The Alberta Premier League (formerly League1 Alberta) is a semi-professional men's and women's soccer league in Alberta, Canada. The league is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Alberta Soccer Association as a third division pro–am league in the Canadian soccer league system.
In the Canadian soccer league system, the men's division is below the Canadian Premier League (CPL). It is part of Premier Soccer Leagues Canada, the national third tier with regional divisions, with Alberta Premier League equivalent to LS Pro (Quebec), Ontario Premier League, and British Columbia Premier League. The men's league champion qualifies for the Canadian Championship, the domestic cup championship, while the women's league champion qualifies for the Premier Soccer Leagues Canada Women's Inter-Provincial Championship.
History In 2021, a group of clubs from British Columbia, Alberta, and Manitoba organized the 2021 Summer Series, a series of friendly soccer matches played between Western Canadian soccer clubs to showcase a potential national second division. In 2022, another exhibition showcase was organized by four clubs – three from Alberta (Calgary Foothills FC, Edmonton Scottish, BTB Soccer Academy) and one from Manitoba (FC Manitoba) – as an entity known as Central League1.
In March 2023, League1 Alberta was announced with an exhibition series being organized, with six clubs participating (five in each gendered division) – the Calgary Foothills, Edmonton Scottish, St. Albert Impact, and BTB Soccer Academy fielded teams of both genders, while Cavalry FC fielded a team in the men's series and the Calgary Blizzard in the women's division. The first matches were played on May 12, 2023, with an official league season planned to be launch for the following season.
In December 2023, it was announced that the league would officially be sanctioned for official competition under the League1 Canada umbrella for the 2024 season, with seven clubs participating in each division.
In January 2026, the league re-branded as the Alberta Premier League, in line with a move across all the leagues in Canada.
Clubs Eight men's teams and eight women's teams are participating in the 2026 season, of which six are based in Greater Calgary and two are based in Greater Edmonton.
Alberta Premier League
+ Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Debut Male Female Callies United Calgary Shane Homes West Soccer Dome 300 2024 2024 Yes Yes Calgary Blizzard SC Calgary Broadview Park 1000 1967 2024 Yes Yes Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Macron Performance Centre 2000 1972 2023 Yes Yes Calgary Rangers SC Springbank Webber Athletic Park 320 2001 2025 Yes Yes Calgary Wild FC U23 Calgary Macron Performance Centre 2000 2024 2024 No Yes Calgary Villains FC Calgary Villains Dome 1981 2025 Yes Yes Cavalry FC II Calgary Shouldice Athletic Park 2000 2023 2023 Yes No Edmonton BTB SC Edmonton Clarke Stadium 5130 2013 2023 Yes Yes St. Albert Impact St. Albert Riel Recreation Park 1999 2023 Yes Yes
Former clubs Team City Stadium First season Last season Edmonton Scottish Edmonton Hamish Black Field 2023 2025
Seasons + Champions Season Men's champion Women's champion 2023 Calgary Foothills FC Calgary Blizzard SC 2024 Edmonton Scottish (1) Calgary Blizzard SC (1) 2025 Calgary Blizzard SC (1) Calgary Blizzard SC (2) 2026 Edmonton BTB SC (1) Calgary Wild FC U23 (1)
See also
2021 Summer Series Canadian soccer league system Soccer in Canada
References