The Alberta Football League (AFL) is an amateur

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league. The league's schedule runs from the start of June through to the end of September. The Alberta Football League was established in 1984 so that men over the age of 21 could continue to play organized competitive football within the province of

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. Before the creation of the league, the only way to play competitive football after university or junior was the

Canadian Football League The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

. In 1984–85 the league consisted of seven teams. They were: the Calgary Raiders, the Calgary Cowboys, the Calgary Crude, the Red Deer Redskins, the Rocky Warriors, the Hinton Grizzlies, and the Brownfield Bruisers. For the 2016 season the league consisted of nine teams. They were: the Calgary Gators, the Calgary Wolfpack, the Central Alberta Buccaneers, the Lloydminster Vandals, the Grande Prairie Drillers, the Edmonton Raiders, Fort McMurray Monarchs, the St. Albert Stars and the Airdrie Irish. In 1999, the AFL became a founding member of the Canadian Senior Football League, which is now known as the Canadian Major Football League. The CMFL is the national governing body for semi-pro Canadian football, that arrange the National Championship game (the Forster Memorial Trophy game). At first, AFL champs played against the winner of the Eastern Conference (the Manitoba Football League), but since 2002 that game has been played against the

Northern Football Conference The Northern Football Conference (NFC) is a semi-professional Canadian football league with franchises based primarily in Ontario, Canada. The league consists of eight teams and runs from May until mid-August. It's the oldest running senior amat ...

winners (teams from

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and

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League champions and finalists

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeypo ...

: Airdrie Irish: 0 Cold Lake Fighter Jets: 55 *

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

: Central Alberta Buccaneers: 47 Edmonton Elite: 17 * 2020: Cancelled due to

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2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

: Central Alberta Buccaneers: 26 Calgary Wolfpack: 30 *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

: Central Alberta Buccaneers: 7 Fort McMurray Monarchs: 65 *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: Calgary Gators: 32 Fort McMurray Monarchs: 21 *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

: Fort McMurray Monarchs: 32 Central Alberta Buccaneers: 23 * 2015: Fort McMurray Monarchs: 24 Calgary Gators: 37 *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: Calgary Wolfpack: 25 Calgary Gators: 15 *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: St. Albert Stars: 16 Calgary Gators: 41 *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

: Lloydminster Vandals: 62 Calgary Wolfpack: 26 * 2011: Calgary Wolfpack: 38 Grande Prairie Drillers: 14 * 2010: Lloydminster Vandals: 52 Calgary Gators: 26 * 2009: Edmonton Stallions: 39 Calgary Wolfpack: 32 *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Calgary Wolfpack: 43 Lloydminster Vandals: 21 * 2007: Edmonton Stallions: 21 Calgary Gators: 16 * 2006: Calgary Wolfpack: 31 Calgary Gators: 7 * 2005: Calgary Wolfpack: 42 Edmonton Stallions: 28 * 2004: Calgary Wolfpack: 51 Edmonton Stallions: 46 * 2003: Calgary Wolfpack: 56 Calgary Thunder: 35 * 2002: Calgary Wolfpack: 49 Calgary Gators: 15 * 2001: Calgary Thunder: 16 Calgary Gators: 14 *

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

: Calgary Wolfpack: 30 Calgary Thunder: 14 *

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

: Calgary Wolfpack: 17 Calgary Gators: 2 *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

: Calgary Gators: Calgary Wolfpack: *

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

: Red Deer Sooners: 7 Edmonton Icemen: 3 * 1996: Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners: *

1995 File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake str ...

: Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners: *

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

: Red Deer Sooners: Edmonton Seminoles: *

1993 File:1993 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Oslo I Accord is signed in an attempt to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict; The Russian White House is shelled during the 1993 Russian constitutional crisis; Czechoslovakia is peacefu ...

: Red Deer Sooners: Calgary Wolfpack: * 1992: Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners: *

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

: Red Deer Sooners: Calgary Crude: *

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

: Calgary Wolfpack: Calgary Crude: *

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

: Calgary Wolfpack: Red Deer Sooners: *

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

: Calgary Raiders: Calgary Crude: *

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, ...

: Calgary Raiders: Red Deer Redskins: *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

: Calgary Raiders: Calgary Crude: *

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

: Calgary Raiders: Calgary Thunder:

AFL championships by franchise

Current AFL teams

Defunct AFL teams

*Brownfield Bruisers ''(1984–1985)'' *Calgary Cowboys ''(1984–1988, 1991–1996)'' *Calgary Crude ''(1984–1992)'' *Calgary Gators ''(1998–2017)'' *Calgary Raiders ''(1985–1988)'' *Calgary Coyotes ''(2001–2003)'' *Calgary Razorbacks ''(2004–2005)'' *Calgary Thunder ''(2000–2007)'' *Edmonton Seminoles ''(1993–1994)'' *Edmonton Garrison Army ''(2010–2012)'' *Edmonton Seahawks ''(?–2009)'' *Edmonton Icemen ''(1995–2004)'' *Edmonton Stallions ''(2002–2015)'' *Hanna Rams ''(1976–1984)'' *Hinton Grizzlies ''(1984–?)'' *Lloydminster Vandals ''(2004–2018)'' *Medicine Hat Marauders (2005–2006) *Okotoks Bearcats ''(1995–1997)'' *Red Deer Redskins ''(1985–1987)'' *Red Deer Sooners ''(1988–1999)'' *Rocky Warriors ''(1984–?)'' *Rocky Raiders ''(1983–1984)'' *Wainwright Longhorns ''(2005–2007)'' *Edmonton Renegades ''(2009–2011)'' *Edmonton Raiders ''(2016–2016)'' *Parkland Predators ''(2017–2017)'' *St. Albert Stars (?–2019)

References

External links

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Airdrie IrishCentral Alberta Buccaneers Fort McMurray Monarchs Grande Prairie Drillers Edmonton Elite Football
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