Canadian National Soccer League

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Canadian National Soccer League
Founded1926
Folded1997
CountryCanada
ConfederationCONCACAF
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toNone
Relegation toNone

The Canadian National Soccer League, known as the National Soccer League until 1993, was a soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997.[1][2] The league was also known as the National Soccer League of Ontario and Quebec. Adding 'Canadian' in 1993 was a result of the folding of the original CSL, and the accepting of the Winnipeg Fury, making the league more national.

It was then re-branded as the Canadian Professional Soccer League in 1998, primarily as a result of the restructuring in conjunction with the OSA; and subsequently as the second Canadian Soccer League in 2006 with aspirations for national expansion.[3]

NSL/CNSL Champions[]

Season Champions Score Playoff Runners-up Regular Season Champions Runner-Up
1926 Toronto Ulster
1927 Not played
1928 Montreal CNR 1-2 / 4-0 Toronto Ulster
1929 Montreal CNR 1-0 / 3-2 Toronto Ulster
1930 Toronto Scottish 1-1 / 4-3 Montreal CNR
1931 Toronto Scottish 2-1 / 2-2 Montreal Carsteel
1932 Toronto Ulster 4-3 / 3-1 Montreal Carsteel
1933 Toronto Ulster 5-0 / 3-2 Montreal Carsteel
1934 Toronto Ulster 2-0 / 3-2 Montreal Carsteel
1935 Frood Mines 3-1 Toronto Ulster
1936 Montreal Carsteel 5-3 / 1-0 Toronto Ulster
1937 Toronto British Consols 1-3 / 5-1 Falconbridge Falcons
1938 Montreal Victorias Toronto British Consols
1939 Montreal Victorias Toronto British Consols
1940 Montreal Carsteel 3-2 / 2-1 Toronto Maple Leafs
1941 Montreal Carsteel Toronto Ulster United
1942-46 Not played during WWII.
1947 Montreal Stelco
1948 Montreal Carsteel 3-1 / 3-3 Hamilton Westinghouse
1949 Toronto Canadians Hamilton Westinghouse
1950 Hamilton Westinghouse 3–2 / 2–1 Montreal Canadian Falcons
1951 Toronto St Andrews
1952 Toronto East End Canadians
1953 Toronto Ukraina
1954 Toronto Ukraina No playoffs Toronto Ukraina Toronto Ulster United
1955 Toronto Ukraina No playoffs Toronto Ukraina Toronto Ulster United
1956 Polish White Eagles No playoffs Polish White Eagles Toronto Italia
1957 Toronto Italia No playoffs Toronto Italia Polish White Eagles
1958 Montreal Hungaria No playoffs Montreal Hungaria Toronto Olympia
1959 Montreal Cantalia No playoffs Montreal Cantalia Toronto Italia
1960 Toronto Italia 2–2 / 0–0 / 4–2 Montreal Cantalia Toronto Italia Toronto Sparta
1961 Toronto Roma No playoffs Toronto Roma Montreal Concordia
1962 Toronto Olympia No playoffs Toronto Olympia Toronto Ukrainians
1963 Italian Virtus Italian Virtus Toronto Hakoah
1964 Toronto Ukraina 1–0 / 4–1 Toronto Abruzzi Toronto Ukraina Montreal Cantalia
1965 Toronto Ukraina
1966 Windsor Teutonia 1–1 / 1–0 Toronto Croatia
1967 Hamilton Primos
1968 Sudbury Italia
1969 Toronto First Portuguese
1970 Toronto Croatia Toronto Croatia Hamilton Croatia
1971 Toronto Croatia Toronto Croatia Toronto First Portuguese
1972 Toronto Croatia Toronto Croatia Serbian White Eagles
1973 Toronto Croatia Toronto Croatia Serbian White Eagles
1974 Serbian White Eagles Serbian White Eagles Homer
1975 Toronto Italia Toronto Italia Toronto First Portuguese
1976 Toronto Italia Toronto Italia Montreal Castors
1977 Montreal Castors Montreal Castors Toronto Italia
1978 Montreal Castors Montreal Castors Toronto First Portuguese
1979 Toronto First Portuguese Toronto First Portuguese St. Catharines Roma
1980 Toronto Falcons Toronto Falcons Toronto First Portuguese
1981 Hamilton Steelers Hamilton Steelers Toronto Panhellenic
1982 Hamilton Steelers 2–1 / 1–1 Toronto Italia Toronto Italia Hamilton Steelers
1983 Toronto Italia Dinamo Latino Toronto Panhellenic Toronto Italia
1984 Toronto Italia
1985 London Marconi
1986 Toronto Blizzard Toronto Blizzard Toronto Italia
1987 Windsor Wheels Windsor Wheels Toronto Croatia
1988 Toronto Italia Toronto Italia Toronto Panhellenic
1989 Toronto Italia Toronto Italia Toronto Croatia
1990 Toronto First Portuguese Toronto First Portuguese Toronto Italia
1991 Scarbourough International Toronto Italia Scarbourough International
1992 Toronto Croatia Toronto Croatia St. Catharines Roma
1993 Toronto Rockets
1994 Toronto Italia Toronto Italia St. Catharines Roma
1995 St. Catharines Wolves 1–1 / 2–1 Toronto Jets Toronto Jets St. Catharines Wolves
1996 Toronto Italia 5–0 / 6–0 St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Italia St. Catharines Wolves
1997 St. Catharines Wolves St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Croatia

Performance by club[]

Club Champions Winning years
Toronto Italia 9 1957, 1960, 1975, 1976, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1996
Toronto Ukraina 5 1953, 1954, 1955, 1964, 1965
Toronto Croatia 5 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1992
Toronto Ulster 4 1926, 1932, 1933, 1934
Montreal Carsteel 4 1936, 1940, 1941, 1948
Toronto First Portuguese 3 1969, 1979, 1990
Montreal CNR 2 1928, 1929
Toronto Scottish 2 1930, 1931
Montreal Victorias 2 1938, 1939
Montreal Castors 2 1977, 1978
St. Catharines Wolves 2 1995, 1997
Frood Mines 1 1935
Toronto British Consols 1 1937
Montreal Stelco 1 1947
Toronto Canadians 1 1949
Hamilton Westinghouse 1 1950
Toronto St Andrews 1 1951
Toronto East End Canadians 1 1952
Polish White Eagles 1 1956
Montreal Hungaria 1 1958
Montreal Cantalia 1 1959
Toronto Roma 1 1961
Toronto Olympia 1 1962
Italian Virtus 1 1963
Windsor Teutonia 1 1966
Hamilton Primos 1 1967
Sudbury Italia 1 1968
Serbian White Eagles 1 1974
Toronto Falcons 1 1980
Hamilton Steelers 1 1981
London Marconi 1 1985
Toronto Blizzard 1 1986
Windsor Wheels 1 1987
Scarbourough International 1 1991
Toronto Rockets 1 1993

NSL/CNSL clubs[]

Clubs are listed by name and year that a club by that name participated. Whether clubs by the same name were indeed the same club or not has not been made clear by the source used for compiling this list. Note as well that the same source does not include information for the Eastern Division of the league from the 1930s through to the 1950s, nor any information at all for the following seasons: 1968, 1969, from 1983 through 1992, and 1994. Moreover, the source provides only an incomplete list of teams for 1947 through 1949, and, for a few other seasons, not all team names in full.

  • (1977–1982 – ?)
  • (? – 1993, ?1994)
  • (1931–1934)
  • (1928–1930; 1948)
  • Buffalo Blazers (1976–1978)
  • (1929–1932)
  • (1928, 1929)
  • Detroit Besa (1981)
  • Dynamo Latino (?–1985)
  • (1948)
  • (1928)
  • (1928)
  • Hamilton Apollos (?1968, ?1969, 1970–1972)
  • (1951)
  • (1948)
  • Hamilton City (1927–1940; 1950; 1973–1975)
  • (1959)
  • Hamilton Croatia (?1968, ?1969, 1970–1976)
  • (?1968, ?1969, 1970; 1973–1975)
  • (1958)
  • (1958–1960; 1972–1979)
  • Hamilton Primos (1967, ?1968, ?1969)
  • Hamilton Steelers (1981, 1982)
  • (1939, 1940; 1947)
  • (1927–1938)
  • (1948–1955)
  • Hamilton White Eagles (1993, 1995)
  • (1941)
  • (?1968, ?1969, 1970, ?1971)
  • (1965, 1966, ?1967, ?1968, ?1969)
  • (?1971, 1972)
  • (1997)
  • (1941)
  • London City (1973–1997)
  • London Marconi (1984–1989)
  • (1928)
  • London German Canadians (?1968, ?1969, 1970–1972)
  • (1929)
  • (1959)
  • (1958–1960; 1964)
  • (1927–1948 –?)
  • Montreal Castors (1975–1978)
  • (1928–?)
  • Montreal Concordia (1960, 1961)
  • (1959, 1960)
  • (1927)
  • (1958)
  • (1979)
  • Montreal Ukrainians (1959, 1960; 1964)
  • North York Rockets (1993)
  • North York Talons (1996, 1997)
  • Oakville CW (1996)
  • Oshawa Italia (1962)
  • (?1968, ?1969, 1970, ?1971)
  • (?1971, 1972–1978)
  • (1974)
  • (1962)
  • (?–1993, ?1994)
  • Scarborough Astros (1994?, 1995, 1996)
  • Serbian White Eagles (1970–1980)
  • (1970)
  • (1955)
  • St. Catharines Heidelberg (1971–1978)
  • St. Catharines (Roma) Wolves (1978–1997) - (St. Catharines Roma 1978–1994; St. Catharines Wolves 1995; St. Catharines Roma Wolves 1996, 1997)
  • (1971)
  • Sudbury Cyclones (1976–1980)
  • (1965–1967)
  • (1964, 1965)
  • (1965)
  • Toronto Blizzard (1986)
  • (1934–1939)
  • (1957, 1958)
  • Toronto Canadians (1979)
  • (1948)
  • (1928)
  • (1933)
  • Toronto Croatia (1963–1982 –?–1993; 1997)
  • (1982–?)
  • (1949–1956)
  • (1935–1941)
  • (1962, 1963)
  • Toronto Falcons (1976–1982 –?)
  • (1965–1981)
  • Toronto Greenbacks (1947)
  • (1954; 1964, 1965)
  • (1965–1967, ?1968, ?1969, 1970)
  • (1952–1975)
  • (1967, ?1968, ?1969)
  • Toronto Italia (1953–1960)
  • (1962, 1963)
  • Toronto Jets (1995)
  • (1974–1977)
  • (1962)
  • (1957, 1958)
  • (1928–1941)
  • (1934)
  • (1973–1975)
  • (1977, 1978)
  • (1950)
  • (1952–1965)
  • (1976–1982 –?)
  • (1952–1961)
  • (1964; 1973)
  • Toronto Scottish (1927–1941; 1950–1952)
  • Toronto Serbians (1979)
  • (1956–1960)
  • Toronto Supra (1996, 1997)
  • (1950)
  • (1928–1934)
  • Toronto Tridents (1954–1960)
  • Toronto Ukrainia (1977–1981)
  • Toronto Ukrainians (1950–1967, ?1968, ?1969)
  • (1927–1941; 1947–1961)
  • Toronto White Eagles (1967, ?1968, ?1969)
  • (1955?)
  • (1948)
  • (1928)
  • (1927)
  • Windsor Stars (1975–1978)
  • (?1965, 1966, 1967–?1968, ?1969)
  • (?–1993, ?1994)
  • Winnipeg Fury (1993)
  • (?–1993, ?1994)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jose, Colin. "The National Soccer League". Canadian Soccer History. Archived from the original on January 5, 2009. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. pp. 114, 115.
  3. ^ "Canadian Soccer League". Canadian Soccer League. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

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