2024–25 National First Division

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.

Season2024–25

ChampionsDurban City (1st title)

PromotedDurban City
Orbit College

RelegatedLeruma United
Cape Town Spurs

Quick facts Season, Champions ...

Motsepe Foundation Championship
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. 5-1 Baroka (1 February 2025)
Biggest away win	Leruma United F.C. 1-4 Kruger United ( 3 November 2024)
Highest scoring	University of Pretoria F.C. 4-3 Black Leopards (1 December 2024)
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

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Teams

Team changes

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

Promoted to 2024–25 Premiership

Magesi^[1]

Relegated from 2023–24 Premiership

Cape Town Spurs^[2]

Promoted from 2023–24 SAFA Second Division

Relegated from 2023–24 National First Division

Name changes

Maritzburg United changed their name to Durban City after moving their home location to Durban.^[5]

Purchases

Leruma United purchased the status of Marumo Gallants, and replaced them in the division. Marumo Gallants purchased their way into the Premiership by buying the status of Moroka Swallows.^[6]

Table

More information Pos, Team ...

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	Promotion Play-offs
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	Relegation to 2025–26 ABC Motsepe League

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Source: National First Division
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to PSL; (R) Relegated

Results

More information Home \ Away, BAR ...

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	—

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

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 21 May 2025^[7]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Muzomuhle Khanyi	Hungry Lions	17
2	Joslin Kamatuka	Durban City	14
3	Bethuel Muzeu	Black Leopards	11
4	Bokang Mokwena	Upington City	11

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Play-offs

Table

More information Pos, Lge ...

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

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

Results

More information Home \ Away, CTC ...

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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Source: https://www.psl.co.za/tournament/promotion-playoffs/]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

2024–25 National First Division

Teams

Team changes

Table

Results

Statistics

Top scorers

Play-offs

Table

Results

See also

References

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