| Final Ranking | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- |  | 1. | Kaizer Chiefs | 36 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 39: | 14 | +25 |  | 2. | Orlando Pirates | 34 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 31: | 13 | +18 |  | 3. | Vaal Professionals | 33 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 24: | 17 | +7 |  | 4. | Manning Rangers | 30 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 37: | 23 | +14 |  | 5. | Bloemfontein Celtic | 30 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24: | 18 | +6 |  | 6. | Moroka Swallows | 24 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17: | 17 | 0 |  | 7. | Jomo Cosmos | 24 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 13: | 15 | -2 |  | 8. | Supersport United | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23: | 18 | +5 |  | 9. | AmaZulu | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21: | 18 | +3 |  | 10. | Cape Town Spurs | 23 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 19: | 19 | 0 |  | 11. | Wits University | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16: | 18 | -2 |  | 12. | Mamelodi Sundowns | 21 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14: | 16 | -2 |  | 13. | Fairway Stars | 20 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19: | 23 | -4 |  | 14. | Umtata Bucks | 20 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17: | 22 | -5 |  | 15. | Real Rovers | 19 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 24: | 32 | -8 |  | 16. | Hellenic | 18 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24: | 25 | -1 |  | 17. | Witbank Aces | 12 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12: | 30 | -18 |  | 18. | Crystal Brains | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5: | 41 | -36 |   
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| From this ranking was made the bracket for 1996 Coca-Cola Cup. |  | Crystal Brains owners sold the franchise to Port Elizabeth-based businessman Michau Huisaman, who assembled a team of local talent called Michau Wariors, who played in inaugural PSL 1996-1997> season. |   
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| Team | Kaiz | Orla | AmaZ | Mame | Moro | Umta | Jomo | Witb | Hell | Supe | Cape | Bloe | Vaal | Fair | Wits | Real | Mann | Crys |  | Kaizer Chiefs | -- |   | 3:1 | 2:0 | 0:0 |   |   | 1:0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2:2 | 9:1 |   |  | Orlando Pirates | 0:0 | -- | 2:2 | 1:1 | 1:1 |   | 2:1 | 2:0 |   |   | 2:0 |   |   |   |   |   | 2:0 |   |  | AmaZulu |   |   | -- |   |   |   | 0:0 |   |   |   |   |   | 0:1 |   |   |   |   | 4:0 |  | Mamelodi Sundowns |   |   |   | -- |   |   | 2:0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Moroka Swallows |   |   |   | 1:0 | -- |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 1:1 |   |  | Umtata Bucks | 1:2 |   |   |   |   | -- |   | 2:2 | 1:0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2:0 |  | Jomo Cosmos |   |   |   |   |   |   | -- |   |   | 2:0 |   |   | 1:0 | 1:0 | 1:2 |   |   | 1:0 |  | Witbank Aces |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | -- |   | 2:2 |   |   |   |   | 0:0 | 0:0 |   |   |  | Hellenic |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | -- | 1:3 | 0:3 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Pretoria City |   | 2:2 |   | 1:0 |   | 4:0 |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   |   | 1:1 |   |   |   |  | Cape Town Spurs |   |   |   | 1:0 |   |   |   |   |   |   | -- |   | 1:2 |   | 0:0 |   |   |   |  | Bloemfontein Celtic |   |   | 2:0 |   |   |   |   | 2:0 | 2:0 |   |   | -- |   |   |   |   |   |   |  | Vaal Refs Stars |   | 1:0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | -- |   |   |   | 0:1 | 1:0 |  | Fairway Stars |   |   |   | 2:1 | 2:1 |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2:0 |   | -- | 0:0 |   |   |   |  | Wits University | 0:3 | 0:1 | 0:2 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 1:1 |   |   | -- | 2:1 |   |   |  | Real Rovers |   |   |   |   |   | 3:1 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 2:0 |   | -- |   | 3:0 |  | Manning Rangers |   |   | 4:0 |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | 5:3 |   |   | -- | 9:0 |  | Crystal Brains |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   | -- |  | Team | Kaiz | Orla | AmaZ | Mame | Moro | Umta | Jomo | Witb | Hell | Supe | Cape | Bloe | Vaal | Fair | Wits | Real | Mann | Crys |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2-0 | Mamelodi Sundowns |   |    match abandoned in 2nd Half with score 3-0.  Gqosha  Modise |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Moroka Swallows | 1-1 | Manning Rangers |   |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Umtata Bucks | 1-0 | Hellenic |   |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Jomo Cosmos | 1-0 | Crystal Brains |   |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Witbank Aces | 0-0 | Wits University |   |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Cape Town Spurs | 1-2 | Vaal Professionals |   |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 2-0 | AmaZulu |   |  | Sun 03.03.96 | Real Rovers | 2-0 | Fairway Stars |   |  |   | Pretoria City | ppd | Orlando Pirates |   |  |   played before Round 7 - 2-2 |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  |   | Orlando Pirates | 2-2 | AmaZulu |   |  |   | Jomo Cosmos | 1-2 | Wits University |   |  |   | Supersport United | 1-0 | Mamelodi Sundowns |   |    1-0 Lawrence |  |   | Supersport United | 1-1 | Wits University |   |  |   | Fairway Stars | 0-0 | Wits University |   |  |   | Wits University | 0-1 | Orlando Pirates |   |  |   | Wits University | 0-2 | AmaZulu |   |  |   | Kaizer Chiefs | 0-0 | Moroka Swallows | 0-0 |  |   | Kaizer Chiefs | 0-0 | Jomo Cosmos | 0-0 |  |   | Kaizer Chiefs | 3-1 | AmaZulu |    |     Rapatsa,  Bdlanya,  Modise --- Chilumba  |  | Sat 23.03.96 | Kaizer Chiefs | 9-1 | Manning Rangers | 4-0 |    1-0 Rapatsa 22'  2-0 Makua 26'  3-0 Modise 31'  4-0 Lebese 40' 4-1  Maxhubela 56'  5-1 Ndlanya 57'  6-1 Ndlanya 71'  7-1 Mthethwa 71'  8-1 Mooki 85'  9-1 Modise 90' Referee: M. Linden.  |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | 07.. | Orlando Pirates | 2-0 | Cape Town Spurs |   |  | 07.. | Pretoria City | 2-2 | Orlando Pirates |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Fri 03.05.96 | Manning Rangers | 9-0 | Crystal Brains |   |  | Sun 05.05.96 | Umtata Bucks | 2-2 | Witbank Aces |   |  | Sun 05.05.96 | Jomo Cosmos | 1-0 | Vaal Professionals |   |  | Sun 05.05.96 | Wits University | 2-1 | Real Rovers |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Fri 10.05.96 | Hellenic | 1-3 | Supersport United |   |  | Sat 11.05.96 | Wits University | 0-3 | Kaizer Chiefs |   |   0-1  Koloba 0-2  Modise 0-3  Lebese |  | Sun 12.05.96 | AmaZulu | 0-0 | Jomo Cosmos | 0-0 |  | Sun 12.05.96 | Umtata Bucks | 2-0 | Crystal Brains | 2-0 |  | Sun 12.05.96 | Witbank Aces | 0-0 | Real Rovers | 0-0 |  | Sun 12.05.96 | Cape Town Spurs | 1-0 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 1-0 |  | Sun 12.05.96 | Vaal Professionals | 0-1 | Manning Rangers | 0-1 |  | Sun 12.05.96 | Fairway Stars | 2-0 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 1-0 |   
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| Ranking 15.05 | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | m |  | 1. | Manning Rangers | 25 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 28: | 17 | +11 | 13 |  | 2. | Bloemfontein Celtic | 22 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17: | 15 | +2 | 13 |  | 3. | Kaizer Chiefs | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 26: | 9 | +17 | 10 |  | 4. | Vaal Professionals | 21 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 19: | 16 | +3 | 13 |  | 5. | Umtata Bucks | 20 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15: | 13 | +2 | 14 |  | 6. | Wits University | 20 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 14: | 15 | -1 | 13 |  | 7. | Jomo Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 9: | 11 | -2 | 13 |  | 8. | Pretoria City | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13: | 9 | +3 | 11 |  | 9. | AmaZulu | 16 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 14: | 11 | +3 | 12 |  | 10. | Moroka Swallows | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14: | 13 | +1 | 13 |  | 11. | Cape Town Spurs | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14: | 16 | -2 | 13 |  | 12. | Hellenic | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 23: | 20 | +3 | 14 |  | 13. | Orlando Pirates | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 16: | 5 | +11 | 6 |  | 14. | Mamelodi Sundowns | 14 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8: | 8 | 0 | 10 |  | 15. | Qwa Qwa Stars | 14 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12: | 14 | -2 | 12 |  | 16. | Real Rovers | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 16: | 29 | -13 | 14 |  | 17. | Witbank Aces | 11 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 10: | 23 | -13 | 13 |  | 18. | Crystal Brains | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 5: | 29 | -24 | 13 |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 18.05.96 | Kaizer Chiefs | 1-0 | Witbank Aces |   |  | Sat 18.05.96 | Real Rovers | 3-1 | Umtata Bucks |   |  | Sun 19.05.96 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 2-0 | Hellenic |   |  | Sun 19.05.96 | Vaal Professionals | 1-0 | Crystal Brains |   |  | Sun 19.05.96 | Manning Rangers | 4-0 | AmaZulu |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Fri 24.05.96 | Hellenic | 0-3 | Cape Town Spurs |   |  | Sat 25.05.96 | AmaZulu | 0-1 | Vaal Professionals |   |  | Sat 25.05.96 | Wits University | 1-1 | Bloemfontein Celtic |   |  | Sun 26.05.96 | Orlando Pirates | 2-0 | Manning Rangers |   |  | Sun 26.05.96 | Mamelodi Sundowns | 2-0 | Jomo Cosmos |   |  | Sun 26.05.96 | Umtata Bucks | 1-2 | Kaizer Chiefs |   |  | Sun 26.05.96 | Witbank Aces | 2-2 | Supersport United |   |  | Sun 26.05.96 | Fairway Stars | 2-1 | Moroka Swallows |   |  | Sun 26.05.96 | Real Rovers | 3-0 | Crystal Brains |   |   
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| Ranking 26.05 | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | m |  | 1. | Kaizer Chiefs | 28 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 31: | 12 | +19 | 13 |  | 2. | Manning Rangers | 28 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 32: | 19 | +13 | 15 |  | 3. | Vaal Professionals | 27 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21: | 16 | +5 | 15 |  | 4. | Bloemfontein Celtic | 27 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 22: | 18 | +4 | 16 |  | 5. | Wits University | 22 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 16: | 17 | -1 | 15 |  | 6. | Umtata Bucks | 20 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17: | 18 | -4 | 16 |  | 7. | Pretoria City | 19 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16: | 12 | +4 | 13 |  | 8. | Cape Town Spurs | 19 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17: | 16 | +1 | 14 |  | 9. | AmaZulu | 19 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15: | 16 | -1 | 15 |  | 10. | Jomo Cosmos | 18 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9: | 13 | -4 | 14 |  | 11. | Real Rovers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22: | 30 | -8 | 16 |  | 12. | Orlando Pirates | 17 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 18: | 5 | +13 | 7 |  | 13. | Mamelodi Sundowns | 17 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 10: | 8 | +2 | 11 |  | 14. | Qwa Qwa Stars | 17 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14: | 16 | -2 | 14 |  | 15. | Moroka Swallows | 16 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 14: | 15 | -1 | 14 |  | 16. | Hellenic | 15 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 23: | 25 | -2 | 16 |  | 17. | Witbank Aces | 12 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12: | 26 | -14 | 15 |  | 18. | Crystal Brains | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5: | 33 | -28 | 15 |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 01.03.96 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2-0 | Mamelodi Sundowns |   |  |   score of interupted match was included in log. |  | Fri 31.05.96 | Cape Town Spurs | 0-0 | Wits University |    |  | Sun 02.06.96 | AmaZulu | 4-0 | Crystal Brains |   |  | Sun 02.06.96 | Jomo Cosmos | 1-0 | Fairway Stars |   |  | Sun 02.06.96 | Bloemfontein Celtic | 2-0 | Witbank Aces |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 08.06.96 | Orlando Pirates | 0-0 | Kaizer Chiefs |   |  | Sun 09.06.96 | Jomo Cosmos | 2-0 | Pretoria City |   |  | Sun 09.06.96 | Fairway Stars | 2-1 | Mamelodi Sundowns |   |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 29.06.96 | Pretoria City | 4-0 | Umtata Bucks |   |  | Sun 30.06.96 | Orlando Pirates | 2-1 | Jomo Cosmos |   |  | Sun 30.06.96 | Moroka Swallows | 1-0 | Mamelodi Sundowns |   |   
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| Ranking 01.07 | pts | win | drw | lst | gf | ga | g+- | m |  | 1. | Kaizer Chiefs | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 37: | 12 | +25 | 16 |  | 2. | Bloemfontein Celtic | 30 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24: | 18 | +6 | 17 |  | 3. | Vaal Professionals | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23: | 17 | +6 | 16 |  | 4. | Manning Rangers | 27 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 32: | 20 | +12 | 16 |  | 5. | Orlando Pirates | 25 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 23: | 8 | +15 | 11 |  |  | 6. | Jomo Cosmos | 24 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 13: | 15 | -2 | 16 |  |  | 7. | AmaZulu | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 21: | 18 | +3 | 17 |  | 8. | Cape Town Spurs | 23 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 19: | 17 | +2 | 16 |  | 9. | Moroka Swallows | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16: | 16 | 0 | 17 |  |  | 10. | Wits University | 23 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 16: | 18 | -3 | 17 |  | 11. | Pretoria City | 22 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21: | 16 | +5 | 16 |  | 12. | Umtata Bucks | 20 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17: | 22 | -5 | 17 |  | 13. | Qwa Qwa Stars | 20 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16: | 18 | -2 | 16 |  | 14. | Mamelodi Sundowns | 20 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13: | 15 | -2 | 16 |  | 15. | Hellenic | 18 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24: | 25 | -1 | 17 |  | 16. | Real Rovers | 18 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22: | 30 | -8 | 16 |  | 17. | Witbank Aces | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12: | 28 | -16 | 16 |  | 18. | Crystal Brains | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5: | 41 | -26 | 17 |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sat 06.07.96 | Orlando Pirates | 1-1 | Moroka Swallows |   |  | Sat 06.07.96 | Manning Rangers | 5-3 | Qwa Qwa Stars |   |  | Sun 07.07.96 | Kaizer Chiefs | 2-2 | Real Rovers |   |  | --- --.07.96 | Pretoria City | 2-2 | Orlando Pirates |    |   
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| date | team 1 _________ | score | team 2 _________ | HT |  | Sun 14.07.96 | Vaal Professionals | 1-0 | Orlando Pirates |   |  |   Sasolburg |  | --- --.07.96 | Orlando Pirates | 2-0 | Cape Town Spurs |   |  | Sun 21.07.96 | Orlando Pirates | 2-0 | Witbank Aces |   |  | Thu 21.07.96 | Orlando Pirates | 1-1 | Mamelodi Sundowns |   |  |   Pirates needed 8 goals victory for 1st place. |   
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