2019–20 National First Division Explained

Competition:National First Division
Season:2019–20
Winners:Moroka Swallows
Promoted:Moroka Swallows
Relegated:TS Sporting
Royal Eagles
Matches:240
Total Goals:555
Most Consecutive Wins:(3 wins) Uthongathi FC
University of Pretoria
Prevseason:2018–19
Nextseason:2020–21

The 2019–20 National First Division (called the GladAfrica Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the season from August 2019 to May 2020 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division.

For this season, the National First Division received new sponsorship from GladAfrica, with prize money being substantially increased to R3 million for the winners, R1.5 million for the runners up and R1 million for the third-placed team.[1]

Teams

Stadium and Locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Ajax Cape Town55,000
Cape Umoya United34,000
Free State StarsBethlehemGoble Park20,000
JDR StarsGiant Stadium18,000
Jomo CosmosPotchefstroomOlën Park22,000
Mbombela UnitedMbombelaKaNyamazane Stadium15,000
Moroka Swallows24,000
Real KingsSugar Ray Xulu Stadium6,500
Richards BayRichards BayRichards Bay Stadium8,000
Royal EaglesPietermaritzburgHarry Gwala Stadium12,000
Steenberg UnitedAthlone Stadium34,000
TS GalaxyKameelrivierKameelrivier Stadium11,000
TS SportingKabokweniKabokweni Stadium8,000
Tshakhuma Tsha MadzivhandilaThohoyandouThohoyandou Stadium40,000
University of PretoriaPretoriaTuks Stadium8,000
UthongathiPrincess Magogo Stadium12,000

Play-offs

Black Leopards defeated Ajax Cape Town 2-0 to retain their place in the Premiership.[2]

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals[3]
1 Keoikantse MosiatlhagaAjax Cape Town17
2 Moeketsi MakhanyaJDR Stars12
3 Ruzaigh GamildienSteenberg United11
Daniel GozarFree State Stars
Collins MbesumaUniversity of Pretoria
Menzi NdwandweUthongathi
7 Kamohelo MahlatsiUniversity of Pretoria10
Kagiso MalingaMoroka Swallows
8 Decide ChaukeTS Sporting9
Thembisani NevhulambaTshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Keoikantse MosiatlhagaAjax Cape TownTS Sporting3-2 (A)[4] 26 October 2019
Thembisani NevhulambaTshakhuma Tsha MadzivhandilaRoyal Eagles3-1 (A)[5] 2 November 2019
Moeketsi MakhanyaJDR StarsJomo Cosmos5-1 (H)[6] 23 November 2019
Daniel GozarFree State StarsUthongathi3-1 (H)[7] 11 January 2020
Notes(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New sponsor for NFD, now GladAfrica Championship . KickOff . 2019-08-04.
  2. Web site: 2020-09-18 . Promotion/relegation play-off match report Ajax Cape Town v Black Leopards . 2020-09-19 . Kick Off.
  3. Web site: 1st Division . Soccerway . 21 August 2020.
  4. Web site: TS Sporting vs Ajax Cape Town 2-3 . Soccerway . 21 August 2020.
  5. Web site: Royal Eagles vs Tshakhuma Madzivhadila . Soccerway . 21 August 2020.
  6. Web site: JDR Stars vs Jomo Cosmos 5-1 . Soccerway . 21 August 2020.
  7. Web site: Free State Stars vs Uthongathi 3-1 . Soccerway . 21 August 2020.
  8. Web site: 1st Division Disciplinary . Soccerway . 21 August 2020.