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The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and commonly referred to as the PSL after the governing body, [1] is the premier men's professional soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organised since 1996.
The 2024–25 South African Premiership is the 29th consecutive season of the South African Premiership. It is known as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship reasons, after the premature end of the sponsorship from the league's previous sponsor, DSTV, and also commonly referred to as the PSL after the governing body. [ 1 ]
The 2022–23 South African Premiership (known as the DSTV Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. It was played from 5 August 2022 to 20 May 2023 [ 1 ] Mamelodi Sundowns successfully defended the title for the 6th time, having won the title from the 2017–18 season ...
Licenses to participate in the Premier Soccer League can be bought and sold on the free market.In August 2002, the PSL bought two Premiership licences from the owners of Ria Stars F.C. and Free State Stars F.C., the PSL dissolved the license to ease fixture congestion and reduce their own costs by R 400, 000 per month as each top-tier club received R 200, 000 on a monthly basis from the PSL. [1]
The top tier of football in South Africa was renamed the Premier Soccer League, for the start of the 1996-97 season. The following page details the football records and statistics of the Premier Division since that date.
When the new topflight South African Premiership was established in 1996, the organizers at the same time for the Second Level, replaced the former OK League with the new National First Division. Apart from being covered by a better sponsor deal, the most significant change -both at the First and Second Level- was to change the fixtures from ...
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.
Association football, or soccer, as it is usually called in South Africa, is the nation's most popular sport followed by rugby union and cricket.The governing body is the South African Football Association (SAFA), [1] while the Premier Soccer League is the organisation responsible for running the country's two professional divisions, namely the South African Premiership and the National First ...