2025 Valour FC season

Valour FC
2025 season
PresidentWade Miller
Head coachPhillip Dos Santos
StadiumPrincess Auto Stadium

The 2025 Valour FC season is the seventh season in the history of Valour FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship.

Current squad

As of July 17, 2025.[1]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Eleias Himaras Canada GK (2002-03-08) March 8, 2002 Canada York United
50 Jonathan Viscosi Canada GK (1991-03-18) March 18, 1991 Finland VPS
Defenders
2 Roberto Alarcón Spain RB (1998-04-21) April 21, 1998 Canada Cavalry FC
3 Rocco Romeo Canada CB (2000-03-25) March 25, 2000 Canada Vancouver FC
5 Kelsey Egwu Canada FB (2004-02-01) February 1, 2004 Estonia Narva Trans Loan
13 Zachary Fernandez Canada RB (2001-09-24) September 24, 2001 Canada HFX Wanderers
23 Gianfranco Facchineri Canada CB (2002-04-27) April 27, 2002 Canada Windsor City FC
30 Themi Antonoglou Canada LB / LW (2001-06-02) June 2, 2001 Canada Toronto FC
Midfielders
6 Dante Campbell Canada DM / CB (1999-05-22) May 22, 1999 United States LA Galaxy II
8 Diogo Ressurreição Portugal MF (2000-08-15) August 15, 2000 Portugal Vitória Guimarães B INT
11 Kris Twardek Canada RW (1997-03-08) March 8, 1997 Canada Atlético Ottawa
12 Wesley Wandje Cameroon LM / LB (2000-05-07) May 7, 2000 Canada Montreal Carabins U-S
17 Jordan Faria Canada CM (2000-06-13) June 13, 2000 Canada Toronto FC II
20 Xavier Venâncio Portugal CM / DM (1999-05-29) May 29, 1999 Italy Chieri INT
21 Myles Morgan Canada CM (2005-06-20) June 20, 2005 Canada Whitecaps FC 2 U21
27 Raphael Ohin Ghana CM (1995-05-25) May 25, 1995 Canada WSA Winnipeg
28 Bruno Figueiredo Portugal CM (1999-07-09) July 9, 1999 Portugal União de Santarém INT
64 Safwane Mlah Canada AM (2001-12-08) December 8, 2001 Canada CS Saint-Laurent
80 Kianz Froese Canada AM / CF (1996-04-16) April 16, 1996 Germany SV Wehen Wiesbaden
Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy Ukraine / Canada AM / LW / RW (2003-11-27) November 27, 2003 Canada York United
Forwards
7 Kian Williams England CF / AM (2000-01-07) January 7, 2000 Iceland Keflavík INT
9 Erik Pop RomaniaCanada CF (2006-01-30) January 30, 2006 Germany Karlsruher U19 U21
19 Jevontae Layne Canada CF (2001-09-21) September 21, 2001 Canada TMU Bold U-S

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
23 DF Canada Gianfranco Facchineri U-Sports contract retained; signed pro contract December 11, 2024 [2]
GK Canada Eleias Himaras Canada York United Free January 7, 2025 [3]
MF Canada Kris Twardek Canada Atlético Ottawa Undisclosed fee January 10, 2025 [4]
DF Canada Rocco Romeo Canada Vancouver FC Free January 14, 2025 [5]
FW Romania Erik Pop Germany Karlsruher U19 Free January 31, 2025 [6]
MF Portugal Xavier Venâncio Italy Chieri Free February 4, 2025 [7]
MF Portugal Bruno Figueiredo Portugal União de Santarém Free February 13, 2025 [8]
DF Canada Zachary Fernandez Canada HFX Wanderers Free February 25, 2025 [9]
MF Canada Myles Morgan Canada Whitecaps FC 2 Free March 5, 2025 [10]
FW Canada Jevontae Layne Canada TMU Bold Selected 1st in the 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract April 1, 2025 [11]
MF Cameroon Wesley Wandje Canada Montreal Carabins U-Sports contract April 10, 2025 [12]
MF Canada Kianz Froese Germany SV Wehen Wiesbaden Free June 18, 2025 [13]
MF Ukraine Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy Canada York United Free July 17, 2025 [14]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player Loaned from Fee/notes Date Source
DF Canada Kelsey Egwu Estonia Narva Trans Season-long loan February 11, 2024 [15]

Draft picks

Valour FC selected the following players in the 2025 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 1 FW Jevontae Layne  Canada Toronto Metropolitan
2 9 DF Ibrahim Chami  Lebanon McGill

Out

Transferred out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
11 MF Canada Noah Verhoeven Canada Atlético Ottawa Loan expired November 10, 2024 [16]
1 GK Zimbabwe Darlington Murasiranwa Contract expired December 31, 2024 [16]
13 DF Australia Tass Mourdoukoutas Australia Perth Glory Contract expired December 31, 2024 [16]
8 MF United States Juan Pablo Sanchez Contract expired December 31, 2024 [16]
21 MF Canada Marcello Polisi United States Detroit City FC Contract expired December 31, 2024 [16]
3 DF Canada Jordan Haynes Option declined December 31, 2024 [16]
4 DF Germany Charalampos Chantzopoulos Option declined December 31, 2024 [16]
16 FW Canada Joe Hanson Republic of Ireland Treaty United F.C. Option declined December 31, 2024 [16]
9 FW Australia Jordan Swibel Option declined December 31, 2024 [17]
19 FW Canada Abdul Binate Option declined December 31, 2024 [17]
25 FW Canada Loïc Kwemi Canada CS LaSalle Option declined December 31, 2024 [17]
24 MF Canada Zachary Sukunda Estonia Tallinna Kalev Contract terminated by mutual consent January 16, 2025 [17]
10 FW Canada Shaan Hundal Canada York United Contract terminated by mutual consent July 17, 2025 [14]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "CPL Off-Season Roster Tracker: Who's in and who's out for 2025?". Canadian Premier League. 2024-12-10. Retrieved 2024-12-10.
  2. ^ "Facchineri Returns To Valour On Pro Deal". Northern Tribune. December 11, 2024. Retrieved December 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Valour FC Announce Signing of Canadian Goalkeeper Eleias Himaras". Valour FC. January 7, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  4. ^ "Valour FC Acquires Attacker Kris Twardek From Atlético Ottawa". Valour FC. January 10, 2025.
  5. ^ "Rocco Romeo returns to Valour FC: 'I want to make history'". Canadian Premier League. January 14, 2025. Retrieved January 14, 2025.
  6. ^ "Valour Adds Former L1O Youth Standout Erik Pop". Northern Tribune. January 31, 2025. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
  7. ^ "Venancio To Valour: Winnipeg Adds Dash Of Portuguese Flair". Northern Tribune. February 4, 2025. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  8. ^ "Valour FC sign Portuguese midfielder Bruno Figueiredo". Northern Tribune. February 13, 2025. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  9. ^ "Valour FC sign Canadian right-back Zachary Fernandez". Canadian Premier League. February 25, 2025. Retrieved February 25, 2025.
  10. ^ "Valour FC sign Canadian U-21 forward Myles Morgan". Canadian Premier League. March 5, 2025. Retrieved March 5, 2025.
  11. ^ "Valour FC sign 2025 CPL-U SPORTS Draft first overall pick Jevontae Layne". Canadian Premier League. April 1, 2025. Retrieved April 1, 2025.
  12. ^ "Valour FC announce signing of Wesley Wandje to CPL-U SPORTS contract". Valour FC. April 10, 2025. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  13. ^ "Valour FC sign Winnipeg native Kianz Froese". Valour FC. June 18, 2025. Retrieved June 18, 2025.
  14. ^ a b "York United add Hundal, Valour FC sign Voytsekhovskyy". Canadian Premier League. July 17, 2025. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
  15. ^ "Valour FC sign Canadian defender Kelsey Egwu". Northern Tribune. February 11, 2025. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  16. ^ a b c d e f g h "Valour FC Announce Roster Update". Valour FC. December 11, 2024.
  17. ^ a b c d "Valour FC exercise contract option for Themi Antonoglou, announce other roster moves". Canadian Premier League. January 16, 2025.
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