2025 Atlético Ottawa season

Atlético Ottawa
2025 season
CEOManuel Vega[1]
Head coachDiego Mejía
StadiumTD Place Stadium
Canadian Premier League2nd
CPL playoffsChampions
Canadian ChampionshipSemifinals
Top goalscorerLeague: Samuel Salter (20)
All: Samuel Salter (24)

The 2025 Atlético Ottawa season is the sixth season in the history of Atlético Ottawa. In addition to the Canadian Premier League, the club competed 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 September 26, 2025[4]

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (Age) Previous club Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Tristan Crampton GK (2002-07-10)July 10, 2002 (aged 23) OSU Atlético
29 Nathan Ingham GK (1993-01-27)January 27, 1993 (aged 32) York United FC
Defenders
4 Tyr Walker CB / FB (2003-10-22)October 22, 2003 (aged 22) Acadia University
17 Brett Levis LB (1993-03-29)March 29, 1993 (aged 32) Detroit City FC
18 Roni Mbomio RB / CB (2005-05-03)May 3, 2005 (aged 20) Atlético Madrid C INT, Loan
20 Joaquim Coulanges LB / LW (2006-11-03)November 3, 2006 (aged 19) CF Montréal Academy U21
23 Noah Abatneh RB / CB (2004-09-28)September 28, 2004 (aged 21) York United U21
28 Loïc Cloutier CB (2004-04-26)April 26, 2004 (aged 21) OSU Atlético U21
55 Amer Didic CB (1994-12-28)December 28, 1994 (aged 31) Pacific FC
84 Sergei Kozlovskiy LB / CB (2008-06-18)June 18, 2008 (aged 17) CF Montréal Academy U21, EYT
Midfielders
2 Juan Castro CM / DM (1991-12-21)December 21, 1991 (aged 34) Atlético San Luis INT
6 Kevin Ortega CM (2002-01-04)January 4, 2002 (aged 23) Atlético San Luis INT, Loan
7 David Rodríguez AM / RW (2002-05-05)May 5, 2002 (aged 23) Atlético San Luis INT, Loan
8 Noah Verhoeven CM (1999-06-15)June 15, 1999 (aged 26) Valour FC
10 Manny Aparicio CM (1995-09-17)September 17, 1995 (aged 30) Pacific FC
11 Gabriel Antinoro LW (2004-04-24)April 24, 2004 (aged 21) CF Montréal U21
14 Jean-Aniel Assi LW / RW (2004-08-12)August 12, 2004 (aged 21) Alcorcón B U21
16 Jason Hartill MF (2004-01-16)January 16, 2004 (aged 21) Cape Breton University U21, U-S
21 Alberto Zapater DM (1985-06-13)June 13, 1985 (aged 40) Real Zaragoza INT
24 Antonio Álvarez AM (2003-12-26)December 26, 2003 (aged 22) Club América INT
33 Aboubacar Sissoko CM (1995-10-09)October 9, 1995 (aged 30) Forge FC
Forwards
9 Samuel Salter CF (2000-08-09)August 9, 2000 (aged 25) HFX Wanderers
12 Monty Patterson ST / RW / LW (1996-12-09)December 9, 1996 (aged 29) Birkenhead United INT
13 Ballou Tabla CF / RW / LW (1999-03-31)March 31, 1999 (aged 26) Manisa FK
19 Kevin dos Santos LW / RW (1999-11-20)November 20, 1999 (aged 26) York United
30 Ralph Khoury CF (2007-05-09)May 9, 2007 (aged 18) Ottawa South United U21, LDC
77 Richie Ennin CF / RW / LW (1998-09-17)September 17, 1998 (aged 27) MTK Budapest FC

Transfers

In

Transferred in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
11 MF Noah Verhoeven Valour FC Loan return January 1, 2025 [5]
MF Juan Castro Atlético San Luis Free January 17, 2025 [6]
DF Noah Abatneh York United Free January 27, 2025 [7]
DF Loïc Cloutier OSU Atlético Free February 3, 2025 [8]
DF Brett Levis Detroit City FC Free February 20, 2025 [9]
FW Monty Patterson Birkenhead United Free February 26, 2025 [10]
GK Tristan Crampton OSU Atlético Free March 13, 2025 [11]
DF Joaquim Coulanges CF Montréal Academy Free March 14, 2025 [12]
DF Sergei Kozlovskiy CF Montréal Academy Free March 26, 2025 [13]
MF Jason Hartill CBU Capers Selected 6th in the 2025 CPL–U Sports Draft, U-Sports contract April 4, 2025 [14]
FW Ralph Khoury Ottawa South United Development contract April 6, 2025 [15]
MF Jean-Aniel Assi Alcorcón B Free September 5, 2025 [16]
FW Richie Ennin MTK Budapest FC Free September 26, 2025 [17]

Loans in

No. Pos. Player From club Fee/notes Date Source
MF David Rodríguez Atlético San Luis February 5, 2025 [18]
DF Iker Moreno Atlético San Luis Returned from loan on July 8, 2025[19] March 19, 2025 [20]
MF Kevin Ortega Atlético San Luis March 19, 2025 [21]
MF Antonio Álvarez Club América August 1, 2025 [22]
DF Roni Mbomio Atlético Madrid August 28, 2025 [23]

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 [24]
10 MF Ollie Bassett Tampa Bay Rowdies Contract expired December 31, 2024 [5][25]
3 DF Jesús del Amo Avilés Industrial Contract expired December 31, 2024 [5]
19 FW Rubén Del Campo UCAM Murcia Contract expired December 31, 2024 [5]
5 DF Luke Singh Toronto FC Loan expired December 31, 2024 [5]
6 DF Liberman Torres Villarreal CF B Loan expired December 31, 2024 [5]
8 DF Dani Morer F.C. Famalicão Loan expired December 31, 2024 [5]
96 MF Ilias Iliadis CF Montréal Loan expired December 31, 2024 [5]
99 GK Rayane Yesli HFX Wanderers Option declined December 31, 2024 [5][26]
2 DF Zachary Roy Option declined December 31, 2024 [27]
22 DF Matteo de Brienne GAIS Undisclosed fee January 6, 2025 [28]
23 MF Kris Twardek Valour FC Undisclosed fee January 10, 2025 [29]
3 DF Jonathan Grant Contract terminated by mutual consent August 15, 2025 [30]

Competitions

Canadian Premier League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Forge (S) 28 16 10 2 51 22 +29 58 First semifinal and 2026 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]
Source: CanPL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Total number of wins; 3) Head-to-head; 4) Goal differential; 5) Goals for; 6) Away goals differential; 7) Away goals for; 8) Home goals differential; 9) Home goals for; 10) Fewest disciplinary points; 11) Most under-21 domestic player minutes; 12) Drawing of lots.[31]
(C) Champion (qualified to Champions Cup Round one); (S) CPL Shield winner (qualified to Champions Cup Round one)
Notes:
  1. ^ Vancouver FC qualified for the Champions Cup as the runners-up of the 2025 Canadian Championship, due to the winners, Vancouver Whitecaps FC, qualifying through Major League Soccer.

Results summary

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ResultDWWWWWDLDWWDWDWWDWLDWWDDWDDW
Position4211111211111111222222222222
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 2-0 HFX Wanderers Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,119
Referee: Michael Venne
July 26 16 Pacific FC 0-2 Atlético Ottawa Langford, British Columbia
8:00pm ET Report
Stadium: Starlight Stadium
August 3 17 Atlético Ottawa 0-0 York United Ottawa, Ontario
4:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,175
Referee: Ben Hoskins
August 10 18 Valour FC 1-2 Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
August 17 19 Forge FC 2-0 Atlético Ottawa Hamilton, Ontario
6:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Hamilton Stadium
Referee: Michael Venne
August 23 20 Atlético Ottawa 2-2 Cavalry FC Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,248
Referee: Yusri Rudolf
August 30 21 Atlético Ottawa 3-1 Vancouver FC Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,540
Referee: Carly Shaw-Maclaren
September 6 22 Atlético Ottawa 2-0 Pacific FC Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
September 14 23 York United 2-2 Atlético Ottawa Toronto, Ontario
2:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: York Lions Stadium
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
September 21 24 Atlético Ottawa 1-1 Forge FC Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 5,348
Referee: Scott Bowman
September 27 25 Atlético Ottawa 3-0 Cavalry FC Ottawa, Ontario
1:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,632
Referee: Ben Hoskins
October 5 26 Valour FC 3-3 Atlético Ottawa Winnipeg, Manitoba
3:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Princess Auto Stadium
Referee: Renzo Villanueva
October 12 27 Atlético Ottawa 0-0 Vancouver FC Ottawa, Ontario
3:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,545
Referee: Michael Venne
October 18 28 HFX Wanderers 0-1 Atlético Ottawa Halifax, Nova Scotia
4:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Wanderers Grounds
Referee: Fabrizio Stasolla

Playoff matches

October 26 SF Forge FC 1-2 Atlético Ottawa Hamilton, Ontario
2:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: Hamilton Stadium
Referee: Carly Shaw-Maclaren
November 9 Final Atletico Ottawa 2-1 (a.e.t.) Cavalry FC Ottawa, Ontario
5:00pm ET
Report Stadium: TD Place

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
Attendance: 2,229
Referee: Sebastian Noshinravani
June 11 QF Atlético Ottawa 2-1 York United Ottawa, Ontario
7:00 PM EDT
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 2,084
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
August 13 SF Vancouver FC 3-1 Atlético Ottawa Langley, British Columbia
10:00pm ET
Stadium: Willoughby Community Park
September 18 SF Atlético Ottawa 1-0 Vancouver FC Ottawa, Ontario
7:00pm ET
Report
Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 2,860
Referee: Filip Dujic

Statistics

Squad and statistics

As of October 26, 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 30 0 26+0 0 3+1 0
3 DF  GUY Jonathan Grant 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF  CAN Tyr Walker 18 0 5+10 0 3+0 0
5 DF  MEX Iker Moreno 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
6 MF  MEX Kevin Ortega 15 0 0+12 0 1+2 0
7 MF  USA David Rodríguez 33 12 28+0 9 4+1 3
8 MF  CAN Noah Verhoeven 6 0 1+4 0 1+0 0
9 FW  CAN Samuel Salter 34 23 29+0 19 4+1 4
10 MF  CAN Manny Aparicio 34 1 28+1 1 3+2 0
11 MF  BRA Gabriel Antinoro 34 3 27+2 3 4+1 0
12 FW  NZL Monty Patterson 20 1 0+15 1 1+4 0
13 FW  CAN Ballou Tabla 34 12 28+1 11 5+0 1
14 MF  CAN Jean-Aniel Assi 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0
17 DF  CAN Brett Levis 11 0 7+3 0 0+1 0
18 DF  ESP Roni Mbomio 8 0 6+1 0 1+0 0
19 FW  POR Kevin Dos Santos 33 5 22+6 4 4+1 1
20 DF  CAN Joaquim Coulanges 22 2 6+13 2 2+1 0
21 MF  ESP Alberto Zapater 30 0 4+21 0 2+3 0
23 DF  CAN Noah Abatneh 28 1 23+1 1 4+0 0
24 MF  MEX Antonio Álvarez 4 0 0+3 0 0+1 0
28 DF  CAN Loïc Cloutier 31 0 25+1 0 5+0 0
29 GK  CAN Nathan Ingham 34 0 29+0 0 5+0 0
30 FW  LBN Ralph Khoury 5 0 0+5 0 0+0 0
33 MF  MLI Aboubacar Sissoko 26 2 2+21 1 1+2 1
55 DF  CAN Amer Didic 5 0 4+0 0 0+1 0
77 FW  CAN Richie Ennin 2 1 1+1 1 0+0 0
84 DF  CAN Sergei Kozlovskiy 25 0 18+3 0 3+1 0

Top scorers

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship Total
1 Samuel Salter FW 20 4 24
2 David Rodríguez FW 11 3 14
3 Ballou Tabla FW 11 1 12
4 Kevin Dos Santos FW 4 1 5
5 Gabriel Antinoro MF 4 0 4
6 Aboubacar Sissoko MF 1 1 2
Joaquim Coulanges DF 2 0
8 Monty Patterson FW 1 0 1
Manuel Aparicio MF 1 0
Noah Abatneh DF 1 0
Richie Ennin FW 1 0
Totals 56 10 66

Updated to match played October 26, 2025
Source: Premier League

Top assists

Rank Nat. Player Pos. Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship Total
1 David Rodríguez MF 9 2 11
2 Manny Aparicio MF 6 0 6
3 Samuel Salter FW 4 1 5
Ballou Tabla FW 4 1
5 Juan Castro MF 4 0 4
Gabriel Antinoro MF 3 1
7 Kevin Dos Santos FW 2 1 3
8 Loïc Cloutier DF 2 0 2
9 Monty Patterson FW 1 0 1
Kevin Ortega MF 0 1
Alberto Zapater MF 1 0
Tyr Duhaney-Walker DF 1 0
Totals 37 7 44

Updated to match played October 26, 2025
Source: Premier League

Clean sheets

Rank Nat. Player Canadian Premier League Canadian Championship TOTAL
1 Nathan Ingham 11 2 13
Totals 11 2 13

Updated to match played October 19, 2025
Source: Premier League

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