2014–15 South African Premier Division

Premier Soccer League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Kaizer Chiefs
Relegated	AmaZulu
Champions League	Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns
Confederation Cup	Ajax Cape Town Bidvest Wits University
Matches played	240
Goals scored	555 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer	Moeketsi Sekola (14)^[1]
Biggest home win	Sundowns 5–0 Polokwane City^[2] (11 March 2015)
Biggest away win	Sundowns 0–5 Bloem Celtic^[2] (15 April 2014)
Highest scoring	Supersort 2–5 AmaZulu^[2] (1 March 2015)
Longest winning run	8 games^[2] Kaizer Chiefs
Longest unbeaten run	19 games^[2] Kaizer Chiefs
Longest winless run	12 games^[2] AmaZulu
Longest losing run	4 games^[2] Polokwane City Moroka Swallows
Highest attendance	88,000^[2] Kaizer Chiefs 0–2 Orlando Priates (6 December 2014)
Lowest attendance	100^[2] Moroka Swallows 2–1 AmaZulu (13 August 2014)
Average attendance	6,499^[2]
← 2013–14 2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 24 April 2015.

The 2014–15 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighteenth season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. Fixtures were announced 5 June 2014.^[3] The league opened on 8 August 2014 and will conclude on 9 May 2015.

Mamelodi Sundowns were the defending champions, having won the previous 2013–14 South African Premier Division (PSL) season. Chippa United earned their second promotion to the top tier league after winning the 2013-14 National First Division. Polokwane City remained in the league after beating Black Leopards and Milano United in the Playoff Tournament.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Ajax

AmaZulu

Wits

Celtic

F.S. Stars

Chippa

Chiefs

Sundowns

Maritzburg

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Swallows

0
Mpumalanga Black Aces

0
Pirates

P.Stars

Polokwane

SuperSport

Tuks FC

Location of teams in the 2014–15 PSL.

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 ^[4]

Team	Province	Home venue	Capacity
Ajax Cape Town	Western Cape	Cape Town Stadium	7004550000000000000♠55,000
AmaZulu	Kwazulu-Natal	Moses Mabhida Stadium	7004540000000000000♠54,000
Bidvest Wits	Gauteng	Bidvest Stadium	7003500000000000000♠5,000
Bloemfontein Celtic	Free State	Seisa Ramabodu Stadium	7004200000000000000♠20,000
Chippa United	Eastern Cape	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	7004490000000000000♠49,000
Free State Stars	Free State	Charles Mopeli Stadium	7004350000000000000♠35,000
Kaizer Chiefs	Gauteng	FNB Stadium (Soccer City)	7004947000000000000♠94,700
Mamelodi Sundowns	Gauteng	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	7004520000000000000♠52,000
Maritzburg United	Kwazulu-Natal	Harry Gwala Stadium	7004107000000000000♠10,700
Moroka Swallows	Gauteng	Dobsonville Stadium	7004240000000000000♠24,000
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Mpumalanga	Mbombela Stadium	7004409000000000000♠40,900
Orlando Pirates	Gauteng	Orlando Stadium	7004364000000000000♠36,400
Platinum Stars	North West	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	7004450000000000000♠45,000
Polokwane City	Limpopo	Peter Mokaba Stadium	7004417330000000000♠41,733
Supersport United	Gauteng	Lucas Moripe Stadium	7004289000000000000♠28,900
Tuks FC	Gauteng	Tuks Stadium	7003800000000000000♠8,000^[5]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town	Roger De Sa^[6]	Adidas^[7]	Huawei^[8]
AmaZulu	Wilfred Mugeyi^[9]	Kappa^[10]	SPAR^[11]
Bidvest Wits	Gavin Hunt^[12]	Kappa^[13]	Bidvest^[14]
Polokwane City	Kosta Papic^[15]	XCO	Vacant
Bloemfontein Celtic	Ernst Middendorp^[16]	Kappa^[17]	MTN^[18]
Free State Stars	Tom Saintfiet^[19]	Maxed^[20]	Bonitas
Chippa United	vacant^[21]	Nike^[22]	Chippa Holdings
Kaizer Chiefs	Stuart Baxter^[23]	Nike^[24]	Vodacom^[25]
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pitso Mosimane^[26]	Nike^[27]	Ubuntu Botho
Maritzburg United	Steve Komphela^[28]	Umbro^[29]	Vacant
Moroka Swallows	Fani Madida (Interim)^[30]	Puma^[31]	Hyundai
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Clive Barker^[32]	Umbro^[33]	ISPS Handa^[34]
Orlando Pirates	Vladimir Vermezovic^[35]	Adidas^[36]	Vodacom^[25]
Platinum Stars	Allan Freese^[37]	Acelli^[38]	The Royal Marang Hotel
Supersport United	Gordon Igesund^[39]	Kappa^[40]	Engen Petroleum^[41]
Tuks FC	Steve Barker^[42]	Umbro^[43]	WorkersLife^[44]

^[45]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kaizer Chiefs (C) (Q)	30	21	6	3	41	14	+27	69	Qualification to 2016 CAF Champions League
2	Mamelodi Sundowns (Q)	30	16	9	5	44	24	+20	57	Qualification to 2016 CAF Champions League
3	Bidvest Wits (Q)	30	15	7	8	34	25	+9	52	Qualification to 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Orlando Pirates	30	13	11	6	46	29	+17	50
5	Ajax Cape Town (Q)	30	12	8	10	34	35	−1	44	Qualification to 2016 CAF Confederation Cup
6	Supersport United	30	12	5	13	39	40	−1	41
7	Bloemfontein Celtic	30	11	7	12	34	27	+7	40
8	Maritzburg United	30	10	10	10	30	25	+5	40
9	Free State Stars	30	10	8	12	34	39	−5	38
10	Mpumalanga Black Aces	30	7	13	10	35	39	−4	34
11	Platinum Stars	30	8	10	12	30	38	−8	34
12	Polokwane City	30	9	7	14	42	60	−18	34
13	University of Pretoria	30	7	11	12	28	32	−4	32
14	Chippa United	30	7	9	14	23	37	−14	30
15	Moroka Swallows	30	8	6	16	30	47	−17	30	Qualification to PSL Playoff Tournament
16	AmaZulu (R)	30	6	9	15	31	44	−13	27	Relegation to National First Division

Updated to games played on 9 May 2015.
Source: http://www.espnfc.com/south-african-premiership/2197/table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 24 October 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[46]
1	Moeketsi Sekola	Free State Stars	14
2	Lerato Trevor Lamola	Bloemfontein Celtic	13
3	Puleng Tlolane	Polokwane City	11
4	Kermit Erasmus	Orlando Pirates	10
4	Cuthbert Malajila	Mamelodi Sundowns	10
6	Jeremy Brockie	Supersport United	8
	Ndumiso Mabena	Platinum Stars	8
	Lehlohonolo Majoro	Orlando Pirates	8
9	Khama Billiat	Mamelodi Sundowns	7
	George Lebese	Kaizer Chiefs	7
	Thabo Mnyamane	Pretoria University	7
	Siyabonga Nomvethe	Moroka Swallows	7
	Atusaye Nyondo	Pretoria University	7
	Bernard Parker	Kaizer Chiefs	7
	Eleazar Rodgers	Platinum Stars	7

Clean sheets

As of 28 September 2014

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets^[47]
1	Itumeleng Khune	Kaizer Chiefs	4
1	Kennedy Mweene	Mamelodi Sundowns	4

Discipline

Player

As of 24 April 2015

Most yellow cards:^[48] 9
- Luvhengo Mungomeni (Moroka Swallows)

Most red cards:^[48] 2
- Vuyisile Ntombayithethi (University of Pretoria)
- Siyabonga Ngubane (University of Pretoria)

Club

As of 29 October 2014

Most yellow cards:^[49] 20
- Chippa United
- Moroka Swallows

Most red cards:^[49] 2
- University of Pretoria
- Platinum Stars
- Ajax Cape Town
- Kaizer Chiefs
- Free State Stars

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	ABSA Premiership Coach of the Month		ABSA Premiership Player of the Month		Reference
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Reference
August	Stuart Baxter	Kaizer Chiefs	Mandla Masango	Kaizer Chiefs	^[50]

Source: Premier Soccer League

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External links

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Premier Soccer League 2015–16

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Seasons in South African soccer

Premiership teams (2015–16)	Ajax Cape Town Bidvest Wits Bloemfontein Celtic Chippa United Free State Stars Golden Arrows Jomo Cosmos Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Black Aces Orlando Pirates Platinum Stars Polokwane City Supersport United Tuks FC

First Division teams (2015–16)	African Warriors AmaZulu Black Leopards Baroka FC Cape Town All Stars FC Cape Town Highlands Park Milano United Moroka Swallows Royal Eagles Santos Thanda Royal Zulu Vasco da Gama Witbank Spurs

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2014 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 13–14 14–15 Angola 14–15 Burundi 13–14 14–15 Cameroon Côte d'Ivoire 13–14 14–15 Democratic Republic of Congo 13–14 14–15 Egypt 13–14 14–15 Ethiopia 13–14 14–15 Gabon 13–14 14–15 Ghana 13–14 Kenya Liberia 13–14 Mali 13–14 14–15 Mauritania 14-15 Morocco 13–14 14–15 Nigeria Rwanda 13–14 14–15 Somalia 13–14 South Africa 13–14 14–15 Sudan Tunisia 13–14 14–15 Uganda 13–14 14–15

Domestic cups	Algeria 13–14 14–15 Egypt Kenya South Africa 13–14 14–15 Tunisia 13–14 14–15 Uganda 13–14 14–15

Regional cups	CECAFA Nile Basin Cup Kagame Interclub Cup CECAFA Cup COSAFA Cup

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