1963 NSW Federation Cup

Football tournament season

1963 NSW Federation Cup
Tournament details
Country	Australia (NSW)
Teams	16
Defending champions	APIA Leichhardt
Final positions
Champions	Sydney Hakoah
Runner-up	South Coast United
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	56 (3.29 per match)
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The 1963 NSW Federation Cup was the seventh edition of the NSW Soccer Federation's premier soccer cup. Due to a lack of sponsorship, there was no prize money on offer for this tournament and the first time since the 1958 edition that it was solely known as the Federation Cup. The cup was contested by all twelve first division clubs and four second division clubs.

APIA Leichhardt were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round to Gladesville-Ryde.

The final was played between Sydney Hakoah and South Coast United, with Hakoah winning the match 2–1 and to claim their third Federation Cup title.^[1]^[2]

Format and clubs

Round	Clubs remaining	Clubs advancing from previous round	New entries this round	Main match dates
First Round	16	N/A	12 clubs from NSW First Division 4 clubs from NSW Second Division	from 24 August 1963
Quarter-finals	8	8 winners from First Round	none	from 2 October 1963
Semi-finals	4	4 winners from quarter-finals	none	from 11 October 1963
Final	2	2 winners from semi-finals enter Final	none	25 October 1963

First Round

Tie no.	Date	Team 1 (div.)	Score	Team 2 (div.)
3	24 August 1963	Auburn (1)	0–1	Polonia-North Side (2)
4	24 August 1963	South Coast United (1)	5–1	Budapest-St. George (1)
5	25 August 1963	Hakoah (1)	5–0	Sydney Austral (2)
6	25 August 1963	Pan Hellenic (1)	0–2	Yugal Ryde (1)
7	25 August 1963	Bankstown United (1)	1–2	Balgownie Rangers (2)
8	25 August 1963	APIA Leichhardt (1)	2–3	Gladesville-Ryde (1)
1	24 September 1963	Croatia Maroubra (1)	3–1	Corinthian BESC (2)
2	24 September 1963	Prague (1)	1–4	Canterbury-Marrickville (1)

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	5

				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.

Quarter-finals

Tie no.	Date	Team 1 (div.)	Score	Team 2 (div.)
9	2 October 1963	Canterbury-Marrickville (1)	3–1	Polonia-North Side (2)
10	2 October 1963	Yugal Ryde (1)	0–2	Hakoah (1)
11	6 October 1963	Croatia Maroubra (1)	1–3	Gladesville-Ryde (1)
12	6 October 1963	South Coast United (1)	2–1	Balgownie Rangers (2)

Semi-finals

Tie no.	Date	Team 1 (div.)	Score	Team 2 (div.)
13	11 October 1963	Gladesville-Ryde (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	South Coast United (1)
replay	20 October 1963	Gladesville-Ryde (1)	0–1	South Coast United (1)
14	11 October 1963	Hakoah (1)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Canterbury-Marrickville (1)
replay	20 October 1963	Hakoah (1)	3–1	Canterbury-Marrickville (1)

Third place final

Friday, 25 October 1963

Canterbury-Marrickville	5–2	Gladesville-Ryde
Watkiss 35' Galambos 50', 57', 66' Munster 79'	Report^[3]	McPhail 26' Reynolds 69'

ES Marks Athletics Field, Moore Park

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Frank Sbisa

Final

Friday, 25 October 1963

Hakoah	2–1	South Coast United
Gold 44' Ninaus 62'	Report^[4]	Johnson 58'

ES Marks Athletics Field, Moore Park

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Roy Pearce


	1	G. McGuire
	2	B. McGuire
	3	T. Maxwell
	4	R. Kearns
	5	M. Woods
	6	G. Chaldi
	7	R. Levi
	8	A. Saghi
	9	M. Bell
	10	H. Ninaus
	11	B. Gold
Coach:


	1	Wilf Billington
	2	Barry Salisbury
	3	Adrian Ringland
	4	Jimmy Kelly
	5	Phil Carr
	6	Max Tolson
	7	John Brownlie
	8	Mike Johnson
	9	John Doherty
	10	Graham Barnett
	11	Dennis Patterson
Coach:
Jimmy Kelly

NSW Federation Cup 1963 Champions

Hakoah Third Title

References

General and specific

^ "Soccer World Annual 1964". Soccer World. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "NSW Federation Cup 1963". www.socceraust.co.uk. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ "Soccer World Vol. 06 No. 40". Soccer World. 1 November 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^ "Soccer World Vol. 06 No. 40". Soccer World. 1 November 1963. p. 3. Retrieved 22 November 2023.

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