MONTREAL – The CF Montréal reserve team will play its third season in Ligue 1 Québec in 2024. The regular season will run from April 20 to September 7.
Nine home games will be played at Centre Nutrilait free of charge. After its opening match in Town of Mount Royal on Sunday April 21, the squad will play its first home game on Saturday April 27 against Celtix du Haut-Richelieu.
With a group of 22 players aged between 17 and 20, head coach Patrick Viollat and his assistant Sylvain Hascoët will be able to rely on key players such as goalkeeper Judewellin Michel, recently called up this winter during the first team's training camp, and U17 Canadian internationals Étienne Godin, Gaël De Montigny and Antoine N’Diaye.
Three new players were added to the roster: goalkeeper Alessandro Ouzounis, defender Nicolas Pietrantonio and forward Nael Kane. Seven players will play their third season in the Quebec league. Among a group with nine different nationalities, eighteen are from Quebec and six from Montreal.
"The Academy's primary goal is to promote its players to the first team," said head coach Patrick Viollat. "The aim is for our players to be showcased this season in order to be called up regularly to trainings with the first team. As was the case in winter 2023, the group faced some very good teams during this past winter season and is assimilating the Academy's style of play in line with that of the first team. We're better organized collectively and individually, so it will be interesting to gauge our progress for this new season in Ligue1 Québec, where we'll want to perform well and make a bigger impact than last year."
The reserve team's preparations began in January at Complexe sportif Mare-Victorin and included matches against Quebec and American university teams as well as MLS NEXT PRO teams (New England Revolution II, New York Red Bulls II, New York City FC II and Toronto FC II).
"We are very excited to start this third season among the elite of Quebec soccer," said Academy Director Marinos Papageorgopoulos. "We have a group of young players with a lot of potential and we are eager to see them develop further during this competition which is the best in the province. The experience they gain will be essential in their journey towards a professional career and ultimately to join the first team."
Ligue1 Québec is the province's semi-professional league, equivalent to the third division at the national level. In 2023, CF Montréal finished fifth in the standings, near a playoff spot with a 12-6-4 record.
2024 CF MONTRÉAL RESERVE ROSTER
Position | Number | Last Name | First Name | Year of Birth | Place of Birth | Place of Residence | Nationality | Club in 2023 |
Goalkeeper | 13 | Hébert | Matisse | 2004 | Saint-Eustache | Saint-Jérôme | Canadian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Goalkeeper | 22 | Michel | Judewellin | 2004 | Port-au-Prince (Haiti) | Montreal | Canadian and Haitian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Goalkeeper | 1 | Martin | Alexis | 2006 | Laval | Laval | Canadian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Goalkeeper | 41 | Ouzounis | Alessandro | 2005 | Montreal | Montreal | Canadian and Italian | CS Longueuil |
Defender | 4 | Pietrantonio | Nicolas | 2005 | Montreal | Laval | Canadian and Slovenian | CS Saint-Laurent |
Defender | 16 | Volcy | Charles-Étienne | 2004 | Montreal | Blainville | Canadian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Defender | 18 | Godin | Étienne | 2006 | Lebanon (United States) | Town of Mount Royal | Canadian and American | CF Montréal U17 |
Defender | 19 | De Montigny | Luca | 2006 | Montreal | Mascouche | Canadian | CF Montréal U17 |
Defender | 21 | Bouffard | Thomas | 2005 | Montreal | Saint-Lambert | Canadian and Swiss | CF Montréal Reserve |
Defender | 26 | Markovic | Nikola | 2004 | Gatineau | Gatineau | Canadian and Serbian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Defender | 29 | Yeo | Ismaël | 2005 | Abidjan (Ivory Coast) | Montreal | Canadian and Ivorian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Midfielder | 5 | Tchemmoun | Rayane | 2004 | Oran (Algeria) | Montreal | Canadian and Algerian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Midfielder | 8 | Rodrigue | Adam | 2005 | Greenfield Park | Varennes | Canadian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Midfielder | 12 | Domanico | Luca | 2006 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canadian and Italian | CF Montréal U17 |
Midfielder | 17 | Sany Kong | Loïc | 2005 | Yaoundé (Cameroon) | Quebec City | Canadian and Cameroonian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Midfielder | 30 | N’Diaye | Antoine | 2006 | Montreal | Longueuil | Canadian, French and Senegalese | CF Montréal U17 |
Winger | 2 | Mavakala | David | 2006 | Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo) | Moncton | Congolese | CF Montréal Reserve |
Winger | 3 | De Montigny | Gaël | 2006 | Montreal | Mascouche | Canadian | CF Montréal U17 |
Winger | 10 | Iliadis | Costa | 2005 | Toronto | Toronto | Canadian and Greek | CF Montréal Reserve |
Striker | 9 | Ngongang | Farrel | 2005 | Douala (Cameroon) | Montreal | Canadian | CF Montréal Reserve |
Striker | 15 | Happi Emaga | Marc-Alexandre | 2006 | Namur (Belgium) | Montreal | Canadian | CF Montréal U17 |
Striker | 11 | Kane | Nael | 2006 | Ottawa | Ottawa | Canadian | West Ottawa SC |
COACHING STAFF
Patrick VIOLLAT: head coach
Sylvain HASCOËT: assistant coach
Christopher CINELLI-FAIA: goalkeeper coach
Pierre BÉZY: head physical trainer
Anthony HOSTALIER: physical trainer
Vanessa CONTENTA: head therapist
Joon Park: therapist
2024 SCHEDULE
4/21 – 6:30PM : CS Mont-Royal Outremont – CF Montréal (TMR Rec)
4/21 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – Celtix du Haut-Richelieu (Centre Nutrilait)
5/3 – 8:00PM : AS Blainville – CF Montréal (Parc Blainville)
5/12 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – Royal Sélect Beauport (Pôle culturel et sportif Saint-Constant)
5/18 – 7:30PM : FC Laval – CF Montréal (Parc Berthiaume – Du Tremblay)
6/1 – 6:30PM : CS Longueuil – CF Montréal (Parc Laurier)
6/5 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – CS Saint-Hubert (Centre Nutrilait)
6/8 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – Ottawa South United (Centre Nutrilait)
6/15 – 5:30PM : AS Laval – CF Montréal (Parc de Lausanne)
6/22 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – CS St-Laurent (Centre Nutrilait)
6/26 – 8:00PM : CS Saint-Hubert- CF Montréal (Parc Rosanne-Laflamme)
7/7 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – CS Mont-Royal Outremont (Centre Nutrilait)
7/12 – 9:00PM : Celtix du Haut-Richelieu – CF Montréal (Pierre-Benoît)
7/21 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – AS Blainville (Centre Nutrilait)
7/28 – 3:00PM : Royal Sélect Beauport – CF Montréal (Stade Beauport)
8/3 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – FC Laval (Centre Nutrilait)
8/10 – 8:00PM : CS St-Laurent – CF Montréal (Cégep Vanier College)
8/17 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – CS Longueuil (Centre Nutrilait)
8/25 – 6:00PM : Ottawa South United – CF Montréal (TAAG Park)
9/7 – 2:30PM : CF Montréal – AS Laval (Centre Nutrilait)
