2023–24 National First Division

National First Division
Season	2023–24
Champions	Magesi
Promoted	Magesi
Relegated	Platinum City Rovers; La Masia
Matches played	240
Goals scored	531 (2.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Nxumalo (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Casric Stars 6-1 Orbit College (02 December 2023)
Biggest away win	La Masia 0-4 Hungry Lions (06 October 2023); Platinum City Rovers 0-4 Pretoria Callies (09 March 2024)
Highest scoring	Casric Stars 6-1 Orbit College (2 December 2023); Milford 4-3 Casric Stars (01 May 2024)
Longest unbeaten run	University of Pretoria (13 matches)
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the season from September 2023 to June 2024 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division. Magesi gained an automatic promotion to 2024-25 DSTV Premiership League after defeating Milford by 3 goals to 1 with 2 matches on hand on 05 May 2024.^[1]

Teams

Team changes

The following teams changes have taken place since the 2022–23 season.

Promoted to 2023–24 South African Premier Division

Relegated from 2022–23 South African Premier Division

Promoted from 2022–23 SAFA Second Division

Relegated from 2022–23 National First Division

Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila^[7]

Purchases

Relegated Black Leopards purchased the status of All Stars and will continue to play in the National First Division.^[8]
Uthongathi's license was purchased by Milford F.C..^[9]

Renamed

Venda Football Academy were renamed Venda F.C.^[10]

Stadiums and locations

Johannesburg and Pretoria teams
JDR Stars
Pretoria Callies
University of Pretoria

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Location of teams in the 2023–24 National First Division.

16 teams are competing in the season.^[11]

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Baroka	Polokwane	Old Peter Mokaba Stadium	15,000
Black Leopards	Polokwane	Pietersburg Stadium	15,000
Casric Stars	KwaMhlanga ^[12]	Solomon Mahlangu Stadium
Hungry Lions	Kimberley	Griqua Park	11,000
JDR Stars	Pretoria (Soshanguve)	Giant Stadium	18,000
Magesi	Moletši	TT Cholo Sports Ground	15,000
Maritzburg United	Petermaritzburg	Harry Gwala Stadium	12,000
Marumo Gallants	Polokwane	Peter Mokaba Stadium	45,500
Milford	Richards Bay
MM Platinum (La Masia)	Johannesburg	Bidvest Stadium	5,000
Orbit College	Rustenburg	Olympia Park	32,000
Platinum City	Potchefstroom	Olën Park	22,000
Pretoria Callies	Pretoria	Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium	28,900
University of Pretoria	Pretoria	Tuks Stadium	8,000
Upington City	Upington
Venda F.C.	Thohoyandou	Thohoyandou Stadium	20,000

Table

As of 19 May 2024^[13]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Magesi (C, P)	30	16	9	5	45	28	+17	57	Promotion to 2024-25 Premiership
2	University of Pretoria (Q)	30	12	13	5	30	22	+8	49	Promotion Play-offs
3	Baroka (Q)	30	12	11	7	37	28	+9	47	Promotion Play-offs
4	Maritzburg United	30	12	10	8	38	26	+12	46
5	JDR Stars	30	12	10	8	33	30	+3	46
6	Upington City	30	11	11	8	38	32	+6	44
7	Casric Stars	30	11	10	9	46	39	+7	43
8	Hungry Lions	30	11	9	10	36	32	+4	42
9	Orbit College	30	11	6	13	30	40	−10	39
10	Black Leopards	30	11	4	15	31	38	−7	37
11	Marumo Gallants	30	9	9	12	30	36	−6	36
12	Venda	30	9	8	13	27	34	−7	35
13	Milford	30	9	7	14	33	36	−3	34
14	Pretoria Callies	30	8	10	12	31	35	−4	34
15	La Masia (R)	30	6	13	11	23	33	−10	31	Relegation to 2024-25 SAFA Second Division
16	Platinum City Rovers (R)	30	5	10	15	22	41	−19	25	Relegation to 2024-25 SAFA Second Division

Source: National First Division
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted to PSL; (Q) Qualified for phase indicated; (R) Relegated

Statistics

Top scores

As of 5 May 2024^[14]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Prince Nxumalo	JDR Stars	16
2	Bethuel Muzeu	Black Leopards	15
3	Decide Chauke	Casric Stars	12
4	Raymond Daniels	Hungry Lions	11
4	Joslin Kamatuka	Maritzburg United	11

Play-offs

Table

Pos	Lge	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	PRE	Richards Bay (P)	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	8	Promoted to the 2024-25 South African Premier Division
2	NFD	University of Pretoria	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	5
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