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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. 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.
NSL/CNSL Champions
Season
Playoff Champions
Score
Playoff Runners-up
Regular Season Champions
Runner-Up
1941[1]
Toronto Ulster United
0-1 / 2-0
Montreal Carsteel
1950
Hamilton Westinghouse
3-2 / 1-1
Montreal Falcons
1957
Toronto Italia
Toronto White Eagles
1958
Montreal Hungaria
Toronto Olympia
1959
Montreal Cantalia
Montreal Cantalia
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 Ukrainians
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
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)
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. 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 (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
References
External links
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Women's outdoor leagues
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