# 1963 NSWSF season

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

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.

## NSWSF member clubs at the Australia Cup

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 | Round 2 |
| Pan Hellenic | Round 2 | Round 2 |

### 1963 Australia Cup
#### Third place playoff
## Leagues

Changes from last season:
| Division | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| First Division | Croatia | Polonia–North Side |
| Second Division | Thistle | Lidcombe |
| Third Division | Disbanded | Disbanded |

### First Division

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

| 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 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 3 | South Coast United (C) | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 30 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Pan Hellenic | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 56 | 37 | +19 | 30 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 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 |

#### Finals series

| Semi-finals 1–15 September | Semi-finals 1–15 September | Semi-finals 1–15 September | Preliminary final 18 September | Preliminary final 18 September | Preliminary final 18 September | Grand final 22 September | Grand final 22 September | Grand final 22 September |
| Major Semifinal | Major Semifinal | 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 | Minor Semifinal | Minor Semifinal | 3 | South Coast | 3 | | | |
| 3 | South Coast | 7 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Pan Hellenic | 1 | | | | | | |

### Second Division

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

| 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 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 3 | Balgownie Rangers | 22 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 35 | +23 | 31 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 4 | Sydney Austral | 22 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 27 | Qualification for Finals series |
| 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 |

#### Finals series

| Semi-finals 1 September | Semi-finals 1 September | Semi-finals 1 September | Preliminary final 7 September | Preliminary final 7 September | Preliminary final 7 September | Grand final 14 September | Grand final 14 September | Grand final 14 September |
| Major Semifinal | Major Semifinal | 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 | Minor Semifinal | Minor Semifinal | 3 | Balgownie Rangers | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Balgownie Rangers | 2 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Sydney Austral | 0 | | | | | | |

## Cup competitions

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

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

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| Yugal-Ryde | 6 | | | | |
| Hakoah | 2 | | | | |
| Hakoah | 2 | Yugal-Ryde | 3 | | |
| | | A.P.I.A. | 1 | | |
| A.P.I.A. | 4 | A.P.I.A. | 1 | | |
| Gladesville | 1 | | | | |
| Gladesville | 1 | | | Yugal-Ryde | 5 |
| | | | | Auburn | 3 |
| Auburn | 2 | | | | | Auburn | 3 |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 1 | | |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | 1 | Auburn | 2(2) | Third place playoff | Third place playoff |
| | | Prague | 2(1) |
| Prague | 3 | Prague | 2(1) | A.P.I.A. | 4 |
| Budapest | 2 | | | Prague | 2 |
* NB: Replay scores in brackets.

#### Final
### Federation Cup
#### Finals

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 2 | | | | | | |
| Polonia-North Side | Polonia-North Side | 1 | | | | | | |
| Polonia-North Side | Polonia-North Side | 1 | Canterbury-Marrickville | Canterbury-Marrickville | 1(1) | | | |
| | | | Sydney Hakoah | Sydney Hakoah | 1(3) | | | |
| Yugal Ryde | Yugal Ryde | 0 | Sydney Hakoah | Sydney Hakoah | 1(3) | | | |
| Sydney Hakoah | Sydney Hakoah | 2 | | | | | | |
| Sydney Hakoah | Sydney Hakoah | 2 | | | | Sydney Hakoah | Sydney Hakoah | 2 |
| | | | | | | South Coast Utd | South Coast Utd | 1 |
| Croatia Maroubra | Croatia Maroubra | 1 | | | | | | | South Coast Utd | South Coast Utd | 1 |
| Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 3 | | | | | | |
| Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 3 | Gladesville-Ryde | Gladesville-Ryde | 1(0) | | | |
| | | | South Coast Utd | South Coast Utd | 1(1) | | | |
| South Coast Utd | South Coast Utd | 2 | South Coast Utd | South Coast Utd | 1(1) | | | |
| Balgownie Rangers | Balgownie Rangers | 1 | | | | | | |
* NB: Replay scores in brackets.