The 2012–13 National First Division was played from September 2012 until May 2013, and is the second tier of South Africa's professional football. Polokwane City won the league, earning promotion to the 2013–14 Premiership. Santos and Mpumalanga Black Aces finished second and third respectively, qualifying for the 2012–13 PSL Playoff Tournament, which Mpumalanga Black Aces won, also earning them promotion to the 2013–14 Premiership.

Clubs played a varying number of games over the course of the season due to a number of boycotts which took place at the beginning of the season.[1][2]

The results faced legal disputes by Thanda Royal Zulu and Chippa United which were eventually dismissed, and the trophy was only handed to Polokwane City at the start of the following season.[3]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Polokwane City (C, P) 30 14 7 9 45 33 +12 49 Promotion to 2013–14 Premiership
2 Santos 29 13 10 6 38 30 +8 49 Qualification to 2012–13 PSL Playoff Tournament
3 Mpumalanga Black Aces (P) 27 13 9 5 32 22 +10 48
4 Thanda Royal Zulu 27 13 8 6 40 28 +12 47
5 Witbank Spurs 27 11 9 7 45 37 +8 42
6 Milano United 28 11 9 8 35 28 +7 42
7 African Warriors 29 11 9 9 38 41 −3 42
8 United FC 28 10 11 7 34 28 +6 41
9 Vasco da Gama 26 11 7 8 35 27 +8 40
10 FC Cape Town 27 9 8 10 31 32 −1 35
11 Blackburn Rovers 26 7 11 8 31 35 −4 32
12 Roses United 28 8 6 14 32 37 −5 30
13 Sivutsa Stars 26 7 8 11 37 40 −3 29
14 Jomo Cosmos 27 6 10 11 29 34 −5 28
15 FC AK (R) 27 4 9 14 24 47 −23 21 Relegation to SAFA Second Division
16 Dynamos F.C. (R) 30 2 11 17 17 44 −27 17
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

References

  1. ^ "National First Division 2012/13 | Soccer Laduma". Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  2. ^ "South Africa - National First Division - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics - Futbol24".
  3. ^ KickOff. "Polokwane City National First Division winners trophy". Kickoff. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012%E2%80%9313_National_First_Division
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