2022 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton 2022 football season
FC Edmonton
2022 season
General managerJeff Harrop
Head coachAlan Koch
StadiumClarke Stadium
Canadian Premier League8th
Canadian ChampionshipPreliminary Round
Top goalscorerLeague: Mamadi Camara
Tobias Warschewski (4 each)

All: Tobias Warschewski (5)
Highest home attendance1,275
(May 22 vs. Atlético Ottawa)
Lowest home attendance600
(April 15 vs. York United FC)
Average home league attendance927
← 2021

The 2022 FC Edmonton season was the eleventh and final season in the history of FC Edmonton. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship. The club was run directly by the CPL as the league searched for a new owner.[1]

Squad

As of July 11, 2022[2]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Andreas Vaikla Estonia Canada GK (1997-02-19)February 19, 1997 (aged 25) Canada Toronto FC II
48 Darlington Murasiranwa Zimbabwe Canada GK (2001-02-07)February 7, 2001 (aged 21) Canada Whitecaps FC Academy
90 Joseph Holliday Canada GK (2005-01-08)January 8, 2005 (aged 17) Academy
Defenders
2 Kelsey Egwu Canada Nigeria CB (2004-02-01)February 1, 2004 (aged 18) Canada BTB Academy
4 Luke Singh Trinidad and Tobago Canada CB (2000-09-12)September 12, 2000 (aged 22) Canada Toronto FC
5 Malik Sylvester Canada CB Canada BTB Academy
14 Cale Loughrey Canada CB (2001-08-04)August 4, 2001 (aged 21) Canada Forge FC
18 Nyal Higgins Canada CB / RB (1998-01-19)January 19, 1998 (aged 24) Canada Atlético Ottawa
19 T-Boy Fayia Liberia Canada CB (2001-02-01)February 1, 2001 (aged 21) Canada York United
22 Wesley Timoteo Canada Portugal FB (2000-04-09)April 9, 2000 (aged 22) Cyprus PO Xylotymbou
36 Felix N'sa Canada Democratic Republic of the Congo CB (2003-09-25)September 25, 2003 (aged 19) Canada Whitecaps FC Academy
40 Nekhi Wright Canada RB Canada BTB Academy
57 Terique Mohammed Canada Trinidad and Tobago LB (2000-01-27)January 27, 2000 (aged 22) Republic of Ireland Dundalk
Midfielders
8 Shamit Shome Canada Bangladesh AM (1997-09-05)September 5, 1997 (aged 25) Canada Montreal Impact
11 Azriel Gonzalez United States Mexico AM / LW (2001-05-24)May 24, 2001 (aged 21) United States Tacoma Defiance
12 Ousman Maheshe Democratic Republic of the Congo Canada RW / LW / FB (2002-04-02)April 2, 2002 (aged 20) Canada NAIT Ooks
16 Marcus Simmons Canada LW / LB / ST (2000-07-16)July 16, 2000 (aged 22) Canada York Lions
17 CJ Smith Canada RW / LW (1998-01-12)January 12, 1998 (aged 24) United States Houston Baptist Huskies
21 Simon Triantafillou Canada Greece AM (1999-01-01)January 1, 1999 (aged 23) United States Providence Friars
25 Bicou Bissainthe Haiti DM / CB (1999-03-15)March 15, 1999 (aged 23) Armenia Sevan
30 Gabriel Bitar Lebanon Canada AM / CF (1998-08-23)August 23, 1998 (aged 24) Canada Carleton Ravens
Forwards
6 Mamadi Camara Guinea Canada CF (1995-02-25)February 25, 1995 (aged 27) Canada HFX Wanderers
7 Masta Kacher Algeria Canada CF / AM (1995-11-08)November 8, 1995 (aged 27) Canada Valour FC
9 Mouhamadou Kane Canada Senegal CF (2003-10-12)October 12, 2003 (aged 19) Canada York United
10 Tobias Warschewski Germany CF / RW (1998-02-06)February 6, 1998 (aged 24) Germany Phönix Lübeck
45 Kairo Coore Canada ST (2001-01-12)January 12, 2001 (aged 21) Canada CBU Capers

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
18 DF Canada Nyal Higgins Canada Atlético Ottawa Free February 25, 2022 [3]
7 FW Algeria Masta Kacher Canada Valour FC Free February 17, 2022 [4]
6 FW Canada Mamadi Camara Canada HFX Wanderers FC Free February 22, 2022 [5]
45 FW Canada Kairo Coore Canada CBU Capers Selected 2nd overall in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft March 22, 2022 [6]
57 DF Canada Terique Mohammed Republic of Ireland Dundalk F.C. Free March 23, 2022 [7]
16 FW Canada Marcus Simmons Canada York Lions Free March 25, 2022 [8]
30 FW Canada Gabriel Bitar Canada Carleton Ravens Free March 28, 2022 [9]
2 DF Canada Kelsey Egwu Canada BTB Academy Signed to a development contract April 30, 2022 [10]
5 DF Canada Malik Sylvester Canada BTB Academy Signed to a development contract April 30, 2022 [10]
90 GK Canada Joseph Holliday Academy Signed to a development contract May 6, 2022 [11]
40 DF Canada Nekhi Wright Canada BTB Academy Signed to a development contract May 14, 2022 [12]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
9 FW Germany Julian Ulbricht Canada York United Season-long loan; recalled on July 11, 2022 February 10, 2022 [13]
10 FW Germany Tobias Warschewski Canada York United Season-long loan February 10, 2022 [13]
36 DF Canada Felix N'sa Canada York United Season-long loan February 10, 2022 [13]
4 DF Canada Luke Singh Canada Toronto FC Season-long loan March 3, 2022 [14]
1 GK Estonia Andreas Vaikla Canada Toronto FC Season-long loan March 24, 2022 [15]
12 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Ousman Maheshe Canada HFX Wanderers Season-long loan March 29, 2022 [16]
22 DF Canada Wesley Timóteo Canada HFX Wanderers Season-long loan March 29, 2022 [16]
17 MF Canada CJ Smith Canada HFX Wanderers Season-long loan March 29, 2022 [16]
11 MF United States Azriel Gonzalez Canada York United Season-long loan April 1, 2022 [17]
8 MF Canada Shamit Shome Canada Forge FC Season-long loan April 5, 2022 [18]
14 DF Canada Cale Loughrey Canada Forge FC Season-long loan April 5, 2022 [18]
21 MF Canada Simon Triantafillou Canada Pacific FC Season-long loan April 15, 2022 [19]
25 MF Haiti Bicou Bissainthe Canada Pacific FC Season-long loan April 22, 2022 [20]
9 FW Canada Mouhamadou Kane Canada York United Season-long loan July 11, 2022 [21]

Draft picks

FC Edmonton will make the following selections in the 2022 CPL–U Sports Draft. 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 2 FW Kairo Coore  Canada Cape Breton
2 10 FW Quentin Paumier  France Montréal

Out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
1 GK Canada Connor James N/A Retired November 13, 2021 [22]
4 DF Canada Allan Zebie N/A Retired November 14, 2021 [23]
3 DF Cameroon Jeannot Esua Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
5 DF Spain Ramón Soria Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
8 DF Germany Mélé Temguia United States Forward Madison FC Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
12 DF Democratic Republic of the Congo Sharly Mabussi Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
27 DF United States Hunter Gorskie United States Orange County SC Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
55 DF Canada Amer Didic Canada Pacific FC Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
2 MF Canada Paris Gee Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
7 MF Canada Shamit Shome Canada Forge FC Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
10 MF Canada Kyle Porter Canada Blue Devils FC Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
17 MF Canada Marcus Velado-Tsegaye Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
20 MF Canada Antony Caceres Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
21 MF Canada Tomas Giraldo Canada CF Montréal Loan expired December 31, 2021 [24]
28 MF Canada Thomas Gardner Canada Varsity FC Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
33 MF Canada Fraser Aird Canada Cavalry FC Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
13 FW United States Roberto Avila United States Houston Dynamo 2 Loan expired December 31, 2021 [24]
19 FW Germany Tobias Warschewski Canada York United Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
26 FW Canada Matthew Durrans Germany FC Pipinsried Contract expired December 31, 2021 [24]
9 FW Canada Easton Ongaro Romania UTA Arad Contract expired January 12, 2022 [25]

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

FC Edmonton v FC Tigers Vancouver
March 15 Friendly FC Edmonton 3–3 FC Tigers Vancouver Edmonton, Alberta
Report Stadium: Edmonton Soccer Dome
FC Edmonton v MacEwan Griffins
April 1 Friendly FC Edmonton 1–0 MacEwan Griffins Edmonton, Alberta
10:00am Report Stadium: Clarke Stadium

Competitions

Matches are listed in Edmonton local time: Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6) until November 5, and Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7) otherwise.

Overview

Competition First match Last match Starting round Final position Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Canadian Premier League April 10 October 8 Matchday 1 8 28 4 8 16 31 51 −20 014.29
Canadian Championship May 10 May 10 Preliminary round Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 1 2 −1 000.00
Total 29 4 8 17 32 53 −21 013.79

Last updated: October 9, 2022
Source: Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Atlético Ottawa (S) 28 13 10 5 36 29 +7 49 Advance to playoffs
2 Forge (C) 28 14 5 9 47 25 +22 47
3 Cavalry 28 14 5 9 39 33 +6 47
4 Pacific 28 13 7 8 36 33 +3 46
5 Valour 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 37
6 York United 28 9 7 12 31 37 −6 34
7 HFX Wanderers 28 8 5 15 24 38 −14 29
8 FC Edmonton 28 4 8 16 31 51 −20 20
Source: CanPL.ca
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) goal differential; 4) goals for; 5) away goals differential; 6) away goals for; 7) home goals differential; 8) home goals for; 9) U-21 minutes; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots.[26]
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Updated to match(es) played on August 7, 2022. Source: #Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

FC Edmonton v Valour FC
April 10 1 FC Edmonton 1–1 Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 670
Referee: Filip Dujic
FC Edmonton v York United FC
April 15 2 FC Edmonton 1–1 York United FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: Juan Marquez
Forge FC v FC Edmonton
April 23 3 Forge FC 3–0 FC Edmonton Hamilton, Ontario
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3,133
Referee: David Barrie
FC Edmonton v Pacific FC
April 27 4 FC Edmonton 0–0 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm Singh Yellow card 32' Report Aparicio Yellow card 37'
Mukumbilwa Yellow card 73'
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 765
Referee: Scott Bowman
HFX Wanderers FC v FC Edmonton
April 30 5 HFX Wanderers FC 3–1 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 6,213
Referee: Ben Hoskins
FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC
May 6 6 FC Edmonton 0–3 Cavalry FC Edmonton, Alberta
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,044
Referee: David Barrie
Pacific FC v FC Edmonton
May 14 7 Pacific FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Attendance: 3,424
Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren
FC Edmonton v Atlético Ottawa
May 22 8 FC Edmonton 1–2 Atlético Ottawa Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,275
Referee: Alain Ruch
FC Edmonton v Forge FC
May 31 9 FC Edmonton 3–4 Forge FC Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 897
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
Valour FC v FC Edmonton
June 5 10 Valour FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm
Report
  • Camara 32', Yellow card 90+1'
  • Bitar Yellow card 90+1'
Stadium: IG Field
Attendance: 2,727
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers FC
June 14 11 FC Edmonton 1–2 HFX Wanderers FC Edmonton, Alberta
8:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 784
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
FC Edmonton v Atlético Ottawa
June 19 12 FC Edmonton 1–0 Atlético Ottawa Edmonton, Alberta
3:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,177
Referee: Michael Venne
Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton
June 26 13 Cavalry FC 3–1 FC Edmonton Foothills County, Alberta
5:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 4,743
Referee: David Barrie
FC Edmonton v York United FC
July 1 14 FC Edmonton 3–0 York United FC Edmonton, Alberta
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,133
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
FC Edmonton v Pacific FC
July 9 15 FC Edmonton 2–3 Pacific FC Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm
Report
Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Attendance: 1,356
Referee: Mo Mohseni
Forge FC v FC Edmonton
July 19 16 Forge FC 5–1 FC Edmonton Hamilton, Ontario
4:45pm
Report
Stadium: Tim Hortons Field
Attendance: 3,121
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass
HFX Wanderers FC v FC Edmonton
July 23 17 HFX Wanderers FC 1–1 FC Edmonton Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:30am
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Attendance: 5,724
Referee: Juan Marquez
Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton
July 30 18 Cavalry FC 2–0 FC Edmonton Foothills County, Alberta
4:00pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Attendance: 3,446
Referee: Filip Dujic
Atlético Ottawa v FC Edmonton
August 7 19 Atlético Ottawa 2–1 FC Edmonton Ottawa, Ontario
12:00pm
Report
Stadium: TD Place
Attendance: 6,574
Referee: Myriam Marcotte
York United FC v FC Edmonton
August 14 20 York United FC v FC Edmonton Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Valour FC v FC Edmonton
August 21 21 Valour FC v FC Edmonton Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:30pm Stadium: IG Field
FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers FC
August 28 22 FC Edmonton v HFX Wanderers FC Edmonton, Alberta
4:00pm Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Atlético Ottawa v FC Edmonton
September 2 23 Atlético Ottawa v FC Edmonton Ottawa, Ontario
5:00pm Stadium: TD Place
York United FC v FC Edmonton
September 9 24 York United FC v FC Edmonton Toronto, Ontario
5:30pm Stadium: York Lions Stadium
FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC
September 17 25 FC Edmonton v Cavalry FC Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm Stadium: Clarke Stadium
FC Edmonton v Forge FC
September 25 26 FC Edmonton v Forge FC Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm Stadium: Clarke Stadium
Pacific FC v FC Edmonton
September 30 27 Pacific FC v FC Edmonton Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm Stadium: Starlight Stadium
FC Edmonton v Valour FC
October 8 28 FC Edmonton v Valour FC Edmonton, Alberta
1:00pm Stadium: Clarke Stadium

Canadian Championship

Cavalry FC v FC Edmonton
May 10 PR Cavalry FC 2–1 FC Edmonton Foothills County, Alberta
7:30pm
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Referee: Juan Marquez

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of July 7, 2022[update]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Estonia EST Andreas Vaikla 14 0 13+0 0 1+0 0
2 DF Canada CAN Kelsey Egwu 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Trinidad and Tobago TRI Luke Singh 13 0 12+0 0 1+0 0
6 MF Canada CAN Mamadi Camara 13 3 11+1 3 1+0 0
7 FW Algeria ALG Mastanabal Kacher 12 1 4+8 1 0+0 0
8 MF Canada CAN Shamit Shome 10 0 9+1 0 0+0 0
9 FW Germany GER Julian Ulbricht 9 1 5+3 1 0+1 0
10 FW Germany GER Tobias Warschewski 12 3 9+2 2 1+0 1
11 MF United States USA Azriel Gonzalez 10 0 7+3 0 0+0 0
14 DF Canada CAN Cale Loughrey 12 0 7+4 0 1+0 0
16 FW Canada CAN Marcus Simmons 12 0 10+1 0 1+0 0
17 MF Canada CAN CJ Smith 10 0 1+8 0 0+1 0
18 DF Canada CAN Nyal Higgins 14 0 13+0 0 1+0 0
19 DF Canada CAN T-Boy Fayia 11 0 7+3 0 1+0 0
21 DF Canada CAN Simon Triantafillou 13 0 8+4 0 1+0 0
22 DF Canada CAN Wesley Timoteo 15 2 10+4 2 1+0 0
25 MF Haiti HAI Bicou Bissainte 8 2 7+1 2 0+0 0
30 FW Canada CAN Gabriel Bitar 14 2 13+0 2 1+0 0
45 FW Canada CAN Kairo Coore 10 1 3+6 1 0+1 0
57 DF Canada CAN Terique Mohammed 10 0 3+7 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Germany Tobias Warschewski FW 1 0 1
Algeria Masta Kacher FW 1 0 1
Totals 2 0 2

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
17 MF Canada CJ Smith 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 0 1 0 0 0 1

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