2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
| Season | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dynamos |
| Relegated |
Gunners Blue Rangers Hardbody Quelaton |
| Champions League | Dynamos |
|
← 2011 2013 → | |
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.
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 |
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 | 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 |
Updated to games played on - 18 November 2012.
Source: http://www.fifa.com/associations/association=zim/nationalleague/standings.html
Rules for classification:
1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
- Quelaton deducted 3 points
- 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.
- No team from Zimbabwe entered the 2013 CAF Confederation Cup.