2024 League1 Alberta season

2024 League1 Alberta
Tournament details
CountryAlberta, Canada
DatesMay 7 – July 26, 2024
Teams7 (men)
7 (women)

The 2024 League1 Alberta season is the first official season of League1 Alberta, a Division 3 men's and women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Alberta.

Format

In 2024, the league operated as an official League1 Canada division, after running an exhibition series in 2023.[1][2] Seven clubs participated in each of the men's and women's divisions. In the men's divisions, two new clubs joined who did not participate in the 2023 Exhibition Series: Callies United and Calgary Blizzard SC (the Blizzard operated a women's team in 2023). In the women's division, two new clubs also joined: Callies United and NDC Alberta.[3] At the end of the season, the first place team in both the men's and women's divisions were declared League1 Alberta Champions with the men's winner qualifying for the 2025 Canadian Championship and the women's winner qualifying for the League1 Canada Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship.[4][5]

Teams

The following clubs participated in the league.

Team City Principal Stadium[a] Men's Division Women's Division
Calgary Blizzard SC Calgary Broadview Park Participating Participating
Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Broadview Park Participating Participating
Callies United Calgary Broadview Park Participating Participating
Cavalry FC U21 Calgary Shouldice Athletic Park Participating Did not enter
Edmonton BTB SC Edmonton Clarke Stadium Participating Participating
Edmonton Scottish Edmonton Hamish Black Field Participating Participating
NDC Alberta Calgary Macron Performance Centre - Foothills Did not enter Participating
St. Albert Impact St. Albert Riel Recreation Park Participating Participating
  1. ^ Calgary teams do not have permanent home stadiums. Stadium that hosts majority listed below.

Men's division

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Edmonton Scottish (C) 12 7 2 3 22 17 +5 23 Qualified for 2025 Canadian Championship
and League1 Alberta Championship Final
2 Calgary Foothills FC 12 7 2 3 22 12 +10 23 League1 Alberta Championship Final
3 Calgary Blizzard SC 12 7 0 5 27 18 +9 21
4 St. Albert Impact 12 6 3 3 27 18 +9 21
5 Cavalry FC U21 12 4 3 5 19 19 0 15
6 Edmonton BTB SC 12 2 3 7 13 22 −9 9
7 Callies United 12 2 1 9 10 34 −24 7
Source: L1AB
(C) Champions

Championship final

Edmonton Scottish3–1 (a.e.t.)Calgary Foothills FC
Idrizi 4'
Habib Assem 92', 107'		 Antoniuk 13'
Emerald Hills, Sherwood Park
Referee: Noel Kelly


Statistics

Top goalscorers
(does not include playoffs)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Canada Owen Antoniuk Calgary Foothills FC 10
2 Canada Ousman Maheshe St. Albert Impact 9
3 Canada Chanan Chanda Cavalry FC U21 7
4 Canada Miguel De Rocha Calgary Blizzard SC 6
5 Canada Josh Flaksman Calgary Blizzard SC 5
Canada Michael Cox Edmonton BTB SC
Canada Philip Masri Edmonton Scottish
Canada Prince Amanda St. Albert Impact
Canada Zavier Ghebrezghi Edmonton BTB SC
10 3 players tied 4

Source: L1A

Women's division

Standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Calgary Blizzard SC (C) 12 7 2 3 20 13 +7 23 2024 Inter-Provincial Championship
2 Callies United 12 5 3 4 25 21 +4 18
3 ASA High Performance 12 6 0 6 24 22 +2 18
4 Edmonton BTB SC 12 5 2 5 20 17 +3 17
5 Calgary Foothills WFC 12 5 1 6 17 18 −1 16
6 Edmonton Scottish 12 5 0 7 17 28 −11 15
7 St. Albert Impact 12 4 2 6 17 21 −4 14[a]
Source: L1AB
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ St. Albert Impact's first six games were later forfeited due to a violation of affiliate player rules. They had a record of 5-0-1 and were in first place at the time.

Statistics

Top goalscorers
(does not include playoffs)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Canada Kendall Showers Callies United 9
2 Canada Janai Martens St. Albert Impact 7
Canada Taegan Steward ASA High Performance
4 Canada Tamara Djurisic Edmonton BTB SC 6
5 Canada Makenna Van Der Veen Edmonton BTB SC 5
6 Canada Aislin Phillips Calgary Blizzard SC 4
Canada Allie Pazarka ASA High Performance
Canada Alyssa D'Agnone Calgary Blizzard SC
Canada Ruth Adekugbe Calgary Foothills WFC
10 7 players tied 3

Source: L1A

References

  1. ^ "League1 Canada announces expansion to Alberta". Canadian Premier League. December 7, 2023.
  2. ^ Mahmoudi, Nelson (December 8, 2023). "League1 Alberta Joins League1 Canada Alliance". Northern Tribune.
  3. ^ "League1 Alberta Returns For The 2024 Season". League1 Alberta. December 4, 2023.
  4. ^ "League1 Alberta 2024 Operations Manual" (PDF). league1alberta.com. League1 Alberta, Alberta Soccer. p. 10. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
  5. ^ "About". league1alberta.com. League1 Alberta. Retrieved 25 May 2024.