1962–63 in Scottish football

The 1962–63 season was the 90th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 66th season of the Scottish Football League.^[1]

1962–63 in Scottish football
Division One champions
Rangers
Division Two champions
St Johnstone
Scottish Cup winners
Rangers
League Cup winners
Heart of Midlothian
Junior Cup winners
Irvine Meadow XI
Teams in Europe
Celtic, Dundee, Dunfermline Athletic, Hibernian, Rangers
Scotland national team
1963 BHC

Scottish League Division One

Main article: 1962–63 Scottish Division One

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Rangers (C)	34	25	7	2	94	28	3.357	57
2	Kilmarnock	34	20	8	6	92	40	2.300	48
3	Partick Thistle	34	20	6	8	66	44	1.500	46
4	Celtic	34	19	6	9	76	44	1.727	44
5	Hearts	34	17	9	8	85	59	1.441	43
6	Aberdeen	34	17	7	10	70	47	1.489	41
7	Dundee United	34	15	11	8	67	52	1.288	41
8	Dunfermline	34	13	8	13	50	47	1.064	34
9	Dundee	34	12	9	13	60	49	1.224	33
10	Motherwell	34	10	11	13	60	63	0.952	31
11	Airdrieonians	34	14	2	18	52	76	0.684	30
12	St Mirren	34	10	8	16	52	72	0.722	28
13	Falkirk	34	12	3	19	54	69	0.783	27
14	Third Lanark	34	9	8	17	56	68	0.824	26
15	Queen of the South	34	10	6	18	36	75	0.480	26
16	Hibernian	34	8	9	17	47	67	0.701	25
17	Clyde (R)	34	9	5	20	49	83	0.590	23
18	Raith Rovers (R)	34	2	5	27	35	118	0.297	9

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Champions: Rangers
Relegated: Clyde, Raith Rovers

Scottish League Division Two

Main article: 1962–63 Scottish Division Two

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	St Johnstone (C, P)	36	25	5	6	83	37	2.243	55	Promotion to 1963–64 Scottish First Division
2	East Stirlingshire (P)	36	20	9	7	80	50	1.600	49
3	Morton	36	23	2	11	100	49	2.041	48
4	Hamilton Academical	36	18	8	10	69	56	1.232	44
5	Stranraer	36	16	10	10	81	70	1.157	42
6	Arbroath	36	18	4	14	74	51	1.451	40
7	Albion Rovers	36	18	2	16	72	79	0.911	38
8	Cowdenbeath	36	15	7	14	72	61	1.180	37
9	Alloa Athletic	36	15	6	15	57	56	1.018	36
10	Stirling Albion	36	16	4	16	74	75	0.987	36
11	East Fife	36	15	6	15	60	69	0.870	36
12	Dumbarton	36	15	4	17	64	64	1.000	34
13	Ayr United	36	13	8	15	68	77	0.883	34
14	Queen's Park	36	13	6	17	66	72	0.917	32
15	Montrose	36	13	5	18	57	70	0.814	31
16	Stenhousemuir	36	13	5	18	54	75	0.720	31
17	Berwick Rangers	36	11	7	18	57	77	0.740	29
18	Forfar Athletic	36	9	5	22	73	99	0.737	23
19	Brechin City	36	3	3	30	39	113	0.345	9

Source: statto.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal ratio.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Promoted: St Johnstone, East Stirlingshire

Cups

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Cup 1962–63	Rangers	3 – 0 (rep.)	Celtic
League Cup 1962–63	Heart of Midlothian	1 – 0	Kilmarnock
Junior Cup	Irvine Meadow XI	2 – 1	Glenafton Athletic

Other honours

National

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Scottish Qualifying Cup - North	Forres Mechanics	8 – 4 *	Buckie Thistle
Scottish Qualifying Cup - South	Duns	7 – 1 *	St Cuthbert Wanderers

County

Competition	Winner	Score	Runner-up
Aberdeenshire Cup	Peterhead
East of Scotland Shield	Hibernian	2 – 0	Hearts
Fife Cup	Dunfermline Athletic	4 – 0	East Fife
Forfarshire Cup	Dundee United	2 – 1	Arbroath
Glasgow Cup	Third Lanark	2 – 1	Celtic
Lanarkshire Cup	Airdrie	3 – 0	Motherwell
Renfrewshire Cup	St Mirren	2 – 1 *	Morton
Stirlingshire Cup	Stenhousemuir	4 – 1	Falkirk

^* - aggregate over two legs

Highland League

Top Three

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Elgin City	28	22	1	5	105	47	+58	45
2	Inverness Caledonian	28	19	4	5	56	48	+8	42
3	Clachnacuddin	28	14	4	10	65	45	+20	32

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

National team

Main article: Scotland national football team 1960–79 results

Date	Venue	Opponents	Score^[2]	Competition	Scotland scorer(s)
20 October 1962	Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)	Wales	3–2	BHC	Eric Caldow (pen.), Denis Law, Willie Henderson
7 November 1962	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Northern Ireland	5–1	BHC	Denis Law (4), Willie Henderson
6 April 1963	Wembley Stadium, London (A)	England	2–1	BHC	Jim Baxter (2, 1 pen.)
8 May 1963	Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)	Austria	4–1	Friendly	Denis Law (2), Davie Wilson (2)
4 June 1963	Brann Stadium, Bergen (A)	Norway	3–4	Friendly	Denis Law (3)
9 June 1963	Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Friendly
13 June 1963	Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid (A)	Spain	6–2	Friendly	Denis Law, Dave Gibson, Frank McLintock, Davie Wilson, Willie Henderson, Ian St. John

• Scotland won the 1963 British Home Championship.

Key:

• (H) = Home match
• (A) = Away match
• BHC = British Home Championship

Notes and references

1. "1962/63 - the Scottish Football League". scottishfootballleague.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
2. Scotland's score is shown first.

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