The Montréal Carabins () are the men's and women's athletic teams that represent the

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, Canada. Teams play at the

CEPSUM Stadium The CEPSUM () is a multi-purpose complex sport centre located on the campus of the Université de Montréal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The CEPSUM hosts the Montreal Carabins teams. History In 1963-1964, the Université de Montréal purchased ...

and at l'aréna du CEPSUM, located at the Université de Montréal campus.

History

Varsity teams

Football

The Carabins

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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 five

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conference championships (2014, 2015, 2019, 2021 and 2023) and two

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s national championship (

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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

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. In the 2011 playoffs, the Carabins eliminated the

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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

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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.

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.

Golf

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

Swimming

Tennis

Men's volleyball

Women's volleyball

Notable athletes

Men's soccer

* 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 AS Blainville in Ligue1 Quebec. Career Amateur Lefèvre played with the youth teams of OC Perpignan, a satellite club of Montpellier HSC. ...

* Boubacar Diallo * Woodler Elie Blaise * Peter Thierry Eustache * Pascal Aoun * Anasse Brouk * Herizo Frédéric Ramampiandra * Kévin Chan *

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* Alhassane Fox * Kane Limamoulaye * Oumar Balla Sow * Nicolas Suter * Nawar Hanna * Sami Sreis

Women's soccer

Sandra Couture Sandra Couture (born March 15, 1983, in Saint-Georges, Quebec) is a Canadian soccer player who last played for French club Juvisy of the Division 1 Féminine. She plays as a striker and joined her current club ahead of the 2009–10 season af ...

- 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 *

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- 2005-2009 *

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- 2006-2011(French) Serge Vleminckx, Véronique Laverdière,qui veut d'un prof etraordinaire
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References

External links

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Centre d'éducation physique et des sports de l'Université de Montréal
(CEPSUM) {{U Sports volleyball Carabins Carabins Carabins U Sports teams in Quebec

History

Varsity teams

Football

Women's ice hockey

Men's rugby

Women's rugby

Alpine ski

Badminton

Cheerleading

Golf

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

Swimming

Tennis

Men's volleyball

Women's volleyball

Notable athletes

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

See also

References

External links