2015 League1 Ontario season
The 2015 Men's League1 Ontario season was the second season of play for League1 Ontario, a Division 3 semi-professional soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.
Season | 2015 |
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Champions | Oakville Blue Devils |
Cup champions | Woodbridge Strikers |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 503 (3.81 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Adonijah Reid Filipe Vilela (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Durham 8–0 ProStars (17 July 2015) Sigma 8–0 Master's (18 July 2015) |
Biggest away win | Sanjaxx 0–7 Vaughan (14 June 2015) ProStars 1–8 Kingston (17 October 2015) |
← 2014 2016 → |
This season saw the return of all nine teams which completed the previous season, as well as the addition of three new teams for the Men's Division.[1] The 2015 season also marked the birth of League1 Ontario's Women's Division, which starts play with seven teams.[2]
Changes from 2014
Three new teams (Oakville Blue Devils, ProStars FC, and Sanjaxx Lions) joined the Men's Division for this season, resulting in a twelve-team competition for that side. As a result, the group stage of the Men's cup will change from two five-team groups to four three-team groups.
The Cataraqui Clippers changed their name to the Kingston Clippers starting in this season.
Teams















Team | City | Stadium |
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ANB Futbol | King City, ON | The Country Day School |
Durham United FC | Pickering, ON | Kinsmen Park |
Kingston Clippers | Kingston, ON | Tindall Field, Queen's University |
Master's Futbol Academy | Toronto, ON | L'Amoreaux Park |
Oakville Blue Devils | Oakville, ON | Sheridan Stadium |
ProStars FC | Brampton, ON | Victoria Park |
Sanjaxx Lions | Toronto, ON | Esther Shiner Stadium |
Sigma FC | Mississauga, ON | Hershey Centre |
Toronto FC Academy | Toronto, ON | KIA Training Ground |
Vaughan Azzurri | Maple, ON | McNaughton Park |
Windsor Stars | Windsor, ON | McHugh Park |
Woodbridge Strikers | Woodbridge, ON | Vaughan Grove |
Source:[3]
Standings
Each team will play 22 matches as part of the season; one home and one away against every other team in the league. There are no playoffs at the end of the season; the first-place team will be crowned as league champion and will face the PLSQ league champion in the Inter-Provincial Cup.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Oakville Blue Devils (C) | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 18 | +39 | 53 | Inter-Provincial Cup |
2 | Woodbridge Strikers (X) | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 16 | +28 | 47 | |
3 | Vaughan Azzurri | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 55 | 22 | +33 | 43 | |
4 | Sigma FC | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 42 | |
5 | Toronto FC Academy | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 40 | |
6 | ANB Futbol | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 39 | |
7 | Durham United FC | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 44 | 29 | +15 | 36 | |
8 | Windsor Stars | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 27 | |
9 | Kingston Clippers | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 18 | |
10 | ProStars FC | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 78 | −54 | 15 | |
11 | Sanjaxx Lions | 22 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 66 | −52 | 9 | |
12 | Master's FA | 22 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 83 | −63 | 6 |
Cup
![]() Trophy presented to the champions of the League1 Ontario Cup | |
Country | Canada |
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Dates | May 20 – August 9, 2015 |
Teams | 12 |
Champions | Woodbridge Strikers |
Runners-up | Sigma FC |
Matches played | 19 |
Goals scored | 82 (4.32 per match) |
The cup tournament is a separate contest from the rest of the season, in which all twelve teams from the men's division take part. It is not a form of playoffs at the end of the season (as is typically seen in North American sports), but is more like the Canadian Championship or the FA Cup, albeit only for League1 Ontario teams. All matches are separate from the regular season, and are not reflected in the season standings.
The cup tournament for the men's division consists of two phases. The first phase is a group phase, where four groups of three teams play in a single round-robin format. From each group, the top two teams advance to the knockout phase, which consists of a quarterfinal, semifinal, and final.
Each match in the group stage must return a result; any match drawn after 90 minutes will advance directly to kicks from the penalty mark, with the winner receiving two points in the standings, while the loser receives one point.[4] Likewise, any knockout round matches which are tied after full time head directly to penalty kicks instead of extra time.[5]
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VGN | KNG | MAS | |
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1 | Vaughan Azzurri | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 4–0 | |
2 | Kingston Clippers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 3 | 1–4 | — | — | ||
3 | Master's FA | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 | — | 3–4 | — |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SIG | ANB | OAK | |
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1 | Sigma FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–2 | |
2 | ANB Futbol | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | 2–5 | — | — | ||
3 | Oakville Blue Devils | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | — | 0–2 | — |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | WDB | DUR | SAN | |
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1 | Woodbridge Strikers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 | — | |
2 | Durham United FC | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 3 | — | — | 6–0 | ||
3 | Sanjaxx Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | 1–3 | — | — |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PRO | WSR | TFC | |
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1 | ProStars FC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–1 (p) | — | |
2 | Windsor Stars | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | — | — | 5–2 | ||
3 | Toronto FC Academy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | 2–5 | — | — |
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Vaughan Azzurri | 1 | |||||||||||||
ANB Futbol | 3 | |||||||||||||
ANB Futbol | 1 | |||||||||||||
Sigma FC | 3 | |||||||||||||
Sigma FC | 6 | |||||||||||||
Kingston Clippers | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sigma FC | 1 | |||||||||||||
Woodbridge Strikers | 2 | |||||||||||||
Woodbridge Strikers | 2 | |||||||||||||
Windsor Stars | 1 | |||||||||||||
Woodbridge Strikers | 0 (7) | |||||||||||||
Durham United FC | 0 (6) | |||||||||||||
ProStars FC | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
Durham United FC | 1 (5) | |||||||||||||
- Quarterfinals
July 23, 2015 | Vaughan Azzurri | 1–3 | ANB Futbol | Maple, Ontario |
7:00 pm | Arnone ![]() |
Report | Reid ![]() ![]() Mills ![]() |
Stadium: McNaughton Park |
July 22, 2015 | Sigma FC | 6–2 | Kingston Clippers | Mississauga, Ontario |
7:00 pm | Lee ![]() Halis ![]() Hanson ![]() Zajac ![]() Mrabure ![]() Nanco ![]() |
Report | Martin ![]() Piccioli ![]() |
Stadium: Hershey Centre |
July 19, 2015 | Woodbridge Strikers | 2–1 | Windsor Stars | Woodbridge, Ontario |
7:00 pm | Zwane ![]() Farquharson ![]() |
Report | Ademolu ![]() |
Stadium: Vaughan Grove |
July 22, 2015 | ProStars FC | 1–1 (4–5 p) | Durham United FC | Brampton, Ontario |
8:00 pm | Allen ![]() |
Report | Zupo ![]() |
Stadium: Victoria Park |
Penalties | ||||
Theobald ![]() Fayehun ![]() Allen ![]() Piccinin ![]() Allen ![]() Mickallef ![]() Mickallef ![]() |
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- Semifinals
August 4, 2015 | Sigma FC | 3–1 | ANB Futbol | Mississauga, Ontario |
9:00 pm | Laryea ![]() Nanco ![]() |
Report | Iannicito ![]() |
Stadium: Hershey Centre |
July 29, 2015 | Woodbridge Strikers | 0–0 (7–6 p) | Durham United FC | Woodbridge, Ontario |
9:00 pm | Report | Stadium: Vaughan Grove | ||
Penalties | ||||
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- Final
Woodbridge Strikers | 2–1 | Sigma FC |
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Bygrave ![]() Cavallini ![]() |
Report | Kalonji ![]() |
Inter-Provincial Cup Championship
The Inter-Provincial Cup Championship was a two-legged home-and-away series between the league champions of League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec – the only Division 3 men's semi-professional soccer leagues based fully within Canada.
Oakville Blue Devils | 3–1 | CS Mont-Royal Outremont |
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Wason![]() Ellis ![]() |
Report | Dagrou ![]() |
CS Mont-Royal Outremont | 2–2 | Oakville Blue Devils |
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Sissoko ![]() Ritchie-Andy ![]() |
Report | Mitchell ![]() Novak ![]() |
Oakville Blue Devils won 5–3 on aggregate
Top goalscorers
This table includes goals scored in all competitions, including both league and cup matches.
- As of October 28, 2015[6]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
ANB Futbol | 20 |
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Oakville Blue Devils | 20 | |
3 | ![]() |
Vaughan Azzurri | 16 |
4 | ![]() |
TFC Academy | 14 |
5 | ![]() |
Woodbridge Strikers | 12 |
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Sigma FC | 12 | |
7 | ![]() |
Kingston Clippers | 11 |
8 | ![]() |
ANB Futbol | 10 |
9 | ![]() |
ProStars FC | 9 |
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Windsor Stars | 9 | |
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ProStars FC | 9 |
References
- "League1 Ontario Announces 12-Team 2015 Men's Division". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 2015-04-17. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- "League1 And OSA Announce 2015 Women's Division". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 2015-03-03. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- "2015 League1 Men's Division Schedule Finalized". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 5 May 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- "2015 L1 Cup Standings". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- "ProStars FC on Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- "Scoring leaders". League1 Ontario. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.