PSL Standings - league format, recent champions (incl 2025), top scorer, CAF cups
League Tables Explained
The South African top flight - also known as the Betway Premiership - is a straightforward regular season league table where teams pick up points all season long and the team at the top is crowned champion - plus it decides continental qualification spots. The 2024 - 25 season kicked off on September 14th 2024 and wrapped up on May 29th 2025.
Recent PSL Champs (last few seasons incl 2025)
Mamelodi Sundowns have had an absolute stranglehold on the PSL championship in recent years:
- 2024-25 winners were Mamelodi Sundowns (15 titles to add to their collection)
- It's worth noting Sundowns had already claimed the title in 2023 - 24 and 2022 - 23, continuing their winning streak.
- (If anyone wants a longer list for SEO I can dig that up from official winners lists / season pages)
Top Scorer & Golden Boot (2024-25)
- Lucas Ribeiro Costa of Mamelodi Sundowns finished top scorer in the league with 16 goals in the 2024 - 25 season
CAF Qualification - Which teams got continental spots
For the 2024 - 25 season teams qualified for CAF competitions as follows:
- CAF Champions League spots went to Mamelodi Sundowns & Orlando Pirates
- Meanwhile Kaizer Chiefs & Stellenbosch qualified for the CAF Confederation Cup
- One of the big talking points of the season was:
- Mamelodi Sundowns actually reached the CAF Champions League final only to come up short against Pyramids FC - losing 3 - 2 on aggregate (they managed a 2 - 1 home win but Pyramids held on for a 1 - 1 draw away)
Form Angle - PSL Standings Pages
In general the PSL table is all about:
- Having to fight over small margins and getting a lot of draws in between
- And that at the very top of the table you have just a handful of teams who can reliably win week in and week out (Mamelodi Sundowns have been the team to beat over the last few years)