2024–25 South African Premiership

Premiership

Season	2024–25
Dates	14 September 2024 – May 2025
Matches played	34
Goals scored	70 (2.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Iqraam Rayners (9 goals)
Biggest home win	Orlando Pirates 8-1 Marumo Gallants (24 December 2024)
Biggest away win	Stellenbosch 0-2 Golden Arrows Magesi FC 0-2 Polokwane City AmaZulu 1-3 Kaizer Chiefs TS Galaxy 0-2 Orlando Pirates (30 October 2024) Richards Bay 1-3 AmaZulu(30 November 2024)
Highest scoring	Orlando Pirates 8-1 Marumo Gallants
Longest winning run	7 Matches Orlando Pirates
Longest unbeaten run	7 Matches Orlando Pirates
Longest winless run	3 Matches Marumo Gallants
Longest losing run	3 Matches Marumo Gallants
Highest attendance	83,381 Kaizer Chiefs v Mamelodi Sundowns 28 September 2024
← 2023–24 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

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

Johannesburg

Polokwane

Richards Bay

AmaZulu

Chippa United

Golden Arrows

Mamelodi Sundowns

SuperSport United

Royal AM

Cape Town City

TS Galaxy

Stellenbosch

Johannesburg teams
Kaizer Chiefs
Orlando Pirates

Polokwane teams
Magesi
Marumo Gallants
Polokwane City
Sekhukhune United

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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 Athlone Stadium	55,000, 36,000
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	Bloemfontein	Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium	22,000
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Orlando Stadium	37,139
Polokwane City	Polokwane	Old Peter Mokaba Stadium	15,000
Richards Bay	Richards Bay	King Zwelithini Stadium	10,000
Royal AM	Pietermaritzburg	Harry Gwala Stadium	12,000
Sekhukhune United	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Stellenbosch	Stellenbosch	Danie Craven Stadium	16,000
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	Mamelodi Sundowns	10	9	0	1	20	4	+16	27	Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Champions League
2	Orlando Pirates	9	8	0	1	21	4	+17	24
3	Polokwane City	11	6	2	3	11	9	+2	20	Qualification for 2025–26 CAF Confederation Cup
4	Stellenbosch	9	4	3	2	9	5	+4	15
5	SuperSport United	11	4	3	4	4	6	−2	15
6	Chippa United	10	4	2	4	9	9	0	14
7	Golden Arrows	9	4	1	4	10	10	0	13
8	Sekhukhune United	8	4	1	3	8	9	−1	13
9	Kaizer Chiefs	9	3	3	3	13	13	0	12
10	Cape Town City	9	3	2	4	6	11	−5	11
11	TS Galaxy	10	2	4	4	9	11	−2	10
12	Marumo Gallants	10	3	1	6	9	20	−11	10
13	AmaZulu	9	3	0	6	10	12	−2	9
14	Royal AM	10	1	5	4	9	11	−2	8
15	Richards Bay	11	2	2	7	4	11	−7	8	Qualification for Playoffs
16	Magesi	9	1	3	5	4	11	−7	6	Relegation to the National First Division

Updated to match(es) played on 24 December 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			0–1					2–1
Cape Town City		—				0–0				1–0					1–0
Chippa United		0–1	—		2–0	2–0					1–0			0–2	0–0	2–1
Kaizer Chiefs	3–1			—			1–2	2–1			2–1	2–2			0–1
Golden Arrows		3–2			—	0–1		2–0			0–1				0–0
Magesi				2–2		—				0–2		0–0
Mamelodi Sundowns		3–0					—	4–1		2–0		2–1	3–0		2–0
Marumo Gallants	1–0			1–2		3–1		—								1–1
Orlando Pirates	2–1		2–1					8–1	—	3–0	1–0			0–1	2–0	2–0
Polokwane City	2–1			2–0			1–0	1–0		—				1–1	1–1	1–1
Richards Bay	1–3								0–1		—			0–0	0–1	1–0
Royal AM		1–1			2–3	0–0				0–1	0–0	—	2–0
Sekhukhune United		1–0	1–1		2–0	1–0					2–0		—			1–3
Stellenbosch		3–0			0–2		0–1	1–0						—		1–1
SuperSport United				1–0		1–0		0–1				0–0			—	1–0
TS Galaxy	1–0								0–2							—

Updated to match(es) played on 24 December 2024. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5
AmaZulu	L	L	L
Cape Town City	D	L	W
Chippa United	L	W	D	W
Kaizer Chiefs	W	W	L
Golden Arrows	W	W	L	L
Magesi	L	L	W	D
Mamelodi Sundowns	W	W	W
Marumo Gallants	L	L	L	W
Orlando Pirates	W	W	W	W	W
Polokwane City	W	W	L	D
Richards Bay	W	L	D	L
Royal AM	D	D	D	D
Sekhukhune United	W	D	W
Stellenbosch	L	W	D
SuperSport United	L	D	W	L
TS Galaxy	L	L	L

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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2
Golden Arrows	1
Mamelodi Sundowns	2
Kaizer Chiefs	3
Orlando Pirates	4
Polokwane City	5
Richards Bay	6
Sekhukhune United	7
Cape Town City	8
Royal AM	9
AmaZulu	10
Chippa United	11
Marumo Gallants	12
Magesi	13
TS Galaxy	14
Stellenbosch	15
SuperSport United	16

	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	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	29 Other Players		1

Clean Sheets

As of 06 November 2024[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

References

1. Ngidi, Njabulo. "Betway bets on PSL with R900 million sponsorship: 'We don't chase away anybody,' says Khoza". Sport. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
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.