2019–20 SAFA Women's League

The 2019-20 SAFA Women's League was the inaugural season of the fully-professional SAFA Women's League, and the 12th season of nation-wide league competition in women's club football in South Africa.

SAFA Women's League

Season	2019-20
Dates	24 August 2019 - 29 March 2020
Champions	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (3rd title)
COSAFA Women's Champions League	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Matches played	132
Goals scored	525 (3.98 per match)
Top goalscorer	Rhoda Mulaudzi (36 goals)
Biggest home win	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 11-1 First Touch (15 February 2020)
Biggest away win	UJ Ladies 0-10TUT Ladies (11 January 2020)
Highest scoring	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 11-1 First Touch (15 February 2020)
Longest winning run	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (21 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (22 games)*
2021 → All statistics correct as of 27 March 2024.

The nine provincial winners who qualified for the 2018 Sasol League National Championship were promoted to form part of the SAFA Women's National League (SWNL). In addition, three teams were invited to take part, namely Tsunami Queens, UJ Ladies and Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies.

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies set a new SWNL goal scoring record when they defeated First Touch 11-1 on 15 February 2020.

Teams

A list of the teams that took part in the inaugural SAFA Women's League:

Team	Province
Thunderbirds Ladies	Eastern Cape
Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies	Free State
Tsunami Queens*
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies*	Gauteng
TUT Ladies
UJ Ladies*
Durban Ladies	Kwa-Zulu Natal
First Touch	Limpopo
Coal City Wizards	Mpumalanga
Richmond United	Northern Cape
Golden Ladies	North West
UWC Ladies	Western Cape

*invited team

Stadiums and locations

Pretoria

Bloem Celtic Ladies

Durban Ladies

First Touch

Golden Ladies

CCW

UJ Ladies

Richmond United

Thunderbirds Ladies

Tsunami Queens

UWC Ladies

Pretoria teams:
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
TUT Ladies

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Location of teams in 2019-20 SAFA WOMEN'S LEAGUE

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies	Bloemfontein	Siwelele Park Stadium	1,000
Coal City Wizards	Emalahleni	Puma Stadium	24,000
Durban Ladies	Durban	Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium	6,500
First Touch	Polokwane	Baroka Village	1,000
Golden Ladies	Mahikeng	Montshioa Stadium
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	Pretoria	Loftus Versfeld Stadium	51,762
Richmond United	Northern Cape	Merino Park Stadium	200
Thunderbirds Ladies	Gqeberha	Sisa Dukashe Stadium	17,000
TUT ladies	Pretoria	TUT Stadium	2,500
Tsunami Queens	Bethlehem	Goble Park Stadium	5,000
UJ Ladies	Johannesburg	UJ Soweto Stadium	8,000
UWC Ladies	Cape Town	UWC Stadium	2,500

Table

As of 27 March 2024

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (C)	22	21	1	0	83	13	+70	64	Champions League
2	TUT Ladies	22	17	4	1	83	26	+57	55
3	Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies	22	13	5	4	55	25	+30	44
4	First Touch	22	10	6	6	54	44	+10	36
5	Coal City Wizards	22	8	8	6	38	38	0	32
6	UWC Ladies	22	7	9	6	46	27	+19	30
7	Durban Ladies	22	8	2	12	32	52	−20	26
8	UJ Ladies	22	8	2	12	35	57	−22	26
9	Golden Ladies	22	4	5	13	25	45	−20	17
10	Thunderbirds Ladies	22	4	4	14	29	63	−34	16
11	Richmond United	22	4	2	16	24	69	−45	14
12	Tsunami Queens	22	2	4	16	21	66	−45	10

Source: [1]

(C) Champion

Results

The teams played 21 games each. The final game, which was due to be contested from 21-29 March 2020, was adjusted a 1-1* draw due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa which resulted in travel restrictions being enforced from 18 March 2020.

Home \ Away	BCL	CCW	DBN	FT	GDL	MSD	RMU	TBL	TUT	TQ	UJ	UWC
Bloemfontein Celtics Ladies		5–0	2–1	1–3	3–2	0–1	1–1	4–2	0–2	3–0	6–1	0–0
Coal City Wizards	1–1*		1–1	2–2	3–2	1–4	3–2	3–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–2
Durban Ladies	0–6	2–1		3–2	3–2	0–3	3–1	4–1	1–6	0–1	1–2	0–5
First Touch	2–2	2–2	4–1		4–0	2–3	6–1	4–1	2–4	3–1	2–4	2–1
Golden Ladies	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–1		1–4	4–2	4–1	1–8	2–0	0–1	1–4
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	3–0	4–1	3–1	11–1	3–1		7–0	6–0	2–1	8–0	3–2	3–0
Richmond United	2–5	0–1	2–3	1–5	0–1	0–1		3–2	0–8	1–1*	0–3	1–8
Thunderbirds Ladies	0–4	4–3	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–6	2–3		1–2	3–1	2–3	0–0
TUT Ladies	1–1	2–2	3–2	3–1	2–1	1–1*	2–0	5–2		7–2	3–2	2–2
Tsunami Queens	0–3	0–5	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–2	1–2	3–4	1–6		3–3	0–5
UJ Ladies	3–4	1–2	3–4	1–1*	1–0	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–10	2–1		0–2
UWC Ladies	0–2	1–1*	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	2–3	3–3	6–1

Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2024. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Award	Player	Club
Top scorer	Rhoda Mulaudzi	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Mulaudzi was subsequently crowned the South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year.