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NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs
Season1963
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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.

Representative team[edit]

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 South Australia 3–2 New South Wales NSW (Sydney) Adelaide, South Australia
  • Sinclair
  • Katolik
Report[1]
Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: T. Bued (Western Australia)
25 April 1963 NSW (Sydney) New South Wales 3–2 Victoria (state) Victoria Sydney, Australia
 Report[1]
  • Pearson
Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 9,700
Referee: W. Vernon (Queensland)
10 June 1963 NSW (Sydney) New South Wales 7–0 Tasmania Tasmania Sydney, Australia
 Report[1] Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground
Attendance: 7,400
Referee: K. Irwin (Newcastle)

NSWSF member clubs at the Australia Cup[edit]

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
Sydney FC Prague Round 2 Third-place playoff
APIA Leichhardt FC Round 2 Quarter-finals
South Coast United Round 2
Pan Hellenic Round 2

1963 Australia Cup[edit]

Round 2[edit]

29 September 1963 APIA Leichhardt New South Wales 2–0 New South Wales South Coast United Wentworth Park, Glebe[2][3]
15:00 AEST
Report Attendance: 8,500
Referee: S. Pundyk
7 October 1963 Sydney Prague New South Wales 2–1 (a.e.t.) New South Wales Pan Hellenic Wentworth Park, Sydney
 Report
Attendance: 6,700
Referee: S. Pundyk

Quarter-finals[edit]

13 October 1963 Sydney Prague New South Wales 5–2 Brisbane Hellenic Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 2,100[4]
13 October 1963 Port Melbourne Slavia 3–1 New South Wales APIA Leichhardt Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
Attendance: 11,000[4]

Semi-finals[edit]

20 October 1963 Polonia Melbourne 3–1 New South Wales Sydney Prague Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
Attendance: 10,500[4]

Third place playoff[edit]

27 October 1963 Sydney Prague New South Wales 1–2 Adelaide Juventus Wentworth Park, Sydney
Attendance: 2,000[4]

Leagues[edit]

Changes from last season:

Division Promoted to league Relegated from league
First Division Croatia Polonia–North Side
Second Division Thistle Lidcombe
Third Division Disbanded

First Division[edit]

First Division
Season1963
ChampionsSouth Coast United
PremiersPrague
Matches played138
Goals scored591 (4.28 per match)
Best PlayerJim Kelly
Top goalscorerBrian Tristram (32)
Biggest home winAPIA 8–1 Yugal
South Coast 7–0 Auburn
Auburn 9–2 Yugal
Biggest away winCroatia 0–8 South Coast
Highest scoringAuburn 9–2 Yugal
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1964 →
Main article: 1963 NSW First Division season

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.

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: [5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals series[edit]

Semi-finals
1–15 September		Preliminary final
18 September		Grand final
22 September
Major Semifinal
1Prague(2)(2)12A.P.I.A.0
2A.P.I.A.(2)(2)23South Coast4
1Prague2
Minor Semifinal3South Coast3
3South Coast7
4Pan Hellenic1

Second Division[edit]

Second Division
Season1963
ChampionsPolonia-North Side
PremiersCorinthian BESC
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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.

Table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: [5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Finals series[edit]

Semi-finals
1 September		Preliminary final
7 September		Grand final
14 September
Major Semifinal
1Corinthian BESC12Polonia-North Side1
2Polonia-North Side23Corinthian BESC0
1Corinthian BESC3
Minor Semifinal3Balgownie Rangers1
3Balgownie Rangers2
4Sydney Austral0

Cup competitions[edit]

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.

Ampol Cup[edit]

Main article: 1963 Ampol Cup (NSW)

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.

Finals series[edit]

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
  • NB: Replay scores in brackets.

Final[edit]

Yugal-Ryde5–3Auburn
 Report[6]
  • Jeffrey
  • Tran
  • Baker
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Frank Sbisa

Federation Cup[edit]

Main article: 1963 NSW Federation Cup

Finals[edit]

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
  • NB: Replay scores in brackets.

Final[edit]

Hakoah2–1South Coast United
 Report[7]
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Roy Pearce

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Soccer World Annual 1964". Football NSW. p. 32–36. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 35". Soccer World. 27 September 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 36". Soccer World. 4 October 1963. p. 5. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d Andrew Robinson (11 June 2016). "Australia Cup 1963 – Results".
  5. ^ a b "Australia 1963". rsssf.org. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Soccer World Annual 1964". Football NSW. p. 25. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  7. ^ "Soccer World Vol. 06 No. 40". Soccer World. 1 November 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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