1963 National Soccer League
President: Walter Popowich
Review of the season
The newly-formed Toronto Hakoah club joined the league. Another new club was Estonia.
The opening game of the 1963 season was played on Sunday April 28, 1963. Olympia and Ukraina played to a 3-3 tie.
Italian Virtus secured the league championship by beating Ukraina on September 26. Italian Virtus finished the season With 27 points, one more than Hakoah who had 26 points.
Toronto Ukraina beat Toronto Hakoah in the NSL play-offs finals to win the O’Keefe Trophy. Ukraina took the best-of-three series in two successive game. They won the opening game 2-0. In the second game they won 3-2 with Fred Patterson, Leo Dowhaluk and John Ihnatovych scoring the goals for Ukraina.
After the season it was rumoured that the league could lose possession of Stanley Park as they were struggling with huge debts. It was even a big question if there would even be a 1964 season with talks of the ECPSL creating a second division to accommodate more teams. Toronto Ukraina applied for a place in the ECPSL but were turned down.
After the season Hakoah dropped out from the NSL and tried to join the ECPSL. Instead they ended up playing the 1964 season in the Ontario Soccer League and in the 1965 they rejoined the National Soccer League. Estonia also dropped out of the league and joined the Ontario Soccer League.
Final standings
| GP | W | L | T | Pts | |
| Italian Virtus | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
| Hakoah | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 26 |
| Toronto Ukraina | 18 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 24 |
| Toronto Hungaria | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 21 |
| Olympia-Harmonie | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 17 |
| Estonia | 18 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| Toronto Croatia | 18 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 |
Macedonia dropped out during the season.
National Soccer League Playoffs
Semi-finals
October 1, 1963 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance:
Hakoah 3
Hungaria 2
October 4, 1963 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance:
Hakoah 5
Hungaria 0
Hakoah won the best-of-three series in two straight games
October 3, 1963 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance:
Ukraina 1
Italia Virtus 0
October 6, 1963 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance:
Ukraina 1
Italia Virtus 0
Ukraina won the best-of-three game series in two straight games
O’Keefe Cup Finals
October 13, 1963 Stanley Park, Toronto
Hakoah 0
Ukraina 2
October 20, 1963 Stanley Park, Toronto
Hakoah 2
Ukraina 3
Ukraina won the best-of-three game series in two straight games.
Exhibition games
June 8, 1963 Stanley Park, Toronto
Attendance:
Hakoah 0
New York Hungaria 4
July 27, 1963 Edgerton Park, Rochester, New York
Attendance:
Rochester Ukrainians 0
Toronto Ukraina 1
Other Leagues and Cups
1963 Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League
President: Harold Ballard
Secretary: Bill Simpson
Publicity director: Ed Fitkin
Review of the season
After the season Cantalia rejoined the National Soccer League.
Results (incomplete)
May 9, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 4,252
Referee:
Toronto Italia 5
Montreal Ukraina 0
May 11, 1963
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Roma 1
Montreal Cantalia 1
May 12, 1963 Civic Stadium, Hamilton, Ontario
Attendance:
Referee:
Hamilton Steelers 0
Toronto Italia 2
May 19, 1963 Montreal
Attendance: 3,500
Referee:
Montreal Cantalia 1
Toronto Italia 2
May 20, 1963 Civic Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:
Hamilton Steelers 2
Toronto City 2
May 22, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 8,852
Referee:
Toronto Italia 3
Toronto Roma 1
May 25, 1963 Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Roma 3
Hamilton Steelers 0
May 26, 1963 Montreal
Attendance:
Referee:
Montreal Cantalia 3
Toronto City 2
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June 1, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 10,500
Referee:
Toronto Italia 4
Toronto Roma 0
June 2, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Roma 4
Hamilton Steelers 0
June 2, 1963 Faucher Stadium, Montreal
Attendance: 5,003
Referee:
Montreal Cantalia 4
Montreal Ukraina 5
June 9, 1963 Civic Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance:
Referee:
Hamilton Steelers 2
Toronto City 1
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June 15, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Italia 6
Montreal Ukraina 3
June 16, 1963 Civic Stadium, Hamilton
Attendance:
Referee:
Hamilton Steelers 2
Montreal Ukraina 0
June 19, 1963 Montreal
Attendance:
Referee:
Montreal Ukraina 2
Toronto Italia 2
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June 23, 1963 Hamilton, Ontario
Attendance: 7,200
Referee: Bill Divorski
Hamilton Steelers 2
Toronto Italia 3
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June 26, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Italia 1
Toronto City 1
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July 3, 1963 Faucher Stadium, Montreal
Attendance: 3,000
Referee:
Montreal Cantalia 2
Toronto Italia 4
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July 13, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Italia 7
Montreal Ukraina 1
July 16, 1963
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Italia 6
Hamilton Steelers 2
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August 2, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 5,765
Referee:
Toronto Italia 2
Hamilton Steelers 2
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August 7, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Italia 7
Montreal Cantalia 0
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August 21, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Italia 2
Hamilton Steelers 1
August 24, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance: 3,642
Referee:
Toronto Italia 5
Toronto City 3
August 28, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Attendance:
Referee:
Toronto Roma 3
Hamilton Steelers 4
Final league stadings
| W | L | T | Pts | |
| Toronto Italia | 19 | 1 | 5 | 43 |
| Hamilton Steelers | 12 | 9 | 4 | 28 |
| Toronto Roma | 10 | 9 | 6 | 26 |
| Montreal Cantalia | 11 | 10 | 4 | 26 |
| Montreal Ukraina | 5 | 14 | 5 | 15 |
| Toronto City | 2 | 16 | 6 | 10 |
Leading goalscorers
| Player | Club | Games | Goals |
| 1. Jorgen Petersen | Toronto Italia | 22 | 23 |
Playoffs
Semi-finals
Toronto Italia defeated Toronto Roma
Montreal Cantalia defeated
President’s Cup
September 15, 1963 Faucher Stadium, Montreal
Toronto Italia 1
Montreal Cantalia 0
September 18, 1963 Varsity Stadium, Toronto
Toronto Italia 4
Montreal Cantalia 0
Toronto Italia won the best-of-three games series 2-0
Exhibition games
May 23, 1963 Delorimier Stadium, Montreal
Attendance: 3,500
Montreal Cantalia 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 5
May 29, 1963 London, Ontario
Attendance:
Referee:
London Marconi 1
Toronto Italia 3
June 24, 1963 Toronto
Attendance: 5,445
Referee:
Toronto Italia 0
Preussen Münster 1
