National Premier Soccer League
NB: first ever season for Amazulu in the top flight; they played
11 matches (all listed below) on Saturday's, including their
first ever PSL match on Mar 8, 1997. After this season, Amazulu
refused to play matches on Saturday on the grounds that their
club director Delma Lupepe (who acquired the team when at the
second level Southern Region Division One) is a Seventh Day
Adventist.
Round 1 [Mar 8]
Blackpool 3-3 Amazulu
[date?]
Wankie bt Dynamos
[Mar 22]
Air Zimb. 2-2 Amazulu
[Mar 26]
Dynamos 2-0 Zimbabwe Saints
[Mar 29]
Highlanders 1-2 Amazulu
[Apr 5]
Amazulu 2-0 Gweru United
[Apr 17]
Dynamos 2-1 Highlanders
[May 2]
Blackpool 3-1 Dynamos
[Jun 7]
Amazulu 5-0 Arcadia United
[Jun 26]
Wankie 4-1 Dynamos
[Aug 23]
Amazulu 1-0 Air Zimbabwe
[date?]
Zim Saints 0-1 Dynamos
[Oct 11]
Amazulu 4-2 Tongogara
[Oct 19]
Highlanders 1-1 Dynamos
[Nov 1]
Amazulu 1-1 Mhangura
[Nov 8]
Black Aces 4-0 Amazulu
[Nov 15]
Amazulu 3-1 Lancashire
Round 29
[Nov 22]
Arcadia 1-0 Amazulu
[Nov 23]
Dynamos 4-0 Blackpool
Lancashire 1-0 CAPS
Wankie 3-4 Tongogara
Zim Saints 2-2 Chapungu
Round 30
[Nov 30]
Dynamos 3-0 Tongogara
Final Table:
1.Dynamos (Harare) 30 20 8 2 78-33 68 Champions
2.CAPS United (Harare) 30 17 6 7 68-31 57
3.Black Aces (Harare) 30 14 8 8 47-37 50
4.Blackpool (Harare) 30 13 10 7 51-42 49
5.Wankie (Hwange) 30 13 6 11 53-44 45
6.Highlanders (Bulawayo) 30 11 11 8 44-39 44
7.Zimbabwe Saints (Bulawayo) 30 12 7 11 44-34 43
8.Air Zimbabwe Jets (Harare) 30 12 6 12 63-54 42
9.Amazulu (Bulawayo) 30 11 8 11 46-44 41
10.Lancashire Steel (Kwekwe) 30 10 10 10 42-56 40
11.Blue Swallows (Marondera) 30 10 7 13 53-51 37
12.Chapungu (Gweru) 30 9 10 11 50-50 37
13.Mhangura FC (Mhangura) 30 8 9 13 28-35 33
14.Arcadia United (Harare) 30 7 8 15 28-49 29
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15.Tongogara (Kadoma) 30 5 8 17 43-72 23 Relegated
16.Gweru United (Gweru) 30 6 2 22 27-94 20 Relegated
Promoted: United Railstars (Gwanda), Black Rhinos (Mutare).
NB: apparently Blue Swallows withdrew or were relegated through a playoff,
and their place was taken by Ziscosteel (Redcliffe).
BP League Cup 1997
Semifinals
First Legs
CAPS United 5-1 Wankie
Dynamos 1-0 Chapungu
NB: second leg results not known
Final [Sep 28, 1997, National Sports Stadium]
CAPS United 1-1 Dynamos
[Shingi Arlon 57; Lloyd Mutasa 29]
Final Replay [Oct 26, 1997, National Sports Stadium]
CAPS United 3-2 Dynamos [aet]
Independence Trophy
winners: CAPS United
Second Level
Northern Zone:
1.Black Rhinos 36 23 11 2 76-24 80 (Promoted)
2.Cosco 36 21 9 6 74-31 72
3.Redwing Mine 36 19 11 6 71-43 68
4.Trojan Mine 36 18 10 8 63-32 64
5.Circle United 36 19 4 13 43-39 61
6.Elvington Mine 36 16 9 11 50-51 57
7.Unique Select 36 16 8 12 61-57 56
8.Jumbo Giants 36 12 14 10 58-48 50
9.Buffaloes 36 14 8 14 56-50 50
10.Eiffel Flats 36 13 9 14 50-54 48
11.Hackney 36 11 14 11 52-41 47
12.GMB Silos 35 12 11 12 58-58 47
13.Lulu Rovers 36 12 10 14 53-51 46
14.ZRP Tomlinson 36 12 10 14 52-68 46
15.Karoi United 35 11 11 13 46-50 44
16.Zupco Mutare 36 11 10 15 49-64 43
17.LSM Alaska 36 11 9 16 57-62 42
18.Shamva Mine 36 11 9 15 56-62 42
19.Hunyani 36 9 13 14 36-39 40
20.Sporting Lions 36 8 9 19 55-70 33
21.Kadoma Wildcats 35 6 8 21 43-72 26
22.Zimbabwe Crackers 34 5 6 24 5-92 20
Southern Zone:
Promoted: United Railstars (Gwanda)
Rothmans Champions of Champions Tournament (2nd level championship?)
[Nov 23]
Railstars 0-2 Black Rhinos
Thanks to Angus Gordon-Farleigh
Sources: Zimbabwe Independent and African Soccer.
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