2025 CF Montréal season

CF Montréal
2025 season
Owner	Joey Saputo
Head coach	Laurent Courtois
Stadium	Saputo Stadium
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2025 CF Montréal season will be the club's 32nd season of existence, and their 14th in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.

In addition to competing in MLS, the club is also scheduled to play in the Canadian Championship and the Leagues Cup.

Current squad

As of November 21, 2024^[update]^[1]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (age at year end)	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Sebastian Breza	CAN	GK	(1998-03-15) March 15, 1998 (age 26)	Bologna
40	Jonathan Sirois	CAN	GK	(2001-07-27) July 27, 2001 (age 23)	Montreal Impact Academy
Defenders
4	Fernando Álvarez	COL	CB	(2003-08-24) August 24, 2003 (age 21)	C.F. Pachuca
11	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	CAN	RB	(2004-06-16) June 16, 2004 (age 20)	Toronto FC
16	Joel Waterman	CAN	CB	(1996-01-24) January 24, 1996 (age 28)	Cavalry FC
24	George Campbell	USA	CB	(2001-06-22) June 22, 2001 (age 23)	Atlanta United FC
27	Dawid Bugaj	POL	RB	(2004-07-09) July 9, 2004 (age 20)	SPAL
46	Tom Pearce	ENG	LB	(1998-04-12) April 12, 1998 (age 26)	Wigan Athletic F.C.
Midfielders
6	Samuel Piette	CAN	DM	(1994-11-12) November 12, 1994 (age 30)	CD Izarra
8	Dominik Yankov	BUL	AM	(2000-07-28) July 28, 2000 (age 24)	PFC Ludogorets Razgrad
10	Bryce Duke	USA	CM	(2001-02-28) February 28, 2001 (age 23)	Inter Miami CF
19	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	CAN	CM	(2004-02-07) February 7, 2004 (age 20)	Montreal Impact Academy
23	Caden Clark	USA	AM	(2003-05-27) May 27, 2003 (age 21)	Minnesota United FC
38	Alessandro Biello	CAN	CM	(2005-07-20) July 20, 2005 (age 19)	Montreal Impact Academy
Attackers
7	Kwadwo Opoku	GHA	FW	(2001-07-13) July 13, 2001 (age 23)	Los Angeles FC
9	Matías Cóccaro	URU	FW	(1997-11-15) November 15, 1997 (age 27)	Club Atlético Huracán
14	Sunusi Ibrahim	NGA	FW	(2002-10-01) October 1, 2002 (age 22)	Nasarawa United F.C.
28	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	CAN	FW	(2003-01-06) January 6, 2003 (age 21)	Royal Antwerp F.C.

International roster slots

Montreal currently has six MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2024 season. In addition, starting in 2022, CF Montreal were allowed to make three international players exempt from status if they have been on the roster for more than one year.

**Montreal Impact International slots**
Slot	Player	Nationality
Exempt	Matías Cóccaro	Uruguay
Exempt	Kwadwo Opoku	Ghana
Exempt	Sunusi Ibrahim	Nigeria
1	Tom Pearce	England
2	Dawid Bugaj	Poland
3	Vacant
4	Vacant
5	Vacant
6	Vacant

**Foreign-Born Players with Domestic Status**
Player	Nationality
Fernando Álvarez	Colombia / USA
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	Haiti / Canada
Dominik Yankov	Bulgaria / Canada

– Player is Canadian citizen;
– Player is US citizen;
G – Player has US green card;
C – Player has permanent Canadian residency.

Management

As of January 14, 2023^[2]

Joey Saputo – owner
Luca Saputo – managing director, recruitment and sporting methodology
Simone Saputo – managing director, academy strategy and roster management
Gabriel Gervais – president and chief executive officer
Corey Wray – director of soccer
Salvatore Rivera – vice-president and chief financial officer
Amélie Vaillancourt – vice-president and chief human resource officer
Samia Chebeir – vice-president and chief marketing officer

Coaching staff

As of January 15, 2024^[3]

Laurent Courtois – head coach
David Sauvry – assistant coach
Eduardo Sebrango – assistant manager
Stefano Pasquali – assistant fitness Coach
Louan Schlicht – video Analyst

Player movement

In

Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee/notes	Date	Source

Out

No.	Pos.	Player	Fee/notes	Date	Source
25	DF	Gabriele Corbo	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
23	DF	Grayson Doody	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
44	DF	Raheem Edwards	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
5	MF	Ilias Iliadis	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
21	FW	Lassi Lappalainen	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
17	FW	Josef Martínez	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
27	MF	Matteo Schiavoni	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
26	DF	Róbert Orri Þorkelsson	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
18	MF	Rida Zouhir	Option declined	November 21, 2024	^[4]
3	DF	Joaquín Sosa	End of Loan	November 21, 2024	^[4]
2	MF	Victor Wanyama	Out of Contract	November 21, 2024	^[4]
33	GK	Logan Ketterer	Out of Contract	November 21, 2024	^[4]

Loans in

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned from	Loan start date	Loan end date	Source

Loans out

No.	Pos.	Player	Loaned to	Loan start date	Loan end date	Source

MLS SuperDraft picks

Round	No.	Pos.	Player	College/Club team	Transaction	Source
1	13

Friendlies

Review

Pre-Season

Matches

Win Draw Loss

1

v

Major League Soccer regular season

Tables

Results summary

Matches

Win Draw Loss

v

Leagues Cup

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Appearances, Minutes Played, and Goals Scored

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup			MLS Cup Playoffs			Ref.
No.	Nat.	Player	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	App.	Min.	Gls	Ref.
Goalkeepers
1		Sebastian Breza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40		Jonathan Sirois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4		Fernando Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11		Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16		Joel Waterman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Ousman Jabang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24		George Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27		Dawid Bugaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46		Tom Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
6		Samuel Piette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8		Dominik Yankov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10		Bryce Duke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19		Nathan-Dylan Saliba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		Caden Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38		Alessandro Biello	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
7		Kwadwo Opoku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9		Matías Cóccaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14		Sunusi Ibrahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
No Longer with the Club
Last updated: November 21, 2024

Top scorers

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs	TOTAL
Totals				0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match played November 21, 2024
Source: [1]
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top Assists

Rank	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs	TOTAL
Totals				0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: [2]
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Goals Against Average

No.	Nat.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup			MLS Cup Playoffs
No.	Nat.	Player	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA	MIN	GA	GAA
1	CAN	Sebastian Breza	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00
40	CAN	Jonathan Sirois	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00	0	0	0.00

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: CF Montréal
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

No.	Player	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs
1	Sebastian Breza
40	Jonathan Sirois
Totals		0	0	0	0

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: MLSsoccer.com
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	MLS	Canadian Championship	Leagues Cup	MLS Cup Playoffs	TOTAL

Updated to match played November 27, 2024
Source: Montreal Impact
Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Yellow and red cards

No.	Player	Total			Major League Soccer			Canadian Championship			Leagues Cup			Ref.
No.	Player													Ref.
1	Sebastian Breza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Fernando Álvarez	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Samuel Piette	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Kwadwo Opoku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Dominik Yankov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Matías Cóccaro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Bryce Duke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Sunusi Ibrahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Joel Waterman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Nathan-Dylan Saliba	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Ousman Jabang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Caden Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	George Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Dawid Bugaj	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Jules-Anthony Vilsaint	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Alessandro Biello	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	Jonathan Sirois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	Tom Pearce	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Last updated: November 27, 2024

Recognition

Notes

References

^ "First Team". CF Montreal. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
^ Montréal, C. F. "CF Montréal". CF Montréal.
^ "Technical Team". cfmontreal.com. CF Montréal. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "CF Montréal exercises options of Nathan Saliba and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint for the 2025 season". cfmontreal.com. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

[1] "First Team". CF Montreal. Retrieved December 3, 2024.

[2] Montréal, C. F. "CF Montréal". CF Montréal.

[3] "Technical Team". cfmontreal.com. CF Montréal. Retrieved December 6, 2022.

[CF_Montréal_exercises_options_of_Nathan_Saliba_and_Jules-Anthony_Vilsaint_for_the_2025_season-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "CF Montréal exercises options of Nathan Saliba and Jules-Anthony Vilsaint for the 2025 season". cfmontreal.com. December 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2023.

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