Premier Soccer League
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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).
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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 |
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.