A unified league was first formed in South Africa for the 1996/97-season. The table is based on tables found at RSSSF. You are free to copy this document, but please state the source, i.e. Clas Glenning. TEAM S GP W D L GF GA P PD 1 Kaizer Chiefs (Johannesburg) 18 564 278 179 107 796 454 1013 2 Orlando Pirates (Johannesburg) 18 564 271 178 115 788 480 991 3 Mamelodi Sundowns (Atteridgeville) 18 564 280 149 135 793 467 989 4 SuperSport United (Pretoria) 18 564 228 181 155 760 582 865 5 Moroka Swallows (Johannesburg) 18 564 207 159 198 663 687 780 6 Bidwest Wits (Johannesburg) 17 534 184 182 170 586 556 728 7 Ajax Cape Town 15 462 177 122 163 552 555 653 8 Santos (Cape Town) 15 470 157 153 160 545 567 624 9 Bloemfontein Celtic 15 470 161 135 174 531 559 615 -3 10 Free State Stars (Bethlehem) 14 444 141 155 148 494 495 578 11 Jomo Cosmos (Johannesburg) 14 444 131 159 154 443 466 552 12 Lamontville Golden Arrows 14 428 133 121 174 472 523 520 13 AmaZulu (Durban) 14 440 119 128 193 441 583 485 14 Platinum Stars (Rustenburg) 11 330 113 101 116 374 366 437 -3 15 Manning Rangers (Durban) 9 294 114 73 107 416 408 415 16 Thanda Royal Zulu (Durban) 11 354 103 95 156 401 485 404 17 Umtata Bush Bucks (East London) 9 294 97 78 119 361 430 369 18 Black Leopards (Thohoyandou) 9 274 79 69 126 322 422 306 19 Maritzburg United (Pietermaritzburg) 7 210 56 68 86 209 294 236 20 Dynamos (Polokwane) 5 154 36 49 69 147 219 157 21 Cape Town Spurs 3 102 38 30 34 143 130 144 22 Thembisa Classic (Kempton Park) 4 132 31 39 62 122 200 132 23 African Wanderers (Durban) 4 132 28 30 74 133 234 114 24 Vaal Professionals (Sebokeng) 3 102 23 26 53 112 167 95 25 Ria Stars (Polokwane) 2 68 24 22 22 85 87 94 26 Mpumalanga Black Aces 3 90 21 21 48 73 124 84 27 Pretoria University 2 60 18 21 21 59 57 75 28 Real Rovers (Mahwelereng) 2 68 16 19 33 69 96 67 29 Seven Stars (Cape Town) 1 34 15 7 12 40 41 52 30 Polokwane City 2 60 12 13 35 57 99 49 31 Warriors (Phuthaditjhaba) 1 34 10 5 19 32 50 35 32 Vasco da Gama (Cape Town) 1 30 7 9 14 35 47 30 33 Chippa United (Nyanga) 1 30 6 10 14 28 41 28 34 Witbank Aces 1 34 4 7 23 26 72 19 35 Mother City (Cape Town) 1 34 2 4 28 22 85 10Notes
1996/97: One more win than loss and odd number of draws. 1999/2000: Two more goals scored than conceded. 2000/01: Bloemfontein Celtic had three points deducted for fielding an inelligible player. 2002/03: Before this season Ria Stars and Free State Stars were bought out (!) to reduce fixture congestion. Why just these two is unknown. 2003/04: Silver Stars had three points deducted for fielding an inelligible player. AmaZulu prev. Zulu Royals. Ajax Cape Town = merger of Seven Stars and Cape Town Spurs. Bidwest Wits prev. Wits University. Free State Stars prev. Qwa Qwa Stars. Platinum Stars prev. Silver Stars. Thanda Royal Zulu prev. Hellenic and Benoni Premier United, respectively; from Cape Town. Umtata Bush Bucks prev. Umtata Bucks and Bush Bucks, respectively. Warriors later on called African Warriors. Polokwane City prev. Bay United (Port Elizabeth).
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