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Canadian Premier League

FIFA Region

CONCACAF

Season

2024

Location

Canada

Abbreviation

CAN1

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Summary

The Canadian Premier League (CAN1) was established 6 May 2017 and is Canada's premier football competition. CAN1 expanded to 8 teams for the 2020 season with the addition of Atlético Ottawa At the end of the 2024 CAN1 season, the CAN1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2025 CONCACAF Champions Cup (CNCFCL) Round 1:
- 2024 CAN1 Regular Season champion
- 2024 CAN1 Playoff champion

Leagues Pyramid - Canada

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
CAN1	Canadian Premier League	8

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
Regular 13 Apr 2024 - 18 Oct 2024	Playoffs 10 Oct 2023 - 31 Oct 2024		10: CAN1 (8)

Season Format

During the 2024 CAN1 Regular season, each CAN1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 7 CAN1 teams twice for a total of 28 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) total wins, (2) goal difference, (3) total goals scored, (4) away goal difference, (5) away goals scored, (6) home goal difference, (7) home goals scored, (8) coin toss or a drawing.

Playoffs

At the end of the 2024 CAN1 season, the 4th and 5th place teams play a one match. The winner plays the 1st place team, and the 2nd and 3rd place teams play in one match semifinals. The winners then play each other in a one match final. If either the semifinal or the final is tied at the end of regular time, two 15 minute extra periods are played. The winner then plays the 1st place team in a one match final. If either the semifinal or the final is tied at the end of regular time, two 15 minute extra periods are played. If the matches are still tied after the extra periods, a penalty shoot-out is held.

Relegation

Currently the CAN1 does not have relegation. As the Canadian League Pyramid expands, relegation is expected.

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Regular Season

		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Atlético Ottawa	15	8 -5-2	29	-	28	15	13	9	4 -3-2	15	17	12	5	6	4 -2-0	14	11	3	8
2	York United FC	15	7 -3-5	24	-	22	21	1	7	5 -1-1	16	14	8	6	8	2 -2-4	8	8	13	-5
3	Forge FC	14	6 -4-4	22	-	24	20	4	7	5 -1-1	16	15	9	6	7	1 -3-3	6	9	11	-2
4	Vancouver FC	15	5 -5-5	20	-	20	26	-6	8	3 -3-2	12	10	11	-1	7	2 -2-3	8	10	15	-5
5	Pacific FC	14	5 -4-5	19	-	13	12	1	7	3 -2-2	11	7	4	3	7	2 -2-3	8	6	8	-2
6	Cavalry FC	15	3 -9-3	18	-	15	14	1	8	2 -5-1	11	10	8	2	7	1 -4-2	7	5	6	-1
7	HFX Wanderers FC	13	3 -4-6	13	-	17	18	-1	7	2 -3-2	9	9	9	0	6	1 -1-4	4	8	9	-1
8	Valour FC	15	3 -2-10	11	-	15	28	-13	5	2 -0-3	6	5	6	-1	10	1 -2-7	5	10	22	-12
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