Edmonton Scottish

The club was founded in 1909 by Scottish immigrants who settled in the Edmonton area.^[14] The senior men participate in the Alberta Major Soccer League (AMSL), where they have won multiple league titles.^[14]

In 1972, they participated in the Challenge Trophy, the Canadian national amateur championship, reaching the quarter-finals.^[15] In 1987, they won the bronze medal in the Challenge Trophy, followed by silver medal performances in 1992, 2012, and 2015.^[15] In 2016, following an undefeated outdoor season in the AMSL, they were able to capture their first title as Canadian amateur champions.^[14][15]

The Angels Scottish women's team has won nine Jubilee Trophies as women's national amateur champions,^[14] including the inaugural title in 1982, which was the first of five consecutive national titles.^[16][17]

In 2021, the club announced their intention to launch semi-professional men's and women's teams with the goal of participated in a new interprovincial league in 2022.^[18] In 2023 they became part of the new League1 Alberta, competing under the name Edmonton Scottish United SC.^[19]

As part of a 1967 Centennial project, the Edmonton Scottish Society acquired a 20-acre parcel of ancestral land in the Ellerslie neighbourhood of Edmonton — an area that had been previously settled by Scots, dating back to as early as 1895.^[20] Constructing six soccer fields and a fully fixtured soccer pavilion for its senior teams on the land, the society would officially open the park in 1970 and name it after Lieutenant Governor Grant MacEwan.^[21][22]

In 2018, the grounds were named in the United 2026 FIFA World Cup bid as a potential team base camp.^[23] In 2019, plans to build a new, 2,200 m² (24,000 sq ft) banquet hall and clubhouse (including twelve changing rooms, a bar, and a restaurant) were announced, with further plans to build a microstadium revealed in 2021.^[24][25][26]

Located within Grant MacEwan Park, Hamish Black Field is a natural grass pitch that measures 105 metres (115 yd) long by 73 metres (80 yd) wide and serves as the home field for Edmonton Scottish teams.^[27] For ticketed matches such as the 2021 Summer Series, the club sets up beer gardens and brings in temporary seating, increasing the capacity to 1,612 spectators.^[28][29]

In October 2018, construction was completed on the Edmonton Soccer Dome, a CA$7 million air-supported structure that features a FieldTurf CORE artificial turf playing surface.^[30][31] Located in Grant MacEwan Park, the dome is the club's primary training facility and is occasionally used for matches that may have otherwise been impacted by inclement weather.^[32][33]

Since 1907, the Callies, and later Edmonton Scottish, have maintained three distinct rivalries. Most prominently, the club has had a century-long rivalry with their Scottish Battle of Alberta counterparts, the Calgary Callies, and throughout the 1950s, developed a cross-city rivalry with 1st DFC Victoria following consecutive meetings in Dragoon Cup Finals.^[35][36] A third rivalry with Edmonton Ital-Canadians emerged in the 1970s, with the teams often competing for league titles in EDSA, and later the first iteration of AMSL.^[37][38]

Supporters of Edmonton Scottish are known collectively as the tartan army. For ticketed matches, they are joined by the Clan MacNaughton pipe band, who provide a guard of honour as teams walk onto the pitch.^[39]

In 2023, an independent group of ultras called the Highland Herd Crew was founded by Scottish supporters to cheer on its League1 Alberta and AMSL squads.^[40] Occupying the north stands of Hamish Black Field, they quickly became known for their drumming, use of smoke grenades, and tifo displays.

Edmonton Scottish SC's crest is inspired by the crest worn by Scotland's national soccer team. A roundel encloses a shield, with the words "Edmonton Scottish Soccer Club" written around the outside. In the shield's background lays a lion rampant surrounded by 11 thistle, representing the national flower of Scotland and the number of players on a soccer pitch. The club's official colours are Big Stone Blue and Polo Blue, which symbolize loyalty, strength, trust, and their connection to Scotland, as well as Maroon Flush, which pays homage to the autumn colours of the nearby Ewing Trail tree tunnel.^[41][42]

Beginning in 2009, Edmonton Scottish have signed deals with specific kit manufacturers, with Macron currently supplying the club until at least 2024.^[43] The club wore Scotland replica kits throughout the '80s and '90s, but have since moved back to their traditional dark blue shirts with white shorts and white socks as its home kit — reversing the colours for its change strip.

Having previously partnered with local businesses, the club has gone without shirt or sleeve sponsors since moving to Macron in 2019.^[44][45]

The club has permanently retired number 20 in honour of midfielder Chris Kooy, who died from colon cancer in 2020.^[46][47]

As of July 31, 2023^[update][48]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Connor James 2 DF  CAN Bryce Prochnau 3 DF  SCO Cameron Borrett 4 MF  CAN Mike McCormick (vice-captain) 5 DF  SCO Stewart Jamieson 6 DF  CAN Josh Samuel 7 MF  HKG Sam Lam 8 DF  CAN Morgan Graham 9 FW  SOM Izak Bahdon 10 MF  CAN Sebastián Cabrera 11 FW  BIH Almir Gazić 12 MF  CAN Justin Demers 13 FW  SCO Conor MacDonald

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 FW  CAN Dexter MacLachlan 15 FW  ENG Tomi Ameobi 16 MF  BIH Haris Kevac 17 MF  CAN Stefan Gajić 18 DF  CAN Paul Hamilton (captain) 19 MF  CAN Francesco Guido 21 MF  HKG Matt Lam 22 DF  ZIM Zibusiso Moyo 23 MF  CAN Nicholas Lechelt 24 DF  CAN Noah Cunningham 25 GK  CAN Jay Vetsch (vice-captain) 30 GK  UKR Oleksandr Popravka

• Kevin Poissant – Head Coach
• James Black – Assistant Coach

This is a list of players who have played for a national team or have played professionally, either before or after joining Edmonton Scottish.

Founded in 2004, Scottish United serves as the youth extension of Edmonton Scottish.^[49] Among the inaugural recipients of the Canada Soccer National Youth Club Licence, its youth teams compete in the Alberta Youth Soccer League (AYSL) and within the Edmonton Minor Soccer Association (EMSA).^[50][51][52] As of 2022, its youth teams encompass over 1,300 players — with over 40% of the female teams in the Greater Edmonton Area playing for the club.^[53]

Players training in the youth stream receive MLS homegrown player benefits and are generally eligible to play for the first team or reserve squads as youth trialists by age 16.^[54][55] In recent years, Scottish United players have gone on trial with FC Edmonton, joined Whitecaps FC Academy, or have graduated from youth soccer to the senior club's AMSL or EDSA teams.^[56][57][58]

In order to provide programming to its members during the COVID-19 pandemic, Edmonton Scottish began its own free, in-house streaming service called Fitba.TV along with its youth affiliate, Scottish United in 2020.^[59][60] While the club has since began using its Fitba.TV service to broadcast its 2021 Summer Series home matches, its AMSL matches are live-streamed by CFN Media.^[61]

^† Prior to 1995, two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw

Year	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Result	Ref.
1972	1	0	0	1	0	1	Qualifiers	[105]
1979	2	1	0	1	4	2	Qualifiers	[106]
1987	3	2	1	0	5	3	3rd
1992	3	2	0	1	2	1	2nd
1996	4	1	2	1	3	4	7th
2012	5	3	2	0	7	4	2nd	[107]
2013	5	2	0	3	5	9	7th	[108]
2015	5	2	2	1	7	5	2nd	[109]
2016	5	5	0	0	9	0	1st	[110]
2018	5	2	1	2	8	6	5th	[111]
2019	5	2	1	2	9	8	4th	[112]
2023	5	2	1	2	7	6	6th	[113]
Totals	48	24	10	14	66	49	–	–