# Montreal Carabins

The Montréal Carabins (French: Carabins de Montréal) are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Teams play at the CEPSUM Stadium and at l'aréna du CEPSUM, located at the Université de Montréal campus.

## History of the club

| year | Event |
| The beginning of the 1920s | Creation of the club Montreal Carabins |
| The decades 1940, 1950 and 1960, | Montreal Carabins add several sports teams to affect a summit in the years 1965-1970 both by the number of offered sports activities and by the quality of their organization. |
| 1971 | Abandonment of the university sports teams in the club: The financial university budget of the teams is considerably reduced and the freed sums are used to finance non-competitive "popular sport". A long tradition is then broken. |
| The 70s and 80 | Continuation of the activities of Alpine skiing and of badminton without institutional recognition of university |
| End of the 80s | Return of the teams of swimming (1985) and of volleyball (men in 1988 and women in 1989). The various teams know a lot of success at the beginning of the 1990s while the University knows money troubles. |
| 1994 | the big blackout: The budgetary situation of the university does not allow to absorb the expenses of the program of the Carabins and the activities of the teams are suspended. |
| 1995 | Relaunching of the program of excellent sport via the physical educational department |
| 1997 | Victory in the referendum of the student federation FAECUM: The student Federation agrees to contribute to the financing of the sporting programs up to $100,000. a year. |
| 1999 and 2000 | Official membership of the teams of Alpine skiing and badminton. Setting-up of the golf team |
| 2001 | Setting-up of the men soccer team |
| 2002 | Setting-up of the football team and setting-up the women soccer team |
| 2003 and 2004 | Organisation of the Championships of soccer (men's and women's) of SIC (together collaboration with McGill University), setting-up of the volleyball teams (men's and women's) |
| 2007 | Setting-up of the tennis teams (men's and women's) |
| 2008 | Announcement of the creation of the women hockey team |
| 2009 | Setting-up of the women hockey team |
| 2010 | Setting-up of cheerleading team |
| 2014 | First Dunsmore Cup, Uteck Bowl and Vanier Cup wins |

## Alpine ski

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Provincial Champion (men) | 1990–91, 1995–96, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08 |
| Provincial Champion (women) | 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 |
| Provincial mixed Champion (mixed team men and women) | 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11 |

## Badminton

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Silver medal at Canadian University championship CIS | 2006–07, 2007–08 |
| Provincial champion (by mixed team men and women) | 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15 |
| Men provincial champion | 1999–00, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2014–15 |
| Women provincial champion | 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 |

## Cheerleading

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Provincial champion | 2011 |
The Carabins cheerleading team was created in 2002 at the same time as the rebirth of the Carabins football team. The team has hosted Super Bowl parties in order to finance its activities.

## Football

The Carabins football program was originally in operation from 1966 to 1971, but was cut following a philosophical change with intercollegiate athletics among Quebec universities at the time. As that perception changed, the football team was reinstated in 2002 and has been in continuous operation since. The team has won five Dunsmore Cup conference championships (2014, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023) and two Vanier Cups national championship (2014, 2023).

## Golf

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Provincial champion (men) | 2001 |
| Provincial champion (women) | 2009, 2010 |
| Island Cup Invitational Champion (women) | 2005, 2006, 2007 |
| Champion of Canada East | 2006, 2007 |
| St. Andrews Spring Invitational champion (men, NCAA) | 2008 |
| NCAA Shootout at Aguila (women) | 2011 |

## Women's ice hockey

The 2009-10 season was their inaugural season in the CIS. The Carabins finished second during the regular season and claimed the fifth position in the CIS Canadian championships. In their second season (2010–11), the team ranked in second place in the Québécois conference behind the McGill Martlets. In the 2011 playoffs, the Carabins eliminated the Concordia Stingers but the Carabins are in turn to eliminate in finale by McGill. This elimination did not qualify them for the CIS championships at Waterloo, Ontario.

## Men's rugby

Since their inaugural season in 2012, the Carabins men's rugby program competes at a varsity level against universities from Québec and Eastern Ontario in the RSEQ and has won one RSEQ championship (2016).

## Women's rugby

Since their inaugural season in 2012, the Carabins women's rugby program competes at a varsity level against universities from Québec and Eastern Ontario in the RSEQ conference of U Sports.

## Men's soccer

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Indoor soccer provincial champion | 2008, 2016 |
| Champion of the regular season | 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021 |
| Provincial champion | 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021 |
| Gold medal in the Canadian championship | 2018, 2021 |
| Silver medal in the Canadian championship | 2017, 2019 |
| Bronze medal in the Canadian championship | 2003, 2006, 2008, 2022 |

### Notable former staff members

* Sergio Grande (Goalkeeper coach)

## Women's soccer

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Indoor soccer provincial champion | 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 |
| Champion of the regular season | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2021 |
| Provincial champion | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019 |
| Gold medal in the Canadian championship | 2017, 2022 |
| Silver medal in the Canadian championship | 2009, 2011, 2013 |
| Bronze medal in the Canadian championship | 2008 |

### Notable former players

* Sandra Couture - 2002-2006
* Véronique Maranda - 2007-2009
* Émilie Mercier - 2005-2009
* Véronique Laverdière - 2006-2011

## Swimming

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Provincial champion (men) | 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2013–14, 2014–15 |
| Provincial champion (women) | 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 |
| Provincial Champion combiné (mixed team men and women) | 2004–05, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 |
| Silver medal Canadian championship women | 2013–14, 2014–15 |

## Tennis

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Provincial Champion (men) | 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2010–11 |
| Grand Chelem Champion (men) | 2001–02, 2003–04 |
| Carabins Tournament Champion (men) | 2003–04 |
| Champion of the former ligue collégiale-universitaire (men) | 2004–05, 2005–06 |
| Women Champion (OUA) | 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 |

## Men's volleyball

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Provincial champion | 1992–93, 2004–05, 2017–18, 2019–20 |
| Champion (regular season) | 2004–05, 2017–18, 2019–20 |
| Gold medal at Canadian championship | 1970 |
| Silver medal at Canadian championship | 1972, 1993 |
| Bronze medal at Canadian championship | 1992 |

## Women's volleyball

| Title(s) | Year(s) |
| Provincial champion | 1990–91, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Champion (regular season) | 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20, 2023-24, 2024-25 |
| Silver medal at Canadian championship | 2008 |
| Bronze medal at Canadian championship | 2009, 2015 |