2021–22 National First Division

The 2021–22 National First Division (called the GladAfrica Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from 21 August 2021 to 15 May 2022 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division.

National First Division
Season2021–22
ChampionsRichards Bay F.C.
RelegatedTS Sporting
Matches played240
Goals scored488 (2.03 per match)
Top goalscorerKhuda Muyaba
(10 goals)
Biggest home winPretoria Callies 6 - 1Cape Town Spurs
(17 October 2021)
Biggest away winTshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila F.C. 0-4 Cape Town Spurs F.C.
(26 September 2021))
Highest scoringPretoria Callies 6-1 Cape Town Spurs
(17 October 2021)
Richards Bay F.C. 5-2 Platinum City F.C.
(27 November 2021)
Longest winning runJDR Stars
Richards Bay F.C. (4 games)
Longest unbeaten runRichards Bay F.C. (12 games)

Teams

Stadiums and locations
Location of teams in the 2021–22 National First division.

16 teams are competing in the season.[1]

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Black Leopards Polokwane Pietersburg Stadium 15,000
Cape Town All Stars F.C. Stellenbosch Idas Valley Stadium2,500
Cape Town Spurs Cape Town Athlone Stadium34,000
Free State Stars Bethlehem Goble Park 5,000
Hungry Lions Kathu Sivos Training Centre Stadium 1,500
JDR Stars Pretoria (Soshanguve) Giant Stadium 18,000
Jomo Cosmos Tsakane Tsakane Stadium 25,000
Platinum City Potchefstroom Olën Park 22,000
Polokwane City Polokwane Pietersburg Stadium 15,000
Pretoria Callies Pretoria Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900
Richards Bay Richards Bay Richards Bay Stadium 8,000
Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 20,000
TS Sporting Kabokweni Kabokweni Stadium 8,000
University of Pretoria Pretoria Tuks Stadium 8,000
Uthongathi Durban (KwaMashu) Princess Magogo Stadium 12,000
Venda Football Academy Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 20,000

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Richards Bay 30 14 12 4 39 22 +17 54 Promotion to 2022-23 PSL
2 TUKS 30 13 13 4 40 26 +14 52 Qualification to Promotion Play-offs
3 Cape Town All Stars 30 12 12 6 37 26 +11 48
4 JDR Stars 30 12 9 9 32 28 +4 45
5 Venda 30 10 14 6 25 24 +1 44
6 Polokwane City 30 11 8 11 42 37 +5 41
7 Free State Stars 30 10 11 9 26 24 +2 41
8 Uthongathi 30 8 15 7 27 25 +2 39
9 Black Leopards 30 10 9 11 30 29 +1 39
10 Platinum City 30 10 8 12 30 46 −16 38
11 Hungry Lions 30 8 12 10 27 27 0 36
12 Pretoria Callies 30 10 5 15 33 33 0 35
13 Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila 30 9 7 14 26 45 −19 34
14 Cape Town Spurs 30 6 15 9 27 32 −5 33
15 Jomo Cosmos 30 5 13 12 27 34 −7 28 Relegation to 2022-23 SAFA Second Division
16 TS Sporting 30 7 7 16 22 34 −12 28
Updated to match(es) played on 15 May 2022. Source:

Results
Home \ Away BLA CTA CTS FFS HUL JDR JOM PLA PLK PCL RB TSS TTM UNP UTH VEN
Black Leopards — 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–9 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–0
Cape Town All Stars F.C. 1–0 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 3–2 5–0 1–1 3–1 3–0
Cape Town Spurs 2–0 1–1 — 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–0
Free State Stars 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 1–0
Hungry Lions 2–0 0–0 1–0 — 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1
JDR Stars 1–0 0–1 1–0 — 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Jomo Cosmos 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–3
Platinum City 0–1 5–1 3–2 0–0 — 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–1
Polokwane City 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 — 4–0 2–1 1–0
Pretoria Callies 6–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 — 2–1 1–2
Richards Bay 0–2 5–2 1–0 — 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–1
TS Sporting 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–1
Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila 1–1 3–1 0–4 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 —
TUKS 3–2 4–2 1–0 4–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 — 0–0
Uthongathi 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 —
Venda 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2021. Source: National First Division
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Play-offs
Pos Lge Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 PSL Swallows (P) 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1 7 Retain their place in the 2022-23 South African Premier Division
2 NFD University of Pretoria F.C. 4 1 2 1 4 3 +1 5
3 NFD Cape Town All Stars 4 1 1 2 5 7 −2 4
Source: https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2022.html
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(P) Promoted

See also

References
  1. "Summary - 1st Division - South Africa - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
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