# Ligue1 Québec (women)

Ligue1 Québec (L1QC, previously known as the Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine) 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. In 2025, the league expanded and introduced two new divisions Ligue2 Québec and Ligue3 Québec, following the ending of the amateur Ligue de soccer élite du Québec, with the teams being folded into L1Q. The L1QC women's division is below the Northern Super League and equal to League1 Ontario, League1 British Columbia, and League1 Alberta.

## 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. AS Blainville won the inaugural Coupe PLSQ.
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.
In 2022, the PLSQ joined League1 Canada along with League1 Ontario and League1 British Columbia (and later League1 Alberta), with the various leagues sending their champions to the year-end Women's Inter-Provincial Championship. On April 19, 2023, the league rebranded to Ligue1 Québec to align with its partner leagues.

## 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

L1QC Women's trophy winners :
| Season | Teams | L1QC Champions League winners | Coupe L1QC Cup winners |
| 2018 | 5 | Dynamo de Québec | — |
| 2019 | 6 | CS Monteuil | — |
| 2020 | 4 | A.S. Blainville | — |
| 2021 | 10 | A.S. Blainville | A.S. Blainville |
| 2022 | 12 | A.S. Blainville | A.S. Blainville |
| 2023 | 12 | PEF Québec | PEF Québec |
| 2024 | 12 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | — |
* ↑ Originally 8 clubs were set to participate, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, four clubs withdrew from the season

## Clubs
### Current clubs
#### Ligue1 Québec

The following twelve teams are members of the league for the 2024 season:
| Team | City | Stadium | Joined |
| Current teams ||||
| A.S. Blainville | Blainville, Laurentides | Parc Blainville | 2018 |
| AS Chaudière-Ouest | Lévis | Parc Renaud-Maillette | 2022 |
| Celtix du Haut-Richelieu | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Montérégie | Parc Pierre-Benoît | 2021 |
| AS Laval | Laval, Laval | Parc de Lausanne | 2018 |
| FC Laval | Laval, Laval | Parc Roseval & Parc Raymond-Millar | 2019 |
| CS Longueuil | Longueuil, Montérégie | Parc Laurier | 2020 |
| CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Mount Royal, Montréal | Parc Recreatif de TMR | 2019 |
| CS St-Hubert | Saint-Hubert, Montérégie | Centre Sportif Roseanne-Laflamme | 2020 |
| Ottawa South United | Ottawa, Ontario | TAAG Park (Carleton University) | 2020 |
| CF Montréal Academy | Laval, Laval | Centre Sportif Bois-de-Boulogne | 2022 |
| Royal-Sélect de Beauport | Beauport, Quebec City | Stade Beauport | 2021 |

#### Ligue2 Québec

The following teams are members of the league for the 2025 season:
| Team | City | Stadium | Joined |
| Current teams ||||
| AS Brossard | Boisbriand, Laurentides | | 2025 |
| AS Gatineau | Gatineau, Outaouais | | 2025 |
| CF L'International de Québec | Quebec City | | 2025 |
| CS Boucherville | Boucherville | | 2025 |
| CS du Bas-Richelieu | Sorel-Tracy | | 2025 |
| CS Fury de Rimouski | Rimouski | | 2025 |
| CS LaSalle | Montréal | | 2025 |
| CS Roussilion | Saint-Constant | | 2025 |
| CS Saint-Laurent | Saint-Laurent, Montreal | Vanier College Stadium | 2025 |
| CS Trident | Quebec City | | 2025 |
| CS Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières | | 2025 |
| FC Anjou | Anjou | | 2025 |
| Lakeshore SC | Kirkland, Montréal | | 2025 |
| CS Lanaudière-Nord | Joliette, Lanaudière | | 2025 |
| CS Lévis-Est | Lévis | | 2025 |
| CS Mistral de Sherbrooke | Sherbrooke | | 2025 |
| CS Phénix des Rivières | Quebec City | | 2025 |
| Revolution FC | Saint-Eustache | | 2025 |
| CS Union Lanaudière Sud | Repentigny | | 2025 |

### Former clubs

| Club | City | Stadium | Joined | Left |
| Former teams |||||
| Dynamo de Quebec | Quebec City, Capitale-Nationale | ESLE | 2018 | 2019 |
| FC Sélect Rive-Sud | Longueuil, Montérégie | Centre Multi Sport | 2018 | 2019 |
| Lakers du Lac Saint-Louis | Lachine, Montréal | Dollard 2 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Pierrefonds FC | Lac St-Louis, Montreal | Pierrefonds Community High School | 2020 | 2024 |

#### Timeline
## Players who earned national team caps while in the L1QC

The following players have earned a senior national team cap while playing in the L1QC (the year of their first cap while playing in the league is listed). Players who earned caps before or after playing in the L1QC are not included, unless they also earned caps while in the league. This section also does not include youth caps (U23 or below).
| Player | Country | Year | Ref |
| Stefani Kouzas | Guyana | 2022 | |

## L1QC clubs in other competitions

| Season | Women's division | Women's division | Women's division | Women's division |
| Season | Club | Competition | Result | Record |
| 2018 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2019 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2020 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2021 | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held | No competition held |
| 2022 | A.S. Blainville | Interprovincial Championship | Champions | 2–0–0 |
| 2022 | AS Laval | Interprovincial Championship | Runner-up | 1–0–1 |
| 2023 | PEF Québec | Inter-provincial Championship | Runner-up | 1–0–1 |
| 2024 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont | Inter-provincial Championship | Runner-up | 1–0–1 |
| 2025 | | | | |