# 1982 NPSL First Division

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use South African English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox football league season 
|competition=[National Professional Soccer League](/source/National_Professional_Soccer_League_(South_Africa))
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|season          = 1982
|winners         = [Durban City](/source/Durban_City_F.C.)
|relegated       = [AmaZulu](/source/AmaZulu_F.C.), [Bloemfontein Celtic](/source/Bloemfontein_Celtic_F.C.), [Leicester City](/source/Leicester_City_F.C._(South_Africa))
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|prevseason       = [1981](/source/1981_NPSL_First_Division)
|nextseason       = [1983](/source/1983_NPSL_First_Division)
|updated          = 
}}

The '''1982 National Professional Soccer League''' was the fifth season of the multi-racial South African [National Professional Soccer League](/source/National_Professional_Soccer_League_(South_Africa)) (NPSL). The league was a merger of the previous NPSL, which due to the country's [apartheid](/source/apartheid) policies were for black teams only, and the [National Football League](/source/National_Football_League_(South_Africa)), for white teams only.

The other professional league, the non-racial [Federation Professional League](/source/Federation_Professional_League), continued to function independently. 

It was won by [Durban City](/source/Durban_City_F.C.),<ref name="ulwazi1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ulwazi.org/index.php5?title=Durban_Living_Legend_-_Mark_Steven_Tovey |title=Durban Living Legend - Mark Steven Tovey - Community Memory |publisher=Ulwazi.org |date=1955-05-07 |accessdate=2013-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020021131/http://www.ulwazi.org/index.php5?title=Durban_Living_Legend_-_Mark_Steven_Tovey|archive-date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa 1982 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf82.html |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref> managed by [Clive Barker](/source/Clive_Barker_(soccer)), earning City their first ever title.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dylan |date=2023-09-18 |title=Barker's Brilliance |url=https://www.sportsclub.co.za/features/barkers-brilliance/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=SportsClub |language=en-US}}</ref>

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|winpoints=2

|team1=DUR|name_DUR=[Durban City](/source/Durban_City_F.C.)
|win_DUR=20 |draw_DUR=9 |loss_DUR=5 |gf_DUR=58 |ga_DUR=25
|team2=WTS|name_WTS=[Wits University](/source/Wits_University_F.C.)
|win_WTS=19 |draw_WTS=10 |loss_WTS=5 |gf_WTS=57 |ga_WTS=25
|team3=KAI|name_KAI=[Kaizer Chiefs](/source/Kaizer_Chiefs_F.C.)
|win_KAI=18 |draw_KAI=7 |loss_KAI=9 |gf_KAI=52 |ga_KAI=32
|team4=HIG|name_HIG=[Highlands Park](/source/Highlands_Park_F.C._(1959))
|win_HIG=15 |draw_HIG=12 |loss_HIG=7 |gf_HIG=49 |ga_HIG=27
|team5=PIR|name_PIR=[Orlando Pirates](/source/Orlando_Pirates_F.C.)
|win_PIR=17 |draw_PIR=8 |loss_PIR=9 |gf_PIR=46 |ga_PIR=36
|team6=HEL|name_HEL=[Hellenic](/source/Hellenic_F.C.)
|win_HEL=14 |draw_HEL=12 |loss_HEL=8 |gf_HEL=50 |ga_HEL=31
|team7=ARC|name_ARC=[Arcadia Shepherds](/source/Arcadia_Shepherds_F.C.)
|win_ARC=15 |draw_ARC=9 |loss_ARC=10 |gf_ARC=51 |ga_ARC=33
|team8=DYN|name_DYN=[Dynamos](/source/Dynamos_F.C._(South_Africa))
|win_DYN=16 |draw_DYN=7 |loss_DYN=11 |gf_DYN=51 |ga_DYN=43
|team9=SWA|name_SWA=[Moroka Swallows](/source/Moroka_Swallows_F.C.)
|win_SWA=13 |draw_SWA=13 |loss_SWA=8 |gf_SWA=59 |ga_SWA=51
|team10=WIT|name_WIT=[Witbank Black Aces](/source/Mpumalanga_Black_Aces_F.C.)
|win_WIT=13 |draw_WIT=10 |loss_WIT=11 |gf_WIT=46 |ga_WIT=45
|team11=AFR|name_AFR=[African Wanderers](/source/African_Wanderers_F.C.)
|win_AFR=10 |draw_AFR=10 |loss_AFR=14 |gf_AFR=36 |ga_AFR=50
|team12=MAM|name_MAM=[Mamelodi United](/source/Mamelodi_United_F.C.)
|win_MAM=10 |draw_MAM=10 |loss_MAM=14 |gf_MAM=38 |ga_MAM=61
|team13=BEN|name_BEN=[Benoni United](/source/Benoni_United_F.C.)
|win_BEN=9 |draw_BEN=11 |loss_BEN=14 |gf_BEN=35 |ga_BEN=49
|team14=RAN|name_RAN=[Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C._(South_Africa))
|win_RAN=10 |draw_RAN=7 |loss_RAN=17 |gf_RAN=38 |ga_RAN=45
|team15=BUC|name_BUC=[Durban Bush Bucks](/source/Durban_Bush_Bucks_F.C.)
|win_BUC=9 |draw_BUC=8 |loss_BUC=17 |gf_BUC=43 |ga_BUC=59
|team16=AMA|name_AMA=[AmaZulu](/source/AmaZulu_F.C.)
|win_AMA=11 |draw_AMA=4 |loss_AMA=19 |gf_AMA=35 |ga_AMA=51
|team17=BLO|name_BLO=[Bloemfontein Celtic](/source/Bloemfontein_Celtic_F.C.)
|win_BLO=4 |draw_BLO=7 |loss_BLO=23 |gf_BLO=25 |ga_BLO=62
|team18=LEI|name_LEI=[Leicester City](/source/Leicester_City_F.C._(South_Africa))
|win_LEI=4 |draw_LEI=4 |loss_LEI=26 |gf_LEI=27 |ga_LEI=73

|status_AMA=R
|status_BLO=R
|status_LEI=R

|update=complete
|source=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf82.html
}}

==References==
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{{South African soccer seasons}}

1982
Category:1982 in South African sport
Category:1981–82 in African association football leagues

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