- League standings
- Top scorers
- References
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}}The Irish League in season 1963–64 comprised 12 teams, and Glentoran won the championship. League standings| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts | | 1 | Glentoran | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 59 | 29 | 33 | | 2 | Coleraine | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 25 | 32 | | 3 | Derry City | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 59 | 33 | 29 | | 4 | Linfield | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 53 | 38 | 28 | | 5 | Portadown | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 49 | 36 | 27 | | 6 | Ballymena United | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 55 | 52 | 24 | | 7 | Distillery | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 46 | 23 | | 8 | Glenavon | 22 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 51 | 50 | 21 | | 9 | Crusaders | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 41 | 18 | | 10 | Ards | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 45 | 58 | 17 | | 11 | Bangor | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 26 | 76 | 6 | | 12 | Cliftonville | 22 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 24 | 80 | 6 |
Top scorers| Pos | Player | Club | Pld | Goals | | 1 | Trevor Thompson | Glentoran | 20 | 21 | | 2 | Phil Scott | Linfield | 21 | 20 | | 3 | Denis Guy | Glenavon | 22 | 19 | | 4 | Billy Johnston | Glenavon | 17 | 17 | | 5 | Ken Halliday | Coleraine | 21 | 16 | | 6 | John Cochrane | Distillery | 15 | 15 | | = | T. Sterritt | Ards | 22 | 15 | | 8 | Fay Coyle | Derry City | 15 | 14 | | 9 | Jimmy Meldrum | Distillery | 17 | 13 | | = | Sammy Pavis | Glentoran | 18 | 13 | |
References- Northern Ireland - List of final tables (RSSSF)
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