Founded | 1926 |
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Abolished | 1955 |
Region | California |
Last champion(s) | San Francisco (1954) |
Most successful club(s) | San Francisco (11 titles) |
The California Intercollegiate Soccer Conference was a pre-NCAA College soccer conference for colleges and universities across the California.
The league began play in 1926 and disbanded in 1955 when it was split into two separate leagues: the Northern California Soccer Conference and the Southern California Soccer Association. [1]
San Francisco is the most winning team of the competition with 11 titles.
Ed. | Season | Champion | Ref. |
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1 | 1926 | San Mateo (1) | [2] |
2 | 1927 | San Mateo (2) | [3] |
3 | 1928 | San Mateo (3) | [4] |
4 | 1929 | San Mateo (4) | [5] |
5 | 1930 | San Mateo (5) | [6] |
6 | 1931 | Stanford (1) | [7] |
7 | 1932 | San Francisco (1) | [8] |
8 | 1933 | San Francisco (2) | [9] |
9 | 1934 | San Francisco (3) | [10] |
10 | 1935 | San Francisco (4) | [11] |
11 | 1936 | California (1) | [12] |
12 | 1937 | California (2) | [13] |
13 | 1938 | California (3) | [14] |
14 | 1939 | San Jose State (1) | [15] |
15 | 1940 | San Jose State (2) | [16] |
16 | 1941 | San Jose State (3) | [17] |
17 | 1942 | San Jose State (4) | [18] |
– | 1943–1945 | (None awarded due to World War II) | [19] |
18 | 1946 | California (4) | [20] |
19 | 1947 | California (5) | [21] |
20 | 1948 | San Francisco (5) | [22] |
21 | 1949 | San Francisco (6) | [23] |
22 | 1950 | San Francisco (7) | [24] |
23 | 1951 | San Francisco (8) | [25] |
24 | 1952 | San Francisco (9) | [26] |
25 | 1953 | San Francisco (10) | [27] |
26 | 1954 | San Francisco (11) | [28] |
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