2012–13 National First Division

National First Division

Season	2012–13
Champions	Polokwane City
Promoted	Mpumalanga Black Aces
Relegated	F.C. AK Dynamos
Matches played	442
Goals scored	543 (1.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Lesvin Stoffels and Nkosinathi Mthiyane (14)
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 National First Division was played from September 2012 until May 2013, and is the second tier of South Africa's professional football. Polokwane City won the league, earning promotion to the 2013–14 South African Premier Division. Santos and Mpumalanga Black Aces finished second and third respectively, qualifying for the 2012-13 PSL Playoff Tournament, which Mpumalanga Black Aces won, also earning them promotion to the 2013–14 South African Premier Division.

Clubs played a varying number of games over the course of the season due to a number of boycotts which took place at the beginning of the season.^[1]^[2]

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes, Qualifications & Relegations
1	Polokwane City (C) (P)	30	14	7	9	45	33	12	49	Promotion to 2013-14 Premier Soccer League
2	Santos	29	13	10	6	38	30	8	49	Qualification to 2012-13 PSL Playoff Tournament
3	Mpumalanga Black Aces (P)	27	13	9	5	32	22	10	48	Qualification to 2012-13 PSL Playoff Tournament
4	Thanda Royal Zulu	27	13	8	6	40	28	12	47
5	Witbank Spurs	27	11	9	7	45	37	8	42
6	Milano United	28	11	9	8	35	28	7	42
7	African Warriors	29	11	9	9	38	41	-3	42
8	United FC	28	10	11	7	34	28	6	41
9	Vasco da Gama	26	11	7	8	35	27	8	40
10	FC Cape Town	27	9	8	10	31	32	-1	35
11	Blackburn Rovers	26	7	11	8	31	35	-4	32
12	Roses United	28	8	6	14	32	37	-5	30
13	Sivutsa Stars	26	7	8	11	37	40	-3	29
14	Jomo Cosmos	27	6	10	11	29	34	-5	28
15	FC AK (R)	27	4	9	14	24	47	-23	21	Relegation to SAFA Second Division
16	Dynamos F.C. (R)	30	2	11	17	17	44	-27	17	Relegation to SAFA Second Division

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
(C) = Champions; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner

External links

PSL.co.za

References

Seasons in South African soccer

Premiership teams (2016–17)	Ajax Cape Town Baroka Bidvest Wits Bloemfontein Celtic Cape Town City Chippa United Free State Stars Golden Arrows Highlands Park Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Pirates Platinum Stars Polokwane City SuperSport United

First Division teams (2016–17)	AmaZulu Black Leopards Cape Town All Stars FC Cape Town Jomo Cosmos Milano United Magesi Mbombela United Mthatha Bucks Real Kings Royal Eagles Santos Stellenbosch Thanda Royal Zulu University of Pretoria Witbank Spurs

Federation Professional League	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990

NPSL	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1984 1992 1983 1994 1995

National Soccer League (NSL)	1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

Premier Soccer League	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

National First Division	1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

SAFA Second Division	1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Nedbank Cup	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Telkom Knockout	1982* 1983* 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

MTN 8	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Carling Black Label Cup	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Telkom Charity Cup	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Vodacom Challenge	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011

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