# 2023–24 National First Division

The 2023–24 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the season from September 2023 to June 2024 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the National First Division. Magesi gained automatic promotion to the 2024-25 Premiership with two games in hand after defeating Milford by 3 goals to 1 on 5 May 2024.

## Teams
### Team changes

The following teams changes have taken place since the 2022–23 season.
Promoted to 2023–24 South African Premier Division
* Polokwane City
* Cape Town Spurs
Relegated from 2022–23 South African Premier Division
* Maritzburg United
* Marumo Gallants F.C.
Promoted from 2022–23 SAFA Second Division
* Orbit College
* Upington City
Relegated from 2022–23 National First Division
* Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila
Purchases
* Relegated Black Leopards purchased the status of All Stars and will continue to play in the National First Division.
* Uthongathi's license was purchased by Milford F.C..
Renamed
* Venda Football Academy were renamed Venda F.C.

### Stadiums and locations

16 teams are competing in the season.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Baroka | Polokwane | Old Peter Mokaba Stadium | 15,000 |
| Black Leopards | Polokwane | Pietersburg Stadium | 15,000 |
| Casric Stars | KwaMhlanga | Solomon Mahlangu Stadium | |
| Hungry Lions | Kimberley | Griqua Park | 11,000 |
| JDR Stars | Pretoria (Soshanguve) | Giant Stadium | 18,000 |
| Magesi | Polokwane | Old Peter Mokaba Stadium | 15,000 |
| Maritzburg United | Petermaritzburg | Harry Gwala Stadium | 12,000 |
| Marumo Gallants | Polokwane | Peter Mokaba Stadium | 45,500 |
| Milford | Princess Magogo Stadium | KwaMashu | 12,000 |
| MM Platinum (La Masia) | Johannesburg | Bidvest Stadium | 5,000 |
| Orbit College | Rustenburg | Olympia Park | 32,000 |
| Platinum City | Potchefstroom | Olën Park | 22,000 |
| Pretoria Callies | Pretoria | Lucas Masterpieces Moripe Stadium | 28,900 |
| University of Pretoria | Pretoria | Tuks Stadium | 8,000 |
| Upington City | Upington | | |
| Venda F.C. | Thohoyandou | Thohoyandou Stadium | 20,000 |

## Table

    As of 19 May 2024
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Magesi (C, P) | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 57 | Promotion to 2024–25 Premiership |
| 2 | University of Pretoria (Q) | 30 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 49 | Promotion Play-offs |
| 3 | Baroka (Q) | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 47 | Promotion Play-offs |
| 4 | Maritzburg United | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 38 | 26 | +12 | 46 | |
| 5 | JDR Stars | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 46 | |
| 6 | Upington City | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 44 | |
| 7 | Casric Stars | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 39 | +7 | 43 | |
| 8 | Hungry Lions | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 42 | |
| 9 | Orbit College | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 39 | |
| 10 | Black Leopards | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 37 | |
| 11 | Marumo Gallants | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 36 | −6 | 36 | |
| 12 | Venda | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 35 | |
| 13 | Milford | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 33 | 36 | −3 | 34 | |
| 14 | Pretoria Callies | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 31 | 35 | −4 | 34 | |
| 15 | La Masia (R) | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 23 | 33 | −10 | 31 | Relegation to 2024-25 SAFA Second Division |
| 16 | Platinum City Rovers (R) | 30 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 25 | Relegation to 2024-25 SAFA Second Division |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 2 Feb 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Prince Nxumalo | JDR Stars | 18 |
| 2 | Bethuel Muzeu | Black Leopards | 17 |
| 3 | Decide Chauke | Casric Stars | 14 |

## Play-offs
### Table

| Pos | Lge | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | PRE | Richards Bay (P) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 8 | Promoted to the 2024-25 Premiership |
| 2 | NFD | University of Pretoria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | NFD | Baroka | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | RBU | TUKS |
| Baroka | — | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Richards Bay | 4–0 | — | 1–0 |
| University of Pretoria | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |