2024–25 South African Premiership Explained

The 2024–25 South African Premiership is the 29th consecutive season of the South African Premiership. It is known as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship reasons, after the premature end of the sponsorship from the league's previous sponsor, DSTV.^[1] The season will run from 14 September 2024 and will be concluded in May 2025. Mamelodi Sundowns are defending champions and will defend their title after winning it in 7 consecutive seasons starting from 2017-18 season.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2023–24 National First Division

• Magesi^[2]

Relegated to 2024–25 National First Division

• Cape Town Spurs^[3]

Purchased statuses

• Marumo Gallants purchased their status from Moroka Swallows^[4]

Stadiums and locations

Stadiums

!Team!Location!Stadium!Capacity

AmaZulu	Durban	Moses Mabhida Stadium	55,500
Cape Town City	Cape Town	Cape Town Stadium	55,000
Chippa United	Gqeberha	Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium	48,459
Golden Arrows	Durban (Clermont)	Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium	12,000
Kaizer Chiefs	Johannesburg (Soweto)	FNB Stadium	94,736
Magesi	Moletši	TT Cholo Sports Ground	15,000
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pretoria (Marabastad)	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	51,762
Marumo Gallants	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Orlando Stadium	37,139
Polokwane City	Polokwane	Old Peter Mokaba Stadium	15,000
Richards Bay	Richards Bay	Richards Bay Stadium	8,000
Royal AM	Chatsworth	Chatsworth Stadium	6,500
Sekhukhune United	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	Danie Craven Stadium	8,000
SuperSport United	Pretoria (Atteridgeville)	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	28,900
TS Galaxy	Mbombela	Mbombela Stadium	40,929

League Table

Results

Each team plays each other twice (30 matches each), once at home and once away.

Positions by round

Statistics

Top scorers

^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Evidence Makgopa	Orlando Pirates	4
2	Iqraam Rayners	Sundowns	3
	Lucas Ribeiro Costa	Sundowns
	Mduduzi Shabalala	Kaizer Chiefs
5	Ranga Chivaviro	Kaizer Chiefs	2
	Etiosa Ighodaro	AmaZulu
	Bienvenu Eva Nga	Chippa United
	Andile Jali	Chippa United
	Mohau Nkota	Orlando Pirates
	Tholo Thabang Matuludi	Polokwane City
	Bulelani Nikani	Polokwane City
	Monnapule Saleng	Orlando Pirates
	Motebang Sera	Royal AM
	Prins Tjiueza	Cape Town City
14	align=center colspan=2	29 Other Players	1

Clean Sheets

^[6]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean Sheets
1	Sipho Chaine	Orlando Pirates	5
2	Xolani Ngcobo	Royal AM	4
	Sage Stephens	Stellenbosch
3	Ricardo Goss	SuperSport United	2
	Edward Maova	Golden Arrows
4	Ronwen Williams	Mamelodi Sundowns	1
	Stanley Nwabali	Chippa United
	Badra Ali Sangare	Sekhukhune United
	Manuel Sapunga	Polokwane City
	Jamal Salim Ian Otieno	Richards Bay

See also

• 2024–25 National First Division

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ngidi . Njabulo . Betway bets on PSL with R900 million sponsorship: 'We don't chase away anybody,' says Khoza . 2024-08-09 . Sport . en-US.
2. Web site: Magesi book promotion, but playoff picture is murky . 2024-07-08 . SuperSport . en.
3. Web site: 2024-05-25 . Relegated Cape Town Spurs deny Kaizer Chiefs a top-eight spot . 2024-07-08 . SABC . en.
4. Web site: Rabothe . Tshepo . 2024-07-09 . Marumo Gallants president hits back at 'status buying' criticism . 2024-07-16 . FARPost . en-ZA.
5. Web site: Betway Premiership Top Scorers. supersport.com.
6. Web site: Betway Premiership Top Scorers. supersport.com.