2014–15 South African Premiership

The 2014–15 South African Premiership season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the nineteenth season of the Premiership since its establishment in 1996. Fixtures were announced 5 June 2014.^[3] The league opened on 8 August 2014 and will conclude on 9 May 2015.

South African Premiership

Season	2014–15
Champions	Kaizer Chiefs
Relegated	AmaZulu
Champions League	Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns
Confederation Cup	Ajax Cape Town Bidvest Wits University
Matches played	240
Goals scored	555 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Moeketsi Sekola (14)[1]
Biggest home win	Sundowns 5–0 Polokwane City[2] (11 March 2015)
Biggest away win	Sundowns 0–5 Bloem Celtic[2] (15 April 2014)
Highest scoring	Supersort 2–5 AmaZulu[2] (1 March 2015)
Longest winning run	8 games[2] Kaizer Chiefs
Longest unbeaten run	19 games[2] Kaizer Chiefs
Longest winless run	12 games[2] AmaZulu
Longest losing run	4 games[2] Polokwane City Moroka Swallows
Highest attendance	88,000[2] Kaizer Chiefs 0–2 Orlando Pirates (6 December 2014)
Lowest attendance	100[2] Moroka Swallows 2–1 AmaZulu (13 August 2014)
Average attendance	6,499[2]
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 24 April 2015.

Mamelodi Sundowns were the defending champions, having won the previous 2013–14 South African Premier Division season. Chippa United earned their second promotion to the top-tier league after winning the 2013-14 National First Division. Polokwane City remained in the league after beating Black Leopards and Milano United in the Playoff Tournament.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Ajax

AmaZulu

Wits

Celtic

F.S. Stars

Chippa

Chiefs

Sundowns

Maritzburg

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Swallows

0
Mpumalanga Black Aces

0
Pirates

P.Stars

Polokwane

SuperSport

Tuks FC

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Premiership.

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 ^[4]

Team	Province	Home venue	Capacity
Ajax Cape Town	Western Cape	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
AmaZulu	Kwazulu-Natal	Moses Mabhida Stadium	54,000
Bidvest Wits	Gauteng	Bidvest Stadium	5,000
Bloemfontein Celtic	Free State	Seisa Ramabodu Stadium	20,000
Chippa United	Eastern Cape	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	49,000
Free State Stars	Free State	Charles Mopeli Stadium	35,000
Kaizer Chiefs	Gauteng	FNB Stadium (Soccer City)	94,700
Mamelodi Sundowns	Gauteng	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	52,000
Maritzburg United	Kwazulu-Natal	Harry Gwala Stadium	10,700
Moroka Swallows	Gauteng	Dobsonville Stadium	24,000
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Mpumalanga	Mbombela Stadium	40,900
Orlando Pirates	Gauteng	Orlando Stadium	36,400
Platinum Stars	North West	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	45,000
Polokwane City	Limpopo	Peter Mokaba Stadium	41,733
Supersport United	Gauteng	Lucas Moripe Stadium	28,900
Tuks FC	Gauteng	Tuks Stadium	8,000[5]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town	Roger De Sa[6]	Adidas[7]	Huawei[8]
AmaZulu	Wilfred Mugeyi[9]	Kappa[10]	SPAR[11]
Bidvest Wits	Gavin Hunt[12]	Kappa[13]	Bidvest[14]
Polokwane City	Kosta Papic[15]	XCO	Vacant
Bloemfontein Celtic	Ernst Middendorp[16]	Kappa[17]	MTN[18]
Free State Stars	Tom Saintfiet[19]	Maxed[20]	Bonitas
Chippa United	vacant[21]	Nike[22]	Chippa Holdings
Kaizer Chiefs	Stuart Baxter[23]	Nike[24]	Vodacom[25]
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pitso Mosimane[26]	Nike[27]	Ubuntu Botho
Maritzburg United	Steve Komphela[28]	Umbro[29]	Vacant
Moroka Swallows	Fani Madida (Interim)[30]	Puma[31]	Hyundai
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Clive Barker[32]	Umbro[33]	ISPS Handa[34]
Orlando Pirates	Vladimir Vermezovic[35]	Adidas[36]	Vodacom[25]
Platinum Stars	Allan Freese[37]	Acelli[38]	The Royal Marang Hotel
Supersport United	Gordon Igesund[39]	Kappa[40]	Engen Petroleum[41]
Tuks FC	Steve Barker[42]	Umbro[43]	WorkersLife[44]

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League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kaizer Chiefs (C, Q)	30	21	6	3	41	14	+27	69	Qualification for 2016 CAF Champions League
2	Mamelodi Sundowns (Q)	30	16	9	5	44	24	+20	57
3	Bidvest Wits (Q)	30	15	7	8	34	25	+9	52	Qualification for 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Orlando Pirates	30	13	11	6	46	29	+17	50
5	Ajax Cape Town (Q)	30	12	8	10	34	35	−1	44	Qualification for 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
6	Supersport United	30	12	5	13	39	40	−1	41
7	Bloemfontein Celtic	30	11	7	12	34	27	+7	40
8	Maritzburg United	30	10	10	10	30	25	+5	40
9	Free State Stars	30	10	8	12	34	39	−5	38
10	Mpumalanga Black Aces	30	7	13	10	35	39	−4	34
11	Platinum Stars	30	8	10	12	30	38	−8	34
12	Polokwane City	30	9	7	14	42	60	−18	34
13	University of Pretoria	30	7	11	12	28	32	−4	32
14	Chippa United	30	7	9	14	23	37	−14	30
15	Moroka Swallows	30	8	6	16	30	47	−17	30	Qualification for Premiership Playoff Tournament
16	AmaZulu (R)	30	6	9	15	31	44	−13	27	Relegation to National First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 9 May 2015. Source: http://www.espnfc.com/south-african-premiership/2197/table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 24 October 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[46]
1	Moeketsi Sekola	Free State Stars	14
2	Lerato Trevor Lamola	Bloemfontein Celtic	13
3	Puleng Tlolane	Polokwane City	11
4	Kermit Erasmus	Orlando Pirates	10
	Cuthbert Malajila	Mamelodi Sundowns	10
6	Jeremy Brockie	Supersport United	8
	Ndumiso Mabena	Platinum Stars	8
	Lehlohonolo Majoro	Orlando Pirates	8
9	Khama Billiat	Mamelodi Sundowns	7
	George Lebese	Kaizer Chiefs	7
	Thabo Mnyamane	Pretoria University	7
	Siyabonga Nomvethe	Moroka Swallows	7
	Atusaye Nyondo	Pretoria University	7
	Bernard Parker	Kaizer Chiefs	7
	Eleazar Rodgers	Platinum Stars	7

Clean sheets

As of 28 September 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[47]
1	Itumeleng Khune	Kaizer Chiefs	4
	Kennedy Mweene	Mamelodi Sundowns

Discipline

Player

As of 24 April 2015

• Most yellow cards:^[48] 9
  • Luvhengo Mungomeni (Moroka Swallows)
• Most red cards:^[48] 2
  • Vuyisile Ntombayithethi (University of Pretoria)
  • Siyabonga Ngubane (University of Pretoria)

Club

As of 29 October 2014

• Most yellow cards:^[49] 20
  • Chippa United
  • Moroka Swallows
• Most red cards:^[49] 2
  • University of Pretoria
  • Platinum Stars
  • Ajax Cape Town
  • Kaizer Chiefs
  • Free State Stars

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	ABSA Premiership Coach of the Month		ABSA Premiership Player of the Month		Reference
	Manager	Club	Player	Club
August	Stuart Baxter	Kaizer Chiefs	Mandla Masango	Kaizer Chiefs	[50]

Source: Premier Soccer League

See also

• CAF 5 Year Ranking