The 2023 CF Montréal season was the club's 30th season of existence, and their 12th in Major League Soccer, the top tier of the American soccer pyramid.

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

Current squad Source, As of September 18, 2023: No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age at year end) Previous club Goalkeepers 1 Logan Ketterer GK El Paso Locomotive FC 40 Jonathan Sirois GK Montreal Impact Academy 41 James Pantemis GK Montreal Impact Academy Defenders 4 Fernando Álvarez CB C.F. Pachuca 15 Zachary Brault-Guillard RB Lyon 16 Joel Waterman CB Cavalry FC 22 Aaron Herrera WB Real Salt Lake 24 George Campbell CB Atlanta United FC 25 Gabriele Corbo CB Bologna 26 Róbert Thorkelsson CB Breiðablik Midfielders 2 Victor Wanyama DM Tottenham Hotspur 6 Samuel Piette DM CD Izarra 7 Ahmed Hamdy CM El Gouna FC 10 Bryce Duke CM Inter Miami CF 19 Nathan-Dylan Saliba CM Montreal Impact Academy 23 Ousman Jabang DM Mercer Bears 27 Sean Rea CM Montreal Impact Academy 29 Mathieu Choinière AM Montreal Impact Academy Attackers 9 Chinonso Offor FW Chicago Fire FC 11 Ariel Lassiter FW Inter Miami CF 13 Mason Toye FW Minnesota United FC 14 Sunusi Ibrahim FW Nasarawa United F.C. 17 Jojea Kwizera FW Utah Valley Wolverines 21 Lassi Lappalainen FW Bologna 28 Jules-Anthony Vilsaint FW Royal Antwerp F.C. 30 Romell Quioto FW Houston Dynamo 90 Kwadwo Opoku FW Los Angeles FC

International roster slots Montreal currently has six MLS International Roster Slots for use in the 2023 season. Montreal has eight slots allotted from the league and sold two to St. Louis City SC & Los Angeles FC. In addition, starting in 2022, CF Montreal are allowed to make three international players exempt from status if they have been on the roster for more than one year.

+CF Montréal International slots Slot Player NationalityExemptLassi Lappalainen FinlandExemptVictor Wanyama KenyaExemptAhmed Hamdy Egypt1Sunusi Ibrahim Nigeria2Róbert Thorkelsson Iceland3Chinonso Offor Nigeria4Gabriele Corbo Italy5Kwadwo Opoku Ghana6Vacant

+Foreign-Born Players with Domestic Status Player NationalityRomell Quioto Honduras GFernando Álvarez Colombia / USAJojea Kwizera / USAAriel Lassiter / USAAaron Herrera / USAZachary Brault-Guillard Haiti / CanadaJules-Anthony Vilsaint Haiti / CanadaJean-Aniel Assi Ivory Coast / CanadaIlias Iliadis Greece / Canada

Management

Joey Saputo – Owner Gabriel Gervais – President and Chief Executive Officer Olivier Renard – Vice president and Chief Sporting Officer Salvatore Rivera – Vice-president & Chief Financial Officer Amélie Vaillancourt – Vice-president & Chief Human Resource Officer Samia Chebeir – Vice-president and Chief Marketing Officer Daniel Pozzi – Director, 1st Team Operations

Coaching staff

Hernán Losada – head coach Laurent Ciman – assistant coach Sebastián Setti – assistant coach Eduardo Sebrango – assistant manager Hervé Diese – assistant manager Romuald Peiser – goalkeeping coach Barthélémy Delecroix – fitness Coach Stefano Pasquali – assistant fitness Coach Louan Schlicht – video Analyst Luca Bucci – responsible for the goalkeeping development methodology

Player movement

In Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed. No.Pos.PlayerTransferred fromFee/notesDateSource 24 DF George Campbell Atlanta United FC $900,000 GAM December 13, 2022 22 DF Aaron Herrera Real Salt Lake $500,000 GAM December 21, 2022 5 MF Ilias Iliadis Panathinaikos F.C. B Free Transfer January 14, 2023 28 FW Jules-Anthony Vilsaint Royal Antwerp FC Free Transfer February 11, 2023 23 MF Ousman Jabang Mercer Bears MLS Super Draft March 1, 2023 25 DF Gabriele Corbo Bologna F.C. 1909 Transfer March 20, 2023 10 MF Bryce Duke Inter Miami CF Traded for Kamal Miller & $1,300,000 GAM April 12, 2023 11 FW Ariel Lassiter Inter Miami CF Traded for Kamal Miller & $1,300,000 GAM April 12, 2023 90 FW Kwadwo Opoku Los Angeles FC $1,650,000 GAM July 5, 2023 4 DF Fernando Álvarez C.F. Pachuca Transfer Fee July 28, 2023

Out No.Pos.PlayerTransferred toFee/notesDateSource 8 MF Djordje Mihailovic AZ Alkmaar $5,000,000 August 24, 2022 1 GK Sebastian Breza Bologna F.C. 1909 End of Loan November 17, 2022 19 DF Zorhan Bassong FC Argeș Pitești Option declined November 17, 2022 24 DF Karifa Yao Vancouver Whitecaps FC Option declined November 17, 2022 33 DF Keesean Ferdinand Portland Timbers 2 Option declined November 17, 2022 34 MF Tomas Giraldo HFX Wanderers Option declined November 17, 2022 9 FW Bjørn Maars Johnsen SC Cambuur Option declined November 17, 2022 22 DF Alistair Johnston Celtic $3,000,000 December 3, 2022 28 MF Ismaël Koné Watford F.C. Transfer Fee December 5, 2022 10 FW Joaquín Torres Philadelphia Union $800,000 in GAM January 26, 2023 23 FW Kei Kamara Chicago Fire FC $250,000 in GAM February 24, 2023 3 DF Kamal Miller Inter Miami CF Traded April 12, 2023 4 DF Rudy Camacho Columbus Crew $400,000 in GAM July 31, 2023 8 MF Matko Miljevic Newell's Old Boys Contract Terminated September 18, 2023

Loans in No.Pos.PlayerLoaned fromLoan start dateLoan end dateSource

Loans out No.Pos.PlayerLoaned toLoan start dateLoan end dateSource 9 FW Chinonso Offor S.V. Zulte Waregem September 7, 2022 January 31, 2023 35 FW Jean-Aniel Assi Atlético Ottawa February 15, 2023 December 31, 2023 18 MF Rida Zouhir San Antonio FC April 25, 2023 December 31, 2023 5 MF Ilias Iliadis Atlético Ottawa July 28, 2023 December 31, 2023

MLS SuperDraft picks

RoundNo.Pos.PlayerCollege/Club teamTransactionSource 2 54 MF Milo Garvanian North Carolina Tar Heels Released 3 75 DF Ousman Jabang Mercer BearsSigned 3 83 GK Nick Christoffersen Penn Quakers Signed with Vermont Green FC

Friendlies

Pre-season Unless otherwise noted, all times in EST

Major League Soccer regular season

Tables

Eastern Conference

Overall

Results summary

Matches

Leagues Cup

Group stage

East 2

Canadian Championship

Bracket

Canadian Championship results

Statistics

Appearances, minutes played, and goals scored Player Total Major League Soccer Canadian Championship Leagues Cup Goalkeepers 1 Logan Ketterer 1 90 0 0 0 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 40 Jonathan Sirois 38 3337 0 33 2887 0 3 270 0 2 180 0 41 James Pantemis 2 173 0 2 173 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Defenders 4 Fernando Álvarez 4 255 0 4 255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Zachary Brault-Guillard 30 1630 2 24 1308 1 4 224 1 2 98 0 16 Joel Waterman 32 2805 1 28 2375 1 3 270 0 2 180 0 22 Aaron Herrera 23 1592 0 19 1419 0 2 91 0 2 82 0 24 George Campbell 29 1965 1 26 1852 1 3 113 0 0 0 0 25 Gabriele Corbo 34 2818 0 28 2085 0 4 353 0 2 180 0 26 Róbert Thorkelsson 10 312 0 9 222 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 Midfielders 2 Victor Wanyama 28 1959 0 25 1788 0 2 157 0 1 14 0 5 Ilias Iliadis 7 341 0 6 251 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 6 Samuel Piette 17 1175 0 16 1098 0 0 0 0 1 77 0 7 Ahmed Hamdy 16 574 1 13 469 1 2 92 0 1 13 0 10 Bryce Duke 31 1774 3 26 1473 2 3 144 0 2 157 1 19 Nathan-Dylan Saliba 33 1952 0 28 1767 0 3 65 0 2 120 0 23 Ousman Jabang 3 75 0 3 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Sean Rea 18 908 1 15 734 0 3 174 1 0 0 0 29 Mathieu Choinière 34 2931 6 28 2436 5 4 315 0 2 180 1 Forwards 9 Chinonso Offor 36 1888 5 29 1515 4 4 238 1 2 127 0 11 Ariel Lassiter 31 1956 2 27 1600 1 4 251 1 2 105 0 13 Mason Toye 16 714 3 14 680 3 1 12 0 1 22 0 14 Sunusi Ibrahim 29 1447 6 25 1174 3 3 264 3 1 9 0 17 Jojea Kwizera 4 133 0 4 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Lassi Lappalainen 25 1181 2 21 1034 2 2 89 0 2 58 0 28 Jules-Anthony Vilsaint 13 445 1 11 408 1 1 6 0 1 31 0 30 Romell Quioto 14 871 3 13 796 3 1 75 0 0 0 0 90 Kwadwo Opoku 13 1104 4 12 937 4 0 0 0 2 167 0 No Longer with the Club 3 Kamal Miller 6 477 0 6 477 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Rudy Camacho 26 2130 1 20 1613 1 4 337 0 2 180 0 8 Matko Miljevic 7 184 0 10 124 0 2 60 0 0 0 0 18 Rida Zouhir 6 308 0 5 218 0 1 90 0 0 0 0 Last updated: October 23, 2023

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|MLS !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|Leagues Cup !width=80|TOTAL |- |1|| || Mathieu Choinière || MF ||5 || ||1||6 |- |1|| || Sunusi Ibrahim || FW ||3 ||3 || ||6 |- |3|| || Chinonso Offor || FW ||4 ||1 || ||5 |- |4|| || Kwadwo Opoku || FW ||4 || || ||4 |- |5|| || Romell Quioto || FW ||3 || || ||3 |- |5|| || Bryce Duke || MF ||2 || ||1||3 |- |5|| || Mason Toye || FW ||3 || || ||3 |- |8|| || Ariel Lassiter || MF ||1 ||1 || ||2 |- |8|| || Zachary Brault-Guillard || DF ||1 ||1 || ||2 |- |8|| || Lassi Lappalainen || FW ||2 || || ||2

|11|| || Jules-Anthony Vilsaint || FW ||1 || || ||1 |- |11|| || Sean Rea || MF || ||1 || ||1 |- |11|| || Joel Waterman || DF ||1 || || ||1 |- |11|| || George Campbell|| DF ||1 || || ||1 |- |11|| || Ahmed Hamdi || MF ||1 || || ||1 |- |11|| || Rudy Camacho || DF ||1 || || ||1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals|| 33 || 7 ||2 ||42

Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

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|MLS !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|Leagues Cup !width=80|TOTAL |- |1|| || Mathieu Choinière || MF ||5 ||2 || || 7 |- |2|| || Ariel Lassiter || FW ||2 ||1 ||1 || 4 |- |2|| || Sunusi Ibrahim || FW ||3 ||1 || || 4 |- |4|| || George Campbell || MF ||2 ||1 || || 3 |- |4|| || Gabriele Corbo || DF ||2 ||1 || || 3 |- |4|| || Lassi Lappalainen || FW ||3 || || || 3 |- |4|| || Joel Waterman || DF ||3 || || || 3 |- |8|| || Sean Rea || MF ||2 || || || 2 |- |8|| || Aaron Herrera || DF ||2 || || || 2 |- |8|| || Bryce Duke || MF ||2 || || || 2 |- |11|| || Victor Wanyama || MF ||1 || || || 1 |- |11|| || Mason Toye || FW ||1 || || || 1 |- |11|| || Rida Zouhir || MF || ||1 || || 1 |- |11|| || Jules-Anthony Vilsaint || FW || ||1 || || 1 |- |11|| || Zachary Brault-Guillard || DF || ||1 || || 1 |- |11|| || Nathan Saliba || MF || ||1 || || 1 |- |11|| || Kwadwo Opoku || FW ||1 || || || 1 |- |11|| || Romell Quioto || FW ||1 || || || 1 |- |11|| || Matko Miljevic || MF || ||1 || || 1 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="4"|Totals|| 34 || 7 ||1 ||42

Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Goals against average

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align: center;" |- ! rowspan="2" style="width:1%"|No. ! rowspan="2" style="width:90px"|Nat. ! rowspan="2" style="width:25%"|Player ! colspan="3" |Total ! colspan="3" |Major League Soccer ! colspan="3" |Canadian Championship ! colspan="3" |Leagues Cup |- !MIN!!GA!!GAA!! MIN!!GA!!GAA!! MIN!!GA!!GAA!! MIN!!GA!!GAA |- | 1 | | style="text-align: left;" |Logan Ketterer |90 |0 |0.00 |0 |0 |0.00 |90 |0 |0.00 |0 |0 |0.00 |- |40 | | style="text-align: left;" |Jonathan Sirois |3337 |53 |1.43 |2887 |47 |1.47 |270 |3 |1.00 |180 |3 |1.50 |- |41 | | style="text-align: left;" |James Pantemis |173 |5 |2.60 |173 |5 |2.60 |0 |0 |0.00 |0 |0 |0.00

Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Clean sheets

{| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:85%;" |- !width=10|No. !width=10|Nat. ! scope="col" style="width:225px;"|Player !width=80|MLS !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|Leagues Cup !width=80|TOTAL |- |1|| || Logan Ketterer || || 1 || || 1 |- |40|| || Jonathan Sirois || 11 || 1 || || 12 |- |41|| || James Pantemis || || || || 0 |- |- class="sortbottom" | colspan="3"|Totals|| 11 || 2 || 0 || 13

Italic: denotes player left the club during the season.

Top minutes played

{| class="wikitable sortable alternance" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center; line-height:14px; width:80%;" |- !width=10|No. !width=10|Nat. !scope="col" style="width:275px;"|Player !width=10|Pos. !width=80|MLS !width=80|Canadian Championship !width=80|Leagues Cup !width=80|TOTAL |-