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| Organising body | Quebec Soccer Federation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2018 |
| First season | 2018 |
| Country | Canada |
| Confederation | CONCACAF |
| Number of clubs | 12 |
| Level on pyramid | 3 |
| League cup(s) | Coupe PLSQ |
| Current champions | AS Blainville (2021) |
| Current Couple PLSQ | AS Blainville (2021) |
| Most championships | AS Blainville (2 titles) |
| Most Couple PLSQs | AS Blainville (1 title) |
| Website | http://www.plsq.ca |
| Current: 2022 PLSQF season | |
The Première ligue de soccer du Québec Féminine (PLSQ-F) is a semi-professional soccer league created in 2018, organized by the Quebec Soccer Federation, which operates at the pro-am tier of the Canadian soccer league system. The Canadian Soccer Association relies on provincial soccer organizations to sanction regional leagues. The PLSQ women's division is below the U.S.-based National Women's Soccer League (U.S. Division I) and equal to League1 Ontario and League1 British Columbia.
History
In 2011, the men's Première ligue de soccer du Québec was established to begin play in 2012, marking the return of a semi-professional soccer league to the province for the first time in 20 years.
In 2018, a women's division was added, starting with five teams: AS Blainville, Dynamo de Québec, FC Sélect Rive-Sud, CS Monteuil, and Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis. Dynamo de Québec won the first league championship.
Beginning in the 2020 season, League1 Ontario and the PLSQ had planned to hold a Final Four end-of-season tournament for their women's divisions, from August 14 to 16, pitting the top two sides from each league in an inter-provincial playoff. However, due to restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic, League1 Ontario cancelled their 2020 season, cancelling this tournament indefinitely, although the PLSQ did manage to complete a delayed shortened season, although some teams did opt out of playing for the season. In 2021, the league introduced the Coupe PLSQ as the league cup tournament.
Over the course of its history, various clubs have joined and departed the league. AS Blainville is the only club to have participated in every season since the league's inception.
Competition format
The league typically runs from May to August with teams playing each other team 1-3 times (depending on the number of teams). In 2021, the league cup was introduced.
Yearly results
| Season | Teams | PLSQ Champions League winners |
Coupe PLSQ Cup winners |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | Dynamo de Québec | — |
| 2019 | 6 | CS Monteuil | — |
| 2020 | 4 | AS Blainville | — |
| 2021 | 10 | AS Blainville | AS Blainville |
- Originally 8 clubs were set to participate, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, four clubs withdrew from the season
Clubs
Current clubs
The following twelve teams are members of the league for the 2022 season:
| Team | City | Stadium | Joined | Head coach | |
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| Current teams | |||||
| AS Blainville | Blainville, Laurentides | Parc Blainville | 2018 |  Jean-Lou Gosselin
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| AS Chaudière-Ouest | Lévis | 2022 | 
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| Pierrefonds FC | Lac St-Louis, Montreal | 2020 |  Carlos Carvalho
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| Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie | Stade Alphonse-Desjardins | 2021 | Julian Labalec
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| AS Laval | Laval, Laval | Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne | 2018 | Amro Radwan
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| FC Laval | Laval, Laval | Parc Cartier | 2019 | Angelo Jean-Baptiste
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| CS Longueuil | Longueuil, Montérégie | Parc Laurier | 2020 | Gilbert Bayiha
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| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Mount Royal, Montréal | Parc Recreatif de TMR | 2019 | George-Éric Painson
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| CS St-Hubert | Saint-Hubert, Montérégie | Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme | 2020 | Cindy Walsh
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| Ottawa South United | Ottawa, Ontario | George Nelms Sports Park | 2020 | Anthony Vassallo
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| Québec EXCEL | 2022 |
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| Royal-Sélect de Beauport | Beauport, Quebec City | Centre Sportif Marc-Simoneau | 2021 | Michel Fischer
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- AS Laval was known as CS Monteuil until the 2021 season
- FC Laval was known as CS Fabrose until the 2020 season
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