Canadian National Soccer League

Canadian National Soccer League

File:Canadian National Soccer League logo.jpg
Founded	1926
Folded	1997
Country	Canada
Confederation	CONCACAF
Promotion to	None
Relegation to	None
Most championships	Toronto Italia (14 titles)

The National Soccer League was a soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997. Teams were primarily based in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The league was renamed to Canadian National Soccer League in 1993 following the folding of the Canadian Soccer League, and the accepting of the Winnipeg Fury, making the league more national.

It was replaced by the Canadian Professional Soccer League in 1998, after an agreement between the CNSL and the Ontario Soccer Association.

NSL/CNSL Champions

Season	Champions	Score	Playoff Runners-up	Regular Season Champions	Runner-Up	Cup
1926	Toronto Ulster United	5-1 /1-0	Montreal Maroons			NSL Cup: Toronto Ulster United
1927	Not completed
1928	Montreal C.N.R.	1-2 / 4-0	Toronto Ulster United
1929	Montreal C.N.R.	1-0 / 3-2	Toronto Ulster United
1930	Toronto Scottish	1-1 / 4-3	Montreal C.N.R.
1931	Toronto Scottish	2-1 / 2-2	Montreal Carsteel
1932	Toronto Ulster United	4-3 / 3-1	Montreal Carsteel
1933	Toronto Ulster United	5-0 / 3-2	Montreal Carsteel
1934	Toronto Ulster United	2-0 / 3-2	Montreal Carsteel
1935	Frood Mines	3-1	Toronto Ulster United
1936	Montreal Carsteel	5-3 / 1-0	Toronto Ulster United
1937	Toronto British Consols	1-3 / 5-1	Falconbridge Falcons
1938	Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital	w/o	Toronto Ulster United
1939	Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital	w/o	Toronto British Consols
1940	Montreal Carsteel	3-2 / 2-2	Toronto Maple Leafs
1941	Toronto Ulster United	0-1 / 2-0	Montreal Carsteel
1942-46	Not played during World War II.
1947	Toronto Greenbacks			Montreal Stelco	Toronto Ulster United
1948	Montreal Carsteel	3-1 / 3-3	Hamilton Westinghouse
1949	Toronto East End Canadians	7-1 / 4-1	Montreal Carsteel
1950	Hamilton Westinghouse	3-2 / 1-1	Montreal Canadian Falcons
1951	Toronto Ukraina	1-0	Toronto East End Canadians	Toronto St. Andrews	Toronto Ulster United	Dominion Cup: Toronto Ulster United
1952	Toronto Ulster United		Toronto St. Andrews	Toronto East End Canadians	Toronto Hungaria	Arnold Cup: Toronto Ukraina
1953	Toronto Ukraina			Toronto Ukraina	Toronto Ulster United
1954	Toronto Ulster United	2-1 / 0-1 / 6-0	Polish White Eagles	Toronto Ukraina	Toronto Ulster United
1955	Toronto Ulster United		Polish White Eagles	Toronto Ukraina	Toronto Ulster United
1956	Polish White Eagles	2-1 / 2-2	Toronto Italia	Polish White Eagles	Toronto Italia
1957	Toronto Italia	1-0 / 1-1 / 1-2 / 2-0	Toronto Hungaria	Toronto Italia	Polish White Eagles
1958	Montreal Hungaria	2-2 / 2-2	Toronto Italia	Montreal Hungaria	Toronto Italia
1959	Toronto Italia	1-0 / 1-1	Montreal Cantalia	Montreal Cantalia	Toronto Italia
1960	Toronto Italia	2–2 / 0–0 / 4–2	Montreal Cantalia	Toronto Italia	Toronto Sparta
1961	Toronto Ukraina	1-0 / 1-0	Toronto Hungaria	Toronto Roma	Montreal Concordia
1962	Italian Virtus	2-0 / 2-3	Toronto Ukraina	Olympia-Harmonie	Toronto Ukraina
1963	Toronto Ukraina	2-0 / 3-2	Toronto Hakoah	Italian Virtus	Toronto Hakoah
1964	Toronto Ukraina	1–0 / 4–1	Toronto Abruzzi	Toronto Ukraina	Montreal Cantalia
1965	Toronto Hakoah	2-3 / 3-1	Toronto Ukraina	Toronto Ukraina	Toronto Hakoah
1966	Windsor Teutonia	1–1 / 1–0	Toronto Croatia	Sudbury Italia	Toronto Hellas
1967	Windsor Teutonia	3-1 / 1-0	Hamilton Primos	Hamilton Primos	Toronto Roma
1968	Sudbury Italia		Toronto Hellas	Sudbury Italia	Toronto Hellas
1969		no play-off		Toronto First Portuguese	Toronto Hellas	NSL Cup: Toronto Italia
1970	Hamilton Croatia	3-0	Toronto Croatia	Toronto Croatia	Hamilton Croatia	NSL Cup: Toronto First Portuguese
1971	Toronto Croatia	1-0	Toronto First Portuguese	Toronto Croatia	Toronto First Portuguese	Canadian Open Cup: Toronto Croatia NSL Cup: Toronto First Portuguese
1972	Toronto Italia		Serbian White Eagles	Toronto Croatia	Serbian White Eagles	Canadian Open Cup: Toronto Croatia NSL Cup: Toronto Croatia
1973	Toronto Hungaria	2-1	Toronto Croatia	Toronto Croatia	Serbian White Eagles	Canadian Open Cup: Toronto Croatia NSL Cup: Toronto Hungaria
1974	Toronto Croatia	1-0	Toronto Homer	Serbian White Eagles	Toronto Homer	Canadian Open Cup: Serbian White Eagles NSL Cup: Toronto Italia
1975		no play-off		Toronto Italia	Toronto First Portuguese	Canadian Open Cup: Toronto Italia NSL Cup: Toronto Croatia
1976	Toronto First Portuguese	2-0 / 2-1	Toronto Italia	Toronto Italia	Montreal Castors	NSL Cup: Toronto Panhellenic
1977		no play-off		Montreal Castors	Toronto Italia	NSL Cup: Toronto Panhellenic
1978	Toronto Falcons		Hamilton Italo-Canadians	Montreal Castors	Toronto First Portuguese	NSL Cup: Toronto Falcons
1979		no play-off		Toronto First Portuguese	Toronto Falcons	NSL Cup: Toronto First Portuguese
1980	Toronto Panhellenic	1-0	St. Catharines Roma	Toronto Falcons	Toronto First Portuguese	NSL Cup: Toronto Italia
1981	Hamilton Steelers		Toronto Italia	Hamilton Steelers	Toronto Panhellenic	NSL Cup: Hamilton Steelers
1982	Hamilton Steelers	2–1 / 1–1	Toronto Italia	Toronto Italia	Hamilton Steelers	NSL Cup: Toronto Italia
1983	Toronto Italia	0-2 / 2-0 (4-3 p.)	Dinamo Latino	Toronto Panhellenic	Toronto Italia	NSL Cup: Toronto Italia
1984	Toronto Italia		London Marconi	Toronto Italia		NSL Cup: Toronto Italia
1985	Toronto Italia	1-1 / 1-0	Windsor Roma	London Marconi	Dinamo Latino	NSL Cup: Dinamo Latino
1986	Toronto Italia	1-0	Toronto Blizzard	Toronto Blizzard	Toronto Italia	NSL Cup: Toronto Blizzard NSL Canadian Championship: Toronto Blizzard NSL Canada Cup: Toronto Blizzard
1987	Toronto Italia	2-0	London Marconi	Windsor Wheels	Toronto Croatia	NSL Cup: Toronto Italia NSL Canadian Championship: Windsor Wheels NSL Canada Cup: Toronto Italia
1988	Toronto Croatia		Toronto Italia	Toronto Italia	Toronto Panhellenic	NSL Cup: Toronto Croatia NSL Canadian Championship: Toronto Italia NSL Canada Cup: Montreal St-Leonard Corfinium
1989		no play-off		Toronto Italia	Toronto Croatia	NSL Cup: Toronto Croatia NSL Canadian Championship: Toronto Italia NSL Canada Cup: Toronto Croatia
1990		no play-off		Toronto First Portuguese	Toronto Italia	NSL Cup: St. Catharines Roma NSL Canadian Championship: Toronto First Portuguese
1991		no play-off		Toronto Italia	Scarbourough International	NSL Cup: Toronto Argentina NSL Canada Cup: Toronto Argentina
1992		no play-off		Toronto Croatia	St. Catharines Roma	NSL Cup: Toronto Croatia
1993	St. Catharines Roma	0-0 / 1-0	Toronto Rockets	Toronto Rockets	Montreal Croatia	CNSL Cup: Toronto Croatia
1994	Toronto Italia	0-1 / 3-1	St. Catharines Roma	Toronto Italia	St. Catharines Roma	CNSL Cup: St. Catharines Roma
1995	St. Catharines Wolves	1–1 / 2–1	Toronto Jets	Toronto Jets	St. Catharines Wolves	CNSL Cup: St. Catharines Wolves
1996	Toronto Italia	5–0 / 6–0	St. Catharines Wolves	Toronto Italia	St. Catharines Wolves	CNSL Cup: St. Catharines Wolves
1997	St. Catharines Wolves	0-0 / 4-3	Toronto Supra	St. Catharines Wolves	Toronto Croatia	CNSL Cup: Toronto Supra

thecnsl.com - Canadian National Soccer Leagu / Update: 6 June 2022
RSSSF - Canadian National Soccer League / Update: 6 June 2022

Performance by club

Club	Champions	Winning years
Toronto Italia	14	1957, 1959, 1960, 1972, 1975, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1994, 1996
Toronto Ulster United	8	1926, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1941, 1952, 1954, 1955
Toronto Ukrainia	5	1951, 1953, 1961, 1963, 1964
Toronto First Portuguese	4	1969, 1976, 1979, 1990
Toronto Croatia	4	1971, 1974, 1988, 1992
Montreal Carsteel	3	1936, 1940, 1948
St. Catharines Roma Wolves	3	1993, 1995, 1997
Montreal C.N.R.	2	1928, 1929
Toronto Scottish	2	1930, 1931
Montreal Royal Victoria Hospital	2	1938, 1939
Windsor Teutonia	2	1966, 1967
Hamilton Steelers	2	1981, 1982
Frood Mines	1	1935
Toronto British Consols	1	1937
Toronto Greenbacks	1	1947
Toronto East End Canadians	1	1949
Hamilton Westinghouse	1	1950
Polish White Eagles	1	1956
Montreal Hungaria	1	1958
Italian Virtus	1	1962
Toronto Hakoah	1	1965
Sudbury Italia	1	1968
Hamilton Croatia	1	1970
Toronto Hungaria	1	1973
Montreal Castors	1	1977
Toronto Falcons	1	1978
Toronto Panhellenic	1	1980

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.

• Bradford Marshlanders (1977–1982 – ?)
• Brampton Kicks (? – 1993, ?1994)
• Brantford City (1931–1934)
• Brantford Cockshutts (1928–1930; 1948)
• Buffalo Blazers (1976–1978)
• Canadian National Railway (1929–1932)
• Corinthians (1928, 1929)
• Detroit Besa (1981)
• Dynamo Latino (?–1985)
• Fergus (1948)
• General Motors (1928)
• Guelph Taylor-Forbes (1928)
• Hamilton Apollos (?1968, ?1969, 1970–1972)
• Hamilton Austins (1951)
• Hamilton British Imperials (1948)
• Hamilton City (1927–1940; 1950; 1973–1975)
• Hamilton Cougars (1959)
• Hamilton Croatia (?1968, ?1969, 1970–1976)
• Hamilton Homer (?1968, ?1969, 1970; 1973–1975)
• Hamilton Hungaria (1958)
• Hamilton Italo-Canadians (1958–1960; 1972–1979)
• Hamilton Primos (1967, ?1968, ?1969)
• Hamilton Steelers (1981, 1982)
• Hamilton Stelcos (1939, 1940; 1947)
• Hamilton Thistles (1927–1938)
• Hamilton Westinghouse (1948–1955)
• Hamilton White Eagles (1993, 1995)
• Kenwoods (1941)
• Kitchener Concordia (?1968, ?1969, 1970, ?1971)
• Kitchener Kickers (1965, 1966, ?1967, ?1968, ?1969)
• Kitchener Maple Leafs (?1971, 1972)
• Kosova Albanians (1997)
• Liptons (1941)
• London City (1973–1997)
• London Marconi (1984–1989)
• London CNR (1928)
• London German Canadians (?1968, ?1969, 1970–1972)
• McKinnons (1929)
• Montreal Alouettes (1959)
• Montreal Cantalia (1958–1960; 1964)
• Montreal Carsteel (1927–1948 –?)
• Montreal Castors (1975–1978)
• Montreal CNR (1928–?)
• Montreal Concordia (1960, 1961)
• Montreal Hungaria (1959, 1960)
• Montreal Maroons (1927)
• Montreal Sparta (1958)
• Montreal Stars (1979)
• Montreal Ukrainians (1959, 1960; 1964)
• North York Rockets (1993)
• North York Talons (1996, 1997)
• Oakville CW (1996)
• Oshawa Italia (1962)
• Ottawa Sons of Italy (?1968, ?1969, 1970, ?1971)
• Ottawa Tigers (?1971, 1972–1978)
• Quebec Selects (1974)
• Queen City (1962)
• Richmond Hill Kick (?–1993, ?1994)
• Scarborough Astros (1994?, 1995, 1996)
• Serbian White Eagles (1970–1980)
• Soccer Portugais du Quebec (1970)
• St. Andrews/Earlscourt (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)
• Sudbury (1971)
• Sudbury Cyclones (1976–1980)
• Sudbury Italia (1965–1967)
• Toronto Abruzzi (1964, 1965)
• Toronto Azurri (1965)
• Toronto Blizzard (1986)
• Toronto British Consols (1934–1939)
• Toronto Canadian Scots (1957, 1958)
• Toronto Canadians (1979)
• Toronto City (1948)
• Toronto CNR (1928)
• Toronto Congasco (1933)
• Toronto Croatia (1963–1982 –?–1993; 1997)
• Toronto Dimano (1982–?)
• Toronto East End Canadians (1949–1956)
• Toronto England United (1935–1941)
• Toronto Estonia (1962, 1963)
• Toronto Falcons (1976–1982 –?)
• Toronto First Portuguese (1965–1981)
• Toronto Greenbacks (1947)
• Toronto Hakoah (1954; 1964, 1965)
• Toronto Hellas (1965–1967, ?1968, ?1969, 1970)
• Toronto Hungaria (1952–1975)
• Toronto Inter-Roma (1967, ?1968, ?1969)
• Toronto Italia (1953–1960)
• Toronto Italian Virtus (1962, 1963)
• Toronto Jets (1995)
• Toronto Macedonia (1974–1977)
• Toronto Macedonians (1962)
• Toronto Malta United (1957, 1958)
• Toronto Maple Leafs (1928–1941)
• Toronto Maroons (1934)
• Toronto Melita (1973–1975)
• Toronto Mississauga Hungaria (1977, 1978)
• Toronto Oakwoods (1950)
• Toronto Olympia (1952–1965)
• Toronto Panhellenic (1976–1982 –?)
• Toronto Polish White Eagles (1952–1961)
• Toronto Polonia (1964; 1973)
• Toronto Scottish (1927–1941; 1950–1952)
• Toronto Serbians (1979)
• Toronto Sparta (1956–1960)
• Toronto Supra (1996, 1997)
• Toronto St. Andrews (1950)
• Toronto Transit Commission (1928–1934)
• Toronto Tridents (1954–1960)
• Toronto Ukrainia (1977–1981)
• Toronto Ukrainians (1950–1967, ?1968, ?1969)
• Toronto Ulster United (1927–1941; 1947–1961)
• Toronto White Eagles (1967, ?1968, ?1969)
• Le Tricolore de Montréal (1955?)
• Welland (1948)
• Willy Overland (1928)
• Windsor Rovers (1927)
• Windsor Stars (1975–1978)
• Windsor Teutonia (?1965, 1966, 1967–?1968, ?1969)
• Windsor Wheels (?–1993, ?1994)
• Winnipeg Fury (1993)
• Woodbridge (?–1993, ?1994)

See also

• Canadian Soccer League (current)
• Canadian Soccer League (1987–1992)

External links

• Canadian National Soccer League – RSSSF
• thecnsl.com - Canadian National Soccer League