The Edmonton Eskimos are a professional Canadian football team based in Edmonton, Alberta, and are members of the West Division in the Canadian Football League (CFL). The Eskimos were founded in 1949, although other teams named the Edmonton Eskimos existed 1895 to 1923 and 1929 to 1939. The Eskimos are the most successful CFL franchise of the modern era (1949–present), having won the league's Grey Cup thirteen times, including an unmatched five consecutive wins between 1978 and 1982, and most recently in 2005.