1975 National Soccer League
President: Joe Piccininni
Secretary: Ivan Habus
The NSL also operated with 21 clubs. The clubs were divided into two divisions, a First Division and a Second Division.
Referees
Referee-in-chief: Steve Sohuyko
Referees included Bill Bouwmeester (Chatham, Ontario), Peter Johnson (Windsor, Ontario) Nevio Novacco and Phil Clarke (London, Ontario)
Division 1
Review of the season
On February 5, 1975 the NASL member clubs approved the merger of Prosoccer Ltd, owners of the Toronto Metros, with Toronto Croatia. The team name was to remain Toronto Metros but the corporate name was changed to Toronto Metros Croatia Soccer Club Ltd from Prosoccer Ltd. This meant in effect that the strong Croatia team in the NSL moved to the NASL.
After the season Hamilton City moved to Welland to become the Welland Lions Croatia. Homer changed their name to Panhellenic.
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
Toronto Italia | 38 | 25 | 2 | 11 | 98 | 33 | 61 |
First Portuguese | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 79 | 35 | 57 |
Homer | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 95 | 36 | 54 |
Serbian White Eagles | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 105 | 30 | 53 |
Macedonia | 38 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 74 | 29 | 50 |
Hamilton Croatia | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 60 | 57 | 43 |
Hamilton City | 38 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 63 | 57 | 36 |
London City | 38 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 68 | 72 | 35 |
Toronto Croatia | 38 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 40 | 57 | 28 |
Hamilton Italo-Canadians | 38 | 8 | 27 | 3 | 46 | 109 | 19 |
Leading goalscorers:
1. Momcilo Stojanovic (Serbian White Eagles) 41 goals
Leading goalkeeper:
1. Djordi Dimovski (Macedonia)
Rookie of the Year:
Robert Iarusci (Toronto Italia)
Division 2
Review of the season
New clubs Windsor Stars and Montreal Castors invested heavily in their teams. After winning 12 games in a row Montreal Castors lost at home to Toronto Italia on August 31 in front of 4,000 fans.
In October 1975 both Kitchener Srbija and Melita were suspended for one year, until November 1976, for making payments to amateur players. Larry Gilmour was the Kitchener amateur that received money for playing.
Final standings
GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts | |
Windsor Stars | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 81 | 23 | 46 |
Montreal Castors | 30 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 65 | 30 | 43 |
Oakville United | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 29 | 40 |
St. Catharines Heidelberg | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 42 | 44 | 31 |
Srbija Kitchener | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 44 | 56 | 25 |
Ottawa Tigers | 30 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 42 | 45 | 20 |
Ontario Selects | 30 | 8 | 18 | 4 | 24 | 49 | 20 |
Toronto Hungaria | 30 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 37 | 64 | 19 |
Toronto Ukraina | 30 | 3 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 79 | 12 |
Toronto Polonia | 30 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 88 | 11 |
Melita | 30 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 117 | 7 |
Second Division Leading goalscorer
Player | Gpd | Gls |
1. | ||
Second Division Leading goalkeeper
Goalkeeper | Gpd | GA | GAA. |
1. Dimitrios Sirigos (Windsor Stars) | 30 | 22 |
Second Division Rookie of the Year
Play-offs semi-finals
October 12, 1975 Windsor Stadium, Windsor
Attendance: 1,800
Windsor Stars 7
Oakville United 1
Windsor Stars qualified for Division 2 finals
Montreal Castors forfeited their series to St. Catharines Heidelberg.
This due to injuries and import players returning home.
St. Catharines Heidelberg qualified for Division 2 finals
Division 2 Finals (Best-of-two)
October 18, 1975 St. Catharines
St. Catharines Heidelberg 2
Windsor Stars 1
October 19, 1975 Windsor Stadium, Windsor
Attendance: 1,000
Windsor Stars 2
St. Catharines Heidelberg 2
St. Catharines Heidelberg won series 4-3
National Soccer League Cup (incomplete)
First round
May 11, 1975 Windsor Stadium, Windsor, Ontario
Attendance:
Referee: Bill Bouwmeester
Windsor Stars 1 (Jair DaCosta – penalty)
First Portuguese 2 (Jorge Felix, Eraldo Barros)
Windsor Stars outshot First Portuguese 25-17
June 11, 1975
Toronto Croatia 3
Oakville United 0
XX vs XX
Second round
September 10, 1975
Serbian White Eagles 1
St Catharines Heidelberg 0
September 14, 1975
Toronto Croatia 3
Montreal Castors 1
Final
XX vs XX
Exhibition games
July 2, 1975 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 10,000
Homer 1
Italian Military XI 0
July 6, 1975 Windsor Stadium, Windsor
Attendance: 4,000
Windsor Stars 0
Italian Military XI 3
Read about the match here