# 2024–25 National First Division

The 2024–25 National First Division (called the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the season from 23 August 2024 to June 2025 of South Africa's second tier of professional soccer, the Motsepe Foundation Championship.

## Teams
### Team changes

The following teams changes have taken place since the 2023–24 season.
Promoted to 2024–25 Premiership
* Magesi
Relegated from 2023–24 Premiership
* Cape Town Spurs
Promoted from 2023–24 SAFA Second Division
* Highbury
* Kruger United
Relegated from 2023–24 National First Division
* La Masia
* Platinum City Rovers
Name changes
* Maritzburg United changed their name to Durban City after moving their home location to Durban.
Purchases
* Leruma United purchased the status of Marumo Gallants, and so will replace them in the division. Marumo Gallants purchased their way into the Premiership by buying the status of Moroka Swallows.

## Table

    As of 2 March 2025
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Durban City | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 42 | Promotion to Betway Premiership |
| 2 | Kruger United | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 20 | +4 | 36 | Promotion Play-offs |
| 3 | Orbit College | 22 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 36 | Promotion Play-offs |
| 4 | JDR Stars | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 20 | +3 | 36 | |
| 5 | Casric Stars | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 21 | +2 | 35 | |
| 6 | Milford | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 23 | +1 | 32 | |
| 7 | Black Leopards | 22 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 31 | |
| 8 | Baroka | 22 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 29 | |
| 9 | Highbury | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 28 | |
| 10 | Hungry Lions | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 27 | |
| 11 | University of Pretoria | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 20 | −2 | 26 | |
| 12 | Upington City | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 26 | |
| 13 | Pretoria Callies | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 24 | |
| 14 | Venda | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 17 | |
| 15 | Cape Town Spurs | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 22 | Relegation to ABC Motsepe League |
| 16 | Leruma United | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 19 | Relegation to ABC Motsepe League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BAR | BLP | CTS | CAS | DUC | HIG | HUL | JDR | KRU | LER | MIL | ORB | PTC | TUK | UPI | VDA |
| Baroka | — | 4–2 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | | 4–2 |
| Black Leopards | | — | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | |
| Cape Town Spurs | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | | 2–2 | | | | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Casric Stars | | | | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Durban City | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | | | 0–1 | | |
| Highbury | | 1–1 | 1–0 | | | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | | | 5–1 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 1–3 | |
| Hungry Lions | 0–1 | | | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| JDR Stars | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | | 2–1 | | | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Kruger United | | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | |
| Leruma United | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | — | | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | |
| Milford | | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | | 3–0 | — | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Orbit College | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | | | 3–0 | — | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pretoria Callies | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–0 | 0–3 | | | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–2 | |
| University of Pretoria | 1–1 | 4–3 | 0–0 | | | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | — | | 1–1 |
| Upington City | 4–1 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–3 | | | | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| Venda | 5–1 | 2–0 | | | 0–0 | 1–2 | | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | — |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 9 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Muzomuhle Khanyi | Hungry Lions | 14 |
| 2 | Joslin Kamatuka | Durban City | 10 |
| 3 | Bokang Mokwena | Upington City | 8 |
| 4 | Kgomotso Mosadi | University of Pretoria | 8 |
| 5 | Prince Nxumalo | JDR Stars | 6 |