2023 Women's League1 Ontario season
# 2023 Women's League1 Ontario season

The 2023 League1 Ontario season is the eighth season of play for Women's Division of League1 Ontario, a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer league system and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.

## Format

The league will run in a single table format with 19 clubs each playing each other once, with teams playing reverse fixtures from the 2022 season (if a team faced an opponent at home in 2022, they will face them on the road in 2023). With the league set to split into a multi-division format with promotion-relegation beginning in 2024, the points obtained in this season will contribute to the original placement of clubs in 2024, with the points from the 2022 season (weighted at 75%) being added to the points teams obtain in the 2023 season (weighted at 100%) to determine the placements.

The top-six teams in the regular season will qualify for the playoffs with the top-two teams receiving first round byes.

## Clubs

With the exception of Pickering FC, 19 of the 20 clubs that took part in the 2022 season will participate in 2023. Because of the format changes planned for the following year, the league imposed a one-year moratorium on any new teams joining the league.

Women's division :

| Team | City | Principal stadium |
| - | - | - |
| Alliance United FC | Markham / Scarborough | Bill Crothers Secondary School |
| Blue Devils FC | Oakville | Sheridan Trafalgar Stadium |
| Burlington SC | Burlington | Nelson Stadium |
| BVB IA Waterloo | Waterloo | RIM Park |
| Darby FC | Whitby | South Courtice Field |
| Electric City FC | Peterborough | Fleming College |
| Guelph Union | Guelph | Centennial Bowl |
| Hamilton United | Hamilton | Ron Joyce Stadium (McMaster University) |
| FC London | London | Tricar Field |
| NDC Ontario | Vaughan | Ontario Soccer Centre |
| North Mississauga SC | Mississauga | Churchill Meadows (Mattamy Sports Park) |
| North Toronto Nitros | Toronto | Downsview Park |
| ProStars FC | Brampton | Victoria Park Stadium |
| Simcoe County Rovers FC | Barrie | J.C Massie Field, Georgian College |
| St. Catharines Roma Wolves | St. Catharines | Roma Park – Under Armour Field |
| Tecumseh SC | Tecumseh | Académie Ste. Cécile International School |
| Unionville Milliken SC | Unionville (Markham) | Bill Crothers Secondary School |
| Vaughan Azzurri | Vaughan | North Maple Regional Park |
| Woodbridge Strikers | Woodbridge (Vaughan) | Vaughan Grove |

## Premier Division

Template:2023 League1 Ontario season table (women)

### Playoffs

| Quarterfinals | Semifinals |
| - | - |
| | 1 |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| | 2 |
| 3 | |
| 6 | |

### Future format and changes

Starting in 2024, the league will split into a multi-division format with promotion and relegation between them. Twelve teams will take part in the first-tier League1 Premier, 8 teams in the second-tier League1 Championship, and all new expansion teams as well as reserve sides in a third-tier League2 Ontario.

The initial assignment of teams in the 2024 season is done by using the points obtained in the previous two years. The points from the 2022 season (weighted at 75%) will be added to the points teams obtain in the 2023 season (weighted at 100%) to determine the placements.

| Pos | Team | GP | 2022 | 2023 | Total | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vaughan Azzurri | 19 | 36 | 0 | 36 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 2 | NDC Ontario | 19 | 34.5 | 0 | 34.5 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 3 | Woodbridge Strikers | 19 | 31.5 | 0 | 31.5 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 4 | FC London | 19 | 30.75 | 0 | 30.75 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 5 | Simcoe County Rovers FC | 19 | 30.75 | 0 | 30.75 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 6 | Alliance United FC | 19 | 27.75 | 0 | 27.75 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 7 | North Toronto Nitros | 19 | 27 | 0 | 27 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 8 | Electric City FC | 19 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 9 | North Mississauga SC | 19 | 21 | 0 | 21 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 10 | Darby FC | 18 | 20.25 | 0 | 20.25 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 11 | St. Catharines Roma Wolves | 19 | 18.75 | 0 | 18.75 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 12 | Tecumseh SC | 19 | 18.75 | 0 | 18.75 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Premier |
| 13 | Guelph United F.C. | 19 | 18 | 0 | 18 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
| 14 | Unionville Milliken SC | 18 | 16.5 | 0 | 16.5 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
| 15 | Blue Devils FC | 19 | 14.25 | 0 | 14.25 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
| 16 | BVB IA Waterloo | 19 | 11.25 | 0 | 11.25 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
| 17 | Pickering FC | 19 | 9 | 0 | 9 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
| 18 | Hamilton United | 19 | 7.5 | 0 | 7.5 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
| 19 | ProStars FC | 19 | 4.5 | 0 | 4.5 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
| 20 | Burlington SC | 19 | 2.25 | 0 | 2.25 | Qualification to 2024 League1 Championship |
