South Africa 1976 (original) (raw)

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

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Source: [Raa 02]

Prepared and maintained by Ian King for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Ian King Last updated: 16 Mar 2023