2018 Brantford Galaxy season
# 2018 Brantford Galaxy season

The 2018 season was Brantford Galaxy's seventh season in the Canadian Soccer League. Their season began on May 25, 2018 in an away match against CSC Mississauga. Despite the team's mediocre season they still clinched the final playoff berth. Their participation in the postseason was short lived as they were eliminated by FC Ukraine United in the first round. While their reserve squad faced a similar fate in the Second Division after losing to FC Vorkuta B in the opening round. The club's top goalscorer was Slavko Knezevic with three goals.

## Summary

After the departure of Sasa Vukovic to Hamilton City SC, the club brought in Milan Prpa as head coach. The roster assembled by Prpa remained primarily the same as the previous seasons with many notable veterans returning. Overall the changes in management achieved little difference in the performance of the club. As the club produced a mediocre season by finishing eighth in the First Division, but still managed to secure the final playoff berth. In the opening round of the postseason Brantford faced FC Ukraine United, but were eliminated in a penalty shootout.

Meanwhile in the Second Division their reserve team managed to secure a postseason berth. In the playoffs they faced division champions FC Vorkuta B, and were defeated by a score of 3-1.

## Players

### First Division roster

    As of August 10, 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | CRO | Giorgi Jovicic |
| 4 | DF | BIH | Zeljko Dokic |
| 5 | DF | MNE | Miljan Milovic |
| 6 | DF | CAN | Donart Beqiri |
| 7 | FW | BIH | Haris Redžepi |
| 8 | DF | SRB | Boris Milicic |
| 9 | MF | BIH | Saša Vidović |
| 10 | MF | CRO | Dragan Milovic |
| 11 | MF | | Zoran Cvijetic |
| 12 | MF | SRB | Adrian Tismenar |
| 14 | MF | | Filip Cvetic |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Nenad Nikolić |
| 16 | MF | | Adolfo Alvarado |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | BIH | Marko Djukic |
| 18 | MF | | Camilo Veloza |
| 19 | DF | BIH | Bojan Samardzija |
| 21 | DF | | Dalibor Josic |
| 22 | MF | | Slavko Knezevic |
| 24 | MF | CAN | Adam Villela |
| - | MF | | Mladen Gardovic |
| - | MF | SRB | Sasa Jelovac |
| - | MF | CAN | Andrej Prpa |
| - | DF | SRB | Dejan Ristić |
| - | MF | | Ilic Marko |
| - | MF | SRB | Uroš Vidović |

### Second Division roster

    As of September 19, 2018

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | CAN | Arsenije Japalak |
| 3 | DF | CAN | Michael Dhliwayo |
| 6 | MF | | Roberto Hogeveen |
| 7 | FW | | Aleksa Japalak |
| 11 | MF | | Brandon De Serpa |
| 15 | MF | | Brandon Beal |
| 16 | MF | | Dexter Hamilton |
| 18 | DF | | Rade Parenta |
| 19 | MF | | John Cordeiro |
| 20 | DF | | Nemanja Sudar |
| 27 | FW | | Harold Ranveau |
| - | DF | CAN | |
| – | MF | CAN | Ebenezer Adeniran |
| – | MF | | Mohamed Ali |
| – | GK | CAN | Alexander Borsos |
| – | MF | | Nikola Cekic |
| – | MF | | Paul Chakhov |
| – | DF | | Matteo Decosimi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| – | DF | | Milan Dvokic |
| – | DF | | Tyler Froates |
| – | DF | | Mark Fronda |
| – | FW | | Kareem Hassanein |
| – | MF | | Martyn Hookes |
| – | MF | | Ernest Jones-Hughes |
| – | MF | CAN | Zach Kingma |
| – | MF | | Josh Lachini |
| – | DF | | Charles Lanipekun |
| – | FW | | Alfonso Loto |
| – | GK | | Jeff Martins |
| – | FW | | Joaquim Martins |
| – | MF | | Andrew Misner |
| – | MF | | Aleksa Visekruna |
| – | MF | | Kyle Purcell |
| – | DF | | Bojan Spajic |
| – | MF | CAN | Pat Wilson |

### Management

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Head coach | Milan Prpa |
| Assistant coach | Aleksandar Pesic |
| Reserve head coach | Nikola Ilic |
| Team trainer | Dusan Dujic |
| Director | Bosko Borjan |
| President | Bosko Borjan |
| Game day manager | John Volpe |
| Media relations | Andrew Pilkington |

Last updated: August 10, 2018 Source: canadiansoccerleague.ca

### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee/notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 4 | DF | Željko Đokić | FK Zemun | Free Agent | |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee/notes | Source |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | MF | Miroslav Čabrilo | Hamilton City SC | Free Transfer | |

## Canadian Soccer League

### First Division

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 5 | Hamilton City SC | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 25 | Playoffs |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 20 | 0 | 19 | Playoffs |
| 7 | SC Real Mississauga | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 14 | 42 | −28 | 11 | Playoffs |
| 8 | Brantford Galaxy | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 11 | Playoffs |
| 9 | CSC Mississauga | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 37 | −28 | 5 | |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: September 20, 2018. Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A |
| Result | D | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | L | L |

### Postseason

**Second Division**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | Halton United | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 48 | 20 | +28 | 30 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Scarborough SC B | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 24 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Milton SC | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 50 | −13 | 21 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Brantford Galaxy B | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 16 | |
| 6 | Serbian White Eagles B | 15 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 80 | −67 | 6 | |

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: September 20, 2018. Source: 2018 Canadian Soccer League season

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | A | A | A | A | H | H | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | L | L | L | L |

## Statistics

### Goals

Correct as of October 13, 2018

First Division Goals :

| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | | Slavko Knezevic | 15 | 3 |
| 2 | DF | | Donart Beqiri | - | 1 |
| 2 | MF | | Filip Cvetic | - | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Željko Đokić | - | 1 |
| 2 | MF | | Sasa Jelovac | - | 1 |
| 2 | DF | | Uroš Vidović | - | 1 |
| 2 | MF | | Adam Villela | - | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 15 | 9 |

Second Division Goals :

| Pos. | Playing Pos. | Nation | Name | Appearances | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | | Adam Villela | 10 | 4 |
| 1 | MF | | Pat Wilson | 10 | 4 |
| 2 | MF | | Dexter Hamilton | 10 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | | Michael Dhliwayo | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | | Joaquim Martins | 9 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 46 | 15 |
