2020–21 South African Premier Division

Premier Soccer League
Season	2020–21
Dates	24 October 2020 — June 2021
Matches played	115
Goals scored	267 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	(12 goals); Bradley Grobler
Biggest home win	Mamelodi Sundowns 3–0 Stellenbosch; (28 November 2020) Kaizer Chiefs 3–0 TTM ; (19 January 2021);
Biggest away win	Kaizer Chiefs 0–3 Mamelodi Sundowns ; (24 October 2020); TS Galaxy 0–3 Supersport United ; (09 January 2021); TTM 0–3 Orlando Pirates ; (13 January 2021); Maritzburg United 0–3 TS Galaxy ; (20 January 2021);
Highest scoring	Mamelodi Sundowns 4–3 Amazulu FC; (22 November 2020)
Longest winning run	(3 games); Mamelodi Sundowns ; (3 games); Kaizer Chiefs ;
Longest unbeaten run	(14 games); Mamelodi Sundowns; Moroka Swallows
Longest winless run	(8 games); Maritzburg United;
Longest losing run	(5 games); Maritzburg United
	← 2019–20 2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 20 January 2021.

The 2020–21 South African Premier Division season (known as the DSTV Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 25th season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. Mamelodi Sundowns are the three-time defending champions. This season's winner will qualify for the 2021–22 CAF Champions League along with the second placed team. The 3rd placed team and Nedbank Cup winners qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019–20 season.

To National First Division

Relegated from 2019–20 South African Premier Division

Polokwane City

From National First Division

Promoted to 2020–21 South African Premier Division

Moroka Swallows (promoted as champions)

Purchased status

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (purchased the Bidvest Wits status)[1]
TS Galaxy (purchased the Highland Park status)[2]

Sold their status

Bidvest Wits (sold their Premier League status to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila)[1]
Highland Park (sold their Premier League status to TS Galaxy)[2]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Johannesburg teams
Kaizer Chiefs
Moroka Swallows
Orlando Pirates

Location of teams in the 2020–21 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	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
Chippa United	Port Elizabeth	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	48,459
Golden Arrows	Durban (Lamontville)	Princess Magogo Stadium	12,000
Kaizer Chiefs	Johannesburg (Soweto)	FNB Stadium	94,736
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pretoria (Marabastad)	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	51,762
Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg	Harry Gwala Stadium	12,000
Moroka Swallows	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Dobsonville Stadium	24,000
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Orlando Stadium	37,139
Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	Coetzenburg Stadium	8,000
SuperSport United	Pretoria	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	28,900
TS Galaxy	Kameelrivier	Kameelrivier Stadium	4,000
Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila	Thohoyandou	Thohoyandou Stadium	40,000

Number of teams by province

Position	Province	Number	Teams
1	Gauteng	5	Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Moroka Swallows, Orlando Pirates, SuperSport United
2	KwaZulu-Natal	3	Maritzburg United, Golden Arrows and Amazulu
2	Limpopo	3	Baroka, Black Leopards and Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila
4	Western Cape	2	Cape Town City and Stellenbosch
5	Free State	1	Bloemfontein Celtic
	Eastern Cape	1	Chippa United
	Mpumalanga	1	TS Galaxy

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	15	9	6	0	24	7	+17	33	Qualification for Champions League
2	SuperSport United	14	8	4	2	23	13	+10	28	Qualification for Champions League
3	Moroka Swallows	14	7	7	0	18	9	+9	28	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Lamontville Golden Arrows	14	6	7	1	20	13	+7	25
5	Orlando Pirates	16	6	7	3	17	14	+3	25
6	Cape Town City	14	6	5	3	26	21	+5	23
7	AmaZulu	15	5	6	4	21	18	+3	21
8	Kaizer Chiefs	15	4	6	5	15	17	−2	18
9	Baroka	15	4	5	6	17	22	−5	17
10	TS Galaxy	14	3	6	5	14	15	−1	15
11	Stellenbosch	14	3	6	5	15	17	−2	15
12	Bloemfontein Celtic	14	3	5	6	15	18	−3	14
13	Chippa United	14	3	4	7	14	18	−4	13
14	Maritzburg United	14	2	3	9	11	21	−10	9
15	Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila	14	1	6	7	7	20	−13	9	Qualification for Playoffs
16	Black Leopards	14	2	3	9	10	24	−14	9	Relegation to National First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: type=log Premier Soccer League

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	BAR	BLP	BLC	CTC	CHI	GDA	KZC	MDS	MAR	MOR	ORL	STE	SSU	TTM	TSG
Amazulu	—	11 May	2–0	4–3	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	21 Apr	0–0	26 May	1–1	2–1	2 Mar	21 Mar	24 Apr
Baroka	0–2	—	20 Feb	20 Mar	1–1	2–1	1–1	13 Apr	0–2	2–1	0–1	26 May	10 Mar	1–3	18 May	28 Apr
Black Leopards	4 Apr	1–3	—	29 May	0–2	11 May	7 Mar	18 May	1–2	1–0	1–2	2–0	21 Apr	24 Apr	1–1	0–3
Bloemfontein Celtic	1–1	2–0	1–0	—	12 May	~~27 Jan~~	1–1	2 May	26 May	6 Mar	14 Apr	0–1	1–1	9 Mar	1–0	24 Feb
Cape Town City	28 Apr	3 Apr	26 May	4–2	—	1–1	24 Jan	0–2	0–2	19 May	21 Feb	2–2	6 Mar	10 Apr	24 Apr	3–2
Chippa United	10 Mar	20 Apr	24 Jan	18 May	3 Mar	—	25 Apr	0–1	31 Jan	3–1	20 Mar	6 Mar	1 May	29 May	1–1	0–1
Golden Arrows	1 May	3 Mar	23 Feb	7 Apr	20 Mar	1–0	—	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	29 May	3–1	1–0	19 May
Kaizer Chiefs	17 Feb	1–1	2–2	1–1	21 Apr	28 Apr	26 May	—	0–3	0–2	12 May	21 Mar	6 Apr	20 Feb	3–0	0–0
Mamelodi Sundowns	4–3	17 Feb	21 Mar	0–0	29 May	2–0	28 Apr	25 Apr	—	20 Feb	1–1	1–0	3–0	19 May	0–0	2–0
Maritzburg United	29 May	23 Apr	2 Mar	2–1	0–1	3 Apr	12 May	10 Mar	1–1	—	30 Apr	0–1	2–2	1–2	12 Feb	0–3
Moroka Swallows	14 Feb	29 May	11 Apr	1–0	3–2	1–1	3 Apr	1–0	10 Mar	2–0	—	24 Apr	18 May	27 Apr	7 Mar	0–0
Orlando Pirates	19 May	1–1	5 May	3 Mar	9 Mar	1–0	0–0	2–1	2 May	7 Apr	1–1	—	1–1	2–1	29 May	1–1
Stellenbosch	9 Apr	2–3	1–1	24 Apr	1–2	2–0	12 Feb	0–0	2 Mar	27 Apr	1–1	11 May	—	19 Mar	2–0	26 May
Supersport United	1–1	1 May	2–0	2–1	13 Feb	2–2	21 Apr	2–1	0–0	26 May	1–1	24 Feb	1–0	—	12 May	5 Mar
Tshakhuma	1–1	1–0	1 May	5 May	2–2	26 May	10 Mar	2 Mar	6 Apr	20 Apr	0–2	0–3	21 Feb	24 Jan	—	1–1
TS Galaxy	1–0	2–2	10 Mar	~~23 Jan~~	1 May	0–1	1–1	29 May	11 May	20 Mar	2 Mar	14 Apr	0–1	0–3	10 Apr	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 February 2021. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[3]
1	Bradley Grobler	SuperSport United	12
2	Ruzaigh Gamildien	Moroka Swallows	9
3	Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns	8
4	Mduduzi Mdantsane	Cape Town City	7
5	Peter Shalulile	Mamelodi Sundowns	6
5	Luvuyo Memela	AmaZulu	6
7	Fagrie Lakay	Cape Town City	5
	Evidence Makgopa	Baroka
	Thamsanqa Gabuza	SuperSport United
	Velemseni Ndwandwe	Golden Arrows

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Bienvenu Evanga	Chippa United	Maritzburg United	3–1 (H)	3 November 2020
Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns	Amazulu	4–3 (H)	23 November 2020

Most assists

No	Player	Club	Assists
1	Sipho Mbule	Supersport United	5
1	Augustine Mulenga	Amazulu	5
1	Kermit Erasmus	Mamelodi Sundowns	3
	Lebohang Maboe	Mamelodi Sundowns
	David van Rooyen
	Keagan Buchanan
	Khama Billiat	Kaizer Chiefs
	Thembinkosi Lorch	Orlando Pirates
	Nhlanhla Mgaga	Baroka
2	Bradley Ralani	Cape Town City	2
	Peter Shalulile	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Rivaldo Coetzee	Mamelodi Sundowns
	Evans Rusike	Supersport United
	Craig Martin
	Phathutshedzo Nange

Clean sheets

No	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Dennis Onyango	Mamelodi Sundowns	10
2	Virgil Vries	Moroka Swallows	4
3	Wensten van der Linde	TS Galaxy	3
3	Daniel Akpeyi	Kaizer Chiefs	2
	Lee Langeveldt	Stellenbosch
	Washington Arubi	Tshakhuma
	Ronwen Williams	Supersport United
	Richard Ofori	Orlando Pirates

References

"Bidvest Wits sold to TTM". The Citizen. 13 June 2020. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
"Sold: PSL approves TS Galaxy Tim Sukazi purchase of Highlands Park status". Kick Off. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
"Absa Premiership Top-Scorers". supersport.com.

South African Premier Division seasons
2019–20 teams	AmaZulu Baroka Bidvest Wits Black Leopards Bloemfontein Celtic Cape Town City Chippa United Highlands Park Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Moroka Swallows Orlando Pirates Stellenbosch SuperSport United
Former teams (defunct teams)	African Wanderers Bay United Benoni Premier United Bush Bucks Cape Town Spurs Dynamos Hellenic Highlands Manning Rangers Michau Warriors Moroka Swallows Mother City Mpumalanga Black Aces Polokwane City Real Rovers Ria Stars Santos Seven Stars Thanda Royal Zulu Tembisa Classic 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

Seasons in South African soccer
Premiership teams (2020–21)	AmaZulu Baroka Black Leopards Bloemfontein Celtic Cape Town City Chippa United Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Moroka Swallows Pirates Stellenbosch SuperSport United TS Galaxy Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila
First Division teams (2019–20)	Ajax Cape Town Cape Umoya United Free State Stars JDR Stars Jomo Cosmos Moroka Swallows Mbombela United Real Kings Richards Bay Royal Eagles Steenberg United TS Galaxy Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila TS Sporting University of Pretoria Uthonghati
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 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
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
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
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
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 2017 2018 2019 2020
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
Carling Black Label Cup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2019
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

2020–21 in African football (CAF)
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Super cups	Algeria Angola Egypt Tunisia
Regional club competitions	Arab Club Champions Cup qualifying rounds knockout stage final
CAF club competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knockout stage final CAF Super Cup
International competitions	2020 African Nations Championship 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification 2021 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations qualification finals 2021 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations qualification finals