The 2019–20 South African Premiership season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons, and also commonly referred to as the PSL after the governing body) was the 24th season of the Premiership since its establishment in 1996. The season began in August 2019 and concluded in September 2020. Mamelodi Sundowns were the two-time defending champions. This season's winner will qualify for the 2020–21 CAF Champions League along with the second-placed team. The 3rd placed team and Nedbank Cup winners qualify for the CAF Confederation Cup.
The season was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It resumed on 11 August 2020 after more than three months of suspension. Mamelodi Sundowns won the title in the last day of the competition, they beat Kaizer Chiefs who were leading for more than half of the season. Mamelodi Sundowns won their third consecutive title and their 10th title overall. This was the last season sponsored by ABSA.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2018–19 season.
To National First Division Relegated from 2018–19 South African Premier Division Free State Stars
From National First Division Promoted to 2019–20 Premiership Stellenbosch
Teams
Stadium and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity AmaZulu Durban King Goodwill Zwelithini Stadium 10,000BarokaPolokwane Peter Mokaba Stadium 45,500Black Leopards Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 40,000 Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium 22,000Cape Town CityCape Town Cape Town Stadium 55,000Chippa UnitedPort Elizabeth Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium 48,459Lamontville Golden ArrowsDurban(Lamontville)Princess Magogo Stadium 12,000 Highlands Park Johannesburg Makhulong Stadium 13,500 Kaizer ChiefsJohannesburg FNB Stadium 94,736Mamelodi SundownsPretoria (Marabastad) Loftus Versfeld Stadium 51,762Maritzburg UnitedPietermaritzburgHarry Gwala Stadium 12,000 Orlando PiratesJohannesburg Orlando Stadium 37,139Polokwane CityPolokwane Peter Mokaba Stadium 45,500StellenboschStellenboschCoetzenburg Stadium 8,000SuperSport UnitedPretoriaLucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900Bidvest WitsJohannesburg Bidvest Stadium 5,000
Number of teams by province PositionProvinceNumberTeams 1Gauteng6Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, SuperSport United, Bidvest Wits and Highlands Park2KwaZulu-Natal3Maritzburg United, Lamontville Golden Arrows and AmaZuluLimpopoPolokwane City, Baroka and Black Leopards3Western Cape2Cape Town City and Stellenbosch 4Free State1Bloemfontein Celtic 5Eastern Cape1Chippa United
League table
Results
Position by round
Statistics
Top goal scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Gabadinho MhangoOrlando Pirates16 Peter ShalulileHighlands Park3 Bradley GroblerSuperSport United13 Samir NurkovicKaizer Chiefs Knox MutizwaGolden Arrows Bongi Ntuli AmaZulu Kermit ErasmusCape Town City8 Themba ZwaneMamelodi Sundowns119 Ndumiso MabenaBloemfontein Celtic9 Mwape MusondaBlack Leopards
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Charlton Mashumba Polokwane City Cape Town City 3–5 (A) 6 November 2019 Samir Nurkovic Kaizer Chiefs Bloemfontein Celtic 5–3 (H) 7 December 2019 Gabadinho Mhango Orlando Pirates Polokwane City 4–1 (A) 7 January 2020 Fagrie Lakay Cape Town City Golden Arrows 4–1 (A) 29 August 2020 Lebohang Maboe Mamelodi Sundowns Black Leopards 3–0 (H)5 September 2020
Top assists Rank Player Club Assists1 Lebogang ManyamaKaizer Chiefs9 Bradley RalaniCape Town City3 Iqraam RaynersStellenbosch8Themba ZwaneMamelodi Sundowns5 Lindokuhle MbathaHighlands Park7 Sibusiso VilakaziMamelodi Sundowns7 Menzi MasukuBloemfontein Celtic6 Samir NurkovicKaizer Chiefs9 Tebogo PotsaneBloemfontein Celtic5 Teboho MokoenaSuperSport United Lesedi KapingaBlack Leopards Jabulani MalulekePolokwane City
Clean sheets Rank Player name Club playing for Clean Sheets1 Ronwen WilliamsSuperSport United132 Wayne SandilandsOrlando Pirates123 Richard OforiMaritzburg United11 Veli MothwaChippa United5 Elvis ChipezezeBaroka9 Ricardo GossBidvest Wits Daniel AkpeyiKaizer Chiefs8 Dennis OnyangoMamelodi Sundowns8 Peter LeeuwenburghCape Town City10 Kennedy MweeneMamelodi Sundowns7
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 11 N.Makhubela(Lamontville Golden Arrows)
Most red cards: 1 16 players
Club Most yellow cards: 72 AmaZulu
Most red cards: 3 Baroka Chippa United
Monthly Awards MonthPlayer of the monthCoach of the monthGoal of the month Player Club Player Club Player Club August Bradley Grobler SuperSport United Ernst Middendorp Kaizer Chiefs Hlompho Kekana Mamelodi Sundowns September/October Daniel Akpeyi Kaizer Chiefs Ernst Middendorp Kaizer Chiefs Thabo Nodada Cape Town City November Sipho Mbule SuperSport United Ernst Middendorp Kaizer Chiefs Dumisani Zuma Kaizer ChiefsDecember Gift MotupaBidvest Wits Pitso MosimaneMamelodi Sundowns Samir NurkovićKaizer ChiefsJanuary Gabadinho MhangoOrlando Pirates Josef ZinnbauerOrlando Pirates Gabadinho MhangoOrlando PiratesFebruary/March Daylon ClaasenMaritzburg United Eric TinklerMaritzburg United Lebogang ManyamaKaizer Chiefs
Attendances Source:
No. Club Average Total 1 Kaizer Chiefs 16,144 242,161 2 Orlando Pirates 13,642 204,624 3 Bloemfontein Celtic 8,572 128,578 4 Black Leopards 8,449 126,735 5 Mamelodi Sundowns 6,600 98,996 6 Chippa United 6,055 90,820 7 SuperSport United 4,619 69,278 8 Maritzburg United 4,266 63,997 9 Golden Arrows 3,919 58,784 10 AmaZulu FC 3,912 58,679 11 Highlands Park 3,443 51,641 12 Cape Town City FC 3,240 48,597 13 Stellenbosch FC 2,890 43,346 14 Baroka FC 2,742 41,130 15 Bidvest Wits 2,344 35,162 16 Polokwane City FC 2,221 33,310
See also 2019 MTN 8 2019 Telkom Knockout 2019–20 Nedbank Cup 2019–20 National First Division
References