2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

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Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Season2012
Champions Dynamos
Relegated Gunners
Blue Rangers
Hardbody
Quelaton
Champions League Dynamos
Highest attendance28,886 [1] during Dynamos versus Highlanders
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The 2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season (known as the Castle Larger Premier Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) will be the thirty second season of the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1980. The season began on 31 March 2012.

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Dynamos are the defending champions, having won the previous 2011 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2011 ZPSL season and four new teams promoted from the 2011 Zifa Division One League: Buffaloes, Harare City, Hardbody and Quelaton who replace relegated Kiglon, Masvingo United, Shooting Stars and Zimbabwe Saints.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2011 season and four promoted from the 2011 Zifa Division One League.

Stadiums and locations

Football teams in South Africa tend to use multiple stadiums over the course of a season for their home games. The following table will only indicate the stadium used most often by the club for their home games

TeamCityHome venueCapacity
Black Mambas Harare Morris Depot Police Camp 5,000
Blue Rangers Harare Gwanzura Stadium 10,000
Buffaloes Mutare Sakubva Stadium 10,000
CAPS United Harare National Sports Stadium 80,000
Chicken Inn Bulawayo Luveve Stadium 8,000
Dynamos Harare Rufaro Stadium 60,000
FC Platinum Zvishavane Mandava Stadium 10,000
Gunners Mabvuku Lafarge Stadium 10,000
Harare City Harare Rufaro Stadium 60,000
Hardbody Gweru Ascot Stadium 5,000
Highlanders Bulawayo Barbourfields Stadium 40,000
Hwange Hwange Colliery Stadium 15,000
Monomotapa United Harare Gwanzura Stadium 10,000
Motor Action Harare Motor Action Sports Club 1,000
Quelaton Bulawayo Luveve Stadium 8,000
Shabanie Mine Zvishavane Maglas Stadium 5,000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Dynamos (C)3021635815+4369Qualification for 2013 CAF Champions League
2 Highlanders [a] 3020914915+3469
3 Chicken Inn 30131073923+1649
4 Monomotapa United 30155104233+950
5 Shabanie Mine 30121083530+546
6 Buffaloes 30111182524+144
7 FC Platinum 30127114039+143
8 Motor Action 30126123528+742
9 Harare City 3091382424040
10 CAPS United 30109112830−239
11 Hwange 30106144947+236
12 Black Mambas 3097143442−834
13 Gunners (R)30104162736−934Relegation to Zifa Division One League
14 Blue Rangers (R)3067173064−3425
15 Hardbody (R)3066182648−2224
16 Quelaton (R)3035221558−4311 [b]
Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2012. Source: fifa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ↑ Highlanders could not represent Zimbabwe in the 2013 CAF Champions League as they were subject of a three-year ban for withdrawing from the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup.
  2. ↑ Quelaton deducted 3 points

References

  1. ↑ "WE'RE LOSING THE FANS…record low crowd watch Battle of Zim showdown".
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