Dynamo de Québec was a professional Canadian

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team based in Québec City. The team represented the Capitale-Nationale region in the PLSQ, which its men's side joined in 2017, and its women's side the year after until 2019. The team is affiliated to the Association Régionale de Soccer de Québec, and has its roots as the association's elite player-development program.

Club history

Early years

Dynamo was founded in 1991 as an elite player-development program for young women in the Quebec City area, and the first U14 teams began play that year in the

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. Between 1991 and 2007, 19 Dynamo teams were Quebec champions and participated in the Canadian Championships, with four teams being crowned Canadian Champions.

Women's Team

The women's team played in the United States-based W-League beginning in 2009. They were originally known as Quebec City Amiral or Quebec City Arsenal, but was renamed to Quebec Dynamo ARSQ in 2014 following a lawsuit by English club

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who held that trademark in Canada. The team played in as the until the league disbanded in 2015. The club tried to join the United Women's Soccer but was unsuccessful and was thus rendered inactive in 2016.

Revival in PLSQ

In 2017, the Dynamo created a new men's team to play in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. In preparation to their debut in PLSQ, the team started with 1–0 win over the Mistral de Sherbrooke. Confident from this first preseason win, the team went on to face

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(2nd in the standings in 2016) and tied them 1-1. The first game in the Dynamo's PLSQ history is on Sunday May 14, 2017 at home at Stade Honco in

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. The visitors, Mont-Royal Outremont, proved to be a strong adversary and the Dynamo lost their first game in PLSQ. They departed the league after the 2019 season, due to a lack of funding. For 2018, the PLSQ would start a new women's division, and Dynamo re-formed their women's side, which previously competed in the USL W-League as the

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, to participate, and headlined the squad with Canada WNT player and Quebec native

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. The club would leave

for a number of different home venues around the Capitale-Nationale region, but the majority of their home games for both the men's and new women's sides would be played in the town of

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at the field of the local polyvalente (high school). On the men's side, star goalkeeper Mario Gerges departed the team during the preseason for

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of the

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, but overall the squad saw the return of many important players from the previous season, and looked to improve on a surprise 2nd-place finish.

Seasons

Men Women

Notable former players

The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the PLSQ team:

Supporter Groups

* Section Ludovica: Created in 2012, this independent supporter group has decided to support and cheer for the club in the spirit of solidarity and amiability. This group is growing and their cheers are an integral part of the Dynamo game-day experience. At the Stade Honco in Charny, Section Ludovica takes a prominent place in the eastern section of the stands, near the section where players come into the field.

References

External links

* {{Première ligue de soccer du Québec – Women's Division 1991 establishments in Quebec Soccer clubs in Quebec Association football clubs established in 1991 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec clubs Sports teams in Quebec City