2012–13 National First Division

National First Division
Season	2012–13
Champions	Polokwane City
Promoted	Mpumalanga Black Aces
Relegated	F.C. AK; Dynamos
Matches played	442
Goals scored	543 (1.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lesvin Stoffels and Nkosinathi Mthiyane (14)
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 National First Division was played from September 2012 until May 2013, and is the second tier of South Africa's professional football. Polokwane City won the league, earning promotion to the 2013–14 South African Premier Division. Santos and Mpumalanga Black Aces finished second and third respectively, qualifying for the 2012-13 PSL Playoff Tournament, which Mpumalanga Black Aces won, also earning them promotion to the 2013–14 South African Premier Division.

Clubs played a varying number of games over the course of the season due to a number of boycotts which took place at the beginning of the season.[1][2]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Polokwane City (C) (P)	30	14	7	9	45	33	12	49	Promotion to 2013-14 Premier Soccer League
2	Santos	29	13	10	6	38	30	8	49	Qualification to 2012-13 PSL Playoff Tournament
3	Mpumalanga Black Aces (P)	27	13	9	5	32	22	10	48	Qualification to 2012-13 PSL Playoff Tournament
4	Thanda Royal Zulu	27	13	8	6	40	28	12	47
5	Witbank Spurs	27	11	9	7	45	37	8	42
6	Milano United	28	11	9	8	35	28	7	42
7	African Warriors	29	11	9	9	38	41	-3	42
8	United FC	28	10	11	7	34	28	6	41
9	Vasco da Gama	26	11	7	8	35	27	8	40
10	FC Cape Town	27	9	8	10	31	32	-1	35
11	Blackburn Rovers	26	7	11	8	31	35	-4	32
12	Roses United	28	8	6	14	32	37	-5	30
13	Sivutsa Stars	26	7	8	11	37	40	-3	29
14	Jomo Cosmos	27	6	10	11	29	34	-5	28
15	FC AK (R)	27	4	9	14	24	47	-23	21	Relegation to SAFA Second Division
16	Dynamos F.C. (R)	30	2	11	17	17	44	-27	17	Relegation to SAFA Second Division

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
(C) = Champions; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner

External links

PSL.co.za

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-11-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://www.futbol24.com/national/South-Africa/National-First-Division/2012-2013/

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-11-03.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] ttp://www.futbol24.com/national/South-Africa/National-First-Division/2012-2013/

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