2018 Brantford Galaxy season

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.

Brantford Galaxy

2018 season
President	Bosko Borjan
Head Coach	Milan Prpa
Canadian Soccer League	8th place (First Division)
CSL Championship	Quarterfinal
Top goalscorer	Slavko Knezevic (3 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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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 August 10, 2018^[6]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRO Giorgi Jovicic [7] 4 DF  BIH Zeljko Dokic 5 DF  MNE Miljan Milovic [8] 6 DF  CAN Donart Beqiri [9] 7 FW  BIH Haris Redžepi 8 DF  SRB Boris Milicic 9 MF  BIH Saša Vidović 10 MF  CRO Dragan Milovic [10] 11 MF   Zoran Cvijetic 12 MF  SRB Adrian Tismenar 14 MF   Filip Cvetic 15 DF  SRB Nenad Nikolić 16 MF   Adolfo Alvarado

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 DF  BIH Marko Djukic 18 MF   Camilo Veloza 19 DF  BIH Bojan Samardzija [11] 21 DF   Dalibor Josic 22 MF   Slavko Knezevic 24 MF  CAN Adam Villela [12] - MF   Mladen Gardovic - MF  SRB Sasa Jelovac - MF  CAN Andrej Prpa - DF  SRB Dejan Ristić - MF   Ilic Marko - MF  SRB Uroš Vidović

Second Division roster

As of September 19, 2018^[13]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  CAN Arsenije Japalak [14] 3 DF  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  CAN – MF  CAN Ebenezer Adeniran [16] – MF   Mohamed Ali – GK  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  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  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	Željko Đokić	FK Zemun	Free Agent	[20]

Out

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

Canadian Soccer League

Main article: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A
Result	D	L	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	L	W	L	L	L

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

Matches

CSC Mississauga v Brantford Galaxy

May 25	CSC Mississauga	0–0	Brantford Galaxy	Mississauga, Ontario
20:00		Report		Stadium: Iceland Field

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

Scarborough SC v Brantford Galaxy

June 17	Scarborough SC	3–0	Brantford Galaxy	Toronto, Ontario
20:00	Bryan 15' Stojiljkovic 55', 75'	Report		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

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 FC Ukraine United

July 14	Brantford Galaxy	1–7	FC Ukraine United	Hamilton, Ontario
	Slavko Knezevic	Report	Bohdanov Datsiuk , Falkovskyi Milishchuk Hromyak Lukyanets	Stadium: Heritage Field Turf

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

FC Ukraine United v Brantford Galaxy

August 25	FC Ukraine United	3–0	Brantford Galaxy	Toronto, Ontario
21:00	Malysh Milishchuk Lukyanets 76'	Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Referee: Afsar Khan

Serbian White Eagles v Brantford Galaxy

August 31	Serbian White Eagles	0–1	Brantford Galaxy	Toronto, Ontario
19:00		Report	Filip Cvetic 59'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

SC Real Mississauga v Brantford Galaxy

September 7	SC Real Mississauga	2–0	Brantford Galaxy	Mississauga, Ontario
20:30	Senad Poracanin	Report		Stadium: Paramount Fine Foods Centre

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

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Ground	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	L	W	D	L	L	L	L

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

Matches

Halton United v Brantford Galaxy B

June 2	Halton United	2–1	Brantford Galaxy B	Burlington, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Norton Park

Scarborough SC B v Brantford Galaxy B

June 10	Scarborough SC B	4–2	Brantford Galaxy B	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Joan of Arc Turf Field

Milton SC v Brantford Galaxy B

June 17	Milton SC	2–3	Brantford Galaxy B	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

Serbian White Eagles B v Brantford Galaxy B

June 22	Serbian White Eagles B	1–4	Brantford Galaxy B	Toronto, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

Brantford Galaxy B v Halton United

July 22	Brantford Galaxy B	2–4	Halton United	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

Brantford Galaxy B v Scarborough SC B

July 29	Brantford Galaxy B	3–1	Scarborough SC B	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

Brantford Galaxy B v Milton SC

August 5	Brantford Galaxy B	3–4	Milton SC	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

Brantford Galaxy B v Serbian White Eagles B

August 11	Brantford Galaxy B	3–0	Serbian White Eagles B	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

FC Vorkuta B v Brantford Galaxy B

August 12	FC Vorkuta B	3–0	Brantford Galaxy B	Vaughan, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: St. Roberts S.S Field

Brantford Galaxy B v Serbian White Eagles B

August 15	Brantford Galaxy B	3–0	Serbian White Eagles B	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

FC Vorkuta B v Brantford Galaxy B

August 22	FC Vorkuta B	0–0	Brantford Galaxy B	Vaughan, Ontario
18:00		Report		Stadium: St. Roberts S.S Field

Halton United v Brantford Galaxy B

August 25	Halton United	3–0	Brantford Galaxy B	Burlington, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Norton Park

Brantford Galaxy B v Scarborough SC

September 5	Brantford Galaxy B	0–3	Scarborough SC	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

Brantford Galaxy B v FC Vorkuta B

September 9	Brantford Galaxy B	1–3	FC Vorkuta B	Brantford, Ontario
		Report		Stadium: Steve Brown Sports Complex

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 Donart Beqiri - 1 MF Filip Cvetic - 1 DF Željko Đokić - 1 MF Sasa Jelovac - 1 DF Uroš Vidović - 1 MF Adam Villela - 1 Total 15 9

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