Valour FC

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Valour FC
File:Valour FC logo.svg
Full name Valour Football Club[1]
Founded May 6, 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-06)
Stadium Princess Auto Stadium, Winnipeg
Stadium
capacity		 33,000
Owner Winnipeg Football Club
(community ownership)
President Wade Miller
Coach Phillip Dos Santos
League Canadian Premier League
2022 Regular season, 8th
Playoffs, did not qualify
Website Club home page
Current season

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.

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

History

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 6th 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

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

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

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

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

Roster

As of April 3, 2024[20]

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

No. Position Player
1 Zimbabwe GK Darlington Murasiranwa
2 Spain DF Roberto Alarcón
3 Canada DF Jordan Haynes
5 Mali DF Abdou Samaké
6 Canada MF Dante Campbell
7 England MF Kian Williams
11 Canada MF Noah Verhoeven (on loan from Atlético Ottawa)
20 United States MF Juan Pablo Sánchez
21 Canada MF Marcello Polisi
27 Ghana MF Raphael Ohin
No. Position Player
Canada DF Themi Antonoglou
Ivory Coast FW Abdul Binate
Germany DF Charalampos Chantzopoulos
Canada MF Jordan Faria
Canada FW Shaan Hundal
Australia DF Tass Mourdoukoutas
Canada MF Zachary Sukunda
Australia FW Jordan Swibel
Canada GK Jonathan Viscosi

Current staff

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

Head coaches

As of October 7, 2023 [23]
Coach Nation Tenure Record
G W D L Win %
Rob Gale  England June 26, 2018 – September 23, 2021 57 18 8 31 31.58
Phillip Dos Santos  Canada September 23, 2021 – present 68 20 17 31 29.41

Club captains

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

Records

Year-by-year

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 Canada 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 New Zealand Moses Dyer 9
2022 CPL 28 10 7 11 36 34 +2 37 1.32 5th PR 3,111 New Zealand Moses Dyer 9
2023 CPL 28 6 8 14 25 38 -13 26 0.93 8th PR 3,220 Chile Walter Ponce
England Kian Williams
Canada 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

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–present 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  Canada 2020–present 42 3 0 45 4 0 0 4
6 William Akio  Canada 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

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