1990 Federation Professional League season

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Federation Professional League
Season	1990
Champions	Lightbody's Santos
← 1989

The 1990 edition of the Federation Professional League was the final competition to take place. Five teams from the FPL joined the National Soccer League structure following the competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lightbody Santos (Cape Town)	26	19	6	1	78	24	+54	44
2	Battswood F.C. (Cape Town)	26	17	3	6	49	22	+27	37
3	PE Blackpool	26	12	8	6	35	25	+10	32
4	Hotspur F.C.(Port Elizabeth)	26	12	7	7	37	30	+7	31
5	Crusaders United (Stanger)	26	13	5	8	34	30	+4	31
6	Bosmont Chelsea	26	12	4	10	36	32	+4	28
7	Maritzburg United F.C. (Pietermaritzburg)	26	10	6	10	41	33	+8	26
8	Birds F.C. (Pretoria)	24	9	7	8	43	45	−2	25
9	Manning Rangers F.C. (Durban)	24	7	8	9	39	39	0	22
10	Bluebells United	25	6	10	9	26	31	−5	22
11	Berea F.C. (Durban)	26	4	10	12	28	55	−27	18
12	Manchester United (Estcourt)	25	2	11	12	16	31	−15	15
13	Manchester City (Actonville)	26	5	4	17	30	66	−36	14
14	Real Taj (Pietermaritzburg)	26	3	7	16	31	60	−29	13

Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf90.html^[1]

The teams highlighted in green moved to the National Soccer League structure for the 1991 season alongside three clubs from the NSL's feeder; the OK League:

References

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^ "South Africa 1990". RSSSF. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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