Premier Soccer League

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Premier Soccer League
Full name Premier Soccer League
abbreviation PSL
Association South African Football Association
First edition 1996
hierarchy 1st League
Teams 16
master Mamelodi Sundowns (9)
Record champions Mamelodi Sundowns
Website www.psl.co.za
Qualification for Champions League
Confederation Cup
region South Africa

LocationSouthAfrica.svgTemplate: Infobox football competition / maintenance / card format

Under the name Premier Soccer League (abbreviated PSL ) which organized National Soccer League to professional football in South Africa . It consists of the first division Premier Division and a also single-track second division, the First Division . The National Soccer League is affiliated to the SAFA football association as a special member. Its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the Norwegian Kjetil Siem.

The starting salary of a PSL professional in 2018 was 71,000 Rand (around 3500 euros) per month. In the 2019/20 season , Khama Billiat is the PSL's highest-paid professional with a monthly salary of more than 833,000 Rand (around 40,000 euros).

Premier Division

The Premier Division was played for the first time in the 1996/97 season.

Founding members

Today's league principle

16 teams play the South African soccer champions who qualify for the CAF Champions League together with the runner-up . The third and the cup winners start in the CAF Confederation Cup . The bottom of the table is relegated to the "First Division", the penultimate plays with the second and third in the second division in a relegation tournament to stay in the PSL.

Teams in the 2017/18 season

statistics

Record champions

Title number

society
9 Mamelodi Sundowns
4th Orlando Pirates
4th Kaizer Chiefs
3 Supersport United
1 Manning Rangers
1 Santos Cape Town
1 Bidvest Wits

List of previous masters

season

master
1996/97 Manning Rangers
1997/98 Mamelodi Sundowns
1998/99 Mamelodi Sundowns
1999/00 Mamelodi Sundowns
2000/01 Orlando Pirates
2001/02 Santos Cape Town
2002/03 Orlando Pirates
2003/04 Kaizer Chiefs
2004/05 Kaizer Chiefs
2005/06 Mamelodi Sundowns
2006/07 Mamelodi Sundowns
2007/08 Supersport United
2008/09 Supersport United
2009/10 Supersport United
2010/11 Orlando Pirates
2011/12 Orlando Pirates
2012/13 Kaizer Chiefs
2013/14 Mamelodi Sundowns
2014/15 Kaizer Chiefs
2015/16 Mamelodi Sundowns
2016/17 Bidvest Wits
2017/18 Mamelodi Sundowns
2018/19 Mamelodi Sundowns
2019/20

List of previous top scorers

environment

Stadiums and audience numbers

Since the soccer World Cup in 2010 , some teams in the Premier Soccer League have had very modern stadiums that have been converted or rebuilt for the World Cup. An example of this are the Orlando Pirates , who play most of their home games in the Soccer City final stadium , which has a capacity of 94,700 seats. But despite the good infrastructure, the audience numbers are rather low. In the 2009/2010 season, the average attendance in the league was only 7500; this value has not increased noticeably since the World Cup.

TV marketing and sponsorship

The Premier Soccer League is the financially strongest soccer league on the African continent. This is mainly due to the television contract with the broadcasters Super Sport ( Pay TV ) and SABC ( Free TV ) , which guarantees the league 160 million euros per season. There are only six football leagues in the world that receive higher revenues.

The league's name sponsor has been Absa Bank since 2007, which is why the league is officially called ABSA Premiership . From 1996 to 2007 the Castle Brewery (owned by Kompania Piwowarska ) was the official sponsor.

First Division

' National First Division'
abbreviation NFD
Association South African Football Association
First edition 1996
hierarchy 2nd league
Teams 16
master Pretoria University
Record champions African Wanderers , Black Leopards (3 titles each)
Website www.psl.co.za
region South AfricaTemplate: Infobox football competition / maintenance / card format
↓ SAFA Promotional League
National First Division Map 1997-2004 & 2007-2011

history

The First Division , also National First Division , is the second highest professional class in South African football. Like the PSL, it was played for the first time in the 1996/97 season.

1996/97 season

In the 1996/97 season the NFD was still divided into four groups. There were the Western Cape , Natal Eastern Cape , Northern, and Southern groups . While sixteen teams played in the groups Western Cape and Natal Eastern Cape , the groups Northern and Southern consisted of twenty-two teams. The four champions of the respective seasons played in a relegation tournament for the two promotion places.

1997-2004 season

The NFD system was changed just a year later. The four panels have been decimated to two. At that time it consisted for the first time of the two departments Coastal Stream with teams from the coastal region and the Inland Stream with teams from the inland. In the 1997/98 season, both seasons consisted of twenty teams, from 1998 the Coastal Stream season of fourteen and the Inland Stream season of sixteen teams. The respective champions of the two seasons rose directly to the PSL, the last or sometimes the last two or three relegated. In the 2003/04 season had to relegate the six worst teams from the Coastal Stream season and the eight worst teams from the Inland Stream season with a view to the restructuring in the summer of 2004 .

Logo of the Mvela Golden League

2004-2007 season

In the summer of 2004, the two seasons were combined into a national league for the first time and the league was known as the Mvela Golden League after a sponsor . It consisted of sixteen teams. The champion was promoted directly to the PSL, while the second, third and fourth competed together with the penultimate of the PSL in a relegation tournament for the last free place in the PSL. The last two teams or in the 2004/05 season the last four teams were relegated.

2007-2011 season

From 2007 the league consisted again of the two departments, the Coastal Stream with the teams from the coastal region and the Inland Stream with teams from the inland. Each of the two leagues had eight participants. The winners of the two leagues played against each other at the end of the season and thus determined the first promoted to the Premier Division . The loser of this "final" played with the two runners-up and the 15th in the Premier Division in a relegation tournament for last place in the top division.

Since the 2011/12 season

According to the league, the system with two seasons was particularly unattractive for sponsors. Therefore, it was decided to combine the two seasons with eight teams from the 2011/12 season back into a single-track league. In addition, the maximum number of foreign players allowed per club was reduced from five to three and a minimum number of South African players under the age of 23 was set. This is five players per club and is mainly justified by the fact that instead of the many South African veterans who often end their careers in the First Division , young talents get match practice, which should form the basis for a strong national team in the future . While the first in the table is promoted directly to the PSL, the second and third in the table play together with the penultimate of the PSL in a relegation tournament for the last free place in the PSL.

Teams in the 2017/18 season

Clubs in the First Division of the 2017/18 season are:

statistics

Record champions

Title number

society
3 African Wanderers
3 Black Leopards
2 AmaZulu Durban
2 Dynamos FC
2 Free State Stars
2 Golden Arrows
2 Jomo Cosmos
2 Tembisa Classic
1 Baroka FC
1 Bay United
1 Bloemfontein Celtic
1 Bush Bucks FC
1 Carara kicks
1 Chippa United
1 FC AK
1 Maritzburg United
1 Polokwane City
1 Pretoria University
1 Ria Stars
1 Santos Cape Town
1 Seven stars
1 Silver Stars
1 Thanda Royal Zulu
1 Vasco Da Gama
1 Wits University

List of previous masters

Streams
Western Cape Natal Eastern Cape Northern Southern
season master master master master
1996/97 Santos Cape Town African Wanderers Black Leopards Tembisa Classic
Streams
Coastal inland
season master Second master Second
1997/98 Seven stars Michau Warriors Dynamos FC Witbank Aces
1998/99 African Wanderers Avendale Athletico Tembisa Classic Ria Stars
1999/00 Golden Arrows Avendale Athletico Ria Stars Dynamos FC
2000/01 AmaZulu Durban Park United Black Leopards Bloemfontein Young Tigers
2001/02 African Wanderers Avendale Athletico Dynamos FC Silver Stars
2002/03 AmaZulu Durban Benoni Premier United Silver Stars Bloemfontein Celtic
2003/04 Bush Bucks FC Avendale Athletico Bloemfontein Celtic Free State Stars
National
season master Second Third Fourth
2004/05 Free State Stars Durban stars Hellenic FC Tembisa Classic
2005/06 Wits University City Pillars Vasco Da Gama Benoni Premier United
2006/07 Free State Stars Winners Park Pretoria University FC AK
Streams
Coastal inland
season master Second master Second
2007/08 Maritzburg United Bay United FC AK Dynamos FC
2008/09 Carara kicks FC Cape Town Jomo Cosmos Mpumalanga Black Aces
2009/10 Vasco Da Gama Nathi Lions Black Leopards African Warriors
2010/11 Bay United Thanda Royal Zulu Jomo Cosmos Black Leopards
National
season master Second Third Fourth
2011/12 Pretoria University Chippa United Thanda Royal Zulu Blackburn Rovers
2012/13 Polokwane City Santos Cape Town Mpumalanga Black Aces Thanda Royal Zulu
2013/14 Chippa United Black Leopards Milano United Baroka FC
2014/15 Golden Arrows Jomo Cosmos Black Leopards Thanda Royal Zulu
2015/16 Baroka FC Highlands Park Mbombela United Witbank Spurs
2016/17 Thanda Royal Zulu 1 Black Leopards Stellenbosch FC Royal Eagles

Promoted to the PSL loser in the playoffs

1 = Thanda Zulu Royal was dissolved at the end of the season and replaced with the newly founded club Richards Bay FC . The license from Thanda Zulu Royal was sold to AmaZulu Durban , so that they rose.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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