South Africa National Professional Soccer League 1978

South Africa National Professional Soccer League 1978 - Champion Lusitano

Final Ranking - Log		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m	Gr.	from
1.	Lusitano	60	29	2	3	118:	25	+93	34	1. B	2. 1977 NFL
2.	Wits University	54	26	2	6	76:	22	+54	34	1. A	6. 1977 NFL
3.	Arcadia Pepsi	53	22	9	3	91:	23	+68	34	2. B	5. 1977 NFL
4.	Kaizer Chiefs	52	21	10	3	64:	19	+45	34	2. A	1. 1977 NPSL
5.	Highlands Park	52	24	4	6	86:	30	+56	34	3. A	1. 1977 NFL
6.	Witbank Black Aces	52	23	6	5	86:	36	+50	34	4. A	12.1977 NPSL
7.	Benoni United	51	24	3	7	72:	39	+33	34	5. A	2. 1977 NPSL
8.	Pretoria Callies	49	19	11	4	49:	26	+23	34	3. B	8. 1977 NPSL
9.	Moroka Swallows Ltd	39	17	5	11	65:	39	+26	33	4. B	5. 1977 NPSL
10.	Orlando Pirates	38	12	14	8	40:	27	+13	34	5. B	4. 1977 NPSL
11.	Imperial Callies	34	12	10	11	42:	45	-3	33	6. B	13.1977 NFL
12.	Colchester United	30	11	8	15	51:	55	-4	34	6. A
13.	AmaZulu	29	12	5	17	43:	53	-10	34	7. A	3. 1977 NPSL
14.	Vaal Professionals	29	8	13	13	38:	57	-19	34	7. B	10.1977 NPSL
15.	Leicester City	26	9	8	17	37:	51	-14	34	8. B
16.	Bloemfontein Celtic	24	8	8	18	53:	80	-27	34	8. A	11.1977 NPSL
17.	Pilkington United Bros.	24	9	6	19	45:	74	-29	34	9. B
18.	Welkom Real Hearts	22	7	8	18	31:	52	-21	33	10.B	9. 1977 NPSL
19.	African Wanderers	19	6	7	21	29:	62	-33	34	11.B	6. 1977 NPSL
20.	Moroka Lions	19	8	3	23	25:	84	-59	34	9. A	13.1977 NPSL
21.	Sobantu Mancheser United	18	4	10	20	32:	71	-39	34	10.A
22.	Lamontville Golden Arrow	15	5	5	23	25:	67	-42	33	11.A	7. 1977 NPSL
23.	Bush Bucks Durban	14	4	6	24	26:	87	-61	34	12.A
24.	Mangaung United	9	2	5	27	17:	124	-107	34	12.B

1241:1248 goals. Played 406 matches from 408 matches. 168 draws.

First ediition of South Africa National Professional Soccer League with teams from National Football League.

Relegation criteria not clear.

Added NPSL 1979: Hellenic, Durban City, Cape Town City and Dynamos.

_ 1978 Mainstay Cup: Wits University 3-2 Kaizer Chiefs

_ 1978 BP Challenge Cup: Moroka Swallows Ltd 3-0 Orlando Pirates

On February 14 the 6 former NFL teams (Highlands Park, Germiston Calies, Arcadia Shepherds, Lusitano, Wits University and Rangers) have been given blanket permits to play in black townships. (The Star 15.02.78)

Teams were split in 2 Groups. Each team played twice with other teams from the same group and once with teeams from another group.

1st Stage: 2 Round Robin Groups with 12 teams.

2nd Stage: Round Robin with all 24 teams.

All scores were included in Final Log.

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Sat 04.03.78	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	Wits University	1
Oppening match.
Sat 01.04.78	Kaizer Chiefs	3-1	Highlands Park	0-1
0-1 Jerry Sadike 21'OG 1-1 Teenage Dladla 2T 2-1 Computer Lamola 2T 3-1 Malombo Lechaba.
Sun 23.04.78	Sobantu Manchester United	1-1	Kaizer Chiefs
Sun 30.04.78	Kaizer Chiefs	3-1	Lamontville Golden Arrows	9
Fri 12.05.78	Arcadia Pepsi	10-0	Pilkington United Broth.
--- --.05.78	AmaZulu	1-1	Highlands Park	1-0
1-0 Ferro Mbatha 1T 1-1 88' Kwa Mashu.
--- --.05.78	Sobantu Mancheser United	lt	Wits University
--- --.05.78	Sobantu Mancheser United	bt	Witbank Black Aces

Ranking 21.05		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Lusitano	21	10	1	0	37:	5	+22	11
2.	Wits University	20	10	0	1	25:	6	+19	11
3.	Highlands Park	18	8	2	2	46:	14	+32	12
4.	Arcadia Pepsi	17	7	3	1	39:	8	+21	11
5.	Kaizer Chiefs	17	7	3	1	19:	11	+8	11
6.	Pretoria Callies	17	6	5	1	17:	10	+7	12
7.	Witbank Black Aces	16	7	2	2	29:	10	+19	11
8.	Benoni United	16	8	0	3	23:	11	+12	11
9.	Moroka Swallows Ltd	13	6	1	4	21:	11	+10	11
10.	Orlando Pirates	12	3	6	2	14:	9	+5	11
11.	Vaal Professionals	12	4	4	3	13:	15	-2	11
12.	Germiston Callies	10	3	4	4	14:	20	-6	11
13.	Sobantu Mancheser United	9	3	3	5	17:	20	-3	11
14.	AmaZulu	9	3	3	5	11:	13	-2	11
15.	Leicester City	9	3	3	5	14:	15	-1	11
16.	Bloemfontein Celtic	8	2	4	5	12:	26	-14	11
17.	Colchester United	7	3	1	7	10:	20	-10	11
18.	Pilkington United Bros.	7	2	3	6	9:	22	-13	11
19.	Welkom Real Hearts	6	2	2	7	8:	17	-9	11
20.	Lamontville Golden Arrow	6	2	2	7	8:	22	-14	11
21.	Moroka Lions	5	2	1	8	13:	33	-20	11
22.	Bush Bucks Durban	4	0	4	7	6:	10	-4	11
23.	African Wanderers	4	1	2	8	5:	21	-16	11
24.	Mangaung United	3	1	1	9	10:	30	-20	11

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
--- --.05.78	Wits University	0-1	Kaizer Chiefs	12
--- --.0-.78	Wits University	2-0	Lusitano
--- --.0-.78	Kaizer Chiefs	2-1	Lusitano
--- --.0-.78	Lusitano	5-0	Orlando Pirates
--- --.0-.78	Lusitano	3-0	Moroka Swallows
--- --.0-.78	Orlando Pirates	1-2	Highlands Park
Jomo Sono pen. Orlando Stadium.
--- --.0-.78	Highlands Park	12-1	Moroka Lions
--- --.0-.78	Lusitano	13-0	Mangaung United	4-0
1-0 Malcolm Filby 17' 2-0 Oliver 35' 3-0 Ian Filby 40' 4-0 Collins 42' 5-0 Pinheiro 46' 6-0 Ian Filby 50' 7-0 Pinheiro 53' 8-0 Hutchons 54' 9-0 Malcolm Filby 57' 10-0 Malcolm Filby 60' 11-0 Collins 64' 12-0 Collins 85' 13-0 Malcolm Filby 8?'
--- --.0-.78	Kaizer Chiefs	3-1?	Wits University
--- --.0-.78	Wits University	bt	Kaizer Chiefs
--- --.0-.78	Highlands Park	5-2	Pretoria Callies
--- --.0-.78	Witbank Black Aces	2-1	Pretoria Callies
--- --.0-.78	Pretoria Callies	1-1	Lusitano
--- --.0-.78	Pretoria Callies	2-2	Wits University
Sat 23.09.78	Germiston Callies	3-0	Amazulu
Driehoek.

Ranking Fri 01.09.1978		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Lusitano	42	20	2	2	71:	15	+56	24
2.	Wits University	41	20	1	3	59:	15	+44	24
3.	Kaizer Chiefs	37	15	7	1	48:	13	+35	23
4.	Highlands Park	35	16	3	3	66:	17	+49	22
5.	Witbank Black Aces	35	15	5	4	61:	28	+33	24
6.	Arcadia Pepsi	33	13	7	3	62:	19	+43	23
7.	Pretoria Callies	33	12	9	2	32:	16	+16	23
8.	Benoni United	33	16	1	6	49:	27	+22	23
9.	Orlando Pirates	28	9	10	4	32:	18	+14	22
10.	Vaal Professionals	26	8	10	5	32:	27	+5	23
11.	Colchester United	24	9	6	9	34:	35	-1	24
12.	Moroka Swallows Ltd	22	9	4	10	34:	30	+4	23
13.	AmaZulu	19	7	5	11	27:	33	-6	23
14.	Imperial Callies	19	5	9	10	29:	38	-9	24
15.	Pilkington United Bros.	17	6	5	13	30:	46	-16	24
16.	Bloemfontein Celtic	17	5	7	12	37:	60	-23	24
17.	Moroka Lions	17	7	3	14	35:	54	-19	24
18.	Welkom Real Hearts	16	5	6	11	19:	34	-15	22
19.	African Wanderers	16	5	6	12	24:	47	-23	23
20.	Leicester City	16	5	6	12	11:	35	-24	23
21.	Sobantu Mancheser United	12	3	6	14	20:	49	-29	23
22.	Lamontville Golden Arrow	8	3	2	17	15:	48	-33	22
23.	Bush Bucks Durban	7	1	5	17	12:	68	-56	23
24.	Mangaung United	5	1	3	20	16:	92	-76	24

Ranking Fri 06.10.1978		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	m
1.	Lusitano	50	24	2	2	99:	19	+90	28
2.	Wits University	44	21	2	5	62:	18	+44	28
3.	Highlands Park	43	20	3	3	72:	19	+53	26
4.	Witbank Black Aces	43	19	5	4	73:	32	+41	28
5.	Kaizer Chiefs	41	17	7	2	55:	15	+40	26
6.	Arcadia Pepsi	40	16	8	3	69:	20	+49	27
7.	Pretoria Callies	39	15	9	3	38:	19	+19	27
8.	Benoni United	38	18	2	7	54:	34	+20	27
9.	Orlando Pirates	30	9	12	5	32:	19	+13	26
10.	Moroka Swallows Ltd	27	11	5	10	43:	33	+10	26
11.	Vaal Professionals	26	8	10	9	35:	36	-1	27
12.	Germiston Callies	25	8	9	10	36:	39	-3	27
13.	Colchester United	25	9	7	12	39:	48	-9	28
14.	AmaZulu	21	8	5	14	28:	44	-16	27
15.	Moroka Lions	21	9	3	16	44:	61	-17	28
16.	Leicester City	20	7	7	13	25:	35	-10	25
17.	Bloemfontein Celtic	20	6	8	14	44:	66	-22	28
18.	Welkom Real Hearts	18	6	6	13	24:	39	-15	25
19.	Pilkington United Bros.	17	6	5	15	33:	58	-25	26
20.	African Wanderers	17	5	7	13	27:	52	-25	25
21.	Sobantu Mancheser United	13	3	7	17	23:	59	-36	27
22.	Lamontville Golden Arrow	10	4	2	20	18:	54	-36	26
23.	Bush Bucks Durban	7	1	5	19	10:	71	-61	25
24.	Mangaung United	5	1	3	23	16:	111	-95	27

Final Log> - Internet Version		pts	win	drw	lst	gf	ga	g+-	Gr.	from
1.	Lusitano	59	29	1	4	119:	26	+93	1. B	2. 1977 NFL
2.	Wits University	54	26	2	6	80:	21	+59	1. A	6. 1977 NFL
3.	Arcadia Shepherds	53	22	9	3	89:	22	+67	2. B	5. 1977 NFL
4.	Kaizer Chiefs	52	21	10	3	63:	18	+45	2. A	NPSL
5.	Highlands Park	52	24	4	6	87:	29	+58	3. A	1. 1977 NFL
6.	Witbank Aces	52	23	6	5	88:	41	+47	4. A	NPSL
7.	Pretoria Callies	49	19	11	4	49:	27	+22	3. B	NPSL
8.	Benoni United	49	23	3	8	72:	41	+31	5. A	NPSL
9.	Moroka Swallows Ltd	42	17	8	9	65:	44	+21	4. B	NPSL
10.	Orlando Pirates	39	13	13	8	42:	28	+14	5. B	NPSL
11.	Imperial Callies	36	13	10	11	48:	43	+5	6. B	13.1977 NFL
12.	Vaal Professionals	30	9	12	13	46:	53	-7	7. B	NPSL
13.	Colchester United	30	11	8	15	49:	61	-12	6. A
14.	Leicester City	28	10	8	16	37:	52	-15	8. B
15.	Bloemfontein Celtic	28	10	8	16	53:	80	-27	7. A
16.	AmaZulu	27	11	5	18	42:	51	-9	8. A
17.	Welkom Real Harts	24	8	8	18	34:	43	-9	9. B
18.	Pilkington United Bros.	23	8	7	19	40:	63	-23	10.B
19.	Moroka Lions	21	9	3	22	50:	79	-29	9. A
20.	African Wanderers	20	6	8	20	31:	73	-42	11.B
21.	Sobantu Mancheser United	19	5	9	20	31:	69	-38	10.A
22.	Lamontville Golden Arrow	15	5	5	24	25:	75	-50	11.A
23.	Bush Bucks Durban	14	4	6	24	26:	83	-57	12.A
24.	Mangaung United	9	2	5	27	17:	124	-107	12.B

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
Sat 04.03.78	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	Wits University	1
02..78	Moroka Lions	1-1	Kaizer Chiefs
03..78	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	AmaZulu
04..78	Bush Bucks Durban	1-2	Kaizer Chiefs
Sat 01.04.78	Kaizer Chiefs	3-1	Highlands Park	5
06..78	Colchester United	0-1	Kaizer Chiefs
07..78	Kaizer Chiefs	1-0	Bloemfontein Celtic
Sun 23.04.78	Sobantu Manceser Unit	1-1	Kaizer Chiefs	8
Sun 30.04.78	Kaizer Chiefs	3-1	Lamontville Golden Ar	9
10..78	Witbank Aces	0-0	Kaizer Chiefs
11..78	Benoni United	1-0	Kaizer Chiefs
12..78	Wits University	0-1	Kaizer Chiefs
13..78	Kaizer Chiefs	5-0	Leicester City
14..78	Kaizer Chiefs	4-1	Sobantu Manceser Unit
15..78	Highlands Park	1-0	Kaizer Chiefs
16..78	Kaizer Chiefs	1-1	Orlando Pirates
17..78	Moroka Swallows	1-1	Kaizer Chiefs
18..78	Vaal Professionals	0-0	Kaizer Chiefs
19..78	Lamontville Golden Ar	0-4	Kaizer Chiefs
20..78	Kaizer Chiefs	7-0	Bush Bucks Durban
21..78	Imperial Callies	1-3	Kaizer Chiefs
22..78	Kaizer Chiefs	2-1	Lusitano
23..78	Kaizer Chiefs	1-1	Witbank Aces
24..78	African Wanderers	0-1	Kaizer Chiefs
25..78	Kaizer Chiefs	3-1	Moroka Lions
Tue 10.10.78	Arcadia Pepsi		Kaizer Chiefs
Sun 15.10.78	Pilkington United Br.		Kaizer Chiefs
Sun 29.10.78	Welkom Real Hearts		Kaizer Chiefs

date	team 1 _________	score	team 2 _________	HT
01..	Arcadia Pepsi	3-0	Welkom Real Hearts
Julius 2, De Graaf
02..	Arcadia Pepsi	4-0	African Wanderers
Huson 2, Queen, Julius
03..	Lusitano	2-0	Arcadia Pepsi

04..	Arcadia Pepsi	1-1	Vaal Professionals
Queen
05..	Arcadia Pepsi	1-0	Orlando Pirates
1-0 Huson
06..78	Leicester City	1-1	Arcadia Pepsi
Morrison
07..78	Arcadia Pepsi	12-0	Mangaung United
Queen 4, Julius 2, Chelin 2, Morrison 2, Earl, Bronkhorst
08..78	Germiston Callies	0-0	Arcadia Pepsi

09..78	Arcadia Pepsi	3-2	Moroka Swallows
Huson, Bronkhorst, Sacks
10..78	Arcadia Pepsi	5-0	Imperial Callies
Huson 3, De Graaf 2
Fri 12.05.78	Arcadia Pepsi	10-0	Pilkington United Br.	11
Julius 4, Morrsion 3, De Graaf, Harman, Frielick
12..78	Colchester United	0-0	Arcadia Pepsi

13..78	Pilkington United Br.	2-3	Arcadia Pepsi
Powell, Frielick
14..78	Arcadia Pepsi	2-0	Benoni United
Huson 2
15..78	Arcadia Pepsi	4-1	Leicester City
Naude, Hepworth, De Graaf, Ferreira
16..78	Moroka Swallows	2-3	Arcadia Pepsi
Ferreira, Huson, Ingle
17..78	Arcadia Pepsi	2-0	Lamontville Golden Ar
Julius, De Graaf
18..78	Witbank Aces	2-2	Arcadia Pepsi
Huson, Julius
19..78	Moroka Lions	3-1	Arcadia Pepsi
Julius
20..78	Mangaung United	0-4	Arcadia Pepsi
Huson, Julius, Morrison, Busang
21..78	Highlands Park	2-0	Arcadia Pepsi

22..78	Welkom Real Hearts	0-0	Arcadia Pepsi

23..78	Arcadia Pepsi	3-0	AmaZulu

Mon 04.09.78	Arcadia Pepsi	2-0	Germiston Callies

Fri 15.09.78	Wits University	0-0	Arcadia Pepsi
Sat 23.09.78	Arcadia Pepsi	2-1	Sobantu Manceser Unit
Tue 10.10.78	Arcadia Pepsi		Kaizer Chiefs
Sat 14.10.78	Vaal Professionals		Arcadia Pepsi
Sat 28.10.78	Bloemfontein Celtic		Arcadia Pepsi
--- --.11.78	Arcadia Pepsi	4-0	Lusitaano
Last match. Geoff Wegerle 3, Alex Morrison

Goals 22 matc	Gls
1. Julius	13
2. Huson	12
3. Morrison	7
4. Queen	6
4. De Graaf	6
6. Chelin	2
6. Bronkhorst	2
6. Sacks	2
6. Harman	2
6. Naude	2
6. Ferreira	2
12.Powell	1
12.Frielich	1
12.Hepworth	1
12.Ingle	1
12.Busang	1

Stadiums

Zone A	Stadium
Moroka Lions	Alexandra
Highlands Park	Balfour
Benoni United	Benoni
Bloemfontein Celtic	Bloemfontein
Wits University	Holiday Inns Stadium
AmaZulu	Kwa Mashu
Colchester	Mamelodi
Kaizer Chiefs	Orlando
Golden Arrows	SJ Smith
Bush Bucks	SJ Smith
Sobantu Manchester	Wadley
Black Aces	Witbank

Zone B	Stadium
Mangaung United	Bloemfontein
Arcadia Shepherds	Caledonian
Germiston Callies	Driehoek
Vaal Professionals	George Thabe
African Wanderers	Kwa Mashu
Pilkington United	Kwa Thema
Orlando Pirates	Orlando
Moroka Swallows Ltd	Orlando
Lusitano	Rand Stadium
Pretoria Callies	Super
Leicester City	Union
Real Hearts	Welkom

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