1962–63 Irish League

Irish League
Season	1962–63
Champions	Distillery; 6th Irish title
Matches played	132
Goals scored	467 (3.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Joe Meldrum (27)
	← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Belfast

Belfast teams : Cliftonville
Crusaders
Distillery
Glentoran
Linfield

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Location of teams in the Irish League from 1949–1972

1962–63 Irish League is located in Greater Belfast

Location of Belfast-based teams in the Irish League from 1949–1971

The 1962–63 Irish League was the 62nd edition of the Irish League, the highest level of league competition in Northern Irish football. The league consisted of 12 teams, and Distillery won the championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Qualification
1	Distillery (C)	22	13	5	4	57	30	1.900	31	Qualification for the European Cup preliminary round
2	Linfield	22	10	9	3	40	24	1.667	29	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
3	Portadown	22	9	10	3	45	25	1.800	28
4	Glentoran	22	11	6	5	49	27	1.815	28	Participated in the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
5	Ballymena United	22	7	11	4	41	42	0.976	25
6	Crusaders	22	11	2	9	47	42	1.119	24
7	Coleraine	22	8	8	6	34	33	1.030	24
8	Glenavon	22	9	5	8	44	31	1.419	23
9	Derry City	22	8	5	9	34	38	0.895	21
10	Ards	22	5	3	14	30	54	0.556	13
11	Cliftonville	22	2	5	15	24	56	0.429	9
12	Bangor	22	2	5	15	22	65	0.338	9

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	ARD	BAN	BLM	CLI	COL	CRU	DIS	DER	GLV	GLT	LIN	POR
Ards		3–0	2–2	1–4	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–5	1–0	1–6	1–0	0–0
Bangor	1–3		2–2	2–1	3–1	0–3	1–3	1–2	0–3	0–5	2–5	2–2
Ballymena United	0–0	4–2		5–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	5–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–2
Cliftonville	3–4	3–1	0–1		0–3	1–5	0–3	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–2	0–4
Coleraine	1–2	0–0	3–0	2–2		3–2	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–3	0–1
Crusaders	4–1	4–0	4–1	3–2	3–2		0–3	4–0	4–3	1–4	0–3	0–1
Distillery	5–3	9–1	6–1	4–1	0–0	1–0		3–1	1–2	1–1	4–2	2–2
Derry City	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–1		1–0	0–1	1–1	3–1
Glenavon	2–0	6–1	1–1	6–2	3–3	2–3	0–2	4–1		0–1	3–2	3–0
Glentoran	2–1	2–2	5–1	1–1	2–3	1–1	5–1	0–2	2–1		1–1	1–3
Linfield	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–1		2–2
Portadown	5–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–1	8–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	0–1	0–0

Source: Irish League Archive
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)

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Irish Premier League	2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08
IFA Premiership	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
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Belfast & District League (wartime)	1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19
Northern Regional League (wartime)	1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47

v t e 1962–63 in European football (UEFA)
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Domestic leagues	Albania Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark '62 '63 England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany (Finals) Greece Hungary Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Sweden '62 '63 Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Domestic cups	Albania Austria Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark England Faroe Islands '62 '63 Finland '62 '63 France East Germany West Germany Greece Iceland '62 '63 Israel Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '62 '63 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Scotland Soviet Union '62 '63 Spain Switzerland Turkey Wales Yugoslavia
League cups	England Scotland
UEFA competitions	European Cup (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final)
Non-UEFA competitions	Inter-Cities Fairs Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Balkans Cup