# 2018 Hamilton City SC season

The 2018 season was Hamilton City SC's second season in the Canadian Soccer League. The season marked the return of Hamilton after a season's absence in order to reorganize. Their season began on May 19, 2018, in an away match to FC Vorkuta. Throughout the season Hamilton clinched an playoff berth after finishing fifth in the First Division. Their postseason journey came to a quick conclusion after a defeat to Scarborough SC in the Quarterfinals. The club's top goalscorer was Sani Dey with 13 goals, which made him the league's top goalscorer and was awarded the CSL Golden Boot.

## Summary

After a one-year sabbatical Hamilton returned to the Canadian Soccer League under new management. Former Brantford Galaxy head coach Sasa Vukovic was appointed in that capacity. In preparation for the season the organization transferred their home venue to Heritage Green Sport Park. The roster assembled by Vukovic consisted of former players and talent from their previous reserve team. Hamilton managed to produce an average season enough to secure a playoff berth with a fifth place standing in the First Division. In the postseason Hamilton faced Scarborough SC in the opening round, but were defeated in the opening round.

## Team
### Roster

    As of August 10, 2018
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | CAN | Stefan Avramovic |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Luke Rankin |
| 4 | MF | | Ahmed Mohamed |
| 5 | DF | CAN | Borna Juracic |
| 6 | DF | CAN | Simo Vrakela |
| 7 | MF | | Vukasin Kovacevic |
| 8 | MF | CAN | Lucas Raposo |
| 9 | FW | GHA | Sani Dey |
| 10 | FW | SVN | Timotej Zakrajsek |
| 11 | MF | | Joe Willingham |
| 12 | MF | | Alexsander Lasic |
| 14 | DF | | Justin Dargue |
| 15 | DF | | Stefan Stojanovic |
| 16 | MF | | Kristian Pulic |
| 17 | DF | CAN | Ivan Stojakovic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | | Cvitan Jelcic |
| 19 | MF | CAN | Miroslav Cabrilo |
| 20 | FW | COL | Daniel Arcila |
| 21 | DF | CAN | Arsen Platis |
| 22 | MF | | Pani Sarkis |
| 23 | DF | | Borislav Kotev |
| - | MF | | Stefan Blazic |
| - | DF | | Marko Dzaric |
| - | FW | | Marko Ferlez |
| - | FW | BIH | Zoran Maletic |
| - | MF | | Filip Sekulic |
| - | DF | CAN | Yousef Tabanja |
| - | DF | | Milos Voruna |
| - | DF | | Alen Zakrajsek |

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Sasa Vukovic |
| Assistant coach | Stefan Vukovic |
| Team trainer | Rajko Kunavc |
| Game Day manager | Kathleen Nurse |
| Media Relations | Kathleen Nurse |
Last updated: August 10, 2018 Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca

### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes |
| 20 | MF | Daniel Arcila | Fort Lauderdale Strikers | Free Transfer |
| 19 | MF | Miroslav Čabrilo | Brantford Galaxy | Free Transfer |
| 9 | FW | Sani Dey | Burlington SC | Free Transfer |

## Competitions
### Canadian Soccer League
#### First Division

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FC Ukraine United (C) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 16 | +44 | 38 | Playoffs |
| 2 | FC Vorkuta (O) | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 55 | 16 | +39 | 38 | Playoffs |
| 3 | SC Waterloo Region | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 29 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Scarborough SC | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 20 | +14 | 29 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Hamilton City SC | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 25 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 19 | Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Real Mississauga | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 11 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Brantford Galaxy | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 11 | Playoffs |
| 9 | CSC Mississauga | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 5 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: September 20, 2018. Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

#### Results by round

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

#### Postseason
## Statistics
### Goals

Correct as of September 30, 2018
First Division Goals :
| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| 1 | FW | | Sani Dey | 13 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | | Timotej Zakrajsek | 12 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | | Vukasin Kovacevic | 16 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | | Kristian Pulic | 14 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | | Lucas Raposo | 9 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | | Stefan Blazic | - | 2 |
| 5 | FW | | Marko Ferlez | - | 2 |
| 5 | MF | | Krista Glasanovic | - | 2 |
| 5 | DF | | Arsen Platis | - | 2 |
| 6 | MF | | Miroslav Čabrilo | - | 1 |
| 6 | DF | | Luke Rankin | - | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Filip Sekulic | - | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Joe Willingham | - | 1 |
| 6 | MF | | Marko Zelenika | - | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 64 | 40 |