2016 season | |||
President | John Pugh | ||
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Head Coach | Paul Dalglish | ||
Stadium | TD Place Stadium | ||
NASL | Spr.: 9th Fall: 12th Com.: 10th |
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Soccer Bowl | Did not qualify | ||
Canadian Championship | Semi-finals | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: Carl Haworth (7) All: Carl Haworth (8) |
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Highest home attendance | League: 7,847 (11 June v. OKC) All: 9,057 (1 June v. Vancouver) |
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Lowest home attendance | League: 4,317 (7 May v. Minnesota) All: 3,946 (18 May v. Edmonton) |
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Average home league attendance | League: 5,482 All: 5,596 |
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The 2016 Ottawa Fury FC season is the club's 3rd season at the professional level, and its last in the North American Soccer League before its subsequent move to the United Soccer League.
On 20 November 2015, Paul Dalglish was announced as the club's new head coach, replacing Marc Dos Santos who had moved on to a head coaching position with Swope Park Rangers and an assistant coaching position with Sporting Kansas City. On 2 December 2015, the Fury announced that assistant coach Martin Nash and goalkeeping coach Bruce Grobbelaar had been re-signed for the 2016 season. A week later it was announced that technical director Philip Dos Santos had left the club for other opportunities and that former Chelsea academy coach Darko Buser had been promoted to the position.
On 17 November 2015, the club announced it had re-signed 2015 NASL Golden Glove winner Romuald Peiser to a two-year contract. On 14 December, the club announced it had officially released Drew Beckie, Andrew Wiedeman, Tom Heinemann, Uğur Albayrak, Oliver, Nicki Paterson and Aly Hassan, and had picked up contract options for Rafael Alves, Carl Haworth, Marcel DeBellis, Paulo Jr. and had re-signed Brandon Poltronieri. The following day, management announced the transfers of Richie Ryan, Siniša Ubiparipović and Ryan Richter. On 16 December, it was announced that Canadian national team captain Julian de Guzman and Canadian youth international Mauro Eustáquio had re-signed with the club.