| Pixels: | 200px |
| Competition: | Premier Soccer League |
| Winners: | Mamelodi Sundowns (9th title) |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Mamelodi Sundowns Orlando Pirates |
| Continentalcup2: | Confederation Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Bidvest Wits TS Galaxy |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 542 |
| League Topscorer: | Mwape Musonda (16 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Cape Town City F.C. 5–0 Free State Stars (16 January 2019) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Cape Town City F.C. 1–4 Kaizer Chiefs (15 September 2018) |
| Highest Scoring: | AmaZulu 3–3 Mamelodi Sundowns (16 September 2018) Orlando Pirates 4–2 Chippa United F.C. (8 January 2019) Polokwane City 3–3 Bidvest Wits (20 January 2019) Bloemfontein Celtic 2–4 Bidvest Wits (15 March 2019) |
| Longest Wins: | Mamelodi Sundowns (5 games) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | Mamelodi Sundowns (15 games) |
| Longest Winless: | Baroka (9 games) |
| Longest Losses: | Black Leopards (3 games) |
| Prevseason: | 2017–18 |
| Nextseason: | 2019–20 |
| Updated: | 11 May 2019 |
| Country: | (16 teams) |
| Dates: | 4 August 2018 – 11 May 2019 |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
The 2018–19 South African Premier Division season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd season of the Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1996. The season began in August 2018 and concluded in May 2019. Mamelodi Sundowns are the champions.
The following teams have changed division since the 2017–18 season.
Relegated from 2017-18 South African Premier Division
Promoted to 2018–19 South African Premier Division
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor (chest) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AmaZulu | Umbro | SPAR | |||
| Baroka | Flair | Two Mountains | |||
| Bidvest Wits | Kappa | Bidvest | |||
| Black Leopards | Umbro | N/A | |||
| Bloemfontein Celtic |  |  | Kappa | N/A | |
| Cape Town City | Umbro | SportPesa | |||
| Chippa United | Joma | Nelson Mandela Bay | |||
| Free State Stars |  | Lotto | N/A | ||
| Golden Arrows | Made by club | N/A | |||
| Highlands Park | Kappa | Jonsson Workwear | |||
| Kaizer Chiefs | Nike | Vodacom | |||
| Mamelodi Sundowns | Puma | Ubuntu-Botho S&E | |||
| Maritzburg United | Lotto | N/A | |||
| Orlando Pirates | | Adidas | Vodacom | ||
| Polokwane City |  | XCo | N/A | ||
| SuperSports United | Kappa | Engen |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroka |  Doctor Khumalo | align=center rowspan=2 | Mutual consent | 12 May 2018[2] | align=center rowspan=4 | Pre-season |  Wedson Nyirenda | 30 May 2018[3] |
| Celtic | Veselin Jelusic | 14 June 2018[4] | Steve Komphela | 20 June 2018[5] | ||||
| Polokwane | Bernard Molekwa | Retained as assistant coach | 27 June 2018[6] | Jozef Vukusic | 27 June 2018[7] | |||
| Kaizer Chiefs | Steve Komphela | Resigned | 21 April 2018[8] |  Giovanni Solinas | 13 July 2018[9] |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean Sheets | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | |||
| 1 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 9 | |||
| 3 | 9 | |||
| 5 |  Richard Ofori | Maritzburg United | 7 | |
| 5 | 7 | |||
| 7 | 6 | |||
| 7 | 6 | |||
| 7 | Kaizer Chiefs F.C. | 6 | ||
| 7 | Polokwane City F.C. | 6 |
