Federation Professional League

Football league

Federation Professional League
Founded	1969
Folded	1990
Country	South Africa
Most championships	Cape Town Spurs (7 titles)

The Federation Professional League (FPL) was a South African football (soccer) league founded in 1969. It was established to allow coloureds and Indian South Africans to participate in a competitive league.

It was established in the wake of the SASL's disbandment in 1967 and was considered a rival to the National Football League which was only available to white South Africans.

Previous winners

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Third-place
FPL League
1969	Verulam Suburbs
1970	Cape Town Spurs
Mainstay League
1971	Cape Town Spurs
1972	Glenville
1973	Cape Town Spurs
1974	Cape Town Spurs
1975	Berea
1976	Cape Town Spurs
1977	Swaraj United
FPL Castle League
1978	Durban City
Seven Seas League
1979	Cape Town Spurs
1980	Glenville
1981	Cape Town Spurs
1982	Glendene
1983	Lightbody's Santos
1984	Lightbody's Santos
Quindrink League
1985	Swaraj United
La Mercy Beach League
1986	Lightbody's Santos
1987	Lightbody's Santos
1988	Lightbody's Santos
1989	Battswood
1990	Lightbody's Santos	Battswood F.C.	Port Elizabeth Blackpool

When the league folded in December 1990, six teams continued for the next season, at the highest level of South African football, known as NSL Castle League. Those six highest ranked teams were: Real Taj, Tongaat Crusaders United, Bosmont Chelsea, Santos, Manning Rangers, Dangerous Darkies.

Team	Titles	Years
Cape Town Spurs	7	1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981
Lightbody's Santos	6	1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990
Glenville	2	1972, 1980
Swaraj United	2	1977, 1985
Verulam Suburbs	1	1969
Berea	1	1975
Durban City	1	1978
Glendene	1	1982
Battswood	1	1989

Player awards

Player of the year

Year	Player	Club
1973	Danny Abrahams	Cape Town Spurs
1974	Daya Maistry	Berea
1975	Virgil Padayachee	Swaraj
1976	Michael Moodley	Manning Rangers
1977	Bernie Van Niekerk	Cape Town Spurs
1978	Deena Nai- doo	Manning Rangers
1979	Paul Bishop	Avalon Athletic
1980	Boebie Solomons	Cape Town Spurs
1981	Edwin Fredericks	Berea
1982	Noel Goodall	Chelsea
1983	Farouk Abrahams	Maritzburg United
1984	Ravi Pillay	Maritzburg United
1985	Der- eck Naidoo	Manning Rangers
1986	Dorrington Webster	Real Taj

Top Goalscorers

Year	Player	Club
1970	Bernard Hartze	Cape Town Spurs
1971	Bernard Hartze	Cape Town Spurs
1972	Patrick "Bomber" Chamane	Maritzburg City
1973	James George	Cape Town Spurs
1974	Neville Londt	Cape Town Spurs
1975	Scampy Bissessor	Berea
1976	Vincent Julius	Sundowns
1977	Jimmy Joubert	Swaraj
1978	Ian Gillies	Maritzburg City
1979	Kader Sulia- man	Cape Town Spurs
1980	Elvis Singh	Leeds
1981	Kader Sulaiman	Cape Town Spurs
1982	Duncan Crowie	Glendene
1983	Duncan Crowie	Glendene
1984	Derrick Eastwood	Swaraj
1985	Michael Mtshali	Real Taj
1986	Harry de la Cruz	Maritzburg United
1987
1988
1989	Duncan Crowie	Lightbody's Santos
1990

References

"South Africa Cup History". RSSSF. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
"South Africa 1996". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
"South Africa Federation Professional Soccer League 1989 - Champion Batswood". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
City Press Soccer Annual '88. South Africa: City Press.

Soccer in South Africa

South African Football Association

National teams

Men	National team (Bafana Bafana) Olympic (U-23) (Amaglug-glug) U-20 (Amajita) U-17 (Amajimbos) development (Amabinneplaas) U-15
Women	National team (Banyana Banyana) U-20 (Basetsana) U-17 (Bantwana) U-15

League system

Men

Active	Premier Soccer League (South African Premiership National First Division) SAFA SAFA Second Division Regional League U19 National League Varsity Sports Football
Defunct	NFL (1959–77) SASL (1961–67) FPL (1969–90) NPSL Castle League for blacks (1971–77) NPSL Castle League (1978–84) NPSL (1985–95) NSL Castle League (1985–95) NSL Second Division (1985–95)

Women

Active	SAFA Women's League Sasol Women’s League (Provincial leagues) SAFA Women's Regional League (Regional leagues) Women's Varsity Football

Domestic cups

Men

Active	Nedbank Cup Telkom Knockout MTN 8 Carling Black Label Cup Mangaung Cup
Defunct	NFL Cup (1959–77) SASF Cup (1961–85) United Bank International Soccer Festival (1993–94) Baymed Cup (2006) Telkom Charity Cup (1986–2010) Vodacom Challenge (1999-2011)

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