Club de Soccer Saint-Laurent is a Canadian

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club based in the

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of Saint-Laurent. Founded in 1982 as a youth club , it has played in

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 ...

, a semi-professional league, since 2022.

History

Established as a youth soccer club, the club was founded in 1982. As part of their 40th anniversary in 2022, the club unveiled a new logo, incorporating several elements of their

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's coat of arms and logo while preserving the shape of its old coat of arms – the crown at the top symbolizing the coat of arms of Saint-Laurent, the three points of the latter refer to the three spheres of the Borough's emblem, representing the three main cultural communities at the time of its creation (the French, English and Jewish populations), and the triangular shape in the centre representing mountain peaks. It was announced that they would enter the men's division of

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starting in 2022. Their desire to join the PLSQ had begun five years earlier, but they delayed their entry as they waited for some of their youth players to age, as well as due to the

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. Their debut match occurred on May 7 against

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, which they won 6–0. They finished in second place in their inaugural season. In 2023, the club won the

(re-branded from the PLSQ) title, qualifying the club to compete in the

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. In addition, they also won the 2023 Coupe L1QC, completing the league and cup double. In their Canadian Championship debut, they were drawn against the HFX Wanderers of the

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in the first round, whom they defeated in penalty kicks, becoming the first semi-pro side from Québec to defeat a professional club, to advance to the quarter-final round against

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club

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. In the 2024 season, they won the League Cup title for the second consecutive season, while finishing second in the league season.

Seasons

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the L1Q team:

References

External links

Senior Semi-pro club website

Youth club website
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