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Toronto Croatia

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Toronto Croatia
Image: Toronto_Croatia_Logo.jpg
Full name Toronto Croatia
Nickname(s) The Croats
Founded 1956
Ground Streetsville Memorial Park
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Chairman Josip Cvitanović
Manager Velemir Crljen
League Canadian Soccer League
2006 2nd, Playoff Semi Final
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Toronto Croatia (Croatian National Sports Club Toronto Croatia) are a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1956. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, the highest professional soccer league in Canada, and play in the International Division.

The Croatians currently play their home games at Streetsville Memorial Park in the city of Mississauga, Ontario, around 12 miles east of downtown Toronto. The team's colors are red, white and blue, similar those of the Croatian national football team.

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[edit] History

The team has had a very storied history, considering it was formed by such a small diaspora group. The team played in the Canadian National Soccer League until 1975 when they joined with the Toronto Metros of the North American Soccer League to form Toronto Metros-Croatia. During this period they attracted many soccer stars, such as Eusébio, and were successful enough that club were NASL champions in 1976.

However, in 1978, the team split, leaving the Toronto Blizzard in the NASL, while Toronto Croatia returned to the CNSL. In 1994, Toronto Croatia joined the Canadian International Soccer League. In 1997, a new league was formed, the Canadian Professional Soccer League, which Toronto Croatia joined in 1998. The club's successes despite the instabilities it found in each of the leagues in which it has played is a testament to what a small ethnic group could accomplish in North American sport.

Toronto Croatia is a regular participant in the Croatian-North American Soccer Tournament.

In 2006, the club celebrated its 50th anniversary. To commemorate this, the team went on a tour of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Toronto Croatia played the Dinamo Zagreb B team at Maksimir Stadium before the Croatian Supercup, NK Široki Brijeg and NK Primorac Biograd.

[edit] Current squad

No. Position Player
1 Flag of Canada GK George Azccura
2 Flag of Canada DF Robert Fran
4 Flag of Croatia DF Domagoj Sain
5 Flag of Croatia MF Antonijo Zupan
6 Flag of Canada DF Mario Kulis
7 Flag of Canada MF Caswain Mason
8 Flag of Trinidad and Tobago MF Hayden Fitzwilliams
9 Flag of Canada FW Peter Curic
10 Flag of Canada FW Leo Laurito
11 Flag of Croatia MF Velemir Crljen
No. Position Player
12 Flag of Canada GK Mate Jurkin
13 Flag of Croatia MF Zvjezdan Kresic
15 Flag of Croatia MF Jure Pavic
16 Flag of Canada DF Halburto Harris
17 Flag of Croatia DF Goran Grubesic
19 Flag of Croatia FW Boris Maric
20 Flag of Canada FW Tommy Ples
21 Flag of Canada FW Rudy Spajic
22 Flag of Croatia MF Boris Tomac
30 Flag of Canada DF Tom Granic

[edit] Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs
1997 "1" NSL 2nd Quarter Final
1998 "1" CPSL 8th Did not qualify
1999 "1" CPSL 2nd Final
2000 "1" CPSL 2nd Champions
2001 "1" CPSL 6th Did not qualify
2002 "1" CPSL 1st, Western Semi Final
2003 "1" CPSL 3rd, Western Semi Final
2004 "1" CPSL 2nd, Western Champions
2005 "1" CPSL 2nd, Eastern Semi Final
2006 "1" CSL 2nd, International Semi Final

[edit] Honours

  • Canadian National Soccer League: 1956, 1970, 1971 1972, 1973, 1974, 1992
  • North American Soccer League: 1976
  • Canadian International Soccer League: 1995, 1996
  • Canadian Professional Soccer League: 2000, 2004
  • Rogers Cup: 2000, 2004

[edit] Notable former players

[edit] External links

Canadian Soccer League
National Division International Division
Border Stars | Brampton Stallions | Laval Dynamites | London City | North York Astros | Oakville Blue Devils | St. Catharines Wolves Caribbean Selects | Italia Shooters | Serbian White Eagles | Toronto Croatia | Toronto Supra Portuguese
Rogers Cup | Open Canada Cup
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