2012–13 Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League
Season	2012–13
Champions	Kaizer Chiefs
Relegated	Black Leopards
Champions League	Kaizer Chiefs
Confederation Cup	Supersport United
Matches played	160
Goals scored	176 (1.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bernard Parker (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Platinum Stars 4-0 Free State Stars; (27 October 2012)
Biggest away win	AmaZulu 0-6 Kaizer Chiefs; (11 August 2012)
Highest scoring	AmaZulu 0-6 Kaizer Chiefs; (11 August 2012)
Average attendance	6, 722 (per game)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Premier Soccer League season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) will be the seventeenth season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. The draw for the Premier Division fixtures for the 2012/2013 season was held on 12 June 2012.^[4] The season is scheduled to begin in the second week of August 2012.

Orlando Pirates are the defending champions, having won the previous 2011-12 Premier Soccer League (PSL) season. The season will feature 14 teams from the 2011-12 PSL season and two new teams promoted from the 2011–12 National First Division: Tuks FC and Chippa United who replace relegated Santos and Jomo Cosmos.

Format changes

The 2012–13 season saw the introduction of the Q-innovation system. The league schedule is split into four fixture-blocks referred to as quarters, the first and third blocks have eight fixtures, the second and fourth blocks have seven fixtures.^[5]

Prize money is given to the teams who finish top of the table after each block of fixtures.^[5]

Prize money

Achievement	Prize money
1st place at end of quarter 1	1.5m ZAR
1st place at end of quarter 2	1.5m ZAR
1st place at end of quarter 3	1.5m ZAR
1st place at end of quarter 4	1.5m ZAR
Overall league winner	10m ZAR^[5]

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 14 sides from the 2011–12 season and two promoted from the 2011–12 National First Division.

Relegation for Jomo Cosmos to the 2012–13 National First Division was confirmed on 16 May 2012, as Jomo Cosmos maintained their reputation as a yo-yo club, suffering their third relegation from the PSL in five seasons.^[6] Santos had finished 15th and thus had to go through the 2011-12 PSL Playoff Tournament alongside Chippa United and Thanda Royal Zulu of the National First Division. Santos were unable to retain their place in the PSL following a 4-3 defeat in the final game of the PSL Playoff Tournament on 30 June 2012 and were subsequently relegated to the National First Division for the 2012-13 season.^[7]

Tuks FC earned promotion to the PSL as 2011-12 National First Division Champions.^[8] Chippa United, who had finished second in the 2011-12 National First Division season, earned their place in the PSL after defeating Santos and Thanda Royal Zulu in the 3-team PSL promotion tournament. Both teams will be making their first appearances in the PSL.

Stadiums and locations

Football teams in South Africa tend to use multiple stadiums over the course of a season for their home games. The following table will only indicate the stadium used most often by the club for their home games

Team	Location of training field	Province	Home venue	Capacity
Ajax Cape Town	Cape Town (Parow)	Western Cape	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
AmaZulu	Durban (Durban North)	Kwazulu-Natal	Moses Mabhida Stadium	54,000
Bidvest Wits	Johannesburg (Braamfontein)	Gauteng	Bidvest Stadium	5,000
Black Leopards	Polokwane	Limpopo	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,000
Bloemfontein Celtic	Bloemfontein	Free State	Seisa Ramabodu Stadium	20,000
Chippa United	Nyanga	Western Cape	Philippi Stadium	10,000
Free State Stars	Bethlehem	Free State	Charles Mopeli Stadium	35,000
Golden Arrows	Umlazi	Kwazulu-Natal	King Zwelithini Stadium	10,000
Kaizer Chiefs	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	FNB Stadium (Soccer City)	94,700
Mamelodi Sundowns	Chloorkop	Gauteng	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	52,000
Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg	Kwazulu-Natal	Harry Gwala Stadium	10,700
Moroka Swallows	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	Dobsonville Stadium	24,000
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	Orlando Stadium	36,400
Platinum Stars	Rustenburg (Phokeng)	North West	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	45,000
Supersport United	Pretoria (Atteridgeville)	Gauteng	Lucas Moripe Stadium	28,900
Tuks FC	Pretoria	Gauteng	Tuks ABSA Stadium	2,000

Chippa United will use Athlone Stadium for their home games, because the Philippi Stadium was not up to PLS standards. Games against Pirates and Chiefs will be played at Cape Town Stadium.^[9]

Ajax

AmaZulu

Wits

Leopards

Celtic

Chippa United

F.S. Stars

Arrows

Chiefs

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Location of teams in the 2012–13 PSL.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town	Muhsin Ertugral	Adidas	MTN
AmaZulu	Craig Rosslee	Adidas	SPAR
Bidvest Wits	Clive barker	Nike	Bidvest
Black Leopards	Abel Makhubele	Kappa	MTN
Bloemfontein Celtic	Clinton Larsen	Reebok	MTN
Chippa United	Mark Harrison	Umbro	Vodacom
Free State Stars	Steve Komphela	Maxed	Bonitas
Golden Arrows	Manqoba Mngqithi	Millé	MTN
Kaizer Chiefs	Stuart Baxter	Nike	Vodacom
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pitso Mosimane	Nike	Ubuntu Bhotho
Maritzburg United	Ernst Middendorp	Umbro
Moroka Swallows	Zeca Marques	Puma	VW
Orlando Pirates	Roger De Sa	Adidas	Vodacom
Platinum Stars	Cavin Johnson	Umbro	The Royal Marang Hotel
Supersport United	Gavin Hunt	Kappa	DStv
Tuks FC	Steve Barker	Umbro	University of Pretoria

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Kaizer Chiefs	Ace Khuse	Caretaker period ended	May 2012	End of season	Stuart Baxter	7 May 2012^[10]
Moroka Swallows	Gordon Igesund	Appointed coach of South Africa	30 June 2012^[11]	End of season	Zeca Marques	2 July 2012^[12]
Chippa United	Roger Sikhakane	Redeployed	July 2012	End of season	Manqoba Mngqithi	9 July 2012^[13]
Bidvest Wits	Roger De Sa	Sacked	9 July 2012^[14]	End of season	Antonio López Habas	12 July 2012^[15]
Chippa United	Manqoba Mngqithi	Sacked	22 August 2012^[16]	15	Roger Sikhakane	13 September 2012 ^[17]
Orlando Pirates	Augusto Palacios	Health Reasons	10 September 2012^[18]	9	Roger De Sa	10 September 2012^[18]
Ajax Cape Town	Maarten Stekelenburg	Sacked	2 October 2012^[19]	15	Jan Versleijen	11 February 2013^[20]
Golden Arrows	Muhsin Ertugral	Quit	22 October 2012^[21]	13	Manqoba Mngqithi	23 October 2012^[22]
Chippa United	Roger Sikhakane	Sacked	29 October 2012^[23]	15	Farouk Abrahams	11 December 2012^[24]
Black Leopards	Sunday Chidzambwa	Promoted to Technical Director	30 October 2012^[25]	11	Ian Palmer	30 October 2012^[25]
AmaZulu	Roger Palmgren	Sacked	26 November 2012^[26]	16	Craig Rosslee	30 October 2012^[27]
Mamelodi Sundowns	Johan Neeskens	Sacked	2 December 2012^[28]	15	Pitso Mosimane	2 December 2012^[28]
Black Leopards	Ian Palmer	Sacked	2 January 2013^[29]	12	Abel Makhubele	9 January 2013^[30]
Wits	Antonio López Habas	Mutual consent	4 January 2013^[31]	9	Clive Barker	4 January 2012
Chippa United	Farouk Abrahams	Redeployed	29 January 2013^[32]	15	Wilfred Mugeyi	30 January 2013
Chippa United	Wilfred Mugeyi	Sacked	11 April 2013^[33]	16	Mark Harrison	12 April 2013^[34]
Ajax Cape Town	Jan Versleijen	Quit	25 April 2013^[35]	15	Muhsin Ertugral	25 April 2013^[36]

League table

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Winner of the 2012-13 Nedbank Cup will qualify for the 2014 CAF Confederation Cup.

PSL playoff tournament

The teams that finished second and third during the 2012-13 National First Division season where joined by the team that finished 15th in the 2012-13 Premier Soccer League season in a 3-team promotion and relegation playoff called the PSL Playoff Tournament.

Participants

Team	League	Pos
Chippa United	2012-13 Premier Soccer League	15th
Santos	2012–13 National First Division	2nd
Mpumalanga Black Aces	2012–13 National First Division	3rd

Format

The 3 teams participated in a mini-league in which they played one another twice (home and away) with log points being awarded for winning a match (3 points) and drawing a match (1 point). At the conclusion of the mini-league phase the team that was in first place would either earn or maintain their place in the PSL for the 2013-14 season. If the team that finished 15th in the PSL was unable to win the mini-league, they were relegated to the National First Division for the 2013-14 season.

Playoff table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mpumalanga Black Aces	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6
2	Chippa United	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Santos	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
(R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted

Results

29 May 2013

Chippa United	0 – 0	Santos

Philippi Stadium, Cape Town

1 June 2013

15:00

Mpumalanga Black Aces	1 – 0	Chippa United
Masina 88'	Report

Themba Senamela Stadium, Middelburg

20 June 2013

19:30

Santos	1 – 2	Mpumalanga Black Aces
V. Wana 51'	Report	59' T. Qalinge 64' D. Sibisi

Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town

23 June 2013

15:00

Santos	0 - 1	Chippa United
		19' Mbenyane

Athlone Stadium, Cape Town

Referee: Victor Hlungwani

26 June 2013

Chippa United	v	Mpumalanga Black Aces

Philippi Stadium, Cape Town

29 June 2013

Mpumalanga Black Aces	v	Santos

Position	Prize money (ZAR)
1	10m
2	5m
3	3m
4	2m
5	1.5m
6	1.3
7	1.1m
8	1m
9	750k
10	700k
11	650k
12	600k
13	550k
14	500k
15	450k
16	400k

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CAF competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

Format changes

Prize money

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

PSL playoff tournament

Participants

Format

Playoff table

Results

Results

Prize money

Statistics

Top goalscorers

See also

References

External links