1968 National Soccer League season

National Soccer League
Season	1968
Champions	Sudbury Italia (regular season); Sudbury Italia (playoffs, 1st title);
	← 1967 1969 →

Season1968

Champions

Sudbury Italia (regular season)
Sudbury Italia (playoffs, 1st title)

The 1968 National Soccer League season was the forty-fifth season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in late May and concluded in early October, with Sudbury Italia securing the double (regular-season title and NSL Championship).^[1]^[2] Sudbury finished first in the standings with 29 points, with a single-point difference between Toronto Hellas.^[3]^[4] Italia would face Toronto Hellas once more in the NSL Championship final.^[5] The league would serve as a secondary league in the Canadian soccer landscape as the American-based North American Soccer League expanded into British Columbia and Ontario.^[6]

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Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Kitchener-Waterloo Kickers	Kitchener, Ontario	Woodside Park^[9]	Nobert Englisch^[10]
Serbian White Eagles	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[6]	Ray Dobrijevic^[11]
Sudbury Italia	Sudbury, Ontario
Toronto Croatia	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[6]
Toronto Hellas	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[6]	Alex Marshall^[12]
Toronto Hungaria	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[6]
Toronto Olympia	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[6]
Toronto Portuguese	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[6]
Toronto Ukrainia	Toronto, Ontario	Stanley Park Stadium^[6]	Ostap Steckiw^[13]
Windsor Teutonia	Windsor, Ontario	Wigle Park^[14]

v t e Canadian National Soccer League
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Miscellaneous	Rogers Cup Open Canada Cup CSA CSL Reserve Division

1968 National Soccer League season

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