North Toronto Nitros
Canadian soccer team
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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.
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| Full name | North Toronto Soccer Club |
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| Nickname | Nitros |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Stadium | Downsview Turf |
| Head Coach | Marko Milanović (men) Billy Wilson (women) |
| League | Ontario Premier League |
| 2025 | L1O-P, 10th (men) L1O-P, 2nd (women) |
| Website | https://northtorontosoccer.com/ |
History
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]
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.[12][13]
Seasons
Men
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | League1 Ontario | 16 | 14–3–5 | 3rd, East (4th overall) | did not qualify | Semi-finals | [14] |
| 2017 | 16 | 11–3–8 | 3rd, East (7th overall) | did not qualify | Round of 16 | [14] | |
| 2018 | on hiatus | ||||||
| 2019 | |||||||
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[15] | ||||||
| 2021 | League1 Ontario | 15 | 1–1–10 | 7th, East (14th) | did not qualify | – | |
| 2022 | 22 | 13–5–3 | 4th | Quarter Finals | – | [14] | |
| 2023 | 21 | 9–4–7 | 10th | did not qualify | – | [14] | |
| 2024 | League1 Ontario Premier | 12 | 10–4–8 | 4th | – | Semi-Finals | |
| 2025 | 11 | 5–2–13 | 10th | – | Quarter-Finals | ||
Women
| Season | League | Teams | Record | Rank | Playoffs | League Cup | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | League1 Ontario | 7 | 4–0–8 | 6th | Did not qualify | – | [16] |
| 2022 | 20 | 10–6–3 | 7th | Did not qualify | – | ||
| 2023 | 19 | 12–2–4 | 3rd | Quarter-finals | – | ||
| 2024 | League1 Ontario Premier | 10 | 11–3–4 | 3rd | – | Finalists | |
| 2025 | 10 | 13–3–2 | 2nd | – | 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
