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SAFA Women's League
Season2023
Dates4 Feb 2023 - 26 Nov 2023
Matches played221
Goals scored654 (2.96 per match)
Biggest home winMamelodi Sundowns Ladies 11-0 Coal City Wizards
(18 October 2023))
Biggest away winCoal City Wizards 0-9 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
(7 May 2023)
Highest scoringMamelodi Sundowns Ladies 11-0 Coal City Wizards
(18 October 2023)
Longest winning run(14 games)
UWC
Longest unbeaten run(17 games)
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Longest winless run(17 games)
Ma-Indies Ladies
Longest losing run(13 games)
Ma-Indies Ladies
2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2023.

The 2023 SAFA Women's League is the fourth season of the professional SAFA WOMEN'S LEAGUE, and the 4th season of nation-wide league competition in women's football in South Africa.[1] It is the 2nd season played with 16 teams.

Teams

The 2022 season Golden Ladies and Tsunami Queens FC were relegated to the Sasol National Championship,[2] while the Vasco Da Gama team changed its name to TS Galaxy Queens after it was purchased by Tim Sukazi, who owns TS Galaxy FC.[3] Bloemfontein Celtic changed its name to Royal AM after Shauwn Mkhize bought it.[4] Two more teams joined the league. The University of Pretoria won the Sasol National Championship, while Copperbelt Ladies FC was the runner-up.

Stadiums and Locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2022 season
City Lads East London Issa Wolfson Stadium 12th
Coal City Wizards Johannesburg Puma Stadium 24,000 13th
Copperbelt Ladies FC Polokwane Old Peter Mokaba Stadium 2nd in SWL
Durban Ladies Durban Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium 6,500 10th
First Touch FC Polokwane Baroka Village 9th
JVW FC Johannesburg Wits Stadium 5,000 4th
Ma Indies Ladies Polokwane Giyani Stadium 8th
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Pretoria Loftus versfeid stadium 51,762 1st
Richmond United Northern Cape Merino Park Stadium 7th
Royal AM Pietermaritzburg Harry Gwala Stadium 6,500 6th
Thunderbirds Ladies Gqeberha Sisa Dukashe Stadium 11th
TS Galaxy Queens Mbombela Solomon Mahlangu Stadium 14th
Tswane University of Technology Pretoria TUT Stadium 4th
University of Johannesburg FC Johannesburg UJ Stadium 8,000 5th
University of Pretoria Pretoria UJ Stadium 8,000 1st in SWL
University of Western Cape Cape Town UWC 2nd

Table

As of 7 November 2023
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 25 21 3 1 84 15 +69 66 Champions League Qualifiers
2 UWC FC 25 22 0 3 59 13 +46 66
3 TS Galaxy Queens 26 16 6 4 57 20 +37 54
4 JVW FC 25 16 5 4 44 24 +20 53
5 Royal AM Ladies 27 14 7 6 47 25 +22 49
6 University of Pretoria FC 26 14 4 8 50 29 +21 46
7 University of Johannesburg FC 28 13 4 11 52 36 +16 43
8 Richmond United 27 11 9 7 44 38 +6 42
9 Durban Ladies FC 27 13 2 12 45 43 +2 41
10 TUT Ladies FC 27 10 3 14 29 31 −2 33
11 First Touch FC 27 8 6 13 30 48 −18 30
12 Copperbelt Ladies 28 7 4 17 25 56 −31 25
13 City Lads 28 6 4 18 26 62 −36 22
14 Thunderbirds Ladies FC 28 5 5 18 22 50 −28 20
15 Coal City Wizards 28 4 2 22 27 96 −69 14 Relegation to the Sasol Women's League
16 Ma Indies Ladies (R) 28 2 2 24 18 71 −53 8
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2023. Source: [citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "NCPD Tests". Orthopaedic Nursing. 42 (1): 46–47. January 2023. doi:10.1097/nor.0000000000000919. ISSN 0744-6020.
  2. ^ CentreCircle (2022-11-16). "Golden Ladies and Tsunami Queens axed as Copperbelt Ladies and Tuks Ladies FC replace them in the Hollywoodbets Super League". Centre Circle. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  3. ^ itumelengm (2023-01-12). "TS Galaxy acquire Hollywoodbets Super League status for their ladies' team". Mpumalanga News. Retrieved 2023-11-04.
  4. ^ "Shawn Mkhize Buys New Football Club, Royal AM Ladies FC". iHarare News. 2022-07-22. Retrieved 2023-11-04.