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The 2018–19 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. The season began in August 2018 and concluded in May 2019. Mamelodi Sundowns are the champions.
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 4 August 2018 – 11 May 2019 |
Champions | Mamelodi Sundowns (9th title) |
Relegated | Free State Stars |
Champions League | Mamelodi Sundowns Orlando Pirates |
Confederation Cup | Bidvest Wits TS Galaxy |
Matches played | 240 |
Goals scored | 542 (2.26 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mwape Musonda (16 goals) |
Biggest home win | Cape Town City F.C. 5–0 Free State Stars (16 January 2019) |
Biggest away win | Cape Town City F.C. 1–4 Kaizer Chiefs (15 September 2018) |
Highest scoring | AmaZulu 3–3 Mamelodi Sundowns (16 September 2018) Orlando Pirates 4–2 Chippa United F.C. (8 January 2019) Polokwane City 3–3 Bidvest Wits (20 January 2019) Bloemfontein Celtic 2–4 Bidvest Wits (15 March 2019) |
Longest winning run | Mamelodi Sundowns (5 games) |
Longest unbeaten run | Mamelodi Sundowns (15 games) |
Longest winless run | Baroka (9 games) |
Longest losing run | Black Leopards (3 games) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 11 May 2019. |
The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.
Relegated from 2017-18 South African Premier Division
Promoted to 2018–19 South African Premier Division
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity[1] |
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AmaZulu | Durban (Durban North) | King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium | 10,000 |
Polokwane City | Polokwane | Peter Mokaba Stadium | 45,500 |
Black Leopards | Thohoyandou | Thohoyandou Stadium | 40,000 |
Mamelodi Sundowns | Pretoria (Marabastad) | Loftus Versfeld Stadium | 51,762 |
Maritzburg United | Pietermaritzburg | Harry Gwala Stadium | 12,000 |
SuperSport United | Pretoria | Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium | 28,900 |
Chippa United | Port Elizabeth | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium | 48,459 |
Golden Arrows | Durban(Lamontville) | Princess Magogo Stadium | 12,000 |
Baroka | Polokwane | Peter Mokaba Stadium | 45,500 |
Bidvest | Johannesburg (Braamfontein) | Bidvest Stadium | 5,000 |
Highlands Park | Johannesburg | Balfour Park Stadium | 13,500 |
Cape Town City | Cape Town (Green Point) | Cape Town Stadium | 55,000 |
Bloemfontein Celtic | Bloemfontein | Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium | 22,000 |
Kaizer Chiefs | Johannesburg (Soweto) | FNB Stadium | 94,736 |
Free State Stars | Bethlehem | Goble Park | 20,000 |
Orlando Pirates | Johannesburg (Soweto) | Orlando Stadium | 37,139 |
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure |
Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
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Baroka | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 12 May 2018[2] | Pre-season | ![]() |
30 May 2018[3] |
Celtic | ![]() |
14 June 2018[4] | ![]() |
20 June 2018[5] | ||
Polokwane | ![]() |
Retained as assistant coach | 27 June 2018[6] | ![]() |
27 June 2018[7] | |
Kaizer Chiefs | ![]() |
Resigned | 21 April 2018[8] | ![]() |
13 July 2018[9] |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
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1 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 59 | Qualification for Champions League |
2 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 57 | |
3 | Bidvest Wits | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 45 | 29 | +16 | 54 | Qualification for Confederation Cup |
4 | Cape Town City | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 47 | 35 | +12 | 48 | |
5 | Polokwane City | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 44 | |
6 | SuperSport United | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 44 | |
7 | Highlands Park | 30 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 32 | +3 | 41 | |
8 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 40 | |
9 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 39 | |
10 | Golden Arrows | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 36 | |
11 | AmaZulu FC | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 31[lower-alpha 2] | |
12 | Chippa United | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 30 | |
13 | Black Leopards | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 30 | |
14 | Baroka FC | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 37 | −10 | 29 | |
15 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 27 | Qualification for Playoff Tournament |
16 | Free State Stars | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 27 | Relegation to National First Division |
Home \ Away | AMA | BAR | BID | BLA | BFC | CTC | CPU | FSS | LGA | HIG | KAI | MAM | MAR | ORL | POL | SSU |
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AmaZulu F.C. | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
Baroka F.C. | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
Bidvest Wits | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
Black Leopards | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
Bloemfontein Celtic | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | — | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
Cape Town City | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
Chippa United | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Free State Stars | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
Golden Arrows | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
Highlands Park | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
Kaizer Chiefs | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
Mamelodi Sundowns | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
Maritzburg United | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
Orlando Pirates | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | 3–1 |
Polokwane City | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | — | 1–1 |
SuperSport United | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
Rank | Player | Club | Clean Sheets |
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1 | ![]() | Bloemfontein Celtic F.C. | 11 |
1 | ![]() | SuperSport United | 10 |
3 | ![]() | Bidvest Wits F.C. | 9 |
3 | ![]() | AmaZulu F.C. | 9 |
5 | ![]() |
Maritzburg United | 7 |
5 | ![]() | Cape Town City F.C. | 7 |
7 | ![]() | Golden Arrows | 6 |
7 | ![]() | Kaizer Chiefs F.C. | 6 |
7 | ![]() | Kaizer Chiefs F.C. | 6 |
7 | ![]() | Polokwane City F.C. | 6 |
Player | Club | Score | Opponent | Venue | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Black Leopards | 3–2 | Chippa United F.C. | Thohoyandou Stadium, Thohoyandou | 10 March 2019 |
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