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The 2020–21 season was Kaizer Chiefs' 25th season in the South African Premier Division, the highest division of South African football league system. After finishing in second place in the 2019–20 season , Kaizer Chiefs entered the 2020–21 CAF Champions League .
It was played at the Stade Mohammed V in Casablanca, Morocco on 17 July 2021. [4] Al Ahly defeated Kaizer Chiefs 3–0 to win a record-extending 10th CAF Champions League title. [5] They also earned the right to play against Raja Casablanca, the winners of the 2020–21 CAF Confederation Cup, in the 2021–22 CAF Super Cup.
The 2020–21 South African Premiership season (known as the DSTV Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the 25th season of the Premiership since its establishment in 1996. Mamelodi Sundowns won the title for the fourth consecutive year, qualifying for the 2021–22 CAF Champions League along with second placed AmaZulu .
The 2020–21 CAF Champions League (officially the 2020–21 Total CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) [1] was the 57th edition of Africa's premier club football tournament organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 25th edition under the current CAF Champions League title.
On 9 July 2021, Kaizer Chiefs confirmed through Twitter that they signed six players for next season after their transfer ban ended. [17] On 17 July 2021, they lost 3–0 against Al Ahly in the Champions League Final .
On 16 March 2020, all matches for the remainder of the week were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [2] with matches later postponed indefinitely. [3]In June 2020, the league was given permission to resume, [4] with it being announced the following month that the season would restart on 11 August 2020, with matches being played behind closed doors at neutral venues in Gauteng. [5]
Chiefs tackle Jawaan Taylor was the most penalized player in the NFL in 2023 and tied for second in 2024. Fans complain that he holds, false starts or lines up too far back and not on the line ...
The league was reduced from 18 to 16 teams after the end of the 2001–02 season to avoid fixture congestion, causing the disbandment of two teams; Ria Stars and Free State Stars, though the latter was reformed and competing as of the 2020–21 season. In 2004, a match-fixing scandal rocked the football/soccer landscape in South Africa.