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.

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs

Season	1963
← 1962 1964 →

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.

South Australia v NSW (Sydney)

15 April 1963	South Australia	3–2	NSW (Sydney)	Adelaide, South Australia
	Sinclair Katolik	Report	Ninaus Jeffrey	Stadium: Hindmarsh Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: T. Bued (Western Australia)

NSW (Sydney) v Victoria

25 April 1963	NSW (Sydney)	3–2	Victoria	Sydney, Australia
	Barnett Blitz Ninaus	Report	Pearson	Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 9,700 Referee: W. Vernon (Queensland)

NSW (Sydney) v Tasmania

10 June 1963	NSW (Sydney)	7–0	Tasmania	Sydney, Australia
	Barnett Ninaus Alick Jeffrey	Report		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 7,400 Referee: K. Irwin (Newcastle)

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
Pan Hellenic	Round 2

1963 Australia Cup

Round 2

APIA Leichhardt v South Coast United

29 September 1963	APIA Leichhardt	2–0	South Coast United	Wentworth Park, Glebe
15:00 AEST	Baumgartner 34' Wong 48'	Report		Attendance: 8,500 Referee: S. Pundyk

Sydney Prague v Pan Hellenic

7 October 1963	Sydney Prague	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Pan Hellenic	Wentworth Park, Sydney
	Sherwin 7' Badaracco 106'	Report	Logan 12'	Attendance: 6,700 Referee: S. Pundyk

Quarter-finals

Sydney Prague v Brisbane Hellenic

13 October 1963	Sydney Prague	5–2	Brisbane Hellenic	Wentworth Park, Sydney
				Attendance: 2,100

Port Melbourne Slavia v APIA Leichhardt

13 October 1963	Port Melbourne Slavia	3–1	APIA Leichhardt	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
				Attendance: 11,000

Semi-finals

Polonia Melbourne v Sydney Prague

20 October 1963	Polonia Melbourne	3–1	Sydney Prague	Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne
				Attendance: 10,500

Third place playoff

Sydney Prague v Adelaide Juventus

27 October 1963	Sydney Prague	1–2	Adelaide Juventus	Wentworth Park, Sydney
				Attendance: 2,000

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

First Division

First Division

Season	1963
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 →

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

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:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Finals series

	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

Second Division

Second Division

Season	1963
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.

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
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:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Finals series

	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

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

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

	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

15 March 1963

Yugal-Ryde	5–3	Auburn
Pacanin Medina Jelisavcic Alagich	Report	Jeffrey Tran Baker

Redfern Oval, Redfern, Sydney

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Frank Sbisa

Federation Cup

Main article: 1963 NSW Federation Cup

Finals

	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

Friday, 25 October 1963

Hakoah	2–1	South Coast United
Gold 44' Ninaus 62'	Report	Johnson 58'

ES Marks Athletics Field, Moore Park

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Roy Pearce

See also

• 1963 in Australian soccer