Calgary Callies

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Calgary Callies
Full name Calgary Caledonian Football Club
Nickname(s) Callies
Founded 26 April 1904 (1904-04-26)[1]
Stadium Callies Stadium
Ground Capacity 1,000
League Alberta Major Soccer League
Website Club home page
Home colors

The Calgary Caledonian Football Club, better known as the Calgary Callies, is a Canadian association football club which currently plays in the Alberta Major Soccer League.[2]

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.

Current squad

  • Club President: Sean Hayes
  • Head coach: Dave Morrow
  • Reserve team head coach: David Randall
  • Reserve team assistant coach: Simon Halls
  • Trainer/Equipment Manager: Sean Sneddon


Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Afghanistan FW Amanullah, Samiullah
2 Canada GK Arnold, Spencer
4 Canada MF Atkinson, Kyle
6 Scotland DF Ferries, Paul
7 Canada MF Buchanan, Josh
8 Canada FW Cappelletto, Chase
9 Canada FW Cato-Meyer, Daylan
12 Canada FW Cook, Cody
13 Canada FW Cordick, Justin
15 Canada DF Duffy, Ben
16 Canada DF Devlin, Mike
11 Canada DF De Silva, Liam
18 Jamaica MF Foote, Oshayne
19 England DF Halls, Peter
20 Republic of Ireland MF Hayes, Rory
21 Republic of Ireland MF Hoey, Colin
No. Position Player
38 Netherlands MF Kooy,Chris
39 Chile MF Gonzales,Nico
22 Canada DF Hutchings, Tyrin
23 Serbia FW Jesic, Damir
14 Canada DF Jovica, Allen
24 England MF Lowther, Callum
25 Canada DF Milne, Drew
26 El Salvador MF Miron, Francisco
27 Italy DF Moretti, Michael
28 Brazil MF Nagib Neto, Miguel
5 Chile FW Napuri, Felix
29 Scotland DF Paterson, Colin
30 Chile MF Reyes, Nicolas
31 Canada GK Richardson, Seth
3 Canada DF Roa, Eric
32 Serbia MF Timotijevic, Milan
33 Serbia DF Timotijevic, Dejan
34 Canada MF Tooby, Dylan
35 Canada DF Yor, Samuel
36 Argentina MF Zuniga, Nicolas

Year-by-year

Year League Regular Season League Cup Challenge Cup
1998 AMSL 1st ?? DNQ
1999 AMSL 1st Champion Champion
2000 AMSL 1st Champion 4th
2001 AMSL 1st ?? DNQ
2002 AMSL 1st 3rd 4th
2003 AMSL 2nd Champion Champion
2004 AMSL 1st Champion 9th
2005 AMSL 1st 5th DNQ
2006 AMSL 1st Champion 2nd
2007 AMSL 1st Champion Champion
2008 AMSL 1st Champion Champion
2009 AMSL 3rd Champion 4th
2010 AMSL 7th DNQ DNQ
2011 AMSL 4th Runners Up DNQ
2012 AMSL 3rd 3rd Place DNQ

Honours

  • Canadian National Challenge Cup
    • Champions (7): 1907(People's Shield), 1908(People's Shield), 1909(People's Shield), 1999(as Calgary Celtic), 2003, 2007, 2008[1]
    • Runners-up (1): 2006
    • 4th Place: 2009
    • 9th Place: 2004
  • Alberta Senior Provincial Championship
    • Champions (5): 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
    • Runners Up : 2011
    • 5th Place: 2005

Notable players

References

External links

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