1983 NPSL First Division

March 2025 March 2025 National Professional Soccer League 1983 Durban City African Wanderers, Mamelodi United, Welkom Real Hearts, Ireland United 1982 1984 The 1983 National Professional Soccer League was the sixth 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. The other professional league, the non-racial Federation Professional League, continued to function independently. It was won by Durban City,South Africa 1983 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf83.html 2025-03-11 www.rsssf.org managed by Clive Barker, who defended their title won in 1982.http://www.ulwazi.org/index.php5?title=Durban_Living_Legend_-_Mark_Steven_Tovey Durban Living Legend - Mark Steven Tovey - Community Memory Ulwazi.org 1955-05-07 2013-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20131020021131/http://www.ulwazi.org/index.php5?title=Durban_Living_Legend_-_Mark_Steven_Tovey 20 October 2013South Africa 1982 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf82.html 2025-01-26 www.rsssf.orgDylan 2023-09-18 Barker's Brilliance https://www.sportsclub.co.za/features/barkers-brilliance/ 2025-01-26 SportsClub en-US Changes Jomo Sono, after ending his playing career in the United States, purchased Highlands Park, naming the new club Dion Cosmos.Our History - Highlands Park Football Club https://www.highlandspark.co.za/history 2025-03-11 www.highlandspark.co.za Cape Town Spurs, Mamelodi Sundowns, Welkom Real Hearts and Ireland United were promoted. AmaZulu, Bloemfontein Celtic, Leicester City were relegated from the 1982 NPSL First Division. With four clubs promoted, and three relegated, the size of the league expanded to 19 teams. League table main WDL 2 DUR Durban City 23 4 7 70 35 ARC Arcadia Shepherds 19 7 9 68 43 KAI Kaizer Chiefs 18 7 8 43 25 WTS Wits University 16 10 10 46 38 SWA Moroka Swallows 15 10 9 44 32 HEL Hellenic 16 7 10 40 27 CTS Cape Town Spurs 12 14 8 48 38 PIR Orlando Pirates 16 5 12 47 39 COS Dion Cosmos 13 11 11 54 46 WIT Witbank Black Aces 11 14 10 43 43 RAN Rangers 13 7 15 41 40 BUC Durban Bush Bucks 13 7 14 48 53 BEN Benoni United 11 9 15 34 43 DYN Dynamos 12 16 17 40 49 SUN Mamelodi Sundowns 9 10 16 35 47 AFR African Wanderers 10 6 18 42 61 MAM Mamelodi United 6 13 17 27 52 AMA Welkom Real Hearts 7 10 18 38 56 LEI Ireland United 4 11 20 22 63 R R R R complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf83.html References 1983 Category:1983 in South African sport Category:1982–83 in African association football leagues