1962–63 Scottish Division One

57th season of top-tier football league in Scotland Football league season

Scottish Division One
Season	1962–63
Champions	Rangers
Relegated	Clyde Raith Rovers
← 1961–62 1963–64 →

The 1962–63 Scottish Division One was won by Rangers by nine points over nearest rival Kilmarnock. Clyde and Raith Rovers finished 17th and 18th respectively and were relegated to the 1963-64 Second Division.

League table

Pos	Team	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

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	AIR	CEL	CLY	DND	DNU	DNF	FAL	HOM	HIB	KIL	MOT	PAR	QOS	RAI	RAN	STM	THI
Aberdeen		2–1	1–5	0–2	1–0	1–2	4–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	4–1	10–0	2–3	0–1	4–1
Airdrieonians	2–0		1–6	3–1	1–0	4–2	0–1	2–1	4–2	2–1	0–3	1–4	2–0	1–3	8–1	0–2	4–2	1–4
Celtic	1–2	3–1		2–0	4–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	1–1	6–0	0–2	0–1	4–1	0–1	1–1	2–1
Clyde	1–3	2–0	1–3		3–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	0–6	3–1	0–5	2–3	1–2	1–1	4–2	1–3	2–0	3–2
Dundee	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0		1–2	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	10–2	1–1	0–0	5–1	5–2
Dundee United	3–3	3–1	3–0	4–1	1–1		0–4	1–0	0–0	5–0	3–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	8–1	2–1	1–1	1–0
Dunfermline Athletic	3–0	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–2		2–1	2–2	3–2	1–1	4–3	1–1	2–0	6–0	1–2	1–3	3–0
Falkirk	2–1	0–1	1–3	7–3	0–2	4–1	2–0		2–0	3–1	0–5	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–3	0–2	4–2	3–5
Heart of Midlothian	1–1	6–1	4–3	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	5–0		3–3	2–3	2–1	2–4	3–0	2–1	0–5	5–0	2–0
Hibernian	2–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	0–4		0–2	1–0	0–2	3–0	1–0	1–5	2–1	1–1
Kilmarnock	2–2	8–0	6–0	3–2	1–0	2–2	3–0	3–1	2–2	2–0		7–1	1–2	7–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	2–2
Motherwell	0–2	3–0	0–2	6–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	4–1	1–3	2–2	2–1		1–1	1–2	5–1	1–1	1–1	3–3
Partick Thistle	2–3	3–0	1–5	5–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–4	2–2	3–2	2–0		0–1	4–1	1–4	2–1	3–1
Queen of the South	2–1	1–1	2–5	2–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–1	0–2	0–1		5–1	0–4	2–3	2–1
Raith Rovers	0–4	0–1	0–2	1–1	2–4	2–7	1–2	1–3	0–3	0–4	1–4	2–5	2–3	1–1		2–2	0–1	1–1
Rangers	2–2	5–2	4–0	3–1	1–1	5–0	1–1	4–0	5–1	3–1	6–1	1–1	2–1	3–1	4–2		3–0	1–0
St Mirren	2–1	1–1	0–7	1–2	0–3	2–1	3–1	2–2	7–3	2–2	2–4	2–0	1–1	4–0	1–2	0–2		2–4
Third Lanark	1–2	2–3	2–0	2–1	4–3	1–1	4–0	3–3	1–2	1–4	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–4	1–1

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

References

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v t e 1962–63 in Scottish football
« 1961–62 1963–64 »
Domestic leagues	Football League Division One Division Two Highland League
Domestic cups	Scottish Cup Final League Cup Final Junior Cup
European competitions	European Cup European Cup Winners' Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup
Related to national team	Results British Home Championship
Club seasons
Division One	Aberdeen Airdrieonians Celtic Clyde Dundee Dundee United Dunfermline Athletic Falkirk Heart of Midlothian Hibernian Kilmarnock Morton Motherwell Partick Thistle Queen of the South Rangers Raith Rovers St. Mirren Third Lanark
Division Two	Albion Rovers Alloa Athletic Arbroath Ayr United Berwick Rangers Brechin City Cowdenbeath Dumbarton East Fife East Stirlingshire Forfar Athletic Hamilton Academical Montrose Queen's Park St. Johnstone Stenhousemuir Stirling Albion Stranraer

v t e 1962–63 in European football (UEFA)
« 1961–62 1963–64 »
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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

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