2025 Women's Varsity Football

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2025 Women's Varsity Football
Tournament details
CountrySouth Africa
City Soweto
Venue(s)UJ Soweto Stadium
Date5 - 19 September 2025
Teams8
Defending champions University of the Western Cape
Final positions
Champions University of the Western Cape
(4th title)
Runners-up University of Johannesburg
Semifinalists
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)Thato Mofolo
(6 goals)
Awards
Best playerThabiso Senyatsi
Best goalkeeper Manana Myeki
Official website
https://www.varsitysportssa.com/football-women-fixtures
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The 2025 Women's Varsity Football was the twelfth edition of the South African women's university soccer competition. It involved some of the top football playing universities in the country. The tournament is run by Varsity Sports SA, and is endorsed by the South African Football Association and University Sport South Africa. It was hosted at UJ Soweto Stadium by University of Johannesburg .

Contents

UWC were defending champions. [1] The University of Venda made their debut. [2]

Participating teams

The eight teams that will compete in the 2025 Women's Varsity Football challenge are:

Team nameUniversity
UJ University of Johannesburg
UWC University of the Western Cape
UP-Tuks University of Pretoria
CPUT Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Univen University of Venda
TUT Tshwane University of Technology
Wits University of the Witwatersrand
NWU Mafikeng North-West University

The teams were split into two groups as follows: [3] [4] [5]

Group AGroup B

Round robin stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 UWC 3300141+139Advance to Semi-Finals
2 TUT 3111103+74
3 UP-Tuks 311164+24
4Univen3003123−220
Source:
15:00 CAT UTC+02:00
UP-Tuks 5–1Univen
  • Andani Dabana
UJ Soweto Stadium
TUT 1–2 UWC
  • Chelsea Daniels
  • Zikhona Nogqala
UJ Soweto Stadium
TUT 1–1 UP-Tuks
UJ Soweto Stadium
UWC 10–0Uinven
  • Tiffany Kortjie x3
  • Chelsea Daniels x2
  • Faith Maswanganyi
  • Akholiwe Matsotsi x2
  • Lihle Zulu
  • Mmabatho Mogale
UJ Soweto Stadium
UP-Tuks 0–2 UWC
UJ Soweto Stadium
Univen0–8 TUT
  • Naledi Thakanyane
UJ Soweto Stadium

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
1 UJ (H)3300100+109Advance to Semi-Finals
2 Wits 311134−14
3NWU311147−34
4CPUT300317−60
Source:
(H) Hosts
13:00 CAT UTC+02:00
Wits 1–0CPUT
  • Ayanda Mnyembane
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ 4–0NWU
  • Thato Mofolo X3
UJ Soweto Stadium
NWU2–1CPUT
  • Nontobeko Gumede
  • Mosetsanagape Leepile
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ 2–0 Wits
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ 4–0CPUT
  • Adivhaho Mphangale x2
UJ Soweto Stadium
NWU2–2 Wits
UJ Soweto Stadium

Knockout stages

Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
      
 
8 September – UJ Soweto Stadium
 
 
 UWC 1
 
19 September – UJ Soweto Stadium
 
 Wits 0
 
 UWC 1
 
8 September – UJ Soweto Stadium
 
 UJ 0
 
 UJ 3
 
 
 TUT 0
 

7th-place match

Univen0–4CPUT
  • Zilungile Mathiya x2
UJ Soweto Stadium

5th-place match

Tuks 2–1NWU
UJ Soweto Stadium

Semi-finals

UWC 1–0 Wits
  • Thembelihle Zulu
UJ Soweto Stadium
UJ 3–0 TUT
UJ Soweto Stadium

Final

UWC 1–0 UJ
Tiffany Kortjie
UJ Soweto Stadium

Awards

The following players were rated best in the tournament: [6]

AwardPlayerTeam
FNB player of the tournamentThabiso Senyatsi TUT
Suzuki Golden BootThato Mofolo UJ
Cashbuild Golden GloveManana Myeki UJ

Sponsors

The tournament was sponsored by:

References

  1. ↑ Pillay, Alicia (2024-08-11). "Tiffany Kortjie and Ronnel Donnelly Lead UWC to Varsity Football Title Defence Triumph". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  2. ↑ Kamedien, Siraj (2025-09-04). "UNIVEN ready to make a strong debut in Varsity Football Women 2025". Varsity Sports. Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  3. ↑ CentreCircle (2025-09-05). "Reigning champions UWC off to a positive start in the Varsity Women's Football tourney". Centre Circle. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  4. ↑ CentreCircle (2025-09-07). "Wins for UWC, UJ, NWU while Tshwane Derby ends in a stalemate on Day 2 of Varsity Women's Football". Centre Circle. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  5. ↑ CentreCircle (2025-09-07). "UWC, Wits, UJ, TUT seal 2025 Varsity Women's Football semi-final spots". Centre Circle. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  6. ↑ Vilakazi, Martin (2025-09-20). "UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE: 3 PEAT VARSITY WOMEN'S FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS - VOW88.1" . Retrieved 2025-09-21.
  7. ↑ "Varsity Football 2025 kicks off with SportPesa South Africa partnership". Focus Gaming News Africa. 2025-08-21. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
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