# League1 Alberta

League1 Alberta (L1AB) 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 behind the Canadian Premier League (CPL). It is part of League1 Canada, the national third tier with regional division, with L1AB equivalent to Ligue1 Québec (L1Q), League1 Ontario (L1O), and League1 British Columbia (L1BC). The men's league champion qualifies for the Canadian Championship, the domestic cup championship, while the women's league champion qualifies for the League1 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 would field teams of both genders, while Cavalry FC would field 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.

## Clubs

Currently eight men's teams and eight women's teams have been announced to participate in the 2025 season, of which five are based in Greater Calgary and three are based in Greater Edmonton.

### Men's Division

Men's division :
| Team | City | Principal stadium | First season |
| Edmonton BTB SC | Edmonton | Clarke Stadium | 2023 |
| Calgary Blizzard SC | Calgary | Broadview Park | 2024 |
| Calgary Foothills FC | Calgary | Macron Performance Centre | 2023 |
| Calgary Villains FC | Calgary | Villains Dome | 2025 |
| Callies United | Calgary | Calgary West Soccer Centre | 2024 |
| Cavalry FC U21 | Foothills County | Macron Performance Centre | 2023 |
| Edmonton Scottish | Edmonton | Hamish Black Field | 2023 |
| St. Albert Impact | St. Albert | Riel Recreation Park | 2023 |

### Women's Division

Women's division :
| Team | City | Principal stadium | First season |
| Edmonton BTB SC | Edmonton | Clarke Stadium | 2023 |
| Calgary Blizzard SC | Calgary | Broadview Park | 2023 |
| Calgary Foothills WFC | Calgary | Macron Performance Centre | 2023 |
| Calgary Villains FC | Calgary | Villains Dome | 2025 |
| Callies United | Calgary | Calgary West Soccer Centre | 2024 |
| Edmonton Scottish | Edmonton | Hamish Black Field | 2023 |
| NDC Alberta | Calgary | Macron Performance Centre | 2024 |
| St. Albert Impact | St. Albert | Riel Recreation Park | 2023 |