{"id":112192,"date":"2025-10-28T12:03:54","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T10:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league"},"modified":"2025-10-28T14:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T12:02:02","slug":"bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league","title":{"rendered":"Bulawayo Chiefs Return To Premier Soccer League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Bulawayo Chiefs have secured a swift return to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) after winning the ZIFA Southern Region Soccer League title.<\/p>\n<p>The team, relegated at the end of the 2024 season, confirmed their promotion with a 2-1 victory over Bosso 90 at Chiefs Village on Saturday, bringing their total to 73 points with two matches still to play.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to the achievement, Chiefs Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Thulani \u201cJavas\u201d Sibanda reflected on the lessons learned during the team\u2019s time in Division One. He said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the lessons we\u2019ve learnt in Division One are even greater than those from our time in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose lessons will ensure that we don\u2019t come back here again. It\u2019s been a season full of learning, and we\u2019re taking that knowledge with us to the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we get there, we\u2019re not going to return \u2014 we\u2019re going to stay. We\u2019ve learned our lessons, and we\u2019re ready to slay any giants that may be waiting for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bulawayo Chiefs became the second team to secure promotion to the 2025 PSL season, following FC Hunters, who clinched the ZIFA Eastern Region Soccer League title last week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Bulawayo Chiefs have secured a swift return to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) after winning the ZIFA Southern Region Soccer League title. The team, relegated at the end of the 2024 season, confirmed their promotion with a 2-1 victory over Bosso 90 at Chiefs Village on Saturday, bringing their total to 73 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":112191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-112192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bulawayo Chiefs Return To Premier Soccer League - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bulawayo Chiefs have secured a swift return to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) after winning the ZIFA Southern Region So ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bulawayo Chiefs Return To Premier Soccer League\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bulawayo Chiefs have secured a swift return to the Premier Soccer League (PSL) after winning the ZIFA Southern Region So ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T10:03:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-28T12:02:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/sm_1761640563.669434.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bulawayo Chiefs Return To Premier Soccer League\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-28T10:03:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-28T12:02:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league\"},\"wordCount\":217,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/10\/sm_1761640563.669434.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-chiefs-return-to-premier-soccer-league\",\"name\":\"Bulawayo Chiefs Return To Premier Soccer League - 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