Oakville Blue Devils FC
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Full name | Oakville Blue Devils Football Club | ||
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Founded | 2015 | ||
Stadium | Sheridan Trafalgar Stadium | ||
President | Steven Caldwell[1] | ||
Head coach | Duncan Wilde | ||
League | League1 Ontario | ||
2019 | League1 Ontario, 1st Playoffs: Semi-finals | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The Oakville Blue Devils Football Club is a semi-professional soccer club based in Oakville, Ontario. The senior men's and women's teams currently compete in League1 Ontario.[2][3]
History[edit]
The original Oakville Blue Devils was a member team of the Oakville Soccer Club. The team was built, coached and developed by Phil Iafrati (1947 - 2013),[4] where they won the U19 provincial and national championships in 1998.[5] As the Devils reached the end of the youth soccer circuit that season, Iafrati restarted the program with the a U9 program Oakville Blue Stars in 1999.[6]
In 2005, the second edition of the Blue Devils were formed when the Scarborough-based Metro Lions of the Canadian Professional Soccer League relocated to Oakville and adopted the Blue Devils name,[5] coached by Duncan Wilde.[7] They won the 2005 season defeating Vaughan Shooters in the final.[8] In 2006, Wilde left to manage the Toronto Lynx, which resulted in a mass exodus of players not returning. [9] The club was relocated in 2007 and became Brampton United, bringing to an end the period of the Oakville Blue Devils history.[4]
In 2015, the club was re-founded to play in the semi-professional League1 Ontario.[4] The Toronto Lynx men's senior team was incorporated into the Oakville team[10] and in late 2017, the teams merged completely under Oakville's umbrella.[11] In their inaugural L1O season, they were crowned league champions and qualified for the Inter-Provincial Cup against the champion of the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec to determine the Canadian Division III champion, where they defeated CS Mont-Royal Outremont to win the title.[12] In 2017, they won their second title, defeating Woodbridge Strikers in the Championship final on penalty kicks.[13]
In 2018 the team played in the Canadian Championship for the first time where they lost in the first qualifying round against 2017 PLSQ champion AS Blainville.[14][15][16][17]
Front office and technical Staff[edit]
- As of July 18, 2018[18]
Name | Position |
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League1 head coach |
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U21 head coach and senior assistant coach |
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Goalkeeper coach |
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President |
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Technical staff |
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Operations manager |
Seasons[edit]
Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Canadian Championship | Ref |
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2015 | League1 Ontario | 12 | 17–2–3 | Champions | – | Group stage | – | [19] |
2016 | 16 | 8–4–10 | 6th, Western (10th) | did not qualify | First round | – | [19] | |
2017 | 16 | 18–2–2 | 1st, Western (1st) | Champions | First round | – | [19] | |
2018 | 17 | 10–5–1 | 3rd | Group stage | Semifinals | First qualifying round | [19] | |
2019 | 16 | 12–2–1 | 1st | Semifinals | – | Did not qualify | [19] | |
2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[20] |
Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
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2018 | League1 Ontario | 13 | 7–1–4 | 5th | Did not qualify | Round of 16 | [21] |
2019 | 14 | 11–0–2 | 1st | Finalists | – | [21] | |
2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[20] |
Honours[edit]
- League1 Ontario Championship: 2015, 2017
- Inter-Provincial Cup: 2015
Notable players[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Steven Caldwell Joins Oakville Blue Devils FC To Help Guide Club into the Future". Oakville Blue Devils FC. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ "Oakville Blue Devils's official website". Oakville Blue Devils. Oakville Blue Devils. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ "Oakville Blue Devils's page in". League1 Ontario. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ a b c "About". Oakville Blue Devils. Oakville Blue Devils. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ^ a b Kuiperij, Jon (January 30, 2015). "League1 Ontario men's soccer loop welcomes Oakville Blue Devils". Oakville Beaver.
- ^ Kuiperij, Jon (September 19, 2013). "Iafrati, Phil (Died)". Oakville Beaver. Oakville Images.
- ^ "Canadian Professional Soccer League - Clubs". December 25, 2005. Archived from the original on December 25, 2005. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
- ^ Kuiperij, Jon (October 12, 2005). "Blue Devils' Gamble pays off in CPSL final" (PDF). Oakville Beaver.
- ^ "Different cast of Blue Devils seeks repeat". Burlington Post. May 26, 2006.
- ^ Crawford, Colin (February 29, 2016). "Toronto's Soccer History: 1987 - Present". Toronto FC. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ "Toronto Lynx Soccer Club". Retrieved March 6, 2018.
- ^ Kuiperij, Jon (November 17, 2015). "Goal by defensive sub lifts Oakville Blue Devils to victory in Inter-Provincial Cup". Oakville Beaver.
- ^ Chenoix, Éric (May 30, 2018). "À la Découverte du Oakville Blue Devils FC" [Discovering Oakville Blue Devils FC]. PLSQ (in French).
- ^ "Oakville Blue Devils qualifies for Canadian Championship – Canada Soccer". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "AS Blainville qualifies for Canadian Championship – Canada Soccer". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
- ^ "About the Canadian Championship". Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ^ Garbutt, Herb (October 22, 2017). "Oakville Blue Devils reclaim League1 title with dramatic penalty-kick victory". Oakville Beaver. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
- ^ "About Us". Oakville Blue Devils. Retrieved July 18, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Men's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
- ^ a b "League1 Ontario cancels Fall season plans for 2020 due to COVID-19 restrictions". Canadian Premier League. September 4, 2020.
- ^ a b "League1 Ontario Historical Standings Women's Division". Canadian Soccer History Archives.
External links[edit]
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