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Valour FC

Valour FC is a Canadian professional soccer club in Winnipeg, Manitoba, which competes in the Canadian Premier League and plays their home matches at Princess Auto Stadium.

Valour FC
Full nameValour Football Club[1]
FoundedMay 6, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-06)
StadiumPrincess Auto Stadium, Winnipeg
Capacity33,000
OwnerWinnipeg Football Club
(community ownership)
PresidentWade Miller
CoachPhillip Dos Santos
LeagueCanadian Premier League
2024Regular season, 8th
Playoffs, did not qualify
Websitehttp://valourfc.canpl.ca/
Current season

The team is coached by Phillip Dos Santos and community owned through the Winnipeg Football Club.

History

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On May 6, 2017, Winnipeg was one of two cities accepted by the Canadian Soccer Association for professional club membership when the Canadian Premier League was unanimously approved.[2] It was confirmed that Canadian Football League clubs the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats were behind the ownership groups.[3] Wade Miller, CEO of the Winnipeg Football Club, was named as the club's president.[4]

In May 2018, it was reported that the club would be called Valour FC.[5] On June 6, 2018 the club was officially unveiled as the fourth team to join the Canadian Premier League.[6] As well as confirming its place in the league for the 2019 launch season, the club also revealed its crest, colours and branding.[7] On June 26, the club named Rob Gale as the first head coach and general manager.[8]

In the overall standings, Valour ranked 7th of 7 teams in 2019, 6th of 8 teams in 2020, and 5th of 8 teams in 2021. On September 23, 2021, while in 5th place, Valour FC sacked head coach Rob Gale and named Phillip Dos Santos as his replacement.[9]

Stadium

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Façade of Princess Auto Stadium, home field for Valour FC.

The club plays its home games at Princess Auto Stadium, a 33,234-seat Canadian football stadium.[10] The stadium opened in 2013 on the University of Manitoba campus next to University Stadium.[11] The stadium is also used by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and the University of Manitoba Bisons football team.[12]

Crest and colours

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The club's identity is heavily linked to the story of Winnipeg's Valour Road, and named to recognize Corporal Leo Clarke, Sergeant-Major Frederick William Hall, and Lieutenant Robert Shankland, who all lived on the same street and received the Victoria Cross for acts of bravery during the First World War.[13]

The letter "V" in the centre of the crest emulates a folded medal ribbon and also represents the meeting of the Red River and Assiniboine River in Winnipeg.[14] The right side of the "V" creates a "W" for Winnipeg, and the circle under the "V" is in the shape of the Victoria Cross medal. The wheat at the top of the crest represents Manitoba's agricultural industry.[15]

The official club colours are maroon, gold and black (branded by the club as "Valour maroon," "wheat gold," and "earth black"). These colours symbolize the ribbon of the Victoria Cross and the wheat fields and soil of the Canadian Prairies.[14]

Youth

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On August 8, 2018, Valour FC Elite Girls (formerly the Manitoba Blizzard) was founded to give girls in Winnipeg an opportunity to travel to college showcases in the U.S and Canada, while getting educated on the recruiting process. The team will be led by Head Coach Jim Zinko and Manager Trevor Kidd. Training begins in the fall, while the Valour FC Elite Girls competition season runs from late November into April.[16]

Club culture

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The club's mascot leans heavily on imagery of the Victoria Cross, being a lion named 'Vic'. He wears the club's colours on a t-shirt, shorts, and wristbands.[17][non-primary source needed]

Red River Rising Supporters group first met at Nicolino's Restaurant in January 2017, before a Winnipeg team was announced. The group met regularly in anticipation of an eventual Winnipeg team and now occupy section 144 at Princess Auto Stadium.[18] The section is known as The Trench.[19]

Players and staff

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Roster

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As of July 5, 2024[20]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ZIM Darlington Murasiranwa
2 DF   ESP Roberto Alarcón
3 DF   CAN Jordan Haynes
4 DF   GER Charalampos Chantzopoulos
6 MF   CAN Dante Campbell
7 MF   ENG Kian Williams
8 MF   USA Juan Pablo Sánchez
9 FW   AUS Jordan Swibel
10 FW   CAN Shaan Hundal
11 MF   CAN Noah Verhoeven (on loan from Atlético Ottawa)
13 DF   AUS Tass Mourdoukoutas
16 FW   CAN Joe Hanson
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   CAN Jordan Faria
19 FW   CIV Abdul Binate
20 MF   POR Diogo Ressurreição
21 MF   CAN Marcello Polisi
23 DF   CAN Gianfranco Facchineri
24 MF   CAN Zachary Sukunda
25 FW   CAN Loïc Kwemi
27 MF   GHA Raphael Ohin (captain)
30 DF   CAN Themi Antonoglou
33 DF   MLI Abdou Samaké
50 GK   CAN Jonathan Viscosi
64 MF   CAN Safwane Mlah

Current staff

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As of March 4, 2023[21][22]
Executive
President & CEO   Wade Miller
General manager   Phillip Dos Santos
Coaching staff
Head coach   Phillip Dos Santos
Assistant coach   Jay Bhindi
Assistant coach   Daryl Fordyce
Goalkeeping coach   Patrick Di Stefani

Head coaches

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As of May 14, 2024 [23]
Coach Nation Tenure Record
G W D L Win %
Rob Gale   England June 26, 2018 – September 23, 2021 57 18 8 31 031.58
Phillip Dos Santos   Canada September 23, 2021 – present 74 19 18 37 025.68

Club captains

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Years Name Nation
2019 Jordan Murrell[24][25]   Canada
2019 Skylar Thomas[24]   Canada
2020 Dylan Carreiro[26]   Canada
2020–2022 Daryl Fordyce[27]   Northern Ireland
2021–2023 Andrew Jean-Baptiste[27]   Haiti
2024- Raphael Ohin   Ghana

Records

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Year-by-year

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Season League Playoffs CC Continental Average
attendance 		Top goalscorer(s)
Div League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Pos. Name Goals
2019[28] 1 CPL 28 8 4 16 30 52 –22 28 1.00 6th DNQ R2 DNQ 5,335   Marco Bustos 7
2020 CPL 7 2 2 3 8 9 –1 8 1.14 6th DNQ N/A Eight players 1
2021 CPL 28 10 5 13 38 36 +2 35 1.25 5th QF   Moses Dyer 9
2022 CPL 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 37 1.32 5th PR 3,111   Moses Dyer 9
2023 CPL 28 6 8 14 25 38 -13 26 0.93 8th PR 3,220   Walter Ponce
  Kian Williams
  Diego Gutiérrez		 4

1. Average attendance include statistics from league matches only.
2. Top goalscorer(s) includes all goals scored in league season, league playoffs, Canadian Championship, CONCACAF League, and other competitive continental matches.

All-time most appearances

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As of July 22, 2022[29]
# Name Nation Career at club Games Played Goals Scored
CPL Cup Int'l Total CPL Cup Int'l Total
1 Raphael Ohin   Ghana 2019–present 53 4 0 55 1 0 0 1
2 Federico Pena   Trinidad & Tobago 2019–present 49 3 0 49 0 0 0 0
3 Moses Dyer   New Zealand 2020–2022 46 3 0 46 16 0 0 16
4 Stefan Cebara   Canada 2020–present 45 2 0 47 2 0 0 2
5 Daryl Fordyce   Northern Ireland 2020–present 42 3 0 45 4 0 0 4
6 William Akio   South Sudan 2020-2022 41 3 0 44 10 0 0 10
Diego Gutierrez   Canada 2019-2021, 2022–present 42 2 0 44 0 0 0 0
8 Sean Rea   Canada 2021–present 36 3 0 39 4 1 0 5
9 Andy Baquero   Canada 2021–present 35 1 0 36 2 0 0 2
10 Brett Levis   Canada 2020–present 31 2 0 33 2 0 0 2
11 Dylan Carreiro   Canada 2019–2020 30 1 0 31 3 0 0 3
Rocco Romeo   Canada 2021–present 29 2 0 31 3 0 0 3
13 Jose Galan   Spain 2019-2021 29 1 0 30 1 0 0 1
14 Marco Bustos   Canada 2019 25 2 0 27 7 1 0 8
15 Rafael Galhardo   Brazil 2021 23 2 0 25 2 0 0 2
16 Keven Aleman   Canada 2021 24 0 0 24 3 0 0 3
Austin Ricci   Canada 2020-2021 22 2 0 24 5 3 0 8
18 Jared Ulloa   Peru 2021 22 1 0 23 0 0 0 0
Skylar Thomas   Canada 2019 22 1 0 23 0 0 0 0
Louis Béland-Goyette   Canada 2019 21 2 0 23 1 0 0 1
21 Jordan Murrell   Canada 2019 20 2 0 22 0 0 0 0
Tyler Attardo   Canada 2019 20 2 0 22 6 0 0 6
23 Adam Mitter   England 2019 20 1 0 21 0 0 0 0
24 Martín Arguiñarena   Uruguay 2019 18 2 0 20 0 0 0 0
25 Andrew Jean-Baptiste   Haiti 2020–present 19 0 0 19 3 0 0 3
26 Michael Petrasso   Canada 2019 18 0 0 18 6 0 0 6
Masta Kacher   Canada 2020-2021 17 1 0 18 1 0 0 1

Note: Bold indicates active player

References

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