The 1962–63 Turkish National League was the fifth season of professional football in Turkey and the last year the top division in Turkey was named the Turkish National League.
Metin Oktay finished top scorer with a total of 38 goals; 16 in the group stages and 22 in the finals.
[2] A new format was put into place for this season only: the 22 clubs competing were split into two groups of 11.
The clubs who qualified for the classification group played each other twice to decide who would be ranked from 13th to 18th place.
Karagümrük, Şeker Hilal, Vefa, and Yeşildirek were relegated.