2021–22 South African Premier Division

Premier Soccer League
Season	2021–22
Dates	20 August 2021- 21 May 2022
Matches played	158
Goals scored	334 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	Peter Shalulile=15 Victor letsaolo=11
Biggest home win	Kaizer Chiefs 4 - 0 Chippa United; (16 October 2021)
Biggest away win	Marumo Gallants 0-4 Mamelodi Sundowns; (07 November 2021)
Highest scoring	Cape Town City 4-3 Golden Arrows; (23 October 2021)
Longest winning run	(7 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 →

The 2021–22 South African Premier Division season from 20 August 2021 to 21 May 2022 (known as the DSTV Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 26th season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. Mamelodi Sundowns are the four-time defending champions. This season's winner will qualify for the along with the second placed team. The 3rd placed team and Nedbank Cup winners qualify for the .

Team changes[]

The following teams have 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 Premier Division

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

AmaZulu

Golden Arrows

Mamelodi Sundowns

Cape Town City

Johannesburg teams
Kaizer Chiefs
Moroka Swallows
Orlando Pirates
Sekhukhune United

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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
Moroka 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, Moroka 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
3	Western Cape	2	Cape Town City and Stellenbosch
5	Eastern Cape	1	Chippa United
5	Mpumalanga	1	TS Galaxy

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mamelodi Sundowns	23	15	6	2	40	12	+28	51	Qualification for Champions League
2	Royal AM	21	10	6	5	28	19	+9	36	Qualification for Champions League
3	Kaizer Chiefs	19	10	5	4	24	15	+9	35	Qualification for Confederation Cup
4	Orlando Pirates	22	7	11	4	24	20	+4	32
5	Stellenbosch	21	7	10	4	21	18	+3	31
6	Cape Town City	20	7	9	4	20	20	0	30
7	SuperSport United	20	8	5	7	24	19	+5	29
8	AmaZulu	23	5	14	4	20	20	0	29
9	Sekhukhune United	21	8	4	9	17	15	+2	28
10	Marumo Gallants	21	7	7	7	19	21	−2	28
11	Lamontville Golden Arrows	20	5	10	5	25	25	0	25
12	Maritzburg United	21	5	6	10	15	23	−8	21
13	Chippa United	21	4	8	9	17	27	−10	20
14	Moroka Swallows	22	3	9	10	11	23	−12	18
15	TS Galaxy	21	4	5	12	16	30	−14	17	Qualification for Playoffs
16	Baroka	22	4	5	13	13	27	−14	17	Relegation to the First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 06 March 2022. Source: Premier Soccer League I

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	21 May	16 Feb	1–1	0–0	1–0	13 Apr	0–0	1–1	0–0	7 May	26 Feb	0–0
Baroka	6 Apr	—	0–0	0–1	4 May	5 Mar	26 Feb	2–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	13 Apr	1–0	1–0	1–1	14 May
Cape Town City	14 May	3 Apr	—	1–0	4–3	7 May	15 Feb		0–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	16 Apr	5 Mar	0–3	0–0
Chippa United	1–1	7 May	4 May	—	1–2	21 May	2 Apr	26 Feb	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	19 Feb	0–0	17 Apr	0–0
Lamontville Golden Arrows	2–2	3–2	20 Feb	6 Mar	—	1–1		3–1	0–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	14 May	23 Apr	6 Apr	2 Apr
TS Galaxy	0–1	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–2	—	0–0	14 May	27 Feb	23 Apr	1–0	3 May	2 Apr	0–1	0–1	19 Mar
Kaizer Chiefs	1–1	2–1		4–0	19 Mar	5 Apr	—	3 May	8 May	2–0	21 May	2–1	1–4	2–0	0–1	16 Apr
Marumo Gallants	0–1	16 Feb	0–0		7 May	3–1	0–0	—	0–4	0–0	17 Apr	0–0	2–2	21 May	6 Mar	23 Apr
Mamelodi Sundowns	1–0	2–1	24 Apr	16 Feb	17 Apr	3–0	2–0	1–1	—	1–0	3–0	4–1	3–2	2–0	14 May	2–2
Maritzburg United	1–1	21 May	6 Apr	0–2	25 Feb	1–0	0–1	1–0	5 Mar	—	2 Apr	0–0	4 May	0–2	0–0	15 Feb
Moroka Swallows	3 May	24 Apr	0–0	14 May	2–2	20 Feb	1–3	0–1	6 Apr	1–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–3
Orlando Pirates	2–1	0–0	25 Feb	22 Apr	16 Feb	2–0	5 Mar	2–1	0–2	14 May	1–0	—	1–1	2–1	2–2
Royal AM	24 Apr	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	6 Apr	21 May	2–1	6 Mar	8 May	—	15 Feb	1–0	2–1
Sekhukhune United	2–0	19 Feb	1–0	0–1	1–1	16 Apr	14 May	0–1	3 May	19 Mar	26 Feb	6 Apr	1–0	—	1–1	0–0
Stellenbosch	2–2	1–0	21 May	2–1	0–0	1–0	23 Apr	1–0	1–1	7 May	16 Feb	0–3	30 Jan	16 Jan	—	0–1
SuperSport United	5 Mar	2–0	3–2	5 Apr	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	6 May	21 May	27 Feb	0–1	3 May	—

Updated to match(es) played on 23 December 2021. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 20 December 2021

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[4]
1	Peter Shalulile	Mamelodi Sundowns	13
2	Victor Letsoalo	Royal AM	9
3	Bienvenu Eva Nga	Chippa United	7
4	Keagan Dolly	Kaizer Chiefs	6
	Thamsanqa Gabuza	SuperSport United
	Mduduzi Mdantsane	Cape Town City
7	Ashley Du Preez	Stellenbosch	5
	Luvuyo Memela	AmaZulu
	Chibuike Ohizu	Sekhukhune United
	Themba Zwane	Mamelodi Sundowns

Most Assists[]

As of 24 December 2021

Pos	Player	Club	Assists
1	Khama Billiat	Kaizer Chiefs F.C.	6
2	Neo Maema	Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.	5
2	Lyle Lakay	Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.	5
3	Vincent Pule	Orlando Pirates F.C.	4
	Tshediso Patjie	Sekhukhune United F.C.	4
	Junior Mendieta	Stellenbosch F.C.	4
	Peter Shalulile	Mamelodi Sundowns F.C.	4

References[]

^ "Official: Sekhukhune United promoted to DStv Premiership". Kick Off. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "New name, new owners but same old problems! Inside the mess of Marumo Gallants ahead of the new season". The South African. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Bloemfontein Celtic sold: Renamed Royal AM". Africa Top Sports. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ "Premier Soccer League 2021/2022 - Top Scorer".

External links[]

Official website

[1] "Official: Sekhukhune United promoted to DStv Premiership". Kick Off. 2021-06-12. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[2] "New name, new owners but same old problems! Inside the mess of Marumo Gallants ahead of the new season". The South African. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[3] "Bloemfontein Celtic sold: Renamed Royal AM". Africa Top Sports. 2021-08-17. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[4] "Premier Soccer League 2021/2022 - Top Scorer".

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2021–22 teams	AmaZulu Baroka Cape Town City Chippa United Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Marumo Gallants Moroka Swallows Pirates Royal AM Sekhukhune United Stellenbosch SuperSport United TS Galaxy
Former teams (defunct teams)	African Wanderers Ajax Cape Town F.C. Bay United Benoni Premier United Black Leopards Bloemfontein Celtic Bush Bucks Dynamos Free State Stars Hellenic Highlands Park Jomo Cosmos Manning Rangers Michau Warriors Moroka Swallows Mother City Mpumalanga Black Aces Platinum Stars Polokwane City Real Rovers Ria Stars Santos Seven Stars Thanda Royal Zulu Tembisa Classic Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila University of Pretoria Vaal Professionals Vasco da Gama Wits University F.C.
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v t Seasons in South African soccer
Premiership teams (2021–22)	AmaZulu Baroka Cape Town City Chippa United Golden Arrows Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Marumo Gallants Moroka Swallows Pirates Royal AM Sekhukhune United Stellenbosch SuperSport United TS Galaxy
First Division teams (2021–22)	Black Leopards Cape Town All Stars Cape Town Spurs Free State Stars Hungry Lions JDR Stars Jomo Cosmos Platinum City Polokwane City Pretoria Callies Richards Bay TS Sporting Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila University of Pretoria Uthongathi Venda
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