Football league season
Season | 1979 |
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Champions | Kaizer Chiefs |
← 1978 1980 → |
The 1979 National Professional Soccer League was the second season of the multi-racial South African National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). The league was a merger of the previous NPSL, which due to the country's apartheid policies were for black teams only, and the National Football League, for white teams only. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.
The year saw Keith Broad joining Orlando Pirates to become the first white player to play for a black team.
The third professional league, the Federation Professional League, for Indian and coloured South Africans, continued to function independently.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Kaizer Chiefs | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 58 | 21 | +37 | 54 |
2 | Arcadia Shepherds | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 72 | 29 | +43 | 52 |
3 | Highlands Park | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 64 | 26 | +38 | 51 |
4 | Hellenic | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 20 | +33 | 49 |
5 | Dynamos | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 62 | 33 | +29 | 46 |
6 | Durban City | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 45 |
7 | Cape Town City | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 58 | 38 | +20 | 41 |
8 | Witbank Black Aces | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 36 |
9 | Orlando Pirates | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 34 |
10 | Moroka Swallows | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 49 | 43 | +6 | 29 |
11 | Pretoria Callies | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 36 | 49 | −13 | 29 |
12 | AmaZulu | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 29 |
13 | Wits University | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 28 |
14 | Lusitano | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 25 |
15 | Benoni United | 34 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 33 | 60 | −27 | 21 |
16 | Welkom Real Hearts | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 30 | 60 | −30 | 19 |
17 | Vaal Professionals (R) | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 70 | −49 | 15 |
18 | African Wanderers (R) | 34 | 2 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 97 | −84 | 6 |
(R) Relegated
References
- "South Africa 1979". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- "Pirates can move ahead of Downs on all-time titles list". SowetanLIVE. Archived from the original on 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
- "Football in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012". www.sahistory.org.za. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
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