# 2019 FC Edmonton season

The 2019 FC Edmonton season was the eighth season in the club's history, as well as the first season in Canadian Premier League history.

## Overview

After finishing in seventh place in the 2017 NASL season, FC Edmonton discontinued professional operations, but kept their academy. Co-owner Tom Fath stated that the franchise had proved to be unsustainable in the Edmonton market, and the decision was reinforced by the uncertainty surrounding the status of the NASL. Despite these events, there was speculation that the still under construction Canadian Premier League was looking at Edmonton as a potential market. That speculation proved to be correct on June 8, 2018, when it was announced that Edmonton had come out of hiatus and officially joined the new league. A new logo was revealed, and it was announced that the team would continue to play at Clarke Stadium.
On July 3, 2018, Jeff Paulus was named head coach. He had formerly been an assistant coach for the first team and technical director of the academy. On November 28, FC Edmonton announced their first two signings as members of the CPL, academy graduate Allan Zebie, who played for the team in 2017, and former Vancouver Whitecap Randy Edwini-Bonsu, who played minor soccer in Edmonton as a child. The Eddies signed more academy graduates, including Bruno Zebie, Ajeej Sarkaria and Ajay Khabra. On December 13, South Korean midfielder Son Yong-chan was signed, Edmonton's first international signing as a Canadian Premier League club.

## Squad

As of October 19, 2019.
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (age) | Previous club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Connor James | GK | (1996-07-17)July 17, 1996 (aged 23) | Alberta Golden Bears |
| 13 | Dylon Powley | GK | (1996-09-05)September 5, 1996 (aged 23) | Gute |
| 31 | Chris Ezoua | GK | (2000-03-26)March 26, 2000 (aged 19) | Academy |
| Defenders ||||||
| 3 | Jeannot Esua | RB / RW | (1996-08-06)August 6, 1996 (aged 23) | Rainbow Bamenda |
| 4 | Allan Zebie | LB | (1993-05-29)May 29, 1993 (aged 26) | FC Edmonton (NASL) |
| 5 | Ramón Soria | CB / DM | (1989-03-07)March 7, 1989 (aged 30) | Formentera |
| 8 | Mélé Temguia | CB | (1995-08-01)August 1, 1995 (aged 24) | Valentine Phoenix |
| 12 | Kareem Moses | RB | (1990-02-11)February 11, 1990 (aged 29) | FF Jaro |
| 55 | Amer Didic | CB | (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 25) | San Antonio FC |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 6 | Edem Mortotsi | CM | (1993-05-16)May 16, 1993 (aged 26) | FC Edmonton (NASL) |
| 7 | Son Yong-chan | CM | (1991-04-15)April 15, 1991 (aged 28) | Ozone |
| 10 | Philippe Lincourt-Joseph | AM | (1994-11-01)November 1, 1994 (aged 25) | Al-Rustaq |
| 14 | James Marcelin | DM / CB | (1986-06-13)June 13, 1986 (aged 33) | Miami United |
| 16 | Prince Amanda | LW / RW | (2001-03-23)March 23, 2001 (aged 18) | Academy |
| 17 | Marcus Velado-Tsegaye | LW / RW / ST | (2001-07-01)July 1, 2001 (aged 18) | Academy |
| 20 | Bruno Zebie | LM | (1995-08-14)August 14, 1995 (aged 24) | Calgary Foothills |
| 22 | Tony Tchani | CM | (1989-04-13)April 13, 1989 (aged 30) | Chicago Fire |
| 23 | Ajay Khabra | CM | (1995-06-13)June 13, 1995 (aged 24) | Alberta Golden Bears |
| Forwards ||||||
| 9 | Ajeej Sarkaria | ST | (1995-02-07)February 7, 1995 (aged 24) | Alberta Golden Bears |
| 11 | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | ST / LW / RW | (1990-04-20)April 20, 1990 (aged 29) | Tennis Borussia Berlin |
| 18 | Tomi Ameobi | CF | (1988-08-16)August 16, 1988 (aged 31) | FC Cincinnati |
| 19 | Easton Ongaro | ST | (1998-06-05)June 5, 1998 (aged 21) | Alberta Golden Bears |
| 26 | David Doe | ST | (2000-11-30)November 30, 2000 (aged 19) | FC Edmonton (NASL) |
| 45 | Oumar Diouck | ST | (1994-11-09)November 9, 1994 (aged 25) | KVK Tienen |

## Transfers
### In
#### Transferred in

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 11 | FW | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | Tennis Borussia Berlin | Free Transfer | November 29, 2018 |
| 4 | DF | Allan Zebie | Unattached | Free Transfer | November 29, 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Son Yong-chan | Ozone | Free Transfer | December 13, 2018 |
| 20 | MF | Bruno Zebie | Calgary Foothills | Free Transfer | December 13, 2018 |
| 23 | MF | Ajay Khabra | Alberta Golden Bears | Free Transfer | December 13, 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Ajeej Sarkaria | Alberta Golden Bears | Selected 8th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft | December 13, 2018 |
| 13 | GK | Dylon Powley | Gute | Free Transfer | January 17, 2019 |
| 1 | GK | Connor James | Alberta Golden Bears | Selected 7th overall in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft | January 17, 2019 |
| 18 | FW | Tomi Ameobi | FC Cincinnati | Free Transfer | January 31, 2019 |
| 6 | MF | Edem Mortotsi | Edmonton Green & Gold | Free Transfer | January 31, 2019 |
| 12 | DF | Kareem Moses | FF Jaro | Free Transfer | January 31, 2019 |
| 5 | DF | Ramón Soria | Formentera | Free Transfer | January 31, 2019 |
| 45 | FW | Oumar Diouck | KVK Tienen | Free Transfer | January 31, 2019 |
| 26 | FW | David Doe | Academy Graduate | Academy Graduate | February 15, 2019 |
| 16 | MF | Prince Amanda | Academy Graduate | Academy Graduate | February 15, 2019 |
| 17 | MF | Marcus Velado-Tsegaye | Academy Graduate | Academy Graduate | February 15, 2019 |
| 14 | MF | James Marcelin | Miami United | Free Transfer | February 22, 2019 |
| 3 | DF | Jeannot Esua | Rainbow Bamenda | Free Transfer | February 22, 2019 |
| 8 | DF | Mélé Temguia | Valentine Phoenix | Free Transfer | February 26, 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Philippe Lincourt-Joseph | Al-Rustaq | Free Transfer | February 26, 2019 |
| 55 | DF | Amer Didic | San Antonio FC | Free Transfer | April 15, 2019 |
| 19 | FW | Easton Ongaro | Alberta Golden Bears | Free Transfer | May 1, 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Tony Tchani | Unattached | Free Transfer | August 7, 2019 |

#### Draft picks

FC Edmonton selected the following players in the 2018 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 12, 2018. 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 | 7 | GK | Connor James | Canada | Alberta Golden Bears |
| 2 | 8 | FW | Ajeej Sarkaria | Canada | Alberta Golden Bears |
| 3 | 21 | DF | Noah Cunningham | Canada | Alberta Golden Bears |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |

## Competitions

Match times are Mountain Daylight Time (UTC−6).

### Canadian Premier League
#### Spring season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cavalry | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 24 | 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals |
| 2 | Forge | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 19 | 2019 CONCACAF League preliminary round |
| 3 | FC Edmonton | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 14 | |
| 4 | HFX Wanderers | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 11 | |
| 5 | Pacific | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 11 | |
| 6 | York9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 11 | |
| 7 | Valour | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 9 | |
* ↑ As winner of home and away matches between FC Edmonton, Forge FC, and Valour FC

##### 2019 CONCACAF League qualification table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | FOR | FCE | VAL |
| 1 | Forge FC | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 | 2019 CONCACAF League | — | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| 2 | FC Edmonton | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | | 1–0 | — | 0–1 |
| 3 | Valour FC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 3 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: July 1, 2019. Source: canpl.ca

##### Results by match

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H |
| Result | W | D | L | L | L | L | D | W | W | W |
| Position | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 |

##### Matches
#### Fall season
##### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cavalry | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 35 | 12 | +23 | 38 | 2019 Canadian Premier League Finals |
| 2 | Forge | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 37 | |
| 3 | York9 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 23 | |
| 4 | Pacific | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 20 | |
| 5 | Valour | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 37 | −15 | 19 | |
| 6 | FC Edmonton | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 18 | |
| 7 | HFX Wanderers | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 24 | −11 | 17 | |

##### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: October 19, 2019. Source: canpl.ca

##### Results by match

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| Ground | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | L | L | D | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | | 6 |

##### Matches
### Canadian Championship
## Statistics
### Squad and statistics

As of October 19, 2019
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | CPL Spring season | CPL Spring season | CPL Fall season | CPL Fall season | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Connor James | 22 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 12+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CMR | Jeannot Esua | 23 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CAN | Allan Zebie | 23 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 | 16+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ESP | Ramón Soria | 25 | 1 | 10+0 | 0 | 12+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | GHA | Edem Mortotsi | 18 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 9+7 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Son Yong-chan | 16 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | GER | Mélé Temguia | 29 | 3 | 10+0 | 1 | 17+0 | 1 | 2+0 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | CAN | Ajeej Sarkaria | 10 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | CAN | Philippe Lincourt-Joseph | 12 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CAN | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | 14 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | TRI | Kareem Moses | 17 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | CAN | Dylon Powley | 8 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | HAI | James Marcelin | 23 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | CAN | Prince Amanda | 2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CAN | Marcus Velado-Tsegaye | 18 | 1 | 2+4 | 1 | 3+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ENG | Tomi Ameobi | 25 | 4 | 8+0 | 1 | 13+2 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | CAN | Easton Ongaro | 22 | 10 | 0+5 | 0 | 11+5 | 10 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CAN | Bruno Zebie | 25 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 12+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | CMR | Tony Tchani | 5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | CAN | Ajay Khabra | 24 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | CAN | David Doe | 8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | BEL | Oumar Diouck | 28 | 6 | 7+3 | 4 | 15+1 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | CAN | Amer Didic | 20 | 0 | 6+0 | 0 | 13+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | CPL Spring season | CPL Fall season | Canadian Championship | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Easton Ongaro | FW | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | | Oumar Diouck | FW | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | | Tomi Ameobi | FW | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | | Mélé Temguia | DF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | | Prince Amanda | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Ramón Soria | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Marcus Velado-Tsegaye | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | | Bruno Zebie | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 8 | 19 | 2 | 29 |
Updated to match played October 19, 2019 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Top assists

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | CPL Spring season | CPL Fall season | Canadian Championship | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Amer Didic | DF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | | Ramón Soria | DF | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | | Oumar Diouck | FW | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Jeannot Esua | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Edem Mortotsi | MF | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | | Easton Ongaro | FW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | | Prince Amanda | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Tomi Ameobi | FW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Philippe Lincourt-Joseph | MF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Ajeej Sarkaria | FW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | | Son Yong-chan | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 13 | 1 | 20 |
Updated to match played October 19, 2019 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Nat. | Player | CPL Spring season | CPL Fall season | Canadian Championship | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Connor James | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | | Dylon Powley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
Updated to match played October 19, 2019 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | CPL Spring season | CPL Spring season | CPL Fall season | CPL Fall season | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| 3 | DF | | Jeannot Esua | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | | Allan Zebie | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Ramón Soria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Edem Mortotsi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | | Son Yong-chan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | | Mélé Temguia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Ajeej Sarkaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Philippe Lincourt-Joseph | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | | Randy Edwini-Bonsu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Kareem Moses | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | | James Marcelin | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Marcus Velado-Tsegaye | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Tomi Ameobi | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | Easton Ongaro | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Bruno Zebie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | FW | | Oumar Diouck | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | | Amer Didic | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 11 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
Updated to match played October 19, 2019 Source: Canadian Premier League