2019–20 SAFA Second Division

SAFA Second Division
Season2019–20
ChampionsBizana Pondo Chiefs[1]
PromotedBizana Pondo Chiefs
Pretoria Callies

The 2019–20 SAFA Second Division (known as the ABC Motsepe League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the SAFA Second Division, the third tier for South African association football clubs, since its establishment in 1998. Due to the size of South Africa, the competition was split into nine divisions, one for each region. After the league stage of the regional competition is completed, the nine winning teams of each regional division entered the playoffs.

Regions

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Eastern Cape

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Bizano Pondo Chiefs 22 14 5 3 66 29 +37 47 Playoffs
2 Spear of the Nation 21 13 7 1 47 16 +31 46
3 Matta Milan 22 13 6 3 33 15 +18 45
4 Bush Bucks 21 12 6 3 35 16 +19 42
5 PE Stars 22 10 7 5 33 28 +5 37
6 Amavarara 21 10 5 6 36 26 +10 35
7 Peace Makers FC 21 10 3 8 31 31 0 33
8 Birmingham City 21 10 3 8 30 30 0 33
9 Mthatha Bucks 21 5 9 7 23 27 −4 24
10 Highbury F.C. 21 6 3 12 24 33 −9 21
11 Bush Pirates 22 6 3 13 23 37 −14 21
12 Yaka United 22 5 3 14 23 41 −18 18
13 Swartkops Valley United Brothers 22 4 5 13 21 46 −25 17
14 Bisho Stars 21 3 6 12 19 45 −26 15
15 Sibanye FC 22 2 5 15 17 41 −24 11
16 Tornado F.C. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Free State

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mangaung Unite 25 18 5 2 48 15 +33 59 Playoffs
2 Super Eagles 25 18 4 3 58 25 +33 58
3 D General FC 25 15 6 4 57 26 +31 51
4 Bloemfontein Young Tigers 25 13 4 8 45 32 +13 43
5 Sibanye Golden Stars 25 12 4 9 43 44 −1 40
6 Central University 25 9 11 5 32 34 −2 38
7 Dikwena United 25 11 3 11 44 44 0 36
8 Caledon FC 25 10 3 12 42 54 −12 33
9 Bloemfontein Celtic Development 25 8 8 9 44 33 +11 32
10 Small Tigers 25 7 8 10 38 47 −9 29
11 Mphatlalatsane United 25 7 7 11 33 42 −9 28
12 Harmony FC 25 6 8 11 23 33 −10 26
13 Questus FC 25 6 7 12 31 36 −5 25
14 Knowledge Glen 25 5 9 11 31 38 −7 24
15 Kovsies 25 5 9 11 22 33 −11 24
16 Lijabatho FC 25 0 4 21 17 72 −55 4

Gauteng

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pretoria Callies 23 15 5 3 34 15 +19 50 Playoffs
2 Pele Pele 23 12 9 2 41 25 +16 45
3 Baberwa 22 13 5 4 38 19 +19 44
4 Vaal Professionals 23 13 4 6 36 21 +15 43
5 La Masia 23 11 5 7 33 23 +10 38
6 African All Stars 23 11 3 9 22 22 0 36
7 Blue Lions 23 8 8 7 37 32 +5 32
8 Dondol Stars 24 7 9 8 38 33 +5 30
9 Dube Continental 23 7 9 7 27 29 −2 30
10 Alexandra Black Aces 23 7 6 10 22 28 −6 27
11 Tembisa Sports Centre 23 8 3 12 29 45 −16 27
12 Mamelodi All Stars 23 6 7 10 24 39 −15 25
13 Leruma United 23 7 3 13 24 30 −6 24
14 AJ United 23 4 8 11 19 27 −8 20
15 M Tigers 24 4 7 13 28 35 −7 19
16 FC RESA 22 3 5 14 19 48 −29 14

Kwazulu-Natal

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Umvoti 24 18 6 0 45 15 +30 60 Playoffs
2 Summerfield Dynamos 24 17 6 1 57 14 +43 57
3 KwaDabeka Sporting 23 16 5 2 42 16 +26 53
4 Happy Wanderers 24 16 5 3 39 19 +20 53
5 GWP Friends 24 10 6 8 36 34 +2 36
6 Milford FC 22 11 2 9 25 19 +6 35
7 Natal Rich Boys 23 10 4 9 33 28 +5 34
8 Muzi King Masters 24 9 2 13 23 29 −6 29
9 Durban FC 24 8 2 14 29 30 −1 26
10 XI Experience 24 7 5 12 23 43 −20 26
11 Raimham Sporting 24 7 4 13 25 42 −17 25
12 Movers FC 24 6 6 12 17 31 −14 24
13 Qwabe United 24 6 4 14 21 31 −10 22
14 Zululand Warriors 24 5 5 14 23 43 −20 20
15 Natal United 24 5 3 16 30 48 −18 18
16 Edendale Juventus 24 4 5 15 16 42 −26 17

Limpopo

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mikhado FC 24 16 4 4 52 28 +24 52 Playoffs
2 Magesi F.C. 24 14 6 4 59 29 +30 48
3 The Dolphins 24 13 8 3 37 18 +19 47
4 Eleven Fast Tigers 24 12 8 4 35 19 +16 44
5 Ngwaabe City Motors FC 24 9 6 9 40 35 +5 33
6 Venda Football Academy 24 9 6 9 29 25 +4 33
7 Giyani Happy Boys 24 7 9 8 35 31 +4 30
8 TRON F.C. 24 8 5 11 37 48 −11 29
9 Mighty F.C. 24 6 10 8 35 38 −3 28
10 Ditlou F.C. 24 6 10 8 33 36 −3 28
11 Makotopong Brazil FC 24 6 9 9 35 41 −6 27
12 Ndengeza FC 24 7 6 11 27 43 −16 27
13 Polokwane United 24 7 5 12 23 43 −20 26
14 Berachah Valley F.C. 24 5 10 9 36 39 −3 25
15 Ollesdas FC 24 6 6 12 25 50 −25 24
16 Polokwane City Academy 24 2 10 12 24 39 −15 16

Mpumalanga

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mpumalanga United 22 13 6 3 39 19 +20 45 Playoffs
2 Barberton City Stars 22 13 3 6 47 20 +27 42
3 Witbank Shepard 23 11 7 5 33 23 +10 40
4 Sivutsa Stars 22 10 9 3 40 18 +22 39
5 Witbank Citylads 22 11 5 6 33 23 +10 38
6 Secunda M Stars 23 10 7 6 29 22 +7 37
7 VOC United FC 23 9 9 5 35 22 +13 36
8 Gemsbok Classic 22 10 6 6 33 32 +1 36
9 Bakone FC 22 11 1 10 29 23 +6 34
10 Mlambo Royal Cubs 22 6 7 9 23 27 −4 25
11 Nkomazi Royal Aces 23 7 3 13 29 38 −9 24
12 Mbombela City Lads 23 6 6 11 24 37 −13 24
13 Passion FC 22 6 5 11 22 28 −6 23
14 Sabie Bayern 22 3 5 14 12 49 −37 14
15 BTM Sports 23 0 5 18 16 63 −47 5
16 Toronto FC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

North West

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Polokwane City Rovers 23 19 4 0 54 9 +45 61 Playoffs
2 Orbit College 24 16 8 0 42 10 +32 56
3 Ally's Tigers 24 14 3 7 42 22 +20 45
4 Stilfontein Real Hearts 24 13 4 7 51 47 +4 43
5 Buya Msuthu F.C. 24 12 6 6 47 24 +23 42
6 Young Zebras F.C. 23 9 7 7 40 28 +12 34
7 Makapanstad Romans F.C. 24 8 7 9 30 24 +6 31
8 Thaba Tshwane FC 24 9 4 11 27 40 −13 31
9 North West University 24 8 5 11 36 33 +3 29
10 Marauding Classic 24 7 7 10 27 35 −8 28
11 Luka Ball Controllers 23 6 9 8 28 23 +5 27
12 Master Peace 24 7 6 11 29 37 −8 27
13 Tigane United 24 5 6 13 23 56 −33 21
14 Captain Eleven 23 3 5 15 22 42 −20 14
15 Newcastle United 25 3 3 19 18 74 −56 12
16 Glamour Boys 11 2 2 7 7 19 −12 8

Northern Cape

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Hungry Lions 21 15 6 0 50 11 +39 51 Playoffs
2 NC Professionals 22 14 5 3 59 17 +42 47
3 Kakamas Sundowns 22 14 4 4 51 21 +30 46
4 Northern Cape Liverpool 22 12 6 4 40 26 +14 42
5 Rasta Far Eagles 22 11 5 6 40 35 +5 38
6 Tornado FC 22 10 6 6 37 25 +12 36
7 United Rovers 22 9 3 10 35 41 −6 30
8 Mainstay United 22 9 2 11 38 40 −2 29
9 Conville United 21 6 6 9 35 38 −3 24
10 Tsantshabane Stars FC 21 6 6 9 34 37 −3 24
11 Kakamas Juventus 22 7 3 12 35 44 −9 24
12 Olifantshoek Young Stars 22 5 5 12 31 43 −12 20
13 Maruping United 21 4 7 10 22 51 −29 19
14 Magareng Young Stars 21 3 8 10 22 33 −11 17
15 Kuruman Kicks F.C. 21 4 4 13 13 40 −27 16
16 Khumalo Chiefs 22 3 6 13 32 72 −40 15

Western Cape

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zizwe United 18 14 4 0 38 13 +25 46 Playoffs
2 FN Rangers 19 12 6 1 41 17 +24 42
3 Glendene United 18 12 3 3 38 16 +22 39
4 Norway Parks Magic 19 10 4 5 36 20 +16 34
5 Ikapa Sporting 19 7 10 2 24 18 +6 31
6 Grassy Park United 18 7 8 3 31 18 +13 29
7 Batalion FC 19 7 7 5 19 15 +4 28
8 Mbekweni Cosmos 19 7 5 7 30 27 +3 26
9 Hout Bay United 19 7 4 8 26 31 −5 25
10 Ajax Cape Town Youth 19 7 2 10 43 36 +7 23
11 Royal Blues 17 6 2 9 23 38 −15 20
12 Santos 16 6 2 8 14 20 −6 20
13 Ubuntu Cape Town 17 4 4 9 23 38 −15 16
14 Morning Stars 19 1 6 12 22 48 −26 9
15 Jomos Power 18 1 3 14 27 58 −31 6
16 Barcelona 18 0 6 12 10 42 −32 6

Playoff stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Umvoti 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
2 Hungry Lions 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Mpumalanga United 2 0 0 2 3 5 −2 0

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bizana Pondo Chiefs 2 2 0 0 3 1 +2 6
2 Mangaung Unite 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
3 Mikhado 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Pretoria Callies 2 2 0 0 2 0 +2 6
2 Zizwe United 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
3 Polokwane City Rovers 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0

Semi-finals

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Pretoria Callies3 - 1Mangaung Unite
Report

Playoff final

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References

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  1. ^ "Bizana Pondo Chiefs win 2020 ABC Motsepe League National Title". SAFA.net. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 3 December 2020.