The 1st Division is a league competition in South Africa, with recorded coverage spanning seasons from 2016 to 2025. Use this page to follow live scores, upcoming fixtures, completed results, standings, and player and team statistics, with the available competition record brought together in one place for convenient reference throughout the available seasons.
Upcoming matches, 1st Division
Regular Season - 5
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- Regular Season - 5
Casric Stars
Venda FC
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- Regular Season - 5
Highbury
Gomora United FC
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- Regular Season - 5
Orbit College
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- Regular Season - 5
Cape Town City
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- Regular Season - 5
The Bees
Lerumo Lions
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- Regular Season - 5
Upington City
University of Pretoria
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- Regular Season - 5
Leicesterfield
Midlands Wanderers
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- Regular Season - 5
Magesi
Hungry Lions
Regular Season - 6
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- Regular Season - 6
Hungry Lions
Casric Stars
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- Regular Season - 6
Lerumo Lions
No H2H
Latest played matches, 1st Division
Regular Season - 4
Regular Season - 3
1st Division Standings
Regular Season
| Rank | Club | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Last 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Magesi | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 12 | WWWW |
| 2 |
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Casric Stars | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | WWLW |
| 3 |
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Highbury | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | LWWW |
| 4 |
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Leicesterfield | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 | WLDW |
| 5 |
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Cape Town City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | WWDL |
| 6 |
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Lerumo Lions | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 | LWWD |
| 7 |
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Upington City | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 7 | WLWD |
| 8 |
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Gomora United FC | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 | LWWD |
| 9 | Hope FC | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 6 | LWLW | |
| 10 |
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Hungry Lions | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | WLDD |
| 11 |
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Midlands Wanderers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | DLWL |
| 12 |
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University of Pretoria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 | DWLL |
| 13 |
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Orbit College | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 2 | DLDL |
| 14 | NWU FC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 2 | DLLD | |
| 15 |
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Venda FC | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -4 | 1 | LLLD |
| 16 |
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The Bees | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | -5 | 0 | LLLL |
1st Division Statistics
Top scorers 2026
| # | Player | Goals |
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Top assists 2026
| # | Player | Assists |
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Top key passes
Top tackles
Top yellow cards
Top red cards
1st Division teams participation since 2016
History
| Team | Nb participations |
|---|---|
| Black Leopards | 7 |
| University of Pretoria | 7 |
| Jomo Cosmos | 6 |
| Ajax Cape Town | 6 |
| JDR Stars | 6 |
| Cape Town ALL Stars | 5 |
| Hungry Lions | 5 |
| Pretoria Callies | 5 |
| Venda FC | 5 |
| Mbombela United | 4 |
| Royal Eagles | 4 |
| Marumo Gallants | 4 |
| Ts Sporting | 4 |
| Baroka FC | 4 |
| Uthongathi | 4 |
| Casric Stars | 4 |
| Real Kings FC | 3 |
| Stellenbosch FC | 3 |
| Witbank Spurs | 3 |
| Univ. OF Pretoria FC | 3 |
| Free State Stars | 3 |
| Polokwane City | 3 |
| Royal AM | 3 |
| Richards Bay | 3 |
| Platinum City Rovers | 3 |
| Milford FC | 3 |
| Upington City | 3 |
| Mthatha Bucks | 2 |
| Ubuntu Cape Town FC | 2 |
| Uthongathi FC | 2 |
| Richards BAY FC | 2 |
| Cape Umoya United | 2 |
| Steenberg United | 2 |
| Orbit College | 2 |
| TTM | 2 |
| MM Platinum | 2 |
| Magesi | 2 |
| Highbury | 2 |
| Kruger United | 2 |
| FC Cape Town | 1 |
| Amazulu | 1 |
| Magesi FC | 1 |
| Milano United | 1 |
| Santos FC | 1 |
| Thanda Royal Zulu FC | 1 |
1st Division top scorer teams
1st Division About
1st Division is a South African league competition recorded in Xtra-Stats across the 2016 to 2025 seasons. It forms part of the country’s organised football landscape, providing a structured setting in which clubs compete over a sustained campaign rather than through a single knockout tie. No alternative official competition name, formation year or first-event date is recorded here, so the title is presented without attaching an unverified historical or modern brand.
Competition identity and purpose
As a league, 1st Division is designed to measure performance over a sequence of fixtures. The central sporting objective is to establish a final order of merit, with clubs judged by their accumulated results across the season. That format rewards consistency, squad management and the ability to perform against a range of opponents, rather than relying on one decisive match.
The competition belongs to the South African football ecosystem and contributes to the wider development of the game by giving clubs a regular national platform. League football also creates a framework for player development, coaching progression and sustained local interest. The available record does not identify a specific division number, club-entry list or promotion and relegation arrangement, so those details should not be assumed from the title alone.
Organisation and access
South African football is governed at national level by the South African Football Association, while professional league administration is associated with the Premier Soccer League. The supplied information does not establish which body directly administers every aspect of this particular competition, nor does it confirm a season-specific licensing or qualification system. In general terms, participation in organised league football depends on clubs satisfying the applicable competition, legal and operational requirements, but the precise access rules for 1st Division are not specified in the verified record.
The same caution applies to the competition’s place in the national pyramid. Although “First Division” is commonly used in football to describe a tier below the top flight, the available material does not provide enough competition-specific evidence to identify 1st Division definitively as a particular South African tier or to connect it to a named successor or predecessor.
Format and match outcomes
The confirmed competition type is League. That establishes a standings-based competition, but the available record does not verify the number of participating clubs, the number of rounds, whether fixtures are played home and away, or whether the season includes a play-off or finals phase. Those structural details can vary between competitions and editions and should therefore be checked against the relevant season’s regulations rather than inferred from the name.
The supplied material describes the standard football scoring convention of three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat. However, it does not confirm that this specific points system or a particular order of tie-break criteria was formally applied throughout every recorded 1st Division season. Goal difference, goals scored and head-to-head records are commonly used in league competitions, but the applicable priority should be taken from the regulations for the edition concerned.
Season coverage and sporting significance
Xtra-Stats records ten seasons of coverage, from 2016 through 2025. This span enables comparison of results, standings and club performance across a substantial period, while preserving the distinction between recorded statistical coverage and the competition’s full historical existence. Since no founding date or inaugural season is supplied, the 2016 record should not be treated as proof that the competition began that year.
The league’s importance lies in its repeated competitive structure: clubs accumulate results, pursue the strongest possible final position and contribute to the continuing history of South African football. Promotion, relegation, continental qualification, prize arrangements and other consequences may be significant in a particular edition, but none is confirmed here for 1st Division. Its reliable identity is therefore that of a South African league competition with recorded seasons from 2016 to 2025, whose detailed format and regulatory context should be read season by season.