Season | 1963 |
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← 1962 1964 → |
The 1963 NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs (NSWSF) season was the seventh season of soccer in New South Wales under the administration of the federation since its breakaway from the NSW Soccer Football Association in January 1957.
This season again provided further representation for players of the federation in the Australian Representative Championship. This years edition would be the first year of a two year span for the tournament as it expanded across every state federation for the first time. The NSWSF (Sydney) won two of its three matches, finishing the year in third place on the competition table.
15 April 1963 | South Australia | 3–2 | NSW (Sydney) | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Report [1] | Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: T. Bued (Western Australia) |
25 April 1963 | NSW (Sydney) | 3–2 | Victoria | Sydney, Australia |
Report [1] |
| Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 9,700 Referee: W. Vernon (Queensland) |
10 June 1963 | NSW (Sydney) | 7–0 | Tasmania | Sydney, Australia |
Report [1] | Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 7,400 Referee: K. Irwin (Newcastle) |
The first four teams at the close of the regular season were nominated to represent the NSWSF at the 'Craven A' Australia Cup. Representatives for the 1963 tournament were Prague, APIA Leichhardt, South Coast United and Pan Hellenic. South Coast United and Pan Hellenic were both defeated by other NSWSF teams in Round 2, with APIA Leichhardt losing in the quarter-finals and Prague losing in the third-place playoff.
Club | First Round | Last Round |
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Sydney FC Prague | Round 2 | Third-place playoff |
APIA Leichhardt FC | Round 2 | Quarter-finals |
South Coast United | Round 2 | |
Pan Hellenic | Round 2 |
29 September 1963 | APIA Leichhardt | 2–0 | South Coast United | Wentworth Park, Glebe [2] [3] |
15:00 AEST |
| Report | Attendance: 8,500 Referee: S. Pundyk |
7 October 1963 | Sydney Prague | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Pan Hellenic | Wentworth Park, Sydney |
Report |
| Attendance: 6,700 Referee: S. Pundyk |
13 October 1963 | Sydney Prague | 5–2 | Brisbane Hellenic | Wentworth Park, Sydney |
Attendance: 2,100 [4] |
13 October 1963 | Port Melbourne Slavia | 3–1 | APIA Leichhardt | Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne |
Attendance: 11,000 [4] |
20 October 1963 | Polonia Melbourne | 3–1 | Sydney Prague | Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne |
Attendance: 10,500 [4] |
27 October 1963 | Sydney Prague | 1–2 | Adelaide Juventus | Wentworth Park, Sydney |
Attendance: 2,000 [4] |
Changes from last season:
Division | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
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First Division | Croatia | Polonia–North Side |
Second Division | Thistle | Lidcombe |
Third Division | Disbanded |
Season | 1963 |
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Champions | South Coast United |
Premiers | Prague |
Matches played | 138 |
Goals scored | 591 (4.28 per match) |
Best Player | Jim Kelly |
Top goalscorer | Brian Tristram (32) |
Biggest home win | APIA 8–1 Yugal South Coast 7–0 Auburn Auburn 9–2 Yugal |
Biggest away win | Croatia 0–8 South Coast |
Highest scoring | Auburn 9–2 Yugal |
← 1962 1964 → |
The home and away regular season began March and ended in August after 22 rounds. Prague once again finished first on the ladder to become regular season premiers for a fourth time in five years.
The finals series began in September with a four-team playoff series. Third placed team South Coast United defeated second placed APIA Leichhardt 4–0 in the grand final to become champions for the first time.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Prague | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 30 | +45 | 36 | Qualification for Finals series |
2 | A.P.I.A. | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 31 | |
3 | South Coast United (C) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 30 | |
4 | Pan Hellenic | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 30 | |
5 | Gladesville-Ryde | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 44 | 37 | +7 | 26 | |
6 | St. George-Budapest | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 21 | |
7 | Canterbury-Marrickville | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 20 | |
8 | Yugal-Ryde | 22 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 45 | 64 | −19 | 19 | |
9 | Hakoah | 22 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 59 | −18 | 14 | |
10 | Bankstown | 22 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 36 | 60 | −24 | 14 | |
11 | Croatia | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 35 | 60 | −25 | 12 | |
12 | Auburn (R) | 22 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 68 | −35 | 11 | Relegated to Second Division |
Semi-finals 1–15 September | Preliminary final 18 September | Grand final 22 September | |||||||||||
Major Semifinal | |||||||||||||
1 | Prague | (2)(2)1 | 2 | A.P.I.A. | 0 | ||||||||
2 | A.P.I.A. | (2)(2)2 | 3 | South Coast | 4 | ||||||||
1 | Prague | 2 | |||||||||||
Minor Semifinal | 3 | South Coast | 3 | ||||||||||
3 | South Coast | 7 | |||||||||||
4 | Pan Hellenic | 1 | |||||||||||
Season | 1963 |
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Champions | Polonia-North Side |
Premiers | Corinthian BESC |
← 1962 1964 → |
The home and away regular season began in late March and ended in August after 22 rounds. Corinthian BESC finished first on the ladder to become regular season premiers.
The finals series began in September with a four-team playoff series. Second placed team Polonia-North Side defeated premiers Corinthian BESC 1–0 in the grand final to become second division champions for the first time.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Corinthian BESC (P) | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 16 | +72 | 43 | Qualification for Finals series |
2 | Polonia-North Side (C) | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 60 | 22 | +38 | 31 | |
3 | Balgownie Rangers | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 31 | |
4 | Sydney Austral | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 27 | |
5 | Granville AEK | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 54 | 40 | +14 | 25 | |
6 | Melita Eagles | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 54 | 44 | +10 | 24 | |
7 | Sutherland Shire | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 58 | 56 | +2 | 22 | |
8 | Concordia | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 44 | −5 | 22 | |
9 | Blacktown BSK | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 17 | |
10 | Bankstown Thistle | 21 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 67 | −41 | 10 | |
11 | Manly Warringah | 21 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 26 | 74 | −48 | 5 | |
12 | Toongabbie | 22 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 25 | 89 | −64 | 5 | Withdrew at end of season |
Semi-finals 1 September | Preliminary final 7 September | Grand final 14 September | |||||||||||
Major Semifinal | |||||||||||||
1 | Corinthian BESC | 1 | 2 | Polonia-North Side | 1 | ||||||||
2 | Polonia-North Side | 2 | 3 | Corinthian BESC | 0 | ||||||||
1 | Corinthian BESC | 3 | |||||||||||
Minor Semifinal | 3 | Balgownie Rangers | 1 | ||||||||||
3 | Balgownie Rangers | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | Sydney Austral | 0 | |||||||||||
Once again, the pre-season Ampol Cup and the Federation Cup were held, with SSC Yugal picking up their first Ampol Cup trophy and Hakoah claiming their third Federation Cup.
The season began with the seventh edition of the floodlight pre-season night series (sixth as the Ampol Cup) on 8 February 1963, culminating with the double-header third place playoff and Final on Friday, 15 March 1962 at the Redfern Oval in front of 7,000 spectators.
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||
Yugal-Ryde | 6 | ||||||||||
Hakoah | 2 | ||||||||||
Yugal-Ryde | 3 | ||||||||||
A.P.I.A. | 1 | ||||||||||
A.P.I.A. | 4 | ||||||||||
Gladesville | 1 | ||||||||||
Yugal-Ryde | 5 | ||||||||||
Auburn | 3 | ||||||||||
Auburn | 2 | ||||||||||
Canterbury-Marrickville | 1 | ||||||||||
Auburn | 2(2) | Third place playoff | |||||||||
Prague | 2(1) | ||||||||||
Prague | 3 | A.P.I.A. | 4 | ||||||||
Budapest | 2 | Prague | 2 |
Yugal-Ryde | 5–3 | Auburn |
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| Report [6] |
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Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
Canterbury-Marrickville | 2 | |||||||||||||
Polonia-North Side | 1 | |||||||||||||
Canterbury-Marrickville | 1(1) | |||||||||||||
Sydney Hakoah | 1(3) | |||||||||||||
Yugal Ryde | 0 | |||||||||||||
Sydney Hakoah | 2 | |||||||||||||
Sydney Hakoah | 2 | |||||||||||||
South Coast Utd | 1 | |||||||||||||
Croatia Maroubra | 1 | |||||||||||||
Gladesville-Ryde | 3 | |||||||||||||
Gladesville-Ryde | 1(0) | |||||||||||||
South Coast Utd | 1(1) | |||||||||||||
South Coast Utd | 2 | |||||||||||||
Balgownie Rangers | 1 |
Hakoah | 2–1 | South Coast United |
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Report [7] |
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