2022 FC Edmonton season

FC Edmonton
2022 season
General manager	Jeff Harrop
Head coach	Alan Koch
Stadium	Clarke Stadium
Canadian Premier League	8th
Canadian Championship	Preliminary Round
Top goalscorer	League: Mamadi Camara; Tobias Warschewski (4 each); All: Tobias Warschewski (5)
Highest home attendance	1,275; (May 22 vs. Atlético Ottawa)
Lowest home attendance	600; (April 15 vs. York United FC)
Average home league attendance	927

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.

Squad

As of July 11, 2022

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

Transfers

In

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

Loans in

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

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
1	GK	Connor James	N/A	Retired	November 13, 2021
4	DF	Allan Zebie	N/A	Retired	November 14, 2021
3	DF	Jeannot Esua		Contract expired	December 31, 2021
5	DF	Ramón Soria		Contract expired	December 31, 2021
8	DF	Mélé Temguia	Forward Madison FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
12	DF	Sharly Mabussi		Contract expired	December 31, 2021
27	DF	Hunter Gorskie	Orange County SC	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
55	DF	Amer Didic	Pacific FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
2	MF	Paris Gee		Contract expired	December 31, 2021
7	MF	Shamit Shome	Forge FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
10	MF	Kyle Porter	Blue Devils FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
17	MF	Marcus Velado-Tsegaye		Contract expired	December 31, 2021
20	MF	Antony Caceres		Contract expired	December 31, 2021
21	MF	Tomas Giraldo	CF Montréal	Loan expired	December 31, 2021
28	MF	Thomas Gardner	Varsity FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
33	MF	Fraser Aird	Cavalry FC	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
13	FW	Roberto Avila	Houston Dynamo 2	Loan expired	December 31, 2021
19	FW	Tobias Warschewski	York United	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
26	FW	Matthew Durrans	FC Pipinsried	Contract expired	December 31, 2021
9	FW	Easton Ongaro	UTA Arad	Contract expired	January 12, 2022

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

March 15 Friendly	FC Edmonton	3–3	FC Tigers Vancouver	Edmonton, Alberta
		Report		Stadium: Edmonton Soccer Dome

March 26 Friendly	University of Alberta Golden Bears	1–3	FC Edmonton	Edmonton, Alberta
		Report	Kacher 85'	Stadium: Foote Field

April 1 Friendly	FC Edmonton	1–0	MacEwan Griffins	Edmonton, Alberta
10:00am	Ulbricht	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
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	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	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.
(C) Champion; (S) Regular season winner

Results by match

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Result	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	D	L	L
Position	5	4	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

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

Matches

April 10 1	FC Edmonton	1–1	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm	Warschewski 90+5'	Report	Baquero 45+1' Dyer 64' Akio 90'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 670 Referee: Filip Dujic

April 15 2	FC Edmonton	1–1	York United FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm	Kacher 84' Smith 88'	Report	Wilson 23' Thompson 25' Zator 55' De Rosario 82' Abzi 88' Giantsopoulos 89'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Juan Marquez

April 23 3	Forge FC	3–0	FC Edmonton	Hamilton, Ontario
2:00pm	Campbell 34', 69' Borges 45' Samuel 59' Pacius 79'	Report	Triantafillou 33' Singh 64' Camara 88'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,133 Referee: David Barrie

April 27 4	FC Edmonton	0–0	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm	Singh 32'	Report	Aparicio 37' Mukumbilwa 73'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 765 Referee: Scott Bowman

April 30 5	HFX Wanderers FC	3–1	FC Edmonton	Halifax, Nova Scotia
12:00pm	Tabi 8' Bent 17' Rampersad 28' Salter 61' Garcia 71' (pen.)	Report	Ulbricht 9' (pen.) Mohammed 14' Triantafillou 65' Vaikla 70'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 6,213 Referee: Ben Hoskins

May 6 6	FC Edmonton	0–3	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00pm	Timoteo 83'	Report	Vliet 4' Mason 30' Musse 34' Carducci 65' Simmons 69' Yao 69' Loturi 76' Loughrey 88' (o.g.)	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,044 Referee: David Barrie

May 14 7	Pacific FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
5:00pm	Díaz 10' Heard 62' Habibullah 74' Daniels 86'	Report	Mohammed 10' Timoteo 73'	Stadium: Starlight Stadium Attendance: 3,424 Referee: Carly Shaw-MacLaren

May 22 8	FC Edmonton	1–2	Atlético Ottawa	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm	Singh 66' 80' Warschewski 74' (pen.) Higgins 90+4' Mohammed 90+5'	Report	Tissot 22' Wright 40' Bassett 70' (pen.)	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,275 Referee: Alain Ruch

May 31 9	FC Edmonton	3–4	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
7:00pm	Camara 12' Hojabrpour 34' (o.g.) Coore 87' Triantafillou 90+3'	Report	Borges 23', 61', 82' (pen.) Sissoko 42' Bekker 43' Bissainthe 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 897 Referee: Mathieu Souaré

June 5 10	Valour FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
2:00pm	Gutiérrez 50' Fordyce 60' Akio 90+4'	Report	Camara 32', 90+1' Bitar 90+1'	Stadium: IG Field Attendance: 2,727 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

June 14 11	FC Edmonton	1–2	HFX Wanderers FC	Edmonton, Alberta
8:00pm	Timoteo 10', 51' Loughrey 85' Smith 90'	Report	Polisi 24' Salter 53', 59' Gagnon-Laparé 88' Fernandez 90'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 784 Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

June 19 12	FC Edmonton	1–0	Atlético Ottawa	Edmonton, Alberta
3:00pm	Higgins 57' Bissainthe 65'	Report	Bassett 26' Sissoko 64'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,177 Referee: Michael Venne

June 26 13	Cavalry FC	3–1	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
5:00pm	M. Trafford 10' Pepple 26', 48' (pen.), 58' Higgins 29' (o.g.) Adekugbe 51'	Report	Triantafillou 11' Bitar 45' Gonzalez 53' Singh 67'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 4,743 Referee: David Barrie

July 1 14	FC Edmonton	3–0	York United FC	Edmonton, Alberta
4:00pm	Bissainte 24' Camara 57', 58' Bitar 59'	Report	Ferrari 71' Wilson 75' Johnston 90'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,133 Referee: Renzo Villanueva

July 9 15	FC Edmonton	2–3	Pacific FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm	Bitar 79' Camara 83'	Report	Young 39', 89' Heard 43' Daniels 59'	Stadium: Clarke Stadium Attendance: 1,356 Referee: Mo Mohseni

July 19 16	Forge FC	5–1	FC Edmonton	Hamilton, Ontario
4:45pm	Pacius 26', 38' (pen.), 74' Sissoko 45+1' Bekker 45+4'	Report	Camara 33' Coore 57'	Stadium: Tim Hortons Field Attendance: 3,121 Referee: Mario Al-Ayass

July 23 17	HFX Wanderers FC	1–1	FC Edmonton	Halifax, Nova Scotia
11:30am	Rampersad 16' Salter 77' (pen.) Lamothe 83'	Report	Higgins 3' Warschewski 19' (pen.) Simmons 27' Singh 43' Bissainthe 90+5'	Stadium: Wanderers Grounds Attendance: 5,724 Referee: Juan Marquez

July 30 18	Cavalry FC	2–0	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
4:00pm	Mason 28' Yao 43' Alarcón 52' Klomp 84' Norman Jr. 90+6'	Report	Smith 38' Gonzalez 79'	Stadium: ATCO Field Attendance: 3,446 Referee: Filip Dujic

August 7 19	Atlético Ottawa	2–1	FC Edmonton	Ottawa, Ontario
12:00pm	Tabla 70', 75' Niba 90' Antoniuk 90' Alemán 90+5'	Report	Camara 62' Warschewski 86' Mohammed 90+2'	Stadium: TD Place Attendance: 6,574 Referee: Myriam Marcotte

August 14 20	York United FC	v	FC Edmonton	Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

August 21 21	Valour FC	v	FC Edmonton	Winnipeg, Manitoba
12:30pm				Stadium: IG Field

August 28 22	FC Edmonton	v	HFX Wanderers FC	Edmonton, Alberta
4:00pm				Stadium: Clarke Stadium

September 2 23	Atlético Ottawa	v	FC Edmonton	Ottawa, Ontario
5:00pm				Stadium: TD Place

September 9 24	York United FC	v	FC Edmonton	Toronto, Ontario
5:30pm				Stadium: York Lions Stadium

September 17 25	FC Edmonton	v	Cavalry FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm				Stadium: Clarke Stadium

September 25 26	FC Edmonton	v	Forge FC	Edmonton, Alberta
2:00pm				Stadium: Clarke Stadium

September 30 27	Pacific FC	v	FC Edmonton	Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm				Stadium: Starlight Stadium

October 8 28	FC Edmonton	v	Valour FC	Edmonton, Alberta
1:00pm				Stadium: Clarke Stadium

Canadian Championship

May 10 PR	Cavalry FC	2–1	FC Edmonton	Foothills County, Alberta
7:30pm	Bevan 17', 36' (pen.) Klomp 46' Trafford 90+4'	Report	Higgins 11' Simmons 45' Loughrey 47' Warschewski 55' (pen.)	Stadium: ATCO Field Referee: Juan Marquez

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of July 7, 2022

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

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Pos.	Canadian Premier League	TOTAL
1	Tobias Warschewski	FW	1	1
1	Masta Kacher	FW	1	1
Totals			2	2

Disciplinary record

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