1962–63 League of Ireland

Statistics of League of Ireland in the 1962/1963 season.

League of Ireland

Season	1962–63
Champions	Dundalk (2nd Title)
European Cup	Dundalk
Cup Winners Cup	Shelbourne
Fairs Cup	Shamrock Rovers
Matches played	90
Goals scored	306 (3.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mick Lynch (Waterford) 12
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

Overview

It was contested by 10 teams, and Dundalk won the championship.^[1]

Final classification

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dundalk	18	9	6	3	39	23	+16	24	European Cup
2	Waterford	18	10	3	5	50	37	+13	23
3	Drumcondra	18	10	3	5	33	27	+6	23
4	Cork Celtic	18	6	9	3	33	22	+11	21
5	Shamrock Rovers	18	7	5	6	36	25	+11	19	Fairs Cup
6	Cork Hibernians	18	7	4	7	22	25	−3	18
7	Shelbourne	18	7	4	7	29	35	−6	18	Cup Winners' Cup
8	Limerick	18	5	3	10	22	30	−8	13
9	St Patrick's Athletic	18	4	5	9	23	47	−24	13
10	Bohemians	18	1	6	11	19	35	−16	8

Source: www.rsssf.com

Drogheda and Sligo Rovers were elected to the league for next season.

Results

Home \ Away	BOH	CCF	CHF	DRU	DUN	LIM	SHM	SHE	StP	WAT
Bohemians	—	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	1–3
Cork Celtic	2–1	—	1–1	5–0	2–2	3–2	2–2	3–3	1–1	4–2
Cork Hibernians	2–1	0–1	—	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–1	3–3
Drumcondra	2–1	2–1	1–2	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	2–0
Dundalk	5–1	2–1	2–0	5–2	—	3–0	1–3	2–1	4–1	2–2
Limerick	3–0	0–0	3–3	3–3	0–2	—	1–0	1–4	3–0	2–3
Shamrock Rovers	3–1	0–0	5–2	2–0	1–1	0–1	—	5–0	1–1	2–4
Shelbourne	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	2–4	—	1–2	2–3
St Patrick's Athletic	1–1	1–5	1–1	1–5	2–2	2–0	1–4	2–3	—	3–6
Waterford	3–3	2–1	1–2	3–1	2–3	2–1	3–1	2–3	6–1	—

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mick Lynch	Waterford	12
2	Jackie Mooney	Shamrock Rovers	11
3	Jimmy Hasty	Dundalk	9
4	Eric Barber	Shelbourne	8
	Al Casey	Waterford
	Jackie Hennessy	Shelbourne
	Frank McCarthy	Cork Celtic
	Austin Noonan	Cork Celtic
9	Ben Hannigan	Shelbourne	7
	Donal Leahy	Cork Celtic