2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League

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.

Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
Season2012
ChampionsDynamos
RelegatedGunners
Blue Rangers
Hardbody
Quelaton
Champions LeagueDynamos
Highest attendance28,886[1] Dynamos versus Highlanders
← 2011
2013 →

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

Team City Home venue Capacity
Black Mambas Harare Morris Depot Police Camp 5000
Blue Rangers Harare Gwanzura Stadium 10000
Buffaloes Mutare Sakubva Stadium 10000
CAPS United Harare National Sports Stadium 60000
Chicken Inn Bulawayo Luveve Stadium 8000
Dynamos Harare Rufaro Stadium 35000
FC Platinum Zvishavane Mandava Stadium 3000
Gunners Mabvuku Lafarge Stadium 10000
Harare City Harare Rufaro Stadium 35000
Hardbody Gweru Ascot Stadium 5000
Highlanders Bulawayo Barbourfields Stadium 32000
Hwange Hwange Colliery Stadium 15000
Monomotapa United Harare Gwanzura Stadium 10000
Motor Action Harare Motor Action Sports Club 1000
Quelaton Bulawayo Luveve Stadium 8000
Shabanie Mine Zvishavane Maglas Stadium 5000
Location of teams in the 2012 ZPSL.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamos (C) 30 21 6 3 58 15 +43 69 Qualification for 2013 CAF Champions League
2 Highlanders[lower-alpha 1] 30 20 9 1 49 15 +34 69
3 Chicken Inn 30 13 10 7 39 23 +16 49
4 Monomotapa United 30 15 5 10 42 33 +9 50
5 Shabanie Mine 30 12 10 8 35 30 +5 46
6 Buffaloes 30 11 11 8 25 24 +1 44
7 FC Platinum 30 12 7 11 40 39 +1 43
8 Motor Action 30 12 6 12 35 28 +7 42
9 Harare City 30 9 13 8 24 24 0 40
10 CAPS United 30 10 9 11 28 30 −2 39
11 Hwange 30 10 6 14 49 47 +2 36
12 Black Mambas 30 9 7 14 34 42 −8 34
13 Gunners (R) 30 10 4 16 27 36 −9 34 Relegation to Zifa Division One League
14 Blue Rangers (R) 30 6 7 17 30 64 −34 25
15 Hardbody (R) 30 6 6 18 26 48 −22 24
16 Quelaton (R) 30 3 5 22 15 58 −43 11[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 18 November 2012. Source: fifa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Highlanders could not represent Zimbabwe in the 2013 CAF Champions League as they were subject of a three-year ban for withdrawing from the 2011 CAF Confederation Cup.
  2. Quelaton deducted 3 points

References
  1. "WE'RE LOSING THE FANS…record low crowd watch Battle of Zim showdown".
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