National First Division
Season2010–11
ChampionsJomo Cosmos
PromotedBlack Leopards
RelegatedBatau
Hanover Park
Matches played170
Goals scored431 (2.54 per match)

2010–11 National First Division, was the season from September 2010 until May 2011, of South Africa's second tier of professional football. The overall NFD champion was promoted to the first level, known as Premier Soccer League (PSL). While the losing team of the championship final, faced a round robin playoff stage, against the second lowest ranked team of PSL and the two second ranked teams of the NFD streams.

Season structure

The league is made up of 16 teams, split into 2 streams. Each team plays the other 7 teams in their stream 3 times, for a total of 21 games. Teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 for draw, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the season, the top ranked team from each stream play in a two-legged final, the winner of which is crowned National First Division Champion, and gains automatic promotion to the Premier Soccer League for the next season. The loser of the final, along with the teams which came second in their streams, and the 15th placed PSL team, go into the PSL promotion play-offs. The two teams finishing in last place in their streams are automatically relegated to the Vodacom League. They are replaced by the finalists of the Vodacom League championship game.

Club and stadium information

Coastal Stream (excl. Northern Cape):

Club Location Province Stadium Capacity
African WarriorsPhuthaditjhabaFree StateCharles Mopeli Stadium35,000
Bay UnitedPort ElizabethEastern CapeGelvandale Stadium3,000
Blackburn RoversEast LondonEastern CapeBuffalo City Stadium16,000
Carara KicksWelkomFree StateGoble Park20,000
FC Cape TownCape Town (Parow)Western CapeNNK Rugby Stadium5,000
Hanover ParkCape Town (Wynberg)Western CapeWynberg Military Base Stadium2,500
Nathi LionsDurban (KwaMashu)KwaZulu-NatalPrincess Magogo Stadium12,000
Thanda Royal ZuluRichards BayKwaZulu-NatalRichards Bay Stadium8,000

Inland Stream (incl. Northern Cape):

Club Location Province Stadium Capacity
BatauErmeloMpumalangaStadium
Black LeopardsThohoyandouLimpopoStadium
DynamosPolokwaneLimpopoStadium
FC AKJohannesburgGautengStadium
Jomo CosmosJohannesburgGautengStadium
University of PretoriaPretoriaGautengStadium
UnitedKimberleyNorthern CapeStadium
Witbank SpursWitbankMpumalangaStadium
Location of teams in the 2010–11 National First Division.

League standings

Coastal Stream

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bay United 21 11 7 3 29 13 +16 40 NFD Coastal Stream Champions 2010/2011
2 Thanda Royal Zulu 21 12 3 6 38 27 +11 39 Qualification for PSL promotion play-offs
3 Carara Kicks 21 7 11 3 32 31 +1 32
4 African Warriors 21 7 9 5 29 25 +4 30
5 F.C. Cape Town 21 4 11 6 23 20 +3 23
6 Blackburn Rovers 21 6 5 10 21 32 −11 23
7 Nathi Lions 21 3 9 9 27 31 −4 18
8 Hanover Park 21 4 5 12 23 43 −20 17 Relegation to the Vodacom League
Source: [1][2]

Inland Stream

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Jomo Cosmos 21 14 5 2 29 14 +15 47 NFD Inland Stream Champions 2010/2011
2 Black Leopards 21 11 5 5 33 21 +12 38 Qualification for PSL promotion play-offs
3 University of Pretoria 21 10 7 4 29 18 +11 37[lower-alpha 1]
4 F.C. AK 21 7 6 8 27 24 +3 27
5 Witbank Spurs 21 6 6 9 22 26 −4 24
6 Dynamos 21 6 3 12 21 37 −16 21
7 United 21 6 5 10 17 24 −7 20[lower-alpha 2]
8 Batau 21 4 3 14 31 45 −14 15 Relegation to the Vodacom League
Source: [1][2]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Pretoria University initially won 2nd place in the Inland stream, due to a 3p penalty hitting Black Leopards, for fielding an unregistered player at one of their victories in the spring. Few days later the penalty was however reverted, as Black Leopards managed to win the appeal case. The log therefore ended to award the second place for Black Leopards.[3]
  2. ↑ 3 points deducted?

Post season

NFD Final

The winner of the two streams, Bay United and Jomo Cosmos will meet and play a two legged tie, on 14 May and 22 May, to determine the overall 2010–11 NFD championship. The NFD champion will gain an automatic promotion to the PSL. While the looser of the NFD Final will get a second chance to promote to PSL, at the Promotion Play Offs.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bay United South Africa 0–0
(penalty 4–5)		 South Africa Jomo Cosmos 0–0
report		 0–0
report

Promotion playoffs

The losing team of the NFD Final (Bay United), together with both runnerups of the NFD streams (Thanda Royal Zulu and Black Leopards), and finally the second lowest ranked team of PSL (Vasco da Gama), entered into the promotion playoffs. This playoff competition was played as a cup with two legged matches, with an unseeded draw to decide the fixtures.[4] The two semifinals were scheduled to be played simultaneously at 25 and 29 May. Due to Black Leopards having qualified for the 2011 Nedbank Cup final at 28 May, the two semifinals were however rescheduled, to be played at 8 and 11 June. A two legged final with the two winning teams from the semifinal, was played on 15 and 18 June.[5] Only the winner of the promotion playoff final was get promoted to play the next season in PSL.

Semifinals:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bay United South Africa 4–1 South Africa Thanda Royal Zulu 0–0
report		 4–1
report
Vasco da Gama South Africa 2–4 South Africa Black Leopards 1–1
report		 1–3
report

Promotion playoff final:

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Bay United South Africa 0–2 South Africa Black Leopards 0–0
report		 0–2
report

References

  1. 1 2 "NFD Coastal Stream log". Archived from the original on 28 July 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Logs - 2010/11 First Division". Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  3. ↑ KickOff (17 May 2011). "Black Leopards look set for PSL promotional playoffs -Leopards win appeal against PSL ruling".
  4. ↑ KickOff (9 May 2011). "NFD Play-off draw completed".
  5. ↑ PSL (20 May 2011). "Leopards change play-off fixture". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
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