2015–16 South African Premier Division

Premier Soccer League
Season	2015–16
Matches played	202
Goals scored	479 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	Collins Mbesuma (13)
Biggest home win	2 matches BV Wits 5-0 Polokwane City (22 January 2016) Orlando Pirates 5-0 Jomo Cosmos (12 March 2016)
Biggest away win	Platinum Stars 0-4 BV Wits (4 November 2015)
Highest scoring	2 matches Jomo Cosmos 4-3 Chippa United (22 November 2015) Free State Stars 2-5 Mamelodi Sundowns (7 February 2016)
Longest winning run	Mamelodi Sundowns (6)
Longest unbeaten run	Mamelodi Sundowns (18)
Longest winless run	Bloemfontein Celtic Maritzburg United Univ. of Pretoria (9)
Longest losing run	Maritzburg United (8)
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 20 April 2016.

The 2015–16 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) is the 19th season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996.

Kaizer Chiefs are the defending champions, having won the previous 2014–15 South African Premier Division (PSL) season for their fourth league title, all in the past 12 years. Golden Arrows and Jomo Cosmos each returned to the Premiership after placing first and second, respectively, in the 2014-15 National First Division. Jomo Cosmos was promoted after beating Black Leopards and Moroka Swallows in the Playoff Tournament. Additionally, AmaZulu was relegated after placing last in the 2014–15 South African Premier Division.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Location of teams in the 2015–16 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 ^[1]

Team	City	Home venue	Capacity
Ajax Cape Town	Cape Town	Cape Town Stadium	7004690700000000000♠69,070
BV Wits	Johannesburg	Bidvest Stadium	7004150000000000000♠15,000
Bloemfontein Celtic	Bloemfontein	Free State Stadium	7004409110000000000♠40,911
Chippa United	Port Elizabeth	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	7004484590000000000♠48,459
Free State Stars	Phuthaditjhaba	Charles Mopeli Stadium	7004500000000000000♠50,000
Golden Arrows	Durban	Princess Magogo Stadium	7004120000000000000♠12,000
Jomo Cosmos	Tembisa	Makhulong Stadium	7004200000000000000♠20,000
Kaizer Chiefs	Johannesburg	FNB Stadium (Soccer City)	7004947360000000000♠94,736
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pretoria	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	7004239000000000000♠23,900
Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg	Harry Gwala Stadium	7004220000000000000♠22,000
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Nelspruit	Mbombela Stadium	7004435890000000000♠43,589
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg	Orlando Stadium	7004400000000000000♠40,000
Platinum Stars	Phokeng	Royal Bafokeng Stadium	7004445300000000000♠44,530
Polokwane City	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	7004450000000000000♠45,000
SuperSport United	Pretoria	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	7004239000000000000♠23,900
University of Pretoria	Pretoria	Tuks Stadium	7003800000000000000♠8,000^[2]

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town	Roger De Sá^[3]	Adidas^[4]	Huawei^[5]
BV Wits	Gavin Hunt^[6]	Kappa^[7]	Bidvest^[8]
Bloemfontein Celtic	Clinton Larsen	Kappa^[9]	MTN^[10]
Chippa United	Roger Sikhakhane	Nike^[11]	Chippa Holdings
Free State Stars	Kinnah Phiri	Maxed^[12]	Bonitas
Golden Arrows	Serame Letsoaka	Mille	Vacant
Jomo Cosmos	Jomo Sono	Puma	Vacant
Kaizer Chiefs	Steve Komphela	Nike^[13]	Vodacom^[14]
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pitso Mosimane^[15]	Nike^[16]	Ubuntu Botho
Maritzburg United	Mandla Ncikazi	Umbro^[17]	Vacant
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Muhsin Ertuğral	Umbro^[18]	ISPS Handa^[19]
Orlando Pirates	Eric Tinkler	Adidas^[20]	Vodacom^[14]
Platinum Stars	Cavin Johnson	Acelli^[21]	The Royal Marang Hotel
Polokwane City	Kosta Papic^[22]	XCO	Vacant
SuperSport United	Gordon Igesund^[23]	Kappa^[24]	Engen Petroleum^[25]
University of Pretoria	Sammy Troughton	Umbro^[26]	WorkersLife^[27]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mamelodi Sundowns (TQ)	25	18	4	3	47	19	+28	58	Qualification for 2017 CAF Champions League
2	BV Wits	25	16	4	5	39	19	+20	52	Qualification for 2017 CAF Champions League
3	Platinum Stars	25	12	8	5	35	23	+12	44	Qualification for 2017 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Kaizer Chiefs	25	10	11	4	33	22	+11	41
5	Mpumalanga Black Aces	25	11	8	6	32	23	+9	41
6	Orlando Pirates	25	11	5	9	35	24	+11	38
7	SuperSport United	25	9	7	9	30	31	−1	34
8	Chippa United	25	10	4	11	33	37	−4	34
9	Free State Stars	25	9	6	10	25	31	−6	33
10	Ajax Cape Town	25	8	8	9	31	33	−2	32
11	Golden Arrows	25	8	6	11	21	31	−10	30
12	Bloemfontein Celtic	25	6	9	10	21	23	−2	27
13	Polokwane City	25	7	5	13	26	39	−13	26
14	Univ. of Pretoria	25	5	6	14	20	33	−13	21
15	Jomo Cosmos	25	5	5	15	16	35	−19	20	Qualification for PSL Playoff Tournament
16	Maritzburg United	25	3	8	14	29	50	−21	17	Relegation to National First Division

Updated to games played on 20 April 2016.
Source: http://www.espnfc.com/south-african-premiership/2197/table
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) playoff
(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.

Positions by round

	Leader
	2017 CAF Champions League or CAF Confederation Cup
	Relegation to National First Division or Playoff Tournament

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Mamelodi Sundowns	6	2	8	10	7	6	5	5	2	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
BV Wits	2	9	3	2	1	4	1	1	3	1	1	2	1	3	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Platinum Stars	6	11	5	4	2	1	2	2	1	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	3	3	3	3
Kaizer Chiefs	6	1	4	3	5	5	6	4	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4
Mpumalanga Black Aces	3	3	1	5	3	2	3	3	4	3	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5
Orlando Pirates	14	6	12	9	10	11	11	13	12	10	11	13	10	11	11	13	12	7	9	7	7	6	7	6	6
SuperSport United	3	3	6	8	12	13	14	11	11	12	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	12	8	11	10	11	10	10	7
Chippa United	6	15	7	11	13	9	9	10	8	8	8	9	9	7	6	6	7	6	6	6	6	7	6	7	8
Free State Stars	14	16	16	14	9	10	10	9	10	11	13	10	11	8	8	8	6	10	12	10	9	8	8	8	9
Ajax Cape Town	13	8	2	1	6	7	7	8	9	9	12	12	12	12	12	11	13	8	10	8	11	10	9	9	10
Golden Arrows	3	5	10	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	5	5	7	7	9	11	7	9	8	9	11	11	11
Bloemfontein Celtic	12	13	9	6	4	3	4	6	5	6	6	7	7	9	9	9	8	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12
Polokwane City	1	10	11	12	11	12	13	12	14	13	10	11	13	13	13	12	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Univ. of Pretoria	14	7	14	15	14	14	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	14	14
Jomo Cosmos	6	12	13	13	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	14	15	15
Maritzburg United	6	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Last updated: 20 April 2016
Source: Soccerway (French)

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of 20 April 2016

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[28]
1	Collins Mbesuma	Black Aces	13
2	Thobani Mncwango	Polokwane	12
3	Prince Nxumalo	Ajax	11
4	Khama Billiat	Mamelodi	10
4	Jeremy Brockie	SuperSport Utd	10
6	Leonardo Castro	Mamelodi	9
7	Ndumiso Mabena	Platinum	8
8	James Keene	Wits	7
8	Daine Klate	Wits	7
10	Andréa Fileccia	Free State	6
	Mpho Makola	Pirates	6
	Kingston Nkhatha	SuperSport Utd	6
	Evans Rusike	Maritzburg Utd	6

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Thobani Mncwango⁴	Polokwane City	SuperSport United	4-1^[29]	000000002016-01-16-000016 January 2016
James Keene	BV Wits	Polokwane City	5-0^[30]	000000002016-01-22-000022 January 2016
Jeremy Brockie	SuperSport United	Jomo Cosmos	2-4^[31]	000000002016-02-27-000027 February 2016

⁴ Player scored 4 goals.

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External links

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Premier Soccer League 2015–16

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