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2019 HFX Wanderers FC season

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HFX Wanderers
2019 season
PresidentDerek Martin
Head coachStephen Hart
StadiumWanderers Grounds
Canadian Premier LeagueSpring: 4th
Fall: 7th
Overall: 7th
Canadian ChampionshipThird qualifying round
Top goalscorerLeague: Akeem Garcia (7 goals)
All: Akeem Garcia (8 goals)
Highest home attendance6,244
(June 1 vs. Pacific FC)
Lowest home attendance3,854
(June 5 vs. Valour FC)
Average home league attendanceLeague: 6,055
All: 5,904
Biggest win2–0
(June 26 vs. Valour FC) and two other occasions
Biggest defeat2–6
(July 27 vs. York 9 FC)
2020 →

The 2019 HFX Wanderers FC season was the first season in the club's history having been founded on 5 May 2018, as well as the first season in Canadian Premier League (CPL) history. Stephen Hart was the club's first manager, with the team playing at Wanderers Grounds. The season covers the period from 1 November 2018 through to 31 October 2019. Hart, like his peers in the CPL, built a squad from the ground up, and made use of all available mechanisms for player recruitment: the CPL Open Trials, the U-Sports Draft, and benefiting from his domestic and international connections, particularly from his native Trinidad & Tobago.

Overview

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The first ever player signed by the team was Canadian defender Zachary Sukunda on 29 November 2018, followed by a quartet of Trinidad & Tobago players in the new year. A contingent of Canadians followed before Hart turned his attention to signing three players from the CPL Open Trials:[1] Kouamé Ouattara, Kodai Iida, and Mohamed Kourouma. Hart also signed all three U-Sports draft picks, and added some veteran attacking options in Luis Alberto Perea and Juan Diego Gutierrez. As the season approached and during the season, Hart raided League 1 Ontario club Vaughan Azzurri three times to round out his squad, signing Tomasz Skublak, Matthew Arnone and eventually, Duran Lee.

A short pre-season in April in the Dominican Republic saw HFX play only two matches, before playing its first ever competitive fixture on 28 April 2019, away at Pacific FC and losing 1–0. Following the defeat, HFX returned home to a raucous Wanderers Grounds on 4 May 2019, picking up its first win in history, defeating eventual champions Forge FC 2–1 with forward Akeem Garcia, scoring the team's first ever goal in the 30th minute. HFX would finish the Spring Season a respectable fourth place. In the Canadian Championship, HFX dispatched Vaughan Azzurri and Valour FC.

The Fall Season began optimistically on 6 July 2019 with the team recording a 1–0 win over York 9 FC and preparing to face Ottawa Fury FC of the United Soccer League Championship in the third preliminary round of the Canadian Championship. However, a congested fixture schedule would take its toll on the team, playing seven matches in eighteen days in July. HFX would lose all of them, bar one draw away to the afore-mentioned Ottawa Fury FC, which was insufficient to progress in the Canadian Championship. Throughout the year, HFX had had difficulty mustering much offense, which contributed to the slump. Improved defensive performances in September resulted in an uptick of form, but without much goalscoring, HFX could only muster six consecutive draws (a league record), surrendering the lead late on a number of occasions along the way. Combined with suggestions of locker room discord[2] and Hart commenting on his players learning what it meant to be a professional,[3] the Fall Season was difficult for HFX, finishing last which also “earned” the team the proverbial wooden spoon for 2019 as a whole. However, the year would end on a positive note, with Hart and company earning their first and only away win, 2–0 against York 9 FC. The Privateers 1882's supporter's group player of the year award went to centre-back, Matthew Arnone.

Off the pitch, the club was a tremendous success, the supporters regularly packing Wanderers Grounds to its limits and making it a difficult place to play for visiting teams. Indeed, in league play Cavalry FC was the only team to ever win at Wanderers Grounds all year. The boisterous atmosphere was the envy of the league and even attracted the notice of Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley who hoped his team would play there in the Canadian Championship.[4]

A last place finish, however, was always going to mean high player turnover. Instead of announcing a list of players released at the end of the season, the club instead would announce returning players only over the course of the off-season.[5]

Current squad

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As of October 19, 2019[6]
No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
21 Jan-Michael Williams Trinidad and Tobago GK (1984-10-26)October 26, 1984 (aged 35) Guatemala Sacachispas
50 Christian Oxner Canada GK (1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 23) Canada Saint Mary's Huskies
Defenders
3 André Bona France RB / CB (1990-01-19)January 19, 1990 (aged 29) Canada UQAM Citadins
4 Chakib Hocine Algeria CB (1991-08-08)August 8, 1991 (aged 28) Finland Ekenäs
6 Chrisnovic N'sa Canada CB / CM (1999-01-28)January 28, 1999 (aged 20) Canada Montreal Impact Academy
16 Duran Lee Canada CB (1995-05-09)May 9, 1995 (aged 24) Canada Vaughan Azzurri
20 Ndzemdzela Langwa Canada LB (1998-03-05)March 5, 1998 (aged 21) Spain Socuéllamos
23 Matthew Arnone Canada CB (1994-02-28)February 28, 1994 (aged 25) Canada Vaughan Azzurri
24 Alex De Carolis Canada LB / CB (1992-09-24)September 24, 1992 (aged 27) Sweden Umeå FC
25 Zachary Sukunda Canada RB (1995-06-24)June 24, 1995 (aged 24) Australia Northcote City
Midfielders
5 Elton John Trinidad and Tobago CM / CB (1987-04-08)April 8, 1987 (aged 32) Trinidad and Tobago San Juan Jabloteh
7 Juan Gutiérrez Peru LW / RW / AM (1992-04-28)April 28, 1992 (aged 27) Peru Sport Rosario
8 Elliot Simmons Canada CM (1998-02-05)February 5, 1998 (aged 21) Sweden Dalkurd
9 Kodai Iida Japan AM (1994-12-06)December 6, 1994 (aged 25) United States Washington Premier FC
12 Mohamed Kourouma Guinea LW (1990-08-04)August 4, 1990 (aged 29) United States Miami City
13 Kouamé Ouattara Ivory Coast CM (1991-08-06)August 6, 1991 (aged 28) Canada CS Dieppe
15 Scott Firth Canada CM (2001-03-02)March 2, 2001 (aged 18) Canada Suburban FC
18 Andre Rampersad Trinidad and Tobago CM (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 24) Trinidad and Tobago Santa Rosa
22 Abd-El-Aziz Yousef Somalia RW / AM (1999-10-05)October 5, 1999 (aged 20) Netherlands Cambuur
Forwards
10 Luis Perea Colombia ST (1986-09-03)September 3, 1986 (aged 33) Colombia La Equidad
11 Akeem Garcia Trinidad and Tobago CF / RW (1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 23) Trinidad and Tobago Santa Rosa
14 Vincent Lamy Canada CF (1999-07-10)July 10, 1999 (aged 20) Canada Montreal Impact Academy
17 Tomasz Skublak Canada ST (1997-12-08)December 8, 1997 (aged 22) Canada Vaughan Azzurri

Transfers

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In

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No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Date Source
25 DF Canada Zachary Sukunda Australia Northcote City Free Transfer November 29, 2018 [7]
21 GK Trinidad and Tobago Jan-Michael Williams Guatemala Sacachispas Free Transfer January 10, 2019 [8]
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Elton John Trinidad and Tobago Queen's Park CC Free Transfer January 10, 2019 [8]
18 MF Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad Trinidad and Tobago FC Santa Rosa Free Transfer January 10, 2019 [8]
11 FW Trinidad and Tobago Akeem Garcia Trinidad and Tobago FC Santa Rosa Free Transfer January 10, 2019 [8]
4 DF Algeria Chakib Hocine Finland Ekenäs Free Transfer January 16, 2019 [9]
14 FW Canada Vincent Lamy Canada Montreal Impact Academy Free Transfer January 22, 2019 [10]
8 MF Canada Elliot Simmons Sweden Dalkurd Free Transfer January 22, 2019 [10]
15 MF Canada Scott Firth Canada Suburban FC Free Transfer January 30, 2019 [11]
20 DF Canada Ndzemdzela Langwa Spain Socuéllamos Free Transfer February 5, 2019 [8]
6 DF Canada Chrisnovic N'sa Canada Montreal Impact Academy Free Transfer February 5, 2019 [8]
50 GK Canada Christian Oxner Canada Saint Mary's Huskies Selected 19th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft February 20, 2019 [12]
24 DF Canada Alex De Carolis Sweden Umeå FC Free Transfer February 20, 2019 [12]
13 MF Ivory Coast Kouamé Ouattara Canada CS Dieppe Free Transfer February 21, 2019 [13]
9 MF Japan Kodai Iida United States Washington Premier FC Free Transfer February 21, 2019 [13]
10 FW Colombia Luis Alberto Perea Colombia La Equidad Free Transfer February 25, 2019 [14]
7 MF Peru Juan Diego Gutiérrez Peru Sport Rosario Free Transfer February 25, 2019 [14]
2 DF Germany Peter Schaale Canada CBU Capers Selected 5th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft March 29, 2019 [15]
3 DF France André Bona Canada UQAM Citadins Selected 10th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft March 29, 2019 [15]
12 MF Guinea Mohamed Kourouma United States FC Miami City Free Transfer April 4, 2019 [16]
22 MF Somalia Abd-El-Aziz Yousef Netherlands SC Cambuur Free Transfer April 4, 2019 [16]
17 FW Canada Tomasz Skublak Canada Vaughan Azzurri Free Transfer April 9, 2019 [17]
23 DF Canada Matthew Arnone Canada Vaughan Azzurri Free Transfer May 1, 2019 [18]
16 DF Canada Duran Lee Canada Vaughan Azzurri Free Transfer August 13, 2019 [19]

Draft picks

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HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018.[20] 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 5 DF Peter Schaale  Germany CBU Capers
2 10 DF André Bona  France UQAM Citadins
3 19 GK Christian Oxner  Canada Saint Mary's Huskies

Out

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No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Date Source
2 DF Germany Peter Schaale Canada CBU Capers Developmental Contract expired August 15, 2019 [21]

Competitions

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Match times are Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).

Preseason

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April 12 Inter RD 0–1 HFX Wanderers FC Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Report Lamy

Canadian Premier League

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Spring season

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League table
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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[a]
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:
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
10 3 2 5 8 11  −3 11 3 1 1 8 5  +3 0 1 4 0 6  −6

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

Results by match
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Match12345678910
GroundAHAAHHHAHA
ResultLWLLDWLDWL
Position7556634434
Updated to match(es) played on July 1, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
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April 28 1 Pacific FC 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
8:00 pm Starostzik 23'
MacNaughton Yellow card 45+1' Yellow-red card 72'
Baldisimo Yellow card 69'
Report Stadium: Westhills Stadium
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Alain Ruch
May 4 2 HFX Wanderers FC 2–1 Forge FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm Garcia 30'
Langwa Yellow card 38'
Bona Yellow card 42'
N'sa Yellow card 70'
Perea 82', Yellow card 90+4'
Williams Yellow card 90+2'
Report Thomas 57'
Samuel Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,113
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
May 11 3 Valour FC 1–0 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
4:30 pm Ferguson 48'
Garcia Yellow card 80'
Janssens Yellow card 86'
Report Bona Yellow card 88' Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 5,819
Referee: David Barrie
May 25 4 Cavalry FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Foothills County, Alberta
7:30 pm Malonga 21', 56'
Pasquotti Yellow card 53'
Report Gutiérrez Yellow card 76' Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,162
Referee: David Barrie
May 29 5 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 York9 FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm Arnone Yellow card 4'
Schaale 15'
Langwa Yellow card 24'
Simmons Yellow card 39'
Report Gattas 5' (pen.)
Estevez Yellow card 21'
Porter Yellow card 26'
Gogarty Yellow card 52'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,387
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
June 1 6 HFX Wanderers FC 2–1 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00 pm Garcia 51'
Perea 68' (pen.)
Report Campbell 42'
McCurdy Yellow card 66'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,244
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
June 19 7 HFX Wanderers FC 1–2 Cavalry FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm Iida Yellow card 26'
Arnone Yellow card 39'
Andre Rampersad 50' Yellow card 71'
Report Waterman Yellow card 36'
Camargo 39'
Bona 41' (o.g.)
Wheeldon Yellow card 57'
Büscher Yellow card 80'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,021
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
June 22 8 York9 FC 0–0 HFX Wanderers FC Toronto, Ontario
4:30 pm Murofushi Yellow card 22' Report Bona Yellow card 15'
N'sa Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 2,101
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
June 26 9 HFX Wanderers FC 2–0 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm Kourouma 44' (pen.)
Skublak Yellow card 65'
Schaale Yellow card 84'
Garcia 85' Yellow card 90+5'
Report Ohin Yellow card 65' Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,834
Referee: David Barrie
July 1 10 FC Edmonton 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Edmonton, Alberta
4:30 pm Velado-Tsegaye 36'
Diouck 84'
Report Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 3,012
Referee: Filip Dujic

Fall season

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League table
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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Cavalry 18 11 5 2 35 12 +23 38 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals
2 Forge 18 11 4 3 30 19 +11 37
3 York9 18 7 2 9 30 26 +4 23
4 Pacific 18 5 5 8 24 31 −7 20
5 Valour 18 5 4 9 22 37 −15 19
6 FC Edmonton 18 4 6 8 19 24 −5 18
7 HFX Wanderers 18 3 8 7 13 24 −11 17
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.
Results summary
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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
18 3 8 7 13 24  −11 17 2 6 1 5 4  +1 1 2 6 8 20  −12

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

Results by match
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Match123456789101112131415161718
GroundHHAAAAHHAHAHHHAAHA
ResultWLLLLLWDLDDDDDDLLW
Position355667557777777777
Updated to match(es) played on October 19, 2019. Source: #Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Matches
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July 6 1 HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 York9 FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:30 pm Garcia 55' Report Abzi Yellow card 84' Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,244
Referee: Juan Marquez
July 13 2 HFX Wanderers FC 0–1 Cavalry FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:30 pm Gutiérrez Yellow card 59'
Bona Yellow card 88'
Report Oliver 85' Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,177
Referee: Filip Dujic
July 17 3 Forge FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Hamilton, Ontario
8:00 pm Bekker 36'
Borges 40' Yellow card 89'
Henry Yellow card 86'
Report Garcia Yellow card 32' Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 5,631
Referee: David Barrie
July 20 4 Pacific FC 3–1 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
7:00 pm Blasco 9'
Verhoven Yellow card 26'
Campbell 61', 90+1'
Report Schaale Yellow card 8'
Arnone 15' Yellow card 90+5'
John Yellow card 54'
Stadium: Westhills Stadium
Attendance: 2,737
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
July 27 5 York9 FC 6–2 HFX Wanderers FC Toronto, Ontario
4:30 pm Telfer 11', 63'
Gattas 22', 31', 45'
Aparicio Yellow card 40'
Gasparotto Yellow card 45+4'
Estevez 85'
Report N'sa Yellow card 19'
Perea Yellow card 45+4'
Bona Yellow card 53'
Skublak 60'
De Carolis Yellow card 68'
Rampersad Yellow card 69'
Thompson 75' (o.g.)
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 3,154
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière
July 31 6 FC Edmonton 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Edmonton, Alberta
10:00 pm Diouck Yellow card 19'
Ongaro 21'
Ameobi 47' (pen.)
Report Rampersad Yellow card 34'
Hocine Yellow card 74'
Bona Yellow card 87'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 2,873
Referee: Juan Marquez
August 5 7 HFX Wanderers FC 1–0 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:30 pm Skublak Yellow card 41'
Arnone 58'
Report Arguiñarena Yellow card 82'
Murrell Red card 90'
Gutiérrez Yellow card 90+2'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,115
Referee: Filip Dujic
August 10 8 HFX Wanderers FC 0–0 Cavalry FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm Simmons Yellow card 27'
Oxner Yellow card 60'
Report Wheeldon Yellow card 38'
Trafford Yellow card 47'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,204
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
August 28 9 Valour FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:00 pm Mitter Yellow card 45+1'
Bustos 47', 50' Yellow card 77'
Report Ouattara Yellow card 28' Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 4,346
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
September 2 10 HFX Wanderers FC 0–0 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm Gutiérrez Yellow card 11'
De Carolis Yellow card 25'
Report Diouck Yellow card 13' Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,200
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
September 15 11 Forge FC 2–2 HFX Wanderers FC Hamilton, Ontario
2:00 pm Awuah Yellow card 55'
Nanco 69'
Borges 81'
Report Garcia 48'
Gutiérrez 58'
Langwa Yellow card 79'
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 6,016
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
September 18 12 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Forge FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:30 pm Garcia 43'
Tomasz Skublak Yellow card 90+4'
Report Edgar Yellow card 53' 90+3' Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,824
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
Note: Originally scheduled for August 21, 5:00 pm
September 21 13 HFX Wanderers FC 0–0 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm Rampersad Yellow card 71' Report Ohin Yellow card 44'
Murrell Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,138
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
September 28 14 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
2:00 pm Didic 6' (o.g.)
John Yellow card 18'
Report Temguia Yellow card 69'
Ameobi 80'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,213
Referee: Juan Marquez
October 2 15 Pacific FC 1–1 HFX Wanderers FC Langford, British Columbia
11:00 pm Blasco 31'
Starostzik Yellow card 44'
Hojabrpour Yellow card 57'
Report N'sa Yellow card 51'
Garcia 80'
Lee Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Westhills Stadium
Attendance: 2,708
Referee: David Gantar
October 5 16 Cavalry FC 2–0 HFX Wanderers FC Foothills County, Alberta
7:00 pm Adekugbe 71'
Büscher Yellow card 83'
Waterman 90+1'
Report Skublak Yellow card 44'
Williams Red card 83'
N'sa Yellow card 90+4'
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,295
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
October 9 17 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 Pacific FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm Perea 27' (pen.)
John Yellow card 41'
Oxner Yellow card 70'
Report MacNaughton 13' Yellow card 81'
González Yellow card 36'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,055
Referee: Marie-Soleil Beaudoin
October 19 18 York9 FC 0–2 HFX Wanderers FC Toronto, Ontario
2:30 pm Doner Yellow card 35'
Murofushi Yellow card 76'
Report Gutiérrez 27'
Iida 33'
Bona Yellow card 64'
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Attendance: 3,452
Referee: Ben Hoskins

Canadian Championship

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First qualifying round

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May 15 Leg 1 Vaughan Azzurri 2–3 HFX Wanderers FC Vaughan, Ontario
8:00 pm Johnston Yellow card 45'
Whiteman 51'
Raposo 60'
Velastegui Yellow card 90+2'
Report Skublak 2'
Simmons Yellow card 19'
Garcia 39'
Kourouma 90+3' (pen.)
Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Serge Topalian
May 22 Leg 2 HFX Wanderers FC 0–1
(3a–3 agg.)
Vaughan Azzurri Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:00 pm Rampersad Yellow card 33'
Iida Yellow card 39'
Gutiérrez Yellow card 53'
Skublak Yellow card 90+1'
Report Schaale 27' (o.g.)
Fathazada Yellow card 44'
Johnston Yellow card 59' Yellow-red card 88'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,532
Referee: Silviu Petrescu

Second qualifying round

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June 5 Leg 1 HFX Wanderers FC 2–1 Valour FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
6:15 pm Rampersad Yellow card 26'
Skublak 39', Yellow card 50'
Kourouma 41'
Bona Yellow card 71'
Report Bustos 33', Yellow card 71'
Galvis Yellow card 41'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 3,854
Referee: Juan Marquez
June 12 Leg 2 Valour FC 0–2
(1–4 agg.)
HFX Wanderers FC Winnipeg, Manitoba
9:30 pm Ohin Yellow card 81' Report Kourouma 58'
Bona 90+3'
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 4,373
Referee: Yusri Rudolf

Third qualifying round

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July 10 Leg 1 HFX Wanderers FC 2–3 Ottawa Fury FC Halifax, Nova Scotia
7:00 pm Perea 32' (pen.) Yellow card 70'
Garcia Yellow card 39'
Barnathan 62' (o.g.)
Simmons Yellow card 63'
Bona Yellow card 72'
Report Thiago 23', 35'
Irving Yellow card 31'
Obasi Yellow card 58'
Tissot 67'
Barnathan Yellow card 70'
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,213
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
July 24 Leg 2 Ottawa Fury FC 2–2
(5–4 agg.)
HFX Wanderers FC Ottawa, Ontario
8:30 pm Obasi 45+1'
François 66'
Oliveira Yellow card 73'
Haworth Yellow card 79'
Gagnon-Laparé Yellow card 90+4'
Report Skublak 30' Yellow card 86'
Perea 43'
Schaale Yellow card 73'
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,443
Referee: Pierre-Luc Lauzière

Statistics

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Squad and statistics

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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
3 DF France FRA André Bona 31 1 8+2 0 14+1 0 5+1 1
4 DF Algeria ALG Chakib Hocine 6 0 0+0 0 4+0 0 2+0 0
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Elton John 21 0 6+1 0 11+0 0 3+0 0
6 DF Canada CAN Chrisnovic N'sa 21 0 5+1 0 9+3 0 2+1 0
7 MF Peru PER Juan Diego Gutiérrez 22 2 2+2 0 12+3 2 2+1 0
8 MF Canada CAN Elliot Simmons 17 0 6+1 0 4+2 0 4+0 0
9 MF Japan JPN Kodai Iida 25 1 8+2 0 4+6 1 4+1 0
10 FW Colombia COL Luis Alberto Perea 17 5 3+0 2 9+3 1 2+0 2
11 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Akeem Garcia 28 8 8+1 3 15+0 4 4+0 1
12 MF Guinea GUI Mohamed Kourouma 32 4 6+2 1 16+2 0 6+0 3
13 MF Ivory Coast CIV Kouamé Ouattara 7 0 2+2 0 1+1 0 0+1 0
14 FW Canada CAN Vincent Lamy 7 0 0+3 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
15 MF Canada CAN Scott Firth 9 0 0+2 0 2+4 0 0+1 0
16 DF Canada CAN Duran Lee 8 0 0+0 0 7+1 0 0+0 0
17 FW Canada CAN Tomasz Skublak 25 4 6+1 0 9+5 1 3+1 3
18 MF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Andre Rampersad 30 1 5+3 1 17+0 0 5+0 0
20 DF Canada CAN Ndzemdzela Langwa 24 0 8+1 0 6+4 0 4+1 0
21 GK Trinidad and Tobago TRI Jan-Michael Williams 15 0 7+0 0 5+0 0 3+0 0
22 MF Somalia SOM Abd-El-Aziz Yousef 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
23 DF Canada CAN Matthew Arnone 28 2 8+0 0 16+0 2 4+0 0
24 DF Canada CAN Alex De Carolis 21 0 4+0 0 11+2 0 2+2 0
25 DF Canada CAN Zachary Sukunda 21 0 5+0 0 5+7 0 2+2 0
50 GK Canada CAN Christian Oxner 21 0 3+0 0 13+2 0 3+0 0
Players who left during the season:
2 DF Germany GER Peter Schaale 22 1 10+0 1 7+0 0 5+0 0

Top scorers

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Rank Nat. Player Pos. CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Trinidad and Tobago Akeem Garcia FW 3 4 1 8
2 Colombia Luis Alberto Perea FW 2 1 2 5
3 Guinea Mohamed Kourouma MF 1 0 3 4
Canada Tomasz Skublak FW 0 1 3 4
5 Canada Matthew Arnone DF 0 2 0 2
Peru Juan Diego Gutiérrez MF 0 2 0 2
7 France André Bona DF 0 0 1 1
Japan Kodai Iida MF 0 1 0 1
Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad MF 1 0 0 1
Germany Peter Schaale DF 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 2 1 3
Totals 8 13 11 32

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

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Rank Nat. Player Pos. CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Guinea Mohamed Kourouma MF 1 2 1 4
2 Japan Kodai Iida MF 2 0 1 3
3 Germany Peter Schaale DF 0 1 1 2
Canada Tomasz Skublak FW 0 1 1 2
5 Canada Matthew Arnone DF 0 0 1 1
Peru Juan Diego Gutiérrez MF 0 0 1 1
Trinidad and Tobago Elton John MF 0 1 0 1
Colombia Luis Alberto Perea FW 1 0 0 1
Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad MF 0 1 0 1
Canada Elliot Simmons MF 0 0 1 1
Totals 4 6 7 17

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

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Rank Nat. Player CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Christian Oxner 1 5 0 6
2 Trinidad and Tobago Jan-Michael Williams 1 1 1 3
Totals 2 6 1 9

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

Disciplinary record

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No. Pos. Nat. Player CPL Spring season CPL Fall season Canadian Championship TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 GK Trinidad and Tobago Jan-Michael Williams 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
2 DF Germany Peter Schaale 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
3 DF France André Bona 3 0 4 0 2 0 9 0
4 DF Algeria Chakib Hocine 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
5 MF Trinidad and Tobago Elton John 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0
6 DF Canada Chrisnovic N'sa 2 0 3 0 0 0 5 0
7 MF Peru Juan Diego Gutiérrez 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0
8 MF Canada Elliot Simmons 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
9 MF Japan Kodai Iida 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
10 FW Colombia Luis Alberto Perea 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
11 FW Trinidad and Tobago Akeem Garcia 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0
13 MF Ivory Coast Kouamé Ouattara 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 DF Canada Duran Lee 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
17 FW Canada Tomasz Skublak 1 0 3 0 3 0 7 0
18 MF Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad 1 0 3 0 2 0 6 0
20 DF Canada Ndzemdzela Langwa 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
23 DF Canada Matthew Arnone 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
24 DF Canada Alex De Carolis 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
50 GK Canada Christian Oxner 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 18 0 31 1 13 0 62 1

Updated to match played October 19, 2019
Source: Canadian Premier League

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