2024–25 National First Division

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Motsepe Foundation Championship
Season2024–25
ChampionsDurban City (1st title)
PromotedDurban City
Orbit College
RelegatedLeruma United
Cape Town Spurs
Top goalscorerMuzomuhle Khanyi (17 goals)
Biggest home winVenda F.C. 5-1 Baroka
(1 February 2025)
Biggest away winLeruma United F.C. 1-4 Kruger United
( 3 November 2024)
Highest scoringUniversity of Pretoria F.C. 4-3 Black Leopards
(1 December 2024)

The 2024–25 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, the National First Division.

Teams

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Team changes

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The following teams changes took place since the 2023–24 season.

Promoted to 2024–25 Premiership

Relegated from 2023–24 Premiership

Promoted from 2023–24 SAFA Second Division

Relegated from 2023–24 National First Division

Name changes

Purchases

Table

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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 to 2025–26 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 to 2025–26 ABC Motsepe League
16 Leruma United (R) 30 6 9 15 20 39 −19 27
Source: National First Division
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to PSL; (R) Relegated

Results

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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 —
Source: thenfd.co.za
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 21 May 2025[7]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 South Africa Muzomuhle Khanyi Hungry Lions 17
2 Namibia Joslin Kamatuka Durban City 14
3 Namibia Bethuel Muzeu Black Leopards 11
4 South Africa Bokang Mokwena Upington City 11

Play-offs

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Table

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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 the 2025-26 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
Source: https://www.psl.co.za/tournament/promotion-playoffs
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results

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Home \ Away CTC CAS ORB
Cape Town City — 1–1 0–0
Casric Stars 1–1 — 0–1
Orbit College 1–0 0–0 —
Source: https://www.psl.co.za/tournament/promotion-playoffs/]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

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References

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