The 2024 HFX Wanderers FC season was the sixth season in the history of

HFX Wanderers FC Halifax Wanderers FC, also written as HFX Wanderers FC, is a Canadian professional Association football, soccer club in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The club competes in the Canadian Premier League (CPL) at the top of the Canadian soccer league syste ...

. In addition to the

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, the club competed in the

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. During the off-season, coach Patrice Gheisar signed a two-year contract extension. The season was noteworthy for a difficult beginning, where the team set a league record for worst start to a season, and was eliminated from the Canadian Championship in the first round by losing to the Ligue 1 Québec club

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. The Wanderers also set a league record for most red cards in a season, with eight. The six points earned on away games was tied for the second-lowest amount in CPL history, matching the 1-3-10 away record the

ended with in 2019. Only

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fared worse in 2022 with four points. The average home attendance of 6,058 set a new club record.

Current squad

Transfers

In

Loans in

Draft picks

HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the

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. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in.

Out

Loans out

Competitions

Matches are listed in Halifax local time:

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( UTC−3)

Overview

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results by match

Matches

Canadian Championship

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announced the preliminary round schedule for the

on March 11. Changes from the previous year include a later start date, assigned starting brackets, a home-and-away quarterfinal series, and a redraw for semi-final matchups, all of which allow the Wanderers a greater chance of hosting games in Halifax during the event. The preliminary round opponent for the Wanderers was

, the championship team of

Ligue1 Québec Ligue1 Québec (L1QC) is a Semi-professional sports, semi-professional men's Association football, soccer league in Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2011 as the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, the league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Asso ...

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Notes

References

External links

Official Site
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