# 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.
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* | Free State |
| Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies* | Gauteng |
| TUT Ladies | Gauteng |
| UJ Ladies* | Gauteng |
| 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

| 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 | |
(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 | |

## Awards

The following players were rated best in the season.
| Award | Player | Club |
| Player of the Season | Hildah Magaia | TUT Ladies |
| Top scorer | Hildah Magaia | TUT Ladies |
| Top scorer | Rhoda Mulaudzi | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies |
| Young Player of the Season | Kananelo Taiwe | Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies |
| Goalkeeper of the Season | Andile Dlamini | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies |
Mulaudzi was subsequently crowned the South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year.