2024 League1 Ontario season

This article is about the men's season. For the women's season, see 2024 League1 Ontario season (women).

League1 Ontario

Season	2024
Dates	April 26 – September 2
← 2023 2025 →

The 2024 Men's League1 Ontario season is the tenth of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 men's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario. Starting from this season, the league will split into three divisions with promotion and relegation between them. ^{[1] [2]}

The Premier division will be composed by 12 clubs, the Championship division by 10 clubs, all returning from last season. The League2 Ontario will be made up by three conferences containing reserve teams and newly licensed clubs. ^[3]

League1 Ontario Premier

League1 Ontario Premier

Season	2024
Dates	April 27 – September 2
← 2023 (as League1 Ontario) 2025 →

League1 Ontario Premier will be composed by 12 teams, all coming back from the 2023 League1 Ontario season. Those clubs have qualified to the Premier division by finishing in the top half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons, with the exception of the Electric City FC, which have folded, being then replaced by the Woodbridge Strikers SC. ^{[4] [5]}

The 12 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away and the club at the top of the standings will be crowned as League1 Ontario champions and gain a berth for the 2025 Canadian Championship. The last placed team will be automatically relegated, while the 11th placed club will play a playoff game against the 2nd placed club of the Championship to stay in the league. ^[3]

Clubs

League1 Premier
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head coach
Alliance United FC	Scarborough (Toronto)	Centennial College	Ilya Orlov
Blue Devils FC	Oakville	Sheridan Trafalgar Campus	Duncan Wilde
Burlington SC	Burlington	Corpus Christi	Darren Tilley
Guelph United F.C.	Guelph	Centennial Bowl	Justin Springer
Hamilton United	Hamilton	Ron Joyce Stadium	Kamran Derayeh
North Toronto Nitros	North York (Toronto)	Downsview Park	Marko Milanovic
ProStars FC	Brampton	Victoria Park Stadium	Danny Costa
Scrosoppi FC	Milton	St. Francis Xavier	John Yacou
Sigma FC	Mississauga	Paramount Fine Foods Centre / Tim Hortons Field	John Zervos
Simcoe County Rovers FC	Barrie	J.C. Massie Field	Zico Mahrady
Vaughan Azzurri	Vaughan	North Maple Field	Carmine Isacco
Woodbridge Strikers	Woodbridge (Vaughan)	Vaughan Grove Field	Peter Pinizzotto

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Burlington SC	5	5	0	0	15	8	+7	15	Qualification to 2025 Canadian Championship
2	Scrosoppi FC	5	4	1	0	17	4	+13	13
3	Vaughan Azzurri	5	3	2	0	8	4	+4	11
4	Alliance United FC	5	3	1	1	16	9	+7	10
5	Woodbridge Strikers SC	5	2	3	0	11	7	+4	9
6	Blue Devils FC	5	2	1	2	10	11	−1	7
7	Guelph United F.C.	5	2	0	3	6	10	−4	6
8	North Toronto Nitros	5	1	1	3	10	12	−2	4
9	ProStars FC	5	0	3	2	5	9	−4	3
10	Simcoe County Rovers FC	5	0	2	3	4	9	−5	2
11	Sigma FC	5	0	1	4	2	11	−9	1	Qualification to relegation playoffs
12	Hamilton United	5	0	1	4	1	11	−10	1	Relegation to League1 Ontario Championship

Updated to match(es) played on May 26, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Promotion playoffs

A playoff will be played between the 11th placed team in the Premier and the 2nd placed team in the Championship in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2025.

Statistics

As of 30 May 2024

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Augustus Oku	Burlington SC	7
2	Khody Ellis	Scrosoppi FC	4
	Pablo Hempelmann-Perez	Alliance United
	Mauro Lulli	Burlington SC
	Ronaldo Marshall	Woodbridge Strikers
6	Jared Agyemang	Guelph United	3
	Monti Mohsen	Scrosoppi FC
	Fadi Salback	North Toronto Nitros
	Tomasz Skublak	Scrosoppi FC
	Reshaun Walkes	Vaughan Azzurri
11	15 players tied		2

Source: League1 Ontario

League1 Ontario Championship

League1 Ontario Championship

Season	2024
Dates	April 26 – August 24
2025 →

League1 Ontario Championship is composed of 10 teams, 9 of those returning from the 2023 League1 Ontario season, while the final one has yet to be confirmed. Those clubs have qualified for the Championship division by finishing in the bottom half of the combined standings of the previous two seasons of League1 Ontario.

The 10 teams will face each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 18 games. The club at the top of the standings will be crowned as Championship division winners and will be promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Premier. The 2nd ranked team in the standings will face the 11th placed team in the Premier division to gain promotion into the top division for the next season. The team last in the standings will face the winner of the League2 Ontario playoffs winner to stay in the league. There will not be direct relegation to League2 Ontario for the 2024 season because the Championship division will expand to 12 teams in 2025. ^[3]

Clubs

League1 Championship
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head coach
BVB IA Waterloo	Waterloo	RIM Park	Michael Marcoccia
Darby FC	Whitby	Telus Dome	Hermann Kingue
FC London	London	Tricar Field	Yiannis Tsalatsidis
Master's FA	Scarborough (Toronto)	L'Amoreaux Sports Complex	Giuseppe Mattace Raso
North Mississauga SC	Mississauga	Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park)	Peyvand Mossavat
Pickering FC	Pickering	Pickering Soccer Centre	Adrian Field
St. Catharines Roma Wolves	St. Catharines	Club Roma – Under Armour Field	Federico Turriziani
Toronto FC Academy	Toronto	BMO Training Ground	Dino Lopez
Unionville Milliken SC	Unionville (Markham)	Ontario Soccer Centre	Patrick Guirguis
Windsor City FC	Windsor	St. Clair College	Valter Cosenza

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Toronto FC Academy	5	5	0	0	26	4	+22	15	Promotion to League1 Ontario Premier
2	FC London	5	4	0	1	11	7	+4	12	Qualification to promotion playoffs
3	Unionville Milliken SC	5	3	1	1	11	7	+4	10
4	BVB IA Waterloo	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	8
5	Darby FC	5	2	1	2	9	12	−3	7
6	Windsor City FC	5	2	0	3	11	13	−2	6
7	Pickering FC	5	1	2	2	8	14	−6	5
8	North Mississauga SC	6	1	2	3	14	24	−10	5
9	Master's FA	5	1	1	3	5	7	−2	4
10	St. Catharines Roma Wolves	5	0	1	4	5	12	−7	1	Qualification to relegation playoffs

Updated to match(es) played on May 31, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Promotion playoffs

The two losing semi-finalists of League2 Ontario will face against each others, the winner will then play against the 10th placed team in the Championship to get promoted to the Championship for the 2025 season.

League2 Ontario

League2 Ontario

Season	2024
Dates	April 29 – August 4
2025 →

League2 Ontario clubs will be divided in three regional conferences. Those clubs will be either the "B" team of Premier and Championship clubs or newly licensed clubs.

All teams will face each other team in their conference twice, once at home and once away. The winners of the three conferences plus the best 2nd placed team will qualify for the League2 playoffs, made up by two semi.finals and the final. The winner of the playoffs will be crowned as League2 winner and will be automatically promoted to the 2025 League1 Ontario Championship alongside the losing finalist as the Championship division will expand to 12 teams for the next season. The losing semi-finalists will play each other in the promotion playoffs and the winner will finally face the last placed club of the Championship division to eventually replace it in the 2nd division. ^[3]

Northeast Conference

Northeast Conference
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head Coach
Alliance United FC 2	Scarborough (Toronto) / Unionville (Markham)	Bill Crothers Turf West	Eric Nelson
Darby FC 2	Whitby	Telus Dome	Ramin Mohammadi
Master's FA 2	Scarborough / North York (Toronto)	Alumni Field	Fabio Roque
Pickering FC 2	Pickering	Pickering Soccer Centre	Ravi Dindial
Simcoe County Rovers FC 2	Barrie	J.C. Massie Field	Wais Azizi
Sudbury Cyclones	Sudbury	Cambrian College / James Jerome Sports Complex	Giuseppe Politi
Unionville Milliken SC 2	Unionville (Markham)	Bill Crothers Turf West	Patrick Guirguis
Vaughan Azzurri 2	Vaughan	North Maple Field	Anthony Vadori

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Master's FA 2	4	3	1	0	14	5	+9	10	Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2	Sudbury Cyclones	4	2	1	1	10	4	+6	7	Possible qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
3	Alliance United FC 2	4	2	1	1	15	6	+9	7
4	Vaughan Azzurri 2	2	2	0	0	11	2	+9	6
5	Darby FC 2	4	1	1	2	6	7	−1	4
6	Unionville Milliken SC 2	4	1	0	3	4	25	−21	3
7	Pickering FC 2	4	1	0	3	8	15	−7	3
8	Simcoe County Rovers FC 2	4	1	0	3	9	13	−4	3

Updated to match(es) played on May 27, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Central Conference

Central Conference
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head Coach
Blue Devils FC 2	Oakville	North Park Turf	Andrew Seuradge
Burlington SC 2	Burlington	City View Park Centre	Mark Worton
North Mississauga SC 2	Mississauga	Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park)	Szabi Bozsoky
North Toronto Nitros 2	North York (Toronto)	Downsview Park	Marko Milanovic
ProStars FC 2	Brampton / Mississauga	Terry Fox Stadium / Mattamy Sports Park	Alex Liguori
Sigma FC 2	Mississauga	Paramount Fine Foods Centre	Philip Opassinis
The Borough FC	Scarborough (Toronto)	Birchmount Stadium	Andrew Ornoch
Woodbridge Strikers 2	Woodbridge (Vaughan)	Vaughan Grove Field	Fabio Panetta

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sigma FC 2	4	4	0	0	11	2	+9	12	Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2	Woodbridge Strikers 2	4	4	0	0	14	8	+6	12	Possible qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
3	Blue Devils FC 2	4	2	0	2	6	6	0	6
4	North Toronto Nitros 2	4	2	0	2	8	8	0	6
5	The Borough FC	4	1	1	2	6	8	−2	4
6	Burlington SC 2	4	1	0	3	11	11	0	3
7	North Mississauga SC 2	4	1	0	3	7	9	−2	3
8	ProStars FC 2	4	0	1	3	3	14	−11	1

Updated to match(es) played on May 27, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Southwest Conference

Southwest Conference
Team	City	Principal stadium	Head Coach
BVB IA Waterloo 2	Waterloo	RIM Park	Alejandro Plaza-Berry
FC London 2	London	City Wide Sports Park	Devin Haigh
Guelph United FC 2	Guelph	Eastview	Don Ferguson
Hamilton United 2	Ancaster (Hamilton)	Redeemer	Charles Ivanov
Rush Canada SA	Oakville	River Oaks Park / Sheridan Trafalgar Campus	Bogdan Brasoveanu
Scrosoppi FC 2	Milton	St. Francis Xavier	John Yacou
St. Catharines Roma Wolves 2	St. Catharines	Brock University / Club Roma	Frank De Chellis
Windsor City FC 2	Windsor	St. Clair College	Valter Cosenza

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Scrosoppi FC 2	4	3	1	0	11	3	+8	10	Qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
2	FC London 2	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Possible qualification to promotion playoffs and L2O finals
3	Guelph United 2	4	2	1	1	12	5	+7	7
4	Rush Canada SA	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
5	BVB IA Waterloo 2	3	1	0	2	3	8	−5	3
6	Windsor City FC 2	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
7	St. Catharines Roma Wolves 2	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
8	Hamilton United 2	4	0	1	3	2	11	−9	1

Updated to match(es) played on May 27, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

L1 Cup

The L1 Cup is a league cup tournament that will be contested by teams from all three tiers of League1 Ontario. The Cup will be returning after a five season hiatus, having last been played in 2018.

All 25 "A" teams will participate in the five-round knockout competition, which will be played concurrently with the league season. Eighteen clubs will enter the first round (five clubs from the Premier Division, all ten clubs from the Championship division, and the three A teams from League2), while seven clubs from the Premier Division will get a bye to the round of 16. ^[6] The first round is scheduled to begin on the week of April 15.

Bracket

First Round April 19–22

Round of 16 May 14-June 5

Quarterfinals May 28-TBC

Semifinals TBC

Final September 7

L1OP

Alliance United FC

0

L1OC

Master's FA

1

L1OP

ProStars FC

1

L1OC

Master's FA

4

L1OC

Master's FA

L1OP

North Toronto Nitros

L1OP

North Toronto Nitros

3

L1OC

Toronto FC Academy

0

L1OP

North Toronto Nitros

1(4)

L1OP

Woodbridge Strikers

1(3)

L1OP

Woodbridge Strikers

4

L1OC

Unionville Milliken SC

1

L1OP

Sigma FC

L1OC

BVB IA Waterloo

L1OC

Windsor City FC

1

L1OC

BVB IA Waterloo

2

L1OP

Vaughan Azzurri

L1OP

Vaughan Azzurri

4

L1OC

St. Catharines Roma Wolves

1

L1OC

St. Catharines Roma Wolves

3

L1OC

North Mississauga SC

2

L1OP

Blue Devils FC

L1OC

FC London

L2O

Sudbury Cyclones

0

L1OC

FC London

1

L1OP

Burlington SC

L1OP

Scrosoppi FC

1(2)

L1OP

Burlington SC

1(4)

L1OP

Burlington SC

2

L2O

Rush Canada SA

0

L1OP

Simcoe County Rovers

L1OP

Guelph United FC

3

L2O

The Borough FC

0

L2O

The Borough FC

2

L1OC

Pickering FC

1

L1OP

Guelph United FC

1

L1OP

Simcoe County Rovers

2

L1OP

Simcoe County Rovers

2

L1OC

Darby FC

0

L1OP

Hamilton United

1

L1OC

Darby FC

3

U20 Reserve Division

The league will continue to operate a reserve division (however, unlike previous years where there were both U19 and U21 divisions, there will be a single U20 division). The reserve division will be split into regional conferences. It is not part of the regular pyramid and teams are not eligible for promotion. ^[3]

Northeast Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	ProStars FC U20	3	3	0	0	13	5	+8	9
2	Vaughan Azzurri U20	3	3	0	0	8	2	+6	9
3	North Toronto Nitros U20	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7
4	Alliance United FC U20	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
5	Sigma FC U20	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
6	The Borough FC U20	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
7	Aurora FC U20	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
8	Richmond Hill SC U20	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
9	Darby FC U20	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
10	Simcoe County Rovers FC U20	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3
11	Master's FA U20	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5	3
12	Woodbridge Strikers U20 East	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
13	Unionville Milliken SC U20	3	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1
14	Scarborough Town FC U20	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

Updated to match(es) played on May 26, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

Southwest Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cambridge United U20	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9
2	Blue Devils FC U20	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7
3	Woodbridge Strikers U20 West	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7
4	Windsor City FC U20	3	2	0	1	10	4	+6	6
5	Hamilton United U20	4	2	0	2	11	11	0	6
6	Whitecaps London SC U20	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	5
7	North Mississauga U20	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
8	Guelph United FC U20	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
9	Burlington SC U20	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
10	Rush Canada SA U20	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
11	St. Catharines Roma Wolves U20	3	0	2	1	4	8	−4	2
12	Scrosoppi FC U20	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1
13	FC London U20	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1
14	Brampton SC U20	4	0	0	4	3	21	−18	0

Updated to match(es) played on May 26, 2024. Source: League1 Ontario

References

1. Jacques, John (January 25, 2022). "Promotion And Relegation Comes To League1 Ontario". Northern Tribune.
2. "The 2024 Plan: League1 Ontario Announces Plan To Overhaul Its Competition Structure For 2024 Season". League1 Ontario. January 25, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
3. "A New Era: A Bluffer's Guide to the L1ON men's soccer structure". League1 Ontario. February 13, 2024.
4. Davies, Mike. "Electric City FC ceases operations in Peterborough after two years". The Peterborough Examiner . Retrieved February 14, 2024.
5. Tuan Bui, David. "Electric City Football Club Folds After Two Years; Pickering FC Acquires Team Licenses". PTBO Canada. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
6. "The Grand Return: A bluffer's guide to the L1 Cup". www.league1ontario.com. League1 Ontario. Retrieved February 14, 2024.

External links

• Official website