Amakhosi won their seventh league title since 1978. The victory on Saturday ended a frustrating 12-year drought. Before this match, Chiefs had last won the title in 1992 with former Bafana Bafana captain Lucas Radebe in that team.

Title winners and runners-up since the integration of the South African professional league in 1978:

Champions                 Runners-up 



1978      - Lusitano                  Wits University 



1979      - Kaizer Chiefs             Arcadia 



1980      - Highlands Park            Kaizer Chiefs 



1981      - Kaizer Chiefs             Highlands Park 



1982      - Durban City               Wits University 



1983      - Durban City               Arcadia 



1984      - Kaizer Chiefs             Moroka Swallows 



1985      - Bush Bucks                Rangers 



1986      - (Johannesburg) Rangers    Bush Bucks 



1987      - Jomo Cosmos               Kaizer Chiefs 



1988      - Mamelodi Sundowns         Jomo Cosmos 



1989      - Kaizer Chiefs             Orlando Pirates 



1990      - Mamelodi Sundowns         Kaizer Chiefs 



1991      - Kaizer Chiefs             Mamelodi Sundowns 



1992      - Kaizer Chiefs             Hellenic 



1993      - Mamelodi Sundowns         Moroka Swallows 



1994      - Orlando Pirates           Cape Town Spurs 



1995      - Cape Town Spurs           Mamelodi Sundowns 



1996-97   - Manning Rangers           Kaizer Chiefs 



1997-98   - Mamelodi Sundowns         Kaizer Chiefs 



1998-99   - Mamelodi Sundowns         Kaizer Chiefs 



1999-2000 - Mamelodi Sundowns         Orlando Pirates 



2000-2001 - Orlando Pirates           Kaizer Chiefs 



2001-2002 - Santos                    SuperSport United 



2002-2003 - Orlando Pirates           SuperSport United 



2003-2004 - Kaizer Chiefs             to be decided 

Note: The league switched from being played inside a

calendar year in 1996 to a season running from August through to

May the next year.