Ligue1 Québec (L1QC, previously known as the Première ligue de soccer du Québec féminine) is a semi-professional soccer league created in 2018, organized by the

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, which operates at the pro-am tier of the

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. In 2025, the league expanded and introduced two new divisions Ligue2 Québec and Ligue3 Québec, following the ending of the amateur

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, with the teams being folded into L1Q. The L1QC women's division is below the

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and equal to

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, and

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History

In 2011, the men's

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was established to begin play in 2012, marking the return of a semi-professional soccer league to the province for the first time in 20 years. In 2018, a women's division was added, starting with five teams: AS Blainville,

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, FC Sélect Rive-Sud, CS Monteuil, and

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won the first league championship. Beginning in the 2020 season,

and the PLSQ had planned to hold a Final Four end-of-season tournament for their women's divisions, from August 14 to 16, pitting the top two sides from each league in an inter-provincial playoff. However, due to restrictions associated with the

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, League1 Ontario cancelled their 2020 season, cancelling this tournament indefinitely, although the PLSQ did manage to complete a delayed shortened season, although some teams did opt out of playing for the season. In 2021, the league introduced the Coupe PLSQ as the league cup tournament. AS Blainville won the inaugural Coupe PLSQ. Over the course of its history, various clubs have joined and departed the league. AS Blainville is the only club to have participated in every season since the league's inception. In 2022, the PLSQ joined

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along with League1 Ontario and

(and later

), with the various leagues sending their champions to the year-end

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. On April 19, 2023, the league rebranded to Ligue1 Québec to align with its partner leagues.

Competition format

The league typically runs from May to August with teams playing each other team 1-3 times (depending on the number of teams). In 2021, the league cup was introduced.

Yearly results

Clubs

Current clubs

Ligue1 Québec

The following twelve teams are members of the league for the 2024 season:

Ligue2 Québec

The following teams are members of the league for the 2025 season:

Former clubs

Timeline

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Players who earned national team caps while in the L1QC

The following players have earned a senior national team cap while playing in the L1QC (the year of their first cap while playing in the league is listed). Players who earned caps before or after playing in the L1QC are not included, unless they also earned caps while in the league. This section also does not include youth caps (U23 or below).

L1QC clubs in other competitions

Notes

References

External links

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