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.
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.
Teams
Stadium and Locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Ajax Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town Stadium 55,000 Cape Umoya United Cape Town Athlone Stadium 34,000 Free State Stars Bethlehem Goble Park 20,000 JDR Stars Pretoria Giant Stadium 18,000 Jomo Cosmos Potchefstroom Olën Park 22,000 Mbombela United Mbombela KaNyamazane Stadium 15,000 Moroka Swallows Johannesburg Dobsonville Stadium 24,000 Real Kings Durban Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium 6,500 Richards Bay Richards Bay Richards Bay Stadium 8,000 Royal Eagles Pietermaritzburg Harry Gwala Stadium 12,000 Steenberg United Cape Town Athlone Stadium 34,000 TS Galaxy Kameelrivier Kameelrivier Stadium 11,000 TS Sporting Kabokweni Kabokweni Stadium 8,000 Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 40,000 University of Pretoria Pretoria Tuks Stadium 8,000 Uthongathi Durban Princess Magogo Stadium 12,000
League table
Play-offs Black Leopards defeated Ajax Cape Town 2-0 to retain their place in the Premiership.
Season statistics Scoring Top scorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Keoikantse MosiatlhagaAjax Cape Town172 Moeketsi MakhanyaJDR Stars123 Ruzaigh GamildienSteenberg United11 Daniel GozarFree State Stars Collins MbesumaUniversity of Pretoria Menzi NdwandweUthongathi7 Kamohelo MahlatsiUniversity of Pretoria10 Kagiso MalingaMoroka Swallows8 Decide ChaukeTS Sporting9 Thembisani NevhulambaTshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Keoikantse MosiatlhagaAjax Cape TownTS Sporting3-2 (A)26 October 2019 Thembisani NevhulambaTshakhuma Tsha MadzivhandilaRoyal Eagles3-1 (A)2 November 2019 Moeketsi MakhanyaJDR StarsJomo Cosmos5-1 (H)23 November 2019 Daniel GozarFree State StarsUthongathi3-1 (H)11 January 2020 Notes (H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Discipline Player Most yellow cards: 11 Paulus Masehe (Free State Stars)
Most red cards: 2 Daniel Gozar (Free State Stars)
See also 2019-20 South African Premiership 2019-20 Nedbank Cup
References
External links PSL.co.za