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2011–12 South African Premiership

Field	Value
competition	Premier Soccer League
season	2011–12
winners	Orlando Pirates
4th Premiership title
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2013-caf-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Orlando Pirates
continentalcup2	[Confederation Cup](2013-caf-confederation-cup)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Supersport United (via [domestic cup](2011-12-nedbank-cup))
league topscorer	Siyabonga Nomvethe (20 goals)
biggest home win	SuperSport United 7–0 Maritzburg United
(14 October 2011)
biggest away win	Black Leopards 2–5 Moroka Swallows
(4 May 2012)
Black Leopards 1–4 Amazulu
(22 April 2012)
Ajax Cape Town 0–3 Mamelodi Sundowns
(17 March 2012)
Santos 2–5 Mamelodi Sundowns
(30 November 2011)
Golden Arrows 0–3 Bloemfontein Celtic
(13 August 2011)
highest scoring	Black Leopards 2–5 Moroka Swallows
(4 May 2012)
Platinum Stars 3–4 Orlando Pirates
(22 February 2012)
Ajax Cape Town 4–3 Black Leopards
(21 December 2011)
Santos 2–5 Mamelodi Sundowns
(30 November 2011) SuperSport United 7–0 Maritzburg United
(14 October 2011)
longest wins	3 wins
Kaizer Chiefs
Mamelodi Sundowns
SuperSport United
longest unbeaten	4 games
Mamelodi Sundowns
SuperSport United
Maritzburg United
longest losses	4 games
Santos
matches	240
total goals	582
average attendance	7,120
prevseason	[2010–11](2010-11-premier-soccer-league)
nextseason	[2012–13](2012-13-premier-soccer-league)

4th Premiership title (14 October 2011) (4 May 2012) Black Leopards 1–4 Amazulu (22 April 2012) Ajax Cape Town 0–3 Mamelodi Sundowns (17 March 2012) Santos 2–5 Mamelodi Sundowns (30 November 2011) Golden Arrows 0–3 Bloemfontein Celtic (13 August 2011) (4 May 2012) Platinum Stars 3–4 Orlando Pirates (22 February 2012) Ajax Cape Town 4–3 Black Leopards (21 December 2011) Santos 2–5 Mamelodi Sundowns (30 November 2011) SuperSport United 7–0 Maritzburg United (14 October 2011) Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns SuperSport United Mamelodi Sundowns SuperSport United Maritzburg United Santos

The 2011–12 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 sixteenth season of the Premiership since its establishment in 1996.

Orlando Pirates were the defending champions, having won their third Premiership title, and in the process ended SuperSport United's 3 year grip on the championship. The season kicked off on 12 August 2011 and ended on 19 May 2012.

16 teams contested the season, including two newly promoted teams – yo-yo club Jomo Cosmos – who were promoted for the second time in 3 seasons after winning the 2010–11 National First Division champions' playoff 5–4 on penalties against Bay United, and Black Leopards who came through a four-way promotion playoff, defeating Bay United 2–0 over a two-legged final. Orlando Pirates secured the title with a 4–2 win against Golden Arrows on 19 May 2012. This was their fourth PSL title overall and the second in succession. At the bottom, Jomo Cosmos was automatically relegated to the First Division while Santos was relegated via the PSL Playoff Tournament.

TV rights

The PSL announced that current digital broadcaster SuperSport had won the rights to continue broadcasting the PSL after their current contract expired at the end of the 2011–12 season. The new broadcasting deal will commence at the start of the 2012–13 season and is said to be worth R2 billion over five years. As with their outgoing contract, SuperSport will continue to lease a select number of matches to free-to-air public broadcaster SABC.

Teams

The team finishing 16th and last during the 2010–11 season – Mpumalanga Black Aces – was automatically relegated from the Premiership while the team finishing 15th – Vasco da Gama – was entered into a four-way relegation/promotion playoff with 3 teams from the 2010–11 National First Division season, where they were comfortably beaten 4–2 on aggregate by Black Leopards in the semi-finals and thus relegated from the Premiership. As it was, both Black Aces and Vasco had been promoted in the previous season, so they each spent a single season in the top flight before going straight back down.

Jomo Cosmos and Black Leopards had finished first and second in the Inland Stream of the 2010–11 National First Division season. Cosmos, as champions of the Inland Stream, faced off against the champions of the Coastal Stream – Bay United – and beat them 5–4 on penalties after two goalless draws, thus securing promotion to the PSL. In the next phase of the relegation/promotion playoffs Black Leopards had taken on and defeated Vasco da Gama of the PSL over two legs and proceeded to reach the final of the playoffs, where they met Bay United. Leopards continued Bay United's heartbreaking end to their season by defeating them over two legs to earn a return to the PSL after two seasons out of the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

Football teams in South Africa tend to use multiple stadiums over the course of a season for their home games. The following table will only indicate the stadium used most often by the club for their home games

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
Black Leopards	Polokwane	Limpopo	Peter Mokaba Stadium
Bloemfontein Celtic	Bloemfontein	Free State	Seisa Ramabodu Stadium
Free State Stars	Phuthaditjhaba	Free State	Charles Mopeli Stadium
Golden Arrows	Umlazi	Kwazulu-Natal	King Zwelithini Stadium
Jomo Cosmos	Johannesburg	Gauteng	Makhulong Stadium
Kaizer Chiefs	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	FNB Stadium (Soccer City)
Mamelodi Sundowns	Pretoria (Arcadia)	Gauteng	Loftus Versfeld Stadium
Maritzburg United	Pietermaritzburg	Kwazulu-Natal	Harry Gwala Stadium
Moroka Swallows	Johannesburg (Soweto)	Gauteng	Dobsonville 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

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Supplier	Shirt sponsor
Ajax Cape Town	Netherlands Maarten Stekelenburg	Adidas	MTN
AmaZulu	Sweden Roger Palmgren	Adidas	SPAR
Bidvest Wits	South Africa Roger De Sa	Nike	Bidvest
Black Leopards	Zimbabwe Sunday Chidzambwa	Umbro	MTN
Bloemfontein Celtic	South Africa Clinton Larsen	Reebok	MTN
Free State Stars	South Africa Steve Komphela	Umbro	Bonitas
Golden Arrows	Germany Ernst Middendorp	Millé	MTN
Jomo Cosmos	South Africa Jomo Sono	Puma
Kaizer Chiefs	Serbia Vladimir Vermezović	Nike	Vodacom
Mamelodi Sundowns	Netherlands Johan Neeskens	Nike	Ubuntu Botho
Maritzburg United	South Africa Ian Palmer	Hummel
Moroka Swallows	South Africa Gordon Igesund	Puma	VW
Orlando Pirates	Brazil Júlio César Leal	Adidas	Vodacom
Platinum Stars	South Africa Owen Da Gama	Puma	Royal Bafokeng
Santos	South Africa Boebie Solomons	Winner	Engen
Supersport United	South Africa Gavin Hunt	Under Armour	DStv

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ajax CT	Netherlands Foppe de Haan	Retirement	21 May 2011	End of season	Netherlands Maarten Stekelenburg	21 June 2011
Orlando Pirates	Netherlands Ruud Krol	End of contract	June 2011	End of season	Brazil Júlio César Leal	22 June 2011
Amazulu	South Africa Manqoba Mngqithi	Sacked	18 September 2011	15th	Sweden Roger Palmgren	18 September 2011
Black Leopards	Zimbabwe Sunday Chidzambwa	Redeployed	26 October 2011		Serbia Vladislav Heric	26 October 2011
Santos	South Africa Boebie Solomons	Redeployed	8 December 2011{{cite news	title=Crowie to bring new energy to The People's Team	url=http://thepeoplesteam.co.za/news/headlines/index.php?recordID=144&articleID=144	publisher=Santos
Platinum Stars	South Africa Owen Da Gama	Suspended	9 March 2012{{cite news	title=Platinum Stars suspend Owen da Gama	publisher=Kickoff.com	date=9 March 2012	access-date=10 March 2012}}	13th	South Africa Cavin Johnson & South Africa Allan Freese
Orlando Pirates	Brazil Júlio César Leal	Sacked	12 March 2012		Peru Augusto Palacios	12 March 2012
Kaizer Chiefs	Serbia Vladimir Vermezovic	Sacked	12 April 2012		South Africa Ace Khuse	12 March 2012
Santos	South Africa Duncan Crowie	Caretaker period ended	19 April 2012	15th	Netherlands Mart Nooij	19 April 2012
Black Leopards	Serbia Vladislav Heric	Redeployed	8 May 2012	14th	Zimbabwe Sunday Chidzambwa	8 May 2012

League table

Winner of the 2012 Nedbank Cup will qualify for the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup.

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers As of May 19, 2012

Rank	Player	Club
South Africa Siyabonga Nomvethe	Moroka Swallows	20
South Africa Eleazar Rodgers	Santos	13
South Africa Edward Manqele	Free State Stars	11
South Africa Lehlohonolo Majoro	Kaizer Chiefs	10
South Africa David Mathebula	Moroka Swallows	10
South Africa Benni McCarthy	Orlando Pirates	10
South Africa Katlego Mphela	Mamelodi Sundowns	10
South Africa Luyanda Bacela	Bloemfontein Celtic	9
Zimbabwe Nyasha Mushekwi	Mamelodi Sundowns	9
Zimbabwe Khama Billiat	Ajax Cape Town	8
South Africa Thamsanqa Gabuza	Golden Arrows	8
Zimbabwe Kingston Nkhatha	Black Leopards	8

Last updated: 19 May 2012

Source: Premier Soccer League

Awards

The 2011–12 PSL Awards ceremony was held on 27 May 2012.

PSL Footballer of the Year

The PSL Footballer of the Year was awarded to Siyabonga Nomvethe.

Palesa Shabalala The PSL Player of the Season was also awarded to Siyabonga Nomvethe.

PSL Players' Player of the Season

The PSL Players' Player of the Season was also awarded to Siyabonga Nomvethe.

PSL Red Hot Young Player of the Season

The PSL Red Hot Young Player of the Season was awarded to Ronwen Williams.

PSL Coach of the Season

The PSL Coach of the Season was awarded to Gordon Igesund.

PSL Top Goalscorer

The PSL Top Goalscorer award went to Siyabonga Nomvethe.

PSL Goalkeeper of the Season

The PSL Goalkeeper of the Season award went to Wayne Sandilands.

PSL Absa-lutely Awesome Goal of the Season

The PSL Absa-lutely Awesome Goal of the Season award went to Benni McCarthy.

Attendances

The Soweto Derby on 17 March 2012 attracted the highest crowd with 87,171.

Source:

No.	Club	Average
1	Orlando Pirates	16,482
2	Kaizer Chiefs	13,508
3	Mamelodi Sundowns	10,871
4	Black Leopards	9,939
5	Maritzburg United	7,274
6	Lamontville Golden Arrows	7,210
7	Bloemfontein Celtic	6,926
8	AmaZulu	6,789
9	Bidvest Wits	6,615
10	Engen Santos	5,659
11	Ajax Cape Town	5,580
12	SuperSport United	4,383
13	Free State Stars	3,707
14	Moroka Swallows	3,604
15	Jomo Cosmos	3,037
16	Platinum Stars	2,416

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