| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Durban City (1st title) |
| Promoted | Durban City Orbit College |
| Relegated | Leruma United Cape Town Spurs |
| Top goalscorer | Muzomuhle Khanyi (17 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Venda F.C. 5-1Baroka (1 February 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Leruma United F.C. 1-4Kruger United ( 3 November 2024) |
| Highest scoring | University of Pretoria F.C. 4-3Black Leopards (1 December 2024) |
2025–26 → | |
The2024–25 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from August 2024 to May 2025 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, theNational First Division.
The following teams changes took place since the 2023–24 season.
Promoted to2024–25 Premiership
Relegated from2023–24 Premiership
Promoted from2023–24 SAFA Second Division
Relegated from2023–24 National First Division
Name changes
Purchases
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban City(C, P) | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 58 | Promotion to2025–26 Premiership |
| 2 | Orbit College(P) | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 33 | 19 | +14 | 53 | Promotion Play-offs |
| 3 | Casric Stars | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 48 | |
| 4 | Black Leopards | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 47 | |
| 5 | Kruger United | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 45 | |
| 6 | Milford | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 43 | |
| 7 | JDR Stars | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 43 | |
| 8 | Baroka | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 41 | |
| 9 | Highbury | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 38 | |
| 10 | University of Pretoria | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 38 | |
| 11 | Pretoria Callies | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 36 | |
| 12 | Upington City | 30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 35 | |
| 13 | Hungry Lions | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 33 | |
| 14 | Venda | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 30 | 34 | −4 | 31 | |
| 15 | Cape Town Spurs(R) | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 30 | Relegation to2025–26 ABC Motsepe League |
| 16 | Leruma United(R) | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 27 |
| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | CTS | CAS | DUC | HIG | HUL | JDR | KRU | LER | MIL | ORB | PTC | TUK | UPI | VDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroka | — | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Black Leopards | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Cape Town Spurs | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Casric Stars | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Durban City | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Highbury | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 |
| Hungry Lions | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| JDR Stars | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Kruger United | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 |
| Leruma United | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Milford | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Orbit College | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pretoria Callies | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| University of Pretoria | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Upington City | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Venda | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungry Lions | 17 | |
| 2 | Durban City | 14 | |
| 3 | Black Leopards | 11 | |
| 4 | Upington City | 11 |
| Pos | Lge | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NFD | Orbit College | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 8 | Promoted to the2025-26 Premiership |
| 2 | PRE | Cape Town City | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | NFD | Casric Stars | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| Home \ Away | CTC | CAS | ORB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Town City | — | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Casric Stars | 1–1 | — | 0–1 |
| Orbit College | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
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