2008–09 Premier Soccer League

Premier Soccer League
Season	2008–09
Champions	Supersport United; 2nd PSL title
Relegated	Thanda Royal Zulu; Bay United
2010 CAF Champions League	Supersport United; Orlando Pirates
2010 CAF Confederation Cup	Moroka Swallows (via domestic cup)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	569 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Richard Henyekane (19)
Biggest home win	Bloemfontein Celtic 6–1 Thanda Royal Zulu (25 Jan 2009)
Biggest away win	Platinum Stars 0–6 Golden Arrows (18 Mar 2009)
Highest scoring	Bidvest Wits 6–2 Thanda Royal Zulu (18 Feb 2009); (8 goals)
Average attendance	7,416
	← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Premier Soccer League season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth since its establishment. Supersport United were the defending champions, having won their first Premier Soccer League title on the final day of the previous season. The campaign began in August 2008, ended in May 2009. A total of 16 teams contested in the league, 14 of which contested in the 2007–08 season, and two of which were have been promoted from the National First Division.

Season summary[]

Supersport United defended their title to win their second consecutive Premiership title. Orlando Pirates came close to taking the title in the final game. Both teams were tied at the top of the points table with 55 points each. Supersport United had a greater goal difference with 23 goals over Orlando Pirates's 17 goals.

Bay United were relegated to the National League after finishing at the bottom of the table on 21 points. Thanda Royal Zulu will go into a playoff with teams from the National League to determain if they will retain their place in the PSL or be relegated to the National League after ending 15th on the league table with 33 points.

Bloemfontein Celtic survived relegation on goal difference, ending 14th on the league table with 33 points. They were tied with Thanda Royal Zulu, but their goal difference were greater than that of Thanda Royal Zulu.

Clubs[]

Ajax Cape Town
AmaZulu
Bay United
Bidvest Wits
Bloemfontein Celtic
Free State Stars
Golden Arrows
Kaizer Chiefs
Mamelodi Sundowns
Maritzburg United
Moroka Swallows
Orlando Pirates
Platinum Stars
Santos
Supersport United
Thanda Royal Zulu

Promotion and relegation[]

Pre-Season[]

Teams promoted from 2007–08 National First Division

Champions (Coastal Stream): Maritzburg United
Play-offs: Bay United

Teams relegated to 2008–09 National First Division

Last on PSL: Black Leopards
Play-offs: Jomo Cosmos

Post-Season[]

Semifinals					Final

1	Carara Kicks	1	1	2
2	Mpumalanga Black Aces	1	2	3
					2	Mpumalanga Black Aces	0	3	3
					15	Thanda Royal Zulu	0	0	0
15	Thanda Royal Zulu	0	1	1
2	F.C. Cape Town	0	1	1

Champions of the Inland Stream Jomo Cosmos took on Champions of the Costal Stream Carara Kicks in a two leg playoff for promotion to the Premier Division.
The first leg of the play-off saw the match end in a goalless draw at the Charles Mopeli Stadium on 7 May 2009.
The second leg of the play-off saw Jomo Cosmos win Carara Kicks 2 – 1 at on 10 May 2009 to see Jomo Cosmos promoted to the Premier Division.
Thanda Royal Zulu who finished 15th on the Premier Division table will go into a mini play-off tournament with Carara Kicks (who lost their play-off match with Jomo Cosmos), Mpumalanga Black Aces (who finished second in the Inland Stream) and F.C. Cape Town (who finished second in the Costal Sream).
Carara Kicks will face Mpumalanga Black Aces and Thanda Royal Zulu will face F.C. Cape Town^[4]

Teams promoted from 2008–09 National First Division

Champions (Inland Stream) Jomo Cosmos
Play-offs: Mpumalanga Black Aces

Teams relegated to 2009–10 National First Division

Last on PSL: Bay United
Play-offs: Thanda Royal Zulu

League table[]

2008 PSL Absa Premiership
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Supersport United (C)	30	16	7	7	45	22	+23	55	2010 CAF Champions League
2	Orlando Pirates	30	15	10	5	37	20	+17	55	2010 CAF Champions League
3	Kaizer Chiefs	30	15	5	10	37	32	+5	50
4	Free State Stars	30	12	11	7	38	24	+14	47
5	Golden Arrows	30	13	7	10	44	28	+16	46
6	Bidvest Wits	30	13	7	10	42	33	+9	46
7	Ajax Cape Town	30	13	7	10	36	34	+2	46
8	AmaZulu	30	12	6	12	33	33	0	42
9	Mamelodi Sundowns	30	11	7	12	28	28	0	40
10	Santos	30	10	9	11	28	31	−3	39
11	Moroka Swallows	29	10	7	12	32	39	−7	37	2010 CAF Confederation Cup
12	Maritzburg United	30	10	6	14	34	53	−19	36
13	Platinum Stars	30	8	11	11	35	40	−5	35
14	Bloemfontein Celtic	30	8	9	13	34	38	−4	33
15	Thanda Royal Zulu	30	10	3	17	40	58	−18	33	Play-off to stay in PSL
16	Bay United (R)	30	5	6	19	26	56	−30	21	Relegated to National First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 10 May 2009. Source: ^[5]
Rules for classification: Three points for a win and one point for a draw.
(C) 2008–09 PSL Champions; (R) Relegated

Results[]

Home \ Away	AJX	AMZ	BAY	BVW	BLC	FSS	GOL	KZC	MLS	MAR	MOR	ORL	PLA	SAN	SUP	TRZ
Ajax Cape Town		0–0	4–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	5–2
AmaZulu	2–0		3–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
Bay United	1–3	1–1		2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–2
Bidvest Wits	1–0	2–3	5–0		1–1	1–0	0–2	1–4	1–2	4–1	2–0	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–0	6–2
Bloemfontein Celtic	2–1	0–2	3–0	1–2		1–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	6–1
Free State Stars	3–0	3–2	3–2	1–1	5–1		0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–0
Golden Arrows	4–0	0–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	1–1		0–1	0–1	5–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	0–2	2–2
Kaizer Chiefs	2–0	3–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–2	0–3	0–3	1–2
Mamelodi Sundowns	0–2	3–0	1–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	2–4	0–1		3–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	1–4	2–0
Maritzburg United	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–3		3–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	0–2
Moroka Swallows	2–4	0–1	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–1		2–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–1
Orlando Pirates	0–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1	1–0		1–0	1–1	0–1	4–2
Platinum Stars	1–1	3–2	2–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	0–6	0–2	0–0	4–0	2–1	1–2		4–1	1–3	1–4
Santos	1–2	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	2–1	0–0	2–0	0–3	0–0	1–1		0–0	2–1
SuperSport United	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–1		1–3
Thanda Royal Zulu	0–1	0–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–3	2–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–2

Source: Premier Soccer League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

PSL Awards[]

Teko Modise was the biggest winner at the annual Premier Soccer League awards dinner on 24 May 2009 at Gold Reef City Casino, pocketing a whopping R400 000 after he was named Footballer of the Year and Players' Player of the Year.

It was the second time that the Orlando Pirates midfielder bagged the coveted Footballer of the Year honour, following his controversial win last season. This time, however, Modise's brilliance from the unusual left of midfield position helped Pirates mount a championship bid.

Lucas Thwala, who earlier this month was named Pirates' Player of the Season ahead of Modise, was named the Premiership Player of the Year.

Ajax Cape Town's Franklin Cale won the award for the Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament.^[6]

Award	Winner	Club	Prize Money
Premier League Champions	Supersport United	-	R10 000 000
Footballer of the Season	Teko Modise	Orlando Pirates	R 250 000
Premiership Player of the Season	Lucas Thwala	Orlando Pirates	R 150 000
Players' Player of the Season	Teko Modise	Orlando Pirates	R 150 000
Young Player of the Season	Bongani Khumalo	Supersport United	R 50 000
Goalkeeper of the Season	Kennedy Mweene	Free State Stars	R 50 000
Top Goal Scorer of the Season	Richard Henyekane	Golden Arrows	R75 000
Goal of the Season	Ryan Botha	Moroka Swallows	R 50 000
Chaiman's Award	Andre Arendse & John Maduka	Supersport United & Bloemfontein Celtic	Share R 100 000
Coach of the Season	Gavin Hunt	Supersport United	R75 000
Referee of the Season	Jerome Damon	-	R 50 000
MTN8 Player of the Tournament	Gert Schalkwyk	Kaizer Chiefs	R 150 000
Nedbank Cup Player of the Tournament	Mthokozisi Yende	Pretoria University	R 100 000
Telkom Knockout Player of the Tournament	Franklin Cale	Ajax Cape Town	R 200 000

Statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of May 23, 2009^[7]

19 goals

Richard Henyekane (Golden Arrows)

16 goals

Mabhuti Khenyeza (Ajax Cape Town)

10 goals

Luis Rentería (Platinum Stars)
Surprise Moriri (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Anthony Laffor (SuperSport United)
Bernard Parker (Thanda Royal Zulu)
Sthembiso Ngcobo (Free State Stars)

9 goals

Dumisani Ngwenya (AmaZulu)
Katlego Mashego (Orlando Pirates)
Gert Schalkwyk (Bloemfontein Celtic)
Bradley Ritson (AmaZulu)

8 goals

Elias Pelembe (SuperSport United)
Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates)
Nkosinathi Nhleko (SuperSport United)

PSL managers[]

Manager	Club	Appointed
Craig Rosslee	Ajax Cape Town	July 2007
Clive Barker	AmaZulu	July 2007
Khabo Zondo	Bay United	November 2008
Roger De Sa	Bidvest Wits	June 2007
Owen Da Gama	Bloemfontein Celtic
Steve Komphela	Free State Stars
Manqoba Mngqithi	Golden Arrows	January 2007
Fani Madida	Kaizer Chiefs	May 2009
Ted Dumitru	Mamelodi Sundowns	March 2009
Gordon Igesund	Maritzburg United	July 2008
Júlio César Leal	Moroka Swallows	July 2008
Ruud Krol	Orlando Pirates	July 2008
David Bright	Santos	January 2008
Miguel Gamondi	Platinum Stars	December 2007
Gavin Hunt	Supersport United	June 2007
Roger Palmgren	Thanda Royal Zulu	August 2007

Kits 2008–2009[]

Team	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax CT	Adidas	MTN
AmaZulu	Reebok	SPAR
Bay United	Puma	Vacant
Bidvest Wits	Hummel	Bidvest
Bloemfontein Celtic	Reebok	Vodacom
Engen Santos	Canterbury	Engen
Free State Stars	Umbro
Golden Arrows	Umbro	MTN
Kaizer Chiefs	Nike	Vodacom
Mamelodi Sundowns	Nike	Vacant
Maritzburg United	Joma	Vacant
Moroka Swallows	Mitre	VW
Orlando Pirates	Adidas	Vodacom
Platinum Stars	Diadora	Dunns
Supersport United	Diadora	DStv
Thanda Royal Zulu	Lotto	Vacant

Dec 2008/Jan 2009 Transfer Window[]

Name	Last registration	To club
	Moroka Swallows	Ajax Cape Town
Tawfeeq Salie	Ajax Cape Town	Ajax Cape Town
Stanton Lewis	Unspecified	Ajax Cape Town
Thamsanqa Sangweni	Unspecified	AmaZulu
Bradley Ritson	AmaZulu	AmaZulu
	Unspecified	Bay United
Nhlanhla Vilakazi	Golden Arrows	Bay United
	Hanover Park	Bay United
Samuel Ramosoeu	Bidboys	Bidvest Wits
Tebogo Langerman	Bidboys	Bidvest Wits
Calvin Kadi	Supersport United	Bidvest Wits

References[]

^ "SA Premiership 2008–2009 Season Domestic Stats". football365.co.za. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2007-04-20. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ "SA Premiership 2008–2009 Season Stats". football365.co.za. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ "SA Premiership 2008–2009 Season Attendance Table". football365.co.za. 26 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
^ "Promotion playoffs draw". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
^ "Absa Premiership". Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
^ http://www.psl.co.za/article.asp?id=301340 Archived 2009-05-26 at the Wayback Machine 2009 Premier Soccer League Awards
^ "PSL TOP SCORERS 2008–09". Premier Soccer League. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

External links[]

[1] "SA Premiership 2008–2009 Season Domestic Stats". football365.co.za. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2007-04-20. Retrieved 29 March 2010.

[2] "SA Premiership 2008–2009 Season Stats". football365.co.za. 23 May 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2010.

[3] "SA Premiership 2008–2009 Season Attendance Table". football365.co.za. 26 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 November 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2010.

[Promotion_playoffs_draw-4] "Promotion playoffs draw". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

[TableStandings-5] "Absa Premiership". Archived from the original on 26 July 2009. Retrieved 10 May 2009.

[6] ttp://www.psl.co.za/article.asp?id=301340 Archived 2009-05-26 at the Wayback Machine 2009 Premier Soccer League Awards

[7] "PSL TOP SCORERS 2008–09". Premier Soccer League. Archived from the original on 2009-05-25. Retrieved 2009-05-23.

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