2021 SAFA Women's League

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SAFA Women's League
Season2021
Dates24 Apr 2021 - 5 Dec 2021
Champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (4th title)
Promoted City Lads
Vasco Da Gama
COSAFA Women's Champions League Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Matches played182
Goals scored577 (3.17 per match)
Best Player Bambanani Mbane
Top goalscorer Andisiwe Mgcoyi (27 goals)
Nompumelelo Nyandeni (27 goals)
Best goalkeeper Regirl Ngobeni
← 2019-20
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 13 November 2023.

The 2021 SAFA Women's League was the 2nd season of the fully-professional SAFA Women's League, and the 13th season of nation-wide league competition in women's club football in South Africa. [1]

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Teams

Team changes

Joining the 12 teams from the inaugural 2019-20 competition were the two finalists from the 2019 Sasol League National Championship: JVW and Ma-Indies Ladies. No teams were relegated after the previous season per the expansion plan announced at the league launch in 2019; relegation would commence at the end of the 2022 season. [2]

Stadiums and locations

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First Touch
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Golden Ladies
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Ma-Indies
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Richmond United
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Thunderbirds Ladies
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TUT Ladies
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Tsunami Queens
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UWC FC
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Johannesburg  teams:
JVW FC
UJ FC
Coal City Wizards
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Location of teams in 2021 SAFA WOMEN'S LEAGUE
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies Bloemfontein Siwelele Park Stadium1,000
Coal City Wizards Johannesburg Puma Stadium24,000
Durban Ladies Durban Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium 6,500
First Touch Polokwane Baroka village1,000
Golden Ladies Johannesburg Montshioa Stadium
JVW FC Johannesburg Wits Stadium5,000
Ma-Indies Ladies Polokwane Giyani Stadium20,000
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Pretoria Loftus versfeid stadium 51,762
Richmond United Northern Cape Merino Park Stadium200
Thunderbirds Ladies Gqeberha Sisa Dukashe Stadium17,000
TUT ladies Pretoria TUT Stadium2,500
UJ Ladies Johannesburg UJ Soweto Stadium 8,000
UWC Ladies Cape Town UWC Stadium 2,500

Table

As of 13 November 2023
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (C)2624118714+7373 Champions League Qualifiers
2 TUT Ladies 2618535821+3759
3 UWC FC 2615834716+3153
4 JVW 2616376929+4051
5 First Touch 26101064235+740
6 Bloem Celtic Ladies 26123113739−239
7 Thunderbirds Ladies 26105112940−1135
8 Ma-Indies Ladies 2687113849−1131
9 UJ Ladies 2678112639−1329
10 Durban Ladies 2668123644−826
11 Richmond United 2675144460−1626
12 Coal City Wizards 2665152539−1423
13Golden Ladies2651201865−4716
14Tsunami Queens2623212187−669
Source: Hollywoodbets Super League 2021

(C) Champion

Awards

The awards are also sponsored by Hollywoodbets, and were held on 26 March 2022. [3]

AwardWinnerClub
Goalkeeper of the Season Regirl Ngobeni UWC
Player of the Season Bambanani Mbane Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Coach of the Season Jerry Tshabalala
Top goalscorer Andisiwe Mgcoyi
Nompumelelo Nyandeni JVW
Young Player of the Season Nthabiseng Majiya Richmond United

Mbane was crowned the South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year. [4]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "SAFA Announce New Sponsor For National Women's Soccer League". Soccer Laduma. 16 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "National Women's Football League takes flight under stormy conditions". Daily Maverick. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Malepa, Tiisetso. "Sundowns Ladies win big at inaugural Hollywoodbets Super League awards". TimesLive. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Times, iDiski (23 February 2022). "Mbane Wins SAFJA Women's Footballer Of The Year". iDiski Times. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
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