AS Laval

Alliance Soccer Laval (formerly CS Monteuil) is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Laval, Quebec that plays in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. In 2021, CS Monteuil merged with youth club CS Étoiles de l’Est to form AS Laval.

Not to be confused with FC Laval.
AS Laval
Full nameAlliance Soccer Laval
Founded1966 (as CS Monteuil)
2021 (as AS Laval)
StadiumCentre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne
Head CoachVasilios "Billy" Zagakos
LeaguePremière Ligue de soccer du Québec
2021PLSQ-Male, 7th
PLSQ-Female, 2nd
WebsiteClub website

History

CS Monteuil
CS Monteuil logo

The club was originally formed in 1966 under the name l’Association sportive Monteuil de Laval.[1]

In 2019, the club joined the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec, a Division III league, fielding a team in the men's division,[2] with Sandro Grande becoming the men's head coach.[3] They played their first match on May 4 against FC Gatineau winning 3–2.[4] They finished in sixth place out of nine teams in their inaugural season[5] In 2020, Antoine Katako, formerly the coach of CS Fabrose took over as head coach, replacing interim coach David Cerasuolo,[6] who took over following the departure of head coach Sandro Grande[7] as well as technical director Marco Masucci late in the season, who took a position with the Quebec Soccer Federation.[8]

In 2018, a year before the men's team, they entered a team in the women's division of the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[9] In 2019, the women won the league, earning 33 points through 15 games to come in first place.[10] In 2021, the club finished in second place in both the league season and the league cup.[11]

AS Laval

In late 2021, CS Monteuil merged with CS Étoiles de l’Est to form a new club in later 2021 known as AS Laval (initially a third club, CS Centre-Sud, was to be part of the merger, but they later pulled out).[12][13][14]

Seasons

Men

Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup Ref
2019 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 9 6–6–4 6th Group Stage [15]
2020 on hiatus – COVID-19
2021 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 10[note 1] 4–2–10 7th – [15]
  1. Ottawa South United withdrew from the league mid-way through due to government restirctions, with their matches removed from the standings

Women

Season League Teams Record Rank League Cup Ref
2018 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec 5 5–2–5 2nd – [16]
2019 6 10–3–2 1st – [16]
2020 on hiatus – COVID-19
2021 10 6–3–0 2nd Finalists [16]

Notable former players

References
  1. "Histoire" [History]. CS Monteuil (in French).
  2. "Le CS Monteuil se Joindra à La PSLQ Masculine en 2019" [CS Monteuil Will Join the Men's PSLQ in 2019]. PLSQ (in French). 6 May 2019.
  3. "Marco Masucci quitte son poste de directeur technique" [Marco Masucci leaves his post of technical director]. Courrier Laval (in French). 1 November 2019.
  4. St-Germain, Nicolas (5 May 2019). "Un premier match semi-professionnel pour le CS Saint-Hubert" [PLSQ: le CS Monteuil réussit son entrée]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  5. Pereira, Nicolas (13 September 2019). "Le CS Monteuil souhaite s'améliorer" [CS Monteuil wants to improve]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  6. "Antoine Katako se joint au CS Monteuil" [Antoine Katako joins CS Monteuil]. Courrier Laval (in French). 6 December 2019.
  7. "Monteuil – Sandro Grande : divorce à l'amiable" [Monteuil - Sandro Grande: amicable divorce]. Just eSoccer (in French). 4 September 2019.
  8. Lidbetter, Mark (7 November 2019). "Monteuil's Marco Masucci moving on". The Suburban.
  9. "Le CS Monteuil fait son entrée dans la Première Ligue de soccer du Québec féminine" [CS Monteuil makes its entry into the Quebec Women's Premier Soccer League]. L'Écho de Laval (in French). 3 May 2018.
  10. Pereira, Nicholas (1 October 2019). "Championnat québécois pour le CS Monteuil féminin" [Quebec championship for CS Monteuil women]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  11. Pereira, Nicholas (29 August 2021). "Le CS Monteuil s'incline en finale de la Coupe PLSQ-F" [CS Monteuil lose in the final of the PLSQ-F Cup]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  12. "Les 6 Clubs de Soccer de Laval se Regroupent en 2 Nouveaux Clubs" [Laval's 6 Soccer Clubs Merge into 2 New Clubs]. Laval (in French). 15 April 2021.
  13. Robillard, Camille (19 April 2021). "Remaniement des clubs de soccer lavallois" [Reshuffle of Laval soccer clubs]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  14. Pereira, Nicholas (8 August 2021). "Centre-Sud s'oppose à la fusion des clubs de l'est" [Centre-Sud opposes the merger of the eastern clubs]. Courrier Laval (in French).
  15. "Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
  16. "Première Ligue de Soccer du Québec Feminin". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
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