The 1962–63 season was the 90th season of competitive football in Scotland and the 66th season of the Scottish Football League.
Scottish League Division One
Champions: Rangers<br />
Relegated: Clyde, Raith Rovers
Scottish League Division Two
Promoted: St Johnstone, East Stirlingshire
Cups
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!width=140|Competition
!width=135|Winner
!width=80|Score
!width=135|Runner-up
|-
|align=left|Scottish Cup 1962–63
|Rangers
|3 – 0 (rep.)
|Celtic
|-
|align=left|League Cup 1962–63
|Heart of Midlothian
|1 – 0
|Kilmarnock
|-
|align=left|Junior Cup
|Irvine Meadow XI
|2 – 1
|Glenafton Athletic
|}
Other honours
National
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!width=160|Competition
!width=135|Winner
!width=80|Score
!width=135|Runner-up
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|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup - North
|Forres Mechanics
|8 – 4 *
|Buckie Thistle
|-
|align=left|Scottish Qualifying Cup - South
|Duns
|7 – 1 *
|St Cuthbert Wanderers
|}
County
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!width=160|Competition
!width=135|Winner
!width=80|Score
!width=135|Runner-up
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|align=left|Aberdeenshire Cup
|Peterhead
|
|
|-
|align=left|East of Scotland Shield
|Hibernian
|2 – 0
|Hearts
|-
|align=left|Fife Cup
|Dunfermline Athletic
|4 – 0
|East Fife
|-
|align=left|Forfarshire Cup
|Dundee United
|2 – 1
|Arbroath
|-
|align=left|Glasgow Cup
|Third Lanark
|2 – 1
|Celtic
|-
|align=left|Lanarkshire Cup
|Airdrie
|3 – 0
|Motherwell
|-
|align=left|Renfrewshire Cup
|St Mirren
|2 – 1 *
|Morton
|-
|align=left|Stirlingshire Cup
|Stenhousemuir
|4 – 1
|Falkirk
|}
- aggregate over two legs
Highland League
National team
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!Date
!Venue
!Opponents
!
!Competition
!Scotland scorer(s)
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|20 October 1962
|Ninian Park, Cardiff (A)
|
|align=center|3–2
|BHC
|Eric Caldow (pen.), Denis Law, Willie Henderson
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|7 November 1962
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|5–1
|BHC
|Denis Law (4), Willie Henderson
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|6 April 1963
|Wembley Stadium, London (A)
|
|align=center|2–1
|BHC
|Jim Baxter (2, 1 pen.)
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|8 May 1963
|Hampden Park, Glasgow (H)
|
|align=center|4–1
|Friendly
|Denis Law (2), Davie Wilson (2)
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|4 June 1963
|Brann Stadium, Bergen (A)
|
|align=center|3–4
|Friendly
|Denis Law (3)
|-bgcolor=#ffdddd
|9 June 1963
|Dalymount Park, Dublin (A)
|
|align=center|0–1
|Friendly
|
|-bgcolor=#ddffdd
|13 June 1963
|Bernabeu Stadium, Madrid (A)
|
|align=center|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
External links
- Scottish Football Historical Archive