1963 NSWSF season

NSW Federation of Soccer Clubs 1963 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. 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. 15 April 1963 Adelaide, South Australia South Australia South Australia 3–2 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1964/page/n16/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Annual 1964 Football NSW 28 June 2024 32–36 NSW NSW (Sydney) Sinclair W. Sinclair Katolik S. Katolik Ninaus Jeffrey Hindmarsh Stadium 4,500 T. Bued (Western Australia) L 25 April 1963 Sydney, Australia NSW (Sydney) NSW 3–2 Report Victoria Victoria Barnett Blitz Ninaus Pearson J. Pearson Sydney Sports Ground 9,700 W. Vernon (Queensland) W 10 June 1963 Sydney, Australia NSW (Sydney) NSW 7–0 Report Tasmania Tasmania Barnett Ninaus Alick Jeffrey Sydney Sports Ground 7,400 K. Irwin (Newcastle) W 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 29 September 1963 15:00 AEST APIA Leichhardt NSW 2–0 https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2036%2C%20Friday%20October%204th%201963/page/5/mode/1up NSW South Coast United Baumgartner 34 Wong 48 Wentworth Park, Glebehttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2035%2C%20Friday%20September%2027th%201963/page/3/mode/1up Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 35 Soccer World 3 27 September 1963 20 October 2023https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2036%2C%20Friday%20October%204th%201963/page/5/mode/1up 5 Soccer World Soccer World Vol. 06, No. 36 4 October 1963 20 October 2023 8,500 S. Pundyk 7 October 1963 Sydney Prague NSW 2–1 https://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2037%2C%20Friday%20%20October%2011th%201963/page/n4/mode/1up NSW Pan Hellenic yes Sherwin 7 Badaracco 106 Logan 12 Wentworth Park, Sydney 6,700 S. Pundyk Quarter-finals 13 October 1963 Sydney Prague NSW 5–2 Brisbane Hellenic Wentworth Park, Sydney 2,100http://www.elitetograssroots.net/qbst/1_australia_cup/ac1963.htm Australia Cup 1963 – Results 11 June 2016 Andrew Robinson 13 October 1963 Port Melbourne Slavia 3–1 NSW APIA Leichhardt Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne 11,000 Semi-finals 20 October 1963 Polonia Melbourne 3–1 NSW Sydney Prague Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne 10,500 Third place playoff 27 October 1963 Sydney Prague NSW 1–2 Adelaide Juventus Wentworth Park, Sydney 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 1963 South Coast United Prague Jim Kelly Brian Tristram (32) 138 591 APIA 8–1 Yugal South Coast 7–0 Auburn Auburn 9–2 Yugal Croatia 0–8 South Coast Auburn 9–2 Yugal 1962 1964 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 main WDL 5 2 complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/aus1963.html#nsw Australia 1963 rsssf.org 22 June 2024 PRA Prague API A.P.I.A. SCU South Coast United PAN Pan Hellenic GLA Gladesville-Ryde BUD St. George-Budapest CAN Canterbury-Marrickville YUG Yugal-Ryde HAK Hakoah BAN Bankstown CRO Croatia AUB Auburn 17 2 3 75 30 14 3 5 70 38 13 4 5 55 31 C 12 6 4 56 37 11 4 7 44 37 8 5 9 41 39 7 6 9 37 45 9 1 12 45 64 3 8 11 41 59 7 0 15 36 60 4 4 14 35 60 5 1 16 33 68 R F F F F R QR green1 Qualification for Finals series red1 Relegated to Second Division Finals series yes yes Semi-finals 1–15 September Major Semifinal 1 Prague (2)(2)1 2 A.P.I.A. (2)(2)2 Minor Semifinal 3 South Coast 7 4 Pan Hellenic 1 Preliminary final 18 September 1 Prague 2 3 South Coast 3 Grand final 22 September 2 A.P.I.A. 0 3 South Coast 4 Second Division Second Division 1963 Polonia-North Side 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 main WDL 5 2 complete COR Corinthian BESC PNS Polonia-North Side BAL Balgownie Rangers SAU Sydney Austral GRN Granville AEK MEL Melita Eagles SUT Sutherland Shire CON Concordia BLK Blacktown BSK BAN Bankstown Thistle MAN Manly Warringah TOO Toongabbie 21 1 0 88 16 P 14 3 5 60 22 C 15 1 6 58 35 13 1 8 46 41 11 3 8 54 40 11 2 9 54 44 9 4 9 58 56 10 2 10 39 44 7 3 12 39 45 4 2 15 26 67 2 1 18 26 74 2 1 19 25 89 F F F F W QR green1 Qualification for Finals series black1 Withdrew at end of season Finals series yes yes Semi-finals 1 September Major Semifinal 1 Corinthian BESC 1 2 Polonia-North Side 2 Minor Semifinal 3 Balgownie Rangers 2 4 Sydney Austral 0 Preliminary final 7 September 1 Corinthian BESC 3 3 Balgownie Rangers 1 Grand final 14 September 2 Polonia-North Side 1 3 Corinthian BESC 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 no yes Quarter-finals Semi-finals Finals Grand Final Third place playoff Yugal-Ryde 6 Hakoah 2 A.P.I.A. 4 Gladesville 1 Auburn 2 Canterbury-Marrickville 1 Prague 3 Budapest 2 Yugal-Ryde 3 A.P.I.A. 1 Auburn 2(2) Prague 2(1) Yugal-Ryde 5 Auburn 3 A.P.I.A. 4 Prague 2 NB: Replay scores in brackets. Final 15 March 1963 Redfern, Sydney Yugal-Ryde 5–3 Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-annual-1964/page/n12/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Annual 1964 25 Football NSW 24 June 2024 Auburn Pacanin Medina J. Medina Jelisavcic Alagich Jeffrey A. Jeffrey Tran N. Tran Baker R. Baker Redfern Oval 7,000 Frank Sbisa Federation Cup 1963 NSW Federation Cup Finals yes 30px Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final Canterbury-Marrickville 2 Polonia-North Side 1 Yugal Ryde 0 Sydney Hakoah 2 Croatia Maroubra 1 Gladesville-Ryde 3 South Coast Utd 2 Balgownie Rangers 1 Gladesville-Ryde 1(0) South Coast Utd 1(1) Sydney Hakoah 1(3) Canterbury-Marrickville 1(1) Sydney Hakoah 2 South Coast Utd 1 NB: Replay scores in brackets. Final Friday, 25 October 1963 2–1 Hakoah South Coast United Gold 44 Ninaus 62 Johnson 58 ES Marks Athletics Field Moore Park 2,200 Roy Pearce Reporthttps://archive.org/details/soccer-world-1963/Soccer%20World%2C%20Vol.%2006%2C%20No.%2040%2C%20Friday%20November%201st%201963/page/3/mode/1up?view=theater Soccer World Vol. 06 No. 40 Soccer World 1 November 1963 22 November 2023 3 See also 1963 in Australian soccer References Category:New South Wales Federation of Soccer Clubs seasons N N