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| Season | 1976 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Orlando Pirates |
←1975 1977 → | |
The1976 National Professional Soccer League was the sixth season of theNational Professional Soccer League, aSouth African soccer league. It was won byOrlando Pirates.[1][2]
At the time, due to the country'sapartheid policies, the competition was only open to black South African teams, and it ran in parallel with theFPL and theNFL.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orlando Pirates(C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 79 | 21 | +58 | 47 |
| 2 | Kaizer Chiefs | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 44 |
| 3 | Moroka Swallows Ltd | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 43 |
| 4 | Vaal Professionals | 30 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 62 | 42 | +20 | 40 |
| 5 | AmaZulu | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 49 | 28 | +21 | 36 |
| 6 | Welkom Real Hearts | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 35 |
| 7 | African Wanderers | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 47 | 43 | +4 | 33 |
| 8 | Pretoria Callies | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 63 | 55 | +8 | 32 |
| 9 | Benoni United | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 31 |
| 10 | Witbank Black Aces | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 60 | 55 | +5 | 28 |
| 11 | Leeds United | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 28 |
| 12 | Lamontville Golden Arrows | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 26 |
| 13 | Moroka Swallows | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 43 | 70 | −27 | 24 |
| 14 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 36 | 66 | −30 | 19 |
| 15 | Welkom Hungry Lions | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 39 | 88 | −49 | 13 |
| 16 | Umlazi Citizens Ltd | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 44 | 128 | −84 | 9 |