2021–22 South African Premiership

The 2021–22 South African Premiership (known as the DSTV Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 26th season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. It was played from 20 August 2021 to 30 May 2022. Mamelodi Sundowns won the title for the fifth consecutive year, qualifying for the 2022–23 CAF Champions League along with Cape Town City. Royal AM and Nedbank Cup runners-up Marumo Gallants qualified for the 2022–23 CAF Confederation Cup.

Premiership

Season	2021–22
Dates	20 August 2021 – 30 May 2022
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns (12th title)
Relegated	Baroka F.C.
Matches played	240
Goals scored	480 (2 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Shalulile (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Mamelodi Sundowns 6–0 Golden Arrows (12 April 2022)
Biggest away win	Marumo Gallants 0–4 Mamelodi Sundowns (7 November 2021)
Highest scoring	Cape Town City 4-3 Golden Arrows (23 October 2021)
Longest winning run	(14 games) Mamelodi Sundowns
Longest unbeaten run	(17 games) Mamelodi Sundowns
Longest winless run	(9 games) Marumo Gallants
Longest losing run	(6 games) TS Galaxy
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2020–21 season.

To National First Division

Relegated from 2020–21 South African Premier Division

• Black Leopards

From National First Division

Promoted to 2021–22 South African Premiership

• Sekhukhune United (promoted as champions)^[1]

Purchased statuses

• Marumo Gallants purchased their status from Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila^[2]
• Royal AM purchased their Premiership status from Bloemfontein Celtic^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Johannesburg

Marumo Gallants

AmaZulu

Chippa United

Golden Arrows

Baroka

Mamelodi Sundowns

SuperSport United

Royal AM

Maritzburg United

Cape Town City

TS Galaxy

Stellenbosch

Johannesburg teams
Kaizer Chiefs
Swallows
Orlando Pirates
Sekhukhune United

Location of teams in the 2021–22 PSL.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AmaZulu	Durban	Moses Mabhida Stadium	55,500
Baroka	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Cape Town City	Cape Town	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
Chippa United	Port Elizabeth	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	48,459
Golden Arrows	Durban (Clermont)	Sugar Ray Xulu 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
Marumo Gallants	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Swallows	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Dobsonville Stadium	24,000
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Orlando Stadium	37,139
Royal AM	Durban	Chatsworth Stadium	6,500
Sekhukhune United	Johannesburg (Tembisa)	Makhulong Stadium	10,500
Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	Danie Craven Stadium	8,000
SuperSport United	Pretoria (Atteridgeville)	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	28,900
TS Galaxy	Mbombela	Mbombela Stadium	40,929

Number of teams by province

Position	Province	Number	Teams
1	Gauteng	6	Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Swallows, Orlando Pirates, Sekhukhune United, SuperSport United
2	KwaZulu-Natal	4	AmaZulu, Golden Arrows, Maritzburg United and Royal AM
3	Limpopo	2	Baroka and Marumo Gallants
	Western Cape		Cape Town City and Stellenbosch
5	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 (C)	30	19	8	3	56	20	+36	65	Qualification for Champions League
2	Cape Town City	30	12	13	5	32	24	+8	49
3	Royal AM	30	12	11	7	43	31	+12	47	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Stellenbosch	30	11	14	5	32	23	+9	47
5	Kaizer Chiefs	30	13	8	9	34	26	+8	47
6	Orlando Pirates	30	10	14	6	34	28	+6	44
7	AmaZulu	30	8	17	5	24	22	+2	41
8	SuperSport United	30	10	10	10	36	32	+4	40
9	Lamontville Golden Arrows	30	9	13	8	35	40	−5	40
10	Marumo Gallants	30	7	13	10	22	28	−6	34
11	Sekhukhune United	30	8	9	13	21	24	−3	33
12	Maritzburg United	30	7	10	13	22	33	−11	31
13	TS Galaxy	30	7	9	14	22	38	−16	30
14	Chippa United	30	5	14	11	23	33	−10	29
15	Swallows (O)	30	4	14	12	22	36	−14	26	Qualification for Playoffs
16	Baroka (R)	30	6	7	17	22	40	−18	25	Relegation to the First Division

Source: Premier Soccer League
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AMA	BAR	CTC	CHI	GDA	TSG	KZC	MAG	MDS	MAR	SWA	ORL	ROY	SEK	STL	SSU
AmaZulu	—	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0
Baroka	0–1	—	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–1
Cape Town City	0–0	5–1	—	1–0	4–3	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–0
Chippa United	1–1	2–2	0–0	—	1–2	0–1	1–3	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	0–0
Lamontville Golden Arrows	2–2	3–2	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	3–2
TS Galaxy	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	—	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	0–1	1–1
Kaizer Chiefs	1–1	2–1	1–2	4–0	0–1	0–0	—	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–4	2–0	0–1	0–1
Marumo Gallants	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	2–2	1–0	0–0
Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	6–0	3–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	0–3	2–2
Maritzburg United	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	2–1
Swallows	0–1	3–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	1–3	0–1	2–4	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–3
Orlando Pirates	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	4–1	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–2
Royal AM	0–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–3	2–1	1–0	2–2	—	1–0	1–0	2–1
Sekhukhune United	2–0	4–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–1	0–0
Stellenbosch	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	30 Jan	16 Jan	—	0–1
SuperSport United	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2022. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 27 May 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[4]
1	Peter Shalulile	Mamelodi Sundowns	23
2	Victor Letsoalo	Royal AM	15
3	Bienvenu Eva Nga	Chippa United	10
4	Mduduzi Mdantsane	Cape Town City	9
	Ashley Du Preez	Stellenbosch
5	Deon Hotto	Orlando Pirates	8
	Keagan Dolly	Kaizer Chiefs
	Mxolisi Macuphu	TS Galaxy
7	Khama Billiat	Kaizer Chiefs	7
	Thamsanqa Gabuza	SuperSport United
	Luvuyo Memela	AmaZulu
	Ndabayithethwa Ndlondlo	Marumo Gallants
	Chibuike Ohizu	Sekhukhune United
	Kwame Peprah	Orlando Pirates

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Premier Soccer League Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Peter Shalulile	Mamelodi Sundowns	Swallows	4–2 (A)	6 April 2022
Peter Shalulile	Mamelodi Sundowns	Golden Arrows	6–0 (H)	12 April 2022