South Africa 1976

NFL

Final Table:           

 1.Cape Town City          28  18   7   3  53-24  43
 2.Highlands Park          28  18   6   4  59-24  42
 3.Wits University         28  16   6   6  52-27  38
 4.Hellenic                28  15   7   6  51-27  37
 5.Durban City             28  11   9   8  30-24  31
 6.Durban United           28  11   8   9  35-30  30
 7.Arcadia Shepherds       28  10   9   9  37-34  29
 8.Germiston Callies       28  11   6  11  42-39  28
 9.East London United      28   7  10  11  26-39  24
10.Guild Apollo            28  10   4  14  35-51  24
11.Maritzburg              28   8   7  13  41-52  23
12.Rangers                 28   9   4  15  35-43  22
13.Lusitano                28   8   6  14  32-45  22
14.Berea Park              28   4  10  14  25-44  18  Relegated
15.Shamrocks               28   2   5  21  22-72   9  Relegated

No teams promoted; Guild Apollo apparently renamed Roodepoort Guild
for 1977.

Sportklub Windhoek City played in the second division, as did Cape Town City

NFL Castle Cup 1976

Known Results:

Preliminary Round [Jun ?]
Bayview               drw Clyde-Pinelands

Preliminary Round  Replay [Jun 19]
Bayview               1-0 Clyde-Pinelands
 
Round 1
[Jun 18]
Southern Suburbs      0-2 Cape Town City
Troyeville            0-5 Wits University
[Jun 19]
APF                   1-3 Roodepoort            [aet]
Vaal United           2-3 Viktoria
Hillbrow              1-0 Windhoek   
Pinetown              1-2 Florida Albion
[date ?]
Hellenic              2-0 Berea Park
 
1/8 Finals

[Jun 18]
East London United    1-3 Cape Town City
[date ?]
Hellenic              8-0 Viktoria
 
Quarterfinals
[Jul 20]
Cape Town City        3-0 Maritzburg
[date ?]
Hellenic              2-1 Jewish Guild
 
Semifinals

First Legs
[Aug 7]
Durban City           0-4 Cape Town City
[date ?}
Durban United         0-0 Hellenic
 
Second Legs
[Aug 10]
Cape Town City        5-0 Durban City
[Aug 17]
Hellenic              3-1 Durban UNited
 
Final [Sep 11]
Cape Town City        2-0 Hellenic


NPSL 

Final Table:

 1.Orlando Pirates         30  21   5   4  79-21  47
 2.Kaizer Chiefs           30  19   6   5  75-24  44
 3.Moroka Swallows Ltd.    30  19   5   6  71-24  43
 4.Vaal Professionals      30  14  12   4  62-42  40
 5.AmaZulu                 30  14   8   8  49-28  36
 6.Welkom Real Hearts      30  13   9   8  49-46  35
 7.African Wanderers       30  12   9   9  47-43  33
 8.Pretoria Callies        30  13   6  11  63-55  32
 9.Benoni United           30  10  11   9  62-46  31 
10.Witbank Black Aces      30   9  10  11  60-55  28
11.Leeds United            30   8   6  16  40-54  28  [?!]
12.Lamontville Golden Arr. 30  11   4  15  40-54  26
13.Moroka Swallows         30   7  10  13  43-70  24
14.Bloemfontein Celtic     30   7   5  18  36-66  19
15.Welkom Hungry Lions     30   6   1  23  39-88  13
16.Umlazi Citizens Ltd.    30   3   3  24  44-128  9
 
NB: 2 wins than losses; total goal difference +5



1975.

1977.

list of champions.

list of cup winners.


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Source: [Raa 02]

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Last updated: 16 Mar 2023

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