ABSA Premiership 2008/2009 : Results, rankings and all statistics

Tier : 1

Type of clubs : A

Country : South Africa

Games played : 240

Goals scored : 569 (2.37 goals per match )

Yellow cards : 878

Red cards : 53

43%
Home victories

25%
Draws

33%
Away victories

Players age average : 26.64 years

Number of players participating : 480

Promoted : Maritzburg United, Bay United

Relegated to lower tier : Black Leopards, Jomo Cosmos

ABSA Premiership 2008/2009's fixtures and results

Round 2

September 12, 2008

10'Tyren Arendse (p)

25'Musa Otieno

September 13, 2008

September 14, 2008

48'Brice Aka

75'Bernard Parker (p)

86'Geoffrey Sserunkuma

September 17, 2008

Platinum Stars

1 3

SuperSport

29'L. R. Rentería (p)

October 22, 2008

General rankingLast updated on 17/09/2008

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	SuperSport	6	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
2	Thanda Royal Zulu	6	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
3	Ajax Cape Town	4	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
4	Bidvest Wits	4	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
5	Maritzburg United	4	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
6	Golden Arrows	4	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
7	Santos Cape Town	3	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1
8	Mamelodi	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
9	Platinum Stars	3	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
10	Free State Stars	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
10	Orlando Pirates	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	-1
12	Moroka Swallows	1	2	0	1	1	3	5	-2
13	Bay United	1	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
14	AmaZulu	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
15	Kaizer Chiefs	0	2	0	0	2	3	5	-2
16	Bloemfontein	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	-2

Latest transfers

May 04, 2009
Manqoba Ngwenya ( AmaZulu)		Mamelodi

April 15, 2009
Mlungisi Ngubane mana.( Durban City)		Richards Bay

April 07, 2009
Ivan Winstanley ( Moroka)		Richards Bay

March 09, 2009
Chad Harpur ( Kilmarnock)		CT Spurs
Romain Carbonnier ( AC Ajaccio)		CT Spurs

March 01, 2009
Michel Babale ( Free)		Durban

February 10, 2009
Tlou Segolela ( Orlando Pirates)		Bloemfontein

February 09, 2009
Justin Miller ( Chelmsford)		Bidvest Wits

February 06, 2009
Josta Dladla ( Free)		Kaizer Chiefs
Clifford Mulenga ( Bidvest Wits)		Richards Bay
Tshepo Mashego ( FS Stars)		Golden Arrows
Lerato Chabangu ( Mamelodi)		SuperSport

February 05, 2009
Dillon Sheppard ( Mamelodi)		Cape Umoya

All transfers

One match scorers

Anthony Lafforhas scored 3 goals during the match SuperSport 5-0 Maritzburg United (29/10/2008)

Richard Henyekanehas scored 3 goals during the match Golden Arrows 4-0 Ajax Cape Town (12/11/2008)

Duncan Lechesahas scored 3 goals during the match Thanda Royal Zulu 2-3 Free State Stars (14/12/2008)

Gert Schalkwykhas scored 3 goals during the match Bloemfontein 6-1 Thanda Royal Zulu (25/01/2009)

Surprise Moririhas scored 3 goals during the match Maritzburg United 0-3 Mamelodi (04/02/2009)

Eliott Khenyezahas scored 3 goals during the match Ajax Cape Town 4-1 Bay United (25/02/2009)

Richard Henyekanehas scored 3 goals during the match Platinum Stars 0-6 Golden Arrows (18/03/2009)

Anthony Lafforhas scored 3 goals during the match Mamelodi 1-4 SuperSport (19/03/2009)

Eliott Khenyezahas scored 3 goals during the match Ajax Cape Town 5-2 Thanda Royal Zulu (23/04/2009)

Individual rankingsLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

Scorers

Assists

Games

clean sheets

Fair play

Scorers as subs

Scorers + Assists

Newcomers

Player	Goals	pen.	eff.	Min.p.	M.p.	Start	Home	Away	1H	2H	Team %	Last goal
Richard Henyekane	19	3	129	2451	29	27	9	10	11	8	43%	09/05/2009
Eliott Khenyeza	16	2	133	2130	24	24	10	6	6	10	44%	23/04/2009
Bernard Parker	10	3	118	1184	14	13	3	7	2	8	26%	17/12/2008
Surprise Moriri	10	3	134	1337	17	15	5	5	3	7	37%	28/02/2009
L. R. Rentería	10	3	148	1475	22	17	6	4	5	5	29%	19/04/2009
Anthony Laffor	10	0	146	1455	23	15	5	5	3	7	22%	23/04/2009
Sthembiso Ngcobo	10	0	170	1696	24	20	8	2	4	6	27%	09/05/2009
Gert Schalkwyk	9	1	196	1760	22	20	8	1	3	6		09/05/2009
Bradley Ritson	9	0	178	1602	27	18	2	7	3	6	28%	09/05/2009
Katlego Mashego	9	0	216	1948	24	23	6	3	4	5		09/05/2009
Elias Pelembe	8	0	293	2343	27	27	2	6	4	4	18%	28/02/2009
Nkosinathi Nhleko	8	0	203	1626	28	16	2	6	1	7	21%	05/04/2009
Lucas Thwala	8	3	281	2249	25	25	4	4	2	6	22%	06/05/2009
Fadlu Davids	7	1	253	1772	23	21	6	1	3	4	21%	06/05/2009
Marawaan Bantam	6	3	207	1242	23	13	1	5	4	2	15%	16/01/2009

Rankings

Form

Home

Away

Second legs

Attendances

Offense

Defense

First half

Second half

Fair play

1	Free State Stars	DKaizer Chiefs 0-0 04/04/2009	V 2-0 Thanda Royal Zulu08/04/2009	V 3-0 Ajax Cape Town14/04/2009	VAmaZulu 0-1 03/05/2009	DMaritzburg United 1-1 06/05/2009	V 5-1 Bloemfontein09/05/2009
2	Orlando Pirates	DBloemfontein 1-1 05/04/2009	VMaritzburg United 1-2 08/04/2009	DSuperSport 1-1 23/04/2009	V 2-1 Kaizer Chiefs02/05/2009	DAjax Cape Town 1-1 06/05/2009	V 3-1 AmaZulu09/05/2009
3	Bidvest Wits	VGolden Arrows 2-3 04/04/2009	D 1-1 Bloemfontein08/04/2009	D 0-0 SuperSport15/04/2009	V 5-0 Bay United02/05/2009	DAmaZulu 0-0 06/05/2009	V 2-0 Moroka Swallows09/05/2009
4	Ajax Cape Town	VSantos Cape Town 1-2 08/04/2009	LFree State Stars 3-0 14/04/2009	V 5-2 Thanda Royal Zulu23/04/2009	D 1-1 Platinum Stars29/04/2009	D 1-1 Orlando Pirates06/05/2009	VMamelodi 0-2 09/05/2009
5	Golden Arrows	L 2-3 Bidvest Wits04/04/2009	L 0-1 AmaZulu08/04/2009	D 0-0 Moroka Swallows15/04/2009	V 3-1 Santos Cape Town03/05/2009	VSuperSport 1-2 06/05/2009	VBay United 0-1 09/05/2009
6	Kaizer Chiefs	D 0-0 Free State Stars04/04/2009	VBay United 0-2 08/04/2009	V 1-0 Mamelodi23/04/2009	LOrlando Pirates 2-1 02/05/2009	L 0-3 Santos Cape Town06/05/2009	VPlatinum Stars 0-2 09/05/2009
7	SuperSport	VMamelodi 1-4 19/03/2009	V 2-0 Moroka Swallows08/04/2009	DBidvest Wits 0-0 15/04/2009	D 1-1 Orlando Pirates23/04/2009	L 1-2 Golden Arrows06/05/2009	DSantos Cape Town 0-0 09/05/2009
8	Bloemfontein	D 1-1 Orlando Pirates05/04/2009	DBidvest Wits 1-1 08/04/2009	DSantos Cape Town 1-1 17/04/2009	V 2-0 Platinum Stars03/05/2009	V 3-0 Bay United06/05/2009	LFree State Stars 5-1 09/05/2009
9	Maritzburg United	V 2-1 Bidvest Wits24/03/2009	L 1-2 Orlando Pirates08/04/2009	LPlatinum Stars 4-0 19/04/2009	V 3-1 Moroka Swallows02/05/2009	D 1-1 Free State Stars06/05/2009	DThanda Royal Zulu 0-0 09/05/2009
10	AmaZulu	V 1-0 Santos Cape Town05/04/2009	VGolden Arrows 0-1 08/04/2009	DBay United 1-1 19/04/2009	L 0-1 Free State Stars03/05/2009	D 0-0 Bidvest Wits06/05/2009	LOrlando Pirates 3-1 09/05/2009
11	Thanda Royal Zulu	LMoroka Swallows 3-1 05/04/2009	LFree State Stars 2-0 08/04/2009	V 1-0 Mamelodi15/04/2009	LAjax Cape Town 5-2 23/04/2009	V 2-1 Platinum Stars06/05/2009	D 0-0 Maritzburg United09/05/2009
12	Santos Cape Town	LAmaZulu 1-0 05/04/2009	L 1-2 Ajax Cape Town08/04/2009	D 1-1 Bloemfontein17/04/2009	LGolden Arrows 3-1 03/05/2009	VKaizer Chiefs 0-3 06/05/2009	D 0-0 SuperSport09/05/2009
13	Moroka Swallows	V 3-1 Thanda Royal Zulu05/04/2009	LSuperSport 2-0 08/04/2009	DGolden Arrows 0-0 15/04/2009	LMaritzburg United 3-1 02/05/2009	D 0-0 Mamelodi06/05/2009	LBidvest Wits 2-0 09/05/2009
14	Platinum Stars	D 0-0 Mamelodi08/04/2009	V 4-0 Maritzburg United19/04/2009	DAjax Cape Town 1-1 29/04/2009	LBloemfontein 2-0 03/05/2009	LThanda Royal Zulu 2-1 06/05/2009	L 0-2 Kaizer Chiefs09/05/2009
15	Mamelodi	L 1-4 SuperSport19/03/2009	DPlatinum Stars 0-0 08/04/2009	LThanda Royal Zulu 1-0 15/04/2009	LKaizer Chiefs 1-0 23/04/2009	DMoroka Swallows 0-0 06/05/2009	L 0-2 Ajax Cape Town09/05/2009
16	Bay United	L 1-2 Maritzburg United04/03/2009	L 0-2 Kaizer Chiefs08/04/2009	D 1-1 AmaZulu19/04/2009	LBidvest Wits 5-0 02/05/2009	LBloemfontein 3-0 06/05/2009	L 0-1 Golden Arrows09/05/2009

Longest streaksLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

Winning streak

Loosing streak

Drawing streak

Drawless streak

Unbeaten streak

Winless streak

Invincibility streak

Goalless streak

Conceding streak

Scoring streak

	Series	Running
Mamelodi	5
AmaZulu	5
SuperSport	4
Ajax Cape Town	4
Orlando Pirates	4
Golden Arrows	3	3
Santos Cape Town	3
Maritzburg United	3
Moroka Swallows	3
Kaizer Chiefs	3
Free State Stars	3
Bidvest Wits	2
Thanda Royal Zulu	2
Platinum Stars	2
Bay United	2
Bloemfontein	2

Ranking matchday by matchdayLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

Team \ Rd	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
SuperSport	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Orlando Pirates	12	10	16	15	13	13	10	7	7	7	9	10	5	6	8	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Kaizer Chiefs	11	15	11	14	11	7	4	6	5	4	4	4	7	7	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Free State Stars	12	10	15	9	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	9	11	11	12	12	12	4	5	6	4
Golden Arrows	3	6	5	3	4	3	2	1	1	1	3	6	3	4	3	5	5	5	9	9	8	6	9	9	9	9	5	9	9	5
Bidvest Wits	1	4	2	2	3	2	1	2	3	5	6	3	4	3	5	6	9	9	7	7	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	6
Ajax Cape Town	7	3	8	6	8	6	9	5	4	2	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	4	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	7	8	5	7
AmaZulu	12	14	12	13	12	14	11	8	10	11	10	7	9	8	9	12	12	12	11	11	12	9	7	7	7	7	8	4	4	8
Mamelodi	3	8	7	8	2	5	6	4	6	6	8	11	6	9	11	10	8	8	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	9	6	8	9
Santos Cape Town	16	7	13	11	10	11	12	13	11	9	7	8	10	5	7	8	7	7	8	8	10	10	8	8	8	8	10	11	11	10
Moroka Swallows	7	12	6	5	6	8	5	10	9	8	5	5	8	11	6	7	6	6	6	6	5	7	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	11
Maritzburg United	7	5	4	4	5	9	13	12	13	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	12
Platinum Stars	3	9	9	12	7	4	7	9	8	10	11	9	11	12	10	9	10	10	12	12	11	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	13
Bloemfontein	12	16	14	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	15	15	14
Thanda Royal Zulu	2	2	3	7	8	10	8	11	12	13	12	12	12	10	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	14	14	15
Bay United	7	13	9	10	15	12	14	14	14	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Goals per quarterLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

Minutes	Goals
0 - 15	76
Best scorer : Richard Henyekane - 4 Goals
16 - 30	77
Best scorer : L. R. Rentería - 4 Goals
31 - 45+	90
Best scorer : Richard Henyekane - 6 Goals
46 - 60	80
Best scorer : Sthembiso Ngcobo - 4 Goals
61 - 75	95
Best scorer : Bernard Parker - 5 Goals
76 - 90+	151
Best scorer : Richard Henyekane - 6 Goals

Most frequent scoresLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

Score	Frequence
0 - 0	23 times
1 - 0	54 times
1 - 1	29 times
2 - 0	35 times
2 - 1	38 times
2 - 2	6 times
3 - 0	15 times
3 - 1	10 times
3 - 2	7 times
3 - 3	1 times

Score	Frequence
4 - 0	2 times
4 - 1	8 times
4 - 2	4 times
5 - 0	2 times
5 - 1	1 times
5 - 2	2 times
6 - 0	1 times
6 - 1	1 times
6 - 2	1 times

Goals scored per matchdayLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

General statistics by teamLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

	Participants	Different First XI	Different Scorers	Best scorer
Golden Arrows	37	26	14	Richard Henyekane (19 goals)
Bay United	36	28	15	Cyril Nzama (3 goals)
Moroka Swallows	35	25	14	Sandile Ndlovu (6 goals)
Mamelodi	34	30	9	Surprise Moriri (10 goals)
Orlando Pirates	32	26	10	Lucas Thwala (8 goals)
Bidvest Wits	32	29	16	Marawaan Bantam (6 goals)
SuperSport	32	27	15	Anthony Laffor (10 goals)
Kaizer Chiefs	31	27	14	Siphiwe Tshabalala (6 goals)
Maritzburg United	31	30	13	Fadlu Davids (7 goals)
Ajax Cape Town	30	25	11	Eliott Khenyeza (16 goals)
Bloemfontein	30	28	9	Geoffrey Sserunkuma (6 goals)
Free State Stars	29	25	14	Sthembiso Ngcobo (10 goals)
AmaZulu	29	27	14	Bradley Ritson (9 goals)
Platinum Stars	28	25	14	Luis Robinson Rentería (10 goals)
Thanda Royal Zulu	27	28	13	Bernard Parker (10 goals)
Santos Cape Town	26	29	12	Musa Otieno (4 goals)

Teams ages statisticsLast updated on 07/03/2025 at 22:34

	Average age	Oldest player	Youngest player
Ajax Cape Town	23.9	Dipsy Selolwane (29 years)	Thulani Serero (17 years)
Golden Arrows	24	Bheka Phakathi (33 years)	Rodgers Kola (18 years)
Bidvest Wits	24.2	Neil Winstanley (31 years)	Darren Keet (18 years)
SuperSport	24.5	André Arendse (40 years)	Philane Khwela (16 years)
Santos Cape Town	24.7	Musa Otieno (34 years)	Tasleem Paulse (19 years)
Kaizer Chiefs	24.8	Arthur Zwane (34 years)	Mandla Masango (18 years)
Moroka Swallows	25.4	Goodman Mazibuko (32 years)	Thato Ferland (17 years)
Thanda Royal Zulu	25.4	Peter Ndlovu (34 years)	Nduduzu Phakathi (17 years)
Orlando Pirates	25.7	Gilbert Mushangazikhe (32 years)	Oupa Manyisa (19 years)
Free State Stars	25.8	Walter Khumalo (35 years)	Jonathan Mensah (17 years)
Bloemfontein	25.9	John Maduka (37 years)	Lebo Ramolesa (19 years)
AmaZulu	26	Sean Dundee (35 years)	Marc van Heerden (19 years)
Maritzburg United	26.4	Tico-Tico (34 years)	Jabulani Ncobeni (15 years)
Mamelodi	26.5	Michael Manzini (35 years)	Bongale Twala (19 years)
Platinum Stars	27.3	Willem Jackson (35 years)	Bafana Tshabalala (18 years)
Bay United	27.5	Arthur Bartman (35 years)	Maphelo Galada (19 years)

Countries statisticsLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 21:34

	Number of games played	Number of players	Number of goals scored
South Africa	5022	385	441
Zambia	196	12	18
Zimbabwe	182	10	4
Brazil	134	8	5
Ghana	115	6	7
Nigeria	114	5	11
DR Congo	95	7	2
Malawi	76	6	3
Botswana	70	3	4
Namibia	64	6	3
Cameroon	61	5	0
Mozambique	61	4	12
Uganda	60	3	7
Eswatini	35	2	5
Equatorial Guinea	29	1	3
Ivory Coast	26	1	6
Guinea	25	1	1
Kenya	24	1	4
Lesotho	24	1	0
Liberia	23	1	10