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The SAFA Regional League, known as the Hollywoodbets Regional League for sponsorship reasons, [1] is the fourth tier of domestic football in the South African football pyramid. As of 2023, each region plays in a league of 18 teams, with the top two teams being promoted to the SAFA Second Division . [ 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.
The SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons, and previously the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as the overall third tier of South African football. The competition is regulated by SAFA, and until 2012 had been sponsored by mobile telecommunications company Vodacom.
The 2021–22 SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons) was the 24th season of the SAFA Second Division, the third tier for South African association football clubs, since its establishment in 1998. Due to the size of South Africa, the competition was split into nine divisions, one for each region.
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 ]
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 ...
The National Football League (NFL) was the first professional association football league in South Africa, established in 1959. [1] At first the NFL received stiff opposition from the SAFA, the amateur governing body which controlled the major football grounds in the county. The SAFA was a member of FIFA at the time.
The 2020–21 South African Premiership season (known as the DSTV Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the Premiership since its establishment in 1996. Mamelodi Sundowns won the title for the fourth consecutive year, qualifying for the 2021–22 CAF Champions League along with second placed AmaZulu .