The 2023 Men's League1 Ontario season was the ninth of
League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's association football, soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league ...
, a Division 3 men's soccer league in the
Canadian soccer pyramid
The Canadian soccer league system, also called the Canadian soccer pyramid, is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in Canada. The governing body of soccer in the country is the Canadian Soccer Association (CSA), w ...
and the highest level of soccer based in the
Canadian province of
Ontario
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. Following the 2023 season, the league will split into three divisions with
promotion and relegation
In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues ...
between them.
Simcoe County Rovers FC
Simcoe County Rovers Football Club is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Barrie, Ontario, that plays in the League1 Ontario men's and women's divisions.
History
The club was founded in 2021, by former Canadian national team pl ...
were the league champions, having defeated
Scrosoppi FC in the final to capture their first title.
Clubs
With the exception of
Pickering FC
Pickering Football Club, commonly known as Pickering FC, is a Canadian semi-professional soccer club based in Pickering, Ontario. The club was founded in 1984 as a youth soccer club and added its semi-professional club in League1 Ontario in 20 ...
, 21 of the 22 clubs that took part in the
2022 season participated in 2023. Because of the format changes planned for the following year, the league imposed a one-year moratorium on any new teams joining the league.
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Premier Division
On March 7, 2023, League1 Ontario announced that the Men's Premier Division season would begin on April 13 (later revised to April 12). Each team will play 20 matches this season, one match against each opponent.
Playoffs
The top two seeds will earn a bye directly to the second round. After the first round, the teams will be re-seeded with the top seed playing the lowest ranked remaining seed.
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
(regular season only)
Source
League1 Ontario
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Top goalkeepers
(regular season only)
Minimum: 810 minutes played
Source
League1 Ontario
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League Honours
Awards
League All-Stars
The following players were named League1 Ontario Premier Division All-Stars for the 2023 season:
Future format and changes
Starting in 2024, the league will split into a multi-division format with promotion and relegation
In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season. Leagues that use promotion and relegation systems are often called open leagues ...
between them. Twelve teams will take part in the first-tier League1 Premier, ten teams in the second-tier League1 Championship, and all new expansion teams as well as reserve sides in a third-tier League2 Ontario.
The initial assignment of teams in the 2024 season is done by using the points obtained in the previous two years. The points from the 2022 season (weighted at 75%) will be added to the points teams obtain in the 2023 season (weighted at 100%) to determine the placements.[
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U21 Reserve Division
The Reserve Division will return with each Premier Division club fielding one or more teams, as well as some other OPDL clubs that do not operate a League1 Ontario team.
North East Division
North West Division
Central Division
South West Division
Playoffs
U19 Reserve Division
Summer Division
Each team will play every team in their division once, as well as two games against teams from the opposite division.
East Division
West Division
Playoffs
Fall Division
East Division
West Division
Playoffs
References
External links
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League1 Ontario
League1 Ontario (L1O) is a semi-professional men's association football, soccer league in Ontario, Canada. The league began play in 2014 and is sanctioned by the Canadian Soccer Association and the Ontario Soccer Association as a pro-am league ...
League1 Ontario seasons
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C ...