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.

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
	Katolik	Report[1]	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[1]	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[1]		Stadium: Sydney Sports Ground Attendance: 7,400 Referee: K. Irwin (Newcastle)

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.

APIA Leichhardt v South Coast United

29 September 1963	APIA Leichhardt	2–0	South Coast United	Wentworth Park, Glebe[2][3]
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

Sydney Prague v Brisbane Hellenic

13 October 1963	Sydney Prague	5–2	Brisbane Hellenic	Wentworth Park, Sydney
				Attendance: 2,100[4]

Port Melbourne Slavia v APIA Leichhardt

13 October 1963	Port Melbourne Slavia	3–1	APIA Leichhardt	Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne
				Attendance: 11,000[4]

Polonia Melbourne v Sydney Prague

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

Sydney Prague v Adelaide Juventus

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

Changes from last 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.

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.

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.

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.

• NB: Replay scores in brackets.

• NB: Replay scores in brackets.

• 1963 in Australian soccer