South Africa 1996 (original) (raw)

NB: due to transition from calendar season to July-June season the league consisted of a single round robin only

"Super Bowl"

Semifinals:

Orlando Pirates 4-1 Kaizer Chiefs Jomo Cosmos 1-0 Cape Town Spurs

Final (Nov 23) Orlando Pirates 1-0 Jomo Cosmos [90' Andries Sebola]

Orlando Pirates qualified for CWC 1997.

Third Place Match Kaizer Chiefs 6-1 Cape Town Spurs

[Cape Town Spurs were defending cup winners.]

Coca Cola Challenge Cup (League Cup)

League Phase Final Table:

1.Kaizer Chiefs 17 10 6 1 39-14 36 CAF Champions Cup 1997 2.Orlando Pirates 17 9 7 1 31-13 33 3.Vaal Professionals 17 10 3 4 24-17 33 4.Manning Rangers 17 9 3 5 37-23 30 5.Bloemfontein Celtic 17 8 6 3 24-18 30 6.Moroka Swallows 17 6 6 5 17-17 24 7.Jomo Cosmos 17 7 3 7 13-15 24 8.Supersport United 17 6 5 6 23-18 23 9.Amazulu 17 6 5 6 21-18 23
10.Cape Town Spurs 17 5 8 4 19-19 23 11.Wits University 17 6 5 6 16-18 23 12.Mamelodi Sundowns 17 6 3 8 14-16 21
13.Qwa Qwa Stars 17 5 5 7 19-23 20 14.Umtata Bucks 17 5 5 7 17-22 20 15.Real Rovers 17 5 4 8 24-32 19
16.Hellenic 17 5 3 9 24-25 18

17.Witbank Aces 17 2 6 9 12-30 12 18.Crystal Brains 17 1 1 15 5-41 4

NB: Crystal Brains replaced by or renamed to Warriors for 1996/97 season; Kaizer Chiefs qualified for CAF Champions Cup 1997, but withdrew from that tournament and were replaced by Orlando Pirates

Top 16 qualified for knock-out phase

Coca-Cola Cup 1996 - Knock-Out Phase

First Round [1 vs 16, 2 vs 15 etc] [Aug 2] Manning Rangers 1-2 QwaQwa Stars [Simon Makhubela; Emeka Mamale, Youssouf Traore [pen]] [Aug 3] Orlando Pirates 0-0 Real Rovers [aet, 4-3 pen] Pretoria City 1-1 AmaZulu [aet, 4-3 pen] [Aaron Ngwenya; Alban Newman] Vaal Professionals 0-1 Umtata Bucks [Mongi Rula] [Aug 4] Bloemfontein Celtic 0-1 Mamelodi Sundowns [Daniel Mudau] Kaizer Chiefs 1-0 Hellenic [Lefa Gqosha] Moroka Swallows 0-1 Wits University [Dougie Williams] Jomo Cosmos 2-0 Cape Town Spurs [Nuro (2)]

Quarterfinals [Aug 23] Wits University 1-2 QwaQwa Stars [Dougie Williams; Gordon Ewen (og), Kevin Rafferty (og)] [Aug 24] Kaizer Chiefs 1-2 Pretoria City [aet] [Thabang Lebese; Marc Batchelor (2)] [Aug 25] Mamelodi Sundowns 0-0 Jomo Cosmos [aet, 5-4 pen] Umtata Bush Bucks 1-1 Orlando Pirates [aet, 4-1 pen] [Wilfred Mugeyi; Helman Mkhalele]

Semifinal [Sep 28] QwaQwa Stars 1-0 Mamelodi Sundowns [Robson Muchichwa] Umtata Bush Bucks 3-2 SuperSport United [Wilfred Mugeyi (2), David Nogwaza; Thomas Madigage 70, Eugene Zwane 72]

NB: Pretoria City franchise name changed to SuperSport United

Final [Nov 16] QwaQwa Stars 1-1 Umtata Bush Bucks [aet] [Fees Moloi; Joseph Leepo]

Final Replay [Nov 20] Umtata Bush Bucks 1-0 QwaQwa Stars [William Mugeyi 38]

Bush Bucks qualify for the 1997 CAF Cup. They were also 1993 winners of the League Cup.

BP Top Eight Cup 1996

Final (at Durban, 2nd match; 1st match 1-1)

Orlando Pirates 3-0 Qwa Qwa Stars [Jerry Skosana, Andries Sebola, Helman Mkhalele]

About this document

With thanks to Mark Gleeson, Charl Gerber, Josef Bobrowsky and Ian King

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Author: RSSSF Last updated: 1 Sep 2020