1979 NPSL First Division

National Professional Soccer League
Season1979
ChampionsKaizer Chiefs
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The 1979 National Professional Soccer League was the second season of the multi-racial South African National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). The league was a merger of the previous NPSL, which due to the country's apartheid policies were for black teams only, and the National Football League, for white teams only. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.

The year saw Keith Broad joining Orlando Pirates to become the first white player to play for a black team.

The third professional league, the non-racial Federation Professional League, continued to function independently.


Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kaizer Chiefs 34 23 8 3 58 21 +37 54
2 Arcadia Shepherds 34 23 6 5 72 29 +43 52
3 Highlands Park 34 21 9 4 64 26 +38 51
4 Hellenic 34 20 9 5 53 20 +33 49
5 Dynamos 34 19 8 7 62 33 +29 46
6 Durban City 34 20 5 9 58 40 +18 45
7 Cape Town City 34 17 7 10 58 38 +20 41
8 Witbank Black Aces 34 14 8 12 59 48 +11 36
9 Orlando Pirates 34 14 6 14 48 42 +6 34
10 Moroka Swallows 34 12 5 17 49 43 +6 29
11 Pretoria Callies 34 10 9 15 36 49 −13 29
12 AmaZulu 34 11 7 16 43 51 −8 29
13 Wits University 34 10 8 16 36 40 −4 28
14 Lusitano 34 9 7 18 36 55 −19 25
15 Benoni United 34 6 9 19 33 60 −27 21
16 Welkom Real Hearts 34 6 7 21 30 60 −30 19
17 Vaal Professionals (R) 34 5 5 24 21 70 −49 15
18 African Wanderers (R) 34 2 2 30 13 97 −84 6
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf79.html
(R) Relegated
Possible problem: 242 total wins != 245 total losses
Possible problem: 125 total draws is an odd number
Possible problem: 829 total for != 822 total against
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