2019–20 South African Premiership

The 2019–20 South African Premiership season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons, and also commonly referred to as the PSL after the governing body) was the 24th season of the Premiership since its establishment in 1996. The season began in August 2019 and concluded in September 2020. Mamelodi Sundowns were the two-time defending champions. This season's winner will qualify for the 2020–21 CAF Champions League along with the second-placed team. The 3rd placed team and Nedbank Cup winners qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup.

Premiership

Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 5 September 2020
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns (10th title)
Relegated	Polokwane City
Champions League	Mamelodi Sundowns Kaizer Chiefs
Confederation Cup	Orlando Pirates Bloemfontein Celtic
Matches played	240
Goals scored	508 (2.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gabadinho Mhango Peter Shalulile (16 goals each)
Biggest home win	Bloemfontein Celtic 5–0 Lamontville Golden Arrows
Biggest away win	Stellenbosch 0–4 Kaizer Chiefs (27 November 2019)
Highest scoring	Cape Town City 5–3 Polokwane City (6 November 2019) Kaizer Chiefs 5–3 Bloemfontein Celtic
Longest winning run	(8 games) Kaizer Chiefs
Longest unbeaten run	(10 games) Orlando Pirates
Longest winless run	(10 games) Chippa United
Longest losing run	(9 games) Polokwane City
Highest attendance	80,808 Kaizer Chiefs 3–2 Orlando Pirates 88,000 Orlando Pirates 0–1 Kaizer Chiefs (29 February 2020)
Total attendance	1,392,892
Average attendance	7,570
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 5 September 2020.

The season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It resumed on 11 August 2020 after more than three months of suspension. Mamelodi Sundowns won the title in the last day of the competition, they beat Kaizer Chiefs who were leading for more than half of the season. Mamelodi Sundowns won their third consecutive title and their 10th title overall. This was the last season sponsored by ABSA.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.

To National First Division

Relegated from 2018–19 South African Premier Division

• Free State Stars

From National First Division

Promoted to 2019–20 Premiership

• Stellenbosch

Teams

Stadium and locations

Leopards

Johannesburg

AmaZulu

Bloemfontein Celtic

Chippa United

G. Arrows

Baroka

Mamelodi Sundowns
SuperSport

Maritzburg United

Cape Town City

Polokwane City

Stellenbosch

Joburg teams
Kaizer Chiefs
Orlando Pirates
Bidvest Wits
Highlands

Location of teams in the 2019–20 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 (Green Point)	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
Chippa United	Port Elizabeth	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	48,459
Lamontville Golden Arrows	Durban(Lamontville)	Princess Magogo Stadium	12,000
Highlands Park	Johannesburg (Tembisa)	Makhulong Stadium	13,500
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
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Orlando Stadium	37,139
Polokwane City	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	Coetzenburg Stadium	8,000
SuperSport United	Pretoria	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	28,900
Bidvest Wits	Johannesburg (Braamfontein)	Bidvest Stadium	5,000

Number of teams by province

Position	Province	Number	Teams
1	Gauteng	6	Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, SuperSport United, Bidvest Wits and Highlands Park
2	KwaZulu-Natal	3	Maritzburg United, Lamontville Golden Arrows and AmaZulu
	Limpopo		Polokwane City, Baroka and Black Leopards
3	Western Cape	2	Cape Town City and Stellenbosch
4	Free State	1	Bloemfontein Celtic
5	Eastern Cape	1	Chippa United

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mamelodi Sundowns (C)	30	17	8	5	42	22	+20	59	Qualification for Champions League
2	Kaizer Chiefs	30	17	6	7	48	27	+21	57
3	Orlando Pirates	30	14	10	6	40	29	+11	52	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Bidvest Wits	30	14	10	6	33	22	+11	52
5	SuperSport United	30	14	8	8	43	26	+17	50
6	Cape Town City	30	11	9	10	40	37	+3	42
7	Maritzburg United	30	10	12	8	29	27	+2	42
8	Bloemfontein Celtic	30	9	12	9	43	39	+4	39
9	Highlands Park	30	9	12	9	31	35	−4	39
10	Stellenbosch	30	9	9	12	26	34	−8	36
11	Chippa United	30	8	10	12	18	26	−8	34
12	Golden Arrows	30	8	10	12	23	35	−12	34
13	AmaZulu	30	7	9	14	20	33	−13	30
14	Baroka	30	7	8	15	19	28	−9	29
15	Black Leopards	30	8	5	17	27	44	−17	29	Qualification for Playoff Tournament
16	Polokwane City (R)	30	7	4	19	25	43	−18	25	Relegation to National First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 2 July 2020. Source: Premier Soccer League
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; 8) Relegated (R); 9) Qualified to the next round (T)

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	BAR	BVW	BLC	BLP	CTC	CPU	GDA	HLP	KZC	MDS	MAR	ORL	PLK	SSU	STU
AmaZulu	—	0–0	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1	0–2		1–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	0–0		0–2	2–0
Baroka	0–1	—		0–0	2–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	1–0	0–2	0–1
Bidvest Wits	2–1	0–1	—	3–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0		1–0	1–1		4–3	3–1	0–1	2–1
Bloemfontein Celtic		2–1	1–1	—	4–2	0–0		5–0	3–1	3–1	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–1
Black Leopards	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	—	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2			0–1
Cape Town City	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–1	1–0	5–3	1–0	1–0
Chippa United		0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	0–1	—	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0		0–0	1–0	0–0
Lamontville Golden Arrows	1–1	1–0	0–1		1–2	1–4	2–1	—	0–0	0–1	3–2	1–0	0–0	2–1		2–2
Highlands Park	2–1		1–1		2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	—	2–3	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–4
Kaizer Chiefs	0–1	1–0	1–1	5–3	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	—	0–1		3–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	0–1	0–0		3–0	1–1		1–0	1–0	0–2	—	2–1	0–0		2–0	3–1
Maritzburg United		1–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1		2–2	—	0–1	1–0	0–2	3–0
Orlando Pirates	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	3–1	3–3	2–1	0–0		0–1	1–0	0–0	—	3–2	2–1	1–0
Polokwane City	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1			2–0		1–1	2–3	0–3	0–1	1–4	—	3–1	0–2
SuperSport United	1–0	4–1			2–2	3–3	3–0	0–0	2–0	2–1		2–2	3–0	2–0	—
Stellenbosch	1–0		0–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0		—

Updated to match(es) played on 1 December 2019. Source: centre?type=results PSL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Position by round

	leader and 2020-21 CAF Champions League
	2020-21 CAF Champions League
	2020-21 CAF Confederation Cup
	Qualification to #Playoffs Tournament
	Relegation to National First Division

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
AmaZulu	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	11	14	12	15	16	16	15	16	14	15	14	15	15	14	14	13
Baroka	11	3	6	10	6	8	12	12	14	11	11	13	12	11	14	16	16	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	13	13	14
Bidvest Wits	1	7	2	2	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	3	5	4
Black Leopards	12	15	15	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	12	9	10	10	12	13	14	14	15	14	14	15	16	16	16	13	13	15	15	15
Bloemfontein Celtic	15	6	8	11	10	7	9	9	8	7	7	6	6	8	9	8	6	7	7	9	9	9	9	10	9	7	8	8	9	8
Cape Town City	10	4	7	8	11	11	10	11	13	13	13	12	11	12	15	11	11	13	12	11	10	11	10	9	7	8	7	7	7	6
Chippa United	9	11	12	13	13	14	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11
Lamontville Golden Arrows	4	10	4	6	9	6	7	8	7	5	5	5	5	6	8	9		9	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	10	11	11	11	12
Highlands Park	8	14	11	7	7	5	6	4	4	6	6	8	7	9	7	6	8	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	10	9	9	9	8	9
Kaizer Chiefs	5	2	1	1	3	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Mamelodi Sundowns	2	5	5	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Maritzburg United	13	13	13	14	14	12	11	7	9	9	9	10	8	7	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Orlando Pirates	3	9	10	9	8	10	8	10	10	8	8	7	9	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	4	3
Polokwane City	6	1	3	5	4	3	4	5	6	10	10	11	13	13	16	12	13	16	14	15	16	14	15	14	15	16	16	16	16	16
SuperSport United	14	8	9	4	5	9	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	4	3	5
Stellenbosch	7	12	14	15	15	15	15	14	11	14	14	14	14	15	13	15	15	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10

Source:

Statistics

Top goal scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Gabadinho Mhango	Orlando Pirates	16
Peter Shalulile	Highlands Park
3	Bradley Grobler	SuperSport United	13
	Samir Nurkovic	Kaizer Chiefs
	Knox Mutizwa	Golden Arrows
	Bongi Ntuli	AmaZulu
	Kermit Erasmus	Cape Town City
8	Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns	11
9	Ndumiso Mabena	Bloemfontein Celtic	9
	Mwape Musonda	Black Leopards

Hat-tricks

See also: List of Premier Soccer League hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Charlton Mashumba	Polokwane City	Cape Town City	3–5 (A)[2]	6 November 2019
Samir Nurkovic	Kaizer Chiefs	Bloemfontein Celtic	5–3 (H)[3]	7 December 2019
Gabadinho Mhango	Orlando Pirates	Polokwane City	4–1 (A)[4]	7 January 2020
Fagrie Lakay	Cape Town City	Golden Arrows	4–1 (A)[5]	29 August 2020
Lebohang Maboe	Mamelodi Sundowns	Black Leopards	3–0 (H)[6]	5 September 2020

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[citation needed]
1	Lebogang Manyama	Kaizer Chiefs	9
	Bradley Ralani	Cape Town City
3	Iqraam Rayners	Stellenbosch	8
	Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns
5	Lindokuhle Mbatha	Highlands Park	7
	Sibusiso Vilakazi	Mamelodi Sundowns
7	Menzi Masuku	Bloemfontein Celtic	6
	Samir Nurkovic	Kaizer Chiefs
9	Tebogo Potsane	Bloemfontein Celtic	5
	Teboho Mokoena	SuperSport United
	Lesedi Kapinga	Black Leopards
	Jabulani Maluleke	Polokwane City

Clean sheets

Rank	Player Name	Club playing for	Clean Sheets
1	Ronwen Williams	SuperSport United	13
2	Wayne Sandilands	Orlando Pirates	12
3	Richard Ofori	Maritzburg United	11
	Veli Mothwa	Chippa United
5	Elvis Chipezeze	Baroka	9
	Ricardo Goss	Bidvest Wits
	Daniel Akpeyi	Kaizer Chiefs
8	Dennis Onyango	Mamelodi Sundowns	8
	Peter Leeuwenburgh	Cape Town City
10	Kennedy Mweene	Mamelodi Sundowns	7

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^{[citation needed]}
  • N.Makhubela
    (Lamontville Golden Arrows)

• Most red cards: 1^{[citation needed]}
  • 16 players

Club

• Most yellow cards: 72^{[citation needed]}
  • AmaZulu

• Most red cards: 3^{[citation needed]}
  • Baroka
  • Chippa United

Monthly Awards

Month	Player of the month		Coach of the month		Goal of the month		Ref.
	Player	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	Bradley Grobler	SuperSport United	Ernst Middendorp	Kaizer Chiefs	Hlompho Kekana	Mamelodi Sundowns	[7][8]
September/October	Daniel Akpeyi	Kaizer Chiefs	Ernst Middendorp	Kaizer Chiefs	Thabo Nodada	Cape Town City	[9][10]
November	Sipho Mbule	SuperSport United	Ernst Middendorp	Kaizer Chiefs	Dumisani Zuma	Kaizer Chiefs	[11][12]
December	Gift Motupa	Bidvest Wits	Pitso Mosimane	Mamelodi Sundowns	Samir Nurković	Kaizer Chiefs	[13][14]
January	Gabadinho Mhango	Orlando Pirates	Josef Zinnbauer	Orlando Pirates	Gabadinho Mhango	Orlando Pirates	[15][16]
February/March	Daylon Claasen	Maritzburg United	Eric Tinkler	Maritzburg United	Lebogang Manyama	Kaizer Chiefs	[17]