written by John Punshon
Sources: The Age, The Sporting Globe, The Sun, VSF Year Book 1964

In 1963 the Dockerty Cup was again restricted to sixteen teams, the twelve State League teams and the top two from Division 1 North and 1 South. The clubs not involved in the Dockerty Cup played for the Federation Cup

Home Team		v		Away Team
Round One
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Coburg United	6	-	0	Ballarat
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Collingwood Eagles	0	-	14	Bell Park
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Corio	1	-	9	Yallourn
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Croydon	1	-	6	Libertas
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Farifield	1	-	0	Maccabi
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Ferntree Gully	2	-	5	Box Hill
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Frankston	2	-	0	Prahran City
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Geelong Scottish Walkover to Geelong Scottish		-		Seymour-Puckapunyal Walkover to Geelong Scottish
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Glenroy United	1	-	0	Trident
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Heidelberg Walkover to Heidelberg		-		Sunshine Heights Walkover to Heidelberg
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Helvetic	0	-	6	Makedonia
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Hercules Walkover to Hercules		-		Rosebud Walkover to Hercules
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
ICI Deer Park	2	-	4	Bayswater
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Moorabbin City Walkover to Moorabbin City		-		Flinders Naval Depot Walkover to Moorabbin City
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Park Rangers	4	-	0	Essendon
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Springvale	2	-	4	Brunswick Athens
Saturday, September 7, 1963.
Williamstown	6	-	1	Ringwood
Byes: 15 teams
Round Two
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Ajax	2	-	1	Dandenong
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Azzurri After extra time Azzurri won (probably on penalties)	0	-	0	Glenroy United After extra time Azzurri won (probably on penalties)
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Brunswick Athens	5	-	1	Heidelberg
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Coburg United	4	-	1	Melbourne University
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Fairfield	0	-	3	Moorabbin City
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Geelong	1	-	0	Moreland
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Geelong Scottish	2	-	3	Brighton
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Hercules	1	-	4	Frankston
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Libertas	2	-	1	Oakleigh
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Makedonia	8	-	0	Tullamarine
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Park Rangers	4	-	1	Moonee Ponds
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
St Albans	1	-	2	Box Hill
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Sandringham City	4	-	0	Sunshine City
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
South Yarra	1	-	4	Yallourn
Saturday, September 14, 1963.
Williamstown After extra time Bayswater won (probably on penalties)	4	-	4	Bayswater After extra time Bayswater won (probably on penalties)
Bye: Bell Park (Sicilia-Kensington withdrew from the competition)
Round Three
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Box Hill	3	-	1	Libertas
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Brighton	1	-	2	Moreland
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Coburg United	5	-	2	Yallourn
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Frankston	2	-	3	Bell Park
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Makedonia	3	-	1	Ajax
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Moorabbin City	0	-	1	Azzurri
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Park Rangers	5	-	1	Bayswater
Saturday, September 21, 1963.
Sandringham City After extra time	1	-	2	Brunswick Athens After extra time
Round Four
Saturday, September 28, 1963.
Azzurri	0	-	4	Box Hill
Saturday, September 28, 1963.
Bell Park	1	-	5	Coburg United
Saturday, September 28, 1963.
Makedonia	3	-	0	Brunswick Athens
Saturday, September 28, 1963.
Park Rangers	1	-	3	Moreland
Semi-Finals
Saturday, October 5, 1963. Olympic Village, Heidelberg.
Box Hill	0	-	1	Coburg United
Saturday, October 5, 1963. Olympic Village, Heidelberg.
Makedonia After extra time Moreland won (probably on penalties)	2	-	2	Moreland After extra time Moreland won (probably on penalties)
Federation Cup Final 1963.
Sunday, October 6, 1963. Olympic Park, Melbourne.
Coburg United Goals: Healey x 2, Loughran, Malcolm	4	-	2	Makedonia Goals: Kuhn, Zemunik