1979 NPSL First Division

November 2024 November 2024 National Professional Soccer League 1979 Kaizer Chiefs 1978 1980 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.South Africa 1979 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf79.html 2024-12-24 www.rsssf.orgPirates can move ahead of Downs on all-time titles list https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012-05-11-pirates-can-move-ahead-of-downs-on-all-time-titles-list/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231231111322/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/2012-05-11-pirates-can-move-ahead-of-downs-on-all-time-titles-list/ 2023-12-31 2024-12-24 SowetanLIVE en-ZA The year saw Keith Broad joining Orlando Pirates to become the first white player to play for a black team.Football in South Africa Timeline 1862-2012 https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/football-south-africa-timeline-1862-2012 2024-12-24 www.sahistory.org.za The third professional league, the non-racial Federation Professional League, continued to function independently. main WDL 2 KAI Kaizer Chiefs 23 8 3 58 21 ARC Arcadia Shepherds 23 6 5 72 29 HIG Highlands Park 21 9 4 64 26 HEL Hellenic 20 9 5 53 20 DYN Dynamos 19 8 7 62 33 DUR Durban City 20 5 9 58 40 CTC Cape Town City 17 7 10 58 38 WIT Witbank Black Aces 14 8 12 59 48 PIR Orlando Pirates 14 6 14 48 42 SWA Moroka Swallows 12 5 17 49 43 PCA Pretoria Callies 10 9 15 36 49 AMA AmaZulu 11 7 16 43 51 WTS Wits University 10 8 16 36 40 LUS Lusitano 9 7 18 36 55 BEN Benoni United 6 9 19 33 60 WEL Welkom Real Hearts 6 7 21 30 60 VAA Vaal Professionals 5 5 24 21 70 WAN African Wanderers 2 2 30 13 97 R R complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf79.html References 1979 Category:1979 in South African sport Category:1978–79 in African association football leagues