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 League1 Ontario in 2016 and its women's team in the League1 Ontario women's division in 2021.
Full name | North Toronto Soccer Club |
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Nickname(s) | Nitros |
Founded | 1980 |
Stadium | Downsview Turf |
Head Coach | Marko Milanovic (men) Billy Wilson (women) |
League | League1 Ontario |
2022 | League, 4th; Playoffs, QF (men) League, 7th; Playoffs, DNQ (women) |
Website | Club website |
The club was founded in 1980 as a youth soccer club.[1] They updated the club logo in 2019, combining the club logo and Nitros team logo.[2]
Originally a youth soccer club, the team added a men's semi-professional team in League1 Ontario in 2016,[3] playing their home games at the University of Toronto's Varsity Stadium.[4] They played their inaugural match on April 30, 2016, on the road against Vaughan Azzurri, which they lost by a score of 2–1.[5] They defeated Aurora United by a score of 5–0 in their home debut.[6]
In 2018, the club departed the league, going on hiatus.[7] 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,[8] however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was cancelled, delaying their return (and the women's team's debut) to 2021.[9][10] They moved their home field to the Downsview Park turf fields.[11]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
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2016 | League1 Ontario | 16 | 14–3–5 | 3rd, East (4th overall) | did not qualify | Semi-finals | [13] |
2017 | 16 | 11–3–8 | 3rd, East (7th overall) | did not qualify | Round of 16 | [13] | |
2018 | on hiatus | ||||||
2019 | |||||||
2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[14] | ||||||
2021 | League1 Ontario | 15 | 1–1–10 | 7th, East (14th) | did not qualify | – | |
2022 | 22 | 13–5–3 | 4th | Quarter Finals | – | [13] | |
2023 | 21 | 9–4–7 | 10th | did not qualify | – | [13] |
Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | Ref |
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2021 | League1 Ontario | 7 | 4–0–8 | 6th | did not qualify | [15] |
2022 | 20 | 10–6–3 | 7th | did not qualify | ||
2023 | 19 | 12–2–4 | 3rd | Quarter-finals |
The following players have either played at the professional or international level, either before or after playing for the League1 Ontario team:
Men
Women