2025–26 South African Premiership

Premiership
Season2025–26
Dates9 August 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches66
Goals214 (3.24 per match)
Top goalscorerJunior Dion
(7 goals)
Biggest home winSiwelele 3–1 Lamontville Golden Arrows
Biggest away winChippa United 1–4 TS Galaxy
Chippa United 0-3 Orlando Pirates
Highest scoringChippa United 1–4 TS Galaxy
Longest winning runOrlando Pirates
6 matches
Longest unbeaten runOrlando Pirates
14 matches
Longest winless runChippa United
4 matches
Longest losing runRichards Bay
Siwelele
Orbit College
Chippa United
3 matches
2026–27
All statistics correct as of 31 August 2025.

The 2025–26 South African Premiership is the 30th consecutive season of the South African Premiership. It is known as the Betway Premiership for sponsorship reasons, and also commonly referred to as the PSL after the governing body.[1]

Mamelodi Sundowns are defending the title they have won for eight consecutive years, the streak starting in the 2017–18 season.[2]

Teams

Team changes

Increase Promoted from 2024–25 National First Division

Decrease Relegated to 2025–26 National First Division

Decrease Expelled

Purchased statuses

Orbit College and Siwelele will be playing in the Premiership for the first time. Durban City previously played as Maritzburg United.

Stadiums and locations

Stadiums

Team Location Stadium Capacity
AmaZulu Durban Moses Mabhida Stadium 55,500
Chippa United East London Buffalo City Stadium 16,000
Durban City Durban Chatsworth Stadium 22,000
Golden Arrows Umlazi King Zwelithini Stadium[8] 10,000
Kaizer Chiefs Johannesburg (Soweto) FNB Stadium 94,736
Magesi Seshego Seshego Stadium 15,000
Mamelodi Sundowns Pretoria (Marabastad) Loftus Versfeld Stadium 51,762
Marumo Gallants Bloemfontein Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium 22,000
Orbit College Rustenburg Olympia Park[9] 32,000
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
Sekhukhune United Polokwane Peter Mokaba Stadium 45,500
Siwelele Bloemfontein Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium 22,000
Stellenbosch Stellenbosch Danie Craven Stadium 16,000
TS Galaxy Mbombela Mbombela Stadium 40,929

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League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Orlando Pirates 16 12 2 2 25 5 +20 38 Qualification for CAF Champions League
2 Mamelodi Sundowns 15 9 5 1 24 7 +17 32
3 Sekhukhune United 18 9 5 4 19 10 +9 32 Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4 Kaizer Chiefs 15 8 6 1 15 6 +9 30
5 AmaZulu 16 9 3 4 15 14 +1 30
6 Durban City 17 7 4 6 15 13 +2 25
7 TS Galaxy 17 7 3 7 22 17 +5 24
8 Polokwane City 16 6 6 4 13 11 +2 24
9 Richards Bay 16 4 7 5 14 16 −2 19
10 Lamontville Golden Arrows 16 5 2 9 21 22 −1 17
11 Siwelele 16 4 5 7 9 14 −5 17
12 Stellenbosch 15 4 3 8 11 18 −7 15
13 Marumo Gallants 17 3 6 8 12 21 −9 15
14 Chippa United 17 3 6 8 10 21 −11 15
15 Orbit College 17 4 2 11 14 30 −16 14 Qualification for Playoffs
16 Magesi 15 2 5 8 10 21 −11 11 Relegation to Motsepe Foundation Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 15 February 2026. Source: Premier Soccer League


Results

Home \ Away AMA CHP DCI KZC GDA MAG MSU MGA ORB OPR PLK RBA SEK SIW STL TSG
AmaZulu 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–1
Chippa United 0–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–4
Durban City 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 2–0
Kaizer Chiefs 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–0
Lamontville Golden Arrows 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 1–3 1–0 3–1 2–1
Magesi 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Mamelodi Sundowns 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 4–1 1–0
Marumo Gallants 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1
Orbit College 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–3
Orlando Pirates 2–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0
Polokwane City 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0
Richards Bay 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–1
Sekhukhune United 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0
Siwelele 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–0
Stellenbosch 0–0 0–2 4–3 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–2
TS Galaxy 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 December 2025. Source: Flashscore
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Goals

As of 30 January 2026[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Ivory Coast Junior Dion Lamontville Golden Arrows 7
2 South Africa Bradley Grobler Sekhukhune United 6
Zimbabwe Thandolwenkosi Ngwenya AmaZulu
South Africa Iqraam Rayners Mamelodi Sundowns
5 South Africa Seluleko Mahlambi TS Galaxy 5
South Africa Langelihle Phili Stellenbosch
7 South Africa Pule Ekstein AmaZulu 4
South Africa Tashreeq Matthews Mamelodi Sundowns
South Africa Puso Dithejane TS Galaxy
Malawi

Gabadinho Mhango

Richards Bay
South Africa

Siviwe Magidigidi

Siwelele
Portugal

Flavio Silva

Kaizer Chiefs
13 South Africa Letsie Koapeng Durban City 3
South Africa

Vusumuzi Mncube

Sekhukhune United

Assists

As of 4 November 2025[12]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 South Africa Philani Khumalo Lamontville Golden Arrows 4
South Africa Tashreeq Matthews Mamelodi Sundowns
2 South Africa Keletso Makgalwa Sekhukhune United 3
South Africa Evidence Makgopa Orlando Pirates
South Africa Siyanda Mthanti Lamontville Golden Arrows
6 South Africa Oswin Appollis Orlando Pirates 2
South Africa Puso Dithejane TS Galaxy
South Africa Pule Ekstein AmaZulu
Namibia Deon Hotto Orlando Pirates
South Africa Thokozani Khumalo Lamontville Golden Arrows

See also

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