# 2024 Vancouver FC season

The 2024 Vancouver FC season is the second season in the history of Vancouver FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed in the Canadian Championship.

## Current squad

As of September 13, 2024
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of birth (Age) | Previous club | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Callum Irving | GK | (1993-03-16)March 16, 1993 (aged 31) | Pacific FC | |
| 28 | Niko Giantsopoulos | GK | (1994-06-24)June 24, 1994 (aged 30) | York United | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Kadin Chung | RB | (1998-09-05)September 5, 1998 (aged 26) | Toronto FC | |
| 3 | Rocco Romeo | CB | (2000-03-25)March 25, 2000 (aged 24) | Valour FC | |
| 4 | Allan Enyou | CB | (2003-12-24)December 24, 2003 (aged 21) | Leganés B | INT, Loan |
| 5 | Matteo Campagna | CB / DM | (2004-06-04)June 4, 2004 (aged 20) | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | U21 |
| 12 | Tyler Crawford | LB | (2004-03-09)March 9, 2004 (aged 20) | Michigan State Spartans | U21 |
| 13 | David Norman Jr. | LB / MF | (1998-05-31)May 31, 1998 (aged 26) | St Patrick's Athletic | |
| 20 | Anthony White | CB | (2003-08-01)August 1, 2003 (aged 21) | Toronto Varsity Blues | U21 |
| 23 | Paris Gee | LB / RB | (1994-07-05)July 5, 1994 (aged 30) | York United | |
| 24 | Elage Bah | RB | (2004-07-30)July 30, 2004 (aged 20) | Whitecaps FC 2 | U21 |
| 25 | James Cameron | RB | (2005-01-24)January 24, 2005 (aged 19) | Unity FC | U21 |
| 40 | Joey Buchanan | CB / DM | (2007-05-13)May 13, 2007 (aged 17) | Burnaby FC | DEV |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Vasco Fry | CM | (2000-07-30)July 30, 2000 (aged 24) | Whitecaps FC 2 | |
| 7 | Ben Fisk | RW / LW | (1993-02-04)February 4, 1993 (aged 31) | Cavalry FC | |
| 8 | Renan Garcia | CM | (1986-06-19)June 19, 1986 (aged 38) | Comercial | INT |
| 10 | Gabriel Bitar | AM / CF | (1998-08-23)August 23, 1998 (aged 26) | FC Edmonton | |
| 11 | Mikaël Cantave | AM / CF | (1996-10-25)October 25, 1996 (aged 28) | Cavalry FC | |
| 17 | Zach Verhoven | LW / RW / RB | (1998-08-17)August 17, 1998 (aged 26) | Atlético Ottawa | |
| 26 | Taryck Tahid | AM / CF | (2007-04-20)April 20, 2007 (aged 17) | VanCity Pro FA | U21, EYT |
| 27 | Grady McDonnell | CM | (2008-02-17)February 17, 2008 (aged 16) | Whitecaps FC Academy | U21 |
| 29 | Thomas Powell | AM | (2001-05-11)May 11, 2001 (aged 23) | Unity FC | U21, U-S |
| | Olivier Rommens | CM | (1995-02-03)February 3, 1995 (aged 29) | Balzan F.C. | INT |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Alejandro Díaz | FW | (1996-01-27)January 27, 1996 (aged 28) | Sogndal | INT, Loan |
| 18 | Ayman Sellouf | LW / CF | (2001-08-25)August 25, 2001 (aged 23) | Pacific FC | INT, Loan |
| 19 | José Navarro | CF | (2003-02-20)February 20, 2003 (aged 21) | UNAM | INT |
| 44 | Sebastian Dzikowski | FW | (2001-08-23)August 23, 2001 (aged 23) | UBC Thunderbirds | U21, U-S |
| | Austin Ricci | CF | (1996-04-08)April 8, 1996 (aged 28) | York United | |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From club | Fee/notes | Date |
| | MF | Ben Fisk | Cavalry FC | Transferred for a lower draft pick in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft | January 9, 2024 |
| 13 | MF | Vasco Fry | Whitecaps FC 2 | Loan ended; signed on a permanent deal | January 11, 2024 |
| | DF | David Norman Jr. | St Patrick's Athletic | Free | January 15, 2024 |
| | MF | Grady McDonnell | Whitecaps FC Academy | Free | January 17, 2024 |
| | DF | Paris Gee | York United | Free | January 23, 2024 |
| | FW | José Navarro | UNAM | Free | February 16, 2024 |
| | DF | Elage Bah | Whitecaps FC 2 | Free | February 20, 2024 |
| | MF | Kembo Kibato | Hartford Athletic | Free | February 29, 2024 |
| | MF | Zach Verhoven | Atlético Ottawa | Free | March 14, 2024 |
| | FW | Moses Dyer | FC Tulsa | Free | March 20, 2024 |
| | GK | Niko Giantsopoulos | York United | Free | April 5, 2024 |
| | MF | Thomas Powell | Unity FC | Selected 15th in the 2024 CPL–U Sports Draft, signed a U-Sports Contract | April 6, 2024 |
| | FW | Sebastian Dzikowski | UBC Thunderbirds | Signed a U-Sports Contract | April 6, 2024 |
| | DF | Matteo Campagna | Vancouver Whitecaps | Free | April 8, 2024 |
| | DF | Joey Buchanan | Burnaby FC | Signed to a development contract | April 10, 2024 |
| | MF | Olivier Rommens | Balzan F.C. | Free | July 19, 2024 |
| | FW | Austin Ricci | York United | Free | September 13, 2024 |

#### Loans in

| Pos. | Player | Loaned from | Fee/notes | Date |
| FW | Alejandro Díaz | Sogndal | One year loan, extended through June 30, 2025 | July 7, 2023 |
| DF | Allan Enyou | Leganés B | Season-long loan, extended through the 2025 season | May 7, 2024 |
| FW | Ayman Sellouf | Pacific FC | Season-long loan | August 16, 2024 |

#### Draft picks

Vancouver FC selected the following players in the 2024 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 | MF | Luke Norman | Canada | UBC |
| 2 | 15 | MF | Thomas Powell | Canada | Trinity Western |

### Out
#### Transferred out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To club | Fee/notes | Date |
| 21 | GK | Jeremy Zielinski | | Option declined | November 9, 2023 |
| 14 | MF | Nicky Gyimah | | Option declined | November 9, 2023 |
| 7 | FW | Nathaniel St. Louis | Simcoe County Rovers | Option declined | November 9, 2023 |
| 10 | FW | Shaan Hundal | Valour FC | Option declined | November 9, 2023 |
| 8 | MF | Nima Moazeni Zadeh | | Contract expired | December 31, 2023 |
| 17 | MF | Min-jae Kwak | Chattanooga FC | Contract expired | December 31, 2023 |
| 24 | MF | Lennon Thompson | Hearts B | Contract expired | December 31, 2023 |
| 33 | MF | Ivan Mejia | TSS Rovers | Contract expired | December 31, 2023 |
| 18 | FW | Ameer Kinani | | Contract expired | December 31, 2023 |
| 4 | DF | Ibrahim Bakare | Cheltenham Town | Contract terminated by mutual consent | February 15, 2024 |
| 15 | DF | Mouhamadou Kane | CS Saint-Laurent | Contract terminated by mutual consent | March 20, 2024 |
| 16 | MF | Elliot Simmons | Wealdstone | Contract terminated by mutual consent | May 28, 2024 |
| 22 | MF | Kembo Kibato | York United | Contract terminated by mutual consent | September 13, 2024 |

#### Loans out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Loaned to | Fee/notes | Date | Source |
| 18 | FW | Moses Dyer | Pacific FC | Season-long loan | August 16, 2024 | |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Canadian Premier League | Matchday 1 | Seventh | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 025.00 |
| Canadian Championship | First round | First Round | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | 29 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 29 | 44 | −15 | 024.14 |
Last updated: October 19, 2024 Source: Competitions

### Canadian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Playoff qualification |
| 1 | Forge (S) | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 50 | First semifinal |
| 2 | Cavalry (C) | 28 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 27 | +12 | 48 | First semifinal |
| 3 | Atlético Ottawa | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 31 | +11 | 44 | Quarterfinal |
| 4 | York United | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 39 | Play-in round |
| 5 | Pacific | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 34 | Play-in round |
| 6 | HFX Wanderers | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 30 | |
| 7 | Vancouver | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 30 | |
| 8 | Valour | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 42 | −11 | 28 | |
* 1 2 Tie resolved by head-to-head points; HFX Wanderers: 7, Vancouver: 4
* ↑ Yellow cards count for one point and red cards (direct or accumulation of two yellow cards) count as three points.

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

#### Matches
### Canadian Championship
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of October 19, 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | CPL | CPL | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | CAN | Callum Irving | 29 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | CAN | Niko Giantsopoulos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | CAN | Kadin Chung | 20 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Rocco Romeo | 24 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UGA | Allan Enyou | 23 | 0 | 22+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Matteo Campagna | 11 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | CAN | Tyler Crawford | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | CAN | David Norman Jr. | 18 | 1 | 14+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | CAN | Anthony White | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | CAN | Paris Gee | 25 | 1 | 23+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | CAN | Elage Bah | 14 | 2 | 7+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | CAN | James Cameron | 18 | 0 | 13+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | CAN | Joey Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | MF | PER | Vasco Fry | 24 | 2 | 22+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | CAN | Ben Fisk | 22 | 0 | 6+15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Renan Garcia | 28 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | LBN | Gabriel Bitar | 27 | 4 | 20+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | HAI | Mikaël Cantave | 26 | 1 | 16+9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | BEL | Olivier Rommens | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CAN | Zach Verhoven | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CAN | Taryck Tahid | 16 | 1 | 2+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | IRL | Grady McDonnell | 17 | 0 | 3+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | CAN | Thomas Powell | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | CAN | Kembo Kibato | 10 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | MEX | Alejandro Díaz | 29 | 10 | 26+2 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | NED | Ayman Sellouf | 10 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MEX | José Navarro | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | CAN | Austin Ricci | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | CAN | Sebastian Dzikowski | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | NZL | Moses Dyer | 14 | 4 | 12+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Competitions

### Goalscorers

    As of October 19, 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | CPL | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | 9 | FW | | Alejandro Díaz | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | MF | | Gabriel Bitar | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | | FW | | Moses Dyer | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | DF | | Rocco Romeo | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 6 | MF | | Vasco Fry | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 24 | DF | | Elage Bah | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | 11 | MF | | Mikaël Cantave | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 13 | DF | | David Norman Jr. | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 18 | FW | | Ayman Sellouf | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | DF | | Paris Gee | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 26 | MF | | Taryck Tahid | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 29 | 0 | 29 |

### Clean sheets

    As of October 19, 2024
| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | CPL | Canadian Championship | Total |
| 1 | 1 | GK | | Callum Irving | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 5 | 0 | 5 |

### Disciplinary record

    As of October 19, 2024
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | CPL | CPL | CPL | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Canadian Championship | Total | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | | Callum Irving | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | | Kadin Chung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | | Rocco Romeo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | | Allan Enyou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | | Matteo Campagna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | | Vasco Fry | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | | Ben Fisk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | | Renan Garcia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | | Alejandro Díaz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | | Gabriel Bitar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | | Mikaël Cantave | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | | Tyler Crawford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | | David Norman Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | | Olivier Rommens | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | | Zach Verhoven | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | | Ayman Sellouf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | | José Navarro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | | Anthony White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | | Austin Ricci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | | Paris Gee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | | Elage Bah | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | | James Cameron | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | | Taryck Tahid | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | | Grady McDonnell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | | Niko Giantsopoulos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | | Thomas Powell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | | Joey Buchanan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | | Sebastian Dzikowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | | Moses Dyer | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | | Kembo Kibato | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 72 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 2 | 1 |

## Honours
### Canadian Premier League Awards

The Canadian Premier League Awards were held in Calgary, Alberta, on November 7, 2024.
| Name | Award | Status | Source |
| Callum Irving | Golden Glove | Nominated | |

### Monthly Awards

| Month | Name | Award | Source |
| May | Callum Irving | Goalkeeper of the Month | |

### Team of the Week

The Gatorade Team of the Week is selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack and OneSoccer's Oliver Platt.
| Week | Name |
| 1 | Paris Gee Gabriel Bitar Alejandro Díaz |
| 2 | Rocco Romeo Renan Garcia Moses Dyer |
| 5 | Callum Irving Kadin Chung |
| 6 | Allan Enyou Rocco Romeo (2) Vasco Fry |
| 7 | Paris Gee (2) Vasco Fry (2) Moses Dyer (2) |
| 9 | Moses Dyer (3) |
| 10 | Kadin Chung (2) |
| 12 | Callum Irving (2) Rocco Romeo (3) |
| 13 | Gabriel Bitar (2) |
| 15 | Grady McDonnell |
| 18 | James Cameron Alejandro Díaz (2) |
| 20 | Gabriel Bitar (3) Ayman Sellouf |
| 25 | Callum Irving (3) James Cameron (2) |
| 26 | Callum Irving (4) David Norman Jr. |
| 28 | Vasco Fry (3) |