2025 Ligue1 Québec Season
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

The 2025 Ligue1 Québec season is the fourteenth season of play for the
Ligue1 Québec Ligue1 Québec (L1QC) is a Semi-professional sports, semi-professional men's Association football, soccer league in Quebec, Canada. Founded in 2011 as the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, the league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Asso ...
(and the third since rebranding from the Première ligue de soccer du Québec). It is the first season with multiple tiered divisions, with Ligue2 Québec and Ligue3 Québec being introduced this season. L1Q is a division three semi-professional soccer league in the
Canadian soccer league system The Canadian soccer league system, also called the Canadian soccer pyramid, is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in Canada. The governing body of soccer in the country is the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), ...
and the highest level of soccer based in the
Canadian province Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Constitution of Canada, Canadian Constitution. In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North Amer ...
of
Québec Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border ...
. FC Laval will compete in the 2025 Canadian Championship as the league's representative as 2024 league champions.


Changes from 2024

CF Montréal U23 withdrew from the league after the 2024 season. Two new tiered divisions were formed following the dissolution of the amateur Ligue de soccer élite du Québec.


Format

In Ligue1 Québec, the ten teams will play each other twice, home and away. There will be no relegation at the end of the season. The winner will qualify for the 2026 Canadian Championship. In Ligue2 Québec, the 24 teams will play each other each once. At the end of the season, the top team will be promoted to Ligue1 Québec for the 2026 season, while the teams finishing second through fifth will participate in a promotion playoff for the second promotion spot. The clubs finishing 15th through 24th will be relegated to Ligue3 Québec. In Ligue3 Québec, 16 teams (including 4 reserve sides) will each play each other once. The top four teams will compete for the league title in a playoff, however, there will be no promotion for this season.


Ligue1 Québec


Teams

Ten teams will participate in the 2024 season, with each team playing each other twice for a total of 18 matches. The league champion will earn a place in the 2026
Canadian Championship The Canadian Championship () is an annual soccer tournament contested by Canadian professional teams. The winner is awarded the Voyageurs Cup and a berth in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. It is contested by Major League Soccer sides Toronto FC, Va ...
.


Standings


Friendlies


Ligue2 Québec


Teams

Twenty-four teams will participate in the division. Each team will play each other once for a 23-match season. At the end of the season, the first-place team will be promoted to Ligue1 Québec for the 2026 season. The teams finishing second through fifth will participate in the promotion playoffs to earn the second promotion berth. The teams finishing 15th through 24th will be relegated to Ligue3 Québec.


Standings


Ligue3 Québec


Teams

Sixteen teams will participate in the division. Each team will place each other once for a 15 match season. At the end of the season, the top four teams will compete in the playoffs for the league title. There will be no promotion this season. At the end of the season, the four Reserve teams will be removed from the league.


Standings


Ligue Espoirs Québec

The league will operate a U19 reserve division this season.


Group A


Group B


Group C


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ligue1 Quebec season 2025 League1 QC men
2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...
Quebec M 2025 in sports in Quebec