Montreal Castors

Montreal Castors
Full name	Les Castors de Montreal
Founded	1975
Ground	Claude-Robillard Stadium
Chairman	Tony Iammatteo
League	National Soccer League

Montreal Castors was a Canadian soccer team, founded in 1975. The team played in the National Soccer League, winning the championship in 1978 and 1979 before withdrawing from the league in 1979.^[1]

The Castors played their home games at the Claude-Robillard Stadium in Montreal, which was built for the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[1]

History

Italian-born businessman, Tony Iammatteo, founded the club in 1975.^[2] The Castors featured several star soccer players from Europe and South America, including Brito, Cané, Aguinaldo Moreira, Lima, Toninho Guerreiro, Franco Gallina and Igor Bachner, and Canada men's national soccer team regulars such as Tino Lettieri and Gordon Wallace.^[3] In 1978, the team compiled a 15-1-4 record as they won the National Soccer League for the first time. The following season, the team had a 16-1-3 record as it won the league a second consecutive time.^[1]

Year-by-year

^[4]

Year	Division	League	Regular Season
1976	"2"	NSL, 2nd Division	2nd
1977	"1"	NSL	2nd
1978	"1"	NSL	1st
1979	"1"	NSL	1st

Honours

National Soccer League: 2

1978, 1979

References

1 2 3 "Soccer Castors cut ties with pro league". Montreal Gazette. February 2, 1979.
↑ "Obituary: Tony Iammatteo". Montreal Gazette. June 15, 2006.
↑ "Castors feature international soccer stars". The Ottawa Journal. June 17, 1976.
↑ Litterer, David A. (7 June 2013). "Canada - Canadian National Soccer League". RSSSF.

External links

Canadian National Soccer League

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