2016 Canadian Soccer League season

Givova Canadian Soccer League
Season	2016
Champions	York Region Shooters (First Division regular season) Serbian White Eagles (First Division playoffs, 2nd title) SC Waterloo (Second Division regular season) York Region Shooters B (Second Division playoffs)
Matches played	252
Goals scored	517 (2.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Sergiy Ivliev (15)
Biggest home win	SER 4-1 FCU TOR B 12-2 SER B
Biggest away win	MSC 3-6 FCU SER B 0-8 BRG B
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The 2016 Canadian Soccer League season (known as the Givova Canadian Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the Canadian Soccer League. The first match of the season was played on May 21, 2016, and ended on October 30, 2016.^[1] The season concluded with Serbian White Eagles claiming their second CSL Championship by defeating expansion franchise Hamilton City SC by a score of 2-1.^[2] In the Second Division the York Region Shooters B defeated Toronto Atomic FC B 2-1.^[3] During the regular season York Region claimed their fifth regular season title and achieved a team milestone by recording their best defensive record allowing only 10 goals a record not matched since the Ottawa Wizards in the 2003 CPSL season. Meanwhile SC Waterloo acquired their third Second Division regular season title.^[4]

The 2016 season featured 14 teams in the two divisions with 8 in the First Division and 6 in the Second Division the lowest amount since the league's inaugural year.^[5] The CSL reached a sponsorship agreement with Givova which granted the company the naming rights to the league, and to the CSL Championship.^[6] The league re-launched their television program the Givova CSL Primetime hosted by Alex Bastyovanszky with Jason De Thomasis providing game analysis while receiving broadcasting from Ethnic Channels Group, and BeIN Sports.^[7]^[8] The CSL formed a partnership with the Ontario Youth Soccer Association in order to establish a YSA Division to house the CSL Academy teams.^[9] The league also finalized an agreement with the Canadian Corporate Soccer League a Montreal based league which provides competition for the city's corporate clubs. In order to assist in developing a similar structure in Toronto.

Changes from 2015

The 2016 season saw the First Division reduced to 8 teams with Brampton United, Burlington SC, Niagara United, and Toronto Croatia departing from the league. While Brampton, Burlington, Toronto, along with Atomic Selects FC became founding members in the LIKA SUPERGROUP Open Division in the Canadian Academy of Futbol (CAF) an academy player developmental league associated with the CSL.^[10] New entries included the arrival of FC Ukraine United from the Ontario Soccer League, and the transfer of London City's territorial rights to Hamilton in order to become Hamilton City SC.^[11]^[12] The territorial rights to London City were kept by Milton owner Jasmin Halkic, and decided to relegate the club to the Second Division with SC Waterloo Region joining them.

Teams

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brantford Galaxy	Brantford, Ontario	Steve Brown Sports Complex	Tomo Dančetović
Hamilton City SC	Hamilton, Ontario	Cardinal Newman Secondary School	Josip Dzale
Milton SC	Milton, Ontario	Jean Vanier Stadium	Amir Osmanlic
FC Ukraine United	Maple, Ontario	Joan of Arc Turf Field	Andrei Malychenkov
Scarborough SC	Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario	Birchmount Stadium	Ricardo Munguía Pérez
Serbian White Eagles	Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario	Centennial Park Stadium	Uroš Stamatović
Toronto Atomic FC	Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario	Centennial Park Stadium	Vasyl Ishchak
York Region Shooters	Maple, Ontario	Joan of Arc Turf Field	Tony De Thomasis

Brantford

Hamilton

Milton

Maple

Vaughan

TORONTO

Location of First Division teams outside of Toronto for the 2016 CSL season.

First Division

Scarborough

Serbian White Eagles

Toronto Atomic

Location of First Division teams in Toronto for the 2016 CSL season.

First Division

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	York Region Shooters	21	16	3	2	40	10	+30	51	Qualification for Playoffs
2	FC Ukraine United	21	9	6	6	45	38	+7	33
3	Scarborough SC	21	9	4	8	36	31	+5	31
4	Serbian White Eagles	21	9	3	9	33	27	+6	30
5	Toronto Atomic FC	21	8	6	7	36	37	−1	30
6	Hamilton City SC	21	6	5	10	31	38	−7	23
7	Brantford Galaxy	21	3	9	9	23	38	−15	18
8	Milton SC	21	4	13	4	25	50	−25	25

Updated to games played on October 9, 2016.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/first-division-standing-2016/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top Goal Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sergiy Ivliev	FC Ukraine United	15
2	Richard West	York Region Shooters	13
3	Adnan Smajic	Milton SC	12
4	Adis Hasečić	Scarborough SC	11
5	Kostiantyn Derevlov	FC Ukraine United	9
6	Milos Scepanovic	Serbian White Eagles	9
7	Terry Dunfield	Toronto Atomic FC	8
8	Aleksandar Stojiljković	Scarborough SC	8
9	Zdenko Jurčević	Hamilton City SC	7
10	Aleksander Stojanovski	York Region Shooters	7

Updated: November 25, 2016
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2016-first-division-stats/

Playoffs

Bracket

Due to a shortage of teams all 8 teams qualified for the one-game quarter final, and a one game semifinal that lead to the championship game played on October 30 at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough, Toronto.

Quarterfinals			Semifinals			Final


1	York Region Shooters	5

8	Milton SC	0
			1	York Region Shooters	1 (1)

			4	Hamilton City SC	1 (3)
2	FC Ukraine United	2

7	Brantford Galaxy	0
						4	Serbian White Eagles	2

						2	Hamilton City SC	1
3	Scarborough SC	3

6	Hamilton City SC	0
			2	Serbian White Eagles	1

			3	FC Ukraine United	0
4	Serbian White Eagles	1

5	Toronto Atomic FC	0

Quarterfinals

October 15, 2016	Serbian White Eagles	1–0	Toronto Atomic FC	Centennial Park Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
19:30	Milos Scepanovic 60'	Report

October 15, 2016	FC Ukraine United	3–0	Brantford Galaxy	Esther Shiner Stadium, North York, Ontario
16:00	Oleksandr Muzychuk 45' Oleg Shutov 49' Kostiantyn Derevlov 80'	Report

October 16, 2016	York Region Shooters	5–0	Milton SC	Joan of Arc Turf Field, Maple, Ontario
18:30	Gerard Ladiyou 14' Ainsley Deer 13' Anthony Bahadur 17' Tristan Frankson 23' Richard West 52'	Report

October 16, 2016	Scarborough SC	0–3	Hamilton City SC	Birchmount Stadium, Scarborough, Toronto
19:30		Report	Timotej Zakrajsek 23' Zdenko Jurčević 31' Frane Grbesa 78'

Semifinals

October 23, 2016	FC Ukraine United	0-1	Serbian White Eagles	Esther Shiner Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
17:00		Report	Miroslav Jovanovic 71'

October 23, 2016	York Region Shooters	1–1 (a.e.t.) (1–4 p)	Hamilton City SC	Joan of Arc Turf Field, Maple, Ontario
18:30	David Guzman 76'	Report	Frane Grbesa 78'
		Penalties
	Richard West Ricky Herron David Schipper Odein Simpson		Zdenko Jurčević James Nathan Miroslav Čabrilo Arsen Platis Igor Krmar

CSL Championship

October 30, 2016	Serbian White Eagles	2-1 (a.e.t.)	Hamilton City SC	Birchmount Stadium, Scarborough, Toronto
14:00	Luka Bojic 59' Milos Scepanovic 93'	Report	Domagoj Zubac 14'

Second Division

Teams

Of the 10 teams that played in the Second Division in 2015, four returned. The number increased to six with the relegation of SC Waterloo, and London City which served as a reserve team for Milton SC. Hamilton City SC, FC Ukraine United, and Scarborough SC didn't operate a reserve team in the Second Division.

Team	City	Stadium	Manager
Brantford Galaxy B	Brantford, Ontario	Steve Brown Sports Complex	Tomo Dancetovic
London City	London, Ontario	Hellenic Centre Stadium	Cedo Popovic
SC Waterloo Region	Waterloo, Ontario	Warrior Field	Lazo Dzepina
Serbian White Eagles B	Etobicoke, Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium	Goran Bakoc
Toronto Atomic FC B	Etobicoke, Toronto	Centennial Park Stadium	Serhiy Konyushenko
York Region Shooters B	Vaughan, Ontario	Joan of Arc Turf Field	Eddy Carowel

Brantford

London

Waterloo

Maple

Etobicoke

Location of Second Division teams for the 2016 CSL season.

Standings


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	SC Waterloo	14	9	2	3	56	25	+31	29	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Atomic FC B	15	9	2	4	56	28	+28	29
3	Brantford Galaxy B	14	8	2	4	44	30	+14	26
4	York Region Shooters B	15	5	3	7	32	34	−2	18
5	London City	13	4	1	8	31	45	−14	13
6	Serbian White Eagles B	13	2	0	11	19	76	−57	6

Updated to games played on October 9, 2016.
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2016-second-division-standings/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top Goal Scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour	SC Waterloo	19
2	Brandon Barbosa	London City SC	13
3	Alexander Tighana Thompson	Toronto Atomic B	13
4	Kareem Hassanien	Brantford Galaxy B	11
5	Carlos Gunner Tijborenko	York Region Shooters B	9
6	Pat Wilson	Brantford Galaxy B	9
7	Nikola Miokovic	SC Waterloo	8
8	Thomas Sackor	SC Waterloo	7
9	Stefan Brisevac	SC Waterloo	5
10	Michael Fayehum	Toronto Atomic B	5

Updated: November 26, 2016
Source: http://canadiansoccerleague.ca/2016-second-division-stats/

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

October 9, 2016	Brantford Galaxy B	3-2	Serbian White Eagles B	Kiwanis Field, Brantford, Ontario
13:30	Pat Wilson 27' Pat Wilson 40' Rade Parenta 90'	Report	Zarko Tomic 30' Zarko Tomic 68'

October 9, 2016	York Region Shooters B	1-0	London City	Joan of Arc Turf Field, Maple, Ontario
16:00	Ricardo Miguel Lonseca 70'	Report

Semifinals

October 16, 2016	SC Waterloo	0-1	York Region Shooters B	Woodside Park, Waterloo, Ontario
18:00		Report	Simon Petersen 12'

October 16, 2016	Toronto Atomic B	2-0	Brantford Galaxy B	Centennial Park Stadium, Etobicoke, Toronto
18:00	Johnson Luyiga 20' Michael Fayehun 90'	Report

Second Division Championship

October 22, 2016	York Region Shooters B	2-1	Toronto Atomic B	Esther Shiner Stadium, North York, Toronto
15:00	Abakar Mahamat 75' Abakar Mahamat 106'	Report	Hassan Abdulmumini 54'	Referee: Mike Bradley

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Canadian Soccer League

First Division Clubs	Brantford Galaxy FC Ukraine United Hamilton City Milton SC Scarborough SC Serbian White Eagles Toronto Atomic FC York Region Shooters

Second Division Clubs	Brantford Galaxy SC B London City Serbian White Eagles B Toronto Atomic FC B SC Waterloo Region York Region Shooters B

Former teams	Mississauga Eagles Durham Flames Ottawa Wizards Durham Storm Hamilton Thunder Brampton Stallions Caribbean Selects Laval Dynamites Trois-Rivières Attak Hamilton Croatia Milltown Capital City SC Toronto Mississauga Eagles FC Montreal Impact Academy TFC Academy St. Catharines Wolves Windsor Stars Kingston North York Astros Brampton United Burlington SC Niagara United Toronto Croatia

Seasons	1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Competitions	Givova Cup Open Canada Cup

Open Canada Cup Seasons	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Other Awards	MVP Award Golden Boot Award

2016 in Canadian soccer

Men's Leagues

Women's Leagues

Cups

Other

International

Club competitions

CONCACAF Champions League
- 2016–17

National teams

Men	FIFA World Cup qualification

Women	Olympic Football Tournament (qualification)

Women U20	FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

Women U17	FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship

Team seasons

Club seasons

MLS	Montreal Impact Toronto FC Vancouver Whitecaps FC

NASL	FC Edmonton Ottawa Fury FC

USL	FC Montreal Toronto FC II Whitecaps FC 2

PDL	Calgary Foothills FC K-W United FC Thunder Bay Chill Victoria Highlanders WSA Winnipeg

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