1980 NPSL First Division

National Professional Soccer League
Season	1980
Champions	Highlands Park
Relegated	Pretoria Callies, Welkom Real Hearts, Bloemfontein Celtic
	← 1979 1981 →

Last updated January 24, 2025

The 1980 National Professional Soccer League was the third 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 Highlands Park.^[2]^[3]

The third professional league, the Federation Professional League, for Indian and coloured South Africans, continued to function independently.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Highlands Park	34	23	8	3	46	17	+29	54
2	Kaizer Chiefs	34	20	9	5	52	30	+22	49
3	Wits University	34	19	10	5	67	31	+36	48
4	Orlando Pirates	34	19	8	7	56	33	+23	46
5	Arcadia Shepherds	34	16	9	9	69	40	+29	41
6	Dynamos	34	16	6	12	57	44	+13	38
7	Hellenic	34	14	10	10	49	40	+9	38
8	Moroka Swallows	34	12	10	12	48	50	−2	34
9	Witbank Black Aces	34	13	7	14	61	60	+1	33
10	Durban City	34	12	8	14	52	48	+4	32
11	Lusitano	34	11	9	14	42	53	−11	31
12	AmaZulu	34	9	12	13	29	43	−14	30
13	Benoni United	34	10	8	16	37	46	−9	28
14	Leicester City	34	9	9	16	40	44	−4	27
15	Pilkington United Bros	34	10	5	19	41	63	−22	25
16	Pretoria Callies (R)	34	8	8	18	23	44	−21	24
17	Welkom Real Hearts (R)	34	5	10	19	24	54	−30	20
18	Bloemfontein Celtic (R)	34	4	6	24	33	91	−58	14

Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf80.html
(R) Relegated

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References

↑ Mothiba, Peter (23 September 2024). "ARMCHAIR CRITIC. TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY MASTERPIECES MORIPE". Tshwane Talks. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
↑ "South Africa 1980". www.rsssf.org. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
↑ "Our History - Highlands Park Football Club". www.highlandspark.co.za. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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[1] Mothiba, Peter (23 September 2024). "ARMCHAIR CRITIC. TRIBUTE TO LEGENDARY MASTERPIECES MORIPE". Tshwane Talks. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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[3] "Our History - Highlands Park Football Club". www.highlandspark.co.za. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

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