The Montréal Carabins are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the
Université de Montréal
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in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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, Canada. Teams play at the
CEPSUM Stadium
The CEPSUM (french: Centre d'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université de Montréal, also le Stade du CEPSUM) is a multi-purpose complex sport centre located on the campus of the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The ...
and at
l'aréna du CEPSUM, located at the Université de Montréal campus.
History of the club
Alpine ski
Badminton
Cheerleading
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
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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 four
Dunsmore Cup
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conference championships (2014, 2015, 2019, and 2021) and one
Vanier Cup
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national championship (
2014
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Golf
Women's ice hockey
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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
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Team name
According to Suzanne Morton, a professor of history at McGill, the name ...
. In the 2011 playoffs, the Carabins eliminated the
Concordia Stingers
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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
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.
Men's soccer
Staff 2012-13
* ''Head Coach:''
Pat Raimondo
* ''Assistant Coach:''
Abdoulaye Mané
* ''Goalkeeper Coach:''
Daniel Courtois
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* ''Assistant Coach:''
Boubacar Coulibaly
Notable former players
;
* Serge Topalian
;
* Gerardo Argento
* Marc-André Bonenfant
* Lorenzo Borella
* Guillaume Couturier
* Maël Demarcy
* Laurent Parizeau
* Jean-Philippe Roberge-Marin
* Ibrahim Baldeh
* Christian Nuñez
;
* Hugo-Pierre Marcotte
;
* Abel Moleka
;
* Julien Cohen-Arazi
* Gabriel de Foresta
* Augustin Nechad
* Jean-Jacques Seba
* Ugo Robard
*
Wandrille Lefèvre
Wandrille Lefèvre (born December 17, 1989) is a Canadian soccer player who plays as a centre back for FC Laval.
Career
Amateur
Lefèvre played with the youth teams of OC Perpignan, a satellite club of Montpellier HSC. In 2003, he moved to M ...
;
* Boubacar Diallo
;
* Woodler Elie Blaise
* Peter Thierry Eustache
;
* Pascal Aoun
* Anasse Brouk
;
* Herizo Frédéric Ramampiandra
;
* Kévin Chan
;
*
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* Hicham Aaboubou (born 1978), Moroccan soccer player
* Hicham Aboucherouane (born 1981), Moroccan football striker
* Hicham Arazi (born 1973), Moroccan tennis player
* Hicham Bellani (born 1979), Moroccan r ...
;
* Alhassane Fox
* Kane Limamoulaye
* Oumar Balla Sow
;
* Nicolas Suter
;
* Nawar Hanna
;
* Sami Sreis
Notable former staff members
* Sergio Grande (Goalkeeper coach)
Women's soccer
Squad 2010-11
Staff 2010-11
* ''Head Coach:'' Kevin McConnell
* ''Assistant Coach:''
Nadine Hudon-Paquette
Nadine may refer to:
People
* Nadine (given name)
* Nadine, Countess of Shrewsbury (1913–2003), English opera soprano
Film and TV
* Nadine (1987 film), ''Nadine'' (1987 film), a 1987 film with Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger
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* ''Goalkeeper Coach:''
Salim Brahimi
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People
*Salim (name), or Saleem or Salem or Selim, a name of Arabic origin
*Salim (poet) (1800–1866)
*Saleem (playwright) (fl. 1996)
*Selim I, Selim II and Selim III, Ottoman Sultans
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Notable former players
;
*
Sandra Couture
Sandra Couture (born March 15, 1983 in Saint-Georges, Quebec, Saint-Georges, Quebec) is a Canadian association football, soccer player who last played for French club FCF Juvisy, Juvisy of the Division 1 Féminine. She plays as a Striker (associa ...
- 2002-2006
*
Véronique Maranda
Véronique Vallieres Maranda (born August 18, 1986) is a former Canadian soccer player who played as a midfielder.
Early life
She played youth soccer with FC Sélect Rive-Sud. In 2003, she was named Soccer Player of the Year in Quebec.
Colle ...
- 2007-2009
*
Émilie Mercier - 2005-2009
*
Véronique Laverdière - 2006-2011
Swimming
Tennis
Men's volleyball
Women's volleyball
See also
*
U Sports
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References
External links
Carabins official siteCentre d'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université de Montréal(CEPSUM)
{{U Sports volleyball
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