North Toronto Nitros is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club and added its men's semi-professional club in the Ontario Premier League in 2016 and its women's team in the Ontario Premier League women's division in 2021.
History The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club. They updated the club logo in 2019, combining the club logo and Nitros team logo.
Originally a youth soccer club, the team added a men's semi-professional team in League1 Ontario in 2016, playing their home games at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium. They played their inaugural match on April 30, 2016, on the road against Vaughan Azzurri, which they lost by a score of 2–1. They defeated Aurora United by a score of 5–0 in their home debut.
In 2018, the club departed the league, going on hiatus. Two years later, they were set to return to the league for the 2020 season and also added a women's team to the League1 Ontario women's division for the first time, providing a full senior high-performance pathway for players based in downtown Toronto, however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled, delaying their return (and the women's team's debut) to 2021. They moved their home field to the Downsview Park turf fields.
In 2025, the women's team won the L1O League Cup, defeating Alliance United FC in the final, by a score of 5-1, after finishing as runner-ups in the prior year.
Seasons Men SeasonLeagueTeamsRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef2016League1 Ontario1614–3–53rd, East (4th overall)did not qualifySemi-finals20171611–3–83rd, East (7th overall)did not qualifyRound of 162018on hiatus20192020Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic2021League1 Ontario151–1–107th, East (14th)did not qualify–20222213–5–34thQuarter Finals–2023219–4–710thdid not qualify–2024League1 Ontario Premier1210–4–84th–Semi-Finals2025115–2–1310th–Quarter-Finals
Women
SeasonLeagueTeamsRankPlayoffsLeague CupRef2021League1 Ontario74–0–86thDid not qualify–20222010–6–37thDid not qualify–20231912–2–43rdQuarter-finals–2024League1 Ontario Premier1011–3–43rd–Finalists20251013–3–22nd–Champions
Notable former players The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team:
Men
Women
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