National First Division
Season2022–23
ChampionsPolokwane City
PromotedCape Town Spurs
Matches played79
Top goalscorer(15 goals)
Ashley Cupido (Cape Town Spurs )
Biggest home winJDR Stars 6-0 Magesi
13 September 2022
Biggest away winPlatinum City Rovers 1-4 Tshakhuma
(14 September 2022)
Highest scoringJDR Stars 6-0 Magesi
13 September 2022
TUKS 3-3 Black Leopards
21 October 2022

The 2022–23 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from September 2022 to June 2023 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division.

Previous sponsors GladAfrica pulled out after three years of their five-year deal, and were replaced by Patrice Motsepe, with the competition being renamed the Motsepe Foundation Championship.[1][2]

Teams

Team changes

The following teams changed division since the 2021–22 season.

Promoted to 2022–23 South African Premier Division

Relegated from 2021–22 South African Premier Division

Promoted from 2021–22 SAFA Second Division

Relegated from 2021–22 National First Division

Renaming

  • Cape Town All Stars relocated from Cape Town to Johannesburg at the start of the season, and were renamed All Stars[8]

Purchased statuses

Stadiums and locations

16 teams are competing in the season.[10]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
All Stars Brakpan[11] Tsakane Stadium
Baroka Polokwane Old Peter Mokaba Stadium 15,000
Black Leopards Polokwane Pietersburg Stadium 15,000
Cape Town Spurs Cape Town Athlone Stadium34,000
Casric Stars KwaMhlanga [12] Solomon Mahlangu Stadium
Hungry Lions Kathu Sivos Training Centre Stadium 1,500
JDR Stars Pretoria (Soshanguve) Giant Stadium 18,000
Magesi Moletši TT Cholo Sports Ground 15,000
MM Platinum (La Masia) Johannesburg Bidvest Stadium 5,000
Platinum City Potchefstroom Olën Park 22,000
Polokwane City Polokwane Pietersburg Stadium 15,000
Pretoria Callies Pretoria Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900
Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 20,000
University of Pretoria Pretoria Tuks Stadium 8,000
Uthongathi Durban (KwaMashu) Princess Magogo Stadium 12,000
Venda Football Academy Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 20,000

Table

As of 9 June 2023[13][14]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Polokwane City 30 17 6 7 44 24 +20 57 Promotion to 2023-24 PSL
2 Cape Town Spurs 30 17 6 7 42 27 +15 57 Promotion Play-offs
3 Casric Stars 30 15 11 4 37 25 +12 56
4 All Stars 30 12 12 6 37 25 +12 48
5 Hungry Lions 30 13 8 9 30 28 +2 47
6 JDR Stars 30 12 9 9 40 25 +15 45
7 Uthongathi 30 10 11 9 33 30 +3 41
8 TUKS 30 9 13 8 32 31 +1 40
9 Baroka 30 11 6 13 37 37 0 39
10 Pretoria Callies 30 10 9 11 27 29 −2 39
11 Venda FA 30 10 8 12 26 33 −7 38
12 Magesi 30 10 7 13 22 32 −10 37
13 La Masia 30 8 8 14 33 39 −6 32
14 Platinum City Rovers 30 7 9 14 21 37 −16 30
15 Tshakhuma 30 6 5 19 25 46 −21 23 Relegation to 2023-24 SAFA Second Division
16 Black Leopards 30 4 10 16 21 39 −18 22

Results

Home \ Away ALS BAR BLP CTS CAS HUL JDR LAM MAG PLK PCR PCL TTM TUKS UTH VFA
All Stars — 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 4–0
Baroka 0–0 — 1–0 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–1
Black Leopards 1–3 0–1 — 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1
Cape Town Spurs 2–0 3–2 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–1
Casric Stars 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 — 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Hungry Lions 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
JDR Stars 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 — 1–1 6–0 2–2 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–3 2–0
La Masia 1–2 4–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 — 0–1 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Magesi 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 — 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0
Polokwane City 2–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 — 0–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–0
Platinum CR 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 — 0–0 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–1
Pretoria Callies 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 — 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0
Tshakhuma 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–5 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 — 1–2 1–2 2–0
TUKS 1–0 1–3 3–3 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 — 2–1 1–1
Uthongathi 0–2 2–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 4–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 — 1–1
Venda FA 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 4 November 2022. Source: National First Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Statistics

As of 15 June 2023
Rank Player Club Goals
1 South Africa Ashley Cupido Cape Town Spurs 15
2 South Africa Kgomotso Mosadi Casric Stars 12
Zimbabwe Ishmael Wadi JDR Stars

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Play-offs

Pos Lge Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 NFD Cape Town Spurs (P) 4 3 1 0 3 0 +3 10 Promoted to the 2023-24 South African Premier Division
2 PSL Maritzburg United 4 2 1 1 4 1 +3 7
3 NFD Casric Stars 4 0 0 4 0 6 −6 0
Updated to match(es) played on 13 June 2023. Source: https://thenfd.co.za/promotional-playoffs-2023-update
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(P) Promoted

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Motsepe Foundation Sponsor The PSL's National First Division". Soccer Laduma. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "MOTSEPE FOUNDATION NEW NFD SPONSOR - The NFD". www.thenfd.co.za. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "Richards Bay secure PSL promotion after clinching NFD title - Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Baroka relegated to NFD after six years in the PSL". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "Impressive MM Platinum are the champions of the ABC Motsepe National Playoffs". SAFA.net. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Squad, Mgosi (16 May 2022). "TS Sporting to buy their way back to GladAfrica Championship". The Citizen. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Jomo Cosmos relegated from SA football professional ranks". SowetanLIVE. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Pillay, Byron (9 July 2022). "Premier Soccer League approves Cape Town club's application to relocate". SportsBrief - Sport news. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Makhaya, Ernest (4 August 2022). "Free State Stars sold for R12 million, set to relocate - report". The South African. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "Summary - 1st Division - South Africa - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ↑ "Premier Soccer League - www.psl.co.za - official website". www.psl.co.za. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  12. ↑ "Premier Soccer League - www.psl.co.za - official website". www.psl.co.za. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "Premier Soccer League - www.psl.co.za - official website". www.psl.co.za. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  14. ↑ "Soccerladuma - national first division". livescoressoccerladuma.snl24.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Top Scorers - The NFD". thenfd.co.za. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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