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1974 NPSL First Division

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National Premier Soccer League
Season1974
ChampionsKaizer Chiefs
Matches played240
Goals scored863 (3.6 per match)
1973
1975

The 1974 National Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season of the National Professional Soccer League, a South African soccer league. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.

At the time, due to the country's apartheid policies, the competition was only open to black South African teams, and it ran in parallel with the FPL and the NFL

Table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Kaizer Chiefs (C) 30 23 4 3 106 27 +79 50
2 Moroka Swallows Ltd. 30 19 3 8 74 43 +31 41
3 Zulu Royals 30 16 9 5 61 38 +23 41
4 Pretoria Bantu Callies 30 15 9 6 66 45 +21 39
5 Orlando Pirates 30 15 7 8 55 41 +14 37
6 Witbank Black Aces 30 15 6 9 58 43 +15 36
7 Pimville United Brothers 30 12 11 7 67 51 +16 35
8 Welkom Real Hearts 30 12 7 11 66 48 +18 31
9 Vaal Professional 30 10 9 11 53 55 −2 29
10 Benoni United 30 10 8 12 70 63 +7 28
11 Lamontville Golden Arrows 30 9 8 13 45 65 −20 26
12 Mangaung United 30 6 10 14 58 78 −20 22
13 African Wanderers 30 7 6 17 58 77 −19 20
14 Moroka Swallows 30 9 1 20 38 77 −39 19
15 Real Katlehong City 30 4 9 17 27 59 −32 17
16 Durban City All Blacks[a] 30 3 4 23 24 94 −70 10
Source: [2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Five players were killed and seven seriously injured in a traffic collision while returning from a game in Benoni on 11 April 1974.[1] The club disbanded following the season.

References

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  1. ^ Raath, Peter (2002). Soccer through the years, 1862-2002. ISBN 978-0620298056.
  2. ^ "South Africa 1974".