1966 Season (original) (raw)
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.
Total attendance for the 1966 season was 18,000.
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