Premier Soccer League
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Premier Soccer League is the trading name of the National Soccer League (NSL) of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. The top league is the ABSA Premiership, sponsored by ABSA
Absa Group Limited
The Absa Group Limited is the largest consumer bank in South Africa.- Overview :Absa is based in Johannesburg and listed on the JSE Limited and is one of South Africa's largest financial institutions...

. The next highest league is the National First Division
National First Division
The National First Division is the second-highest league of South African club football after the Premier Soccer League . Both the NFD and PSL are organised by the National Soccer League.-For seasons in 2007-11:...

.

The PSL is currently ranked 14th in Africa, according to CAF's 5-Year Ranking
CAF 5-Year Ranking
The Confederation of African Football football CAF 5-Year Ranking is used to determine the number of clubs that each CAF member association may enter in the region's club competitions...


History

The PSL was founded by Kaizer Motaung
Kaizer Motaung
Kaizer Motaung is a former South African soccer player and founder of the Kaizer Chiefs Football Club, of which he is still chairman and managing director...

, Irvin Khoza
Irvin Khoza
Irvin Khoza is a South African soccer administrator. Nicknamed "Iron Duke / Squveve", he is the Chairman of Orlando Pirates Football Club, Chairman of the South African Premier Soccer League and by virtue of this, Vice-President of the South African Football Association...

, Raymond Hack and Jomo Sono
Jomo Sono
Ephraim Matsilela Sono is a South African soccer club owner and coach and was also a star soccer player....

, in 1996.
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers is a defunct South African football club formerly based in Durban and probably best remembered as the champions of the inaugural season of the Premier Soccer League...

 were the first to be crowned champions of the PSL in 1997 when the Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund is a former South African football player and coach who became manager of Premier Soccer League club Moroka Swallows in 2010.-Playing career:...

-coached side was stunning all and sundry by winning the title ahead of a number of more fancied opponents.

From 1998 to 2000 the league was dominated by Sundowns, who pulled off a hat-trick of titles.

In 2001, Igesund moved to Orlando Pirates and helped the Buccaneers secure the title. The following season he moved to Cape Town
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

-based Santos, and steered it to win the league title, thus becoming the first coach to win the championship with three different clubs.

The 11 April 2001 marked a dark chapter in South African history when 43 people lost their lives and 158 others were injured in a stampede
Stampede
A stampede is an act of mass impulse among herd animals or a crowd of people in which the herd collectively begins running with no clear direction or purpose....

 during a match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs at an overcrowded Ellis Park Stadium
Ellis Park Stadium
Ellis Park Stadium, also known because of its sponsorship by The Coca-Cola Company as Coca-Cola Park, is a rugby union and association football stadium in the city of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's...

.
The league was reduced from 18 to 16 teams after the end of the 2001-02 season to avoid fixture congestion, causing two teams, Ria Stars
Ria Stars
rightRia Stars were a South African football club from Pietersburg. The club was owned by businesswoman Ria Ledwaba and nicknamed Manyora ....

 and Free State Stars
Free State Stars
Free State Stars are a football club based in Bethlehem, Free State province .-History:Originally founded in 1979 and previously known as Qwa Qwa Stars, the club's franchise was sold to the Premier Soccer League in 2002....

, to be disbanded.

In 2004, a match-fixing scandal rocked South African soccer. An investigation codenamed "Operation Dribble" was launched by the South African police in June 2004. More than 40 arrests were made, ranging from club bosses to match commissioners, referees and their assistants.

Kazier Chiefs successfully defended their league title in 2005 after they won the prestigious trophy in 2004 for the first time in a decade.

The 2005-06 season saw Mamelodi Sundowns capturing the title for the fourth time.

In 2007, the PSL signed a television deal with SuperSport worth R1.6-billion. It is the biggest sporting deal in the history of South Africa, and it took the PSL into the top 15 ranked leagues in the world in terms of commercial broadcast deals.

In the same year ABSA
Absa Group Limited
The Absa Group Limited is the largest consumer bank in South Africa.- Overview :Absa is based in Johannesburg and listed on the JSE Limited and is one of South Africa's largest financial institutions...

 replaced Castle Lager as name sponsor.

In 2008, 2009 and 2010 Supersport United won a hat-rick of title.

The league currently has teams in most of the countries largest cities, with Port Elizabeth being the obvious exception. The city has not had a team in the PSL since the 2008–09 Premier Soccer League, when the city's Bay United F.C. were relegated.

The league is rated as the 14th best in Africa in 2011. This is according to the CAF 5-Year Ranking
CAF 5-Year Ranking
The Confederation of African Football football CAF 5-Year Ranking is used to determine the number of clubs that each CAF member association may enter in the region's club competitions...

 system. The provisional 2012 rankings currently place them as slipping to 15th, below Niger.

Sponsorship

Since its inception in 1996, the Premier Soccer League has been sponsored. The sponsor has been able to determine the league's sponsorship name. The list below details who the sponsors have been and what they called the competition:
  • 1996-07: Castle Lager (Castle Premiership)
  • 2007-: ABSA
    Absa Group Limited
    The Absa Group Limited is the largest consumer bank in South Africa.- Overview :Absa is based in Johannesburg and listed on the JSE Limited and is one of South Africa's largest financial institutions...

     (ABSA Premiership)

Format

There are sixteen clubs in the Premier League. During the course of a season (which lasts from August to May) each club plays the others twice, once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents for a total of 30 games for each club. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a defeat.

The champion of the Premier League and the second placed team advance to the MTN CAF Champions League
CAF Champions League
The CAF Champions League is an annual international club football competition run by the Confederation of African Football . The top club sides from Africa's football leagues are invited to participate in this competition, which is the premier club football competition on the continent and the...

, the third placed team, and the Nedbank Cup
Nedbank Cup
The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's premier club football knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of giving lower league and amateur teams a chance to compete with clubs from the top league for the cup...

 champions, advance to the CAF Confederation Cup
CAF Confederation Cup
The CAF Confederation Cup is an international club association football competition run by the Confederation of African Football.-Qualification:...

, which is the African equivalent of the UEFA Europa League.

The bottom team in the ABSA Premiership is automatically relegated. The team finishing 15th on the log enters a playoff with the loser of the promotion playoff between the winner of the Coastal Stream and the Inland Stream and the two teams who ended the season in second spot in the two streams.

Media coverage

The league's main broadcast partner is Super Sport. Supersport have in turn sub leased the rights to certain matches to the SABC, so that matches can be shown on public television.

Supersport broadcast matches on Wednesday and Friday nights, as well as on Saturdays and Sundays. The SABC broadcast Wednesday afternoon matches, as well as Saturday and Sunday matches.

Clubs

  • Ajax Cape Town
  • AmaZulu
    AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)
    AmaZulu is a South African football club based in the city of Durban.Formed in 1932 by Zulu migrant workers, the club was originally known as Zulu Royals.The club's nickname, Usuthu, is a Zulu war cry.-Honours:...

  • Bidvest Wits
  • Black Leopards (newly promoted)
  • Bloemfontein Celtic
    Bloemfontein Celtic
    Bloemfontein Celtic is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein, founded in 1969 as Mangaung United, and renamed in 1984 to its current name. The club currently compete in Premier Soccer League, and selected Seisa Ramabodu Stadium as their home venue...

  • Free State Stars
    Free State Stars
    Free State Stars are a football club based in Bethlehem, Free State province .-History:Originally founded in 1979 and previously known as Qwa Qwa Stars, the club's franchise was sold to the Premier Soccer League in 2002....

  • Golden Arrows
    Golden Arrows
    Golden Arrows are a South African football club based in Durban that participates in the Premier Soccer League.-History:Originally founded in 1943 in the dusty streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban, the club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they...

  • Jomo Cosmos
    Jomo Cosmos
    Jomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....

     (newly promoted)
  • Kaizer Chiefs
  • Mamelodi Sundowns
    Mamelodi Sundowns
    Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

  • Maritzburg United
    Maritzburg United
    Maritzburg United is a South African football club based in the city of Pietermaritzburg that currently competes in the Premier Soccer League.-Notable former coaches: Gordon Igesund Ernst Middendorp Trott Moloto Kosta Papic Boebie Solomons...

  • Moroka Swallows
  • Orlando Pirates
  • Platinum Stars
    Platinum Stars
    Platinum Stars are a South African association football club based in Phokeng near Rustenburg, North West Province that plays in the Premier Soccer League...

  • Santos
  • Supersport United
    Supersport United
    SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...


Previous Winners, Runners-up and Relegated/Promoted Teams

Season Winner Runner-up Relegated at end of season Promoted at end of season
1996-97
Premier Soccer League 1996-97
The 1996-97 Premier Soccer League, known as the 1996-97 Castle Premiership for sponsorship purposes, was the very first season of the newly established top-flight professional football league in South Africa...

Manning Rangers Kaizer Chiefs Michau Warriors
Michau Warriors
Michau Warriors were a South African football club who played in the Premier Soccer League.They were relegated in the competition's inaugural season finishing in 17th place....

; Witbank Aces
Santos
Santos Football Club (South Africa)
Santos Football Club or simply Santos, also known under their sponsored title as Engen Santos, is a professional South African football club based in Lansdowne, Cape Town that plays in the Premier Soccer League.-History:...

, African Wanderers
African Wanderers
African Wanderers is a South African football club, based in the Chatsworth township, which is a suburb of Durban in South Africa. The club currently play in the KwaZulu-Natal province of Vodacom League, and prefer to use the SJ Smith Stadium as home venue....

1997-98
Premier Soccer League 1997-98
-Final table: 1. Mamelodi Sundowns 34 19 11 4 48-25 68 Champions 2. Kaizer Chiefs 34 17 12 5 52-35 63 3. Orlando Pirates 34 15 12 7 52-33 57 4. Cape Town Spurs 34 15 12 7 51-35 57...

Mamelodi Sundowns Kaizer Chiefs African Wanderers; Real Rovers Seven Stars, Dynamos
1998-99
Premier Soccer League 1998-99
-Final table: 1. Mamelodi Sundowns 34 23 6 5 70-26 75 Champions 2. Kaizer Chiefs 34 23 6 5 73-34 75 3. Orlando Pirates 34 17 9 8 55-28 60 4. Manning Rangers 34 17 9 8 60-38 60...

Mamelodi Sundowns Kaizer Chiefs Dynamos; Vaal Professionals African Wanderers
African Wanderers
African Wanderers is a South African football club, based in the Chatsworth township, which is a suburb of Durban in South Africa. The club currently play in the KwaZulu-Natal province of Vodacom League, and prefer to use the SJ Smith Stadium as home venue....

, Tembisa Classic
1999-00
Premier Soccer League 1999-00
-Final table: 1. Mamelodi Sundowns 34 23 6 5 68-34 75 Champions 2. Orlando Pirates 34 18 10 6 72-36 64 3. Kaizer Chiefs 34 16 12 6 40-22 60 4. Ajax Cape Town 34 15 8 11 43-39 53...

Mamelodi Sundowns Orlando Pirates AmaZulu; Mother City Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows are a South African football club based in Durban that participates in the Premier Soccer League.-History:Originally founded in 1943 in the dusty streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban, the club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they...

, Ria Stars
Ria Stars
rightRia Stars were a South African football club from Pietersburg. The club was owned by businesswoman Ria Ledwaba and nicknamed Manyora ....

2000-01
Premier Soccer League 2000-01
-Final table: 1. Orlando Pirates 34 16 13 5 60-34 61 Champions 2. Kaizer Chiefs 34 16 12 6 41-25 60 3. Mamelodi Sundowns 34 17 8 9 58-32 59 4. Jomo Cosmos 34 15 11 8 47-27 56...

Orlando Pirates Kaizer Chiefs Bloemfontein Celtic; African Wanderers Amazulu
Amazulu
The amaZulu or Zulu people are a people of southern Africa.Amazulu or AmaZulu may also mean:* AmaZulu F.C. , a South African football club* AmaZulu F.C. , a defunct Zimbabwean football club...

, Black Leopards
2001-02
Premier Soccer League 2001-02
-Final table: 1. Santos 34 18 10 6 49-30 64 Champions 2. SuperSport United 34 17 8 9 53-42 59 3. Orlando Pirates 34 15 12 7 43-31 57 4. Jomo Cosmos 34 16 9 9 39-29 57...

Santos
Santos Football Club (South Africa)
Santos Football Club or simply Santos, also known under their sponsored title as Engen Santos, is a professional South African football club based in Lansdowne, Cape Town that plays in the Premier Soccer League.-History:...

Supersport United AmaZulu; Tembisa Classic African Wanderers
African Wanderers
African Wanderers is a South African football club, based in the Chatsworth township, which is a suburb of Durban in South Africa. The club currently play in the KwaZulu-Natal province of Vodacom League, and prefer to use the SJ Smith Stadium as home venue....

, Dynamos
2002-03
Premier Soccer League 2002-03
-Final table: 1. Orlando Pirates 30 18 7 5 41-16 61 Champions 2. SuperSport United 30 16 7 7 54-37 55 3. Wits University 30 15 9 6 39-29 54 4. Moroka Swallows 30 15 8 7 52-36 53...

Orlando Pirates Supersport United Bush Bucks; African Wanderers Amazulu
Amazulu
The amaZulu or Zulu people are a people of southern Africa.Amazulu or AmaZulu may also mean:* AmaZulu F.C. , a South African football club* AmaZulu F.C. , a defunct Zimbabwean football club...

, Silver Stars
2003-04
Premier Soccer League 2003-04
-Final table: 1. Kaizer Chiefs 30 18 9 3 39-11 63 Champions 2. Ajax Cape Town 30 17 6 7 42-25 57 3. SuperSport United 30 16 5 9 48-24 53 4. Wits University 30 13 13 4 41-18 52...

Kaizer Chiefs Ajax Cape Town Hellenic; Zulu Royals Bush Bucks
Bush Bucks
Bush Bucks is a former South African football . The club was founded in 1957 and based in Umtata in the Eastern Cape. It is nicknamed Imbabala ....

, Bloemfontein Celtic
Bloemfontein Celtic
Bloemfontein Celtic is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein, founded in 1969 as Mangaung United, and renamed in 1984 to its current name. The club currently compete in Premier Soccer League, and selected Seisa Ramabodu Stadium as their home venue...

2004-05
Premier Soccer League 2004-05
-Final table: 1. Kaizer Chiefs 30 17 11 2 55-26 62 2. Orlando Pirates 30 17 9 4 52-29 60 3. Mamelodi Sundowns 30 16 8 6 54-28 56 4. SuperSport United 30 13 12 5 37-27 51...

Kaizer Chiefs Orlando Pirates Manning Rangers; Wits University Free State Stars
Free State Stars
Free State Stars are a football club based in Bethlehem, Free State province .-History:Originally founded in 1979 and previously known as Qwa Qwa Stars, the club's franchise was sold to the Premier Soccer League in 2002....

, Tembisa Classic
2005-06
Premier Soccer League 2005-06
-Final table:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points...

Mamelodi Sundowns Orlando Pirates Free State Stars; Bush Bucks Wits University, Benoni Premier United
2006-07
Premier Soccer League 2006-07
The following is the final results of the 2006–07 Premier Soccer League football season.-Final table:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points...

Mamelodi Sundowns Platinum Stars Maritzburg United Free State Stars
Free State Stars
Free State Stars are a football club based in Bethlehem, Free State province .-History:Originally founded in 1979 and previously known as Qwa Qwa Stars, the club's franchise was sold to the Premier Soccer League in 2002....

2007-08
Premier Soccer League 2007-08
The following is the final results of the 2007–08 Premier Soccer League football season in South Africa.-Final table:P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points...

Supersport United Ajax Cape Town Black Leopards; Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....

Maritzburg United, Bay United
2008-09 Supersport United Orlando Pirates Bay United; Thanda Royal Zulu Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....

, Mpumalanga Black Aces
2009-10 Supersport United Mamelodi Sundowns Jomo Cosmos Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama (South Africa)
Vasco da Gama is a South African football club based in Parow, Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Coming from the lower ranks, the club has its roots entrenched in the local Portuguese South African community. The club is named after Brazilian club CR Vasco da Gama.-History:Vasco...

2010-11
2010–11 Premier Soccer League
The 2010–11 Premier Soccer League season was the fifteenth since its establishment. Supersport United were the defending champions, having won their third premier league title the previous season. The campaign began on 27 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...

Orlando Pirates F.C. Ajax Cape Town Mpumalanga Black Aces, Vasco da Gama Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....

, Black Leopards

Most Wins

Team Wins
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

5
Orlando Pirates 3
Supersport United
Supersport United
SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...

3
Kaizer Chiefs 2
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers is a defunct South African football club formerly based in Durban and probably best remembered as the champions of the inaugural season of the Premier Soccer League...

1
Santos 1

League winning managers

Season Winner Manager
1996-97 Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers is a defunct South African football club formerly based in Durban and probably best remembered as the champions of the inaugural season of the Premier Soccer League...

 
  Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund is a former South African football player and coach who became manager of Premier Soccer League club Moroka Swallows in 2010.-Playing career:...

1997-98 Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

 
  Ted Dumitru
Ted Dumitru
Theodore "Ted" Dumitru is the current Technical Director of Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League...

1998-99 Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

 
  Ted Dumitru
Ted Dumitru
Theodore "Ted" Dumitru is the current Technical Director of Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League...

1999-00 Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

 
  Paul Dolezar
2000-01 Orlando Pirates    Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund is a former South African football player and coach who became manager of Premier Soccer League club Moroka Swallows in 2010.-Playing career:...

2001-02 Santos    Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund is a former South African football player and coach who became manager of Premier Soccer League club Moroka Swallows in 2010.-Playing career:...

2002-03 Orlando Pirates    Roy Barreto
2003-04 Kaizer Chiefs    Ted Dumitru
Ted Dumitru
Theodore "Ted" Dumitru is the current Technical Director of Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League...

2004-05 Kaizer Chiefs    Ted Dumitru
Ted Dumitru
Theodore "Ted" Dumitru is the current Technical Director of Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League...

2005-06 Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

 
  Neil Tovey
Neil Tovey
Neil Tovey is a former South African footballer and now a coach. He was born in Pretoria.-Playing career:"Mokoko", as he is nicknamed, is a former captain of the South Africa national football team, and in 1996 became the first white player to raise the African Cup of Nations trophy...

2006-07 Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns
Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

 
  Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund
Gordon Igesund is a former South African football player and coach who became manager of Premier Soccer League club Moroka Swallows in 2010.-Playing career:...

2007-08 Supersport United
Supersport United
SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...

 
  Gavin Hunt
Gavin Hunt
Gavin Hunt is a South African former football player and coach currently managing Premier Soccer League club Supersport United....

2008-09 Supersport United
Supersport United
SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...

 
  Gavin Hunt
Gavin Hunt
Gavin Hunt is a South African former football player and coach currently managing Premier Soccer League club Supersport United....

2009-10 Supersport United
Supersport United
SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...

 
  Gavin Hunt
Gavin Hunt
Gavin Hunt is a South African former football player and coach currently managing Premier Soccer League club Supersport United....

2010-11 Orlando Pirates    Ruud Krol
Ruud Krol
Rudolf Jozef Krol is a retired Dutch footballer who was capped 83 times for his native country. Playing the vast majority of his career with his home town club of Ajax before traveling the world as both a player and a coach...


League records

  • Most PSL titles: 5 – Mamelodi Sundowns
    Mamelodi Sundowns
    Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

     (1997/98), (1998/99), (1999/00), (2005/06), (2006/07)
  • Biggest PSL win: 8-1 – Supersport United
    Supersport United
    SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...

     vs Zulu Royals (2003/04)
  • Most goals scored in a season: 73 – Kaizer Chiefs (1998/99)
  • Most goals conceded in a season: 85 – Mother City (1999/00)
  • Most points in a season: 75 – Mamelodi Sundowns
    Mamelodi Sundowns
    Mamelodi Sundowns are a South African football club that plays in the Premier Soccer League.Since 2003, Sundowns are owned by rand billionaire Patrice Motsepe....

     (1999/00)

League Participants

1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
African Wanderers African Wanderers African Wanderers
Amazulu AmaZulu Amazulu Amazulu
Ajax Cape Town
Bay United
Benoni Premier United
Bidvest Wits University
Black Leopards
Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Celtic
Cape Town Spurs
Dynamos Dynamos
Free State Stars Free State Stars Free State Stars
Hellenic
Jomo Cosmos Jomo Cosmos
Kaizer Chiefs
Lamontville Golden Arrows
Mamelodi Sundowns
Manning Rangers
Maritzburg United Maritzburg United
Moroka Swallows
Mother City
Mpumalanga Black Aces
Orlando Pirates
Platinum Stars
Qwa Qwa Stars
Real Rovers
Ria Stars
Santos
Seven Stars
Silver Stars
Supersport United
Thembisa Classic Thembisa Classic
Thanda Royal Zulu
Umtata Bush Bucks Umata Bush Bucks
Vaal Professionals
Vasco Da Gama
Warriors
Witbank Aces
Wits University
Zulu Royals
1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
18 teams 18 teams 18 teams 18 teams 18 teams 18 teams 16 teams 16 teams 16 teams 16 teams 16 teams 16 teams 16 teams 16 teams 16 teams

Top goalscorers

Season Player Goals Team Source
1996–97   Wilfred Mugeyi
Wilfred Mugeyi
Wilfred Mugeyi is a retired Zimbabwean football player who is an assistant coach at South African Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town....

22 Bush Bucks
Bush Bucks
Bush Bucks is a former South African football . The club was founded in 1957 and based in Umtata in the Eastern Cape. It is nicknamed Imbabala ....

1997–98   Daniel Mudau
Daniel Mudau
Daniel Mudau is a South African former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker.-Career:...

24 Sundowns
1998–99   Pollen Ndlanya
Pollen Ndlanya
Pollen Ndlanya is a retired South African football player.He played for Kaizer Chiefs, Manning Rangers, Bursaspor, Göztepe, AmaZulu F.C. and Orlando Pirates....

21 Orlando Pirates
1999–00   Dennis Lota
Dennis Lota
Dennis Lota was a Zambian football striker who.He started his professional career with Zanaco FC of Zambia in 1989 before leaving for Nchanga Rangers at the beginning of the 1991 season. At Nchanga Rangers he established a midfield partnership with Abeauty Kunda. He later left Nchanga to join...

18 Orlando Pirates
2000–01   Gilbert Mushangazhike
Gilbert Mushangazhike
Gilbert Mushangazhike is a Zimbabwean association football striker who plays for Mpumalanga Black Aces in the South African Premier Soccer League.-Clubs:*1991-1995: Fire Batteries*1995-1996: 1...

19 Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers is a defunct South African football club formerly based in Durban and probably best remembered as the champions of the inaugural season of the Premier Soccer League...

2001–02   Ishmael Maluleke 18 Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers
Manning Rangers is a defunct South African football club formerly based in Durban and probably best remembered as the champions of the inaugural season of the Premier Soccer League...

2002–03   Lesley Manyathela
Lesley Manyathela
Lesley Phuti "Slow Poison" Manyathela was a South African football player for Orlando Pirates and South Africa.- Career :...

18 Orlando Pirates
2003–04   Jackie Ledwaba 14 Zulu Royals
2004–05   Collins Mbesuma
Collins Mbesuma
Collins Mbesuma is a Zambian footballer. He is nicknamed The Hurricane or Ntofontofo.-Career:Mbesuma was born in Luanshya...

25 Kaizer Chiefs
2005–06   Mame Niang
Mame Niang
Mame Cheikh Niang is a Senegalese football striker currently play for SuperSport United in the South African Premier Soccer League. He won the 2005–06 PSL top goalscorer award with 14 goals while playing for Moroka Swallows in South Africa.- Career statistics :- External links :*...

14 Swallows
2006–07   Chris Katongo 15 Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....

2007–08   James Chamanga
James Chamanga
James Chamanga is a Zambian football striker who plays for Dalian Shide and Zambia.Chamanga made his international debut on 26 February, 2005 against Botswana and five months later he scored his first international goal in the COSAFA Cup semifinal against South Africa...

14 Swallows
2008–09   Richard Henyekane
Richard Henyekane
Richard Henyekane is a South African football player for Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns.The player hails from Kimberley’s Galeshewe township...

19 Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows are a South African football club based in Durban that participates in the Premier Soccer League.-History:Originally founded in 1943 in the dusty streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban, the club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they...

2009–10
2009–10 Premier Soccer League
The 2009–10 Premier Soccer League season was the fourteenth since its establishment. Supersport United were the defending champions, having won their second premier league title in the 2008–09 season. The campaign began in August 2009, and ended in March 2010. A total of 16 teams competed in the...

  Katlego Mphela
Katlego Mphela
Katlego Mphela is a South African footballer who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa....

17 Sundowns
2010–11
2010–11 Premier Soccer League
The 2010–11 Premier Soccer League season was the fifteenth since its establishment. Supersport United were the defending champions, having won their third premier league title the previous season. The campaign began on 27 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011...

  Knowledge Musona
Knowledge Musona
Knowledge Musona is a Zimbabwean football player who plays as a striker for 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga and the Zimbabwe national team. He previously played for Aces Youth Soccer Academy in Zimbabwe and before joining Hoffenheim.-Personal:Musona hails from Norton, Mashonaland West...

15 Kaizer Chiefs

Notable Current Players

Footballers who currently play for PSL clubs, and have represented their country at senior international level:

Dipsy Selolwane
Dipsy Selolwane
Diphetogo "Dipsy" Selolwane is a Botswana football midfielder for South African Premier Soccer League club Supersport United. He has played as a striker in Major League Soccer....

(Supersport United
Supersport United
SuperSport United is a South African football club based in Pretoria that plays in the Premier Soccer League.The club was originally known as Pretoria City. City was purchased by M-Net in 1994. M-Net got approval from the National Soccer League and the club was renamed.United is known as...

) Eduardo Ferreira
Eduardo Ferreira
Eduardo Ferreira is a Brazilian football defender. He plays for the South African Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns.-External links:* at absapremiership.co.za...

 (Mamelodi Sundowns) Francis Chansa
Francis Chansa
Francis Chansa is a Congolese football goalkeeper who currently plays for Maritzburg United in South Africa...

(Mpumalanga Black Aces
Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.
Mpumalanga Black Aces are a South African football club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that plays in the National First Division.-Honours:*Bob Save Super Bowl winners: 1993*BP Top Eight Cup winners: 1980...

) Félix Mwamba Musasa
Félix Mwamba Musasa
Félix Mwamba Musasa is a Congolese football player who plays for, and captains, the Mpumalanga Black Aces in South African Premier Soccer League.-Career:...

(Mpumalanga Black Aces
Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.
Mpumalanga Black Aces are a South African football club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that plays in the National First Division.-Honours:*Bob Save Super Bowl winners: 1993*BP Top Eight Cup winners: 1980...

) Musa Otieno
Musa Otieno
Musa Otieno is a Kenyan former soccer player.-Club:Otieno has enjoyed an illustrious career on his native continent, playing for AFC Leopards and Tusker FC in Kenya, and since 1997 for Santos in the South African Premier Soccer League...

(Santos
Santos Football Club (South Africa)
Santos Football Club or simply Santos, also known under their sponsored title as Engen Santos, is a professional South African football club based in Lansdowne, Cape Town that plays in the Premier Soccer League.-History:...

) Anthony Laffor (Supersport United) Ousmane Berthé
Ousmane Berthé
Ousmane Berthé is a Malian footballer. He currently plays for Jomo Cosmos in the South African Premier Soccer League. He has played six times for the Mali national football team.-References:...

(Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos
Jomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....

) Almiro Lobo
Almiro Lobo
Daniel Almiro Lobo, better known as Miro is a Mozambican football defender who currently plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Platinum Stars and Mozambique.-External links:***...

(Platinum Stars) Domingues
Domingues (Mozambican footballer)
Elias Gaspar "Domingues" Pelembe is a Mozambican footballer who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League and Mozambique...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Elias Pelembe (Mamelodi Sundowns) Sydney Plaatjies
Sydney Plaatjies
Sydney Convinus Plaatjies is a Namibian football midfielder who plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in South Africa and Namibia. His position is midfielder.-Clubs:*2000–2006: Blue Waters*2006–2008: Jomo Cosmos...

(Mpumalanga Black Aces
Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.
Mpumalanga Black Aces are a South African football club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that plays in the National First Division.-Honours:*Bob Save Super Bowl winners: 1993*BP Top Eight Cup winners: 1980...

) Brian Baloyi
Brian Baloyi
Brian Baloyi is a retired South African football goalkeeper.Baloyi made his professional debut in 1993. He joined league rivals Mamelodi Sundowns in 2004 after playing for Kaizer Chiefs for over a decade...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Emile Baron
Emile Baron
Emile Baron is a South African football goalkeeper for Bidvest Wits in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.-International career:...

(Supersport United) Matthew Booth
Matthew Booth (soccer)
Matthew Booth is a South African football defender who currently plays for Ajax Cape Town in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.-International career:...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Bradley Carnell
Bradley Carnell
Bradley Neil Carnell is a South African retired football defender.-Career:Before joining Karlsruher SC, Carnell played for Borussia Mönchengladbach , VfB Stuttgart , Kaizer Chiefs and Wits University . His greatest success came at Stuttgart where he helped win the league silver in 2003...

 (Supersport United) Lerato Chabangu
Lerato Chabangu
Lerato Chabangu is a South African football striker and midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Moroka Swallows and South Africa.-International:...

 (Mamelodi Sundowns) Kermit Erasmus
Kermit Erasmus
Kermit Romeo Erasmus is a South African footballer who currently plays for Supersport United.-Career:Erasmus was promoted to the first team of Supersport United at the start of the 2007–08 season and scored the first professional goal of his career in a 3–1 league win against Ajax Cape Town on 4...

(Supersport United) Brett Evans
Brett Evans
Brett Evans is a South African football defender and midfielder for Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town....

(Ajax Cape Town) Thembinkosi Fanteni
Thembinkosi Fanteni
Thembinkosi "Terror" Fanteni is a South African football striker for Ajax Cape Town in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa....

(Ajax Cape Town) Rowen Fernández
Rowen Fernandez
Rowen Fernández is a South African footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Supersport United in the South African Premier Soccer League, as well as the South African national team...

 (Supersport United) Stanton Fredericks
Stanton Fredericks
Stanton "Stiga" Fredericks is a South African football player who plays as midfielder for Bidvest Wits in the Premier Soccer League and has previously represented South Africa....

(Wits) Morgan Gould
Morgan Gould
Morgan Leonard Gould is a South African international footballer who plays professionally for Supersport United, as a defender.-Club career:...

(Supersport United) Andile Jali
Andile Jali
Andile ernest Jali is a South African footballer who plays for Orlando Pirates in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa.He was a member of the South African squad at the 2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Egypt....

(Orlando Pirates) Moeneeb Josephs
Moeneeb Josephs
Moeneeb Josephs , is a South African soccer goalkeeper who plays for Orlando Pirates and South Africa.Josephs is a highly-rated goalkeeper in South Africa...

(Orlando Pirates) Mabhuti Khenyeza (Mamelodi Sundowns) Thanduyise Khuboni
Thanduyise Khuboni
Thanduyise Khuboni is a South African footballer who currently plays for Golden Arrows in the Premier Soccer League in South Africa....

(Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows are a South African football club based in Durban that participates in the Premier Soccer League.-History:Originally founded in 1943 in the dusty streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban, the club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they...

) Itumeleng Khune
Itumeleng Khune
Itumeleng Khune is a South African footballer. He currently plays as a goalkeeper for Kaizer Chiefs in the Premier Soccer League, as well as the South African national team. He has the nickname: "The Koon"...

(Kaizer Chiefs) Daine Klate
Daine Klate
Daine Klate is a South African football midfielder for Orlando Pirates and South Africa....

(Supersport United) Lee Langeveldt
Lee Langeveldt
Lee Langeveldt is a South African football player who plays for Premier Soccer League club Engen Santos and South Africa.-Career:...

(Santos
Santos Football Club (South Africa)
Santos Football Club or simply Santos, also known under their sponsored title as Engen Santos, is a professional South African football club based in Lansdowne, Cape Town that plays in the Premier Soccer League.-History:...

) Reneilwe Letsholonyane
Reneilwe Letsholonyane
Reneilwe Letsholonyane is a South African football midfielder for Kaizer Chiefs and the South African national team.-Club career:...

(Kaizer Chiefs) Mbulelo Mabizela
Mbulelo Mabizela
Mbulelo Mabizela is a South African footballer who plays as a midfielder and defender for Bidvest Wits and South Africa....

(Platinum Stars) Calvin Marlin
Calvin Marlin
Calvin Marlin is a South African football goalkeeper for Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa....

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Innocent Mdledle
Innocent Mdledle
Innocent Mdledle is a South African professional footballer who plays at left-back for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League and for the South Africa national football team...

(Orlando Pirates)
Benson Mhlongo
Benson Mhlongo
Benson Mhlongo is a South African football defender and midfielder for Orlando Pirates and South Africa.He was part of the South African squad at the 2008 African Cup of Nations.-International goals:...

(Orlando Pirates) Teko Modise
Teko Modise
Teko Tsholofelo Modise is a South African footballer, who plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League and for the South African national team.-Early life:...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Surprise Moriri
Surprise Moriri
Surprise Mohlomolleng Moriri is a South African football midfielder and striker for Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa.-Club career:...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Katlego Mphela
Katlego Mphela
Katlego Mphela is a South African footballer who currently plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League and South Africa....

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Sthembiso Ngcobo
Sthembiso Ngcobo
Sthembiso Ngcobo is a South African football striker for Premier Soccer League club Kaizer Chiefs and South Africa.-Career:...

(Kaizer Chiefs) Matthew Pattison
Matty Pattison
Matthew Joseph "Matty" Pattison is a South African association footballer who plays for Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League.-Early life:...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Siyabonga Sangweni
Siyabonga Sangweni
Siyabonga Sangweni is a South African football defender for Premier Soccer League club Orlando Pirates and South Africa.His younger brother Thamsanqa Sangweni plays for AmaZulu....

(Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows
Golden Arrows are a South African football club based in Durban that participates in the Premier Soccer League.-History:Originally founded in 1943 in the dusty streets of Lamontville, a township in Durban, the club played in the defunct National Professional Soccer League in the 1970s until they...

) Gert Schalkwyk
Gert Schalkwyk
Gert Schalkwyk is a South African football midfielder who plays for Golden Arrows and South Africa.-External links:* at National Football Teams...

(Orlando Pirates) MacBeth Sibaya (Moroka Swallows) Siphiwe Tshabalala
Siphiwe Tshabalala
Lawrence Siphiwe Tshabalala is a South African professional footballer, who currently plays for Kaizer Chiefs.-Club career:...

(Kaizer Chiefs) Benedict Vilakazi
Benedict Vilakazi (soccer)
Benedict Vilakazi is a football player from South Africa who plays in central midfield for South African club side Mamelodi Sundowns...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Excellent Walaza
Excellent Walaza
Excellent Walaza is a South African football striker for Premier Soccer League club Vasco da Gama and South Africa.He hails from Meadowlands, Soweto.- External links :* at National Football Teams...

 (Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama (South Africa)
Vasco da Gama is a South African football club based in Parow, Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Coming from the lower ranks, the club has its roots entrenched in the local Portuguese South African community. The club is named after Brazilian club CR Vasco da Gama.-History:Vasco...

) Sibusiso Zuma
Sibusiso Zuma
Sibusiso Wiseman Zuma is a South African professional football player playing for Supersport United in the Premier Soccer League.- Career :...

 (Vasco da Gama
Vasco da Gama (South Africa)
Vasco da Gama is a South African football club based in Parow, Cape Town that plays in the National First Division. Coming from the lower ranks, the club has its roots entrenched in the local Portuguese South African community. The club is named after Brazilian club CR Vasco da Gama.-History:Vasco...

) Denis Onyango
Denis Onyango
Denis Onyango is a Ugandan footballer who plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Mpumalanga Black Aces and Uganda as a goalkeeper....

(Mpumalanga Black Aces
Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.
Mpumalanga Black Aces are a South African football club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that plays in the National First Division.-Honours:*Bob Save Super Bowl winners: 1993*BP Top Eight Cup winners: 1980...

) José Torrealba
José Torrealba
José Torrealba is a Venezuelan football striker who currently plays for Venezuelan First Division club Mineros de Guayana and the Venezuelan national team. He is nicknamed "El Buda"....

(Kaizer Chiefs) Isaac Chansa
Isaac Chansa
Isaac Chansa is a Zambian footballer, who currently plays for Orlando Pirates in South Africa's Premier Soccer League.-Career:...

(Orlando Pirates) Collins Mbesuma
Collins Mbesuma
Collins Mbesuma is a Zambian footballer. He is nicknamed The Hurricane or Ntofontofo.-Career:Mbesuma was born in Luanshya...

(Moroka Swallows) Clifford Mulenga
Clifford Mulenga
Clifford Mulenga is a Zambian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. in the South African Premier Soccer League.-Career:...

(Mpumalanga Black Aces
Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.
Mpumalanga Black Aces are a South African football club based in Witbank, Mpumalanga that plays in the National First Division.-Honours:*Bob Save Super Bowl winners: 1993*BP Top Eight Cup winners: 1980...

) Kennedy Mweene
Kennedy Mweene
Kennedy Mweene is a Zambian football goalkeeper who plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Free State Stars. He is the current Captain of his club and has been on many occasions a Captain of his country. The player is arguably one of the best goalkeepers on the African continent...

(Free State Stars) Kampamba Chintu
Kampamba Chintu
Kampamba Chintu is a Zambian football defender currently playing for Bidvest Wits in the South African Premier Soccer League. He is a member of the Zambia national football team.-External links:* at National Football Teams...

(AmaZulu
AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)
AmaZulu is a South African football club based in the city of Durban.Formed in 1932 by Zulu migrant workers, the club was originally known as Zulu Royals.The club's nickname, Usuthu, is a Zulu war cry.-Honours:...

) Noah Chivuta
Noah Chivuta
Noah Sikombe Chivuta is a Zambian footballer for South African Premier Soccer League club Free State Stars.-Career:Left-footed Chivuta has spent most of his playing career in South Africa.*Year joined Stars: 2010...

(Free State Stars) Davies Nkausu
Davies Nkausu
Davies Nkausu is an association footballer from Zambia. Despite being born in Lusaka and playing for the Zambia national football team, Nkausu has spent all of his club career in South Africa...

(Supersport United) Zhaimu Jambo
Zhaimu Jambo
Zhaimu "Jimmy" Jambo is a Zimbabwean football player who plays as a left-back for Kaizer Chiefs in the South African Premier Soccer League and Zimbabwe.-External links:* at National Football Teams...

(Kaizer Chiefs) Tapuwa Kapini
Tapuwa Kapini
Tapuwa Kapini is a football goalkeeper and member of the Zimbabwe national football team. He currently plays for AmaZulu in the South African Premier Soccer League.His first club was Highlanders FC.-External links:* at National Football Teams...

(Platinum Stars) Oscar Machapa (Moroka Swallows) Nyasha Mushekwi
Nyasha Mushekwi
Nyasha Mushekwi is an Zimbabwean football player who currently plays for South African Premier Soccer League club Mamelodi Sundowns. He was the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League's top scorer in the 2009 season, playing for CAPS United...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Knowledge Musona
Knowledge Musona
Knowledge Musona is a Zimbabwean football player who plays as a striker for 1899 Hoffenheim in the German Bundesliga and the Zimbabwe national team. He previously played for Aces Youth Soccer Academy in Zimbabwe and before joining Hoffenheim.-Personal:Musona hails from Norton, Mashonaland West...

(Kaizer Chiefs) Method Mwanjali
Method Mwanjali
Method Mwanjali is a Zimbabwean football player who plays as a defender for Mamelodi Sundowns in the South African Premier Soccer League. He previously played for CAPS United, Shabanie Mine and Wankie FC in Zimbabwe....

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Tinashe Nengomasha
Tinashe Nengomasha
Tinashe Nengomasha is a Zimbabwean football midfielder who plays for Kaizer Chiefs and Zimbabwe.-Zimbabwean National Team:...

(Kaizer Chiefs) Esrom Nyandoro
Esrom Nyandoro
Esrom Nyandoro is a Zimbabwean football midfielder. In his native Zimbabwe, Nyandoro is nicknamed "Yellowman".-Club career:...

(Mamelodi Sundowns) Tafadzwa Rusike
Tafadzwa Rusike
Tafadzwa Rusike is a Zimbabwean professional footballer, who currently plays as a winger for Premier Soccer League club Ajax Cape Town.-CAPS United F.C.:...

(Ajax Cape Town) Thomas Sweswe
Thomas Sweswe
Thomas Langu Sweswe is an association footballer from Zimbabwe. Sweswe is a defender, primarily operating as a centre back, and has played for eight different clubs as well as the Zimbabwe national football team. He is currently playing for the Kaizer Chiefs in South Africa. Sweswe is right-footed...

(Kaizer Chiefs)

Current Products

Footballers who have previously played for PSL clubs, and currently play for clubs in other confederations. Players are currently at these teams.

Valery Nahayo
Valery Nahayo
Valery Twite Nahayo is a Burundian international footballer who plays professionally for Belgian team K.A.A. Gent, as a defender.-Club career:...

 (  Gent) Eyong Enoh
Eyong Enoh
Eyong Tarkang Enoh is a Cameroonian football midfielder who currently plays for Ajax and the Cameroon national team.- Club career :...

 (  Ajax) Mohammed-Awal Issah
Mohammed-Awal Issah
Mohammed-Awal Issah is a Ghanaian footballer. He currently plays for Rosenborg BK in the Norwegian Premier League.- Club career :...

 (  Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

) Jonathan Mensah
Jonathan Mensah
Jonathan Mensah is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Evian Thonon Gaillard F.C...

 (  Granada
Granada CF
Granada Club de Fútbol is a Spanish football club based in Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded on 14 April 1931, it currently plays in La Liga, holding home matches at Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes....

), (currently on loan from Udinese
Udinese Calcio
Udinese Calcio is an Italian football club based in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and currently plays in the Serie A. Founded in 1896, Udinese is the second oldest club in the Serie A, after Genoa....

)
Deniss Ivanovs
Deniss Ivanovs
Deniss Ivanovs is a football defender from Latvia who currently plays for FK Baku in the Azerbaijan Premier League.-Club career:Ivanovs has played all his career at Metalurgs where he made his debut in 2001...

 (  Sivasspor
Sivasspor
Sivasspor is a Turkish sports club based in Sivas, Turkey formed in the year 1967. They play in the Turkish Süper Lig. Their manager is currently Riza Calimbay. They finished 15th in the 2010–11 Süper Lig. Their current captain is Hayrettin Yerlikaya....

) Essau Kanyenda
Essau Kanyenda
Esau Boxer Kanyenda is a Malawian football striker, he is a football striker for Russia's First Division FC Dynamo Bryansk.- Career :...

 (  Rotor Volgograd), (currently on loan from FC KAMAZ
FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny
KAMAZ is a Russian football club based in Naberezhnye Chelny, Tatarstan. The club is currently in the Russian First Division.Colours are all white. Light blue shirts, white shorts.-History:...

)
Robin Ngalande (  Atlético Madrid) Emmanuel Emenike
Emmanuel Emenike
Emmanuel Chinenye Emenike is a Nigerian professional footballer who currently plays as striker for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League.-South Africa:...

 (  Fenerbahçe) Tico
Onyekachi Okonkwo
Onyekachi Donatus Okonkwo or Simply Tico is a Nigerian football midfielder. His name, Onyekachi, means "Who is greater than his godly guarding?".-Club career:...

 (  Al-Kharitiyath) Mame Niang
Mame Niang
Mame Cheikh Niang is a Senegalese football striker currently play for SuperSport United in the South African Premier Soccer League. He won the 2005–06 PSL top goalscorer award with 14 goals while playing for Moroka Swallows in South Africa.- Career statistics :- External links :*...

 (  Kongsvinger) Danleigh Borman
Danleigh Borman
Danleigh Borman is a South African footballer who currently plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer.-College and Amateur:...

 (  New York Red Bulls) Daylon Claasen
Daylon Claasen
Daylon Claasen is a South African international footballer who plays professionally for Belgian club Lierse, as a midfielder.-Career:...

 (  Lierse
Lierse S.K.
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups...

) Lance Davids
Lance Davids
Lance Davids is a South African footballer. He is a midfielder and currently plays for Lierse SK in the Belgian Pro League.-Djurgården:...

 (  Lierse
Lierse S.K.
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups...

) Kagisho Dikgacoi (  Fulham
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...

) Cheyne Fowler
Cheyne Fowler
Cheyne Fowler is a South African professional footballer who plays in Finland for HJK Helsinki. He previously played for FC Haka. He also holds Finnish nationality, and currently serves in Finnish military.-Early life:...

 (  HJK Helsinki) Bevan Fransman
Bevan Fransman
Bevan Fransman is a South African footballer, currently playing as a centre back for Israeli Ligat Toto side, Hapoel Tel Aviv and the South African national team....

 (  Hapoel Tel Aviv) Siboniso Gaxa
Siboniso Gaxa
Siboniso Gaxa is a South African football defender who currently plays for Lierse S.K. and South Africa.-Club career:...

 (  Lierse
Lierse S.K.
Koninklijke Lierse Sportkring is a Belgian professional football club, from the city of Lier in the Antwerp province. Lierse has been playing in the Belgian Pro League since the 2010-11 season and they have already won the competition 4 times. They also have won 2 Belgian Cups...

) Bradley Grobler
Bradley Grobler
Bradley Grobler is a South African football striker for Göztepe A.Ş.. He is Göztepe's most expensive signing ever.-Personal:...

 (  Göztepe
Göztepe A.S.
Göztepe SK are a Turkish sports club in Güzelyalı, İzmir.They were founded in 1925 as a breakaway club from Altay. Their colours are red-yellow. They merged with İzmirspor and were renamed as Doğanspor in 1937. Some supporters of İzmirspor opposed the merger and founded Ateşspor in 1938. Doğanspor...

) Junaid Hartley
Junaid Hartley
- Career :A midfielder, Junaid Hartley was a former player for Sarawak FA in the Malaysian League, Junaid was known for his hard-working style and highly consistent performances.- International :...

 (  Sarawak FA
Sarawak FA
The Football Association of Sarawak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Sarawak...

) Waseem Isaacs
Waseem Isaacs
Waseem Isaacs is a South African football forward who currently plays for the 1. liga club MFK Zemplín Michalovce.-MFK Zemplín Michalovce:...

 (  MFK Zemplín Michalovce
MFK Zemplín Michalovce
MFK Zemplín Michalovce is a Slovak football team, based in the town of Michalovce.- Current squad :As of 20 September 2011 - Out on loan 2011–12:-Notable players:- External links :*...

) Calvin Kadi
Calvin Kadi
Matome Calvin Kadi is a South African professional footballer who plays as a striker for Portimonense, on loan from Bidvest Wits.-Career:...

 (  Portimonense
Portimonense S.C.
Portimonense Sporting Clube is a Portuguese football team based in Portimão. Founded on 14 August 1914, the club is one of the few professional clubs in the Algarve region, and currently plays in second division....

), (currently on loan from Wits)
Bongani Khumalo (  Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

) Jabu Mahlangu
Jabu Mahlangu
Jabu Jeremiah Mahlangu is a South African football midfielder who currently plays for Platinum Stars....

 (  Östers IF
Östers IF
Östers IF is a Swedish football club located in Växjö. The club, formed 20 April 1930 , is currently playing in the second Swedish league called Superettan. In 1968, Öster won Allsvenskan as newcomers. The club is affiliated to the Smålands Fotbollförbund...

) Tsepo Masilela
Tsepo Masilela
Peter Tsepo Masilela is a South African international football defender who plays for Spainish side Getafe on loan from Maccabi Haifa. Masilela known for his pace and great defensive ability.-Club career:...

 (  Maccabi Haifa
Maccabi Haifa F.C.
Maccabi Haifa Football Club is an Israeli football team from the city of Haifa, a section of Maccabi Haifa sports club. The club has won 12 championships, 5 State Cups and 4 Toto Cups...

) Benni McCarthy
Benni McCarthy
Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy is a South African footballer who is currently contracted to Orlando Pirates in South Africa.McCarthy holds the record of international goals for a South African...

 (  West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

) Justin Miller
Justin Miller (footballer)
Justin James Miller is a South African footballer who operates as a centre back for Chelmsford City.He started his career in England with Ipswich Town in 2000, but moved on to Leyton Orient three years later without playing a competitive game for Ipswich...

 (  Chelmsford City
Chelmsford City F.C.
Chelmsford City F.C. is an English semi-professional football club based in the town of Chelmsford, Essex. The club are currently members of the Conference South and play at the Melbourne Stadium.-Chelmsford:...

) Aaron Mokoena
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 (  Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
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) Kamohelo Mokotjo
Kamohelo Mokotjo
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 (  (Feyenoord) Mpho Moloi
Mpho Moloi
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 (  Harrisburg City Islanders
Harrisburg City Islanders
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) Bryce Moon
Bryce Moon
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 (  Panathinaikos
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), (currently on loan at Golden Arrows
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)
Nasief Morris
Nasief Morris
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 (  Apollon Limassol
Apollon Limassol
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) Anele Ngcongca
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 (  Racing Genk
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) Bernard Parker
Bernard Parker
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 (  Panserraikos
Panserraikos F.C.
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, (currently on loan from FC Twente
FC Twente
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)
Steven Pienaar
Steven Pienaar
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 (  Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
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) Patrick Phungwayo
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 (  Panionios), (currently on loan from Wits) Thulani Serero
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 (  Ajax) Brian Umony
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 (  Portland Timbers
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), (currently on loan from University of Pretoria ) James Chamanga
James Chamanga
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 (  Dalian Shide
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) Christopher Katongo
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 (  Skoda Xanthi) Onismor Bhasera
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 (  Plymouth Argyle
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) Benjani
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 (  Blackburn Rovers
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)

Founder Members

  • AmaZulu
    AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)
    AmaZulu is a South African football club based in the city of Durban.Formed in 1932 by Zulu migrant workers, the club was originally known as Zulu Royals.The club's nickname, Usuthu, is a Zulu war cry.-Honours:...

  • Bloemfontein Celtic
    Bloemfontein Celtic
    Bloemfontein Celtic is a South African football club based in Bloemfontein, founded in 1969 as Mangaung United, and renamed in 1984 to its current name. The club currently compete in Premier Soccer League, and selected Seisa Ramabodu Stadium as their home venue...

  • Cape Town Spurs
  • Hellenic
    Hellenic FC
    Hellenic FC was a South African association football club based in Cape Town. They were nicknamed The Greek Gods.Established in 1958 by Greek South Africans, Hellenic campaigned in the lower amateur leagues of Cape Town...

  • Jomo Cosmos
    Jomo Cosmos
    Jomo Cosmos is a South African football club based in Johannesburg that plays in the Premier Soccer League. The club is owned and coached by South African soccer legend Jomo "Black Prince" Sono....

  • Kaizer Chiefs
  • Manning Rangers
    Manning Rangers
    Manning Rangers is a defunct South African football club formerly based in Durban and probably best remembered as the champions of the inaugural season of the Premier Soccer League...

  • Michau Warriors
    Michau Warriors
    Michau Warriors were a South African football club who played in the Premier Soccer League.They were relegated in the competition's inaugural season finishing in 17th place....

  • Moroka Swallows

  • Orlando Pirates
  • QwaQwa Stars
  • Real Rovers
  • Mamelodi Sundowns
  • Supersport United
  • Umtata Bush Bucks
  • Vaal Professionals
    Vaal Professionals
    Vaal Professionals were a South African football club based in Vereeniging which was a founder member of the Premier Soccer League in 1996...

  • Witbank Aces
  • Wits University


See also

  • MTN 8
    MTN 8
    The MTN 8 is the current name of South Africa's oldest football cup competition. It is made up of the top eight teams that finished in that order at the close of the ABSA Premiership season...

  • Telkom Knockout
    Telkom Knockout
    The Telkom Knockout is a football knockout competition which comprises the 16 teams in the South African Premier Soccer League.It was started in 1992, called the Coca-Cola Cup and was played until 1996, when it was replaced by the Rothmans Cup which was changed back to the Coca-Cola Cup in 2001...

  • Nedbank Cup
    Nedbank Cup
    The Nedbank Cup is the current name of South Africa's premier club football knockout tournament. While many formats have been used over the years, the tournament has always been based on the idea of giving lower league and amateur teams a chance to compete with clubs from the top league for the cup...

  • National First Division
    National First Division
    The National First Division is the second-highest league of South African club football after the Premier Soccer League . Both the NFD and PSL are organised by the National Soccer League.-For seasons in 2007-11:...

  • Vodacom League
    Vodacom League
    Vodacom League, sometimes also referred to as Vodacom Promotional League, was founded in 1998 as the current Second Division and the overall third tier of South African football . The competition is regulated by SAFA, and sponsored by mobile telecommunications company Vodacom...


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