1974 NPSL First Division

National Premier Soccer League
Season	1974
Champions	Kaizer Chiefs
Matches played	240
Goals scored	863 (3.6 per match)
← 1973 1975 →

The 1974 National Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season of the National Professional Soccer League, a South African soccer league. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.

At the time, due to the country's apartheid policies, the competition was only open to black South African teams, and it ran in parallel with the FPL and the NFL

Table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kaizer Chiefs (C)	30	23	4	3	106	27	+79	50
2	Moroka Swallows Ltd.	30	19	3	8	74	43	+31	41
3	Zulu Royals	30	16	9	5	61	38	+23	41
4	Pretoria Bantu Callies	30	15	9	6	66	45	+21	39
5	Orlando Pirates	30	15	7	8	55	41	+14	37
6	Witbank Black Aces	30	15	6	9	58	43	+15	36
7	Pimville United Brothers	30	12	11	7	67	51	+16	35
8	Welkom Real Hearts	30	12	7	11	66	48	+18	31
9	Vaal Professional	30	10	9	11	53	55	−2	29
10	Benoni United	30	10	8	12	70	63	+7	28
11	Lamontville Golden Arrows	30	9	8	13	45	65	−20	26
12	Mangaung United	30	6	10	14	58	78	−20	22
13	African Wanderers	30	7	6	17	58	77	−19	20
14	Moroka Swallows	30	9	1	20	38	77	−39	19
15	Real Katlehong City	30	4	9	17	27	59	−32	17
16	Durban City All Blacks^[a]	30	3	4	23	24	94	−70	10

Source: ^[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Five players were killed and seven seriously injured in a traffic collision while returning from a game in Benoni on 11 April 1974.^[1] The club disbanded following the season.

References

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^ Raath, Peter (2002). Soccer through the years, 1862-2002. ISBN 978-0620298056.
^ "South Africa 1974".

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