South African Premiership table 2026-27

The Premiership standings, which South Africans call the PSL log, rank the 16 Betway Premiership clubs by points, with played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against and goal difference beside every name. The log at the top updates itself after every match, and three points for a win and one for a draw decide every place from the title down to the drop. Think of it like a minibus taxi queue at rush hour: everyone can see where they stand, and one good afternoon moves a side up the line.

In South Africa the table is the log, so the PSL log table, the psl soccer table and the Premiership standings are one and the same, and readers in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and Uganda may know the same table by different names. The name has followed its sponsors, beginning with Castle and now carried by Betway since 2024, and plenty of supporters still say the Premier Division or simply the PSL. For club news and the full season picture, the Premiership hub is one tap away.

What Do the Positions on the PSL Log Mean?

Every place on the log carries a reward or a risk. The champions and the runners up go to the CAF Champions League, while third place joins the Nedbank Cup winners in the CAF Confederation Cup. At the other end, the bottom side goes straight down and is replaced by the Motsepe Foundation Championship winners. The second from bottom side gets one more chance, a mini league playoff against the second and third placed teams from the division below. A club sitting fifteenth in May still has soccer left to play, and a strong playoff keeps it in the top flight.

How Do Points and Goal Difference Work on the PSL Log?

Points come first, at three for a win and one for a draw. The goal difference column sits right beside the points on any psl league table, and it is simple to read: goals for minus goals against. A positive number means a side has scored more than it has conceded, a negative number means the reverse, and zero means the two totals are equal. Reading it next to the goals for and goals against columns shows whether a number comes from scoring freely, defending tightly or both.

How Often Does the PSL Log Update, and Where Are the Fixtures and Results?

The log refreshes after every final whistle, so the order always reflects the latest completed match. For what is coming next, the Premiership fixtures list every game in date order, and the Premiership results hold every score already settled. The Premiership stats cover the top scorers, which is handy for following the scoring charts all season. All of it is built light, so it opens quickly on a phone with limited data.

When Is the PSL Season, and What Time Do Matches Kick Off in SAST, WAT, EAT and GMT?

The Premiership runs from August to May as a double round robin, so each of the 16 clubs plays every other club home and away, 30 games apiece. The line up changes each season as newly promoted sides arrive, and the Nedbank Cup runs alongside the league. Kick off times are set in South African Standard Time, which is two hours ahead of GMT, one hour ahead of West Africa Time and one hour behind East Africa Time. A fan in Accra sees the game start two hours earlier on the clock, a fan in Lagos one hour earlier, and a fan in Nairobi or Kampala one hour later. For example, 15:00 SAST is 14:00 WAT, 16:00 EAT and 13:00 GMT.

How Do You Read Goal Difference and Games in Hand on the PSL Log?

Read the played column first. A club with games in hand has fewer matches recorded than its rivals, so its position changes once those games are played and the points are added. Then look at goals against, because the goals against column also shows how a side defends, while goals for shows how it scores. Together with goal difference, the two columns give the full picture behind each place on the log.

Where Do African Players Fit on the PSL Log?

The Premiership has long drawn talent from across the continent, so the log also shows the club of Namibia's Peter Shalulile, the league's all time top scorer with 130 goals as recorded in 2026. Readers in Nigeria and Ghana can follow the log on a phone using the WAT and GMT kick off times, while readers in Kenya and Uganda can plan around the EAT times and watch the race alongside the stats pages.

The league also feeds the continental story. Sundowns won the CAF Champions League in 2016, beating Egypt's Zamalek 3-1 on aggregate to follow Orlando Pirates as South African winners, and lifted the CAF Super Cup in 2017 against TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of the Congo at Loftus Versfeld. They were the first club in Africa to win both the men's CAF Champions League and the CAF Women's Champions League, completing the pair in 2021, and at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup in the USA they beat Ulsan HD. The top two places on the log open that door, which gives fans far beyond Pretoria a reason to follow the race.