Calgary Callies

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.[2]

Full nameCalgary Caledonian Football Club
Nickname(s)Callies
FoundedApril 26, 1904 (1904-04-26)[1]
LeagueAlberta Major Soccer League

History
The 1907 champions, posing with the People Shield.

This club was founded on April 26, 1904.[1] 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.[3] Calgary Caledonians were unofficial champions of Canada in 1907, 1908 and 1909 winning the People's Shield in each of those years.[4] 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.[5]

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
YearLeagueAMSL League TableAlberta ProvincialsCanadian Nationals
1998AMSL1st??DNQ
1999AMSL1stChampionChampion
2000AMSL1stChampion4th
2001AMSL1st??DNQ
2002AMSL1st3rd4th
2003AMSL2ndChampionChampion
2004AMSL1stChampion9th
2005AMSL1st5thDNQ
2006AMSL1stChampion2nd
2007AMSL1stChampionChampion
2008AMSL1stChampionChampion
2009AMSL3rdChampion4th
2010AMSL7thDNQDNQ
2011AMSL4thRunners UpDNQ
2012AMSL3rd3rd PlaceDNQ
2013AMSL2nd3rd PlaceDNQ
2014AMSL3rdChampion2nd

Honours
  • Canadian National Challenge Cup
    • Champions (4): 1907(People's Shield), 1908(People's Shield), 1909(People's Shield), (Calgary Celtic) 1999, 2003, 2007, 2008[1]
    • Runners-up (2): 2006, 2014
    • 4th Place: 2009
    • 9th Place: 2004
  • Alberta Senior Provincial Championship
    • Champions (10): 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014
    • Runners Up (1): 2011
    • 5th Place: 2005

References
  1. "Soccer in Alberta", Soccer Hall of Fame
  2. Alberta Major Soccer League
  3. "Team of Distinction" on The Soccer Hall of Fame of Canada
  4. Calgary Caledonia 1907 at Canadian Soccer History
  5. "Canada: The People Shield" at Canadian Soccer History
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