The National Soccer League (NSL) was a South African football (soccer) league established in 1985, as a response to boardroom disagreements in the non-racial NPSL.

[1] The NPSL had been established in 1978 after a merger between the NFL and the previous racial NPSL for African people.

A portion of the NPSL continued under its own name, and later merged with the NSL to form today's Premier Soccer League (PSL).