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capacity 24,000 Website Club home page Founded 2011 Location Ottawa, Canada | President John Pugh Arena/Stadium TD Place Stadium Head coach Paul Dalglish Manager Paul Dalglish | |
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Full name Ottawa Fury Football Club Owner Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) 2016 (NASL) Spring: 9th
Fall: 10th
Combined: 10th
Playoffs: DNQ Leagues United Soccer League, North American Soccer League Profiles | ||
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Ottawa Fury Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Ottawa, Ontario. Founded in 2011, and named on February 26, 2013, the team made its debut in the North American Soccer League in 2014. It also competes for the Canadian Championship. The team will join the United Soccer League in 2017 and will be the affiliate of the Major League Soccer club Montreal Impact.
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- North American Soccer League 201116
- United Soccer League 2016present
- Colours
- Stadium
- Home stadium
- Other stadiums
- Broadcasting
- Current roster
- Staff
- Head coaching history and records
- Supporters groups
- Rivalries
- Year by year
- Top goalscorers
- Most appearances
- League
- References
During the spring of its first season, the franchise played at Keith Harris Stadium at Carleton University, before moving to TD Place Stadium in Lansdowne Park. Their first game there was on July 20, 2014, against the New York Cosmos.
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North American Soccer League (2011–16)
On June 20, 2011 NASL announced that an Ottawa expansion team would join the league once the stadium was ready in 2014. The Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group (OSEG) was named as the ownership group of the club. The team replaced Ottawa Fury SC, of the USL PDL, in 2014. The women's W League team folded after the 2014 season but the other level programs continue. On December 15, 2014, Ottawa announced that they would be adding their academy teams to the third-tier Première Ligue de soccer du Québec for the upcoming season.
In the 2015 season, the team won the Fall championship, and reached the Soccer Bowl, where they lost to the New York Cosmos.
United Soccer League (2016–present)
In late 2016, rumours persisted that the club would leave the NASL for the United Soccer League. In October 2016, the Fury announced that they would be joining the USL for the 2017 season. At the time of their announcement, it had been reported that the Fury were losing approximately $2 million per year during their time in the NASL.
On December 9, 2016, the Montreal Impact announced that it would enter an affiliation agreement with Ottawa Fury FC after disbanding their reserve side FC Montreal. As an affiliated club, Ottawa Fury FC will remain eligible for the Canadian Championship.
Colours
In the late 2013, over 1,500 fans took part in a campaign to help pick the designs for the kits. Working closely with the kit manufacturer, the Club presented fans with three kit design options to vote on and submit their feedback, and the final kit designs reflect the preferences expressed by the Fury FC fan base. On March 29, 2014 the Ottawa Fury FC unveiled their home and away game kits that the club was to wear during its inaugural North American Soccer League (NASL) season. The primary and secondary kits both feature the traditional colours of Ottawa sport: red and black. The home kit is predominantly black and the away kit is predominantly white.
In February 2016, the club announced a multi-year kit sponsorship deal with Adidas.
Stadium
The club play their home games at TD Place Stadium in Lansdowne Park. Due to the then on-going construction at TD Place, the club reached an agreement with Carleton University to stage its 2014 North American Soccer League (NASL) spring season games at Keith Harris Stadium on the Carleton University campus until the construction finished. The agreement with Carleton University allowed the Fury to play all five home games of the ten-game 2014 NASL spring season at Carleton.
Home stadium
Other stadiums
Broadcasting
For the inaugural season Ottawa Fury FC home matches are televised on Rogers TV Ottawa. Dan Mooney and Gordon Smith provide commentary.
All home and away matches are broadcast on the radio in English on TSN 1200. Play-by-play is done by AJ Jakubec, with colour commentary by Richard Starnes for home matches, and Graeme Ivory for away matches.
Select home matches are broadcast on the radio in French on 94,5 Unique FM. Sinisa Sindik and Guy Girard provide commentary.
As with all teams in the NASL, Ottawa Fury FC webcasts all of their home games. They are available to view on NASL Live, a subscription service that broadcast every NASL game.
Current roster
As of March 23, 2017Where a player has not declared an international allegiance, nation is determined by place of birth.
Staff
As of January 30, 2017Head coaching history and records
As of October 30, 2016Supporters' groups
Ottawa Fury FC has three supporters' groups: the Bytown Boys Supporters Club, Fury Ultras and Stony Monday Riot.
Rivalries
The Ottawa Fury's main rivalry is with FC Edmonton, the North American Soccer League's other Canadian club. Named the "All-Canadian derby" or the "Battle of Canada", the derby is played several times each year in the NASL and in the Canadian Championship.
The following table shows all competitive meetings between the Ottawa Fury and Edmonton, updated to the most recent derby of September 2, 2016 (Ottawa – Edmonton 2–2).
Year-by-year
Note: Only league goals counted for top scorer
Last Updated: October 30, 2016.
Top goalscorers
Last Updated: October 30, 2016.
Bolded players are currently on the Ottawa Fury FC roster.
Most appearances
Last Updated: October 30, 2016.
Bolded players are currently on the Ottawa Fury FC roster.