2025 Atlético Ottawa season

Atlético Ottawa
2025 season
CEOManuel Vega[1]
Head coachDiego Mejía
StadiumTD Place Stadium

The 2025 Atlético Ottawa season is the sixth season in the history of Atlético Ottawa. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club will compete in the Canadian Championship.

At the end of the 2024 season, head coach Carlos González left the club by mutual agreement.[2] He was replaced by Diego Mejía, who signed a one-year contract, with a club option for 2026.[3]

Current squad

As of April 29, 2025

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Tristan Crampton GK (2002-07-10) July 10, 2002 OSU Atlético
29 Nathan Ingham GK (1993-01-27) January 27, 1993 York United FC
Defenders
3 Jonathan Grant RB / CB (1993-10-15) October 15, 1993 York United
4 Tyr Walker CB / FB (2003-10-22) October 22, 2003 Acadia University
5 Iker Moreno RB (2003-09-14) September 14, 2003 Atlético San Luis INT, Loan
17 Brett Levis LB (1993-03-29) March 29, 1993 Detroit City FC
20 Joaquim Coulanges LB / LW (2006-11-03) November 3, 2006 CF Montréal Academy U21
23 Noah Abatneh RB / CB (2004-09-28) September 28, 2004 York United U21
28 Loïc Cloutier CB (2004-04-26) April 26, 2004 OSU Atlético U21
55 Amer Didic CB (1994-12-28) December 28, 1994 Pacific FC
84 Sergei Kozlovskiy LB / CB (2008-06-18) June 18, 2008 CF Montréal Academy U21, EYT
Midfielders
2 Juan Castro CM / DM (1991-12-21) December 21, 1991 Atlético San Luis INT
6 Kevin Ortega CM (2002-01-04) January 4, 2002 Atlético San Luis INT, Loan
7 David Rodríguez AM / RW (2002-05-05) May 5, 2002 Atlético San Luis INT, Loan
8 Noah Verhoeven CM (1999-06-15) June 15, 1999 Valour FC
11 Gabriel Antinoro LW (2004-04-24) April 24, 2004 CF Montréal U21
16 Jason Hartill MF (2004-01-16) January 16, 2004 Cape Breton University U21, U-S
21 Alberto Zapater DM (1985-06-13) June 13, 1985 Real Zaragoza INT
33 Aboubacar Sissoko CM (1995-10-09) October 9, 1995 Forge FC
34 Manny Aparicio CM (1995-09-17) September 17, 1995 Pacific FC
Forwards
9 Samuel Salter CF (2000-08-09) August 9, 2000 HFX Wanderers
12 Monty Patterson ST / RW / LW (1996-12-09) December 9, 1996 Birkenhead United INT
13 Ballou Tabla CF / RW / LW (1999-03-31) March 31, 1999 Manisa FK
19 Kevin dos Santos LW / RW (1999-11-20) November 20, 1999 York United

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
11 MF Noah Verhoeven Valour FC Loan return January 1, 2025 [4]
MF Juan Castro Atlético San Luis Free January 17, 2025 [5]
DF Noah Abatneh York United Free January 27, 2025 [6]
DF Loïc Cloutier OSU Atlético Free February 3, 2025 [7]
DF Brett Levis Detroit City FC Free February 20, 2025 [8]
FW Monty Patterson Birkenhead United Free February 26, 2025 [9]
GK Tristan Crampton OSU Atlético Free March 13, 2025 [10]
DF Joaquim Coulanges CF Montréal Academy Free March 14, 2025 [11]
DF Sergei Kozlovskiy CF Montréal Academy Free March 26, 2025 [12]
MF Jason Hartill CBU Capers Selected 6th in the 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract April 4, 2025 [13]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
MF David Rodríguez Atlético San Luis February 5, 2025 [14]
DF Iker Moreno Atlético San Luis March 19, 2025 [15]
MF Kevin Ortega Atlético San Luis March 19, 2025 [16]

Draft picks

Atlético Ottawa selected the following players in the 2025 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.

Round Selection Pos. Player Nationality University
1 6 MF Jason Hartill  Canada Cape Breton
2 14 DF Adam N’Goran  Canada Carleton

Out

Transferred out

No. Pos. Player To club Fee/notes Date Source
15 DF Maxim Tissot Retired October 20, 2024 [17]
10 MF Ollie Bassett Tampa Bay Rowdies Contract expired December 31, 2024 [4][18]
3 DF Jesús del Amo Avilés Industrial Contract expired December 31, 2024 [4]
19 FW Rubén Del Campo UCAM Murcia Contract expired December 31, 2024 [4]
5 DF Luke Singh Toronto FC Loan expired December 31, 2024 [4]
6 DF Liberman Torres Villarreal CF B Loan expired December 31, 2024 [4]
8 DF Dani Morer F.C. Famalicão Loan expired December 31, 2024 [4]
96 MF Ilias Iliadis CF Montréal Loan expired December 31, 2024 [4]
99 GK Rayane Yesli HFX Wanderers Option declined December 31, 2024 [4][19]
2 DF Zachary Roy Option declined December 31, 2024 [20]
22 DF Matteo de Brienne GAIS Undisclosed fee January 6, 2025 [21]
23 MF Kris Twardek Valour FC Undisclosed fee January 10, 2025 [22]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Results summary

Match12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728
ResultDWWWWWDLDWWDWD
Position42111112111111
Source: Matches
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results by match

Matches

April 5 1 Atlético Ottawa 2–2 HFX Wanderers Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm ET
  • Walker  42'  86'
  • Rodríguez 60'
  • Sissoko 79'
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,286
Referee: Mathieu Souaré
April 13 2 Vancouver FC 1–4 Atlético Ottawa Langley, British Columbia
6:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Willoughby Community Park
Referee: Scott Bowman
April 19 3 Atlético Ottawa 3–2 York United Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass
April 26 4 Cavalry FC 1–3 Atlético Ottawa Foothills County, Alberta
5:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Referee: Carly Shaw-Maclaren
May 3 5 Atlético Ottawa 3–1 Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Referee: Ben Hoskins
May 10 6 Atlético Ottawa 5–2 Valour FC Ottawa, Ontario
2:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,476
Referee: Scott Bowman
May 13 7 Forge FC 2–2 Atlético Ottawa Hamilton, Ontario
11:00am ET
Report
Stadium: Hamilton Stadium
Attendance: 17,971
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
May 24 8 HFX Wanderers 2–0 Atlético Ottawa Halifax, Nova Scotia
3:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Referee: Michael Venne
May 30 9 Vancouver FC 2–2 Atlético Ottawa Langley, British Columbia
10:00pm ET
Report Stadium: Willoughby Community Park
Referee: Scott Bowman
June 7 10 Pacific FC 0–1 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
6:00pm ET Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
Referee: Fabrizio Stassola
June 15 11 Atlético Ottawa 3–0 Valour FC Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,117
Referee: Roberto D'Alessio
June 22 12 York United 0–0 Atlético Ottawa Toronto, Ontario
1:00pm ET Report Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
June 28 13 Cavalry FC 0–2 Atlético Ottawa Foothills County, Alberta
6:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: ATCO Field
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
July 12 14 Atlético Ottawa 1-1 Forge FC Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 6,087
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla
July 18 15 Atlético Ottawa v HFX Wanderers Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
July 26 16 Pacific FC v Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm ET Report Stadium: Starlight Stadium
August 3 17 Atlético Ottawa v York United Ottawa, Ontario
4:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
August 10 18 Valour FC v Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm ET Report Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
August 17 19 Forge FC v Atlético Ottawa Hamilton, Ontario
6:00pm ET Report Stadium: Hamilton Stadium
August 23 20 Atlético Ottawa v Cavalry FC Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
August 30 21 Atlético Ottawa v Vancouver FC Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
September 6 22 Atlético Ottawa v Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
September 14 23 York United v Atlético Ottawa Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm ET Report Stadium: York Lions Stadium
September 21 24 Atlético Ottawa v Forge FC Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
September 27 25 Atlético Ottawa v Cavalry FC Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
October 5 26 Valour FC v Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm ET Report Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
October 12 27 Atlético Ottawa v Vancouver FC Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm ET Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
October 18 28 HFX Wanderers v Atlético Ottawa Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:00pm ET Report Stadium: Wanderers Grounds

Playoff matches

Canadian Championship

April 29 1 Atlético Ottawa 2-0 Scrosoppi FC Ottawa, Ontario
7:00 PM EDT
  • Nyumah  43'
  • Gill  54'
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
June 11 QF Atlético Ottawa 2-1 York United Ottawa, Ontario
7:00 PM EDT
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Referee: Mario Al-Ayass
July 8 QF York United 3-4 Atlético Ottawa Toronto, Ontario
7:00 PM EDT
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of July 12, 2025

No. Pos Nat Player Total Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK  CAN Tristan Crampton 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 MF  MEX Juan Castro 14 0 12+0 0 2+0 0
3 DF  GUY Jonathan Grant 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF  CAN Tyr Walker 13 0 3+7 0 3+0 0
5 DF  MEX Iker Moreno 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
6 MF  MEX Kevin Ortega 6 0 0+5 0 1+0 0
7 MF  USA David Rodríguez 16 7 13+0 5 2+1 2
8 MF  CAN Noah Verhoeven 4 0 1+2 0 1+0 0
9 FW  CAN Samuel Salter 17 12 14+0 9 2+1 3
10 MF  CAN Manny Aparicio 17 1 13+1 1 2+1 0
11 MF  BRA Gabriel Antinoro 17 2 13+1 2 2+1 0
12 FW  NZL Monty Patterson 14 1 0+11 1 1+2 0
13 FW  CAN Ballou Tabla 16 6 12+1 5 3+0 1
17 DF  CAN Brett Levis 6 0 2+3 0 0+1 0
19 FW  POR Kevin Dos Santos 16 5 12+1 4 3+0 1
20 DF  CAN Joaquim Coulanges 9 1 1+6 1 1+1 0
21 MF  ESP Alberto Zapater 15 0 4+8 0 1+2 0
23 DF  CAN Noah Abatneh 14 1 12+0 1 2+0 0
28 DF  CAN Loïc Cloutier 17 0 13+1 0 3+0 0
29 GK  CAN Nathan Ingham 17 0 14+0 0 3+0 0
33 MF  MLI Aboubacar Sissoko 14 2 1+11 1 0+2 1
55 DF  CAN Amer Didic 5 0 4+0 0 0+1 0
84 DF  CAN Sergei Kozlovskiy 11 0 9+1 0 1+0 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship Total
1 Samuel Salter FW 9 3 12
2 David Rodríguez FW 5 2 7
3 Ballou Tabla FW 5 1 6
4 Kevin Dos Santos FW 4 1 5
5 Gabriel Antinoro MF 2 0 2
Aboubacar Sissoko MF 1 1
7 Monty Patterson FW 1 0 1
Manuel Aparicio MF 1 0
Noah Abatneh DF 1 0
Joaquim Coulanges DF 1 0
Totals 31 8 39

Updated to match played July 12, 2025
Source: Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship Total
1 David Rodríguez MF 5 1 6
2 Samuel Salter FW 3 1 4
3 Kevin Dos Santos FW 2 1 3
Juan Castro MF 3 0
Manny Aparicio MF 3 0
6 Gabriel Antinoro MF 1 1 2
7 Monty Patterson FW 1 0 1
Ballou Tabla FW 1 0
Kevin Ortega MF 0 1
Alberto Zapater MF 1 0
Totals 20 5 25

Updated to match played July 8, 2025
Source: Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Nathan Ingham 4 1 5
Totals 4 1 5

Updated to match played June 28, 2025
Source: Premier League

References

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  2. ^ "Atlético Ottawa announces departure of Head Coach Carlos González". Atlético Ottawa. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
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