2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League Explained

Competition:Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Season:2012
Winners:Dynamos
Relegated:Gunners
Blue Rangers
Hardbody
Quelaton
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Dynamos
Continentalcup2:Confederation Cup
Highest Attendance:28,886[1] Dynamos versus Highlanders
Prevseason:2011
Nextseason:2013

The 2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season (known as the Castle Larger Premier Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) will be the thirty second season of the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1980. The season began on 31 March 2012.

Dynamos are the defending champions, having won the previous 2011 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2011 ZPSL season and four new teams promoted from the 2011 Zifa Division One League: Buffaloes, Harare City, Hardbody and Quelaton who replace relegated Kiglon, Masvingo United, Shooting Stars and Zimbabwe Saints.

Teams

A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2011 season and four promoted from the 2011 Zifa Division One League.

Stadiums and locations

Football teams in South Africa tend to use multiple stadiums over the course of a season for their home games. The following table will only indicate the stadium used most often by the club for their home games

TeamCityHome venueCapacity
Black MambasHarareMorris Depot Police Camp5000
Blue RangersHarareGwanzura Stadium10000
BuffaloesMutareSakubva Stadium10000
CAPS UnitedHarareNational Sports Stadium60000
Chicken InnBulawayoLuveve Stadium8000
DynamosHarareRufaro Stadium35000
FC PlatinumZvishavaneMandava Stadium3000
GunnersMabvukuLafarge Stadium10000
Harare CityHarareRufaro Stadium35000
HardbodyGweruAscot Stadium5000
HighlandersBulawayoBarbourfields Stadium32000
HwangeHwangeColliery Stadium15000
Monomotapa UnitedHarareGwanzura Stadium10000
Motor ActionHarareMotor Action Sports Club1000
QuelatonBulawayoLuveve Stadium8000
Shabanie MineZvishavaneMaglas Stadium5000

League table

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WE'RE LOSING THE FANS…record low crowd watch Battle of Zim showdown.