The Canadian Soccer League is a Canadian professional league for soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario. It is a Non-FIFA league previously sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) and is now a member of the Soccer Federation of Canada (SFC). As of 2025, it consists of four teams, all located in Ontario. Each year, the league uses a playoff format to determine the overall champion. From 2002 until 2009, the league also operated an Eastern and Western Conference, followed by an International and National Division.
Thirteen clubs have won the CSL Championship: Toronto Croatia (6 times), FC Continentals (3), Scarborough SC (3), York Region Shooters (3), St. Catharines Wolves (2), Serbian White Eagles (2), Brampton Hitmen, Brantford Galaxy, Oakville Blue Devils, Ottawa Wizards, SC Waterloo Region, Toronto Olympians, and Trois-Rivieres Attak. The highest-ranked CSL Golden Boot goalscorer is Gus Kouzmanis with 33 goals during the league's inaugural season. Kouzmanis and Serhiy Ivlyev have won the award the most times (2), with Kouzmanis in the 1998 and 2000 seasons and Ivlyev in the 2016 and 2023 seasons. Trinidadian Kevin Nelson was the first foreigner to win the award in 2001.
Seasons * Winner of the league double
Season Champion Regular season Top scorer Ref 1998 St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Olympians Gus Kouzmanis 1999 Toronto Olympians* Toronto Olympians* Eddy Berdusco 2000 Toronto Croatia Toronto Olympians Gus Kouzmanis 2001 St. Catharines Wolves Ottawa Wizards Kevin Nelson 2002 Ottawa Wizards* Ottawa WizardsToronto Croatia Darren Tilley 2003 Brampton Hitmen Ottawa WizardsHamilton Thunder Carlo Arghittu 2004 Toronto Croatia Toronto SupraHamilton Thunder Paul Munster 2005 Oakville Blue Devils Vaughan ShootersHamilton Thunder Aaron Byrd 2006 Italia Shooters Serbian White EaglesOakville Blue Devils Gabriel Pop 2007 Toronto Croatia Serbian White EaglesSt. Catharines Wolves Nicolas Lesage 2008 Serbian White Eagles Italia ShootersTrois-Rivières Attak Daniel Nascimento 2009 Trois-Rivières Attak* Serbian White EaglesTrois-Rivières Attak Reda Agourram 2010 Brantford Galaxy York Region Shooters Tihomir Maletić 2011 Toronto Croatia SC Toronto Stefan Vukovic 2012 Toronto Croatia* Toronto Croatia* Dražen Vuković 2013 SC Waterloo Kingston FC Guillaume Surot 2014 York Region Shooters* York Region Shooters* Marin Vučemilović-Grgić 2015 Toronto Croatia Serbian White Eagles Richard West 2016 Serbian White Eagles York Region Shooters Serhiy Ivlyev 2017 York Region Shooters FC Vorkuta Aleksandar Stojiljković 2018 FC Vorkuta FC Ukraine United Sani Dey 2019 Scarborough SC FC Vorkuta Mykola Temniuk 2020 FC Vorkuta Scarborough SC Moussa Limane 2021 Scarborough SC FC Vorkuta Wabila Wallace 2022 FC Continentals Serbian White Eagles Vladimir Strizović 2023N/AScarborough SCSerhiy Ivlyev 2024N/ASerbian White Eagles Nikola Timotijević 2025 Scarborough SC* Scarborough SC* Devroy Grey Erick Hernández
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