2016–17 South African Premier Division

Premier Soccer League
Season 2016–17
Champions Bidvest Wits (1st title)
Matches played 224
Goals scored 509 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer Lebogang Manyama (13)
Biggest home win Mamelodi Sundowns 6-0 Orlando Pirates
(12 February 2017)
Biggest away win Cape Town City 0-4 Platinum Stars
(13 December 2016)
Highest scoring
Longest winning run Bidvest Wits
Kaizer Chiefs
Mamelodi Sundowns (5)
Longest unbeaten run SuperSport United (19)
Longest winless run Baroka (15)
Longest losing run Chippa United (5)

All statistics correct as of 13 May 2017.

The 2016–17 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 21st season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996.

Mamelodi Sundowns were the defending champions, having won the previous 2015–16 South African Premier Division (PSL) season. The season featured 14 teams from the 2015–16 season and two new teams promoted from the 2015–16 National First Division: Baroka and Highlands Park who replace relegated Jomo Cosmos and University of Pretoria. Highlands Park promotion was won via the PSL Playoff Tournament. Cape Town City bought over the franchise of Mpumalanga Black Aces and relocated from Mbombela Stadium to Cape Town Stadium.[1][2] The sale of Free State Stars franchise to Moroka Swallows fell through.[3][4]

Teams

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 Stadium Capacity
Ajax Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town Stadium 55,000
Baroka Polokwane Peter Mokaba Stadium 45,500
BV Wits Johannesburg Bidvest Stadium 5,000
Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Dr Petrus Molemela Stadium 22,000
Cape Town City Cape Town Cape Town Stadium 55,000
Chippa United Port Elizabeth Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium 46,000
Free State Stars Phuthaditjhaba Charles Mopeli Stadium 35,000
Highlands Park Tembisa Makhulong Stadium 10,000
Golden Arrows Durban Princess Magogo Stadium 12,000
Kaizer Chiefs Soweto FNB Stadium (Soccer City) 94,736
Mamelodi Sundowns Pretoria Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900
Maritzburg United Pietermaritzburg Harry Gwala Stadium 12,000
Orlando Pirates Soweto Orlando Stadium 40,000
Platinum Stars Phokeng Royal Bafokeng Stadium 44,530
Polokwane City Polokwane Peter Mokaba Stadium 45,500
SuperSport United Pretoria Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town Netherlands Stanley Menzo[5] Adidas[6] Huawei[7]
Baroka South Africa Kgoloko Thobejane Umbro Clover
BV Wits South Africa Gavin Hunt[8] Kappa[9] Bidvest[10]
Bloemfontein Celtic South Africa Vacant Kappa[11] MTN[12]
Cape Town City South Africa Eric Tinkler Umbro Vacant
Chippa United South Africa Dan Masilela Canterbury[13] Chippa Holdings
Free State Stars France Denis Lavagne Umbro Bonitas
Highlands Park South Africa Gordon Igesund Kappa Highfield Motor Group
Golden Arrows South Africa Clinton Larsen Millé Vacant
Kaizer Chiefs South Africa Steve Komphela Nike[14] Vodacom[15]
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa Pitso Mosimane[16] Puma[17] Ubuntu Botho
Maritzburg United Germany Ernst Middendorp[18] Puma Vacant
Orlando Pirates Sweden Kjell Jonevret Adidas Vodacom[15]
Platinum Stars South Africa Cavin Johnson Acelli The Royal Marang Hotel
Polokwane City Belgium Luc Eymael XCO Vacant
SuperSport United England Stuart Baxter[19] Kappa Engen

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of
appointment
Free State Stars France Denis Lavagne Sacked 22 September 2016[20] 16

League table

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Bidvest Wits 30 18 6 6 47 22 +25 60 Qualification for 2018 CAF Champions League
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 30 16 9 5 52 20 +32 57
3 Cape Town City 30 16 7 7 47 35 +12 55 Qualification for 2018 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Kaizer Chiefs 30 13 11 6 39 28 +11 50
5 SuperSport United 30 12 12 6 42 29 +13 48
6 Polokwane City 30 10 13 7 36 34 +2 43
7 Maritzburg United 30 9 11 10 31 35 −4 38
8 Golden Arrows 30 10 8 12 32 44 −12 38
9 Platinum Stars 30 9 10 11 33 32 +1 37
10 Ajax Cape Town 30 9 9 12 29 35 −6 36
11 Orlando Pirates 30 6 15 9 29 40 −11 33
12 Bloemfontein Celtic 30 5 14 11 16 28 −12 29
13 Chippa United 30 6 10 14 27 32 −5 28
14 Free State Stars 30 6 10 14 26 37 −11 28
15 Baroka 30 5 13 12 26 43 −17 28 Qualification for PSL Playoff Tournament
16 Highlands Park 30 5 12 13 26 44 −18 27 Relegation to 2017-18 National First Division

Updated to games played on 13 May 2017.
Source: Soccerway
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
(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.

Positions by round

Leader
2017 CAF Champions League or CAF Confederation Cup
Relegation to National First Division or Playoff Tournament
Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Bidvest Wits 3 2 2 3 7 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1  
Mamelodi Sundowns 9 9 13 15 15 16 16 15 12 8 8 8 9 9 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 2 2 2 2 2  
Cape Town City 2 8 7 5 4 6 5 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3  
SuperSport United 13 14 8 6 8 4 4 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 4 3 1 3 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 4  
Kaizer Chiefs 11 12 6 4 1 1 1 3 5 5 5 7 6 6 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5  
Polokwane City 16 16 12 7 5 5 7 6 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6  
Maritzburg United 5 5 8 11 11 11 11 11 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 9 9 8 8 9 8 8 8 7 7 7 7 7  
Ajax Cape Town 7 10 11 13 13 15 15 16 16 15 14 11 13 11 9 11 11 11 11 12 12 13 11 10 11 10 8 8 8  
Golden Arrows 15 7 3 1 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 6 5 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 8 9 9 9 9  
Platinum Stars 5 2 4 9 9 10 10 9 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 12 12 14 12 9 8 9 10 11 10 11 11 11 10  
Orlando Pirates 1 1 1 2 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 5 7 7 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 9 9 9 8 10 10 11  
Bloemfontein Celtic 13 14 14 16 16 12 12 13 13 13 12 13 12 13 12 13 13 12 13 13 14 12 13 13 13 12 12 12 12  
Chippa United 3 2 4 8 6 7 8 8 10 11 11 10 10 10 11 9 8 8 9 11 11 10 12 12 12 13 13 15 13  
Free State Stars 11 13 15 14 14 14 14 14 15 16 15 15 15 16 14 14 14 13 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 13 14  
Highlands Park 9 6 10 12 10 13 13 12 14 14 16 16 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 15 16 15 15 16 16 14 15  
Baroka 7 10 16 10 12 9 9 10 9 10 10 12 16 14 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 15 16 16 15 15 16 16  

Last updated: 13 May 2017
Source: Soccerway

Results

Home ╲ Away AJX BRK BVWBLCCTCCHUFSSGOLHPKKZCMLSMARORLPLAPLKSUP
Ajax Cape Town 0–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2
Baroka 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–4 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 1–1
Bidvest Wits 5–0 5–0 3–1 2–3 1–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1
Bloemfontein Celtic 0–3 2–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0
Cape Town City 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–2 2–2 0–4 2–0 1–1
Chippa United 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–0
Free State Stars 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 3–2 3–1 1–2 0–0
Golden Arrows 1–1 3–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–3 1–1
Highlands Park 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1
Kaizer Chiefs 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–2 1–1
Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 4–1 3–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 6–0 2–2 0–0 5–0
Maritzburg United 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1
Orlando Pirates 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Platinum Stars 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–4 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–0
Polokwane City 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3
SuperSport United 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–0 5–2 4–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 6–1 2–1

Updated to games played on 13 May 2017.
Source: Soccerway
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 13 May 2017
Rank Player Club Goals[21]
1 South Africa Lebogang Manyama Cape Town City 13
2 Zimbabwe Tendai Ndoro Orlando Pirates 12
3 Malawi Gabadinho Mhango BV Wits 9
South Africa Rodney Ramagalela Polokwane 9
5 Zimbabwe Khama Billiat Mamelodi 8
New Zealand Jeremy Brockie SuperSport Utd 8
7 South Africa Thuso Phala SuperSport Utd 7
South Africa Percy Tau Mamelodi 7
South Africa Siphiwe Tshabalala Kaizer Chiefs 7
South Africa Themba Zwane Mamelodi 7

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Tendai Ndoro Orlando Pirates Golden Arrows 3-1[22] 24 August 2016
Bhongolwethu Jayiya Cape Town City Chippa United 4-1[23] 3 April 2017

Attendances

These are the average attendances of all the South African top division teams.

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Kaizer Chiefs 13,686 n/a†
2 Orlando Pirates 10,533 n/a†
3 Mamelodi Sundowns 7,600 n/a†
4 Chippa United 7,276 n/a†
5 Bloemfontein Celtic 6,266 n/a†
6 Ajax Cape Town 5,220 n/a†
7 Maritzburg United 4,443 n/a†
8 Cape Town City 4,380 n/a†
9 Baroka 4,190 n/a†
10 Template:Fb team SuperSport United 3,433 n/a†
11 Free State Stars 3,166 n/a†
12 Highlands Park 2,913 n/a†
13 Golden Arrows 2,702 n/a†
14 Polokwane City 2,280 n/a†
15 Bidvest Wits 1,873 n/a†
16 Platinum Stars 1,614 n/a†
League total 0 0 0 0 n/a†

Updated to games played on 3 November 2016
Source: Soccerway
Notes:
†

References

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