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Abbreviation | PSL |
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Formation | 1996 |
Type | Soccer League Administration and Organisation |
Legal status | Active |
Purpose | Administration and organization of the soccer leagues and soccer teams of South Africa. |
Headquarters | Johannesburg |
Region served | South Africa |
Membership | 32 soccer clubs |
Official language | |
Chairman | Irvin Khoza |
Chief Executive Officer | Mato Madlala (acting) |
Main organ | Executive Committee |
Website | www |
The Premier Soccer League (PSL; Afrikaans : Premier Sokkerliga) is the professional soccer leagues-and-cups administrator in South Africa based in Johannesburg and founded in 1996 following an agreement between the National Soccer League and the remnants of the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL).
Affiliated to the South African Football Association (SAFA), the PSL organizes the country's top two professional divisions in the DStv Premiership and the Motsepe Foundation Championship and knockout cup competitions in the Nedbank Cup and the MTN 8. Teams that are relegated from the National First Division compete in the SAFA Second Division. They also organize a Youth League or PSL Reserve League DStv Diski Challenge.
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They had previously organized Charity Cup, a one-day, four team, season-opening cup competition, which ran from 1986 to 2010. The Baymed Cup was open to First Division sides, but the competition was terminated after a single edition in 2006.
Licenses to participate in the Premier Soccer League can be bought and sold on the free market. In August 2002, the PSL bought two Premier Division licences from the owners of Ria Stars F.C. and Free State Stars F.C., the PSL dissolved the license to ease fixture congestion and reduce their own costs by R 400, 000 per month as each top-tier club received R 200, 000 on a monthly basis from the PSL. [1] The two clubs were purchased for R 8 million. The two clubs had differing fates, Ria Stars never appeared again whilst Free State Stars bought the league license from Maholosiane F.C., a team participating in the National First Division in the 2002–03 season and earned promotion to the top tier in the 2003–04 season.[ citation needed ]
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