2019–20 South African Premier Division

Premier Soccer League
Season	2019–20
Dates	03 August 2019-09 May 2020
Matches played	184
Goals scored	400 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	(14 goals); Gabadinho Mhango
Biggest home win	5-0 Bloemfontein Celtic v Golden Arrows
Biggest away win	0-4 Stellenbosch FC v Kaizer Chiefs; (27 November 2019)
Highest scoring	5-3 Cape Town City v Polokwane City (6 November 2019) ; 5-3 Kaizer Chiefs v Bloemfontein Celtic
Longest winning run	(8 wins) Kaizer Chiefs
Longest unbeaten run	(9 games)Kaizer Chiefs; Orlando Pirates
Longest winless run	10 games Chippa United
Longest losing run	(9 games) Polokwane City FC
Highest attendance	80,808; Kaizer Chiefs 3-2 Orlando Pirates; 80,808; Orlando Pirates 0-1 Kaizer Chiefs; (29 February 2020)
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 11 March 2020.

The 2019–20 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 24th season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. The season began in August 2019 and will conclude in May 2020. Mamelodi Sundowns are the two time defending champions. This season's winner will qualify for the 2020-21 Caf Champions League along with the second placed team. The 3rd placed team and Nedbank Cup winners qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup

The season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To National First Division

Relegated from 2018-19 South African Premier Division

Free State Stars

From National First Division

Promoted to 2019–20 South African Premier Division

Stellenbosch

Teams

Stadium and Locations

Joburg teams
Chiefs
Pirates
Wits
Highlands

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Location of teams in the 2019–20 PSL.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AmaZulu	Durban (Durban North)	King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium	10,000
Baroka	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Black Leopards	Thohoyandou	Thohoyandou Stadium	40,000
Bloemfontein Celtic	Bloemfontein	Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium	22,000
Cape Town City	Cape Town (Green Point)	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
Chippa United	Port Elizabeth	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	48,459
Golden Arrows	Durban(Lamontville)	Princess Magogo Stadium	12,000
Highlands Park	Johannesburg (Tembisa)	Makhulong Stadium	13,500
Kaizer Chiefs	Johannesburg (Soweto)	FNB Stadium	94,736
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pretoria (Marabastad)	Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria	51,762
Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg	Harry Gwala Stadium	12,000
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Orlando Stadium	37,139
Polokwane City	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Stellenbosch United	Stellenbosch	Coetzenburg Stadium	8,000
SuperSport United	Pretoria	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium, Pretoria	28,900
Wits	Johannesburg (Braamfontein)	Bidvest Stadium	5,000

Number of teams by province

	Province	Number of teams	Teams
1	Gauteng	6	Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, SuperSport United, Bidvest Wits and Highlands Park
2	KwaZulu-Natal	3	Maritzburg United, Golden Arrows and Amazulu
2	Limpopo	3	Polokwane City, Baroka FC and Black Leopards
3	Western Cape	2	Cape Town City and Stellenbosch
4	Free State	1	Bloemfontein Celtic
5	Eastern Cape	1	Chippa United

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kaizer Chiefs	22	15	3	4	40	17	+23	48	Qualification for Champions League
2	Mamelodi Sundowns	21	13	5	3	29	15	+14	44	Qualification for Champions League
3	SuperSport United	24	11	7	6	34	21	+13	40	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Orlando Pirates	23	11	7	5	35	26	+9	40
5	Maritzburg United	24	10	9	5	23	17	+6	39
6	Bidvest Wits	21	11	5	5	25	17	+8	38
7	Golden Arrows	23	8	8	7	21	26	−5	32
8	Highlands Park	24	8	7	9	26	31	−5	31
9	Bloemfontein Celtic	23	7	7	9	33	33	0	28
10	Cape Town City	23	6	9	8	30	32	−2	27
11	Stellenbosch	24	7	6	11	21	30	−9	27
12	Chippa United	24	6	8	10	15	23	−8	26
13	Baroka FC	24	6	5	13	15	21	−6	23
14	Polokwane City	24	7	2	15	21	32	−11	23
15	AmaZulu FC	24	6	5	13	14	27	−13	23	Qualification for Playoff Tournament
16	Black Leopards	24	5	5	14	21	36	−15	20	Relegation to National First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 11 March 2020. Source: Premier Soccer League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-Head points; 5) Head-to-Head goal difference; 6) Head-to-Head goals scored; 7) Playoff

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Score	Opponent	Venue	Date
Charlton Mashumba	Polokwane City F.C.	3–5	Cape Town City F.C.	Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town	6 November 2019
Samir Nurkovic	Kaizer Chiefs	5–3	Bloemfontein Celtic	Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban	7 December 2019
Gabadinho Mhango	Orlando Pirates	4–1	Polokwane City	Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane	07 January 2020

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	BAR	BVW	BLC	BLP	CTC	CPU	GDA	HLP	KZC	MDS	MAR	ORL	PLK	SSU	STU
Amazulu FC	—		0–1			2–1	0–2			0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0		0–2	2–0
Baroka FC	0–1	—		0–0	2–0	2–2		0–1	1–2		0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–1
Bidvest Wits		0–1	—	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–0				1–1		4–3		0–1	2–1
Bloemfontein Celtic		2–1		—	4–2	0–0		5–0	3–1		1–2		1–1		1–1	2–1
Black Leopards	0–0	0–2		1–0	—	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2			0–1
Cape Town City F.C.	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2		0–1		5–3		1–0
Chippa United		0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0		—			0–2	1–1	0–0		0–0	1–0	0–0
Golden Arrows	1–1	1–0	0–1				2–1	—		0–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–2
Highlands Park FC	2–1		1–1		2–1		2–0	2–0	—	2–3			0–1	2–0	0–2	1–4
Kaizer Chiefs	0–1	1–0		5–3	1–0	3–0		2–0	3–0	—			3–2	0–1	1–1
Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0		0–0			1–1			1–0	0–2	—	2–1			2–0	3–1
Maritzburg United		1–0		2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1			—		1–0	0–2	3–0
Orlando Pirates	1–0			3–1	3–1	3–3	2–1	0–0		0–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–2
Polokwane City FC	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1			2–0					0–1	1–4	—	3–1	0–2
Supersport United	1–0				2–2	3–3	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–0		—
Stellenbosch FC			0–2	1–2	2–2				0–0	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2019. Source: centre?type=results PSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Position by round

	leader and 2020-21 CAF Champions League
	2020-21 CAF Champions League
	2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup
	Qualification to #Playoffs Tournament
	Relegation to National First Division

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	21	22
Team ╲ Round
Amazulu FC	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14
Baroka FC	11	3	6	10	6	8	12	12	14	11	11	13	12	11
Bidvest Wits	1	7	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Black Leopards	12	15	15	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	10	10
Bloemfontein Celtic	15	6	8	11	10	7	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	8
Cape Town City	10	4	7	8	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	11	12
Chippa United	9	11	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Golden Arrows	4	10	4	6	9	6	7	8	7	5	5	5	5	6
Highlands Park	8	14	11	7	7	5	6	4	4	6	6	8	7	9
Kaizer Chiefs	5	2	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Mamelodi Sundowns	2	5	5	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Maritzburg United	13	13	13	14	14	12	11	7	9	9	9	10	8	7
Orlando Pirates	3	9	10	9	8	10	8	10	10	8	8	7	9	5
Polokwane City	6	1	3	5	4	3	4	5	6	10	10	11	13	13
Supersport United	14	8	9	4	5	9	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4
Stellenbosch FC	7	12	14	15	15	15	15	14	11	14	14	14	14	15

Source: [1]

Statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gabadinho Mhango	Orlando Pirates	14
2	Peter Shalulile	Highlands Park F.C.	12
	Bradley Grobler	Supersport United
	Bongi Ntuli	Amazulu
2	Samir Nurkovic	Kaizer Chiefs	11
2	Knox Mutizwa	Golden Arrows	11
8	Kermit Erasmus	Cape Town City	9
8	Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns	9
9	Leonardo Castro	Kaizer Chiefs	7

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Lebogang Manyama	Kaizer Chiefs	7
2	Bradley Ralani	Cape Town City	5
2	Iqraam Rayners	Stellenbosch	5
5	Sibusiso Vilakazi	Mamelodi Sundowns	4
	Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Menzi Masuku	Bloem Celtic
	Aubrey Modiba	Supersport United

Cleen Sheets

Rank	Player Name	Club playing for	Clean Sheets
1	Ronwen Williams	Supersport United	9
1	Daniel Akpeyi	Kaizer Chiefs	9
2	Elvis Chipezeze	Baroka	7
3	Richard Ofori	Maritzburg United	6
3	Veli Mothwa	Chippa United	6
3	Boy de Jong	Stellenbosch	5
	Wayne Sandilands	Orlando Pirates
	Ricardo Goss	Bidvest Wits
	Dennis Onyango	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Veli Mothwa	Chippa United
4	Edmore Sibanda	Golden Arrows	4
4	Jackson Mabokgwane	Bloem Celtic	4

Discipline

Players

Most yellow cards: (6 cards)
- N.Makhubela
  (Golden Arrows)

Most red cards: (1 red card )
- 6 players

Club

Most yellow Cards:(32 yellow cards)
- Highlands Park

(30 yellow cards)

- Amazulu FC

Most red cards:(1 red card)
- Kaizer Chiefs
- Mamelodi Sundowns
- Stellenbosch FC

Monthly Awards

month	Player of the month		Coach of the month		Goal of the month		Ref.
month	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	Ref.
Sep/Oct	Daniel Akpeyi	Kaizer Chiefs	Ernst Middendorp	Kaizer Chiefs	Thabo Nodada	Cape Town City
November	Sipho Mbule	Supersport United	Ernst Middendorp	Kaizer Chiefs	Dumisani Zuma	Kaizer Chiefs
December					Samir Nurković	Kaizer Chiefs

v t e South African Premiership seasons
2024–25 teams	AmaZulu Cape Town City Chippa United Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs Magesis Marumo Gallants Mamelodi Sundowns Polokwane City Pirates Richards Bay F.C. Royal AM Sekhukhune United Stellenbosch SuperSport United TS Galaxy
Former teams (defunct teams)	African Wanderers Ajax Cape Town F.C. Baroka Bay United Benoni Premier United Black Leopards Bloemfontein Celtic Bush Bucks Cape Town Spurs Dynamos Free State Stars Hellenic Highlands Park Jomo Cosmos Manning Rangers Maritzburg United Michau Warriors Moroka Swallows Mother City Mpumalanga Black Aces Platinum Stars Polokwane City Real Rovers Ria Stars Santos Seven Stars Thanda Royal Zulu Tembisa Classic Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila University of Pretoria Vaal Professionals Vasco da Gama Wits University F.C.
Associated competitions	Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout MTN 8 National First Division
Seasons	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25

v t e Seasons in South African soccer
Premiership teams (2024–25)	AmaZulu Cape Town City Chippa United Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs Magesi Marumo Gallants Mamelodi Sundowns Pirates Polokwane City Richards Bay Royal AM Sekhukhune United Stellenbosch SuperSport United TS Galaxy
First Division teams (2024–25)	Baroka Black Leopards Cape Town Spurs Casric Stars Durban City Highbury Hungry Lions JDR Stars Kruger United Leruma United Milford Orbit College Pretoria Callies University of Pretoria Upington City Venda
Premiership	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
National First Division	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
SAFA Second Division	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Nedbank Cup	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
MTN 8	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Carling Black Label Cup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019 2021 2022
Telkom Knockout/Carling Knockout Cup	1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2023
National Football League	1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Federation Professional League	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
NPSL (1971-1977)	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
NPSL (1978-1984)	1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
NPSL (1985-1995)	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1984 1992 1983 1994 1995
National Soccer League (NSL)	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
SASF Cup	1961 1962 1963 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
Telkom Charity Cup	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Vodacom Challenge	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011

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Regional club competitions	Arab Club Champions Cup qualifying rounds knockout stage final
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International competitions	2019 Africa Cup of Nations 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification