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The Premier Soccer League (PSL) is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from South Africa. It is the top level football league in South Africa and has been since its foundation in 1996. The PSL was created following an agreement between the National Soccer League and the remnants of the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL). The Premier Soccer League is a trading name for the National Soccer League. The Premier Division is seen as a successor of the National Soccer League. The company acts as a governing body and competition organiser. The PSL are affiliated to the South African Football Association but SAFA do not govern the PSL competitions. Teams that are relegated from the PSL organised leagues compete in the SAFA-organised Second Division. The National First Division (NFD) is the second-highest league of South African club football (soccer) The Premier Soccer League is a 16 teams league consisting of 30 matches per team, the league consisted 18 teams on its establishment until 2001/2002 season which saw 2 teams Ria Stars & Free State Stars being disbanded. The relegation and promotion process for the PSL allows one team to be promoted directly with one relegated directly, the team occupying 15th spot in the PSL together with 2 teams occupying 2nd & 3rd spots in National First Division form a mini-league for promotion/relegation play-offs. == Competitions == The Premier Soccer League sell the naming rights of their competitions to a title sponsor. The PSL organise the following competitions: ;League competitions *South African Premier Division / PSL *National First Division / NFD ;Cup competitions *Nedbank Cup *Telkom Knockout Cup *MTN 8 They had previously organised Charity Cup, a one-day, four team, season opening cup, which ran from 1986 to 2010. The Baymed Cup was open to First Division sides, but the competition was terminated after one edition in 2006. The structure of the PSL cup competitions is made by 3 different types with sponsors for each getting naming rights: League Top 8 Top 8 teams on the log compete on the cup. MTN 8 sponsored by MTN since 2008. SAA Super 8 sponsored by SAA 2003-2007. BP Top 8 sponsored by BP 1972(1996)-2002. League Cup All 16 teams on the league compete on the cup via a random draw. Coca-Cola Cup sponsored by Coca Cola 1996. Rothmans Cup sponsored by Rothmans 1997-2000. Coca-Cola Cup sponsored by Coca Cola 2001-2005. Telkom Knockout sponsored by Telkom since 2006. Association Cup Consisting of 32 teams from: 16 PSL teams. 8 NFD teams. The other 8 teams being from Vodacom League & Castle Regional League. Nedbank Cup sponsored by Nedbank since 2008. Absa Cup sponsored by Absa 2003-2007. Bobsave Super Bowl sponsored by FNB 1988(1996)-2001. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Premier Soccer League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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