2013–14 South African Premier Division

Premier Soccer League
Season	2013–14
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns
Top goalscorer	Bernard Parker (10 goals)^[1]
Average attendance	5,073^[2]
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

The 2013–14 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. The draw for the Premier Division fixtures for the 2013/2014 season was held on 20 June 2013.^[3] The season was scheduled to begin on 2 August 2013 and end on 10 May 2014.

Kaizer Chiefs are the defending champions, having won the previous 2012–13 Premier Soccer League (PSL) season. The season featured 14 teams from the 2012-13 season and two new teams promoted from the 2012–13 National First Division: Polokwane City and Mpumalanga Black Aces who replace relegated Black Leopards and Chippa United.

Average attendance^[4]

Team Name	Average Attendance
Kaizer Chiefs	18,470
Orlando Pirates	12,476
Mamelodi Sundowns	11,533
Bloemfontein Celtic	8,146
Ajax Cape Town	8,110
Polokwane City	6,743
Maritzburg United	6,223
Mpumalanga Black Aces	4,852
AmaZulu	4,783
Golden Arrows	4,766
Pretoria University	4,583
Platinum Stars	3,616
Bidvest Wits	3,333
SuperSport United	3,069
Free State Stars	2,520
Moroka Swallows	2,220

Teams

A total of 16 teams contested the league, including 14 sides from the 2012–13 season and two promoted from the 2012–13 National First Division.

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	7004550000000000000♠55,000
AmaZulu	Durban (Durban North)	Kwazulu-Natal	Moses Mabhida Stadium	7004540000000000000♠54,000
Bidvest Wits	Johannesburg (Braamfontein)	Gauteng	Bidvest Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Bloemfontein Celtic	Bloemfontein	Free State	Seisa Ramabodu Stadium	7004200000000000000♠20,000
Free State Stars	Bethlehem	Free State	Charles Mopeli Stadium	7004350000000000000♠35,000
Golden Arrows	Umlazi	Kwazulu-Natal	King Zwelithini Stadium	7004100000000000000♠10,000
Kaizer Chiefs	Naturena, Johannesburg	Gauteng	FNB Stadium (Soccer City)	7004947000000000000♠94,700
Mamelodi Sundowns	Chloorkop	Gauteng	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	7004520000000000000♠52,000
Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg	Kwazulu-Natal	Harry Gwala Stadium	7004107000000000000♠10,700
Moroka Swallows	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	Dobsonville Stadium	7004240000000000000♠24,000
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Linksfield, Johannesburg	Gauteng	Mbombela Stadium	7004409000000000000♠40,900
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	Orlando Stadium	7004364000000000000♠36,400
Platinum Stars	Rustenburg (Phokeng)	North West	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	7004450000000000000♠45,000
Polokwane City	Polokwane	Limpopo	Peter Mokaba Stadium	7004417330000000000♠41,733
Supersport United	Groenkloof Campus, Pretoria	Gauteng	Lucas Moripe Stadium	7004289000000000000♠28,900
Tuks FC	Pretoria	Gauteng	Tuks ABSA Stadium	7003800000000000000♠8,000^[5]

Ajax

AmaZulu

Wits

Celtic

F.S. Stars

Arrows

Chiefs

Sundowns

Maritzburg

0
Swallows

0
Mpumalanga Black Aces

0
Pirates

P.Stars

Polokwane

SuperSport

Tuks FC

Location of teams in the 2013–14 PSL.

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town	Roger De Sa	Adidas	MTN
AmaZulu	Craig Rosslee	Kappa	SPAR
Bidvest Wits	Gavin Hunt	Kappa	Bidvest
Polokwane City	Boebie Solomons	Kappa	Vacant
Bloemfontein Celtic	Ernst Middendorp	Reebok	MTN
Free State Stars	Vacant	Maxed	Bonitas
Golden Arrows	Vacant	Millé	Vacant
Kaizer Chiefs	Stuart Baxter	Nike	Vodacom
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pitso Mosimane	Nike	Ubuntu Botho
Maritzburg United	Steve Komphela	Umbro	Vacant
Moroka Swallows	Zeca Marques	Puma	VW
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Clive Barker	Umbro	Lakama
Orlando Pirates	Vladimir Vermezovic	Adidas	Vodacom
Platinum Stars	Allan Freese	Umbro	The Royal Marang Hotel
Supersport United	Cavin Johnson	Kappa	Engen
Tuks FC	Steve Barker	Umbro	Vacant

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Bidvest Wits	Clive Barker	Caretaker period ended	May 2013	End of season	Gavin Hunt	29 May 2013^[6]
Supersport United	Gavin Hunt	Quit	29 May 2013^[7]	End of season	Cavin Johnson	2 July 2013^[8]
Platinum Stars	Cavin Johnson	Quit	2 July 2013	End of season	Allan Freese	29 July 2013^[9]
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Jacob Sakala	Promoted to Technical Director	4 July 2013	End of season	Clive Barker	4 July 2013^[10]
Polokwane City	Duncan Lechesa^[11]	Quit	17 September 2013	16th	Boebie Solomons^[12]	21 October 2013
Golden Arrows	Manqoba Mngqithi^[13]	Quit	5 October 2013	13th	Mark Harrison^[14]	7 October 2013
Bloemfontein Celtic	Clinton Larsen^[15]	Quit	7 October 2013	11th	Ernst Middendorp^[16]	11 October
Maritzburg United	Ernst Middendorp^[17]	Quit	10 October 2013	9th	Clinton Larsen^[18]	15 October
Free State Stars	Steve Komphela^[19]	Sacked	1 December 2013	11th

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	30	20	5	5	51	25	+26	65	Qualification to 2015 CAF Champions League
2	Kaizer Chiefs	30	19	6	5	43	17	+26	63	Qualification to 2015 CAF Champions League
3	Bidvest Wits	30	16	8	6	34	20	+14	56	Qualification to 2015 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Orlando Pirates	30	13	7	10	30	22	+8	46
5	SuperSport United	30	12	8	10	38	36	+2	44
6	Bloemfontein Celtic	30	10	13	7	35	32	+3	43
7	Mpumalanga Black Aces	30	12	7	11	34	33	+1	43
8	Platinum Stars	30	11	9	10	32	32	0	42
9	AmaZulu	30	11	9	10	27	35	−8	42
10	Maritzburg United	30	10	8	12	34	37	−3	38
11	University of Pretoria	30	10	5	15	25	28	−3	35
12	Ajax Cape Town	30	9	8	13	27	36	−9	35
13	Moroka Swallows	30	8	7	15	30	39	−9	31
14	Free State Stars	30	7	8	15	32	44	−12	29
15	Polokwane City	30	7	7	16	31	43	−12	28	Qualification to PSL Playoff Tournament
16	Golden Arrows (R)	30	6	3	21	28	48	−20	21	Relegation to National First Division

Updated to games played on 6 May 2014.
Source: http://www.kickoff.com/league/absa-premiership/match-centre#tab_mc-table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Prize money

Position	Prize money (Z$)
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

Statistics

Top scorers

Top scorers As of 31 March 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bernard Parker	Kaizer Chiefs	10
2	Edward Manqele	Moroka Swallows	8
2	Knowledge Musona	Kaizer Chiefs	8
3	Atusaye Nyondo	University of Pretoria	7
3	Katlego Evidence Mashego	Mamelodi Sundowns	7
3	Robert Ng'ambi	Platinum Stars	7
3	Sibusiso Vilakazi	Bidvest Wits	7
4	Hellings Mhango	Bloemfontein Celtic	6
4	Puleng Tlolane	Polokwane City	6

Source: Premier Soccer League

References

↑ http://www.espnfc.com/south-african-premiership/2197/statistics/scorers?season=2013
↑ http://www.espnfc.com/south-african-premiership/2197/statistics/performance?season=2013
↑ "PSL Fixtures Announced". Soccer Laduma. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
↑ soccerway.com/national/south-africa/psl/20132014/regular-season/r22009/
↑ "TUKS Stadium". AmaTuks.com. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
↑ "Bidvest Wits appoint Gavin Hunt as head coach". The Sowetan. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
↑ "SuperSport confirm Hunt exit". Kickoff.com. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
↑ "Zeca Marques new Moroka Swallows coach". Kickoff.com. 2 July 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
↑ "Dikwena appoint new coach". Kickoff. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "Barker appointed Black Aces coach". Supersport.com. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
↑ "Lechesa quits City". Sowetan. 17 September 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "City Confirm Solomons' Appointment". Soccer Laduma. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
↑ "Arrows Coach Mngqithi Resigns". Soccer Laduma. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "Harrison named new Arrows coach". SuperSport. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "Clinton Larsen quits". Eye Witness News. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "Middendorp joins Celtic". Kickoff. 11 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "Middendorp quits Maritzburg". News24. 5 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
↑ "Larsen confirmed as Maritzburg coach". KickOff. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
↑ "Free State Stars give Steve Komphela the boot". Times Live. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.

External links

Premier Soccer League 2014–15

Ajax Cape Town AmaZulu Bidvest Wits Bloemfontein Celtic Chippa United Free State Stars Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Moroka Swallows Mpumalanga Black Aces Orlando Pirates Platinum Stars Polokwane City SuperSport United University of Pretoria

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Seasons in South African soccer

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2013 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 12–13 13–14 Angola Burkina Faso Burundi 13–14 Congo Côte d'Ivoire 12–13 13–14 Democratic Republic of Congo 13 13–14 Egypt 12–13 13–14 Ethiopia 12–13 13–14 Gabon 12–13 13–14 Ghana 12–13 13–14 Kenya Liberia 13–14 Mali 12–13 13–14 Morocco 12–13 13–14 Nigeria Rwanda 12–13 13–14 Somalia 13–14 South Africa 12–13 13–14 Sudan Tunisia 12–13 13–14 Uganda 12–13 13–14 Zimbabwe

Domestic cups	Algeria 12–13 13–14 Egypt Kenya South Africa 12–13 13–14 Uganda 12–13 13–14

Regional cups	Kagame Interclub Cup CECAFA Cup group stage knockout stage final COSAFA Cup

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

2014 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 13–14 14–15 Angola Burundi 13–14 14–15 Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire 13–14 14–15 Democratic Republic of Congo 13–14 14–15 Egypt 13–14 14–15 Ethiopia 13–14 14–15 Gabon 13–14 14–15 Ghana 13–14 Kenya Liberia 13–14 Mali 13–14 14–15 Morocco 13–14 14–15 Nigeria Rwanda 13–14 14–15 Somalia 13–14 South Africa 13–14 14–15 Sudan Tunisia 13–14 14–15 Uganda 13–14 14–15

Domestic cups	Algeria 13–14 14–15 Egypt Kenya South Africa 13–14 14–15 Uganda 13–14 14–15

Regional cups	CECAFA Nile Basin Cup Kagame Interclub Cup CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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