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National First Division
Season2023–24
ChampionsMagesi
PromotedMagesi
RelegatedPlatinum City Rovers
La Masia
Matches played240
Goals scored531 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorerNxumalo (16 goals)
Biggest home winCasric Stars 6-1 Orbit College (02 December 2023)
Biggest away winLa Masia 0-4 Hungry Lions (06 October 2023)
Platinum City Rovers 0-4 Pretoria Callies (09 March 2024)
Highest scoringCasric Stars 6-1 Orbit College (2 December 2023)
Milford 4-3 Casric Stars (01 May 2024)
Longest unbeaten runUniversity of Pretoria (13 matches)

The 2023–24 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from September 2023 to June 2024 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division. Magesi gained automatic promotion to the 2024-25 Premiership with two games in hand after defeating Milford by 3 goals to 1 on 5 May 2024.[1]

Teams

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Team changes

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The following teams changes have taken place since the 2022–23 season.

Promoted to 2023–24 South African Premier Division

Relegated from 2022–23 South African Premier Division

Promoted from 2022–23 SAFA Second Division

Relegated from 2022–23 National First Division

Purchases

Renamed

Stadiums and locations

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Location of teams in the 2023–24 National First Division.

16 teams are competing in the season.[11]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Baroka Polokwane Old Peter Mokaba Stadium 15,000
Black Leopards Polokwane Pietersburg Stadium 15,000
Casric Stars KwaMhlanga [12] Solomon Mahlangu Stadium
Hungry Lions Kimberley Griqua Park 11,000
JDR Stars Pretoria (Soshanguve) Giant Stadium 18,000
Magesi Moletši TT Cholo Sports Ground 15,000
Maritzburg United Petermaritzburg Harry Gwala Stadium 12,000
Marumo Gallants Polokwane Peter Mokaba Stadium 45,500
Milford Richards Bay
MM Platinum (La Masia) Johannesburg Bidvest Stadium 5,000
Orbit College Rustenburg Olympia Park 32,000
Platinum City Potchefstroom Olën Park 22,000
Pretoria Callies Pretoria Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900
University of Pretoria Pretoria Tuks Stadium 8,000
Upington City Upington
Venda F.C. Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 20,000

Table

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As of 19 May 2024[13]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Magesi (C, P) 30 16 9 5 45 28 +17 57 Promotion to 2024-25 Premiership
2 University of Pretoria (Q) 30 12 13 5 30 22 +8 49 Promotion Play-offs
3 Baroka (Q) 30 12 11 7 37 28 +9 47
4 Maritzburg United 30 12 10 8 38 26 +12 46
5 JDR Stars 30 12 10 8 33 30 +3 46
6 Upington City 30 11 11 8 38 32 +6 44
7 Casric Stars 30 11 10 9 46 39 +7 43
8 Hungry Lions 30 11 9 10 36 32 +4 42
9 Orbit College 30 11 6 13 30 40 −10 39
10 Black Leopards 30 11 4 15 31 38 −7 37
11 Marumo Gallants 30 9 9 12 30 36 −6 36
12 Venda 30 9 8 13 27 34 −7 35
13 Milford 30 9 7 14 33 36 −3 34
14 Pretoria Callies 30 8 10 12 31 35 −4 34
15 La Masia (R) 30 6 13 11 23 33 −10 31 Relegation to 2024-25 SAFA Second Division
16 Platinum City Rovers (R) 30 5 10 15 22 41 −19 25
Source: National First Division
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to PSL; (Q) Qualified for phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Statistics

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Top scores

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As of 05 May 2024[14]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 South Africa Prince Nxumalo JDR Stars 16
2 Namibia Bethuel Muzeu Black Leopards 15
3 South Africa Decide Chauke Casric Stars 12
4 South Africa Raymond Daniels Hungry Lions 11
Namibia Joslin Kamatuka Maritzburg United

Play-offs

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Table

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Pos Lge Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PRE Richards Bay (P) 4 2 2 0 6 1 +5 8 Promoted to the 2024-25 South African Premier Division
2 NFD University of Pretoria 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 5
3 NFD Baroka 4 0 2 2 1 6 −5 2
Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2024. Source: https://www.psl.co.za/tournament/promotion-playoffs
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(P) Promoted

Results

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Home \ Away BAR RBU TUKS
Baroka — 0–0 1–1
Richards Bay 4–0 — 1–0
University of Pretoria 1–0 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 June 2024. Source: https://www.psl.co.za/tournament/promotion-playoffs/Flashscore]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "SuperSport - www.supersport.com - official website".
  2. ^ "Polokwane City promoted to PSL by narrowest of margins". BusinessLIVE. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. ^ "PSL playoffs latest: Cape Town Spurs back in the big time, Maritzburg United relegated". www.goal.com. 7 June 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  4. ^ Vardien, Tashreeq. "Maritzburg's top-flight journey ends after 15 years as CT Spurs gain PSL promotion". Sport. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  5. ^ Raophala, Mauwane (21 May 2023). "Raymond Mdaka's first words after Marumo Gallants' relegation". FARPost. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  6. ^ Munyai, Ofhani (9 June 2023). "Two new Motsepe Foundation Championship clubs confirmed". FARPost. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Big setback for Limpopo football as Black Leopards, TTM relegated to amateur ranks". TimesLIVE. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  8. ^ Makhaya, Ernest (10 May 2023). "Black Leopards buy Motsepe Foundation Championship status!". The South African. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. ^ Munyai, Ofhani (1 July 2023). "Another PSL club sold, this time in KZN". FARPost. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  10. ^ Munyai, Ofhani (28 June 2023). "PSL club changes its name". FARPost. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Summary - 1st Division - South Africa - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 20 August 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 1 May 2024.
  14. ^ "nfd top scorers". thenfd.co.za.
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