South Africa 2000/01 (original) (raw)

NSL Premiership

Final Table:

1.Orlando Pirates 34 16 13 5 60-34 61 Champions 2.Kaizer Chiefs 34 16 12 6 41-25 60 3.Mamelodi Sundowns 34 17 8 9 58-32 59
4.Jomo Cosmos 34 15 11 8 47-27 56 5.Santos 34 15 11 8 40-32 56 6.Free State Stars 34 15 10 9 40-30 55 7.Ria Stars 34 13 12 9 43-40 51 8.Supersport United 34 12 11 11 42-35 47 9.Lamontville Golden Arrows 34 11 12 11 38-39 45
10.Umtata Bush Bucks 34 12 8 14 38-45 44 11.Ajax Cape Town 34 10 10 14 37-46 40
12.Thembisa Classic 34 9 12 13 26-40 39
13.Wits University 34 8 14 12 33-43 38
14.Hellenic 34 7 15 12 32-40 36
15.Moroka Swallows 34 7 14 13 35-45 35
16.Manning Rangers 34 9 7 18 49-60 34

17.Bloemfontein Celtic 34 9 10 15 35-46 34 [-3] Relegated 18.African Wanderers 34 6 8 20 31-66 26 Relegated

NB: Bloemfontein Celtic deducted three points for fielding illegible player.

Round 1 [Aug 8] Rangers 2-2 Supersport [Aug 9] Wanderers 1-2 Pirates
Classic 0-0 Hellenic
Free State 2-2 Ria Stars
Cosmos 1-1 Wits Chiefs 1-0 Celtic
Swallows 1-1 Ajax
Santos 1-1 Golden Arrows
[Nov 19]
Sundowns 0-1 Bucks

Round 2 [Aug 12] Supersport 1-1 Classic [Aug 13] Celtic 0-2 Santos
Bucks 0-3 Chiefs
Golden Arrows 1-1 Wits
Swallows 0-2 Cosmos
Ria Stars 1-0 Rangers
[Aug 16] Ajax 2-2 Wanderers [Oct 21] Sundowns 3-2 Hellenic [Jan 31] Pirates 3-0 Free State

Round 3 [Aug 18] Santos 2-0 Bucks [Aug 19] Wanderers 0-4 Swallows Classic 1-1 Ria Stars Wits 1-0 Celtic [Aug 20] Free State 3-0 Ajax Cosmos 1-1 Golden Arrows Rangers 3-5 Pirates [Aug 30] Sundowns 0-0 Supersport [Nov 7] Chiefs 2-0 Hellenic

Round 4 [Aug 23] Wanderers 1-6 Cosmos
Celtic 2-2 Golden Arrows Bucks 4-0 Wits Hellenic 1-1 Santos
Swallows 2-2 Free State Supersport 2-2 Chiefs
[Aug 30] Ajax 1-0 Rangers
[Oct 1-14?] Pirates 1-2 Classic
[Nov 29] Ria Stars 2-5 Sundowns

Round 5 [Aug 25] Wits 2-2 Hellenic
[Aug 26] Rangers 2-1 Swallows
Santos 2-0 Supersport [Aug 27] Free State 2-0 Wanderers
Golden Arrows 1-0 Bucks
Cosmos 1-1 Celtic [Sep 6] Ajax 0-0 Classic
[Nov 22] Chiefs 1-0 Ria Stars
[May 16] Sundowns 0-0 Pirates

Round 6 [Sep 1] Hellenic 1-2 Golden Arrows
Ria Stars 0-0 Santos
[Sep 2] Wanderers 2-0 Rangers
Free State 2-1 Cosmos
Supersport 3-0 Wits [Sep 3] Bucks 2-4 Celtic
Swallows 2-2 Classic
[Oct 8] Ajax 2-1 Sundowns [Nov 29] Pirates 1-1 Chiefs

Round 7 [Sep 13] Celtic 0-1 Hellenic
Classic 2-1 Wanderers
Golden Arrows 0-2 Supersport
Cosmos 0-1 Bucks
Rangers 1-2 Free State Santos 1-3 Pirates
Sundowns 3-1 Swallows
Wits 2-0 Ria Stars
[Oct 18] Chiefs 0-0 Ajax

Round 8 [Sep 16] Ajax 1-2 Santos Hellenic 2-1 Bucks Pirates 1-1 Wits Supersport 0-0 Celtic [Sep 17] Wanderers 1-5 Sundowns Rangers 3-4 Cosmos Ria Stars 3-1 Golden Arrows [Nov 5]
Free State 0-1 Classic
[Dec 20] Swallows 0-0 Chiefs

Round 9 [Sep 20] Celtic 2-2 Ria Stars Classic 0-2 Rangers Cosmos 3-1 Hellenic Golden Arrows 1-1 Pirates Sundowns 3-0 Free State Santos 1-0 Swallows Bucks 1-2 Supersport Wits 3-1 Ajax [Nov 2] Chiefs 0-0 Wanderers

Round 10 [Sep 30] Rangers 0-2 Sundowns Pirates 3-1 Celtic
Supersport 0-0 Hellenic
[Oct 1] Wanderers 0-1 Santos
Ajax 1-0 Golden Arrows Classic 0-0 Cosmos Free State 1-1 Chiefs Swallows 0-0 Wits Ria Stars 0-0 Bucks

Round 11 [Oct 8] Cosmos 3-0 Supersport Chiefs 2-1 Rangers [Nov 15] Bucks 2-3 Pirates
Hellenic 1-2 Ria Stars
[dates?] Santos 0-1 Free State Wits 2-1 Wanderers Celtic 0-2 Ajax
Golden Arrows 2-0 Swallows [Dec 6] Sundowns 2-0 Classic

Round 12 [Oct 14] Pirates 1-1 Hellenic Rangers 3-5 Santos [Oct 15] Wanderers 1-0 Golden Arrows Ajax 0-1 Bucks Classic 0-0 Chiefs Free State 1-1 Wits Swallows 0-2 Celtic Ria Stars 0-0 Supersport [Jan 14] Sundowns 0-1 Cosmos

Round 13 [Oct 25] Celtic 0-0 Wanderers
Bucks 2-2 Swallows
Golden Arrows 2-0 Free State Cosmos 0-1 Ria Stars Santos 2-1 Classic
Supersport 0-1 Pirates
Wits 2-2 Rangers
[Jan 17] Sundowns 1-2 Chiefs [Feb 14] Hellenic 3-0 Ajax

Round 14 [Oct 28] Free State 2-2 Celtic
Rangers 0-2 Golden Arrows
[Oct 29] Wanderers 3-0 Bucks
Ajax 1-0 Supersport Classic 1-0 Wits Cosmos 2-1 Chiefs
Swallows 0-0 Hellenic
Pirates 2-0 Ria Stars
[Nov 15] Sundowns 0-2 Santos

Round 15 [Nov 19] Classic 1-0 Celtic
Cosmos 1-2 Santos Swallows 2-1 Ria Stars [Nov 22] Ajax 0-1 Pirates
Sundowns 3-0 Golden Arrows
[Nov 29] Rangers 1-2 Bucks [Dec 6] Wanderers 0-2 Supersport [Dec 13] Chiefs 1-0 Wits [Dec 20] Free State 1-0 Hellenic

Round 16 [Nov 8] Supersport 2-1 Swallows [Nov 11] Hellenic 1-1 Wanderers
Pirates 1-1 Cosmos
[Nov 12] Celtic 1-1 Rangers
Bucks 1-0 Free State Golden Arrows 1-2 Classic
Ria Stars 1-1 Ajax Santos 1-1 Chiefs
[Dec 20] Wits 0-3 Sundowns

Round 17 [Nov 21] Supersport 0-1 Free State
Wits 1-0 Santos
[Nov 24] Hellenic 2-2 Rangers
[Nov 26] Celtic 0-3 Sundowns
Bucks 2-0 Classic
Golden Arrows 3-1 Chiefs Ria Stars 3-2 Wanderers [Dec 20] Cosmos 0-2 Ajax
[Jan 16] Pirates 1-0 Swallows

Round 18 [Dec 2] Hellenic 0-0 Classic
Supersport 3-1 Rangers
[Dec 3] Celtic 1-2 Chiefs
Bucks 1-0 Sundowns
Golden Arrows 1-0 Santos Ria Stars 0-0 Free State [Jan 17] Wits 2-3 Cosmos [Jan 31] Ajax 2-1 Swallows [Feb 28] Pirates 3-0 Wanderers

Round 19 [Dec 8] Rangers 1-2 Ria Stars Santos 1-1 Celtic Wits 1-1 Golden Arrows [Dec 10] Classic 0-2 Supersport
Chiefs 0-1 Bucks
Cosmos 5-1 Swallows Hellenic 2-1 Sundowns [Jan 14] Wanderers 1-1 Ajax [Feb 14] Free State 0-1 Pirates

Round 20 [Dec 17] Bucks 1-1 Santos Swallows 0-0 Wanderers Ria Stars 2-0 Classic Celtic 0-1 Wits Golden Arrows 0-0 Cosmos Supersport 1-1 Sundowns
Hellenic 0-1 Chiefs [Dec 20] Pirates 3-3 Rangers [Feb 7] Ajax 1-1 Free State

Round 21 [Jan 5] Wits 2-2 Bucks
Rangers 3-0 Ajax [Jan 6] Free State 2-0 Swallows Chiefs 1-1 Supersport
[Jan 7] Cosmos 3-0 Wanderers Golden Arrows 1-0 Celtic Classic 0-3 Pirates Sundowns 1-1 Ria Stars [Jan 8] Santos 0-1 Hellenic

Round 22 [Jan 20] Pirates 1-2 Sundowns Hellenic 0-1 Wits [Jan 21] Swallows 3-1 Rangers Supersport 3-0 Santos Wanderers 1-3 Free State Bucks 1-3 Golden Arrows Celtic 0-1 Cosmos Classic 3-2 Ajax Ria Stars 1-4 Chiefs

Round 23 [Jan 28] Celtic 1-0 Swallows
Hellenic 2-1 Pirates
Cosmos 0-0 Sundowns
Golden Arrows 0-0 Wanderers
Santos 1-1 Rangers Supersport 0-2 Ria Stars Bucks 2-0 Ajax Wits 0-0 Free State [Jan 30] Chiefs 1-1 Classic

Round 24 [Feb 2] Hellenic 2-1 Celtic [Feb 3] Pirates 2-2 Santos Ria Stars 2-0 Wits [Feb 4] Wanderers 3-0 Classic Supersport 5-1 Golden Arrows Bucks 0-0 Cosmos Free State 3-1 Rangers Swallows 1-1 Sundowns Ajax 3-2 Chiefs

Round 25 [Feb 9] Cosmos 0-1 Rangers [Feb 10] Chiefs 1-2 Swallows
Bucks 0-0 Hellenic
Wits 0-1 Pirates [Feb 11] Celtic 2-1 Supersport Classic 0-2 Free State Golden Arrows 2-2 Ria Stars
Sundowns 1-0 Wanderers
Santos 0-1 Ajax

Round 26 [Feb 16] Rangers 1-0 Classic [Feb 17] Ajax 0-0 Wits Pirates 2-2 Golden Arrows Ria Stars 3-0 Celtic [Feb 18] Wanderers 0-2 Chiefs Free State abd Sundowns [abandoned] Hellenic 1-3 Cosmos Swallows abd Santos [abandoned at 0-1 due to thunderstorm] Supersport 4-2 Bucks [Mar 21] Free State 1-2 Sundowns [Apr 11] Swallows 3-1 Santos

Round 27 [Feb 23] Wits 1-1 Swallows [Feb 24] Hellenic 0-0 Supersport [Feb 25] Celtic 1-1 Pirates
Cosmos 0-0 Classic
Golden Arrows 2-1 Ajax Sundowns 3-0 Rangers Bucks 1-1 Ria Stars [Mar 28] Santos 1-0 Wanderers [May 17] Chiefs 0-1 Free State

Round 28 [Mar 10] Supersport 0-0 Cosmos [Mar 11] Wanderers 2-1 Wits Classic 1-3 Sundowns Free State 0-0 Santos Swallows 1-0 Golden Arrows Ria Stars 1-0 Hellenic [Apr 18] Pirates 0-1 Bucks [May 6] Ajax 3-3 Celtic [May 30] Rangers 0-1 Chiefs

Round 29 [Mar 21] Rangers 5-0 Wanderers [Mar 23] Wits 2-1 Supersport [Mar 25] Golden Arrows 2-0 Hellenic
Celtic 1-0 Bucks Classic 2-2 Swallows [Apr 11] Chiefs abd Pirates [abandoned at 1-1 in 33' following a stadium [Apr 22] disaster in which 43 people were killed] Cosmos 1-0 Free State [Apr 25] Sundowns 3-2 Ajax [May 7] Santos 1-0 Ria Stars [Jun 9 - played following Bob Save Superbowl final] Chiefs 1-0 Pirates

Round 30 [Mar 30] Rangers 3-2 Wits [Mar 31] Classic 0-1 Santos Free State 1-1 Golden Arrows Swallows 1-1 Bucks [Apr 1] Wanderers 3-1 Celtic Ria Stars 0-2 Cosmos Pirates 6-2 Supersport [Apr 22] Ajax 2-2 Hellenic
[May 6] Chiefs 1-0 Sundowns

Round 31 [Apr 6] Santos 2-2 Sundowns
Hellenic 1-1 Swallows
Wits 0-0 Classic
[Apr 7] Celtic 2-0 Free State Chiefs 2-0 Cosmos [Apr 8] Bucks 4-1 Wanderers Ria Stars 1-1 Pirates Golden Arrows 0-1 Rangers [Apr 28] Supersport 1-0 Ajax

Round 32 [Feb 28] Chiefs 1-1 Santos [Mar 7] Sundowns 1-1 Wits [Apr 18] Swallows 1-0 Supersport Rangers 1-2 Celtic Classic 2-1 Golden Arrows [Apr 28] Free State 3-0 Bucks [Apr 29] Wanderers 3-3 Hellenic
[May 1]
Cosmos 1-1 Pirates
[May 2] Ajax 4-0 Ria Stars [4-1?]

Round 33 [May 2] Golden Arrows 1-2 Sundowns [May 11] Hellenic 0-2 Free State [May 12] Supersport 2-0 Wanderers [May 13] Celtic 2-1 Classic
Ria Stars 2-0 Swallows Bucks 1-3 Rangers
[May 23] Pirates 3-0 Ajax Santos 1-0 Cosmos Wits 1-2 Chiefs

Round 34 [May 18] Rangers 0-0 Hellenic Santos 2-1 Wits [May 19] Swallows 1-1 Pirates [May 20] Free State 1-0 Supersport Sundowns 1-2 Celtic
Classic 2-0 Bucks
Chiefs 0-0 Golden Arrows Wanderers 1-4 Ria Stars Ajax 0-1 Cosmos

Final Table:

1.Orlando Pirates 34 16 13 5 60-34 61 Champions 2.Kaizer Chiefs 34 16 12 6 41-25 60 3.Mamelodi Sundowns 34 17 8 9 58-32 59
4.Jomo Cosmos 34 15 11 8 47-27 56 5.Santos 34 15 11 8 40-32 56 6.Free State Stars 34 15 10 9 40-30 55 7.Ria Stars 34 13 12 9 43-40 51 8.Supersport United 34 12 11 11 42-35 47 9.Lamontville Golden Arrows 34 11 12 11 38-39 45
10.Umtata Bush Bucks 34 12 8 14 38-45 44 11.Ajax Cape Town 34 10 10 14 37-46 40
12.Thembisa Classic 34 9 12 13 26-40 39
13.Wits University 34 8 14 12 33-43 38
14.Hellenic 34 7 15 12 32-40 36
15.Moroka Swallows 34 7 14 13 35-45 35
16.Manning Rangers 34 9 7 18 49-60 34

17.Bloemfontein Celtic 34 9 10 15 35-46 34 [-3] Relegated 18.African Wanderers 34 6 8 20 31-66 26 Relegated

NB: Bloemfontein Celtic deducted three points for fielding illegible player.

Promoted: AmaZulu (Durban) and Black Leopards (Thohoyandou)

Cups 2000/01

League Cup 2000

[for 18 Premier League Clubs only]

Preliminary Round Ria Stars 1-1 1-0 Bloemfontein Celtic Lamontville Golden Arrows 2-0 1-2 African Wanderers

First Round [2nd legs Sep 23-25] Orlando Pirates 0-1 2-0 Thembisa Classic Hellenic 1-0 1-3 Umtata Bush Bucks SuperSport United 3-0 4-3 Manning Rangers Moroka Swallows 3-1 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns Jomo Cosmos 1-0 1-0 Lamontville Golden Arrows Free State Stars 0-0 0-2 Ajax Cape Town Wits University 0-0 1-2 Santos Kaizer Chiefs lt Ria Stars

Quarterfinals [1st legs Oct 21,22; 2nd leg Nov 4,5] Moroka Swallows 3-0 0-0 SuperSport United [1st leg 3-1?] Santos 0-1 - Ajax Cape Town [2nd leg Nov 8] Ria Stars 2-4 3-2 Orlando Pirates Jomo Cosmos 3-2 5-0 Umtata Bush Bucks

Semifinals [2nd leg Dec 2,3] Jomo Cosmos 1-1 0-1 Ajax Cape Town Moroka Swallows 1-2 1-0 Orlando Pirates

Final [Johannesburg, Dec 9; att: 40,000] Ajax Cape Town 1-1 Orlando Pirates [aet] [Edelbert Dinha 60; Steve Lekoelea 75]

Final Replay [Johannesburg, Dec 13] Ajax Cape Town 4-1 Orlando Pirates [Carlo Scott 1-0, 2-0 (before 10'), Brett Evans 3-0 (after 45'), Jeremy Jansen 4-0; Jerry Sikhosana 4-1]

Ajax Cape Town earned a late CAF Cup entry thanks to this win

Bob Save Super Bowl 2001

Participants all from premier division except:

Black Leopards, FC Fortune, Mabopane Young Masters, Maritzburg City, Phoenix City, Saxon Rovers, Spartak, Sporting (all first division - second level); Amalawus, Greenpoint Vultures, Hamilton Crescents, Kiwi Double Seven, Mighty Birds, Ravens, Real Rangers, Roses United, Royal Blues (all amateur teams).

Preliminary Round [Feb 17,18] Mighty Birds bt Ravens
Real Rangers bt Roses United
Greenpoint Vultures bt Hamilton Crescents

First Round [Mar 2] Maritzburg City 1-0 Ajax Cape Town [Mar 3] Santos 3-2 Mabopane Young Masters [aet] SuperSport United 4-1 Wits University [aet] Royal Blues 1-2 Real Rangers Kaizer Chiefs 2-0 Black Leopards Thembisa Classic 2-3 Sporting FC FC Fortune 1-4 Manning Rangers Greenpoint Vultures 2-4 Orlando Pirates [Mar 4] Ravens 0-2 Bush Bucks
Spartak 1-0 Saxon Rovers Free State Stars 1-2 Moroka Swallows [aet] Bloemfontein Celtic 5-1 Phoenix City Jomo Cosmos 4-2 Kiwi Double Seven Mamelodi Sundowns 3-0 Hellenic Amalawus 1-6 Ria Stars Lamontville Golden Arrows 1-1 African Wanderers [aet, 3-4 pen]

Second Round [Mar 16] Manning Rangers 1-0 SuperSport United [Mar 17] Jomo Cosmos 2-2 Moroka Swallows [aet, 3-5 pen] Sporting FC 0-1 Santos [Mar 18] Mamelodi Sundowns 2-0 African Wanderers Ria Stars 1-2 Bloemfontein Celtic
Umtata Bush Bucks 2-3 Kaizer Chiefs [Mar 21] Real Rangers 1-5 Maritzburg City [Apr 4]
Spartak 0-1 Orlando Pirates

Quarterfinals [Apr 21] Maritzburg City 0-1 Santos [Apr 22] Mamelodi Sundowns 1-0 Manning Rangers [aet] [Apr 24] Orlando Pirates 0-1 Moroka Swallows
Bloemfontein Celtic 0-5 Kaizer Chiefs

Semifinals [Apr 28] Santos 1-0 Moroka Swallows [Apr 29] Kaizer Chiefs 0-2 Mamelodi Sundowns

Final [Jun 9 - postponed from May 26 and played as curtain raiser for the final league match between Pirates and Chiefs, postponed due to the Ellis Park stadium disaster] Santos 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns [Tyren Arendse 13]

Charity Cup 2001 [Jul 28]

Semifinals Orlando Pirates 1-0 Kaizer Chiefs [Mkhize 52] Moroka Swallows 1-1 Ria Stars [4-2 pen] [Nombe 40; Mkhabela 69]

Final Orlando Pirates 1-0 Moroka Swallows [Vilakazi 33]

First Division (Second Level)

Vodacom League - Inland

Final Table:

1.Black Leopards 30 21 4 5 77-29 67 Promoted 2.Bloemfontein Young Tigers 30 16 6 8 46-28 54 3.Mabopane Young Masters 30 16 5 9 56-35 53 4.Dobsonville All Nations 30 13 10 7 56-40 49 5.Ledwaba Power Stars 30 15 4 11 46-46 49 6.City Sharks 30 14 5 11 38-34 47 7.Pietersburg Pillars 30 14 4 12 43-37 46 8.Spartak 30 11 8 11 27-30 41 9.Katlehong City 30 12 4 14 45-45 40 10.Silver Stars 30 9 12 9 38-33 39
11.Alexandra Utd 30 10 7 13 37-44 37 12.Dynamos 30 10 7 13 28-45 37 13.Witbank Black Aces 30 9 9 12 51-65 36 14.Sporting FC 30 10 6 14 42-40 36 15.Arcadia Shepherds 30 10 5 15 44-55 35 16.Real Rovers 30 2 0 28 20-88 6

Vodacom League - Coastal

Final Table:

1.Amazulu 26 17 5 4 47-17 56 Promoted 2.Park United 26 17 4 5 51-24 55 3.Saxon Rovers 26 12 3 11 45-40 39 4.Maritzburg City 26 9 9 8 39-37 36 5.Avendale Athletico 26 10 6 10 30-31 36 6.Zulu Royals 26 10 6 10 36-30 36 [Premier United?] 7.FC Fortune 26 9 8 9 36-33 35 8.Mother City 26 9 8 9 32-31 32 9.Newtons 26 7 10 9 29-39 31 10.Rainbow Stars 26 7 8 11 35-40 29 11.Basotho Tigers 26 8 5 13 26-34 29 12.Royal Tigers 26 8 5 13 28-41 29 13.Phoenix City 26 8 5 13 29-50 29 14.Durban United 26 8 4 14 35-51 28

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Author: Ian King (worldsoccer@btinternet.com) Last updated: 8 Sep 2004