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    Chiefs’League history Season-by-season

    Jun 26, 2021 8 minutes

    1971-79 Average finish: 2nd

    1971 (2nd) Chiefs’ inaugural season as a club in the first National Professional Soccer League campaign saw them win 18 out of 24 matches, score an average of 3,5 goals per game and still finish second to the club they had split from – Orlando Pirates.

    1972 (3rd) Chiefs had been in contention but two defeats in their last four games saw them finish behind champions Zulu Royals [now AmaZulu] and runners-up Moroka Swallows Big XV, even though they scored in all but two of their 26 league games.

    1973 (2nd) Pirates win the title by a healthy seven-point margin and had it all wrapped up two months before the last game was played. Chiefs collected 43 points from 30 games as the size of the league was expanded to 16 teams.

    1974 (1st) Finally league champions, with a resounding nine-point gap over second placed Swallows and an extraordinary tally of 106 goals scored and just 27 conceded for a goal-difference of +79! Ace Ntsoelengoe’s 36-goal tally is still a record for most in a league season.

    Chiefs lost out on goal-difference to Pirates, who blasted Manguang United 8-1 at Seeisoville with five goals from Shakes Mashaba to set Chiefs the target of a 13-goal win over AmaZulu,

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