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{{infobox football league
| name                 = South African Championship
| image                = Motsepe Foundation Championship logo.jpg
| pixels               = 200px
| country              = South Africa
| confed               = CAF
| organiser            = [[Premier Soccer League]]
| founded              = 1996
| folded               =
| divisions            = 1
| teams                = 16
| feeds                =
| promotion            = [[South African Premiership]]
| relegation           = [[SAFA Second Division]]
| levels               = 2
| domest_cup           = [[Nedbank Cup]]  
| International Cup= 
| champions            = [[Durban City F.C.|Durban City]]<br />(1st title)
| season               = [[2024–25 National First Division|2024–25]]
| most successful club = [[Free State Stars F.C.|Free State Stars]]<br />[[Jomo Cosmos]]<br />[[Chippa United]]<br /> [[Polokwane City F.C.|Polokwane City]] (2 titles)
| sponsorship_name     =
| tv                   = 
| website              = {{URL|http://www.psl.co.za/tournament/national-first-division|psl.co.za/national-first-division}}
| current              = [[2025–26 South African Championship]]
}}

The '''South African Championship''', officially known as the '''Motsepe Foundation Championship''' for sponsorship reasons,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-01 |title=Motsepe Foundation Sponsor The PSL's National First Division |url=https://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/local/categories/south-africa/motsepe-foundation-sponsor-the-psl-s-national-first-division/719876 |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Soccer Laduma}}</ref> is the second-highest league of South African  [[association football|football]] after the [[South African Premiership]]. Both the South African Championship and South African Premiership are organised by the [[Premier Soccer League]].

==Structure and rules==

=== Seasons 2007–2011===
The restructured NFD was divided into two streams, one inland and another coastal – each of which consisted of 8 teams. The winners of the two streams played against each other in a 'final' at the end of the season – the winner of which was promoted to the Premiership. The loser of the 'final' played in a mini-tournament/play-offs against the two second-placed teams in each stream and the 15th-placed team on the Premiership log. The winner of this tournament was automatically promoted to the top flight.

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'''Inland provinces'''
* Gauteng
* Limpopo
* Free State
* Mpumalanga
* North West
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'''Coastal provinces'''
* Eastern Cape
* KwaZulu-Natal
* Northern Cape
* Western Cape
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[[File:South African Football Association streams map.svg|upright=1.35|thumb|right|Map of League streams
{| width=100%
|{{legend|#FF5555|Inland Stream}}
|{{legend|#FF9955|Coastal Stream}}
|}]]
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===Season 2011 onwards===
A new structure and new rules were decided, beginning from the 2011-12 season. The new rules are, that competing NFD teams, at all times during NFD matches, are required to field:<ref name="NFD to merge">{{cite web|url=http://www.kickoff.com/news/15279/first-division-streams-to-merge.php|title=First Division Streams to Merge|publisher=KickOff|access-date=9 May 2010}}</ref> 
* Minimum 5 South African-born under 23 players.
* Maximum 3 foreign players.

The new structure of the league, is a re-introduction of the one division format, previously used for the three seasons in 2004-07. This means, that the two former geographical split streams, will merge into one common division. The winner of the NFD will gain automatic promotion to Premiership (replacing the lowest ranked team in Premiership). Teams to finish 2nd and 3rd in NFD, will enter a playoff stage with a round robin format, against the team ranked as nr.15 in Premiership. Only the winner of this playoff stage gets promoted to the Premiership.<ref name="NFD to merge" />

Relegation/promotion rules between the NFD and the [[SAFA Second Division]] remain more or less unchanged. After each season, the two lowest ranked teams in the NFD will be relegated to the [[SAFA Second Division]]. In the opposite direction, the two best teams of SAFA Second Division will get promoted to the NFD, decided by a round robin playoff stage between the 9 provincial winners.

==History==
[[File:Mvela Golden League logo.svg|right|thumb|upright]]
The first non-racial second level of South African football, was established in March 1987 as the [[OK League]].<ref name="NFD">{{cite web|url=http://www.psl.co.za/content.asp?id=16443|title=About the National First Division|publisher=PSL|access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref> This league served as the competing place, for promotion/relegation to and from the topflight [[National Soccer League (South Africa)|NSL]]. In the former years from 1978–1986, a topflight non-racial First Level had already been established, after the merger of the [[National Football League (South Africa)|NFL]] and [[National Professional Soccer League (South Africa)|NPSL]], to form the new common topflight [[National Professional Soccer League (South Africa)|NPSL]]. In the early years from 1978–1986 relegation/promotion to and from the topflight league, according to official records actually did happen, but apparently it happened from a Second Level league structure, still divided into whites/blacks/coloureds.<ref>{{cite web |title=South Africa 1978 |website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf78.html |access-date=7 May 2011}}</ref>

When the new topflight [[South African Premiership]] was established in 1996, the organizers at the same time for the Second Level, replaced the former [[OK League]] with the new '''National First Division'''. Apart from being covered by a better sponsor deal, the most significant change -both at the First and Second Level- was to change the fixtures from yearly seasons, into the more Internationally adapted: September–May football season.

The first sponsors were [[Absa Group|United Bank]] who sponsored the league in 1997 and 1998. From November 1998 until the end of the 2001/2001 season, the league was sponsored by [[MTN Group|MTN]].<ref>{{cite web |title=MTN gives the PSL a R22-m boost |url=http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/citypress/1998/11/01/19/1.html |publisher=City Press |date=1 November 1998}}</ref> It was reported that MTN withdrew from sponsorship the First Division as they were unhappy with their treatment from the PSL - the division organisers. MTN had been rebuffed by the PSL in their efforts to sponsor the PSL-organised [[Telkom Charity Cup|Charity Cup]] because Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs would refuse to play in the tournament as the two clubs were sponsored by MTN's telecommunication rivals, Vodacom.<ref>{{cite web |last=Nxumalo|first=Raymond|title=League to go ahead without sponsors |url=http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/citypress/2001/09/09/20/1.html |publisher=City Press |date=9 September 2001}}</ref> The First Division could not find a new sponsor until May 2004.

From 2004 until 2007 the league was sponsored by business magnate [[Tokyo Sexwale]]'s [[Mvelaphanda Group]] and known as ''Mvela Golden League''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mvelaphanda sponsorship boosts First Division |url=http://152.111.1.87/argief/berigte/citypress/2004/05/09/C1/26A/02.html |publisher=City Press|date=9 May 2004}}</ref> For those three seasons, there was no geographical split and all 16 teams played in one division. The league was then initially unable to find a sponsor, and there was again a geographical split into two or four streams until the [[2011–12 National First Division|2011–12 season]].<ref name="NFD to merge" />

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5"|Streams
|-
! Year
! colspan="1"|Western Cape
! colspan="1"|Natal/Eastern/Cape
! colspan="1"|Northern
! colspan="1"|Southern
|-
!
! Winner
! Winner 
! Winner 
! Winner
|-
| [[1996–97 National First Division|1996–97]]<ref name="1996-97">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf97.html|title=South Africa 1996/97|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Santos Football Club (South Africa)|Santos]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[African Wanderers]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Black Leopards]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Maritzburg United F.C.|Tembisa Classic]]
|-
! colspan="5"|Streams
|-
! Year
! colspan="2"|Coastal
! colspan="2"|Inland
|-
!
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Winner 
! Runner-up 
|-
| [[1997–98 National First Division|1997–98]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf98.html|title=South Africa 1997/98|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Seven Stars (South African Soccer Club)|Seven Stars]]'''
| [[Michau Warriors]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)|Dynamos]]'''
| [[Witbank Aces]]
|-
| [[1998–99 National First Division|1998–99]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf99.html|title=South Africa 1998/99|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[African Wanderers]]'''
| [[Avendale Athletico]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Maritzburg United F.C.|Tembisa Classic]]'''
| [[Ria Stars]]
|-
| [[1999–2000 National First Division|1999–2000]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf00.html|title=South Africa 1999/00|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Golden Arrows]]'''
| [[Avendale Athletico]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Ria Stars]]'''
| [[Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)|Dynamos]]
|-
| [[2000–01 National First Division|2000–01]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf01.html|title=South Africa 2000/01|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)|Amazulu]]'''
| [[Park United]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Black Leopards F.C.|Black Leopards]]'''
| [[Bloemfontein Young Tigers]]
|-
| [[2001–02 National First Division|2001–02]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf02.html|title=South Africa 2001/02|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[African Wanderers]]'''
| [[Avendale Athletico]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)|Dynamos]]'''
| [[Platinum Stars F.C.|Silver Stars]]
|-
| [[2002–03 National First Division|2002–03]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf03.html|title=South Africa 2002/03|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[AmaZulu F.C.|AmaZulu]]'''
| [[Premier United]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Platinum Stars F.C.|Silver Stars]]'''
| [[Bloem Celtic]]
|-
| [[2003–04 National First Division|2003–04]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf04.html|title=South Africa 2003/04|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Bush Bucks]]'''
| [[Avendale Athletico]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Bloemfontein Celtic]]'''
| [[Free State Stars]]
|-
! colspan="5"|National
|-
! 
!colspan="1"|Winner 
!colspan="1"|Runner-up 
!colspan="1"|Third place
!colspan="1"|Fourth place
|-
| [[2004–05 National First Division|2004–05]]<ref name="2004-05">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf05.html|title=South Africa 2004/05|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Free State Stars]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Durban Stars]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Hellenic F.C.|Hellenic]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Maritzburg United F.C.|Tembisa Classic]]'''
|-
| [[2005–06 National First Division|2005–06]]<ref name="2005-06">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf06.html|title=South Africa 2005/06|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Bidvest Wits F.C.|Wits University]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Pietersburg Pillars|City Pillars]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Vasco da Gama (South Africa)|Vasco Da Gama]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Benoni Premier United]]'''
|-
| [[2006–07 National First Division|2006–07]]<ref name="2006-07">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf07.html|title=South Africa 2006/07|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Free State Stars]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Winners Park F.C.|Winners Park]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[University of Pretoria F.C.|Pretoria University]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[FC AK]]
|-
! colspan="5"|Streams
|-
! Year
! colspan="2"|Coastal
! colspan="2"|Inland
|-
!
! Winner
! Runner-up
! Winner 
! Runner-up 
|-
| [[2007–08 National First Division|2007–08]]<ref name="2007-08">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf08.html|title=South Africa 2007/08|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=16 September 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Maritzburg United]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Bay United F.C.|Bay United]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[FC AK]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Dynamos F.C. (South Africa)|Dynamos]]
|-
| [[2008–09 National First Division|2008–09]]<ref name="2008-09">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf09.html|title=South Africa 2008/09|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Carara Kicks]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[FC Cape Town]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Jomo Cosmos]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Mpumalanga Black Aces]]'''
|-
| [[2009–10 National First Division season|2009–10]]<ref name="2009-10">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2010.html|title=South Africa 2009/10|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 April 2010}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Vasco da Gama (South Africa)|Vasco Da Gama]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Nathi Lions]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Black Leopards]]<ref group="nb">Black Leopards participated in a two-legged promotion/relegation playoff with Mpumalanga Black Aces and lost 5-3 on penalties. They were not promoted.</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[African Warriors]]
|-
| [[2010–11 National First Division|2010–11]]<ref name="2010-11">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2011.html|title=South Africa 2010/11|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=27 April 2011}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Bay United F.C.|Bay United]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Thanda Royal Zulu FC|Thanda Royal Zulu]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Jomo Cosmos]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Black Leopards F.C.|Black Leopards]]'''
|-
! colspan="5"|National
|-
! 
!colspan="1"|Winner 
!colspan="1"|Runner-up 
!colspan="1"|Third place
!colspan="1"|Fourth place
|-
| [[2011–12 National First Division|2011–12]]<ref name="2011-12">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2012.html|title=South Africa 2011/12|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=7 July 2012}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Pretoria University F.C.|Pretoria University]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| [[Chippa United F.C.|Chippa United]]
| [[Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.|Thanda Royal Zulu]]
| [[Blackburn Rovers F.C. (South Africa)|Blackburn Rovers]]
|-
| [[2012–13 National First Division|2012–13]]<ref name="2012-13">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2013.html|title=South Africa 2012/13|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=5 March 2015}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Polokwane City]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"| [[Santos F.C. (South Africa)|Santos]]
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"| '''[[Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C.|Mpumalanga Black Aces]]'''
| [[Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.|Thanda Royal Zulu]]
|-
| [[2013–14 National First Division|2013–14]]<ref name="2013-14">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2015.html|title=South Africa 2013/14|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Chippa United F.C.|Chippa United]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Black Leopards F.C.|Black Leopards]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Milano United F.C.|Maritzburg United]]
|[[Baroka F.C.|Baroka]]
|-
| [[2014–15 National First Division|2014–15]]<ref name="2014-15">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2015.html|title=South Africa 2014/15|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=6 February 2016}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Lamontville Golden Arrows]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Jomo Cosmos]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Black Leopards F.C.|Black Leopards]]
|[[Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.|Thanda Zulu Royal]]
|-
| [[2015–16 National First Division|2015–16]]<ref name="2015-16">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2016.html|title=South Africa 2015/16|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=3 May 2017}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Baroka F.C.|Baroka]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Highlands Park F.C.|Highlands Park]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Mbombela United F.C.|Mbombela United]]
|[[Witbank Spurs F.C.|Witbank Spurs]]
|-
| [[2016–17 National First Division|2016–17]]<ref name="2016-17">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2017.html|title=South Africa 2016/17|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=7 July 2017}}</ref>
||'''[[Thanda Royal Zulu F.C.]]'''<ref group="nb">Thanda Zulu Royal were not promoted as their league status was purchased by fifth-placed [[AmaZulu F.C. (South Africa)|Amazulu]].</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Black Leopards F.C.|Black Leopards]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Stellenbosch F.C.|Stellenbosch]]
|[[Royal Eagles F.C.|Royal Eagles]]
|-
| [[2017–18 National First Division|2017–18]]<ref name="2017-18">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2018.html|title=South Africa 2017/18|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=23 July 2018}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Highlands Park F.C.|Highlands Park]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Black Leopards F.C.|Black Leopards]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Jomo Cosmos F.C.|Jomo Cosmos]]
|[[Real Kings F.C.|Real Kings]]
|-
| [[2018–19 National First Division|2018–19]]<ref name="2018-19">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2019.html|title=South Africa 2018/19|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Stellenbosch F.C.|Stellenbosch]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Royal Eagles F.C.|Royal Eagles]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila F.C.|Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila]]
|[[Ajax Cape Town F.C.|Ajax Cape Town]]
|-
| [[2019–20 National First Division|2019–20]]<ref name="2019-20">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2020.html|title=South Africa 2019/20|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Moroka Swallows F.C.|Moroka Swallows]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Ajax Cape Town F.C.|Ajax Cape Town]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila F.C.|Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila]]<ref group="nb">TTM lost in the playoffs, but purchased their position in the [[2020–21 South African Premier Division]] by buying the Premier League status of [[Bidvest Wits F.C.|Bidvest Wits]].</ref>
|[[Real Kings F.C.|Real Kings]]
|-
| [[2020–21 National First Division|2020–21]]<ref name="2020-21">{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2021.html|title=South Africa 2020/21|website=[[RSSSF]]|access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Sekhukhune United F.C.| 	Sekhukhune United]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Royal AM F.C.|Royal AM]]<ref group="nb">Royal AM did not participate in the playoffs, but purchased their position in the [[2021–22 South African Premier Division]] by buying the Premier League status of [[Bloemfontein Celtic F.C.|Bloemfontein Celtic]].</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Richards Bay F.C.|Richards Bay]]
|[[TS Sporting F.C.|TS Sporting]]
|-
| [[2021–22 National First Division|2021–22]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa 2021/22 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2022.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Richards Bay F.C.|Richards Bay]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[University of Pretoria F.C.|Tuks]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Cape Town All Stars]]
|[[JDR Stars F.C.|JDR Stars]]
|-
| [[2022–23 National First Division|2022–23]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa 2022/23 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2023.html |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Polokwane City F.C.|Polokwane City]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Cape Town Spurs F.C.|Cape Town Spurs]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Casric Stars F.C.|Casric Stars]]
|[[All Stars F.C.|All Stars]]
|-
| [[2023–24 National First Division|2023–24]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Africa 2023/24 |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2024.html |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.rsssf.org}}</ref>
|bgcolor="#FFFFBB"|'''[[Magesi F.C.|Magesi]]'''
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[University of Pretoria F.C.|University of Pretoria]]
|bgcolor="#FFEEEE"|[[Baroka F.C.|Baroka]]
|[[Maritzburg United F.C.|Maritzburg United]]
|}
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{{legend|#FFFFBB|Promoted to Premiership}}
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{{legend|#FFEEEE|Playoff losers}}
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==See also==
*[[Nedbank Cup]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.thenfd.co.za National First Division Official Website]
*[http://www.psl.co.za Premier Soccer League Official Website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100323132320/http://www.psl.co.za/first.asp National First Division section at psl.co.za]
*[http://www.safa.net South African Football Association (SAFA)]
*[http://www.cafonline.com Confederation of African Football (CAF)]

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