1974 NPSL First Division
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| competition = National Premier Soccer League
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|season = 1974
|winners = Kaizer Chiefs
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|matches = 240
|total goals = 863
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|prevseason = 1973
|nextseason = 1975
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The 1974 National Professional Soccer League season was the fourth season of the National Professional Soccer League, a South African soccer league. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.
At the time, due to the country's apartheid policies, the competition was only open to black South African teams, and it ran in parallel with the FPL and the NFL
Table
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|team1=KAI
|team2=MOR
|team3=ZUL
|team4=PRE
|team5=ORL
|team6=WIT
|team7=PIM
|team8=WEL
|team9=VAA
|team10=BEN
|team11=LAM
|team12=MAN
|team13=AFR
|team14=MOR2
|team15=REA
|team16=DUR
|name_KAI=Kaizer Chiefs
|name_MOR=Moroka Swallows Ltd.
|name_ZUL=Zulu Royals
|name_PRE=Pretoria Bantu Callies
|name_ORL=Orlando Pirates
|name_WIT=Witbank Black Aces
|name_PIM=Pimville United Brothers
|name_WEL=Welkom Real Hearts
|name_VAA=Vaal Professional
|name_BEN=Benoni United
|name_LAM=Lamontville Golden Arrows
|name_MAN=Mangaung United
|name_AFR=African Wanderers
|name_MOR2=Moroka Swallows
|name_REA=Real Katlehong City
|name_DUR=Durban City All Blacks
|win_KAI=23 |draw_KAI=4 |loss_KAI=3 |gf_KAI=106 |ga_KAI=27 |status_KAI=C
|win_MOR=19 |draw_MOR=3 |loss_MOR=8 |gf_MOR=74 |ga_MOR=43
|win_ZUL=16 |draw_ZUL=9 |loss_ZUL=5 |gf_ZUL=61 |ga_ZUL=38
|win_PRE=15 |draw_PRE=9 |loss_PRE=6 |gf_PRE=66 |ga_PRE=45
|win_ORL=15 |draw_ORL=7 |loss_ORL=8 |gf_ORL=55 |ga_ORL=41
|win_WIT=15 |draw_WIT=6 |loss_WIT=9 |gf_WIT=58 |ga_WIT=43
|win_PIM=12 |draw_PIM=11 |loss_PIM=7 |gf_PIM=67 |ga_PIM=51
|win_WEL=12 |draw_WEL=7 |loss_WEL=11 |gf_WEL=66 |ga_WEL=48
|win_VAA=10 |draw_VAA=9 |loss_VAA=11 |gf_VAA=53 |ga_VAA=55
|win_BEN=10 |draw_BEN=8 |loss_BEN=12 |gf_BEN=70 |ga_BEN=63
|win_LAM=9 |draw_LAM=8 |loss_LAM=13 |gf_LAM=45 |ga_LAM=65
|win_MAN=6 |draw_MAN=10 |loss_MAN=14 |gf_MAN=58 |ga_MAN=78
|win_AFR=7 |draw_AFR=6 |loss_AFR=17 |gf_AFR=58 |ga_AFR=77
|win_MOR2=9 |draw_MOR2=1 |loss_MOR2=20 |gf_MOR2=38 |ga_MOR2=77
|win_REA=4 |draw_REA=9 |loss_REA=17 |gf_REA=27 |ga_REA=59
|win_DUR=3 |draw_DUR=4 |loss_DUR=23 |gf_DUR=24 |ga_DUR=94 |note_DUR=Five players were killed and seven seriously injured in a traffic collision while returning from a game in Benoni on 11 April 1974.{{cite book|last1=Raath|first1=Peter|title=Soccer through the years, 1862-2002|date=2002|isbn=978-0620298056}} The club disbanded following the season.
|winpoints=2
|update=complete
|source={{Cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf74.html|title=South Africa 1974}}
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