2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Season | 2012 |
---|---|
Champions | Dynamos |
Relegated | Gunners |
Champions League | Dynamos |
Highest attendance | 28,886[1] Dynamos versus Highlanders |
← 2013 → |
The 2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season (known as the Castle Larger Premier Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) will be the thirty second season of the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1980. The season began on 31 March 2012.
Dynamos are the defending champions, having won the previous season. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2011 ZPSL season and four new teams promoted from the 2011 Zifa Division One League: Buffaloes, Harare City, and who replace relegated Kiglon, Masvingo United, and Zimbabwe Saints.
Teams[]
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the and four promoted from the 2011 Zifa Division One League.
Stadiums and locations[]
Football teams in South Africa tend to use multiple stadiums over the course of a season for their home games. The following table will only indicate the stadium used most often by the club for their home games
Team | City | Home venue | Capacity |
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Black Mambas | Harare | 5000 | |
Harare | 10000 | ||
Buffaloes | Mutare | Sakubva Stadium | 10000 |
CAPS United | Harare | National Sports Stadium | 60000 |
Chicken Inn | Bulawayo | 8000 | |
Dynamos | Harare | Rufaro Stadium | 35000 |
FC Platinum | Zvishavane | 3000 | |
Gunners | Mabvuku | 10000 | |
Harare City | Harare | Rufaro Stadium | 35000 |
Gweru | Ascot Stadium | 5000 | |
Highlanders | Bulawayo | Barbourfields Stadium | 32000 |
Hwange | Hwange | Colliery Stadium | 15000 |
Monomotapa United | Harare | 10000 | |
Motor Action | Harare | 1000 | |
Bulawayo | 8000 | ||
Shabanie Mine | Zvishavane | 5000 |
League table[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dynamos (C) | 30 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 58 | 15 | +43 | 69 | Qualification for 2013 CAF Champions League |
2 | Highlanders[a] | 30 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 15 | +34 | 69 | |
3 | Chicken Inn | 30 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 39 | 23 | +16 | 49 | |
4 | Monomotapa United | 30 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 50 | |
5 | Shabanie Mine | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 46 | |
6 | Buffaloes | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 24 | +1 | 44 | |
7 | FC Platinum | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 43 | |
8 | Motor Action | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 42 | |
9 | Harare City | 30 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 40 | |
10 | CAPS United | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 39 | |
11 | Hwange | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 47 | +2 | 36 | |
12 | Black Mambas | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 34 | |
13 | Gunners (R) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 27 | 36 | −9 | 34 | Relegation to Zifa Division One League |
14 | (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 30 | 64 | −34 | 25 | |
15 | (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 24 | |
16 | (R) | 30 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 58 | −43 | 11[b] |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Highlanders could not represent Zimbabwe in the 2013 CAF Champions League as they were subject of a three-year ban for withdrawing from the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup.
- ^ deducted 3 points
- No team from Zimbabwe entered the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup.
References[]
External links[]
- 2012 in Zimbabwean sport
- 2011–12 in African association football leagues
- 2012–13 in African association football leagues