2023 Atlético Ottawa season

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Atlético Ottawa
2023 season
CEO Fernando Lopez
Head coach Carlos González[1]
Stadium TD Place Stadium
Canadian Premier League 6th
CPL Playoffs Did Not Qualify
Canadian Championship Quarter Final
Top goalscorer League: Ollie Bassett (11)
All: Ollie Bassett (12)
Highest home attendance 7,044
Lowest home attendance 3,074
Average home league attendance 4,959
Biggest win 5-0 @ Vancouver FC
(May 13)
Biggest defeat 1-4 vs. Pacific FC
(May 6)
Away colours
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Atlético Ottawa season was the fourth season in the history of Atlético Ottawa. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship. This was the club's second season under head coach Carlos González.

In the previous season, the club finished 1st in the Canadian Premier League regular season,[2] before losing to Forge FC in the post-season Final.[3]

Current squad

As of July 28, 2023

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
1 Sean Melvin Canada GK (1994-07-09)July 9, 1994 (aged 29) United States Colorado Springs Switchbacks
29 Nathan Ingham Canada GK (1993-01-27)January 27, 1993 (aged 30) Canada York United FC
Defenders
3 Macdonald Niba Cameroon CB (1994-08-08)August 8, 1994 (aged 29) Finland Kuopion Palloseura
4 Diego Espejo Spain CB (2002-08-18)August 18, 2002 (aged 21) Spain Atlético Madrid B
5 Luke Singh Trinidad and Tobago CB (2000-09-12)September 12, 2000 (aged 23) Canada Toronto FC
15 Maxim Tissot Canada LB / DM (1992-04-13)April 13, 1992 (aged 31) Canada Forge FC
17 Miguel Acosta Spain RB / LB / CB (1998-03-16)March 16, 1998 (aged 25) Spain Atlético Baleares
20 Karl Ouimette Canada CB (1992-06-18)June 18, 1992 (aged 31) Canada Indy Eleven
23 Tyr Walker Canada CB / FB (2003-10-22)October 22, 2003 (aged 20) Canada Acadia University
46 Zachary Roy Canada RB (2003-06-24)June 24, 2003 (aged 20) Canada CS St-Hubert
91 Aboubakary Sacko France LB (2003-01-31)January 31, 2003 (aged 20) France Le Havre B
Midfielders
10 Ollie Bassett Northern Ireland AM / LW (1998-03-06)March 6, 1998 (aged 25) Canada Pacific FC
11 Noah Verhoeven Canada CM (1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 24) Canada York United
14 Jean-Aniel Assi Canada LW / RW (2004-08-12)August 12, 2004 (aged 19) Canada CF Montréal
16 Zach Verhoven Canada LW / RW / RB (1998-08-17)August 17, 1998 (aged 25) Canada Pacific FC
21 Alberto Zapater Spain DM (1985-06-13)June 13, 1985 (aged 38) Spain Real Zaragoza
26 Omar Darwish Canada DM (2005-01-30)January 30, 2005 (aged 18) Canada OSU Atletico
30 Gabriel Antinoro Canada LW (2004-04-24)April 24, 2004 (aged 19) Canada CF Montréal
96 Ilias Iliadis Greece DM / LB (2001-03-21)March 21, 2001 (aged 22) Canada CF Montréal
Forwards
7 Gianni dos Santos Cape Verde LW (1998-11-21)November 21, 1998 (aged 25) Canada Pacific FC
9 Carl Haworth Canada RW / RB (1989-07-09)July 9, 1989 (aged 34) United States Indy Eleven
18 Samuel Salter Canada CF (2000-08-09)August 9, 2000 (aged 23) Canada HFX Wanderers
19 Malcolm Shaw Trinidad and Tobago CF / RW (1995-07-27)July 27, 1995 (aged 28) Sweden Assyriska IK
99 Ruben Del Campo Switzerland CF / LW (2000-02-23)February 23, 2000 (aged 23) Spain San Fernando CD

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
20 DF Canada Karl Ouimette United States Indy Eleven Free transfer January 31, 2023 [4]
11 MF Canada Noah Verhoeven Canada York United Free transfer February 3, 2023 [5]
18 FW Canada Samuel Salter Canada HFX Wanderers Undisclosed fee & sell-on clause February 16, 2023 [6]
7 FW Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos Canada Pacific FC Free February 21, 2023 [7]
30 MF Canada Gabriel Antinoro Canada CF Montréal Free February 23, 2023 [8]
91 DF France Aboubakary Sacko France Le Havre B Free March 8, 2023 [9]
12 MF Canada Junior Agyekum Canada Rivers FC U-Sports Draft Pick April 14, 2023 [10]
23 DF Canada Tyr Walker Canada Acadia University U-Sports Development contract April 21, 2023 [11]
25 GK Canada Brogan Engbers Unattached Free May 6, 2023 [12]
99 FW Switzerland Ruben Del Campo Spain San Fernando CD Free June 28, 2023 [13]
21 MF Spain Alberto Zapater Spain Real Zaragoza Free June 28, 2023 [14]
MF Canada Omar Darwish Development contract June 29, 2023 [15]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
4 DF Spain Diego Espejo Spain Atlético Madrid B Loan extended December 22, 2022 [16]
14 MF Canada Jean-Aniel Assi Canada CF Montréal Loan February 15, 2023 [17]
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Luke Singh Canada Toronto FC Loan March 2, 2023 [18]
96 MF Greece Ilias Iliadis Canada CF Montreal Loan July 28, 2023 [19]

Draft picks

Atlético Ottawa made the 8th and 15th selections in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft.[20] 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 8 MF Junior Agyekum  Canada Thompson Rivers[21]
2 15 FW Mohamed Bouzidi  Canada Carleton[21]

Out

Transferred out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
14 MF Canada Owen Antoniuk Free agent Loan expired; released from parent club November 18, 2022 [22]
5 DF Spain Sergio Camus Spain Atlético Madrid B Loan expired; returned to parent club November 30, 2022
33 DF Spain Iván Pérez Spain Mar Menor FC Option declined November 30, 2022 [23]
6 MF Canada Chris Mannella Contract expired November 30, 2022 [24]
7 MF Canada Keven Alemán Option declined November 30, 2022 [24]
8 MF Canada Ben McKendry Contract expired November 30, 2022 [24]
12 DF Canada Gabriel Carvalho Development contract expired November 30, 2022 [24]
MF Canada Omar Darwish Development contract expired November 30, 2022 [24]
FW Canada Anthony Domanico Development contract expired November 30, 2022 [24]
2 DF Canada Drew Beckie Retired Retired December 3, 2022 [25]
11 FW Mexico Vladimir Moragrega Mexico Atlético San Luis Loan expired; returned to parent club December 13, 2022 [26]
9 FW Canada Brian Wright Canada York United Option declined January 9, 2023 [27]
20 MF France Abdoul Sissoko Kuwait Qadsia SC Option declined January 9, 2023 [28]
13 FW Canada Ballou Tabla Turkey Manisa F.K. Transfer; fee undisclosed January 25, 2023 [29]
25 GK Canada Brogan Engbers Emergency contract expired June 9, 2023
12 MF Canada Junior Agyekum Released June 28, 2023 [30]
22 MF Canada Zakaria Bahous Canada Pacific FC Released July 28, 2023 [31]

Pre-season friendlies

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

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Main article: 2023 Canadian Premier League season

Table

Canadian Premier League
Season 2023
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Canadian Premier League season will be the fifth season of the Canadian Premier League, the top level of Canadian soccer. The 2023 CPL playoff champion and 2023 CPL regular season winner will both earn berths in the newly expanded 2024 CONCACAF Champions League.[32] Forge FC are the defending CPL champions, having beaten Atlético Ottawa in the 2022 final. Atlético Ottawa are the defending regular season winners.

Team and rule changes

Eight teams are expected to compete in the 2023 season, with Vancouver FC scheduled to debut, and FC Edmonton being terminated by the league.[33][34] The player compensation budget increased by $175,000 compared to 2022.[35] Teams must spend between $750,000 and $1,025,000 on their rosters with a minimum of $30,000 per player. A team making full use of the U21 salary rule can reach a compensation maximum of $1,125,000.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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See also: List of soccer stadiums in Canada
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Atlético Ottawa Ottawa TD Place Stadium 24,000
Cavalry FC Foothills County ATCO Field 6,000[36]
Forge FC Hamilton Tim Hortons Field 23,218
HFX Wanderers FC Halifax Wanderers Grounds 6,500
Pacific FC Langford Starlight Stadium 6,000
Valour FC Winnipeg IG Field 33,000
Vancouver FC Langley Willoughby Community Park 6,560
York United FC Toronto York Lions Stadium 4,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Head coach Captain Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (sleeve) Kit manufacturer
Atlético Ottawa Spain Carlos González TBD CIBC[37] Macron
Cavalry England Tommy Wheeldon Jr. TBD
Forge Canada Bobby Smyrniotis TBD
HFX Wanderers Canada Patrice Gheisar Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad
Pacific Canada James Merriman TBD
Valour Canada Phillip Dos Santos TBD
Vancouver Iran United States Afshin Ghotbi TBD CIBC[37]
York United Canada Martin Nash Canada Roger Thompson Carlsberg[38]

Number of teams by province or territory

Rank Province or territory Number Teams
1 Ontario Ontario 3 Atlético Ottawa
Forge
York United
2 British Columbia British Columbia 2 Pacific
Vancouver FC
3 Alberta Alberta 1 Cavalry
Manitoba Manitoba 1 Valour
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia 1 HFX Wanderers

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of appointment
HFX Wanderers Tobago Stephen Hart End of contract October 13, 2022 Pre-season Canada Patrice Gheisar November 30, 2022
Vancouver FC N/A (inaugural season) Iran Afshin Ghotbi November 2, 2022
FC Edmonton South Africa Alan Koch Team folded November 21, 2022 N/A

Regular season

Format

Standings

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Results

Home \ Away ATO CAV FOR HFX PAC VAL VAN YRK
Atlético Ottawa —
Cavalry —
Forge —
HFX Wanderers —
Pacific —
Valour —
Vancouver FC —
York United —
First match(es) will be played on April 15. Source: CanPL.ca

Playoffs

Format

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Player transfers

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Main article: List of Canadian Premier League transfers 2023

U Sports Draft

The 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft is scheduled to take place on December 15, 2022. Each team will make two picks in the draft for a total of 16 selections with expansion club Vancouver FC selecting first.[39]

Foreign players

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Main article: List of foreign CPL players

Canadian Premier League teams can sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting line-up for each match. Teams are required to carry a minimum of four international players, either signed through or approved by the league's scouting partner, 21st Club.[40] The following players are considered foreign players for the 2023 season. This list does not include Canadian citizens who represent other countries at the international level.[41]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Injured players[upper-alpha 1]
Atlético Ottawa Spain Miguel Acosta Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett Spain Diego Espejo
Cavalry Honduras José Escalante Netherlands Daan Klomp Spain Roberto Alarcón Australia Jesse Daley Nigeria Udoka Chima
Forge Sweden Alexander Achinioti-Jönsson England Malik Owolabi-Belewu Albania Rezart Rama
HFX Wanderers Trinidad and Tobago Andre Rampersad Brazil João Morelli England Lifumpa Mwandwe France Lorenzo Callegari England Callum Watson France Théo Collomb
Pacific Netherlands Djenairo Daniels Netherlands Bradley Vliet Netherlands Ayman Sellouf
Valour Haiti Andrew Jean-Baptiste Chile Walter Ponce United States Jonathan Esparza Colombia Kevin Rendón Burundi Pacifique Niyongabire England Kian Williams Jordan Jaime Siaj
Vancouver
York United Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas Portugal Kevin Dos Santos Netherlands Lassana Faye Netherlands Oussama Alou Liberia Brem Soumaoro

Players in italic denote players new to their respective clubs for the 2023 season, sorted chronologically by their announcement.

2024 CONCACAF Champions League

The 2023 CPL playoff champion and 2023 CPL regular season champion will both earn berths in the newly expanded 2024 CONCACAF Champions League, competing against teams from across North America, Central America and Caribbean for a spot in the FIFA Club World Cup.[32] Qualification for the CONCACAF Champions League is also available to CPL clubs by winning the Canadian Championship.

Should a CPL club hold multiple CCL qualification slots, then the CPL club(s) which has accumulated the most regular season league points will earn the remaining slot(s).[42]

Method Qualified team
Canadian Championship winner TBD
CPL champion TBD
CPL regular season winner TBD

Notes

  1. ↑ Foreign players on the season-ending injury list can be replaced on the active roster

References

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Results summary

Results by Match

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Matches

Playoff matches

Canadian Championship

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Main article: 2023 Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 7, 2023

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Canada Sean Melvin 7 0 6+0 0 1+0 0
3 DF Cameroon Macdonald Niba 13 0 9+3 0 1+0 0
4 DF Spain Diego Espejo 21 2 18+1 1 2+0 1
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Luke Singh 27 1 25+0 1 1+1 0
7 FW Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos 21 2 10+9 2 1+1 0
9 FW Canada Carl Haworth 17 3 7+10 3 0+0 0
10 MF Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett 29 12 27+0 11 2+0 1
11 MF Canada Noah Verhoeven 27 1 15+10 1 1+1 0
12 MF Canada Junior Agyekum 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
14 MF Canada Jean-Aniel Assi 28 1 20+6 1 2+0 0
15 DF Canada Maxim Tissot 16 3 12+3 2 1+0 1
16 MF Canada Zach Verhoven 23 3 8+14 3 0+1 0
17 DF Spain Miguel Acosta 27 1 24+1 1 2+0 0
18 FW Canada Samuel Salter 28 7 17+9 7 0+2 0
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago Malcolm Shaw 24 2 12+10 1 2+0 1
20 DF Canada Karl Ouimette 28 0 24+2 0 2+0 0
21 MF Spain Alberto Zapater 16 0 15+1 0 0+0 0
22 MF Canada Zakaria Bahous 14 1 4+8 1 2+0 0
23 DF Canada Tyr Walker 5 0 3+2 0 0+0 0
25 GK Canada Brogan Engbers 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
26 MF Canada Omar Darwish 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
29 GK Canada Nathan Ingham 20 0 19+0 0 1+0 0
30 MF Canada Gabriel Antinoro 24 2 8+15 2 0+1 0
46 DF Canada Zachary Roy 3 0 1+2 0 0+0 0
91 DF France Aboubakary Sacko 10 0 5+4 0 1+0 0
96 MF Greece Ilias Iliadis 11 1 8+3 1 0+0 0
99 FW Switzerland Ruben Del Campo 15 0 5+10 0 0+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship Total
1 Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett MF 11 1 12
2 Canada Samuel Salter FW 7 0 7
3 Canada Zach Verhoven MF 3 0 3
Canada Carl Haworth MF 3 0 3
Canada Maxim Tissot DF 2 1 3
6 Trinidad and Tobago Malcolm Shaw FW 1 1 2
Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos FW 2 0 2
Canada Gabriel Antinoro MF 2 0 2
Spain Diego Espejo DF 1 1 2
10 Canada Noah Verhoeven MF 1 0 1
Canada Zakaria Bahous MF 1 0 1
Canada Jean-Aniel Assi MF 1 0 1
Spain Miguel Acosta DF 1 0 1
Trinidad and Tobago Luke Singh DF 1 0 1
Greece Ilias Iliadis MF 1 0 1
Totals 38 4 42

Last updated: October 7, 2023
Source: Canadian Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship Total
1 Canada Jean-Aniel Assi MF 3 1 4
Canada Carl Haworth MF 4 0 4
3 Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett MF 3 0 3
Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos FW 2 1 3
5 Canada Noah Verhoeven MF 2 0 2
Spain Miguel Acosta DF 2 0 2
Canada Zach Verhoven MF 2 0 2
Switzerland Ruben Del Campo FW 2 0 2
9 Trinidad and Tobago Malcolm Shaw FW 1 0 1
Cameroon Macdonald Niba MF 1 0 1
Canada Samuel Salter FW 1 0 1
Totals 22 2 24

Last updated: September 9, 2023
Source: Canadian Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Canada Nathan Ingham 7 0 7
2 Canada Sean Melvin 2 0 2
Totals 9 0 9

Disciplinary record

No. Pos. Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
Booked Red card Booked Red card Booked Red card
3 DF Cameroon Macdonald Niba 2 0 0 0 2 0
4 DF Spain Diego Espejo 5 1 0 0 5 1
5 DF Trinidad and Tobago Luke Singh 5 0 0 0 5 0
7 FW Cape Verde Gianni dos Santos 1 0 1 0 2 0
9 FW Canada Carl Haworth 2 0 0 0 2 0
10 MF Northern Ireland Ollie Bassett 3 0 0 0 3 0
11 MF Canada Noah Verhoeven 2 0 1 0 3 0
14 MF Canada Jean Aniel Assi 3 0 0 0 2 0
15 DF Canada Maxim Tissot 1 0 0 0 1 0
16 MF Canada Zach Verhoven 3 0 0 0 3 0
17 DF Spain Miguel Acosta 3 0 0 0 3 0
18 FW Canada Sam Salter 6 0 0 0 6 0
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago Malcolm Shaw 2 0 0 0 2 0
20 DF Canada Karl Ouimette 5 0 0 0 5 0
21 MF Spain Alberto Zapater 3 0 0 0 3 0
29 GK Canada Nathan Ingham 2 0 0 0 2 0
30 MF Canada Gabriel Antinoro 3 0 1 0 4 0
46 DF Canada Zachary Roy 1 0 0 0 1 0
91 DF France Aboubakary Sacko 2 0 0 0 2 0
96 MF Greece Ilias Iliadis 4 0 0 0 4 0
99 FW Spain Ruben del Campo 2 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 58 1 3 0 61 1

Notes

References

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