List of Canadian Soccer League seasons

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The Canadian Soccer League is a Canadian professional league for soccer clubs primarily located in the province of Ontario. [1] 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 2023, it consists of seven 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), York Region Shooters (3), St. Catharines Wolves (2), Serbian White Eagles (2), Scarborough SC (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. [2] Kouzmanis has also won the award the most times (2) during the 1998, and 2000 seasons. Trinidadian Kevin Nelson was the first foreigner to win the award in 2001.

Seasons

*Winner of the league double
Season Champion Regular seasonTop scorerRef
1998 St. Catharines Wolves Toronto Olympians Gus Kouzmanis [3]
1999 Toronto Olympians* Toronto Olympians* Eddy Berdusco [4]
2000 Toronto Croatia Toronto Olympians Gus Kouzmanis [5]
2001 St. Catharines Wolves Ottawa Wizards Kevin Nelson [6]
2002 Ottawa Wizards* Ottawa Wizards [lower-alpha 1]
Toronto Croatia [lower-alpha 2] 		Darren Tilley [7]
2003 Brampton Hitmen Ottawa Wizards [lower-alpha 1]
Hamilton Thunder [lower-alpha 2] 		Carlo Arghittu [8]
2004 Toronto Croatia Toronto Supra [lower-alpha 1]
Hamilton Thunder [lower-alpha 2] 		Paul Munster [9]
2005 Oakville Blue Devils Vaughan Shooters [lower-alpha 1]
Hamilton Thunder [lower-alpha 2] 		Aaron Byrd [10]
2006 Italia Shooters Serbian White Eagles [lower-alpha 3]
Oakville Blue Devils [lower-alpha 4] 		Gabriel Pop [11]
2007 Toronto Croatia Serbian White Eagles [lower-alpha 3]
St. Catharines Wolves [lower-alpha 4] 		Nicolas Lesage [12]
2008 Serbian White Eagles Italia Shooters [lower-alpha 3]
Trois-Rivières Attak [lower-alpha 4] 		Daniel Nascimento [13]
2009 Trois-Rivières Attak* Serbian White Eagles [lower-alpha 3]
Trois-Rivières Attak [lower-alpha 4] 		Reda Agourram [14]
2010 Brantford Galaxy York Region Shooters Tihomir Maletić [15]
2011 Toronto Croatia SC Toronto Stefan Vukovic [16]
2012 Toronto Croatia* Toronto Croatia* Dražen Vuković [17]
2013 SC Waterloo Kingston FC Guillaume Surot [18]
2014 York Region Shooters* York Region Shooters* Marin Vučemilović-Grgić [19]
2015 Toronto Croatia Serbian White Eagles Richard West [20]
2016 Serbian White Eagles York Region Shooters Sergiy Ivliev [21]
2017 York Region Shooters FC Vorkuta Aleksandar Stojiljković [22]
2018 FC Vorkuta FC Ukraine United Sani Dey [23]
2019 Scarborough SC FC Vorkuta Mykola Temniuk [24]
2020 FC Vorkuta Scarborough SC Moussa Limane
2021 Scarborough SC FC Vorkuta Wabila Wallace
2022 FC Continentals Serbian White Eagles Vladimir Strizovic
  1. 1 2 3 4 Eastern conference
  2. 1 2 3 4 Western conference
  3. 1 2 3 4 International division
  4. 1 2 3 4 National division

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