Scottish Division One 1962/63
| Scottish Division One 1962/63 | |
| master | Glasgow Rangers |
| European Cup of National Champions |
Glasgow Rangers |
| Trade fair trophy |
Partick Thistle Heart of Midlothian |
| Cup winners | Glasgow Rangers |
| European Cup Winners' Cup |
Celtic Glasgow |
| Relegated |
Clyde Raith Rovers FC |
| Teams | 18th |
| Games | 306 |
| Gates | 1,101 (ø 3.6 per game) |
| Top scorer |
 Jimmy Millar(Glasgow Rangers) |
| ← Division One 1961/62 | |
The Scottish Football League Division One was played for the 63rd time in 1962/63 . It was also the 66th edition of the highest soccer division within the Scottish Football League in which the Scottish champions were determined. It began on August 22, 1962 and ended on May 27, 1963. In the 1962/63 season, 18 clubs competed against each other in a total of 34 match days. Each team played once at home and away against every other team. The 2-point rule applied . In the event of a tie, the goal quotient counted .
The championship won for the 33rd time in the club's history, the Glasgow Rangers . The Rangers qualified as champions for the following European Cup season-1963/64 . Third and fifth placed Partick Thistle and Heart of Midlothian qualified for the Messestädte Cup . As a defeated cup finalist , Celtic Glasgow qualified for the European Cup Winners' Cup . The FC Clyde and Raith Rovers went into the Division Two from. The top scorer was Jimmy Millar of the Glasgow Rangers with 27 goals .
statistics
Closing table
| Pl. | society | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Quota | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Glasgow Rangers (P, L) | 34 | 25th | 7th | 2 | 94:28 | 3.36 | 57:11 |
| 2. | FC Kilmarnock | 34 | 20th | 8th | 6th | 92:40 | 2.30 | 48:20 |
| 3. | Partick Thistle | 34 | 20th | 6th | 8th | 66:44 | 1.50 | 46:22 |
| 4th | Celtic Glasgow | 34 | 19th | 6th | 9 | 76:44 | 1.73 | 44:24 |
| 5. | Heart of Midlothian | 34 | 17th | 9 | 8th | 85:59 | 1.44 | 43:25 |
| 6th | Aberdeen FC | 34 | 17th | 7th | 10 | 70:47 | 1.49 | 41:27 |
| 7th | Dundee United | 34 | 15th | 11 | 8th | 67:52 | 1.29 | 41:27 |
| 8th. | Dunfermline Athletic | 34 | 13 | 8th | 13 | 50:47 | 1.06 | 34:34 |
| 9. | Dundee FC (M) | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 60:49 | 1.22 | 33:35 |
| 10. | Motherwell FC | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 60:63 | 0.95 | 31:37 |
| 11. | Airdrieonians FC | 34 | 14th | 2 | 18th | 52:76 | 0.68 | 30:38 |
| 12. | FC St. Mirren | 34 | 10 | 8th | 16 | 52:72 | 0.72 | 28:40 |
| 13. | FC Falkirk | 34 | 12 | 3 | 19th | 54:69 | 0.78 | 27:41 |
| 14th | Third Lanark | 34 | 9 | 8th | 17th | 56:68 | 0.82 | 26:42 |
| 15th | Queen of the South (N) | 34 | 10 | 6th | 18th | 36:75 | 0.48 | 26:42 |
| 16. | Hibernian Edinburgh | 34 | 8th | 9 | 17th | 47:67 | 0.70 | 25:43 |
| 17th | Clyde FC (N) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20th | 49:83 | 0.59 | 23:45 |
| 18th | Raith Rovers | 34 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 35: 118 | 0.30 | 9:59 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| 1962/63 season | |
| Scottish champion and participation in the European Cup of National Champions 1963/64 | |
| Participation in the Messestädte-Pokal 1963/64 | |
| Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1963/64 | |
| Relegated to Division Two | |
| At the end of the 1961/62 season | |
| (M) | Champion of the previous year |
| (P) | Cup winner of the previous year |
| (L) | League cup winner of the previous year |
| (N) | Promoted from Division Two |
See also
Web links
- Scottish Division One 1962/63 at Statto.com
- Scottish Division One 1962/63 in the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scottish Football League & Scottish Premier League Top goalscorers per division. (No longer available online.) Scottish-football-historical-archive.com, archived from the original on September 27, 2012 ; accessed on April 4, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
