| Season | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 5 – October 18 (regular season) October 22 – November 9 (playoffs) |
| Champions | Atlético Ottawa |
| CPL Shield | Forge |
| CONCACAF Champions Cup | |
| Matches | 112 |
| Goals | 336 (3 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Samuel Salter (19 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Forge 5–0Valour (August 2) |
| Biggest away win | Valour 0–5Forge (June 22) |
| Highest scoring | Cavalry 5–4Vancouver (August 17) |
| Longest winning run | 6 matches Forge (July 18 – August 22) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 20 matches Forge (April 5 – August 22) |
| Longest winless run | 11 matches Vancouver (May 17 – July 25) |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Valour (June 15 – July 20) Vancouver (August 10 – September 5) |
| Highest attendance | 17,971 Forge 2–2Atlético Ottawa (May 13) |
| Lowest attendance | 1,178 Vancouver 2–2Cavalry (October 18) |
| Total attendance | 447,800 |
| Average attendance | 3,998 |
←2024 2026 → All statistics correct as of October 18, 2025. | |
The2025 Canadian Premier League season was the seventh season of theCanadian Premier League, the top level ofCanadian soccer.Cavalry FC were the defending champions, having defeatedForge FC in the2024 final.[1]
The CPL's total player compensation budget was increased by $69,500 to a total of $1,182,000 (or $1,282,000 for teams maximizing the U-21 salary incentive).[2][3] Beginning in 2025, players who had three seasons of CPL experience or have lived in Canada for at least three years were considered domestic players for roster purposes.[2]
The same eight teams that competed in the2024 season competed in the 2025 season. This was the final season of play forValour FC who ceased operations.
| Club | Results | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlético Ottawa | details | Ottawa, Ontario | TD Place Stadium | 24,000 |
| Cavalry FC | details | Foothills County, Alberta | ATCO Field | 6,000 |
| Forge FC | details | Hamilton, Ontario | Hamilton Stadium | 23,218 |
| HFX Wanderers FC | details | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Wanderers Grounds | 7,500 |
| Pacific FC | details | Langford, British Columbia | Starlight Stadium | 6,000 |
| Valour FC | details | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Princess Auto Stadium | 32,343 |
| Vancouver FC | details | Langley, British Columbia | Willoughby Community Park | 6,560 |
| York United FC | details | Toronto, Ontario | York Lions Stadium | 4,000 |
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York United |  Benjamín Mora[9] | End of contract | November 10, 2024 | Pre-season |  Mauro Eustáquio[10] | November 21, 2024 |
| Atlético Ottawa |  Carlos González[11] | Mutual consent | November 21, 2024 | Diego Mejía[12] | January 15, 2025 | |
| Vancouver |  Afshin Ghotbi[13] | Mutual consent | July 23, 2025 | 8th | Martin Nash (interim)[13] | July 24, 2025 |
The regular season was played as a quadrupleround-robin, with each team playing the other seven teams twice at home and twice away between April and October. The regular season winnerForge FC was awarded the regular season title, theCPL Shield, and qualified for Round one of the2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.
The top five teams qualified for the playoffs.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forge(S) | 28 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 51 | 22 | +29 | 58 | First semifinal and2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup |
| 2 | Atlético Ottawa(C) | 28 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 56 | First semifinal |
| 3 | Cavalry | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 42 | Quarterfinal |
| 4 | HFX Wanderers | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 39 | Play-in round |
| 5 | York United | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 38 | +5 | 38 | |
| 6 | Valour | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 35 | 62 | −27 | 26 | |
| 7 | Pacific | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 23 | |
| 8 | Vancouver | 28 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 35 | 57 | −22 | 21 | 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup[a] |
| Home \ Away | ATO | CAV | FOR | HFX | PAC | VAL | VFC | YRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlético Ottawa | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | |
| 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||
| Cavalry | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | |
| 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5–4 | 0–1 | ||
| Forge | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||
| HFX Wanderers | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
| 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | ||
| Pacific | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 4–4 | 2–1 | |
| 0–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | ||
| Valour | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | |
| 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||
| Vancouver | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | |
| 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–5 | 2–1 | ||
| York United | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |
| 2–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 |
| Team ╲ Week | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlético Ottawa | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cavalry | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Forge | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HFX Wanderers | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Pacific | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Valour | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Vancouver | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| York United | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
The 2025 playoffs features a series of single-leg matches for five teams following a modifiedPage playoff system; the top two regular season teams got byes to the first semifinal; the third-placed team got a bye to the quarterfinal; while the fourth- and fifth-placed teams contested a play-in match to reach the quarterfinal.
The winner of the quarterfinal and the loser of the first semifinal contested the second semifinal. The winner of the first semifinal hosted the winner of the second semifinal in the2025 CPL Final to crown the league champion, who collected theNorth Star Cup, and qualified for the2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.[15]
In playoffs, if the scores were equal at the end of normal time, two 15 minute periods ofextra time were played with each team allowed an extra substitution. If still tied, the winner would have been decided by apenalty shoot-out.[14]
If a team completed the 'Double', that is, the regular season winner also won the2025 CPL Final, then the second-highest seeded regular season team would have qualified for the 2026 CONCACAF Champions Cup.[14][16]
| Play-in round | First semifinal | Second semifinal | Final | |||||||||||||||
| October 26 –Hamilton | November 9 –Ottawa | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Forge | 1 | 2 | Atlético Ottawa(a.e.t.) | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Atlético Ottawa | 2 | November 2 –Hamilton | 3 | Cavalry | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Forge | 0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Quarterfinal | 3 | Cavalry | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| October 26 –Foothills County | ||||||||||||||||||
| October 22 –Halifax | 3 | Cavalry | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | HFX Wanderers | 2 (4) | 5 | York United | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | York United(p) | 2 (5) | ||||||||||||||||
| HFX Wanderers | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | York United |
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| Cavalry | 4–1 | York United |
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| Atlético Ottawa | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Cavalry |
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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| Samuel Salter4 | Atlético Ottawa | Valour | 5–2 (H) | May 10 | [19] |
| Brian Wright | Forge | Valour | 5–0 (A) | June 22 | [20] |
 Yann Toualy | Pacific | HFX Wanderers | 3–2 (H) | July 12 | [21] |
| Tiago Coimbra | HFX Wanderers | Valour | 4–1 (H) | August 22 | [22] |
| Shaan Hundal4 | York United | Pacific | 5–1 (H) | August 24 | [23] |
| Myles Morgan | Valour | Vancouver | 5–2 (A) | September 5 | [24] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[18] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jassem Koleilat | Forge | 13 |
| 2 | Nathan Ingham | Atlético Ottawa | 11 |
| 3 |  Rayane Yesli | HFX Wanderers | 8 |
| Marco Carducci | Cavalry | ||
| 5 | Diego Urtiaga | York United | 7 |
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forge FC | 97,054 | 17,971 | 4,371 | 6,932 | +31.3%† |
| 2 | HFX Wanderers | 90,420 | 7,143 | 5,044 | 6,459 | +6.6%† |
| 3 | Atlético Ottawa | 65,899 | 6,087 | 3,337 | 4,706 | −14.2%† |
| 4 | Cavalry FC | 59,781 | 5,114 | 3,669 | 4,270 | +1.1%† |
| 5 | Valour FC | 44,977 | 11,390 | 1,591 | 3,213 | +3.4%† |
| 6 | Pacific FC | 41,459 | 4,300 | 2,281 | 2,961 | −2.6%† |
| 7 | York United | 28,768 | 7,218 | 1,342 | 2,055 | +37.1%† |
| 8 | Vancouver FC | 19,442 | 2,006 | 1,178 | 1,389 | −56.1%† |
| League total | 447,800 | 17,971 | 1,178 | 3,998 | +0.4%† |
The 2025Canadian Premier League Awards was held inGatineau, Quebec, on November 7, 2025.[25]
| Award | Recipient | Finalists | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Boot | Samuel Salter(Atlético Ottawa) | N/A | |
| Golden Glove | Jassem Koleilat(Forge FC) |
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| Coach of the Year | Bobby Smyrniotis(Forge FC) |
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| Player of the Year | Samuel Salter(Atlético Ottawa) | – | |
| Best Under 21 Canadian Player of the Year | Tiago Coimbra(Halifax Wanderers FC) |
| [28] |
| Defender of the Year | Daniel Nimick(Forge FC) |
| [29] |
| Players' Player of the Year | Samuel Salter(Atlético Ottawa) |
| [30] |
| Month | Manager of the Month | Player of the Month | Goalkeeper of the Month | References | |||
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| Manager | Club | Player | Club | Goalkeeper | Club | ||
| April | Patrice Gheisar | Halifax Wanderers FC |  David Rodríguez | Atlético Ottawa | Rayane Yesli | Halifax Wanderers FC | [31][32][33] |
| May |  Tommy Wheeldon Jr. | Cavalry FC | Samuel Salter | Atlético Ottawa | Marco Carducci | Cavalry FC | [34][35][36] |
| June | Diego Mejía | Atlético Ottawa | Daniel Nimick | Forge FC | Nathan Ingham | Atlético Ottawa | [37][38][39] |
| July | Mauro Eustáquio | York United FC | Kyle Bekker | Forge FC | Jassem Koleilat | Forge FC | [40][41][42] |
| August | Bobby Smyrniotis | Forge FC |  Ali Musse | Cavalry FC | Nathan Ingham | Atlético Ottawa | [43][44][45] |
| September | Diego Mejía | Atlético Ottawa | Ballou Tabla | Atlético Ottawa | Nathan Ingham | Atlético Ottawa | [46][47][48] |
| October | Tommy Wheeldon Jr. | Cavalry FC | Manuel Aparicio | Atlético Ottawa | Callum Irving | Vancouver FC | [49][50][51] |
TheGatorade Team of the Week are selected by the CPL's Kristian Jack andOneSoccer's Oliver Platt.
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There were twotransfer windows, the first open from January 31 to April 23 and the second from July 24 to August 21.[80]
The2025 CPL–U Sports Draft took place on December 5, 2024.[81]
Canadian Premier League teams can sign a maximum of seven international players, out of which only five can be in the starting line-up for each match.[3]
The following international players were signed for the 2025 season. To be considered domestic for CPL purposes, players must be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, refugees, or (new for 2025) foreign players with at least three seasons spent in the league. Note that these players may still represent other countries in international competitions.[82][83]
Players initalic denote players who were new to their respective clubs for the 2025 season, sorted chronologically by their announcement. Players inbold indicate players who have represented their national teams at the senior level.
