| Alberta Football League | |
| Sport: | Canadian football |
| Founded: | 1984 |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Country: | Canada |
| Champion: | Cold Lake Fighter Jets |
| Most Champs: | Calgary Wolfpack (16) |
| President: | Vincent Roth |
The Alberta Football League (AFL) is an amateur Canadian football league. The league's schedule runs from the start of June through to the end of September.
For the 2023 season the league had six teams. They are: Airdrie Irish, Calgary Wolfpack, Central Alberta Buccaneers, Cold Lake Fighter Jets, Edmonton Elite and Peace Country Cowboys.
The Alberta Football League was established in 1984 so that men over the age of 21 could continue to play organized competitive football within the province of Alberta. Before the creation of the league, the only way to play competitive football after university or junior was the Canadian Football League. In 1984–85 the league consisted of seven teams. They were: the Calgary Raiders, the Calgary Cowboys, the Calgary Crude, the Red Deer Redskins, the Rocky Warriors, the Hinton Grizzlies, and the Brownfield Bruisers.
In 1999, the AFL became a founding member of the Canadian Senior Football League, which is now known as the Canadian Major Football League. The CMFL is the national governing body for semi-pro Canadian football, that arrange the National Championship game (the Forster Memorial Trophy game). At first, AFL champs played against the winner of the Eastern Conference (the Manitoba Football League), but since 2002 that game has been played against the Northern Football Conference winners (teams from Ontario and Quebec).[1]
Calgary Wolfpack: 38 Grande Prairie Drillers: 14
Lloydminster Vandals: 52 Calgary Gators: 26
Edmonton Stallions: 39 Calgary Wolfpack: 32
Calgary Wolfpack: 43 Lloydminster Vandals: 21[6]
Edmonton Stallions: 21 Calgary Gators: 16
Calgary Wolfpack: 31 Calgary Gators: 7
Calgary Wolfpack: 42 Edmonton Stallions: 28
Calgary Wolfpack: 51 Edmonton Stallions: 46
Calgary Wolfpack: 56 Calgary Thunder: 35
Calgary Wolfpack: 49 Calgary Gators: 15
Calgary Thunder: 16 Calgary Gators: 14
Calgary Wolfpack: 30 Calgary Thunder: 14
Calgary Wolfpack: 17 Calgary Gators: 2
Calgary Gators: Calgary Wolfpack:
Red Deer Sooners: 7 Edmonton Icemen: 3
Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners:
Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners:
Red Deer Sooners: Edmonton Seminoles:
Red Deer Sooners: Calgary Wolfpack:
Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners:
Red Deer Sooners: Calgary Crude:
Calgary Wolfpack: Calgary Crude:
Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners:
Calgary Raiders: Calgary Crude:
Calgary Raiders: Red Deer Redskins:
Calgary Raiders: Calgary Crude:
Calgary Raiders: Calgary Thunder:
| Franchise | Championships | Seasons | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2019 | ||
| 4 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 | ||
| 4 | 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997 | ||
| Calgary Gators | 4 | 1998, 2013, 2015, 2017 | |
| 2 | 2007, 2009 | ||
| 2 | 2010, 2012 | ||
| 2 | 2016, 2018 | ||
| 1 | 1984 | ||
| 1 | 2001 | ||
| 2 | 2022, 2023 | ||
| Central Alberta Buccaneers | 1 | 2021 |
| Team | City | Established | Forster Memorial Trophies (CMFL championships) | League championships | Last AFL championship | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airdrie Irish | Airdrie | 2015 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Calgary Wolfpack | Calgary | 1989 | 4 | 16 | 2019 | |
| Central Alberta Buccaneers | Lacombe | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | |
| Cold Lake Fighter Jets[7] | Cold Lake | 2019 | 1 | 2 | 2023 | |
| Edmonton Elite | Edmonton | 2020 | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Fort McMurray Monarchs | Fort McMurray | 2014 | 2 | 2 | 2018 | |
| Peace Country Cowboys | Peace River Country | 2019 | 0 | 0 | - |