Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League

Abbreviation	PSL
Type	Sports Association
Headquarters	Johannesburg
Region served	South Africa
Membership	32 football clubs
President	Irvin Khoza
Chief Executive Officer	Mato Madlala (interim)
Main organ	Executive Committee
Website	http://www.psl.co.za

The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is a national sports association responsible for administering the two professional football leagues in South Africa - the South African Premier Division and National First Division.

The PSL was created following an agreement between the National Soccer League and the remnants of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL).

The company acts as a governing body and competition organiser. The PSL are affiliated to the South African Football Association but SAFA do not govern the PSL competitions. The National First Division (NFD) is the second-highest league of South African club soccer. Teams that are relegated from the PSL organised divisions compete in the SAFA Second Division.

Competitions

The Premier Soccer League sell the naming rights of their competitions to a title sponsor. The PSL organise the following competitions:

League competitions

South African Premier Division / PSL
National First Division / NFD

Cup

They had previously organised Charity Cup, a one-day, four team, season opening cup, which ran from 1986 to 2010. The Baymed Cup was open to First Division sides, but the competition was terminated after one edition in 2006.

League licenses

Licenses to participate in the league can be bought and sold on the free market. In August 2002, the PSL bought two Premier Division licences, from the owners of Ria Stars F.C. and Free State Stars F.C., the PSL dissolved the license to ease fixture congestion and reduce their own costs by 400k ZAR per month as each top tier club received 200k ZAR on a monthly basis from the PSL.^[1] The two clubs were purchased for 8 million ZAR. The two clubs had differing fates, Ria Stars never appeared again whilst Free State Stars bought the league license from Maholosiane F.C., a team participating in the National First Division in the 2002-03 season and earned promotion to the top tier in the 2003-04 season.^[2]

Structure

The NSL is the only special member of the South African Football Association (SAFA). The NSL has 32 members, the 16 clubs from the Premier Division and 16 clubs from the first division who together form the Board of governors. The Board of governors is the supreme body and its functions are stated in Article 13 of the NSL constitution. The Board of governors elects the Chairman and the Executive committee, it is empowered to delegate management and operational functions to the Executive Committee. The Executive committee consists of 8 elected members and the Chief Executive Officer. The Executive is appointed for a period of four years at the quadrennial general meeting. The Executive delegates some of its operational functions to the CEO.

References

↑ "Debt crushes PSL team into history". City press. 28 July 2002. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
↑ Lekwadu, Nakampe (25 May 2003). "Thank your lucky Stars! Free State club played major role in Bucs' league win". City Press.

External links

South Africa Champions, RSSSF.com

Soccer in South Africa

South African Football Association

National teams

Men	National team (Bafana Bafana) Olympic (U-23) (Amaglug-glug) U-20 (Amajita) U-17 (Amajimbos) development (Amabinneplaas)
Women	National team (Banyana Banyana) U-20 (Basetsana) U-17 (Bantwana)

League system

Men

Active	Premier Soccer League (ABSA Premiership National First Division) SAFA (Vodacom League Regional League U19 National League)
Defunct	NFL (1959-77) SASL (1961-67) FPL (1969-90) NPSL Castle League for blacks (1971-77) NPSL Castle League (1978-84) NPSL (1985-95) NSL Castle League (1985-95) NSL Second Division (1985-95)

Domestic cups

Men

Active	Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout MTN 8 Carling Black Label Cup Vodacom Challenge Mangaung Cup
Defunct	NFL Cup (1959-77) SASF Cup (1961-85) United Bank International Soccer Festival (1993-94) Baymed Cup (2006) Telkom Charity Cup (1986-2010)

Awards

Footballer of the Year
Top scorers
SAFA Awards
PSL Awards

Lists

All-time Table
Champions
Clubs
Club name changes
International footballers
Foreign players
Regional Football Associations
Venues

Men's clubs
Women's clubs
Men's players
Women's players
Expatriate players
Managers
Referees
Venues
Seasons
Records

Premier Soccer League 2016–17
Ajax Cape Town Baroka Bidvest Wits Bloemfontein Celtic Cape Town City Chippa United Free State Stars Golden Arrows Highlands Park Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Pirates Platinum Stars Polokwane City SuperSport United

South African Premier Division seasons
2016–17 teams	Ajax Cape Town Baroka Bidvest Wits Bloemfontein Celtic Cape Town City Chippa United Free State Stars Golden Arrows Highlands Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Pirates Platinum Stars Polokwane City SuperSport United
Former teams	African Wanderers AmaZulu Bay United Benoni Premier United Black Leopards Bush Bucks Cape Town Spurs Dynamos Hellenic Manning Rangers Michau Warriors Moroka Swallows Mother City Mpumalanga Black Aces Real Rovers Ria Stars Santos Seven Stars Thanda Royal Zulu Tembisa Classic University of Pretoria Vaal Professionals Vasco da Gama
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

Seasons in South African soccer
Premiership teams (2016–17)	Ajax Cape Town Baroka Bidvest Wits Bloemfontein Celtic Cape Town City Chippa United Free State Stars Golden Arrows Highlands Park Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Pirates Platinum Stars Polokwane City SuperSport United
First Division teams (2016–17)	AmaZulu Black Leopards Cape Town All Stars FC Cape Town Jomo Cosmos Milano United Magesi Mbombela United Mthatha Bucks Real Kings Royal Eagles Santos Stellenbosch Thanda Royal Zulu University of Pretoria Witbank Spurs
Premier Soccer League	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
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
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
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
Telkom Knockout	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
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
Carling Black Label Cup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
National Football League	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
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
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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