1970 Toronto Croatia

Toronto Croatia started the 1970 National Soccer League season with three straight wins. Croatia climbed into second place in the standings by beating Toronto Ukraina 4-0 on June 5. This put Croatia one point behind the league-leading Serbian White Eagles.

On June 15 Croatia defeated Kitchener Concordia 10-0 at Stanley Park in Toronto. Alija Solak and Viktor Jurisevic scored four goals each for the Croatian team.

On August 2 Toronto Croatia defeated the Ottawa-team 7-0 to tie First Portuguese for the league leadership.

Standings as of August 4 of the top three teams

	GP	W	L	T	Pts
First Portuguese	15	10	3	2	22
Toronto Croatia	15	10	3	2	22
Serbian White Eagles	14	9	2	3	21

In the following weeks Croatia, First Portuguese and Serbian White Eagles were stuck in a neck and neck battle for the leadership in the NSL.

Standings as of August 18 of the top three teams

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Croatia	17	12	3	2	58	17	26
First Portuguese	18	11	5	2	43	28	24
Serbian White Eagles	16	10	2	4	35	15	24

Toronto Croatia won the 1970 National Soccer League championship. The Croatians qualified for the NSL Playoffs championship final against Hamilton Croatia. Hamilton Croatia defeated Toronto Croatia 3-0 in the final.

1970 Final standings

	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Toronto Croatia	26	20	3	3	75	19	43
Hamilton Croatia	26	16	2	8	67	24	40
Serbian White Eagles	26	17	4	5	60	26	39
First Portuguese	26	15	7	4	56	37	34
London German-Canadians	26	13	7	6	55	29	32
Hellas	26	13	8	5	49	36	31
Hamilton Homer	26	12	7	7	48	36	31
Ottawa Sons of Italy	26	9	11	6	39	49	24
Toronto Hungaria	26	7	11	8	42	43	22
Montreal Portuguese	26	6	13	7	23	45	19
Toronto Ukraina	26	7	16	3	34	51	17
Hamilton Apollo	26	6	16	4	25	57	16
Kitchener Concordia	26	5	18	3	21	84	13
Olympia	26	1	24	1	23	91	3

1970 Toronto Croatia Squad

Zeljko Bilecki – goalkeeper

Harry de Vlugt – right winger

Victor Jurisevic – forward