2013 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League
| Season | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Highest attendance | Dynamos F.C., 30,000 |
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The 2013 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season (known as the Castle Larger Premier Soccer League for sponsorship reasons) will be the thirty third season of the Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League since its establishment in 1980. The season began on 28 March 2013.
Dynamos are the defending champions, having won the previous 2012 Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League season. The season will feature 12 teams from the 2012 ZPSL season and four new teams promoted from the 2012 Zifa Division One League: How Mine, Triangle United F.C., Triple B and Black Rhinos who replace relegated Buffaloes F.C., Harare City, Hardbody and Quelaton.
Teams
A total of 16 teams will contest the league, including 12 sides from the 2012 season and four promoted from the 2012 Zifa Division One League.
Stadiums and locations
Football teams in Zimbabwe 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 |
| Black Rhinos | Harare | Rufaro Stadium | 35000 |
| 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 |
| Harare City | Harare | Rufaro Stadium | 35000 |
| Highlanders | Bulawayo | Barbourfields Stadium | 32000 |
| How Mine | Bulawayo | White City Stadium | 20000 |
| Hwange | Hwange | Colliery Stadium | 15000 |
| Monomotapa United | Harare | Gwanzura Stadium | 10000 |
| Motor Action | Harare | Motor Action Sports Club | 1000 |
| Shabanie Mine | Zvishavane | Maglas Stadium | 5000 |
| Triangle United F.C. | Chiredzi | Gibbo Stadium | 3000 |
| Triple B | Beitbridge | Dulibadzimu Stadium | 4000 |
League table
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harare City | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 31 | Qualification for 2014 CAF Champions League |
| 2 | Chicken Inn | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 30 | |
| 3 | Highlanders | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 29 | |
| 4 | Dynamos | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 28 | |
| 5 | FC Platinum | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 26 | |
| 6 | CAPS United | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 26 | |
| 7 | How Mine | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 24 | |
| 8 | Triangle United F.C. | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 19 | |
| 9 | Buffaloes | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 19 | |
| 10 | Monomotapa United | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | −6 | 19 | |
| 11 | Black Mambas | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 19 | |
| 12 | Shabanie Mine | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 18 | |
| 13 | Hwange | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 17 | Relegation to Zifa Division One League |
| 14 | Triple B | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 21 | −6 | 14 | |
| 15 | Motor Action | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 13 | |
| 16 | Black Rhinos | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 25 | −10 | 13 |
Updated to games played on - 6 July 2013.
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.