The 2022–23 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from September 2022 to June 2023 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division.
Previous sponsors GladAfrica pulled out after three years of their five-year deal, and were replaced by Patrice Motsepe, with the competition being renamed the Motsepe Foundation Championship.
Teams
Team changes
The following teams changed division since the 2021–22 season.
Promoted to 2022–23 South African Premier Division Richards Bay
Relegated from 2021 to 2022 South African Premier Division Baroka
Promoted from 2021–22 SAFA Second Division MM Platinum Magesi
Relegated from 2021–22 National First Division TS Sporting Jomo Cosmos
Renaming Cape Town All Stars relocated from Cape Town to Johannesburg at the start of the season, and were renamed All Stars
Purchased statuses Free State Stars sold their status to Casric Stars
Stadiums and locations
16 teams are competing in the season.
Team Location Stadium Capacity All Stars Brakpan Tsakane Stadium Baroka Polokwane Old Peter Mokaba Stadium 15,000 Black Leopards Polokwane Pietersburg Stadium 15,000 Cape Town Spurs Cape Town Athlone Stadium 34,000 Casric Stars KwaMhlanga Solomon Mahlangu Stadium Hungry Lions Kathu Sivos Training Centre Stadium 1,500 JDR Stars Pretoria Giant Stadium 18,000 Magesi Moletši TT Cholo Sports Ground 15,000 MM Platinum (La Masia) Johannesburg Bidvest Stadium 5,000 Platinum City Potchefstroom Olën Park 22,000 Polokwane City Polokwane Pietersburg Stadium 15,000 Pretoria Callies Pretoria Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium 28,900 Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 20,000 University of Pretoria Pretoria Tuks Stadium 8,000 Uthongathi Durban Princess Magogo Stadium 12,000 Venda Football Academy Thohoyandou Thohoyandou Stadium 20,000
Table
Results
Statistics
RankPlayer Club Goals 1 Ashley CupidoCape Town Spurs152 Kgomotso Mosadi Casric Stars12 Ishmael WadiJDR Stars
Play-offs
See also 2022-23 South African Premiership 2022-23 Nedbank Cup
References
External links PSL NFD The NFD