| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Orlando Pirates 3rd Premiership title |
| Relegated | Mpumalanga Black Aces |
| CAF Champions League | Orlando Pirates |
| CAF Confederation Cup | Black Leopards F.C. (via2011 Nedbank Cup) |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 602 (2.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Knowledge Musona (15 Goals) |
| Biggest home win | Bidvest Wits 6–0Vasco da Gama (6 February 2011)[1] |
| Biggest away win | Moroka Swallows 0–4AmaZulu (23 January 2011)[2] |
| Highest scoring | Mamelodi Sundowns 4–4Ajax Cape Town (6 April 2011)[3] Vasco da Gama 3–5Platinum Stars (30 April 2011)[4] |
| Average attendance | 3,829 |
2011–12 → | |
The2010–11 South African Premiership, known as theABSA Premiership for sponsorship purposes, and also commonly referred to as thePSL after the governing body, was the fifteenth season of thePremiership 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.[5][6] A total of 16 teams contested the league, 15 of which already contested in the2009–10 season and one of which was promoted from theNational First Division.
Orlando Pirates secured the title with a 2–1 win againstGolden Arrows on 21 May 2011.[7] This was their third Premiership title. At the bottom,Mpumalanga Black Aces was relegated to the First Division[8] whileVasco da Gama contested the relegation playoffs and failed to secure its premier league status.[9][10][11]
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.
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 | 20 September 2010[12] | 9th | Steve Komphela | 20 September 2010[13] | 9th |
| Mpumalanga Black Aces | Akis Agiomamitis | Sacked | 20 September 2010[14][15] | 16th | Neil Tovey | 30 September 2010[16] | 16th |
| Moroka Swallows | Rainer Zobel | Sacked | 27 November 2010[17][18] | 16th | Gordon Igesund | 29 November 2010[19] | 16th |
| Mpumalanga Black Aces | Neil Tovey | Sacked | 24 December 2010[20] | 15th | Paul Dolezar | 30 December 2010[21] | 15th |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | Antonio López Habas | Sacked | 5 February 2011[22] | 2nd | Ian Gorowa | 5 February 2011[23] | 2nd |
| Mpumalanga Black Aces | Paul Dolezar | Sacked | 22 February 2011[24] | 16th | Mark Harrison | 22 February 2011[25] | 16th |
| Maritzburg United | Ernst Middendorp | Sacked | 11 March 2011[26] | 14th | Ian Palmer | 14 March 2011[27] | 14th |
| Golden Arrows | Zoran Filipovic | Sacked | 21 March 2011[28] | 11th | Ernst Middendorp | 21 March 2011[29] | 11th |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando Pirates | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 60 | Qualification for2012 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Ajax Cape Town | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 60 | |
| 3 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 59 | |
| 4 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 58 | |
| 5 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 52 | |
| 6 | Bidvest Wits | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 47 | 39 | +8 | 40 | |
| 7 | SuperSport United | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 40 | |
| 8 | Santos | 30 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 37 | |
| 9 | Free State Stars | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 35 | |
| 10 | Platinum Stars | 30 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 34 | 37 | −3 | 33 | |
| 11 | Golden Arrows | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 44 | 49 | −5 | 33 | |
| 12 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 33 | |
| 13 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 32 | |
| 14 | AmaZulu F.C. | 30 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 30 | |
| 15 | Vasco da Gama | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 47 | −12 | 30 | PSLrelegation playoffs |
| 16 | Mpumalanga Black Aces(R) | 30 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 15 | Relegation toNational First Division |
| Home \ Away | AJX | AMZ | BVW | BLC | FSS | GOL | KZC | MLS | MAR | MOR | MBA | ORL | PLA | SAN | SUP | VAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Cape Town | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| AmaZulu | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–3 | |
| Bidvest Wits | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | |
| Bloemfontein Celtic | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | |
| Free State Stars | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | |
| Golden Arrows | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 2–0 | |
| Kaizer Chiefs | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | |
| Mamelodi Sundowns | 4–4 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| Maritzburg United | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
| Moroka Swallows | 2–3 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | |
| Mpumalanga Black Aces | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | |
| Orlando Pirates | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Platinum Stars | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
| Santos | 3–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
| SuperSport United | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 5–2 | 3–1 | |
| Vasco da Gama | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–5 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
As of 21 May 2011[30]
Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source:Premier Soccer League
