Toronto Croatia
| Full name | Croatian National Sports Club Toronto Croatia |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Croats |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Ground | Centennial Park Stadium |
| Capacity | 3,500 |
| Chairman | Joe Pavicic |
| Manager | Ivan Kulis |
| Coach | Velimir Crljen (head) Milodrag Akmadzic (assistant) |
| League | Canadian Soccer League |
| 2015 | Regular season: 2nd Play-offs: Champions |
C.N.S.C. Toronto Croatia (Croatian National Sports Club Toronto Croatia) is a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1956. The team is a member of the Canadian Soccer League, a league that is not sanctioned by FIFA recognized body.
The Croatians currently play their home games at the Centennial Park Stadium in Etobicoke, in the west end of the city of Toronto, Ontario. The team's colours are red, white and blue, similar to those of the Croatian national football team.
The team has had a very storied history, considering it was formed by such a small diaspora group. The team played in the National Soccer League until 1975 when they purchased the Toronto Metros of the North American Soccer League to form Toronto Metros-Croatia. During this period the team attracted many soccer stars, such as Portuguese superstar Eusébio, and were successful enough that they won Soccer Bowl '76 – a 3–0 win over the Minnesota Kicks – at the Kingdome in Seattle. The squad was led by interim coach Marijan Bilić and future coach Domagoj Kapetanović, an immigrant to Canada who had played for Dinamo Zagreb. The champions' team was: Paolo Cimpiel, Tadeusz Polak, Željko Bilecki, Ivan Lukačević, Robert Iarusci, Eusébio, Mladen Cukon, Carmen Marcantonio, Ivair Ferreira, Wolfgang Sühnholz, Damir Sutevski, Ivan Grnja, Filip Blašković and Chris Horrocks.
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