The 1971 National Professional Soccer League season was the first season of the National Professional Soccer League.

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won the inaugural title. At the time, due to the country's

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policies, the competition was only open to black South African teams, and it ran in parallel with the FPL and the

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{{South African soccer seasons 1971 in South African sport National Professional Soccer League (South Africa) seasons