Calgary Callies Explained

Nickname:Callies
Season:2015
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Fullname:Calgary Caledonian Football Club
League:Alberta Major Soccer League

The Calgary Caledonian Football Club, better known as the Calgary Callies, is a Canadian soccer club which currently plays in the Alberta Major Soccer League.[1]

History

This club was founded on April 26, 1904. Over the years they have become a dominant club in Alberta and Canadian soccer.

In 2007, the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inducted the Calgary Caledonians from 1907 as a team of distinction.[2] Calgary Caledonians were unofficial champions of Canada in 1907, 1908 and 1909 winning the People's Shield in each of those years.[3] They won the championship of Western Canada in 1906 by beating Minnedosa 2–0 in Manitoba. The Callies great run in the People's Shield began in 1907, a year in which they dominated the Calgary League, winning 14 of the 16 games played with two being drawn. The People's Shield finals were played in Winnipeg, where the Callies beat Toronto Thistles in the semi-final and Winnipeg Brittania 1–0 in the final. The team won the championship of Alberta six times between 1908 and 1923.[4]

The Calgary Callies played at the Canadian National Challenge Cup in 1999 and 2000 as the Calgary Celtic SFC.

In April 2008 the Callies sent senior players Chris Kooy and André Duberry to Livingston F.C. and youth player Charlie Beaulieu to Kilmarnock FC for a 2-week trial.

Year-by-year

Year League AMSL League Table Alberta Provincials Canadian Nationals
1998 AMSL1st ?? DNQ
1999 AMSL1st Champion Champion
2000 AMSL1st Champion 4th
2001 AMSL1st ?? DNQ
2002 AMSL1st 3rd 4th
2003 AMSL2nd Champion Champion
2004 AMSL1stChampion 9th
2005 AMSL1st 5th DNQ
2006 AMSL1st Champion 2nd
2007 AMSL1st Champion Champion
2008 AMSL1st Champion Champion
2009 AMSL3rd Champion 4th
2010 AMSL7th DNQ DNQ
2011 AMSL4th Runners Up DNQ
2012 AMSL3rd 3rd Place DNQ
2013 AMSL2nd 3rd Place DNQ
2014 AMSL3rd Champion 2nd

Honours

External links

Notes and References

  1. //www.albertamsl.com/ Alberta Major Soccer League
  2. http://www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca/en-us/halloffame/virtualhalloffame/teamofdistinction.aspx "Team of Distinction" on The Soccer Hall of Fame of Canada
  3. http://www.canadiansoccerhistory.com/Alberta/Calgary%20Caledonia%201907.html Calgary Caledonia 1907 at Canadian Soccer History
  4. http://www.canadiansoccerhistory.com/National/People%20Shield.html "Canada: The People Shield" at Canadian Soccer History
  5. http://thesoccerhalloffame.ca/en-us/oursoccerhistory/alberta.aspx "Soccer in Alberta", Soccer Hall of Fame