2013 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

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Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
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Highest attendance Dynamos F.C., 16,508 [1]
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The 2013 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season (known as the Castle Larger Premier Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) will be the thirty third season of the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1980. The season began on 28 March 2013.

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Dynamos are the defending champions, having won the previous 2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2012 ZPSL season and four new teams promoted from the 2012 Zifa Division One League: How Mine, Triangle United F.C., Triple B and Black Rhinos who replace relegated Buffaloes F.C., Harare City, Hardbody and Quelaton.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2012 season and four promoted from the 2012 Zifa Division One League.

Stadiums and locations

Football teams in Zimbabwe 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 5000
Black Rhinos Harare Rufaro Stadium 35000
Buffaloes Mutare Sakubva Stadium 10000
CAPS United Harare National Sports Stadium 60000
Chicken Inn Bulawayo Luveve Stadium 8000
Dynamos Harare Rufaro Stadium 35000
FC Platinum Zvishavane Mandava Stadium 3000
Harare City Harare Rufaro Stadium 35000
Highlanders Bulawayo Barbourfields Stadium 32000
How Mine Bulawayo White City Stadium 20000
Hwange Hwange Colliery Stadium 15000
Monomotapa United Harare Gwanzura Stadium 10000
Motor Action Harare Motor Action Sports Club 1000
Shabanie Mine Zvishavane Maglas Stadium 5000
Triangle United F.C. Chiredzi Gibbo Stadium 3000
Triple B Beitbridge Dulibadzimu Stadium 4000

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Harare City 169432515+1031Qualification for 2014 CAF Champions League
2 Chicken Inn 169342215+730
3 Highlanders 159242614+1229
4 Dynamos 167722310+1328
5 FC Platinum 157532013+726
6 CAPS United 158252115+626
7 How Mine 167361719224
8 Triangle United F.C. 165471718119
9 Buffaloes 156182328519
10 Monomotapa United 155461824619
11 Black Mambas 166191521619
12 Shabanie Mine 165381623718
13 Hwange 164571518317Relegation to Zifa Division One League
14 Triple B 154291521614
15 Motor Action 153481321813
16 Black Rhinos 1534815251013
Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2013. Source: fifa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

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