2018 Brantford Galaxy season

Brantford Galaxy 2018 football season
Brantford Galaxy
2018 season
PresidentBosko Borjan
Head CoachMilan Prpa
Canadian Soccer League8th place (First Division)
CSL ChampionshipQuarterfinal
Top goalscorerSlavko Knezevic
(3 goals)
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2018 season was Brantford Galaxy's seventh season in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season began on May 25, 2018 in an away match against CSC Mississauga.[1] Despite the team's mediocre season they still clinched the final playoff berth. Their participation in the postseason was short lived as they were eliminated by FC Ukraine United in the first round. While their reserve squad faced a similar fate in the Second Division after losing to FC Vorkuta B in the opening round. The club's top goalscorer was Slavko Knezevic with three goals.

Summary

After the departure of Sasa Vukovic to Hamilton City SC, the club brought in Milan Prpa as head coach.[2] The roster assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many notable veterans returning.[3] Overall the changes in management achieved little difference in the performance of the club. As the club produced a mediocre season by finishing eighth in the First Division, but still managed to secure the final playoff berth. In the opening round of the postseason Brantford faced FC Ukraine United, but were eliminated in a penalty shootout.[4]

Meanwhile in the Second Division their reserve team managed to secure a postseason berth. In the playoffs they faced division champions FC Vorkuta B, and were defeated by a score of 3-1.[5]

Players

First Division roster

As of 10 August 2018[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Croatia CRO Giorgi Jovicic [7]
4 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Zeljko Dokic
5 DF Montenegro MNE Miljan Milovic [8]
6 DF Canada CAN Donart Beqiri [9]
7 FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Haris Redžepi
8 DF Serbia SRB Boris Milicic
9 MF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Saša Vidović
10 MF Croatia CRO Dragan Milovic [10]
11 MF   Zoran Cvijetic
12 MF Serbia SRB Adrian Tismenar
14 MF   Filip Cvetic
15 DF Serbia SRB Nenad Nikolić
16 MF   Adolfo Alvarado
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Marko Djukic
18 MF   Camilo Veloza
19 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Bojan Samardzija [11]
21 DF   Dalibor Josic
22 MF   Slavko Knezevic
24 MF Canada CAN Adam Villela [12]
- MF   Mladen Gardovic
- MF Serbia SRB Sasa Jelovac
- MF Canada CAN Andrej Prpa
- DF Serbia SRB Dejan Ristić
- MF   Ilic Marko
- MF Serbia SRB Uroš Vidović

Second Division roster

As of 19 September 2018[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Canada CAN Arsenije Japalak [14]
3 DF Canada CAN Michael Dhliwayo [15]
6 MF   Roberto Hogeveen
7 FW   Aleksa Japalak
11 MF   Brandon De Serpa
15 MF   Brandon Beal
16 MF   Dexter Hamilton
18 DF   Rade Parenta
19 MF   John Cordeiro
20 DF   Nemanja Sudar
27 FW   Harold Ranveau
- DF Canada CAN
– MF Canada CAN Ebenezer Adeniran [16]
– MF   Mohamed Ali
– GK Canada CAN Alexander Borsos [17]
– MF   Nikola Cekic
– MF   Paul Chakhov
– DF   Matteo Decosimi
No. Pos. Nation Player
– DF   Milan Dvokic
– DF   Tyler Froates
– DF   Mark Fronda
– FW   Kareem Hassanein
– MF   Martyn Hookes
– MF   Ernest Jones-Hughes
– MF Canada CAN Zach Kingma [18]
– MF   Josh Lachini
– DF   Charles Lanipekun
– FW   Alfonso Loto
– GK   Jeff Martins
– FW   Joaquim Martins
– MF   Andrew Misner
– MF   Aleksa Visekruna
– MF   Kyle Purcell
– DF   Bojan Spajic
– MF Canada CAN Pat Wilson [19]

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Milan Prpa
Assistant coach Aleksandar Pesic
Reserve head coach Nikola Ilic
Team trainer Dusan Dujic
Director Bosko Borjan
President Bosko Borjan
Game day manager John Volpe
Media relations Andrew Pilkington

Last updated: August 10, 2018
Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player Transferred from Fee/notes Source
4 DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Đokić Serbia FK Zemun Free Agent [20]

Out

No. Pos. Player Transferred to Fee/notes Source
MF Canada Miroslav Čabrilo Canada Hamilton City SC Free Transfer [21]

Canadian Soccer League

First Division

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5 Hamilton City SC 16 8 1 7 41 38 +3 25 Playoffs
6 Serbian White Eagles 16 5 4 7 20 20 0 19
7 SC Real Mississauga 16 3 2 11 14 42 −28 11
8 Brantford Galaxy 16 3 2 11 9 37 −28 11
9 CSC Mississauga 16 1 2 13 9 37 −28 5
Source: Canadian Soccer League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
16 3 2 11 9 37  −28 11 2 1 5 7 21  −14 1 1 6 2 16  −14

Last updated: September 20, 2018.
Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516
GroundAHHAHHHHHAAAHAAA
ResultDLWLLLLLDLWLWLLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 27, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Brantford Galaxy v Hamilton City SC
June 2 Brantford Galaxy 0–4 Hamilton City SC Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Report Arsen Platis 8'
Sani Dey 18', 39'
Vukasin Kovacevic 50'		 Stadium: Heritage Field
Brantford Galaxy v CSC Mississauga
June 9 Brantford Galaxy 3–0 CSC Mississauga Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Slavko Knezevic 63'
Adam Villella 68'
Jelovac 82'		 Report Stadium: Heritage Field
Brantford Galaxy v FC Vorkuta
June 23 Brantford Galaxy 0–2 FC Vorkuta Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Report Solonynko 25'
Haidarzhi 90'		 Stadium: Heritage Field
Brantford Galaxy v Scarborough SC
July 21 Brantford Galaxy 1–4 Scarborough SC Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Dragan Milovic 36' Report Hammud Ali Atif 1'
Stojiljković 8', 80'
Alen Kucalovic 45'		 Stadium: Heritage Field
Brantford Galaxy v Serbian White Eagles
August 12 Brantford Galaxy 0–3 Serbian White Eagles Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Report Andrej Marinkovic 8'
Milan Mitrovic 39'
Luka Bojic 51'		 Stadium: Heritage Field
Brantford Galaxy v SC Waterloo Region
August 18 Brantford Galaxy 1–1 SC Waterloo Region Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Vidovic 90' Report Jordan Aivaliotis 11' Stadium: Heritage Field
Brantford Galaxy v SC Real Mississauga
September 16 Brantford Galaxy 1–0 SC Real Mississauga Hamilton, Ontario
20:30 Donart Beqiri 14' Report Stadium: Heritage Field
FC Vorkuta v Brantford Galaxy
September 20 FC Vorkuta 5–0 Brantford Galaxy Toronto, Ontario
21:00 Gostiev 30', 32', 45'
Ivliev 50'
Kristijan Kezic 82'		 Report Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium
Hamilton City SC v Brantford Galaxy
September 23 Hamilton City SC 2–1 Brantford Galaxy Hamilton, Ontario
19:00 Vukasin Kovacevic
Stefan Blazic 		Report Dokic Stadium: Heritage Field
SC Waterloo Region v Brantford Galaxy
September 26 SC Waterloo Region 1–0 Brantford Galaxy Waterloo, Ontario
20:30 Miodrag Kovacevic Report Stadium: RIM Park

Postseason

FC Ukraine United v Brantford Galaxy
September 30 Quarterfinal FC Ukraine United 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(8–7 p)		 Brantford Galaxy Toronto, Ontario
16:00 Report Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Second Division

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
2 Halton United 15 10 0 5 48 20 +28 30 Playoffs
3 Scarborough SC B 15 8 0 7 48 40 +8 24
4 Milton SC 15 7 0 8 37 50 −13 21
5 Brantford Galaxy B 15 5 1 9 25 32 −7 16
6 Serbian White Eagles B 15 2 0 13 13 80 −67 6
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2018-second-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.


Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
15 5 1 9 25 32  −7 16 3 0 4 15 15  0 2 1 5 10 17  −7

Last updated: September 20, 2018.
Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

Round123456789101112131415
GroundAAAAHHHHAHAAHHA
ResultLLWWLWLWLWDLLLL
Updated to match(es) played on September 26, 2018. Source: CSL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Milton SC v Brantford Galaxy B
September 14 Milton SC 2–0 Brantford Galaxy B Milton, Ontario
Report Stadium: Milton Sports Centre

Postseason

FC Vorkuta B v Brantford Galaxy B
October 6 Semifinal FC Vorkuta B 3–1 Brantford Galaxy B Vaughan, Ontario
15:00 Kristijan Kezic 8', 45'
Antonenko 90'		 Report Donare Beqere 17' Stadium: St. Roberts S.S Field

Statistics

Goals

Correct as of October 13, 2018[22][23]

First Division Goals
Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals
1 MF Slavko Knezevic 15 3
2 DF Canada Donart Beqiri - 1
MF Filip Cvetic - 1
DF Bosnia and Herzegovina Željko Đokić - 1
MF Serbia Sasa Jelovac - 1
DF Serbia Uroš Vidović - 1
MF Canada Adam Villela - 1
Total 15 9


Second Division Goals
Pos. Playing Pos. Nation Name Appearances Goals
1 MF Canada Adam Villela 10 4
MF Pat Wilson 10 4
2 MF Dexter Hamilton 10 3
3 MF Canada Michael Dhliwayo 7 2
MF Canada Joaquim Martins 9 2
Total 46 15

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