2010–11 National First Division

National First Division
Season	2010–11
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

2010–11 National First Division, was the season from September 2010 until May 2011, of South Africa's second tier of professional football. The overall NFD champion was promoted to the first level, known as Premier Soccer League (PSL). While the losing team of the championship final, faced a round robin playoff stage, against the second lowest ranked team of PSL and the two second ranked teams of the NFD streams.

Season Structure

The league is made up of 16 teams, split into 2 streams. Each team plays the other 7 teams in their stream 3 times, for a total of 21 games. Teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 for draw, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the season, the top ranked team from each stream play in a two-legged final, the winner of which is crowned National First Division Champion, and gains automatic promotion to the Premier Soccer League for the next season. The loser of the final, along with the teams which came second in their streams, and the 15th placed PSL team, go into the PSL promotion play-offs. The two teams finishing in last place in their streams are automatically relegated to the Vodacom League. They are replaced by the finalists of the Vodacom League championship game.

Club and stadium information

Coastal Stream (excl. Northern Cape):

Club	Location	Province	Stadium	Capacity
African Warriors	Phuthaditjhaba	Free State	Charles Mopeli Stadium	7004350000000000000♠35,000
Bay United	Port Elizabeth	Eastern Cape	Gelvandale Stadium	7003300000000000000♠3,000
Blackburn Rovers	East London	Eastern Cape	Buffalo City Stadium	7004160000000000000♠16,000
Carara Kicks	Welkom	Free State	Goble Park	7004200000000000000♠20,000
FC Cape Town	Cape Town (Parow)	Western Cape	NNK Rugby Stadium
Hanover Park	Cape Town (Wynberg)	Western Cape	Wynberg Military Base Stadium	7003250000000000000♠2,500
Nathi Lions	Durban (KwaMashu)	KwaZulu-Natal	Princess Magogo Stadium	7004120000000000000♠12,000
Thanda Royal Zulu	Richards Bay	KwaZulu-Natal	Richards Bay Stadium	7003800000000000000♠8,000

Inland Stream (incl. Northern Cape):

Club	Location	Province	Stadium
Batau	Ermelo	Mpumalanga	Stadium
Black Leopards	Thohoyandou	Limpopo	Stadium
Dynamos	Polokwane	Limpopo	Stadium
FC AK	Johannesburg	Gauteng	Stadium
Jomo Cosmos	Johannesburg	Gauteng	Stadium
University of Pretoria	Pretoria	Gauteng	Stadium
United	Kimberley	Northern Cape	Stadium
Witbank Spurs	Witbank	Mpumalanga	Stadium

Warriors

Bay United

Blackburn

Carara Kicks

Cape Town

Hanover Park

Nathi Lions

Thanda Royal

Location of teams in the 2010–11 National First Division.

League Standings

Coastal Stream

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Bay United	21	11	7	3	29	13	+16	40	NFD Coastal Stream Champions 2010/2011
2	Thanda Royal Zulu	21	12	3	6	38	27	+11	39	Qualification for PSL promotion play-offs
3	Carara Kicks	21	7	11	3	32	31	+1	32
4	African Warriors	21	7	9	5	29	25	+4	30
5	F.C. Cape Town	21	4	11	6	23	20	+3	23
6	Blackburn Rovers	21	6	5	10	21	32	-11	23
7	Nathi Lions	21	3	9	9	27	31	-4	18
8	Hanover Park	21	4	5	12	23	43	-20	17	Relegation to the Vodacom League

Updated 8 May 2011:^[1]^[2]

Inland Stream

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or Relegation
1	Jomo Cosmos	21	14	5	2	29	14	+15	47	NFD Inland Stream Champions 2010/2011
2	Black Leopards	21	11	5	5	33	21	+12	38	Qualification for PSL promotion play-offs
3	University of Pretoria	21	10	7	4	29	18	+11	37
4	F.C. AK	21	7	6	8	27	24	+3	27
5	Witbank Spurs	21	6	6	9	22	26	-4	24
6	Dynamos	21	6	3	12	21	37	-16	21
7	United	21	6	5	10	17	24	-7	20
8	Batau	21	4	3	14	31	45	-14	15	Relegation to the Vodacom League

Updated 8 May 2011:^[1]^[2]

Note: Pretoria University initially won 2nd place in the Inland stream, due to a 3p penalty hitting Black Leopards, for fielding an unregistered player at one of their victories in the spring. Few days later the penalty was however reverted, as Black Leopards managed to win the appeal case. The log therefore ended to award the second place for Black Leopards.^[3]

Post Season

NFD Final

The winner of the two streams, Bay United and Jomo Cosmos will meet and play a two legged tie, on May 14 and May 22, to determine the overall 2010-11 NFD championship. The NFD champion will gain an automatic promotion to the PSL. While the looser of the NFD Final will get a second chance to promote to PSL, at the Promotion Play Offs.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bay United	0–0 (penalty 4–5)	Jomo Cosmos	0–0 report	0–0 report

Promotion play offs

The losing team of the NFD Final (Bay United), together with both runnerups of the NFD streams (Thanda Royal Zulu and Black Leopards), and finally the second lowest ranked team of PSL (Vasco da Gama), entered into the Promotion play offs. This play off competition, was played as a cup with two legged matches, with an unseeded draw to decide the fixtures.^[4] The two semifinals were scheduled to be played simultaneously at May 25 and 29. Due to Black Leopards having qualified for the 2011 Nedbank Cup final at May 28, the two semifinals were however rescheduled, to be played at June 8 and 11. A two legged final with the two winning teams from the semifinal, was played on June 15 and 18.^[5] Only the winner of the Promotion play off final was get promoted to play the next season in PSL.

Semifinals:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bay United	4–1	Thanda Royal Zulu	0–0 report	4–1 report
Vasco da Gama	2–4	Black Leopards	1–1 report	1–3 report

Promotion Play Off Final:

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bay United	0–2	Black Leopards	0–0 report	0–2 report

External links

PSL.co.za

References

1 2 "NFD Coastal Stream log".
1 2 "Logs - 2010/11 First Division".
↑ KickOff (2011-05-17). "Black Leopards look set for PSL promotional playoffs -Leopards win appeal against PSL ruling".
↑ KickOff (2011-05-09). "NFD Play-off draw completed".
↑ PSL (2011-05-20). "Leopards change play-off fixture".

Seasons in South African soccer

Premiership teams (2015–16)	Ajax Cape Town Bidvest Wits Bloemfontein Celtic Chippa United Free State Stars Golden Arrows Jomo Cosmos Kaizer Chiefs Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Black Aces Orlando Pirates Platinum Stars Polokwane City Supersport United Tuks FC

First Division teams (2015–16)	African Warriors AmaZulu Black Leopards Baroka FC Cape Town All Stars FC Cape Town Highlands Park Milano United Moroka Swallows Royal Eagles Santos Thanda Royal Zulu Vasco da Gama Witbank Spurs

National Premier Soccer League (South Africa)	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984

National Soccer League (South Africa)	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

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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

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

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2011 in African Football (CAF)

Domestic leagues	Algeria 10–11 11–12 Angola 11-12 Cameroon 10–11 Congo DR 11 Egypt 10–11 11–12 Ethiopia 10–11 11–12 Gabon 11–12 Ghana 10–11 11–12 Kenya 11 Libya 10–11 Mali 10–11 Mauritania 10–11 Mauritius 11 Morocco 10–11 11–12 Mozambique 11 Nigeria 10–11 Rwanda 10–11 11–12 São Tomé and Principe 11 Seychelles 11 South Africa 10–11 11–12 Tunisia 10–11 11–12

Domestic cups	Algeria 10–11 11–12

Regional cups	CECAFA Cup Kagame Interclub Cup Nile Basin Tournament

CAF competitions	CAF Champions League qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Confederation Cup qualifying rounds group stage knock-out stage final CAF Super Cup

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