The 2023 York United FC season is the fifth season in the history of York United FC. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship.

In April during the 2023 season, the club was sold from the Baldassarra family to Canadian Soccer Business with plans to transfer the club to new ownership.

Current squad As of September 6, 2023.

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Niko Giantsopoulos GK Cavalry FC 67Eleias Himaras GK Electric City Defenders2Paris GeeLB / RB FC Edmonton3Tass MourdoukoutasCB Western Sydney Wanderers 6 Roger Thompson CB Ljungskile SK 7 Jonathan Grant RB Forge FC23Noah AbatnehRB / CB AC Campodarsego 30 Kadin Martin-Pereux FB / MF SC Paderborn 07 II32Brem SoumaoroCB / DM PAEEK 55 Toby Richardson DF West Ottawa SC Midfielders 8 Elijah Adekugbe MF Cavalry FC11Kevin Dos SantosLW / RW Darlington F.C.12Clément BayihaRW / RB Hamarkameratene 16 Max Ferrari LW / RW Aurora FC 27 Carson Buschman-Dormond LW / RW FC Zürich U2128 Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé CM HFX Wanderers 33 Matthew Baldisimo / DM / CM Pacific FC 47 Trivine Esprit MF Darby FC 70 Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy / AM / LW / RW ProStars FC Adriano Iannello MF York United FC Academy Shola Jimoh LW York United FC Academy Forwards9Brian WrightCF Atlético Ottawa 14 Theo Afework CF Nürnberg U1918Molham Babouli / CF / LW / RW Muaither SC 22 Austin Ricci CF Valour FC 24 Osaze De Rosario ST Rukh Lviv

Transfers

In No.Pos.PlayerFrom clubFee/notesDateSource FC EdmontonReturn from loan FC EdmontonReturn from loan FC EdmontonReturn from loan FC EdmontonReturn from loan8 Cavalry FCFree28 HFX WanderersFree43 FC Rukh LvivFree70 ProStars FCFree33 Pacific FCFree9 Atlético OttawaFreeJanuary 9, 202312 HamarkamerateneUndisclosed feeJanuary 11, 202310MF Jong FC UtrechtFreeJanuary 24, 202332DF PAEEKFreeFebruary 1, 20237 Forge FCFreeMarch 8, 202314 Nürnberg U19FreeMarch 23, 202377GK ProStars FCDevelopmental contractApril 17, 202377CB West Ottawa SCDevelopmental contractApril 17, 202323DF AC CampodarsegoFreeApril 17, 202347 Darby FCSelected 11th overall in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft, signed a CPL-U SPORTS contractJuly 10, 202327 FC Zürich U21FreeJuly 19, 202330 SC Paderborn 07 IIFreeSeptember 6, 2023 York United FC AcademyDevelopmental contractSeptember 6, 2023 York United FC AcademyDevelopmental contractSeptember 6, 2023

Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromFee/notesDateSource77 Adisa De Rosario Toronto FC IILoaned until end of season, recalled early September 15, 2023

Draft picks York United selected the following players in the 2023 CPL–U Sports Draft. Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. RoundSelectionPos.PlayerNationalityUniversity14MFChristopher CampoliOntario Tech211MFTrivine EspritOntario Tech

Out

Transferred out No.Pos.PlayerTo clubFee/notesDateSource7Retired11Contract terminated by mutual consent33 Pacific FCEnd of loan5 Korona KielceContract expired44 Huntsville City FCUndisclosed fee10 Real TomayapoOption declined17 Vancouver FCUndisclosed fee23 Huntsville City FCContract expired19 Atlético OttawaOption declined8 Valledupar F.C.Option declined99Option declined9 Sol de AméricaOption declined25 Campbelltown City Option declined2 Botafogo BContract terminated by mutual consentOption declined Las Vegas LightsOption declinedOption declined4Retired27 Werder Bremen IIUndisclosed fee to make loan permanent moveJune 20, 202343 SC TelstarUndisclosed feeJune 28, 202310Contract terminated by mutual consentAugust 4, 2023

Loans out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toFee/notesDateSource27 Werder Bremen IILoaned until July 1, 2023January 5, 202321 Maidstone UnitedLoaned until December 31, 2023September 6, 2023

Pre-season and friendlies

Competitions Matches are listed in Toronto local time: Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4) until November 5, and Eastern Standard Time (UTC−5) otherwise.

Overview

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results by match

Matches

Playoff matches

Canadian Championship

Statistics

Squad and statistics

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Goalkeepers

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Defenders

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Midfielders

! colspan="14" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Forwards

Top scorers {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|Canadian Premier League !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |rowspan=1|1|||| Molham Babouli || FW || 6 || 1 ||7 |- |rowspan=2|2|||| Osaze De Rosario || FW || 6 || 0 ||6 |- ||| Kevin Dos Santos || MF || 6 || 0 ||6

|rowspan=1|3|||| Austin Ricci || FW || 3 || 1 ||4 |- |rowspan=4|4|||| Oussama Alou || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Clément Bayiha || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Brem Soumaoro || DF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Brian Wright || FW || 2 || 0 ||2 |- |rowspan=3|5|||| Matthew Baldisimo || MF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Roger Thompson || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Markiyan Voytsekhovskyy || MF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||32||2||34

Top assists {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|Canadian Premier League !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |rowspan=1|1|||| Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé || MF || 5 || 0 ||5 |- |rowspan=7|2|||| Oussama Alou || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Molham Babouli || FW || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Clément Bayiha || MF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Osaze De Rosario || FW || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Kadin Martin-Pereux || DF || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Austin Ricci || FW || 2 || 0 ||2 |- ||| Brian Wright || FW || 2 || 0 ||2 |- |rowspan=5|3|||| Paris Gee || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Jonathan Grant || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Lassana Faye || DF || 0 || 1 ||1 |- ||| Tass Mourdoukoutas || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- ||| Brem Soumaoro || DF || 1 || 0 ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||23||1||24

Clean sheets {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=10|Rank !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=80|Canadian Premier League !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|TOTAL |- |rowspan=1|1|||| Niko Giantsopoulos || 5 || 1 ||6 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="3"|Totals||5||1||6

Disciplinary record {| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !rowspan="2" width=10|No. !rowspan="2" width=10|Pos. !rowspan="2" width=10|Nat. !rowspan="2" scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !colspan="2" width=80|Canadian Premier League !colspan="2" width=80|Canadian Championship !colspan="2" width=80|TOTAL |- ! !! !! !! !! !! |- |1||GK|||| Niko Giantsopoulos ||3||0||1||0||4||0 |- |2||DF|||| Paris Gee ||6||0||1||0||7||0 |- |3||DF|||| Tass Mourdoukoutas ||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |6||DF|||| Roger Thompson ||2||0||0||0||2||0 |- |7||DF|||| Jonathan Grant ||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |8||MF|||| Elijah Adekugbe ||3||0||0||0||3||0 |- |9||FW|||| Brian Wright ||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |10||MF|||| Oussama Alou ||2||0||0||0||2||0 |- |11||MF|||| Kevin dos Santos ||4||0||0||0||4||0 |- |16||MF|||| Max Ferrari ||5||0||0||0||5||0 |- |18||FW|||| Molham Babouli ||8||2||1||0||9||2 |- |22||FW|||| Austin Ricci ||9||1||1||0||10||1 |- |23||DF|||| Noah Abatneh ||1||1||0||0||1||1 |- |24||FW|||| Osaze De Rosario ||2||0||0||0||2||0 |- |27||MF|||| Carson Buschman-Dormond ||0||1||0||0||0||1 |- |28||MF|||| Jérémy Gagnon-Laparé ||7||0||0||0||7||0 |- |30||DF|||| Kadin Martin-Pereux ||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |32||MF|||| Brem Soumaoro ||6||0||0||0||6||0 |- |33||MF|||| Matthew Baldisimo ||4||1||0||0||4||1 |- |37||MF|||| Trivine Esprit ||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |43||DF|||| Lassana Faye ||4||0||0||0||4||0 |- |77||GK|||| Adisa De Rosario ||1||0||0||0||1||0 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals||72||6||4||0||76||6

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