Kitchener and District Soccer League

Kitchener and District Soccer League is a competitive Canadian men's football (soccer) league based out of southern Ontario, Canada.

The league has been in operation as the KDSL since 1975.[1] Historically the league has operated with a first/premier division and a second division. As of 2018, only one 9 team premier division competes for a KDSL title and there hasn't been a second (or lower division) since the 2010 season. In 2017, the KDSL welcomed their first women's premier division.

There is also a cup tournament called the Da Silva Cup. In previous decades, the cup was named after the chief sponsor of the tournament - the Molson Cup. It was also called the KDSL Cup. Some teams also participate in the Ontario Cup with the only Ontario winner coming in 1981 when the Greek backed KW Olympics or "big blue machine" collected the honours. The league champion also has the option of joining the Ontario Soccer League (OSL).

Most teams are located within or around Kitchener, Ontario as well as other nearby cities such as Stratford, Cambridge, Guelph, and other smaller towns from the area. Playoffs at the end of the season determine the champion of the league. The top 8 teams qualify for the playoffs.

Historically daily newspapers like the Waterloo Region Record and Cambridge Reporter had very good coverage of the league. This continued into the 1990s at which point it appears budget cuts at these daily newspapers took KDSL reporting off their pages possibly due to the common problem of the internet impact on the print media. Many feel that losing this type of print media reporting diminished public interest in the leagues. In particular, many of the long-running ethnic clubs had a significant older generation supporter base that followed the league in this manner.

Currently Romanian backed Banat SFC trace a continuous existence in the league to the 1970s beginnings. In particular, the loss of teams from three of the four Portuguese clubs in Kitchener and Cambridge (Leoe's, Oriental, and Torreense) seemed to signal a downturn in the league if one could identify a negative trend. Newer ethnic clubs that have taken their place did not have the same staying power and the non-ethnic traditional clubs always lacked a long running and continuous existence.

Current Teams (2019 Season)

	Premier Division	Year Founded
1	Guelph Gryphons	2017
2	Supersonics	1971
3	Polish Eagles Football Club	1982
4	IST Srbija	2018
5	Banat SFC	1967
6	Riverside FC (Formerly Sonny's FC)	2018
7	Stratford City Football Club	2005
8	Listowel United	2016
9	Owen Sound United	2017

TMSL Division (2019 Season)

	TMSL Division	Year Founded
1	Polwood SC (Previously Phoenix FC)	2014
2	NK Mladost	2015
3	SFC Suspects	2015
4	Stratford Home Farm SCFC	2019
5	Riverside FC B	2018
6	Huron United	2019
7	Cambridge United	2017
8	KW FC	2019
9	Kappa Boys	2019
10	Vapors	2014
11	Oriental	2014

TMSL Previous Seasons Results

2019: Polwood SC League Winner, Polwood SC Playoff Winner

2018: Polwood SC League Winner, Bridgeport Strikers Playoff Winner

KDSL Previous Seasons Results

2019: Banat SFC Cup Winner, Stratford City Football Club League Winner, Stratford City Football Club Playoff Winner

2018: Stratford City Cup Winner, Polish Eagles League Winner, Riverside FC Playoff Winner

2017: Stratford City Cup Winner, Polish Eagles League Winner, Polish Eagles Playoff Winner

2016: Supersonics Cup Winner, Bridgeport Strikers League Winners, Polish Eagles Playoff Winner

2015: Supersonics Cup Winner, Polish Eagles League Winners, Hrvat Playoff Winner

2014: Bridgeport Strikers Playoff Champion, Supersonics Regular Season Champion, Supersonics KDSL Cup Winner

2013: Hrvat Playoff Champion, Leoes Regular Season Champion, Leoes KDSL Cup Winner

2012: Hrvat Playoff Champion, Guelph Rangers Regular Season Champion, Hrvat KDSL Cup Winner

2011: Sonny's FC Playoff Champion, Oriental Premier East Regular Season Champion, Sonny's FC Premier West Regular Season Champion, Al's Motors KDSL Cup Winner

2010: Oriental Premier Playoff Champion, Oriental Premier Regular Season Champion, Hrvat KDSL Cup Winner

2009: Hrvat Premier Playoff Champion

2008: Al's Motors Premier Playoff Champion

2007: Hrvat Playoff Champion

2006: Oriental 1st Division League Champions, Hrvat League Champions, Hrvat Cup Champions

2005: Srbija Premier Playoff Champion, Hrvat Regular Season Champion, Hrvat Cup Champions, World Hungarians 1st Division Playoff Champions

2004: Oriental Premier Playoff Champion, Hrvat Regular Season Champion, Srbija KDSL Cup Winner

2003: Hrvat League Champion, Hrvat Cup Champion

2002: Hrvat Cup Champion

2001: Hrvat League Champion, Hrvat Cup Champion

2000: Leo's Premier Playoff Champion, Hrvat Regular Season Champion

1999: Hrvat League Champion, Hrvat Cup Champion, Hrvat Playoff Champion

1998: Hrvat League Champion

1997: Banat League Champion

1996: Hrvat League Champion

1995: Hrvat League Champion, Hrvat Cup Champion

1994: Hrvat League Champion, Hrvat Cup Champion

1992: Hrvat League Champion, Hrvat Cup Champion

1990: Hrvat League Champion, Hrvat Cup Champion

1984: Hrvat Cup Champion

1983: Hrvat Cup Champion

Historical and/or Defunct KDSL Clubs

	Club Name	Club Identity	Year Founded	Final Season	Notes
1	Torreense	Portuguese	1971	1990	Folded
2	Croatia	Croatian	1971	1983	Merged with Zagreb to become Hrvat
3	Zagreb	Croatian	1971	1983	Merged with Croatia to become Hrvat
4	Cyprus	Greek Cypriot	197?	1990	Folded
5	Olympics	Greek	197?	199?	Folded, Ontario Cup Champions 1981
6	Beograd	Serbian	197?	198?	Folded
7	Balkans	Yugoslav	197?	199?	Folded
8	KW Turks	Turkish	197?	198?	Became Kitchener City
9	Kitchener City	Turkish	198?	198?	Became Al's Motors
10	Cambridge FC	Non-Ethnic	197?	198?	Folded
11	Cambridge FCA	Non-Ethnic	198?	198?	Folded
12	Hellenic	Greek	199?	200?	Folded
13	Germania	German	197?	198?	Folded
14	Concordia Club	German	197?	198?	Folded
15	America	Central American	198?	198?	Folded
16	El Salvador	Salvadorean	198?	198?	Folded
17	Kitchener United	Non-Ethnic	198?	198?	Took over from Balkans, Folded
18	Waterloo Athletics	Non-Ethnic	198?	200?	Folded
19	Waterloo A's	Non-Ethnic	198?	198?	Folded
20	Galt Eagles	Non-Ethnic	198?	198?	Folded
21	Leos	Portuguese	197?	2013	Renamed Leoe's, Folded
22	Guelph Oaks	Non-Ethnic	19??	19??	Moved to the OSL
23	Guelph Oaks	Non-Ethnic	2012	2013	Folded
24	Guelph Royals	Non-Ethnic	200?	2008	Folded
25	ARTA	Non-Ethnic	199?	200?	Folded
26	White Eagles	Serbian	200?	200?	Folded
27	Burns Hoffman	Non-Ethnic	200?	200?	Folded
28	Budd Rangers	Non-Ethnic	200?	200?	Folded
29	Polonez	Polish	200?	200?	Folded
30	World Hungarians	Hungarian	199?	2007	Folded
31	Euro	Non-Ethnic	200?	200?	Folded
32	SC Romania	Romanian	200?	2006	Folded
33	KW Celtics	Non-Ethnic	199?	199?	Folded
34	Benfica	Portuguese	199?	199?	Folded
35	Alianza official site	Latina American	199?	2009	Folded
36	AMO-SC	Non-Ethnic	199?	2009	Folded
37	Banat Jr.	Romanian	200?	2010	Folded
38	Aurora Azzurri	Italian	2010	2010	Folded
39	Leotar FC	Serbian	2009	2010	Folded
40	Nuri F.C.	Non-Ethnic	200?	2010	Folded
41	KMS Spirit	Non-Ethnic	199?	????	Folded
42	Perth County FC	Non-Ethnic	2011	2012	Folded
43	K-W Srbija Official Site	Serbian	199?	2013	Folded
44	[2] Al's Motors	Turkish		2012	Formerly Kitchener City and KW Turks, Folded
45	[3] Oriental	Portuguese	197?	2013	Folded
46	FC Serbian-Eagles	Serbian	2011	2012	Folded
47	FK Bosna	Bosnian & Hercegovinian	2014	2014	Folded
48	Feds United	Non-Ethnic	201?	2014	Folded
50	Hrvat	Croatian	1983	2017	Folded
51	Bridgeport Strikers	Non-Ethnic	19??	2017	Merged with Sonny's FC into Riverside FC
52	Sonny's FC	Non-Ethnic	19??	2017	Merged with Bridgeport Strikers into Riverside FC
53	Aurora Lodge	Italian	1981	2017	Folded