Alberta Football League

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Alberta Football League
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Sport Canadian football
Founded1984
PresidentVincent Roth
No. of teams6
CountryCanada
Most recent
champion(s)		Calgary Gators
Most titlesCalgary Wolfpack (16)
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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.

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The league currently consists of six teams: Airdrie Irish, Calgary Gators, Calgary Wolfpack, Central Alberta Buccaneers, Cold Lake Fighter Jets, and Peace Country Cowboys.

History

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]

League champions and finalists

AFL championships by franchise

FranchiseChampionshipsSeasons
Calgary Wolfpack [a] 161989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2019
Calgary Raiders 41985, 1986, 1987, 1988
Red Deer Sooners 41991, 1993, 1994, 1997
Calgary Gators51998, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2024
Edmonton Stallions 22007, 2009
Lloydminster Vandals [a] 22010, 2012
Fort McMurray Monarchs [a] 22016, 2018
Calgary Cowboys 11984
Calgary Thunder 12001
Cold Lake Fighter Jets [a] 22022, 2023
Central Alberta Buccaneers [a] 12021

Current AFL teams

Map of AFL teams
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Cowboys
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Fighter Jets
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Buccaneers
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Wolfpack
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Gators
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Irish
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TeamCityEstablishedForster Memorial Trophies
(CMFL championships)		League championshipsLast AFL championship
Airdrie Irish Airdrie 201500
Calgary Gators Calgary 1998152024
Calgary Wolfpack Calgary 19894162019
Central Alberta Buccaneers [b] Lacombe 2002012021
Cold Lake Fighter Jets [c] [7] Cold Lake 2019122023
Peace Country Cowboys Peace River Country 201900-

Defunct AFL teams

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Active franchise
  2. ↑ Previously known as Red Deer Buccaneers.
  3. ↑ Previously known as Lloydminster Vandals.
  1. ↑ "Canadian Men's Senior Football Championship; Sid Forster Memorial Trophy".
  2. 1 2 "calgary-gators-win-championship". Alberta Football League Website.
  3. ↑ "Calgary Wolfpack vs Central Alberta Buccaneers 2019 AFL Championship". YouTube.
  4. ↑ "Calgary Gators vs Stars 2013 08 17". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  5. ↑ "Gators Stars Finals Highlights". Archived from the original on 2021-12-13.
  6. ↑ "September 13, 2008 - AFL Championship Game - Lloydminster Vandals @ Calgary Wolfpack". YouTube.
  7. ↑ "Lloydminster Vandals re-brand, move to Cold Lake".
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