# 2020 HFX Wanderers FC season

The 2020 HFX Wanderers FC season was the second season in the club's history, as well as second season in Canadian Premier League history. The Wanderers were CPL runners-up, having been defeated by Forge FC in the 2020 CPL Final.

## Current squad

    As of July 31, 2020
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) | Previous Club |
| Goalkeepers ||||||
| 1 | Jason Beaulieu | GK | (1994-02-12)February 12, 1994 (aged 26) | Montreal Impact |
| 50 | Christian Oxner | GK | (1996-07-29)July 29, 1996 (aged 24) | Saint Mary's Huskies |
| Defenders ||||||
| 2 | Peter Schaale | CB | (1996-06-14)June 14, 1996 (aged 24) | CBU Capers |
| 3 | Jems Geffrard | CB | (1994-08-26)August 26, 1994 (aged 26) | Fresno FC |
| 6 | Chrisnovic N'sa | CB / CM | (1999-01-28)January 28, 1999 (aged 21) | Montreal Impact Academy |
| 13 | Daniel Kinumbe | LB | (1999-03-15)March 15, 1999 (aged 21) | Montreal Impact |
| 14 | Mateo Restrepo | RB | (1997-04-29)April 29, 1997 (aged 23) | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |
| 16 | Luke Green | CB | (2002-12-12)December 12, 2002 (aged 18) | Suburban FC |
| 20 | Jake Ruby | RB | (2000-06-04)June 4, 2000 (aged 20) | Trinity Western Spartans |
| 24 | Alex De Carolis | LB / CB | (1992-09-24)September 24, 1992 (aged 28) | Umeå FC |
| 31 | Eriks Santos | CB | (1996-02-23)February 23, 1996 (aged 24) | Dila Gori |
| Midfielders ||||||
| 5 | Louis Béland-Goyette | DM / CM | (1995-09-15)September 15, 1995 (aged 25) | Valour FC |
| 8 | Omar Kreim | MF | (1995-02-10)February 10, 1995 (aged 25) | Montreal Carabins |
| 10 | Alessandro Riggi | LW / RW | (1993-11-30)November 30, 1993 (aged 27) | Phoenix Rising |
| 15 | Scott Firth | CM | (2001-03-02)March 2, 2001 (aged 19) | Suburban FC |
| 17 | Aboubacar Sissoko | DM | (1995-10-09)October 9, 1995 (aged 25) | Montreal Carabins |
| 18 | Andre Rampersad | CM | (1995-02-02)February 2, 1995 (aged 25) | Santa Rosa |
| 22 | João Morelli | AM | (1996-03-11)March 11, 1996 (aged 24) | FCI Levadia |
| Forwards ||||||
| 7 | Alex Marshall | LW / CF | (1998-02-24)February 24, 1998 (aged 22) | Cavalier |
| 9 | Ibrahima Sanoh | CF | (1994-04-11)April 11, 1994 (aged 26) | Holland College Hurricanes |
| 11 | Akeem Garcia | CF / RW | (1996-09-11)September 11, 1996 (aged 24) | Santa Rosa |
| 23 | Cory Bent | LW / ST | (1997-05-14)May 14, 1997 (aged 23) | CBU Capers |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Date |
| 8 | MF | Omar Kreim | Montreal Carabins | Free transfer | November 28, 2019 |
| 17 | MF | Aboubacar Sissoko | Montreal Carabins | Free transfer | November 28, 2019 |
| 9 | FW | Ibrahima Sanoh | Holland College Hurricanes | Free transfer | December 3, 2019 |
| 2 | DF | Peter Schaale | CBU Capers | Free transfer | December 12, 2019 |
| 10 | MF | Alessandro Riggi | Phoenix Rising | Free transfer | December 18, 2019 |
| 5 | MF | Louis Béland-Goyette | Valour FC | Free transfer | January 8, 2020 |
| 13 | DF | Daniel Kinumbe | Montreal Impact | Free transfer | January 15, 2020 |
| 14 | DF | Mateo Restrepo | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos | Free transfer | January 22, 2020 |
| 7 | MF | Alex Marshall | Cavalier | Free transfer | January 29, 2020 |
| 1 | GK | Jason Beaulieu | Montreal Impact | Free transfer | February 6, 2020 |
| 3 | DF | Jems Geffrard | Fresno FC | Free transfer | February 18, 2020 |
| 31 | DF | Eriks Santos | Dila Gori | Free transfer | February 25, 2020 |
| 22 | MF | João Morelli | FCI Levadia | Free transfer | February 25, 2020 |
| 23 | MF | Cory Bent | CBU Capers | Selected 1st overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft | May 4, 2020 |
| 20 | DF | Jake Ruby | Trinity Western Spartans | Selected 14th overall in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft | July 31, 2020 |
| 16 | DF | Luke Green | Suburban FC | Free transfer | July 31, 2020 |

#### Draft picks

HFX Wanderers selected the following players in the 2019 CPL–U Sports Draft on November 11, 2019. 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 | 1 | LW | Cory Bent | England | CBU Capers |
| 2 | 14 | RB | Jake Ruby | Canada | Trinity Western University |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Date |
| 21 | GK | Jan-Michael Williams | Retired | | December 10, 2019 |
| 23 | DF | Matthew Arnone | York9 FC | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 3 | DF | André Bona | | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 7 | MF | Juan Diego Gutiérrez | Oriente Petrolero | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 4 | DF | Chakib Hocine | Valour FC | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 9 | MF | Kodai Iida | OKC Energy FC | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 5 | MF | Elton John | | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 12 | MF | Mohamed Kourouma | Atlético Ottawa | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 14 | FW | Vincent Lamy | | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 20 | DF | Ndzemdzela Langwa | | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 16 | DF | Duran Lee | FC Edmonton | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 13 | MF | Kouamé Ouattara | | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 10 | FW | Luis Alberto Perea | Carlos Stein | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 8 | MF | Elliot Simmons | Cavalry FC | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 17 | FW | Tomasz Skublak | | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 25 | DF | Zachary Sukunda | Ekenäs IF | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |
| 22 | MF | Abd-El-Aziz Yousef | | Contract expired | December 14, 2019 |

## Canadian Premier League

Match times are Atlantic Daylight Time (UTC−3).

### First stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Cavalry | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 13 | Advance to group stage |
| 2 | HFX Wanderers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 12 | Advance to group stage |
| 3 | Forge | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | Advance to group stage |
| 4 | Pacific | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 11 | Advance to group stage |
| 5 | York9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 10 | |
| 6 | Valour | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | |
| 7 | Atlético Ottawa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 8 | |
| 8 | FC Edmonton | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 1 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: HFX Wanderers 1, Forge 1. Goal differential: HFX Wanderers +5, Forge +4
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Valour 3, Atlético Ottawa 0.

#### Results by match

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Result | D | D | L | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Group stage
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Forge | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | Advance to final |
| 2 | HFX Wanderers | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 4 | Advance to final |
| 3 | Cavalry | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Pacific | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Cavalry 3, Pacific 0.

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Result | D | W | L |
| Position | 2 | 2 | 2 |

#### Matches
### Final
## Statistics
### Squad and statistics

As of September 20, 2020
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Jason Beaulieu | 4 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | GER | Peter Schaale | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | HAI | Jems Geffrard | 11 | 0 | 11+0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | CAN | Louis Béland-Goyette | 10 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | CAN | Chrisnovic N'sa | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | JAM | Alex Marshall | 11 | 0 | 5+6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAR | Omar Kreim | 10 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | GUI | Ibrahima Sanoh | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | CAN | Alessandro Riggi | 8 | 1 | 6+2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | TRI | Akeem Garcia | 10 | 6 | 8+2 | 6 |
| 13 | DF | CAN | Daniel Kinumbe | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | CAN | Mateo Restrepo | 10 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CAN | Scott Firth | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | CAN | Luke Green | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MLI | Aboubacar Sissoko | 10 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | TRI | Andre Rampersad | 11 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CAN | Jake Ruby | 8 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | BRA | João Morelli | 9 | 4 | 8+1 | 4 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Cory Bent | 10 | 1 | 5+5 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | CAN | Alex De Carolis | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 |
| 50 | GK | CAN | Christian Oxner | 7 | 0 | 7+0 | 0 |

### Top scorers

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Akeem Garcia | FW | 6 | 6 |
| 2 | | João Morelli | MF | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | | Ibrahima Sanoh | FW | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | Omar Kreim | FW | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | Alex De Carolis | DF | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | Cory Bent | FW | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | Alessandro Riggi | FW | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 15 | 15 |
Updated to match played September 20, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Top assists

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Pos. | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Andre Rampersad | MF | 2 | 2 |
| 1 | | Alex Marshall | FW | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | | Alessandro Riggi | MF | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | | João Morelli | MF | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 6 |
Updated to match played September 20, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL |
| 1 | | Christian Oxner | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | 2 | 2 |
Updated to match played September 20, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Nat. | Player | Canadian Premier League | Canadian Premier League | TOTAL | TOTAL |
| 1 | GK | | Jason Beaulieu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Peter Schaale | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Jems Geffrard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | | Louis Béland-Goyette | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | | Alex Marshall | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | | Mateo Restrepo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | | Andre Rampersad | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | | Jake Ruby | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | | João Morelli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | | Alex De Carolis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | GK | | Christian Oxner | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 16 | 1 | 16 | 1 |
Updated to match played September 20, 2020 Source: Canadian Premier League