 2021 season. [6] Their home field in their inaugural season is Bishop Reding Catholic Secondary School in Milton. [7] They finished their inaugural season in fourth place in the Western Conference and also recorded their largest victory in team history that season, when they defeated Sigma FC by a score of 10-1. [8]

In July 2022, Scrosoppi owner Gary Raulino purchased Portuguese fourth division club SC Vianense of the Campeonato de Portugal, bringing the club into their player pathway program, with the two teams set to serve as 'twin clubs'. [9] After two mid-table seasons, in 2023, they rapidly ascended to the top of the table in 2023, securing top division status upon the league's division split into two tiers ahead of the 2024 season. [10] They finished the 2023 season as regular season champions, but fell to the Simcoe County Rovers in the playoff championship final. [11] In December 2023, they added a female team in the League1 Ontario women's Championship division for the 2024 season. [12]

In 2024, the men's team won the League1 Ontario title and qualified for the 2025 Canadian Championship, [13] while the second team earned promotion to the second tier League1 Championship for 2025 through the promotion playoffs. [14] In their debut season, the women's team finished in second place in the second tier Championship, but were defeated in the promotion playoffs by North Mississauga SC. [15]

Squad

As of 16 April 2023 [16]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
GK Flag of Estonia.svg  EST Andreas Vaikla
DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Carlo DiFeo
DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Luka Frankovich
DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Victor Gallo
DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Santiago Patarroyo
DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Luke Rankin
DF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Anthony Stolar
MF Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  AFG Mujtaba Ameen
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nikolas Blaskovic
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Braden Culver
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Julian DeSousa
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Anthony Sousa
No.Pos.NationPlayer
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Khody Ellis
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Nicolás Galvis
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Manveer Gill
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Danny Medeiros
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Joshua Paredes-Procter
MF Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Alexander Zis
FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Faris Ammari
FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Omari Cotterell
FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Mauro Lulli
FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Kyle Porter
FW Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Tomasz Skublak
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  CAN Santiago Ubate

Seasons

Men

SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef
2021 League1 Ontario 156–1–54th, West (6th overall)did not qualify [17]
2022 229–1–1112thdid not qualifyNot held
2023 2117–0–31stRunner-upNot held
2024 League1 Ontario Premier1216–5–1ChampionsNot heldRound of 16

Women

SeasonLeagueTeamsRecordRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef
2024 League1 Ontario Championship 1010–5–32ndQuarter-finals

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team:

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