2019–20 National First Division

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.

National First Division
Season2019–20
Matches played184
Goals scored455 (2.47 per match)
2020–21 →

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]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ajax Cape Town 23 14 3 6 43 33 +10 45 Promotion to 2020–21 South African Premier Division
2 Moroka Swallows[lower-alpha 1] 23 12 4 7 32 26 +6 40 Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3 Uthongathi 23 10 9 4 30 22 +8 39
4 Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila 23 11 5 7 31 22 +9 38
5 JDR Stars 23 9 7 7 39 32 +7 34
6 University of Pretoria 23 9 7 7 34 33 +1 34
7 Steenberg United 23 9 7 7 30 29 +1 34
8 Real Kings 23 8 9 6 30 26 +4 33
9 Free State Stars 23 7 11 5 31 25 +6 32
10 Richards Bay 23 8 6 9 23 28 −5 30
11 TS Galaxy 23 6 10 7 24 25 −1 28
12 Cape Umoya United 23 8 4 11 25 27 −2 28
13 TS Sporting 23 5 9 9 20 27 −7 24
14 Jomo Cosmos 23 5 7 11 16 29 −13 22
15 Mbombela United 23 5 6 12 20 25 −5 21 Relegation to 2020–21 SAFA Second Division
16 Royal Eagles (R) 23 3 6 14 27 46 −19 15
Updated to match(es) played on 01 March 2020. Source: https://nl.soccerway.com/national/south-africa/1st-division/20182019/regular-season/r47549/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Prior to the start of the season, Moroka Swallows purchased the league licence from Maccabi.[2]

Statistics
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 M.Makhanye JDR Stars 7
R.Gamaldien Steenberg United

See also
  • 2019-20 South African Premier Division

References
  1. "New sponsor for NFD, now GladAfrica Championship". KickOff. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  2. "Moroka Swallows buy their way back into First Division football". Sport. 2019-08-01. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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