2024–25 South African Premiership

Premiership
Season2024–25
Dates14 September 2024 – May 2025
Matches played32
Goals scored62 (1.94 per match)
Top goalscorerEvidence Makgopa (4 goals)
Biggest home winSundowns 4-1 Marumo Gallants
(24 September 2024)
Biggest away winStellenbosch 0-2 Golden Arrows
Magesi FC 0-2 Polokwane City
AmaZulu 1-3 Kaizer Chiefs
TS Galaxy 0-2 Orlando Pirates (30 October 2024)
Highest scoringSundowns 4-1 Marumo Gallants
Longest winning run
7 Matches
Longest unbeaten run
7 Matches
Longest winless run3 Matches
Marumo Gallants
Longest losing run3 Matches
Marumo Gallants
Highest attendance83 381
Kaizer Chiefs v Mamelodi Sundowns
28 September 2024
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 23 October 2024.

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

Increase Promoted from 2023–24 National First Division

Decrease Relegated to 2024–25 National First Division

Purchased statuses

Stadiums and locations

Stadiums

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Location of teams in the 2024–25 Premiership.
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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Orlando Pirates 7 7 0 0 13 2 +11 21 Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Champions League
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 7 6 0 1 15 4 +11 18
3 Polokwane City 7 4 1 2 7 7 0 13 Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup
4 Stellenbosch 7 3 3 1 8 4 +4 12
5 Sekhukhune United 5 3 1 1 6 3 +3 10
6 Chippa United 7 3 1 3 7 8 −1 10
7 SuperSport United 7 2 2 3 2 5 −3 8
8 Kaizer Chiefs 5 2 1 2 8 7 +1 7
9 Royal AM 7 1 4 2 4 4 0 7
10 Golden Arrows 6 2 1 3 4 5 −1 7
11 Magesi 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2 6
12 Richards Bay 7 1 2 4 1 5 −4 5
13 Cape Town City 5 1 2 2 2 7 −5 5
14 Marumo Gallants 6 1 1 4 4 10 −6 4
15 AmaZulu 5 1 0 4 5 8 −3 3 Qualification for Playoffs
16 TS Galaxy 6 0 2 4 3 8 −5 2 Relegation to the National First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: Premier Soccer League


Results

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

Home \ Away AMA CTC CHI KZC GDA MAG MDS MRG ORL PLK RBU ROY SEK STL SSU TSG
AmaZulu — 2–0 1–3
Cape Town City — 0–0 1–0
Chippa United — 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–1
Kaizer Chiefs 3–1 — 1–2 2–1 0–1
Golden Arrows — 0–1 2–0 0–0
Magesi 2–2 — 0–2 0–0
Mamelodi Sundowns 3–0 — 4–1 2–0 2–1 2–0
Marumo Gallants 1–0 1–2 — 1–1
Orlando Pirates 2–1 2–1 — 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0
Polokwane City 2–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–1
Richards Bay 0–1 — 0–0 1–0
Royal AM 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 — 2–0
Sekhukhune United 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 —
Stellenbosch 3–0 0–2 1–0 — 1–1
SuperSport United 1–0 0–0 — 1–0
TS Galaxy 0–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 November 2024. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 30 September 2024. Source: [citation needed]
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Positions by round

To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for round 7, but then played between rounds 8 and 9, it will be added to the standings for round 8.

Qualification for the Champions League
Qualification for the Confederation Cup
Qualification for the NFD play-offs
Relegation to the National First Division
Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2024. Source: [citation needed]

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 06 November 2024[5]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 South Africa Evidence Makgopa Orlando Pirates 4
2 South Africa Iqraam Rayners Sundowns 3
Brazil Lucas Ribeiro Costa Sundowns
South Africa Mduduzi Shabalala Kaizer Chiefs
5 South Africa Ranga Chivaviro Kaizer Chiefs 2
South Africa Etiosa Ighodaro AmaZulu
Cameroon Bienvenu Eva Nga Chippa United
South Africa Andile Jali Chippa United
South Africa Mohau Nkota Orlando Pirates
South Africa Tholo Thabang Matuludi Polokwane City
South Africa Bulelani Nikani Polokwane City
South Africa Monnapule Saleng Orlando Pirates
Lesotho Motebang Sera Royal AM
Namibia Prins Tjiueza Cape Town City
14 29 Other Players 1

Clean Sheets

As of 06 November 2024[6]
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 South Africa Sipho Chaine Orlando Pirates 5
2 South AfricaXolani Ngcobo Royal AM 4
South Africa Sage Stephens Stellenbosch
3 South Africa Ricardo Goss SuperSport United 2
Namibia Edward Maova Golden Arrows
4 South Africa Ronwen Williams Mamelodi Sundowns 1
NigeriaStanley Nwabali Chippa United
Ivory Coast Badra Ali Sangare Sekhukhune United
Equatorial Guinea Manuel Sapunga Polokwane City
Uganda Jamal Salim
KenyaIan Otieno 		Richards Bay

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Magesi book promotion, but playoff picture is murky". SuperSport. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Relegated Cape Town Spurs deny Kaizer Chiefs a top-eight spot". SABC. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  4. ^ Rabothe, Tshepo (9 July 2024). "Marumo Gallants president hits back at 'status buying' criticism". FARPost. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Betway Premiership Top Scorers". supersport.com.
  6. ^ "Betway Premiership Top Scorers". supersport.com.