2022 SAFA Women's League

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SAFA Women's League
Season2022
Dates23 April 2022 - 26 November 2022
Champions Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (5th title)
Promoted University of Pretoria
Copperbelt Ladies
Relegated Tsunami Queens
Golden Ladies
2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League Mamelodi Sundowns
Matches played240
Goals scored689 (2.87 per match)
Best Player Boitumelo Rabale
Top goalscorer Nompumelelo Nyandeni
(30 goals)
Best goalkeeper Katlego Moletsane
← 2021
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 20 October 2023.

The 2022 SAFA Women's League was the 3rd season of the fully-professional SAFA Women's League, and the 14th season of nation-wide league competition in women's club football in South Africa. [1]

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Teams

Team changes

Joining the 14 teams from the 2021 competition were two squads promoted from the Provincial league: Vasco Da Gama (since renamed to the TS Galaxy Queens), and City Lads. No teams were relegated after the previous season, per the expansion plan announced at league launch in 2019, however, relegation would commence with the end of this season. [2]

Stadiums and locations

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Bloemfontein Celtic Bloemfontein Siwelele Park Stadium1,000
City Lads East London Issac Wolfson Stadium10,000
Coal City Wizards Johannesburg Puma Stadium24,000
Durban Ladies Durban Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium 6,500
First Touch F.C. 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 Pretoria TUT Stadium2,500
UJ Johannesburg UJ Stadium 8,000
UWC Cape Town UWC Stadium 2,500
Vasco Da Gama Cape Town Parow Park Stadium 2,000

Table

As of 20 October 2023
PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (C)30271212613+11382 Champions League Qualifiers
2 UWC Ladies 3020825513+4268
3 TUT Ladies 3019837533+4265
4 JVW 3019388233+4960
5 UJ Ladies 3015695941+1851
6 Bloem Celtic Ladies 30131253722+1551
7 Richmond United 30153126351+1248
8 Ma-Indies Ladies 30145114245−347
9 First Touch 30108122848−2038
10 Durban Ladies 30114153245−1337
11 Thunderbirds Ladies 30105154050−1035
12 City Lads 3085173675−3929
13 Coal City Wizards 3072213463−2923
14Vasco da Gama3064203166−3522
15 Golden Ladies (R)30342327107−8013Play-offs
16 Tsunami Queens (R)3024241577−6210Relegation
Source: Hollywoodbets Super League 2022

(C) Champion ; (P/O) Play-offs; (R) Relegated

Awards

The awards are also sponsored by Hollywoodbets and were held at the end of the season.

AwardWinnerClub
Goalkeeper of the Season Katlego Moletsane Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies
Player of the Season Boitumelo Rabale 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
Referee of the Season Hloniphile Msizane
Assistant of Referee of the Season Amogelang Msiza

Nompumelelo Nyandeni claimed her second top goal scorer award and was crowned the South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year. [3]

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "National Women's Football League takes flight under stormy conditions". Daily Maverick. 23 August 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  3. ↑ "Nyandeni crowned Safja Women's Footballer of the Year". SowetanLIVE. Archived from the original on 23 March 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
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