2012–13 National First Division

August 2023 August 2023 National First Division 2012–13 Polokwane City Mpumalanga Black Aces F.C. AKDynamos 442 543 Lesvin Stoffels and Nkosinathi Mthiyane (14) 2011–12 2013–14 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.http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/leagues/tables/national-first-division-2012-2013 National First Division 2012/13 Soccer Laduma 2013-11-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131104140253/http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/leagues/tables/national-first-division-2012-2013 2013-11-04 dead http://www.futbol24.com/national/South-Africa/National-First-Division/2012-2013/ South Africa - National First Division - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics - Futbol24 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.KickOff Polokwane City National First Division winners trophy https://www.snl24.com/kickoff/sanews/premiership/polokwane-city-national-first-division-winners-trophy-20130823 2025-02-15 Kickoff 23 August 2013 en-US League table main WDL PR POL Polokwane City SAN Santos MBA Mpumalanga Black Aces THA Thanda Royal Zulu WIT Witbank Spurs MIL Milano United AFR African Warriors UTD United FC VAS Vasco da Gama FC FC Cape Town BBR Blackburn Rovers ROS Roses United SIV Sivutsa Stars JOM Jomo Cosmos AK FC AK DYN Dynamos F.C. 14 7 9 45 33 C,P 13 10 6 38 30 13 9 5 32 22 P 13 8 6 40 28 11 9 7 45 37 11 9 8 35 28 11 9 9 38 41 10 11 7 34 28 11 7 8 35 27 9 8 10 31 32 7 11 8 31 35 8 6 14 32 37 7 8 11 37 40 6 10 11 29 34 4 9 14 24 47 R 2 11 17 17 44 R green1 Promotion to 2013–14 Premiership P yellow1 Qualification to 2012–13 PSL Playoff Tournament QP QP red1 Relegation to SAFA Second Division R R complete Promotion play-offs main WDL MBA Mpumalanga Black Aces CHI Chippa United SAN Santos 2 2 0 4 2 P 1 2 1 1 1 R 0 2 2 2 4 yes Lge PRE NFD NFD 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; Q PRO green1 Qualification for 2013–14 South African Premier Division complete RSSSF +National First Division promotion play-off resultsSouth Africa 2012/13 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesz/zaf2013.html DateTeam 1ResultF–ATeam 229 May 2013Chippa United0–0Santos1 June 2013Mpumalanga Black Aces1–0Chippa United20 June 2013Santos1–2Mpumalanga Black Aces23 June 2013Santos0–1Chippa United26 June 2013Chippa United0–0Mpumalanga Black Aces29 June 2013Mpumalanga Black Aces1–1Santos References External links PSL.co.za Category:National First Division seasons South Category:2012–13 in South African soccer leagues