2025–26 South African Premiership

Betway Premiership
Season2025–26
Dates9 August 2025 – 23 May 2026
Matches152
Goals296 (1.95 per match)
Top goalscorerJunior Dion
(11 goals)
Biggest home winMamelodi Sundowns 4–1 Richards Bay
Biggest away winChippa United 1–4 TS Galaxy
Chippa United 0-3 Orlando Pirates
Kaizer Chiefs 0-3 Orlando Pirates
Highest scoringChippa United 1–4 TS Galaxy
Mamelodi Sundowns 4-1 Richards Bay
Longest winning runMamelodi Sundowns
8 matches
Longest unbeaten runOrlando Pirates
14 matches
Longest winless runMagesi
10 matches
Longest losing runTS Galaxy
4 matches
Highest attendance87 436 (Kaizer Chiefs 0-3 Orlando Pirates)
2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of 2 March 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

Promoted from 2024–25 National First Division

Relegated to 2025–26 National First Division

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

Location of teams in the 2025–26 Premiership.
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 Mamelodi Sundowns 21 15 5 1 37 11 +26 50 Qualification for CAF Champions League
2 Orlando Pirates 21 15 3 3 34 9 +25 48
3 Sekhukhune United 21 9 7 5 21 14 +7 34 Qualification for CAF Confederation Cup
4 AmaZulu 21 10 4 7 21 19 +2 34
5 Kaizer Chiefs 19 9 6 4 17 12 +5 33
6 Durban City 21 9 5 7 19 15 +4 32
7 Polokwane City 20 7 8 5 16 13 +3 29
8 TS Galaxy 21 7 4 10 24 23 +1 25
9 Lamontville Golden Arrows 21 7 4 10 27 26 +1 25
10 Stellenbosch 21 6 7 8 17 22 −5 25
11 Siwelele 20 5 8 7 11 15 −4 23
12 Richards Bay 21 5 8 8 16 23 −7 23
13 Chippa United 21 4 8 9 16 26 −10 20
14 Marumo Gallants 21 4 6 11 17 31 −14 18
15 Orbit College 21 5 3 13 16 35 −19 18 Qualification for Playoffs
16 Magesi 21 2 8 11 13 28 −15 14 Relegation to Motsepe Foundation Championship
Updated to match(es) played on 17 March 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 0–3 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 2 March 2026[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Junior Dion Lamontville Golden Arrows 9
2 Bradley Grobler Sekhukhune United 8
Iqraam Rayners Mamelodi Sundowns
4 Langelihle Phili Stellenbosch 7
5 Thandolwenkosi Ngwenya AmaZulu 6
6 Seluleko Mahlambi TS Galaxy 5
Flávio Silva Kaizer Chiefs
Patrick Maswanganyi Orlando Pirates
9 Puso Dithejane TS Galaxy 4

Gabadinho Mhango

Richards Bay

Siviwe Magidigidi

Siwelele

Evidence Makgopa

Orlando Pirates
Yanela Mbuthuma Orlando Pirates

Brayan León

Mamelodi Sundowns
Siyanda Mthanti Lamontville Golden Arrows
Pule Ekstein AmaZulu
Tashreeq Matthews Mamelodi Sundowns

Assists

As of 11 March 2026[12]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Philani Khumalo Lamontville Golden Arrows 5
Deon Hotto Orlando Pirates
Relebohile Mofokeng Orlando Pirates
Siyanda Ndlovu Lamontville Golden Arrows
5 Oswin Appollis Orlando Pirates 4
Puso Dithejane TS Galaxy
Katlego Otladisa Marumo Gallants
Keletso Makgalwa Sekhukhune United
Devin Titus Stellenbosch
Tashreeq Matthews Mamelodi Sundowns
11 Jerome Karelse Lamontville Golden Arrows 3
Puleng Marema Polokwane City
Monnapule Saleng Mamelodi Sundowns/Orbit College
Shaune Mogaila Sekhukhune United
Junior Zindoga TS Galaxy
Evidence Makgopa Orlando Pirates
Arthur Sales Mamelodi Sundowns
Aubrey Modiba Mamelodi Sundowns
Hendrick Ekstein AmaZulu
Seluleko Mahlambi TS Galaxy

See also

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