1966 National Soccer League
President: Bill Boytchuk
Vice-president: Ostap Wynnyckyj
Review of the season
Bill Boytchuk of Toronto Ukraina was re-elected as president for the fourth consecutive time. Ostap Wynnyckyj, also of Toronto Ukraina, was elected as vice-president.
The league started the campaign with nine clubs but after only one week Olympia dropped out. The season opened with Toronto Ukraina beating Windsor Teutonia 4-2 in Toronto.
Windsor Teutonia won the playoff championship. This was the first time since 1950 that the playoffs were won by a team from outside of Toronto.
Final standings
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Sudbury Italia | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 12 | 42 |
| Hellas | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 60 | 26 | 42 |
| Toronto Ukraina | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 28 | 39 |
| Toronto Hungaria | 28 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 50 | 36 | 30 |
| Toronto Croatia | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 42 | 33 | 29 |
| Windsor Teutonia | 26 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 24 |
| Kitchener Kickers | 28 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 23 | 42 | 12 |
| Portuguese United | 26 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 21 | 95 | 2 |
National Soccer League Play-offs
Group A Semi-finals
October ??, 1966
Sudbury Italia
Toronto Ukraina
October ??, 1966
Sudbury Italia
Toronto Croatia
October 12, 1966 at Stanley Park, Toronto
Toronto Croatia 2
Toronto Ukraina 0
Toronto Croatia won the Group A semi-finals series.
Group B Semi-finals
October 2, 1966 at Stanley Park, Toronto
Hungaria 4
Windsor Teutonia 1
October 5, 1966 Toronto
Toronto Hungaria 4
Toronto Hellas 4
October 15, 1966
Windsor Teutonia 2
Toronto Hungaria 1
October 16, 1966
Windsor Teutonia 2
Toronto Hellas 1
Windsor Teutonia won the Group B semi-finals series
NSL Play-off finals
October 23, 1966 at Stanley Park, Toronto
Toronto Croatia 1
Windsor Teutonia 1
October 30, 1966 at Wigle Park, Windsor
Windsor Teutonia 1
Toronto Croatia 0
Windsor Teutonia won the two-game, total-points finals.
Exhibition games
July 3, 1966 Toronto
National Soccer League All-Stars 5
Azores All-Stars (Portugal) 2
July 10, 1966 Sudbury
Sudbury Italia 0
Toronto Roma (ECPSL) 1
July 25, 1966 Toronto
Attendance:
National Soccer League All-Stars vs Vojvodina (Yugoslavia) ppd
Other Leagues and Cups
1966 Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League
Referees
Referees included Art King (Toronto), Hugh McLean (Guelph, Ontario) and Stan Tait (Montreal, Quebec).
Review of the season
The opening game of the 1966 Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League season was played in Montreal on Sunday May 8. Montreal International and Toronto Inter-Roma played to a 1-1 tie in front of 2,000 fans.
After this season the league folded. Toronto Italia Falcons joined the National Professional Soccer League. Toronto Inter-Roma and Hamilton Primos joined the semi-professional National Soccer League for the 1967 NSL season.
Final standings
| GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
| Toronto Italia-Falcons | 24 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 16 | 44 |
| Toronto Inter-Roma | 24 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 35 | 38 | 26 |
| Hamilton Primos | 24 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 27 | 42 | 14 |
| Montreal International | 24 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 12 |
| Leading goalscorers: | Goals |
| 1. Carlos Metidieri (Toronto Italia) | 17 |
President’s Cup
September 4, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Inter-Roma 1
Toronto Italia-Falcons 0
September 7, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Inter-Roma 2
Toronto Italia-Falcons 0
Inter-Roma won the best-of-three games series 2-0
Exhibition game
August 26, 1966 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
ECPSL All-Stars 1
Independiente (Argentina) 10
