1981 National Soccer League (Canada) season

National Soccer League
Season1981
Champions
League cupHamilton Steelers
Top goalscorerRennie Phillips (18)
1980
1982

The 1981 National Soccer League season was the fifty-eighth season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began in May, 1981 and concluded in October 1981 with the NSL Championship final where Hamilton Steelers defeated Toronto Italia in a two-legged series final. Hamilton would achieve a treble by also securing the regular-season title, and defeating Toronto Ukrainians for the NSL Cup.