The Canadian National Soccer League, known as the National Soccer League until 1993, was a professional soccer league in Canada that existed from 1926 to 1997. Adding the 'C' 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 Canadian Soccer League in 2006 as a best representative of a brand poised for national expansion.

Contents 1 NSL/CNSL Champions 2 CNSL/NSL clubs 3 Seasons 3.1 1974 3.2 1993 3.3 1997 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] NSL/CNSL Champions

Season	Playoff Champions	Score	Playoff Runners-up	Regular Season Champions	Runner-Up
1957				Toronto Italia	Toronto White Eagles
1958				Montreal Hungaria	Toronto Olympia
1959				Montreal Cantalina	Toronto Italia
1960	Toronto Italia	2-2, 0-0, 4-2	Montreal Cantalia	Toronto Italia	Toronto Sparta
1961	Toronto Ukrainians			Toronto Roma	Montreal Concordia
1962	Italian Virtus			Toronto Olympia	Toronto Ukrainians
1963	Toronto Ukrainians	2-0, 3-2	Toronto Hakoah	Italian Virtus	Toronto Hakoah
1964	Toronto Ukrainians	1-0, 4-1	Toronto Abruzzi	Toronto Ukrainians	Montreal Cantalia
1965	Toronto Hakoah	3-2, 3-1	Toronto Ukrainians	Toronto Ukrainians	Toronto Hakoah
1966	Windsor Teutonia	1-1, 1-0	Toronto Croatia	Toronto Ukranians	Sudbury
1967	Windsor Teutonia	3-1,1-0	Hamilton Primos	Hamilton Primos	Toronto Inter-Roma
1968				Sudbury Italia
1969	Toronto Italia			First Portuguese
1970	Hamilton Croatia			Toronto Croatia	Hamilton Croatia
1971	Toronto Croatia			Toronto Croatia	First Portuguese
1972	Toronto Italia			Toronto Croatia	Serbian White Eagles
1973	Toronto Hungaria			Toronto Croatia	Serbian White Eagles
1974	Toronto Croatia			Serbian White Eagles	Homer
1975				Toronto Italia	First Portuguese
1976				Toronto Italia	Montreal Castors
1977	Toronto Panhellenic		Toronto Falcons	Montreal Castors	Toronto Italia
1978	Toronto Falcons			Montreal Castors	First Portuguese
1979				Toronto Portuguese	St. Catharines Roma
1980	Toronto Panhellenic		St. Catharines Roma	Toronto Falcons	First Portuguese
1981				Hamilton Steelers	Toronto Panhellenic
1982				Toronto Italia	Hamilton Steelers
1983
1984	Toronto Italia			Dynamo Latino
1985	London Marconi			Toronto Italia
1986	Toronto Blizzard			Toronto Italia
1987	Windsor Wheels			Toronto Italia
1988	Toronto Italia			Toronto Italia
1989	Toronto Italia
1990	Toronto First Portuguese
1991	Scarbourough International
1992	Woodbridge Azurri			Toronto Croatia
1993	St. Catharines Roma			Toronto Rockets
1994	Toronto Italia			Toronto Italia
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	4-3, 0-0*	Toronto Supra	St. Catharines Wolves	Toronto Croatia

[edit] CNSL/NSL clubs

• Note - 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)
• 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 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. Catherines 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 (1985, 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)
• 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)

[edit] Seasons

[edit] 1974

Toronto Serbian White Eagles topped the table in 1974 and went on to the CONCACAF Champions Cup in 1975.

	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
1	Serbian White Eagles	63	36	28	1	7	118	16
2	Homer	57	36	26	5	5	89	41
3	Toronto Croatia	54	36	23	5	8	78	32
4	Toronto Italia	51	36	21	6	9	99	36
5	Macedonia	51	36	22	7	7	102	42
6	Hamilton Croatia	49	36	20	7	9	84	43
7	First Portuguese	48	36	23	11	2	78	39
8	London City	47	36	20	9	7	89	45
9	Hamilton City	42	36	17	11	8	67	58
10	Hamilton Italo-Canadians	40	36	16	12	8	39	38
11	Quebec Selects	30	36	13	19	4	44	78
12	Canada-Hungaria	29	36	12	19	5	70	83
13	Montreal Cantalia	25	36	9	20	7	42	65
14	St. Catherines Heidelberg	25	36	9	20	7	39	67
15	Melita	23	36	7	20	9	41	80
16	Ukraina	17	36	6	25	5	43	94
17	Polonia	12	36	4	28	4	27	96
18	Sebija Kitchener	12	36	4	28	4	49	150
19	Ottawa Tigers	9	36	4	31	1	31	126

[edit] 1993

After the Canadian Soccer League folded in 1992, North York and Winnipeg joined the CNSL.

• Brampton Kicks
• London City (Stadium: London Stadium, London)
• North York Rockets (Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium, North York)
• Richmond Hill Kick
• St. Catharines Roma
• Toronto Croatia
• Toronto Italia
• Windsor Wheels
• Winnipeg Fury
• Woodbridge

[edit] 1997

League

P	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
Template:Fb team St. Catharines Wolves	7	7	0	0	18	4	+14	21
Template:Fb team Toronto Croatia	7	2	3	2	6	8	−2	9
Template:Fb team Toronto Supra	4	2	1	1	15	2	+13	7
Template:Fb team Kosova Albanians	5	1	2	2	6	8	−2	5
Template:Fb team London City	7	0	1	6	4	27	−23	1
Template:Fb team Hamilton White Eagles	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7
Template:Fb team North York Talons	4	1	0	3	5	7	−2	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
1	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	21	7	7	0	0	18	4
2	Toronto Croatia	8	7	2	2	3	6	8
3	Toronto Supra	7	4	2	1	1	15	2
4	Kosova Albanians	5	5	1	2	2	6	8
5	London City	1	7	0	1	6	4	27
S	Hamilton White Eagles	7	6	2	1	3	7	8
S	North York Talons	3	4	1	0	3	5	7

First Round: Toronto Supra defeated Toronto Croatia 4-1, 4-0

              Kosova defeated London City 0-3, 2-1, 1-0 (MG) 

Semifinals: St. Catharines defeated Kosova 2-1, 3-3 Final: St. Catharines defeated Toronto Supra 0-0, 4-3.

Umbro Cup

	Team	Pts	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
T1	Kosova Albanians	14	8	4	2	2	21	11
T1	Toronto Croatia	14	8	4	2	2	14	12
T1	Toronto Supra	14	8	4	2	2	21	14
4	St. Catherines Roma Wolves	10	8	3	2	3	13	13
5	London City	4	8	1	1	6	9	28
S	North York Talons	7	8	2	1	5	7	13
S	Hamilton White Eagles	1	3	0	1	2	1	5

Cup Champions: Toronto Supra

Both the Hamilton White Eagles and the North York Talons were suspended by the league.

[edit] See also

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

[edit] External links

• Canada - Canadian National Soccer League