The Canadian National Soccer League, known as the National Soccer League until 1993, was a professional soccer league in Canada

Canada

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 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

Winnipeg Fury

The Winnipeg Fury was a professional soccer team in Winnipeg. It was founded by Ralph Cantafio, who served as Team President and Chairman of the Board. The team was part of the Canadian Soccer League from 1987 to 1992. The Fury belonged to the former Canadian National Soccer League for 1993...

, 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

Ontario Soccer Association

The Ontario Soccer Association was founded in 1901 and is one of the oldest and largest sport organizations in Canada dedicated to providing an opportunity for Ontarians to achieve their sporting goals through soccer. The OSA provides leadership, consultation and resources to the members within...

; and subsequently as Canadian Soccer League

Canadian Soccer League (current)

The Canadian Soccer League is the top soccer league in Canada and is controlled by the Canadian Soccer Association. It was formerly known as the Canadian Professional Soccer League , and was officially re-branded on May 17, 2006...

in 2006 as a representative of a brand poised for national expansion.

NSL/CNSL Champions

Season	Playoff Champions	Score	Playoff Runners-up	Regular Season Champions	Runner-Up
1941	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 Cantalina	Toronto Italia
1960	Toronto Italia	2-2, 0-0, 4-2	Montreal Cantalia	Toronto Italia	Toronto Sparta
1961	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....			Toronto Roma	Montreal Concordia
1962	Italian Virtus			Toronto Olympia	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....
1963	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....	2-0, 3-2	Toronto Hakoah	Italian Virtus	Toronto Hakoah
1964	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....	1-0, 4-1	Toronto Abruzzi	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....	Montreal Cantalia
1965	Toronto Hakoah	3-2, 3-1	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....	Toronto Hakoah
1966	Windsor Teutonia	1-1, 1-0	Toronto Croatia	Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....	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 Hamilton Croatia Hamilton Croatia is a Croatian Canadian amateur soccer team founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1957. It is supported by the Croatian Sports and Community Centre of Hamilton Inc...			Toronto Croatia	Hamilton Croatia Hamilton Croatia Hamilton Croatia is a Croatian Canadian amateur soccer team founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1957. It is supported by the Croatian Sports and Community Centre of Hamilton Inc...
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)
• 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
  Hamilton Croatia
  Hamilton Croatia is a Croatian Canadian amateur soccer team founded in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1957. It is supported by the Croatian Sports and Community Centre of Hamilton Inc...
  
   (?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
  London City (soccer club)
  London City is a Canadian soccer team founded in 1973. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League. The team plays home games out of Cove Road Stadium in the city of London, Ontario...
  
   (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
  Montreal Concordia
  Montreal Concordia was a Canadian soccer team based in Montreal, Quebec. The team was active during a very turbulent time in North American soccer with many league forming and folding, year after year...
  
   (1960, 1961)
• Montreal Hungaria (1959, 1960)
• Montreal Maroons (1927)
• Montreal Sparta (1958)
• Montreal Stars
  Montreal Stars
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   (1979)
• Montreal Ukrainians
  Montreal Ukrainians
  Montreal Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team based in Montreal. The club was founded by Ukrainians that had been settled in Montreal after second world war.-History:...
  
   (1959, 1960; 1964)
• North York Rockets
  North York Rockets
  The North York Rockets were a professional soccer team that competed in the original Canadian Soccer League during its existence from 1987 to 1992...
  
   (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
  Serbian White Eagles
  Serbian White Eagles Football Club is a Canadian soccer team. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League....
  
   (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
  Toronto Blizzard (1986-1993)
  -National Soccer League:In 1985, less than one year after the Toronto Blizzard ceased operations due to the failure of the North American Soccer League , Blizzard owners York-Hanover purchased Dynamo Latino of the semi-professional Ontario-based National Soccer League with the intention of...
  
   (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
  Toronto Croatia
  C.N.S.C. Toronto Croatia is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1956. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest level soccer league in Canada, and play in the International Division....
  
   (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
  Toronto Jets
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   (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
  Toronto Tridents
  Toronto Tridents is a Canadian soccer team based in Toronto. The club was founded by Ukrainians that had been settled in Toronto after second world war.-History:...
  
   (1954 - 1960)
• Toronto Ukrainia (1977 - 1981)
• Toronto Ukrainians
  Toronto Ukrainians
  Toronto Ukrainians is a Canadian soccer team. The club was founded in 30 June 1948 by Ukrainians that had been settled in the Toronto after second world war....
  
   (1950 - 1967, ?1968, ?1969)
• Toronto Ulster United (1927 - 1941; 1947 - 1961)
• Toronto White Eagles (1967, ?1968, ?1969)
• Le Tricolore de Montréal
  Le Tricolore de Montréal
  Le Tricolore de Montréal was a professional Canadian soccer team that operated in Montreal, Quebec in the 1950s....
  
   (1955?)
• Welland (1948)
• Willy Overland (1928)
• Windsor Rovers (1927)
• Windsor Stars
  Windsor Stars
  Windsor Stars are a professional Canadian soccer team based in Windsor, Ontario. The club plays in the Canadian Soccer League , the third tier of soccer in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the largest domestic pro league in Canada...
  
   (1975 - 1978)
• Windsor Teutonia (?1965, 1966, 1967 - ?1968, ?1969)
• Windsor Wheels (? - 1993, ?1994)
• Winnipeg Fury
  Winnipeg Fury
  The Winnipeg Fury was a professional soccer team in Winnipeg. It was founded by Ralph Cantafio, who served as Team President and Chairman of the Board. The team was part of the Canadian Soccer League from 1987 to 1992. The Fury belonged to the former Canadian National Soccer League for 1993...
  
   (1993)
• Woodbridge (? - 1993, ?1994)