2023 League1 Alberta Exhibition Series

The 2023 League1 Alberta Exhibition Series was an exhibition showcase season by the recently founded League1 Alberta soccer league, which is scheduled to organize its first official season in 2024.

League1 Alberta Exhibition Series

Country	Alberta, Canada
Dates	May 12–July 28, 2023
Teams	10 total from 6 clubs
Men's champions	Calgary Foothills FC
Women's champions	Calgary Blizzard SC
2024 →

Format

League1 Alberta was launched in 2023 with an anticipated debut season in 2024. For 2023, interested clubs participated in an exhibition series as a trial run to test the feasibility of the league.^[1] Five clubs participated in each of the male and female divisions (four clubs will enter clubs in both, while two other clubs will enter a single team in one of the divisions).^[2][3] Each participating team played eight matches (four home and four away), facing every opponent twice between May 12 and July 24. A final was played on July 28.^[1]

Teams

The following clubs are set to participate in the league.

Team	City	Principal stadium	Men's Division	Women's Division
Calgary Blizzard SC	Calgary	Broadview Park	Did not enter	Participating
Calgary Foothills FC	Calgary	Broadview Park	Participating	Participating
Cavalry FC U21	Calgary	Shouldice Athletic Park	Participating	Did not enter
Edmonton BTB SC	Edmonton	Clarke Stadium	Participating	Participating
Edmonton Scottish	Edmonton	Hamish Black Field	Participating	Participating
St. Albert Impact	St. Albert	Riel Recreation Park	Participating	Participating

Men's standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		CFH	STA	BTB	CAV	SCO
1	Calgary Foothills FC (C)	8	6	2	0	20	5	+15	20	Championship final		—	3–0	2–1	2–0	1–1
2	St. Albert Impact	8	3	2	3	10	14	−4	11			1–3	—	0–3	1–1	1–1
3	Edmonton BTB SC	8	3	1	4	14	13	+1	10			2–2	2–4	—	3–0	0–1
4	Cavalry FC U21	8	2	2	4	10	17	−7	8			0–4	1–2	3–1	—	2–1
5	Edmonton Scottish	8	1	3	4	8	13	−5	6			0–3	0–1	1–2	3–3	—

Source: L1AB
(C) Champions

Championship final

July 28, 2023

7:00 PM

Calgary Foothills FC	3–0	St. Albert Impact
El Gandour   11' (pen.) Nana   41', 62'	Report

Broadview Park, Calgary, Alberta

Statistics

Top goalscorers (regular season only) Rank Player Club Goals 1   Habib Assem Edmonton BTB SC 5 2   Michael Cox Edmonton Scottish 4   Moe El Gandour Calgary Foothills FC 4   Emmanuel Dan-Adokiene Calgary Foothills FC 3   Garry Onyejelem Calgary Foothills FC   Kimia Kassanda Cavalry FC U21   Philip Masri Edmonton BTB SC Updated:July 27, 2023 Source: League1 Alberta Women's standings Pos Team v t e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification STA CBL CFH BTB SCO 1 St. Albert Impact 8 7 1 0 33 3 +30 22 Championship final — 3–0 4–1 6–0 5–0 2 Calgary Blizzard SC (C) 8 5 1 2 24 5 +19 16 0–0 — 3–0 5–0 10–0 3 Calgary Foothills WFC 8 5 0 3 25 13 +12 15 1–4 2–0 — 4–0 10–0 4 Edmonton BTB SC 8 1 0 7 7 34 −27 3 0–6 0–2 2–4 — 2–5 5 Edmonton Scottish 8 1 0 7 8 42 −34 3 1–5 0–4 0–3 2–3 — Source: L1AB (C) Champions Championship final July 28, 2023 6:00 PM St. Albert Impact 1–1 Calgary Blizzard SC Mwasalla   40' Report D'Agnone   38' Penalties Van Dolder   Mitchell   Martens   Odinga   Mostowich   Engen   Bretzer   4–5 Barlow   DiGiacomo   Wright   Phillips   Mysko   Murray   Houghton   Riel Recreation Park, St. Albert, Alberta Statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1   Grace Mwasalla St. Albert Impact FC 8 2   Alyssa D'Agnone Calgary Blizzard SC 7   Kaylee Hunter Calgary Blizzard SC 4   Kaitlyn Fraser St. Albert Impact FC 6 5   Sariyah Bailey Edmonton Scottish 5 Updated:July 27, 2023 Source: League1 Alberta See also 2021 Summer Series 2023 Maritime Super Series References Parkes, David (March 10, 2023). "Official: League1 Alberta Exhibition Series Confirmed". Northern Tribune. "2023 Exhibition Series: The story so far". League1 Canada. June 8, 2023. "League1 Alberta Exhibition Series confirms participating clubs for 2023". OneSoccer. March 10, 2023.