2019 FC Edmonton season

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FC Edmonton
2019 season
General manager Jay Ball
Head coach Jeff Paulus
Stadium Clarke Stadium
Canadian Premier League Spring: 3rd
Fall: 6th
Overall: 4th
Canadian Championship Second qualifying round
Top goalscorer League: Easton Ongaro (10 goals)
All: Easton Ongaro (10 goals)
Highest home attendance 4,238
(May 12 vs. Pacific FC)
Lowest home attendance 2,021
(July 27 vs. Forge FC)
Average home league attendance League: 2,905
All: 2,849
Home colours
Away colours

The 2019 FC Edmonton season was the eighth season in the club's history, as well as the first season in Canadian Premier League history.

Overview

After finishing in seventh place in the 2017 NASL season, FC Edmonton discontinued professional operations, but kept their academy. Co-owner Tom Fath stated that the franchise had proved to be unsustainable in the Edmonton market, and the decision was reinforced by the uncertainty surrounding the status of the NASL. Despite these events, there was speculation that the still under construction Canadian Premier League was looking at Edmonton as a potential market.[1] That speculation proved to be correct on June 8, 2018, when it was announced that Edmonton had come out of hiatus and officially joined the new league. A new logo was revealed, and it was announced that the team would continue to play at Clarke Stadium.[2]

On July 3, 2018, Jeff Paulus was named head coach.[3] He had formerly been an assistant coach for the first team and technical director of the academy. On November 28, FC Edmonton announced their first two signings as members of the CPL, academy graduate Allan Zebie, who played for the team in 2017, and former Vancouver Whitecap Randy Edwini-Bonsu, who played minor soccer in Edmonton as a child.[4] The Eddies signed more academy graduates, including Bruno Zebie, Ajeej Sarkaria and Ajay Khabra. On December 13, South Korean midfielder Son Yong-chan was signed, Edmonton's first international signing as a Canadian Premier League club.[5]

Squad

As of October 19, 2019.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1 Connor James Canada GK (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 23) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
13 Dylon Powley Canada GK (1996-09-05)September 5, 1996 (aged 23) Sweden Gute
31 Chris Ezoua Canada GK (2000-03-26)March 26, 2000 (aged 19) Academy
Defenders
3 Jeannot Esua Cameroon RB / RW (1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 23) Cameroon Rainbow Bamenda
4 Allan Zebie Canada LB (1993-05-29)May 29, 1993 (aged 26) Canada FC Edmonton (NASL)
5 Ramón Soria Spain CB / DM (1989-03-07)March 7, 1989 (aged 30) Spain Formentera
8 Mélé Temguia Germany CB (1995-08-01)August 1, 1995 (aged 24) Australia Valentine Phoenix
12 Kareem Moses Trinidad and Tobago RB (1990-02-11)February 11, 1990 (aged 29) Finland FF Jaro
55 Amer Didic Canada CB (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 25) United States San Antonio FC
Midfielders
6 Edem Mortotsi Ghana CM (1993-05-16)May 16, 1993 (aged 26) Canada FC Edmonton (NASL)
7 Son Yong-chan South Korea CM (1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 28) India Ozone
10 Philippe Lincourt-Joseph Canada AM (1994-11-01)November 1, 1994 (aged 25) Oman Al-Rustaq
14 James Marcelin Haiti DM / CB (1986-06-13)June 13, 1986 (aged 33) United States Miami United
16 Prince Amanda Canada LW / RW (2001-03-23)March 23, 2001 (aged 18) Academy
17 Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Canada LW / RW / ST (2001-07-01)July 1, 2001 (aged 18) Academy
20 Bruno Zebie Canada LM (1995-08-14)August 14, 1995 (aged 24) Canada Calgary Foothills
22 Tony Tchani Cameroon CM (1989-04-13)April 13, 1989 (aged 30) United States Chicago Fire
23 Ajay Khabra Canada CM (1995-06-13)June 13, 1995 (aged 24) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
Forwards
9 Ajeej Sarkaria Canada ST (1995-02-07)February 7, 1995 (aged 24) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
11 Randy Edwini-Bonsu Canada ST / LW / RW (1990-04-20)April 20, 1990 (aged 29) Germany Tennis Borussia Berlin
18 Tomi Ameobi England CF (1988-08-16)August 16, 1988 (aged 31) United States FC Cincinnati
19 Easton Ongaro Canada ST (1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 21) Canada Alberta Golden Bears
26 David Doe Canada ST (2000-11-30)November 30, 2000 (aged 19) Canada FC Edmonton (NASL)
45 Oumar Diouck Belgium ST (1994-11-09)November 9, 1994 (aged 25) Belgium KVK Tienen

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player Transferred From Fee/Notes Date Source
11 FW Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu Germany Tennis Borussia Berlin Free Transfer November 29, 2018 [6]
4 DF Canada Allan Zebie Unattached Free Transfer November 29, 2018 [6]
7 MF South Korea Son Yong-chan India Ozone Free Transfer December 13, 2018 [7]
20 MF Canada Bruno Zebie Canada Calgary Foothills Free Transfer December 13, 2018 [7]
23 MF Canada Ajay Khabra Canada Alberta Golden Bears Free Transfer December 13, 2018 [7]
9 FW Canada Ajeej Sarkaria Canada Alberta Golden Bears Selected 8th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft December 13, 2018 [7]
13 GK Canada Dylon Powley Sweden Gute Free Transfer January 17, 2019 [8]
1 GK Canada Connor James Canada Alberta Golden Bears Selected 7th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft January 17, 2019 [8]
18 FW England Tomi Ameobi United States FC Cincinnati Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
6 MF Ghana Edem Mortotsi Canada Edmonton Green & Gold Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
12 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Moses Finland FF Jaro Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
5 DF Spain Ramón Soria Spain Formentera Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
45 FW Belgium Oumar Diouck Belgium KVK Tienen Free Transfer January 31, 2019 [9]
26 FW Canada David Doe Academy Graduate February 15, 2019 [10]
16 MF Canada Prince Amanda Academy Graduate February 15, 2019 [10]
17 MF Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Academy Graduate February 15, 2019 [10]
14 MF Haiti James Marcelin United States Miami United Free Transfer February 22, 2019 [11]
3 DF Cameroon Jeannot Esua Cameroon Rainbow Bamenda Free Transfer February 22, 2019 [11]
8 DF Germany Mélé Temguia Australia Valentine Phoenix Free Transfer February 26, 2019 [12]
10 MF Canada Philippe Lincourt-Joseph Oman Al-Rustaq Free Transfer February 26, 2019 [12]
55 DF Canada Amer Didic United States San Antonio FC Free Transfer April 15, 2019 [13]
19 FW Canada Easton Ongaro Canada Alberta Golden Bears Free Transfer May 1, 2019 [14]
22 MF Cameroon Tony Tchani Unattached Free Transfer August 7, 2019 [15]

Draft picks

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018.[16] 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 7 GK Connor James  Canada Alberta Golden Bears
2 8 FW Ajeej Sarkaria  Canada Alberta Golden Bears
3 21 DF Noah Cunningham  Canada Alberta Golden Bears

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred To Fee/Notes Date Source

Competitions

Match times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

Preseason

Canadian Premier League

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Spring season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 10 8 0 2 16 7 +9 24 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2 Forge 10 6 1 3 15 7 +8 19 2019 CONCACAF League preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
3 FC Edmonton 10 4 2 4 8 9 −1 14
4 HFX Wanderers 10 3 2 5 8 11 −3 11
5 Pacific 10 3 2 5 11 15 −4 11
6 York9 10 2 5 3 9 11 −2 11
7 Valour 10 3 0 7 8 15 −7 9
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goal differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goal differential; 8) home goals for; 9) coin toss or drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. As winner of home and away matches between FC Edmonton, Forge FC, and Valour FC
2019 CONCACAF League qualification table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCE FOR VAL
1 FC Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2019 CONCACAF League
2 Forge FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Valour FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on TBC, 2019. Source:[citation needed]
Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 4 2 4 8 9  −1 14 2 1 2 3 4  −1 2 1 2 5 5  0

Last updated: July 1, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

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Matches

Fall season

League table

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Results summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 4 6 8 19 24  −5 18 3 3 3 12 10  +2 1 3 5 7 14  −7

Last updated: October 19, 2019.
Source: canpl.ca

Results by match

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Matches

Canadian Championship

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Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 19, 2019

No. Pos Nat Player Total CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada Connor James 22 0 10+0 0 12+0 0 0+0 0
3 DF Cameroon Jeannot Esua 23 0 9+1 0 11+0 0 2+0 0
4 DF Canada Allan Zebie 23 0 7+0 0 16+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Spain Ramón Soria 25 1 10+0 0 12+1 1 2+0 0
6 MF Ghana Edem Mortotsi 18 0 0+2 0 9+7 0 0+0 0
7 MF South Korea Son Yong-chan 16 0 7+1 0 4+2 0 2+0 0
8 DF Germany Mélé Temguia 29 3 10+0 1 17+0 1 2+0 1
9 FW Canada Ajeej Sarkaria 10 0 2+0 0 6+2 0 0+0 0
10 MF Canada Philippe Lincourt-Joseph 12 0 2+1 0 1+7 0 1+0 0
11 FW Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu 14 0 2+3 0 1+6 0 2+0 0
12 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Moses 17 0 6+1 0 5+3 0 2+0 0
13 GK Canada Dylon Powley 8 0 0+0 0 6+0 0 2+0 0
14 MF Haiti James Marcelin 23 0 9+1 0 9+2 0 1+1 0
16 MF Canada Prince Amanda 2 1 0+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
17 MF Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye 18 1 2+4 1 3+7 0 0+2 0
18 FW England Tomi Ameobi 25 4 8+0 1 13+2 3 1+1 0
19 FW Canada Easton Ongaro 22 10 0+5 0 11+5 10 0+1 0
20 MF Canada Bruno Zebie 25 1 8+2 1 12+1 0 2+0 0
22 MF Cameroon Tony Tchani 5 0 0+0 0 2+3 0 0+0 0
23 MF Canada Ajay Khabra 24 0 4+2 0 17+1 0 0+0 0
26 FW Canada David Doe 8 0 1+2 0 1+3 0 1+0 0
45 FW Belgium Oumar Diouck 28 6 7+3 4 15+1 2 2+0 0
55 DF Canada Amer Didic 20 0 6+0 0 13+0 0 0+1 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Easton Ongaro FW 0 10 0 10
2 Belgium Oumar Diouck FW 4 2 1 7
3 England Tomi Ameobi FW 1 3 0 4
4 Germany Mélé Temguia DF 1 1 1 3
5 Canada Prince Amanda MF 0 1 0 1
Spain Ramón Soria DF 0 1 0 1
Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye MF 1 0 0 1
Canada Bruno Zebie MF 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 1 0 1
Totals 8 19 2 29

Last updated: October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Amer Didic DF 1 2 0 3
Spain Ramón Soria DF 2 1 0 3
3 Belgium Oumar Diouck FW 0 2 0 2
Cameroon Jeannot Esua DF 1 1 0 2
Ghana Edem Mortotsi MF 0 2 0 2
Canada Easton Ongaro FW 1 1 0 2
7 Canada Prince Amanda MF 0 1 0 1
England Tomi Ameobi FW 0 0 1 1
Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu FW 0 1 0 1
Canada Philippe Lincourt-Joseph MF 0 1 0 1
Canada Ajeej Sarkaria FW 0 1 0 1
South Korea Son Yong-chan MF 1 0 0 1
Totals 6 13 1 20

Last updated: October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Connor James 4 3 0 7
2 Canada Dylon Powley 0 1 0 1
Totals 4 4 0 8

Last updated: October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
3 DF Cameroon Jeannot Esua 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 1
4 DF Canada Allan Zebie 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 DF Spain Ramón Soria 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
6 MF Ghana Edem Mortotsi 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
7 MF South Korea Son Yong-chan 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
8 DF Germany Mélé Temguia 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
9 FW Canada Ajeej Sarkaria 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
10 MF Canada Philippe Lincourt-Joseph 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 FW Canada Randy Edwini-Bonsu 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0
12 DF Trinidad and Tobago Kareem Moses 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
14 MF Haiti James Marcelin 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 0
17 MF Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW England Tomi Ameobi 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 0
19 FW Canada Easton Ongaro 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
20 MF Spain Bruno Zebie 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0
45 FW Belgium Oumar Diouck 1 0 5 0 0 0 6 0
55 DF Canada Amer Didic 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 11 1 22 1 5 0 38 2

Last updated: October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

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