2009–10 SAFA Second Division

Vodacom League
Season	2009–10
Champions	FC AK
Promoted	FC AK and Blackburn Rovers
	← 2010–11 →

The 2009–10 SAFA Second Division season, also known as Vodacom League due to a sponsoring deal at the time, took place in South Africa between August and April. The season was scheduled to begin and end one month earlier than normal, due to the country's 2010 FIFA World Cup preparation. The league is the third tier of South African football, and is divided geographically into five divisions in the Coastal Stream and four divisions in the Inland Stream.

Coastal Stream[]

Eastern Cape Province[]

Eastern Cape within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers	30	23	3	4	65	21	+44	72
2		30	20	6	4	52	25	+27	66
3	Bush Bucks	30	18	7	5	66	19	+47	61
4	O.R. Tambo D.C.	30	15	7	8	43	24	+19	52
5		30	13	7	10	37	42	−5	46
6	Bay Academy	30	11	9	10	32	32	0	42
7		30	11	8	11	38	33	+5	41
8	^[a]	30	10	8	12	38	41	−3	38
9	Tembu Royals	30	10	8	12	29	33	−4	38
10		30	10	7	13	38	51	−13	37
11		30	10	6	14	28	41	−13	36
12		30	9	5	16	24	43	−19	32
13		30	6	11	13	30	45	−15	29
14	^[b]	30	5	12	13	32	46	−14	27
15		30	6	6	18	35	61	−26	24
16		30	4	8	18	31	61	−30	20

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name:
^ new name: Buffalo

Leaving for 2010-11: Blackburn Rovers (promoted), African Juventus (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted).

Free State Province[]

Free State within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Roses United	30	26	4	0	73	15	+58	82
2		30	22	6	2	69	25	+44	72
3	Bloemfontein Young Tigers	30	17	6	7	50	29	+21	57
4		30	14	7	9	60	46	+14	49
5	^[a]	30	13	5	12	49	39	+10	44
6		30	11	10	9	48	44	+4	43
7		30	12	6	12	36	29	+7	42
8		30	13	2	15	40	45	−5	41
9		30	11	8	11	41	47	−6	41
10		30	11	7	12	49	60	−11	40
11		30	10	6	14	38	47	−9	36
12	^[b]	30	8	5	17	27	55	−28	29
13		30	7	7	16	32	44	−12	28
14		30	7	4	19	24	53	−29	25
15		30	7	3	20	26	57	−31	24
16		30	5	6	19	22	49	−27	21

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name: Celtic Colts
^ new name:

Leaving for 2010-11: Welkom Real Hearts (relegated), Milan United (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted).

KwaZulu-Natal Province[]

KwaZulu-Natal within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		30	22	4	4	70	26	+44	70
2	African Wanderers	30	21	5	4	61	23	+38	68
3		30	17	6	7	48	30	+18	57
4		30	14	7	9	45	36	+9	49
5		30	13	8	9	47	36	+11	47
6		30	14	2	14	42	41	+1	44
7	Sobantu Shooting Stars	30	12	5	13	36	32	+4	41
8	Rangers^[a]	30	11	6	13	36	37	−1	39
9		30	10	9	11	23	25	−2	39
10		30	10	8	12	36	48	−12	38
11		30	10	7	13	42	47	−5	37
12	^[b]	30	10	7	13	35	43	−8	37
13		30	10	6	14	41	47	−6	36
14		30	10	3	17	34	50	−16	33
15		30	8	8	14	29	49	−20	32
16	Durban Stars (will merge with Globe City)	30	2	1	27	17	72	−55	7

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name:
^ new name: Durban Stars

Leaving for 2010-11: Brazil (relegated), Durban Stars (2nd team will disband).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted).

Northern Cape Province[]

Northern Cape within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		30	19	6	5	56	22	+34	63
2		30	18	8	4	61	28	+33	62
3	Real Madrid	30	18	5	7	57	34	+23	59
4		30	16	7	7	51	28	+23	55
5		30	15	10	5	43	21	+22	55
6		30	16	6	8	59	43	+16	54
7		30	11	9	10	49	39	+10	42
8		30	10	12	8	57	55	+2	42
9		30	10	10	10	44	37	+7	40
10		30	10	7	13	44	68	−24	37
11		30	9	6	15	49	69	−20	33
12		30	7	8	15	33	48	−15	29
13		30	8	5	17	28	48	−20	29
14	Louisvale Pirates	30	7	3	20	31	62	−31	24
15		30	4	9	17	29	42	−13	21
16		30	5	3	22	34	81	−47	18

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html

Leaving for 2010-11: Namaqua Stars (relegated), Kuruman Rovers (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted).

Western Cape Province[]

Western Cape within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Mitchells Plain United	30	21	7	2	71	25	+46	70
2	Milano United	30	21	5	4	64	23	+41	68
3		30	14	7	9	45	33	+12	49
4	^[a]	30	14	7	9	44	33	+11	49
5		30	12	9	9	47	40	+7	45
6		30	11	9	10	56	44	+12	42
7		30	10	9	11	35	42	−7	39
8		30	10	9	11	42	58	−16	39
9	^[b]	30	10	8	12	32	35	−3	38
10	Ajax Cape Town U19	30	10	7	13	52	54	−2	37
11	Battswood	30	11	4	15	34	37	−3	37
12		30	10	6	14	36	55	−19	36
13	^[c]	30	10	5	15	48	48	0	35
14	Steenberg United	30	9	8	13	32	36	−4	35
15		30	7	10	13	37	46	−9	31
16		30	4	2	24	23	89	−66	14

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name:
^ new name:
^ new name: Chippa United

Leaving for 2010-11: Stellenbosch University (relegated), Briton Stars (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted), Ikapa Sporting (relegated).

Inland Stream[]

Gauteng Province[]

Gauteng within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC AK	32	22	7	3	66	33	+33	73
2	M Tigers	32	22	6	4	52	29	+23	72
3		32	18	8	6	59	31	+28	62
4		32	15	8	9	48	36	+12	53
5	^[a]	32	15	8	9	36	35	+1	53
6	Lusitano^[b]	32	16	4	12	30	31	−1	52
7	Highlands Park	32	13	10	9	38	32	+6	49
8	Bid Boys	32	12	10	10	53	47	+6	46
9	Yebo Yes United	32	11	7	14	46	40	+6	40
10		32	10	9	13	52	53	−1	39
11	Arcadia Shepherds	32	10	8	14	44	48	−4	38
12		32	9	8	15	35	45	−10	35
13		32	6	15	11	31	38	−7	33
14		32	7	12	13	29	41	−12	33
15		32	7	8	17	32	60	−28	29
16		32	7	1	24	27	59	−32	22
17		32	6	3	23	28	48	−20	21

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name:
^ new name: Blackpool

Leaving for 2010-11: FC AK (promoted), Senaoana Blackpool (relegated), Abakah (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: Supersport United 2nd team (promoted), (promoted).

Limpopo Province[]

Limpopo within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		30	26	3	1	95	18	+77	81
2	^[a]	30	24	4	2	75	13	+62	76
3	^[b]	30	23	4	3	58	20	+38	73
4		30	20	2	8	57	21	+36	62
5	Baroka	30	16	6	8	59	28	+31	54
6	^[c]	30	13	8	9	52	42	+10	47
7		30	10	8	12	34	35	−1	38
8		30	11	4	15	38	47	−9	37
9		30	10	4	16	40	45	−5	34
10		30	10	4	16	37	46	−9	34
11	^[d]	30	10	4	16	51	64	−13	34
12		30	8	5	17	26	60	−34	29
13	^[e]	30	7	6	17	31	73	−42	27
14		30	6	3	21	25	80	−55	21
15		30	5	5	20	33	87	−54	20
16		30	3	6	21	14	46	−32	15

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name:
^ new name:
^ new name:
^ new name:
^ new name:

Leaving for 2010-11: Tebcon (relegated), Bahwiti (relegated), Z. Mathote Elephants (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted), Winners Park (relegated).

Mpumalanga Province[]

Mpumalanga within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1		30	21	2	7	63	20	+43	65
2		30	16	9	5	68	39	+29	57
3		29	17	6	6	58	37	+21	57
4		30	16	8	6	47	22	+25	56
5	^[a]	30	15	4	11	47	43	+4	49
6	^[b]	30	13	8	9	44	27	+17	47
7	^[c]	30	12	8	10	46	43	+3	44
8		29	11	10	8	41	38	+3	43
9	^[d]	30	11	3	16	37	46	−9	36
10		30	10	5	15	42	50	−8	35
11		30	10	5	15	32	60	−28	35
12		30	7	10	13	27	38	−11	31
13	^[e]	30	7	9	14	42	60	−18	30
14		30	8	4	18	34	60	−26	28
15		30	7	6	17	32	57	−25	27
16		30	6	7	17	35	55	−20	25

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name:
^ new name:
^ new name: Sivutsa Stars
^ new name: Mbombela United
^ new name:

Leaving for 2010-11: Citizen (relegated), York (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted).

North-West Province[]

North West within the Republic of South Africa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Garankuwa United	30	20	6	4	72	20	+52	66
2		30	19	6	5	78	33	+45	63
3		30	16	7	7	54	33	+21	55
4		30	14	10	6	44	29	+15	52
5	Als Puk Tawana	30	12	11	7	66	37	+29	47
6		30	10	13	7	36	38	−2	43
7		30	12	6	12	42	46	−4	42
8	^[a]	30	11	8	11	60	66	−6	41
9	^[b]	30	11	8	11	59	72	−13	41
10	^[c]	30	10	9	11	45	41	+4	39
11		30	9	5	16	43	62	−19	32
12		30	8	7	15	41	48	−7	31
13		30	9	3	18	38	51	−13	30
14		30	7	8	15	37	55	−18	29
15		30	5	10	15	39	74	−35	25
16		30	5	7	18	31	80	−49	22

Source: http://www.rsssf.com/tablesz/zaf2010.html
Notes:

^ new name:
^ new name:
^ new name:

Leaving for 2010-11: Sea Rovers (relegated), Bophirima NW Stars (relegated).
Joining for 2010-11: (promoted), (promoted).

Playoff stage[]

The nine provincial winners were drawn into a round robin stage. The five Coastal stream teams and four Inland stream teams were put respectively into Group A and Group B. All the playoff matches were played from April 6–12, at two big stadiums in the Mpumalanga region: in Mhluzi, Middelburg and Ackerville Stadium in eMalahleni. The respective winners of the two groups, would both gain promotion to the National First Division, beside meeting each other in a last show-off final, where only the champion honour was at stake.^[1]^[2]

Group A (Coastal)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Blackburn Rovers (Eastern Cape)	4	3	0	1	10	4	+6	9
2	Mitchells Plain United (Western Cape)	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
3	Roses United (Free State)	4	2	1	1	9	4	+5	7
4	(KwaZulu-Natal)	4	1	1	2	5	9	−4	4
5	(Northern Cape)	4	0	1	3	4	19	−15	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Group B (Inland)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	FC AK (Gauteng)	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7
2	(Limpopo)	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
3	(Mpumalanga)	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3
4	Garankuwa United (North West)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}

Playoff final[]

12 April 2010

FC AK	3 - 2	Blackburn Rovers
	Report

Ackerville Stadium

External links[]

SAFA Official Website -database with results of Vodacom League

References[]

^ Kick Off Magazine (31 March 2010). "Vodacom League play offs begin next week".
^ SAFA (10 April 2010). "2010 Vodacom League National Play Offs Fixtures And Results".

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