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]
Black Leopards defeated Ajax Cape Town 2-0 to retain their place in the Premiership.[2]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[3] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Keoikantse Mosiatlhaga | Ajax Cape Town | 17 |
2 | Moeketsi Makhanya | JDR Stars | 12 |
3 | Ruzaigh Gamildien | Steenberg United | 11 |
Daniel Gozar | Free State Stars | ||
Collins Mbesuma | University of Pretoria | ||
Menzi Ndwandwe | Uthongathi | ||
7 | Kamohelo Mahlatsi | University of Pretoria | 10 |
Kagiso Malinga | Moroka Swallows | ||
8 | Decide Chauke | TS Sporting | 9 |
Thembisani Nevhulamba | Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila | ||
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Keoikantse Mosiatlhaga | Ajax Cape Town | TS Sporting | 3-2 (A)[4] | 26 October 2019 |
Thembisani Nevhulamba | Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila | Royal Eagles | 3-1 (A)[5] | 2 November 2019 |
Moeketsi Makhanya | JDR Stars | Jomo Cosmos | 5-1 (H)[6] | 23 November 2019 |
Daniel Gozar | Free State Stars | Uthongathi | 3-1 (H)[7] | 11 January 2020 |