FC Supra du Québec: everything you need to know about the new CPL team

September 24, 2025 will forever be the date when something big happens in the world of Québécois soccer. I had the chance to speak with Rocco Placentino, president and founder of the brand-new franchise, last Monday, and here are the highlights I took away from the interview.

Note that some of the information below is still exclusive at the time of writing, while others have already been published elsewhere, notably in La Presse (JF Téotonio) and on the Radio-Canada website.

Rocco

1. The team will be called FC Supra du Québec. Why “from Quebec”? Because the organization's mission will be to field a 100% Québécois squad, rather like Athletic Bilbao and its Basque players. If this model has worked in sporting terms, while creating a sense of belonging and collective pride elsewhere, I don't see why it couldn't work in Quebec.As long as we don't get too mixed up with the City of Laval, the Montreal region and the Province of Quebec…How will Rocco Placentino and his gang define a Québécois player?

Basically, it's a player who was born and/or raised in Quebec. We'll also be open to foreign players who have played for a few years in Quebec and consider themselves Québécois.”

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Rocco Placentino

What I understand from this is that a guy like Hassoun Camara would have been admitted to the FC Supra dressing room if he'd wanted to finish his career there after his stint in Montreal. In short, FC Supra will be a team from here for people from here. With a touch more inclusion than the “For Us By Us” of the '90s and 2000s…

2. The team has signed a multi-season contract with the Roses and Stade Boréale. From what I understand, FC Supra will play in Laval for at least three seasons, although there may be special games in Quebec City, Trois-Rivières or Sherbrooke over time. FC Supra will be the Quebec team,” Rocco Placentino told me on Monday afternoon.3. FC Supra will compete in the next season, starting in April or May 2026. No time to fool around, as the other guy would say.4. Why didn't you choose a Montreal stadium for FC Supra?

“There wasn't a stadium available that met our needs.The Centre Claude-Robillardis being renovated

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Rocco Placentino

What about Stade Saputo, Rocco?

“There's already a team playing there.”

There's also a team already playing at Stade Boréale, but well…

5. The owners are Matt Rizzetta (North Sixth Group, Campobasso FC, women's club Res Roma, Napoli Basketball, Brooklyn FC and ESPN TV), Angelo Pasto (Campobasso FC, women's club Donna Roma, Brooklyn FC and Napoli Basketball), Stéphane Tétrault (EB Games Canada) and Jean-François Chenail (Chenail Import Export).6. Rocco Placentino intends to develop partnerships with ALL Québécois amateur clubs. That's how he intends to keep Quebecois talent from slipping through the cracks. Many of the best players in Quebec's Ligue1 will therefore have their chance to break into the FC Supra line-up.7. The name FC Supra was chosen for its strong positive connotations with Québécois soccer culture and sporting history. Like its colors, which will be unveiled tonight in Laval… 8. The organization plans to offer tickets “at the average price of the league”. Prices will be competitive, I'm told, and spectators will get their money's worth.9. Rocco Placentino reiterated to me his desire to build a solid relationship with his former club, CF Montreal / Impact

: “There has to be one, for the good of the sport in Quebec.”

10. Rocco Placentino told me he had stepped down as sporting director of CS St-Laurent. He wishes to concentrate 100% on his new Laval project, which he sees as an extension of what he has built up over the last few years at St-Laurent. Officially, the club has still not set its sights on a head coach to take the reins of its first team. I'm told that Nicholas Razzaghi – current coach of CS St-Laurent in Quebec's Ligue1 – has a head start, but Rocco Placentino refused to confirm anything:

“We have ideas, but we'll open a formal process to give all candidates the chance to contact us and be part of the process. That should happen as early as October.”