2019–20 National First Division

National First Division
Season	2019–20
Matches played	184
Goals scored	455 (2.47 per match)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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.^[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^[a]	23	12	4	7	32	26	+6	40	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
3	Uthongathi	23	10	9	4	30	22	+8	39	Qualification to Promotion play-offs
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	Relegation to 2020–21 SAFA Second Division

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:

^ Prior to the start of the season, Moroka Swallows purchased the league licence from Maccabi.^[2]

Statistics

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	M.Makhanye	JDR Stars	7
1	R.Gamaldien	Steenberg United	7

References

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

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League table

Statistics

See also

References

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