Football Club Gatineau was a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

that played in the

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec The Première ligue de soccer du Québec (PLSQ) is a semi-professional soccer league created in 2012. The Quebec Soccer Federation operates both men's and women's divisions at the pro-am tier of the Canadian soccer league system. The league is pa ...

until the 2019 season. It currentlty concentrates its activities on regional development of players.

History

The club was founded in 1979 under the name Association de Soccer de Hull. Their home field is located at the Mont-Bleu Sports Complex. In 2013, the club joined the

, a Division III league, fielding a team in the men's division. In 2014, Gatineau won the League Cup, defeating

CS Longueuil Club Soccer Longueuil is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Longueuil, Quebec. Since 2014, the club has competed in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec. History The club was originally founded in 1970. In 2014, the club joine ...

1-0 in the final. They finished as the runner-up for the League Cup for three consecutive seasons in 2016, 2017, and 2018. After a strong 2018 season in which they finished third in the league, they had a disastrous 2019 season, finishing in last place and failing to record a single victory. They left the PLSQ after the 2019 season, after being unable to meet the financial requirements of the league. They instead decided to join the Ontario-based Ottawa-Carlton Soccer League. In 2016, they became a partner club of the Montreal Impact and in 2017, control of FC Gatineau was transferred from the Outaouais Regional Soccer Association to local club AS Hull (now renamed FC Gatineau as a whole). In 2017, the club played a friendly against the Haiti U20 national team. As of 2020, a potential merger between FC Gatineau and CS Aylmer is in the works.

Seasons

Notable former players

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

Honours

Première Ligue de soccer du Québec *Coupe PLSQ:

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References

Soccer clubs in Quebec Association football clubs established in 1979 1979 establishments in Quebec Sport in Gatineau {{Première ligue de soccer du Québec – Men's Division