1962–63 Irish League
Appearance
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Season | 1962–63 |
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Champions | Distillery 6th Irish title |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 467 (3.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Joe Meldrum (27) |
← 1961–62 1963–64 → |
Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971
The 1962–63 Irish League was the 62nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Distillery won the championship.
League standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GR | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Distillery (C) | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 57 | 30 | 1.900 | 31 | Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round |
2 | Linfield | 22 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 40 | 24 | 1.667 | 29 | Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round |
3 | Portadown | 22 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 1.800 | 28 | |
4 | Glentoran | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 27 | 1.815 | 28 | Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup |
5 | Ballymena United | 22 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 41 | 42 | 0.976 | 25 | |
6 | Crusaders | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 42 | 1.119 | 24 | |
7 | Coleraine | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 33 | 1.030 | 24 | |
8 | Glenavon | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 44 | 31 | 1.419 | 23 | |
9 | Derry City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 34 | 38 | 0.895 | 21 | |
10 | Ards | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 54 | 0.556 | 13 | |
11 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 56 | 0.429 | 9 | |
12 | Bangor | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 65 | 0.338 | 9 |