2004–05 National First Division

South African soccer season July 2023 July 2023 National First Division 2004–05 Free State Stars Free State Stars, Tembisa Classic Dangerous DarkiesNorth-West TigersAvendale AthleticoLouisvale Pirateshttps://allafrica.com/stories/200505250050.html 2003–04 2005–06 The 2004–05 National First Division (known as the Mvela Golden League for sponsorship reasons) was the 9th season of the National First Division, the second tier of South African soccer. Under the new sponsor, the two streams, Coastal and Inland, were merged into a single national league.2004-08-26 Clubs to strike gold https://mg.co.za/article/2004-08-27-clubs-to-strike-gold/ 2023-08-10 The Mail & Guardian en-ZA The champions were Free State Stars, who were promoted to the South African Premier Division. Tembisa Classic also earned promotion, after winning the playoffs.Premier Soccer League - www.psl.co.za - official website https://www.psl.co.za/content/16306 2023-07-29 www.psl.co.za Four clubs were relegated, as the following 2005–06 National First Division was reduced from 18 to 16 teams. Basotho Tigers were renamed North-West Tigers, moving to Vryburg from Kimberley and after another change of ownership, to Johannesburg. main WDL PQR complete https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf05.html South Africa 2004/05 SPU Free State Stars DUR Durban Stars BEN Hellenic WIT Tembisa Classic MAR Maritzburg United ZUL Zulu Royals VAS Vasco Da Gama FC FC Fortune CIT Pietersburg Pillars BLO Bloemfontein Young Tigers WIN Winners Park PRE Pretoria University MAB Mabopane Young Masters PJ Uthukela NAT Dangerous Darkies MAN North-West Tigers AVE Avendale Athletico LOU Louisvale Pirates 19 10 5 46 23 CP 17 9 8 48 35 18 5 11 60 43 18 5 11 54 41 P 16 9 9 54 36 15 8 11 44 31 14 11 9 43 39 11 13 10 36 33 11 10 13 43 44 11 9 14 51 51 10 12 12 37 43 10 11 13 48 44 9 11 14 45 51 9 11 14 33 45 7 15 12 34 45 R 7 14 13 27 40 R 8 8 18 47 65 R 6 9 19 22 63 R CHM PRO PRO PRO REL REL REL REL green1 Promoted to 2005–06 Premier Soccer League blue1 Promotion Playoff red1 Relegation to 2005–06 SAFA Second Division Promotion play-off Semi-finals 2005 06 04 y First leg Tembisa Classic 2 Durban Stars 1 2005 06 12 y Second leg Durban Stars 1 Tembisa Classic 1 2005 06 05 y First leg Hellenic 3 Manning Rangers 1 2005 06 11 y Second leg Manning Rangers 2 Hellenic 3 Manning Rangers, who finished 15th in the 2004–05 Premier Soccer League, were relegated to the 2005–06 National First Division Final 2005 06 19 y First leg Tembisa Classic 3 Hellenic 0 2005 06 25 y Second leg Hellenic 2 Tembisa Classic 1 Tembisa Classic earned promotion to the 2006–07 Premier Soccer League. References Category:National First Division seasons South Category:2004–05 in South African soccer