Club: | Vancouver FC |
Season: | 2023 |
Manager: | Afshin Ghotbi |
Chairman: | Rob Friend |
Stadium: | Willoughby Community Park Stadium |
League: | Canadian Premier League |
League Result: | 7th |
Cup1: | Canadian Championship |
Cup1 Result: | Preliminary round |
League Topscorer: | Shaan Hundal Gabriel Bitar (6 each) |
Mgrtitle: | Coach |
Chrtitle: | President |
Nextseason: | 2024 |
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Average Attendance: | |
Highest Attendance: | 6,177 vs. Cavalry FC (May 7) |
Lowest Attendance: | 2,099 vs. HFX Wanderers (September 23) |
Largest Win: | 2–0 vs. Forge FC (Home, June 20, CPL) |
Largest Loss: | 0–5 vs. Atlético Ottawa (Home, May 13, CPL) |
The 2023 Vancouver FC season was the first season in the history of Vancouver FC.[1] In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.[2]
For their inaugural season, Vancouver FC appointed Afshin Ghotbi as the club's new head coach on November 2, 2022.[3]
As of September 5, 2023
No. | Name | Nationality | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||
1 | Callum Irving | GK | December 31, 2023 | Pacific FC | ||
21 | Jeremy Zielinski | GK | December 31, 2023 | Hawaii Pacific Sharks | ||
Defenders | ||||||
2 | RB | December 31, 2023 | Toronto FC | |||
3 | Rocco Romeo | CB | December 31, 2023 | Valour FC | ||
4 | Ibrahim Bakare | CB | December 31, 2023 | Cheshunt F.C. | ||
12 | Tyler Crawford | LB | December 31, 2023 | Michigan State Spartans | ||
20 | Anthony White | CB | December 31, 2023 | Toronto Varsity Blues | ||
25 | James Cameron | RB | December 31, 2023 | Unity FC | ||
Midfielders | ||||||
6 | Renan Garcia | CM | December 31, 2023 | Comercial | ||
8 | Nima Moazeni Zadeh | CM / AM | December 31, 2023 | Capilano Blues | ||
11 | Gabriel Bitar | AM / CF | December 31, 2023 | FC Edmonton | ||
13 | Vasco Fry | CM | December 31, 2023 | Whitecaps FC 2 | ||
14 | Nicky Gyimah | RW | December 31, 2023 | Slough Town | ||
16 | Elliot Simmons | CM | December 31, 2023 | Cavalry FC | ||
17 | Min-jae Kwak | LW | December 31, 2023 | Syracuse Pulse | ||
19 | Mikaël Cantave | AM / CF | December 31, 2023 | Cavalry FC | ||
24 | Lennon Thompson | CM | December 31, 2023 | Unity FC | ||
26 | Taryck Tahid | AM / CF | December 31, 2023 | VanCity Pro FA | ||
33 | Ivan Mejia | CM | December 31, 2023 | TSS FC Rovers | ||
Forwards | ||||||
7 | Nathaniel St. Louis | CF | December 31, 2023 | UAB Blazers | ||
9 | Alejandro Díaz | FW | December 31, 2023 | Sogndal | ||
10 | Shaan Hundal | CF | December 31, 2023 | Inter Miami CF II | ||
15 | Mouhamadou Kane | CF | December 31, 2023 | York United | ||
18 | Ameer Kinani | CF | December 31, 2023 | TMU Bold | ||
No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
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Pacific FC | Free | [4] | |||||
Cavalry FC | Free | [5] | |||||
York United | Undisclosed | [6] | |||||
Simcoe County Rovers | Free | [7] | |||||
UAB Blazers | Free | [8] | |||||
Valour FC | Free | [9] | |||||
FC Edmonton | Free | [10] | |||||
FC Edmonton | Free | [11] | |||||
Inter Miami CF II | Free | [12] | |||||
Michigan State Spartans | Free | [13] | |||||
Hawaii Pacific Sharks | Free | [14] | |||||
Cal Poly Pomona Broncos | Free | ||||||
Capilano Blues | Free | ||||||
CF Montréal Academy | Free | [15] | |||||
Guadalajara | Free | [16] | |||||
Toronto FC | Free | [17] | |||||
Slough Town | Free | [18] | |||||
Syracuse Pulse | Free | ||||||
Cheshunt F.C. | Free | [19] | |||||
Toronto Varsity Blues | Selected 1st overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, signed a Standard Player Contract | March 22, 2023 | [20] | ||||
TMU Bold | Selected 2nd overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, signed a CPL-U SPORTS contract | March 22, 2023 | |||||
align=Robe, Emmanuel | Emmanuel Robe | Romford F.C. | Free | [21] | |||
align=Cameron, James | James Cameron | Unity FC | Signed to a development contract, later converted to an Exceptional Young Talent contract | [22] [23] | |||
align=Thompson, Lennon | Lennon Thompson | Unity FC | Signed to a development contract | ||||
align=Jamshidi, Kourosh | Kourosh Jamshidi | Unity FC | Signed to a development contract | ||||
align=Tahid, Taryck | Taryck Tahid | VanCity Pro FA | Free | [24] | |||
align=Cantave, Mikaël | Mikaël Cantave | Cavalry FC | Free | [25] | |||
align=Garcia, Renan | Renan Garcia | Comercial | Free | [26] | |||
align=Mejia, Ivan | Ivan Mejia | TSS FC Rovers | Free | [27] | |||
No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
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align=Mares, Cristian | Cristian Mares | Club Puebla | Season-long loan | [28] | |||
align=Schneider, Trevor | Trevor Schneider | Altitude FC | Short-term relief player | ||||
align=Díaz, Alejandro | Alejandro Díaz | Sogndal | One year loan | [29] | |||
align=Fry, Vasco | Vasco Fry | Whitecaps FC 2 | Loaned until end of season | [30] | |||
Vancouver FC selected the following players in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft.[31] [32] 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 |
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1 | 1 | DF | Anthony White | Toronto | |
1 | 2 | FW | Ameer Kinani | TMU | |
No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date | Source | |
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align=Mares, Cristian | Cristian Mares | Club Puebla | Loan terminated | ||||
19 | align=Henry, Maël | Maël Henry | Cavalry FC | ||||
13 | align=Robe, Emmanuel | Emmanuel Robe | Contract terminated by mutual consent | ||||
10 | align=Sandoval, Gael | Gael Sandoval | UdeG | Contract terminated by mutual consent | |||
5 | align=Martínez, Eugene | Eugene Martínez | Contract terminated by mutual consent | ||||
23 | align= John-Wentworth, Kahlil | Kahlil John-Wentworth | Contract terminated by mutual consent | ||||
22 | align= Simmons, Marcus | Marcus Simmons | Valletta F.C. | [33] | |||
Matches are listed in Langley local time: Pacific Daylight Time (UTC−7)
See main article: 2023 Canadian Premier League season.
See main article: article and 2023 Canadian Championship.
|-! colspan="10" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers |-! colspan="10" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders |-! colspan="10" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders |-! colspan="10" style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=80 | CPL | width=80 | Canadian Championship | width=80 | Total | ||||
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1 | 10 | FW | Shaan Hundal | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
11 | MF | Gabriel Bitar | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | 19 | MF | Mikaël Cantave | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
4 | 26 | FW | Taryck Tahid | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
5 | 9 | FW | Alejandro Díaz | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
6 | 6 | MF | Renan Garcia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
10 | MF | Gael Sandoval | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
13 | MF | Vasco Fry | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
17 | MF | Min-jae Kwak | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
18 | FW | Ameer Kinani | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
25 | DF | James Cameron | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
Own Goals | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Totals | 28 | 0 | 28 |
width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=15 | width=145 | Name | width=80 | CPL | width=80 | Canadian Championship | width=80 | Total | ||||
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1 | 1 | GK | Callum Irving | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
Totals | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Player | CPL | Canadian Championship | Total | ||||||||||
1 | GK | Callum Irving | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | DF | Kadin Chung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | DF | Rocco Romeo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ||
4 | DF | Ibrahim Bakare | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | DF | Eugene Martínez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
6 | MF | Renan Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | FW | Nathaniel St. Louis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | MF | Nima Moazeni Zadeh | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | FW | Alejandro Díaz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | FW | Shaan Hundal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
10 | MF | Gael Sandoval | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | MF | Gabriel Bitar | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | DF | Tyler Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | MF | Vasco Fry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
13 | FW | Emmanuel Robe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
14 | MF | Nicky Gyimah | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
15 | FW | Mouhamadou Kane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
16 | MF | Elliot Simmons | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
17 | MF | Min-jae Kwak | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
18 | FW | Ameer Kinani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
19 | MF | Maël Henry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
19 | MF | Mikaël Cantave | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
20 | DF | Anthony White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
22 | MF | Marcus Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
23 | DF | Kahlil John-Wentworth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
24 | MF | Lennon Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
25 | DF | James Cameron | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
26 | MF | Taryck Tahid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
31 | GK | Jeremy Zielinski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
33 | MF | Ivan Mejia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
FW | Kourosh Jamshidi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 59 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 3 |
The Canadian Premier League Awards took place on October 26 in Hamilton.[34]
May | Callum Irving | Goalkeeper of the Month | [36] |
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The Gatorade Team of the Week was selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack and OneSoccer's Oliver Platt.
scope=row style=text-align:center | 1 | Callum Irving | [37] |
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2 | Callum Irving (2) Rocco Romeo Gabriel Bitar Shaan Hundal | [38] | |
3 | Kadin Chung | [39] | |
4 | Ibrahim Bakare | [40] | |
6 | Tyler Crawford Min-jae Kwak | [41] | |
7 | Eugene Martínez | [42] | |
8 | T.J. Tahid | [43] | |
11 | Callum Irving (3) Anthony White | [44] | |
13 | Rocco Romeo (2) | [45] | |
17 | James Cameron | [46] | |
19 | Gabriel Bitar (2) | [47] | |
20 | Gabriel Bitar (3) | [48] | |
22 | James Cameron (2) Gabriel Bitar (4) Mikaël Cantave | [49] |