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2010–11 South African Premiership

Field	Value
competition	Premiership
season	2010–11
winners	Orlando Pirates
3rd Premiership title
relegated	Mpumalanga Black Aces
continentalcup1	[CAF Champions League](2012-caf-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Orlando Pirates
continentalcup2	[CAF Confederation Cup](2012-caf-confederation-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Black Leopards F.C. (via [2011 Nedbank Cup](2010-11-nedbank-cup))
league topscorer	Knowledge Musona (15 Goals)
biggest home win	Bidvest Wits 6–0 Vasco da Gama
(6 February 2011)
biggest away win	Moroka Swallows 0–4 AmaZulu
(23 January 2011)
highest scoring	Mamelodi Sundowns 4–4 Ajax Cape Town
(6 April 2011)
Vasco da Gama 3–5 Platinum Stars
(30 April 2011)
matches	240
total goals	602
average attendance	3,829
prevseason	[2009–10](2009-10-south-african-premiership)
nextseason	[2011–12](2011-12-premier-soccer-league)

3rd Premiership title (6 February 2011) (23 January 2011) (6 April 2011) Vasco da Gama 3–5 Platinum Stars (30 April 2011)

The 2010–11 South African Premiership, known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and also commonly referred to as the PSL after the governing body, was the fifteenth season of the Premiership since its establishment in 1996.

Supersport United were the defending champions, having won their third Premiership title the previous season. The campaign began on 27 August 2010 and ended on 21 May 2011. A total of 16 teams contested the league, 15 of which already contested in the 2009–10 season and one of which was promoted from the National First Division.

Orlando Pirates secured the title with a 2–1 win against Golden Arrows on 21 May 2011. This was their third Premiership title. At the bottom, Mpumalanga Black Aces was relegated to the First Division while Vasco da Gama contested the relegation playoffs and failed to secure its premier league status.

The Soweto Derby on 26 February 2011 attracted the highest crowd with 92,515. The second-highest crowd was the Soweto Derby on 13 November 2011 with 74,875.

Team information

Stadia and locations

Some of the teams rotated between several home venues during the season.

The table below list the stadium mostly picked as home venue, for each team.

At the bottom of the table, a purple template show all home venues during the season.

Team	Location of training field	Province	Home venue
Ajax Cape Town	Cape Town (Parow)	Western Cape	Cape Town Stadium
AmaZulu	Durban (Durban North)	Kwazulu-Natal	Moses Mabhida Stadium
Bidvest Wits	Johannesburg (Braamfontein)	Gauteng	Bidvest Stadium
Bloemfontein Celtic	Bloemfontein	Free State	Seisa Ramabodu Stadium
Free State Stars	Bethlehem	Free State	Goble Park
Golden Arrows	Durban (Chatsworth)	Kwazulu-Natal	Chatsworth Stadium
Kaizer Chiefs	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pretoria (Atteridgeville)	Gauteng	Lucas Moripe Stadium
Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg	Kwazulu-Natal	Harry Gwala Stadium
Moroka Swallows	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	Dobsonville Stadium
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Puma Stadium (Atlantic Stadium)
Orlando Pirates	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	Orlando Stadium
Platinum Stars	Rustenburg (Phokeng)	North West	Royal Bafokeng Stadium
Santos	Cape Town (Lansdowne)	Western Cape	Athlone Stadium
Supersport United	Pretoria (Atteridgeville)	Gauteng	Lucas Moripe Stadium
Vasco da Gama	Cape Town (Parow)	Western Cape	Athlone Stadium

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Manager	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town	Foppe de Haan	Adidas	MTN
AmaZulu	Manqoba Mngqithi	Adidas	SPAR
Bidvest Wits	Roger De Sa	Hummel	Bidvest
Bloemfontein Celtic	Clinton Larsen	Reebok	MTN
Free State Stars	Steve Komphela	Umbro	Bonitas
Golden Arrows	Ernst Middendorp	Millé	MTN
Kaizer Chiefs	Vladimir Vermezović	Nike	Vodacom
Mamelodi Sundowns	Ian Gorowa	Nike	Ubuntu Botho
Maritzburg United	Ian Palmer	Hummel
Moroka Swallows	Gordon Igesund	Puma	VW
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Mark Harrison	Umbro	Lakama
Orlando Pirates	Ruud Krol	Adidas	Vodacom
Platinum Stars	Owen Da Gama	Puma	Royal Bafokeng
Santos	Boebie Solomons	Canterbury	Engen
Supersport United	Gavin Hunt	Under Armour	DStv
Vasco da Gama	Carlos das Neves	Umbro	Nolands Accountants

Managerial changes

The table below, list all managerial changes happening In-season.

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Position in table
Free State Stars	Sunday Marimo	Mutual consent		9th	Steve Komphela		9th
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Akis Agiomamitis	Sacked		16th	Neil Tovey		16th
Moroka Swallows	Rainer Zobel	Sacked		16th	Gordon Igesund		16th
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Neil Tovey	Sacked		15th	Paul Dolezar		15th
Mamelodi Sundowns	Antonio López Habas	Sacked	{{cite news	title=Habas: Yes, I have left	publisher=Kick Off	date=5 February 2011	access-date=8 February 2011}}	2nd	Ian Gorowa
Mpumalanga Black Aces	Paul Dolezar	Sacked		16th	Mark Harrison		16th
Maritzburg United	Ernst Middendorp	Sacked	{{cite news	title=Maritzburg fire Middendorp	publisher=Kick Off	date=12 March 2011	access-date=12 March 2011}}	14th	Ian Palmer
Golden Arrows	Zoran Filipovic	Sacked	{{cite news	title=Middendorp takes the reins at Arrows	publisher=Kick Off	date=21 March 2011	access-date=21 March 2011}}	11th	Ernst Middendorp	{{cite news	title=Middendorp named Golden Arrows coach

League table

Black Leopards qualified for the 2012 CAF Confederation Cup as the 2010–11 Nedbank Cup runner-up.

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 21 May 2011

Rank	Player	Club
Knowledge Musona	Kaizer Chiefs
Lehlohonolo Majoro	AmaZulu
Nyasha Mushekwi	Mamelodi Sundowns
Katlego Mphela	Mamelodi Sundowns	13
Bradley Grobler	Platinum Stars
Diyo Sibisi	Maritzburg United
Sibusiso Zuma	Vasco
Collins Mbesuma	Golden Arrows
Thulani Serero	Ajax Cape Town
Thembinkosi Fanteni	Ajax Cape Town
Erwin Isaacs	Santos

Last updated: 21 May 2011

Source: Premier Soccer League

References

(6 February 2011). "Wits thrash Vasco". [[Premier Soccer League.
(23 January 2011). "AmaZulu stun Swallows". [[Premier Soccer League.
(6 April 2011). "Downs Ajax share eight goal blitz". [[Premier Soccer League.
(30 April 2011). "Defeat leaves Vasco in trouble". [[Premier Soccer League.
"A bumper start to the Absa Premiership".
"2010–11 Fixture List".
(21 May 2011). "Pirates win Absa Premiership title". [[Premier Soccer League.
(29 April 2011). "Aces looking for companions in their woes". [[Premier Soccer League.
(21 May 2011). "Vasco to contest playoffs". [[Premier Soccer League.
(8 June 2011). "Vasco secure a draw with Leopards". [[Premier Soccer League.
(11 June 2011). "Leopards relegate Vasco". [[Premier Soccer League.
https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/fan-park/soweto-derby-attendance-record-for-the-last-five-years-20150303
(21 September 2010). "Chidzambga: 'No interference'". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(20 September 2010). "Komphela back at Stars". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(21 September 2010). "Aces fire coach". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(23 September 2010). "Internationals apply for Aces' job". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(30 September 2010). "Tovey takes over at Aces". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(28 November 2010). "Prins confirms Zobel departure". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(28 November 2010). "Sacked Zobel speaks out". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(29 November 2010). "Igesund officially named Birds coach". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(24 December 2010). "Aces fire Tovey". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(30 December 2010). "Aces go for Dolezar". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(5 February 2011). "Sundowns and Habas part ways". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(22 February 2011). "Paul Dolezar has been booted out by Mpumalanga Black Aces". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(22 February 2011). "Sundowns and Habas part ways". [[Kick Off (magazine).
(14 March 2011). "Palmer takes over at Maritzburg". [[Kick Off (magazine).
"PSL TOP SCORERS 2010–11". [[Premier Soccer League.

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