Scarborough SC

Scarborough SC is a Canadian soccer team founded in 2014. The team is currently a member of the Canadian Soccer League. The team plays home games out of Birchmount Stadium in the district of Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario. The team's colours are green, and black.

Full name	Scarborough Soccer Club
Founded	2014; 11 years ago (2014)
Stadium	Birchmount Stadium Scarborough, Ontario
Capacity	2,000
Owner	Angel Belchev
General manager	Kiril Dimitrov
Head coach	Zoran Knežević
League	Canadian Soccer League
2024	Regular season: 2nd Playoffs: N/A
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Scarborough SC was formed in 2014 as an expansion franchise in the Canadian Soccer League.^[1] Marking the return of CSL soccer to Scarborough, Toronto since 2007 when the Canadian Lions held the territorial rights. Team owner Angel Belchev hired the services of CSL veteran Kiril Dimitrov to recruit players, and assumed the duties of general manager, and as head coach/player.^[2] He brought in several players with European experience including CSL veterans. Overseas recruitment consisted of Dobrin Orlovski, Tihomir Kosturkov, Mladen Kukrika, and Aleksandar Malbasic.^[3][4][5] Several players were acquired from North York Astros like Joey Melo, Gabe Gala, Boris Miličić, Mark Jankovic, Jason Lopes, Jose Goncalves De Sousa, and Ricardo Munguía Pérez.^[6]

The club's first home venue was located at Downsview Park. In their debut season, the club finished tenth in the overall standings missing the final postseason spot by a goal difference. De Sousa finished as the club's top goalscorer with 15 goals. In preparations for the 2016 season, the club moved their home venue to Birchmount Stadium, and appointed Ricardo Munguia Perez as the new head coach.^[7][8] Perez's notable acquisitions were Canadian international Adrian Cann, Aleksandar Stojiljković, Adis Hasecic, Nemanja Simeunovic, Alon Badat, and Metodi Iliev.^[9][10][11] The 2016 season marked the first time Scarborough qualified for the postseason by finishing third, and posting the third best defensive record.^[12] Their playoff run was cut short after a 3–0 defeat to Hamilton City SC.^[13]

In 2019, the team secured the CSL Championship after defeating FC Ukraine United.^[14][15]

Roster

As of July 1, 2023^[16]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  SSD Edmond Amadeo — FW  JAM Shaqueil Bradford — DF   Francisco Calderon — DF  MEX Jesús Compeán — FW  CHI Gonzalo Matias Cabrera Celis [17] — FW   Jair Cruz — MF   Cesar Dorantes — MF  SRB Petar Đorđević [18] — GK  SRB Vladimir Dragićević — MF   Mohamed El Sabahy — DF   Daniel Jesus Galvan — MF   Nemanja Golovic — FW  CHI Jaime Grondona — DF  MEX Marco Johansen — DF  CAN Misel Klisara [19] — MF  SRB Zoran Knežević — GK  CAN Aubrey Lowe [20] — FW  CAN Daniel McIntosh [21]

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  CAN Christian Maraldo [22] — MF  JAM Marvin Morgan Jr. — MF   Maximilian Never — DF  SRB Stefan Nikolić — DF  MEX Saúl Ortega [23] — MF  SRB Marko Prokić — MF  SRB Neven Radaković — MF  JAM Camaal Reid — DF  MEX Edgar Oswaldo Osorio Rios — MF   José Sánchez — FW  CAN Milos Scepanovic [24] — MF  JAM Odain Simpson — MF   Amador Torres Castillo — MF  BIH Petar Vukadin — MF  CAN Jordan Webb — MF  SRB Vladimir Zelenbaba — FW  JAM Devroy Decardover Grey

Head coaches

Scarborough SC

Kiril Dimitrov (2015) Ricardo Munguía (2016) Krum Bibishkov (2017)

Zoran Rajović (2018–2020) Mirko Medić (2021–2023) Zoran Knežević (2023–)

Scarborough SC II

Eddy Coronel (2018)[25]

Honours

• CSL Championship: 2019, 2021
• CSL Championship runner-up: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022
• Canadian Soccer League First Division/Regular Season: 2020, 2023
• Canadian Soccer League First Division/Regular Season runner-up: 2019, 2021, 2024
• ProSound Cup runner-up: 2021
• Royal CSL Cup runner-up: 2024

Seasons

Scarborough SC in 2022

First team

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	Ref
2015	Canadian Soccer League (First Division)	12	6–8–8	10th	did not qualify	[26]
2016		8	9–4–8	3rd	Quarterfinals	[26]
2017		8	7–3–4	4th	Finals	[26]
2018		9	8–5–3	4th	Finals	[26]
2019		10	12–3–3	2nd	Champions	[26]
2020		5	5–0–3	1st	Finals	[26]
2021	Canadian Soccer League	8	5–2–0	2nd	Champions	[26]
2022		6	4–5–1	3rd	Finals	[26]
2023		7	9–1–2	1st	–	[26]
2024		6	8–2–2	2nd	–	[26]

Second team

Season	League	Teams	Record	Rank	Playoffs	Ref
2018	Canadian Soccer League (Second Division)	6	8–0–7	3rd	Semifinals	[27]