South African Football Players Union

{{short description|Football trade union}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox organization

|name = SAFPU

|location_country= South Africa

|affiliation = COSATU, FIFPro

|members = 200

|full_name = South African Football Players Union

|native_name =

|image = 150px

|founded = May 1997

|dissolved =

|merged =

|headquarters = Braamfontein, South Africa

|key_people = President: Simba Marumo
General Secretary: Thulaganyo Gaoshubelwe

|website = [http://www.safpu.org/ www.safpu.org]

|footnotes =

}}

The South African Football Players Union (SAFPU) is a trade union that represents football (soccer) players in South Africa. It has a membership of approximately 1000 members who are all current players and about 159 former (retired) footballers. The union and is affiliated with the Congress of South African Trade Unions, and FifPro and FifPro Africa.

Simba Marumo served as president.{{Cite web |last=Dladla |first=Nkululeko |title=Simba Marumo defends multiple early coach sackings in PSL |url=https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/simba-marumo-defends-multiple-early-coach-sackings-in-psl-20190920 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=KickOff |language=en-US}}