The 2026 Ontario Premier League season is the twelfth edition of the Ontario Premier League (and the first since rebranding from League1 Ontario), a division 3 men's soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario. The league was split into three divisions with promotion and relegation.
The 2026 season inherited the three divisions from the League1 Ontario system but were rebranded as Ontario Premier League 1, Ontario Premier League 2 and Ontario Premier League 3 respectively. The OPL will feature 28 independent clubs, with Kingston Sentinels and Richmond Hill SC joining from the bottom of the system.
The OPL1 and the OPL2 divisions both were composed of 12 clubs, most returning from last season, with the exception of International FC which replaced Alliance United FC in the top division. The OPL3 was made up by three conferences containing total of 28 teams. These were mostly reserve teams with some "A" teams, including two newly licensed clubs.
Ontario Premier League 1
Ontario Premier League 1 was composed of 12 teams. Unionville Milliken SC and Sudbury Cyclones were promoted from the Championship division last season. Alliance United FC left the league and their licence was bought by International FC.
The 12 teams faced each other twice, once at home and once away for a total of 22 matches. At the end of the season, the club at the top of the standings was crowned as Ontario Premier League champions and gain a berth for the 2027 Canadian Championship. The club that finished 11th advanced to the promotion playoffs against the second-place finisher in the OPL2, while the 12th-placed club was automatically relegated to the OPL2 division.
Clubs
Team City Principal stadium Head coach Burlington SC Burlington Corpus Christi Mark Worton International FC Thornhill (Vaughan) Zanchin Automotive Soccer Centre Mattace Raso North Toronto Nitros North York (Toronto) Downsview Park Filip Prostran Oakville SC Oakville Sheridan Trafalgar Campus Duncan Wilde Scrosoppi FC Milton St. Francis Xavier Sigma FC Mississauga Mississauga Sports and Entertainment Centre / Tim Hortons Field John Zervos Simcoe County Rovers FC Barrie J.C. Massie Field St. Catharines Roma Wolves St. Catharines Club Roma – Under Armour Field Federico Turriziani Sudbury Cyclones Sudbury Cambrian College / James Jerome Sports Complex Joe Politi Unionville Milliken SC Unionville (Markham) Mount Joy Wais Azizi Vaughan Azzurri Vaughan North Maple Field Anthony Vadori Woodbridge Strikers Woodbridge (Vaughan) Vaughan Grove Field Peter Pinizzotto
Standings
Promotion playoffs
A playoff will be played between the 11th placed team in the OPL1 and the 2nd placed team in the OPL2 in a single game for a place in the top tier in 2027.
Statistics
Top goalscorers Does not include promotion/relegation playoffs RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Anthony Morano Woodbridge Strikers 19 2 Jacob Carlos Scrosoppi FC 14 3 George Akpabio International FC 13 Mohamed Al Shakman Burlington SC 5 Amir Shirazi Burlington SC 11 Augustus Oku Burlington SC Orlendis Benítez International FC 8 Matthew Wrobel Scrosoppi FC 10 9 Aidan Hugo North Toronto Nitros 9 Brandon Duarte Oakville SC Exosse Kadibue North Toronto NitrosKadiebue played two games with Sudbury Cyclones, but all 9 of his goals came while playing for North Toronto Nitros Kevaughan Tavernier Sigma FC Omari Cotterell Woodbridge Strikers Source: OPL
Ontario Premier League 2
Ontario Premier League 2 was composed of 12 teams, ten of those returning from the 2025 season. FC London joined after being relegated from the Premier division and Cambridge United joined after being promoted from the League2 division. York United FC Academy rebranded to Inter Toronto II following their CPL side's change of identity.
The first place team in the standings was automatically promoted to the OPL1 for 2027, while the second-place finisher advanced to the promotion playoffs against the 11th-place finisher in the OPL1. The last place team was relegated to the OPL3 for 2027.
Clubs
Team City Principal stadium Head coach Cambridge United Cambridge Fountain Street Soccer Complex FC London London Tricar Field Yiannis Tsalatsidis Guelph United F.C. Guelph Centennial Bowl Alan Koch Hamilton United Hamilton Ron Joyce Stadium Francesco Cardillo Inter Toronto II Toronto York Lions Stadium Marco Bonofiglio Master's FA Scarborough (Toronto) L'Amoreaux Sports Complex Ivan Galarza North Mississauga SC Mississauga Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) Peyvand Mossavat Pickering FC Pickering Pickering Soccer Centre Eric Polo Soldevila The Borough FC Scarborough (Toronto) Birchmount Stadium Zico Mahrady Waterloo United Waterloo RIM Park Michael Marcoccia Whitby FC Whitby Telus Dome Ramin Mohammadi Windsor City FC Windsor St. Clair College Gabriel Poulino
Standings
Statistics
Top goalscorers Does not include promotion/relegation playoffs RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Nigel Buckley The Borough FC 20 2 Ciaran O'Connor Windsor City FC 16 3 Ali Ahman Waterloo United 11 Songmafolo Coulibay Windsor City FC 5 Kyler Monterrosso Cambridge United 8 Matthew Ciavarro Cambridge United Nikolas Antolcic Cambridge United Ty Clarke Inter Toronto FC II 9 Brett Springer Waterloo United 7 Erion Metaj Whitby FC Fadell Sore Hamilton United Omar Soufan Windsor City FC Samuel Barrowcliffe Waterloo United Source: OPL
Ontario Premier League 3
Ontario Premier League 3 clubs was divided into three regional conferences: "A" teams for which there was not room in the higher leagues, the "B" teams of OPL1 and OPL2 clubs, or newly licensed clubs. Kingston Sentinels and Richmond Hill SC joined as expansion teams.
The winner of each division, as well as the best second-place finisher advanced to the OPL3 playoffs. The winner of the playoffs earned promotion to the OPL2 division. If the winner of the playoffs is a B team, they may decline promotion, and instead the top two A teams with the most regular-season points in the division would meet in a playoff to earn promotion.
Northeast Conference
Central Conference
Southwest Conference
Ontario Premier League 3 Finals
Promotion playoffs
Woodbridge Strikers B declined the promotion spot to Ontario Premier League 2. As such, per league rules, a promotion playoff match was scheduled between the two A teams with the most points during the regular season to replace them (Kingston Sentinels and Railway City FC).
Statistics
Top goalscorers Does not include playoffs RankPlayerClubGoals 1 Jacob Ball Kingston Sentinels 18 2 Stelio Katsoris The Borough FC B 15 Sam Howard Sudbury Cyclones B 4 Aidan Robichaud Burlington SC B 14 Cristian Alfieri Burlington SC B 6 Luca Priolo Vaughan Azzurri B 10 7 Gianluca Vecchiarelli Woodbridge Strikers B 9 Ifechukwudei Nkabu Woodbridge Strikers B Patrick Aponowicz Rush Canada SA 10 Andy Zhang Unionville Milliken SC B 8 Oliver Barta Rush Canada SA Source: OPL
Ontario Premier League Cup The OPL Cup (formerly known as the L1 Cup) is a league cup tournament contested by A teams from all three tiers of Ontario Premier League.
All 28 "A" teams participated in the five-round knockout competition, which was played concurrently with the league season. Twenty-four clubs entered the first round (eight clubs from OPL1, all twelve clubs from OP2, and the four A teams from OPL3), while four clubs from the OPL1 received a bye to the round of 16.
The league initially conducted a draw to determine the Round 1 and 2 matchups only. Ahead of the third round, a second draw was held to determine the remaining matchups. The bracket below combines the two draws into one.
Bracket
U20 Reserve Division The league operates a reserve division. The reserve division was split into regional conferences. It is not part of the regular pyramid and teams are not eligible for promotion. Summer Division Northeast Conference
Central Conference
Southwest Conference
Playoffs The top team in each division plus the best runner-up will qualify for the playoffs.
Fall Division
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