South Africa
Here is the complete football honours list for South Africa, season by season: the national champion from the top division, and the national cup winner.
League structure
The South Africa league system is organised into 6 tiered divisions, gathering 5,824 clubs. Each season the best go up and the bottom sides go down, decided by play-offs between teams from neighbouring divisions.
Honours by season
The champion is the club finishing first in the top division after the thirty matchdays of the season.
The national cup is a straight knockout over fifteen rounds. It starts in the sixth division, with higher divisions entering as the competition unfolds.
| Season | Champion | National cup |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Afrique du Sud 0001 52 pts · 15-7-8 · 47:41 | Afrique du Sud 1195 |
| 4 | Afrique du Sud 0193 50 pts · 14-8-8 · 29:19 | Afrique du Sud 0622 |
| 3 | Afrique du Sud 0006 54 pts · 17-3-10 · 44:34 | Afrique du Sud 1266 |
| 2 | Afrique du Sud 0041 55 pts · 16-7-7 · 45:33 | Afrique du Sud 0034 |
| 1 | Afrique du Sud 0005 53 pts · 16-5-9 · 43:29 | Afrique du Sud 2653 |
Champions League representatives
Each season the national champion and the national cup winner represent the country in the continental Champions League. When the same club wins both trophies, the cup runner-up inherits the second berth. Lower-ranked nations first play knockout preliminary rounds before reaching the group stage.