2010–11 SAFA Second Division

Vodacom League

Season	2010–11
Champions	Chippa United
Promoted	Chippa United and Sivutsa Stars
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

The 2010–11 SAFA Second Division season, also known as Vodacom League due to a sponsoring deal, took place in South Africa between the months of September and May. The league is the third tier of South African football, and is divided geographically into 5 divisions in the Coastal Stream and 4 divisions in the Inland Stream.^[1]

Coastal Stream[]

Eastern Cape Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Buffalo	30	21	5	4	60	18	+42	68
2	Tornado	30	18	8	4	63	28	+35	62
3	Mthata Liverpool	30	17	6	7	61	30	+31	57
4	Manchester United	30	17	5	8	50	38	+12	56
5	Happy Brothers	30	15	7	8	42	32	+10	52
6	Bay Academy	30	13	11	6	39	24	+15	50
7	Matta Milan	30	14	7	9	36	37	−1	49
8	Tembu Royals	30	12	9	9	34	29	+5	45
9	Kokstad Liverpool	30	10	6	14	32	52	−20	36
10	Cloud 9 (aka African Winners)	30	10	5	15	41	41	0	35
11	O.R. Tambo D.C.	30	8	9	13	42	56	−14	33
12	Matat Professionals	30	7	9	14	31	44	−13	30
13	Bush Bucks	30	9	3	18	38	55	−17	30
14	Mighty Greens	30	7	8	15	36	44	−8	29
15	Young Stars	30	6	8	16	31	49	−18	26
16	Royals	30	1	4	25	25	84	−59	7

Leaving for 2011-12: Young Stars (relegated), Royals (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
Buffalo	Jan Smuts Stadium	East London
Bay Academy	NU 2 Stadium	Port Elizabeth
Bush Bucks	Jan Smuts Stadium	East London
Cloud 9 (Aka African Winners)
	Rotary Stadium	Mthatha
		Mthonjaneni
	Matatiele Stadium	Matatiele
	Dutywa Stadium	Dutywa
	Kwezi Naledi Stadium	Lady Grey
	Rotary Stadium	Mthatha
O.R. Tambo D.C.	Jan Smuts Stadium	East London
	Dutywa Stadium	Dutywa
Tembu Royals	Rotary Stadium	Mthatha
	Jan Smuts Stadium	East London
	Sauer Park	Aliwal North

Free State Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Roses United	30	25	4	1	91	19	+72	79
2	Botshabelo	30	25	2	3	82	26	+56	77
3	Maluti Fet College	30	21	6	3	61	20	+41	69
4	Super Eagles	30	18	2	10	52	27	+25	56
5	Bloemfontein Young Tigers	29	17	3	9	59	36	+23	54
6	Moving Spurs	30	13	6	11	59	45	+14	45
7	Harmony	30	12	7	11	38	39	−1	43
8	Liverpool BTX	30	10	9	11	36	41	−5	39
9	Bubchu United	29	10	7	12	54	67	−13	37
10	Celtic Colts	30	9	6	15	46	46	0	33
11	Tower United	29	9	5	15	30	52	−22	32
12	Sasolburg Juventus	30	7	5	18	35	62	−27	26
13	United All Tigers	30	7	4	19	25	57	−32	25
14	Free State Champs	30	6	6	18	30	50	−20	24
15	Mangaung City	30	7	3	20	31	85	−54	24
16	Harrismith United	29	4	1	24	19	76	−57	13

Leaving for 2011-12: Mangaung City (relegated), Harrismith United (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
Bloemfontein Young Tigers		Bloemfontein
	Botshabelo Stadium	Botshabelo
	Clive Solomons Stadium	Bloemfontein
Celtic Colts	Westdene Stadium	Bloemfontein
	Zamdela Stadium	Sasolburg
	Zuka Baloyi Stadium	Welkom
		Harrismith
	Zuka Baloyi Stadium	Welkom
	Platberg Stadium	Harrismith
		Thaba Nchu
	Phuthaditjhaba Stadium	Phuthaditjhaba
Roses United	Westdene Stadium	Bloemfontein
	Flavius Mareka Sports Ground	Sasolburg
	Bohlokong Stadium	Bohlokong
	Botshabelo Stadium	Botshabelo
		Excelsior

KwaZulu-Natal Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Durban Stars	30	21	7	2	57	20	+37	70
2	Sobantu Shooting Stars	30	16	7	7	45	34	+11	55
3	Real Classic	30	16	5	9	53	28	+25	53
4	Island	30	16	3	11	60	46	+14	51
5	Amajuba United Killers	30	15	4	11	45	40	+5	49
6	Dundee XI Experience	30	13	6	11	52	48	+4	45
7	Durban Warriors	30	11	7	12	41	42	−1	40
8	SAPS Callies	30	10	10	10	45	47	−2	40
9	KwaMashu All Stars	30	10	8	12	32	34	−2	38
10	Wembezi Juventus	29	10	5	14	25	39	−14	35
11	Newcastle Sicilians	30	9	7	14	39	49	−10	34
12	Gqikazi All Stars	30	10	4	16	43	60	−17	34
13	African Wanderers	29	9	6	14	33	41	−8	33
14	Maritzburg City	30	10	3	17	36	50	−14	33
15	Abaqulusi	30	9	6	15	36	54	−18	33
16	Bright Stars	30	9	2	19	36	46	−10	29

Leaving for 2011-12: Abaqulusi (relegated), Bright Stars (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
		Ladysmith
African Wanderers	SJ Smith Stadium	Durban (Chatsworth)
	Osizweni Stadium	Osizweni
	Richards Bay Stadium	Richards Bay
	Mpumelelo Stadium	Dundee
Durban Stars	SJ Smith Stadium	Durban (Chatsworth)
	Princess Magogo Stadium	Durban (KwaMashu)
	Ulundi Stadium	Ulundi
	Ulundi Stadium	Ulundi
		Durban (KwaMashu)
	Wadley Stadium	Pietermaritzburg
	Arbor Park	Newcastle
	Richards Bay Stadium	Richards Bay
		Port Shepstone
Sobantu Shooting Stars		Pietermaritzburg
		Ladysmith

Northern Cape Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Real Madrid	30	23	6	1	92	14	+78	75
2	Steach United	30	23	5	2	106	21	+85	74
3	Olympics	30	16	5	9	44	34	+10	53
4	William Prescod	30	15	6	9	50	32	+18	51
5	Kakamas Juventus	29	13	8	8	48	39	+9	47
6	Young Pirates	30	12	10	8	35	28	+7	46
7	Charlton	30	13	7	10	55	54	+1	46
8	Wanderers	30	14	2	14	44	46	−2	44
9	Kakamas Sundowns	30	13	3	14	35	57	−22	42
10	Wings United	30	11	5	14	41	44	−3	38
11	Morester Jeug	30	10	5	15	49	58	−9	35
12	North East Celtics	30	9	4	17	38	47	−9	31
13	Louisvale Pirates	30	9	4	17	33	58	−25	31
14	Ray Madrid	30	9	2	19	45	91	−46	29
15	Kakamas Cosmos	29	8	3	18	34	65	−31	27
16	Amalawus	30	2	3	25	23	84	−61	9

Leaving for 2011-12: Kakamas Cosmos (relegated), Amalawus (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
		Upington
		Douglas
		Kakamas
		Kakamas
		Kakamas
Louisvale Pirates		Upington
		Upington
		Upington
		Okiep
		Okiep
Real Madrid	Galeshewe Stadium	Kimberley
	Galeshewe Stadium	Kimberley
		Kimberley
		Kimberley
		Upington
		Kimberley

Western Cape Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chippa United	32	26	5	1	96	18	+78	83
2	Milano United	32	25	5	2	102	24	+78	80
3	Mitchells Plain United	32	17	11	4	65	30	+35	62
4	Steenberg United	32	16	7	9	64	42	+22	55
5	Tygerberg	32	16	6	10	53	38	+15	54
6	Cape Town All Stars	32	15	5	12	48	40	+8	50
7	Beaufortwest City	32	12	9	11	37	42	−5	45
8	Ajax Cape Town U19	32	12	8	12	59	50	+9	44
9	Jomo Powers	32	11	9	12	48	58	−10	42
10	Old Mutual Academy	32	9	11	12	44	55	−11	38
11	Mbekweni United	32	10	6	16	31	65	−34	36
12	Baltic Rangers	32	9	7	16	44	50	−6	34
13	Royal Blues	32	9	7	16	34	61	−27	34
14	Ikapa Sporting	32	8	7	17	40	64	−24	31
15	Knysna Bafana	32	7	8	17	39	71	−32	29
16	Battswood	32	7	5	20	31	55	−24	26
17	Western Province United	32	4	2	26	26	98	−72	14

Leaving for 2011-12: Chippa United (promoted), Battswood (relegated), WP United (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Hanover Park (relegated), Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
Ajax Cape Town U19		Cape Town (Parow)
		Cape Town (Ottery)
Battswood		Cape Town (Wynberg)
		Beaufort West
		Cape Town (Crossroads)
Chippa United	Philippi Stadium	Cape Town (Philippi)
Ikapa Sporting	(unknown stadium in 2010-11)	Cape Town (Belhar)
	Robinvale Sport Field	Atlantis
		Knysna
		Wellington
Milano United		Cape Town (Grassy Park)
Mitchells Plain United		Cape Town (Lansdowne)
		Cape Town (Pinelands)
		Beaufort West
Steenberg United		Cape Town (Grassy Park)
		Cape Town (Belhar)
Western Province United		Cape Town (Kuils River)

Inland Stream[]

Gauteng Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Highlands Park	30	20	7	3	65	30	+35	67
2	Blackpool	30	18	7	5	46	26	+20	61
3	Alexandra United	30	17	4	9	53	34	+19	55
4	Soweto Panthers	30	14	7	9	47	35	+12	49
5	The Vardos	30	14	5	11	42	45	−3	47
6	Berea - Albion	30	12	8	10	51	45	+6	44
7	Arcadia Shepherds	30	10	11	9	44	48	−4	41
8	SuperSport T.H. Academy	30	11	7	12	39	43	−4	40
9	M Tigers	30	9	12	9	39	38	+1	39
10	Bid Boys	30	9	10	11	59	54	+5	37
11	Yebo Yes United	30	8	11	11	43	45	−2	35
12	African All Stars	30	8	10	12	40	45	−5	34
13	Trabzon	30	8	9	13	25	35	−10	33
14	Benoni Premier United	30	8	7	15	35	48	−13	31
15	Real Barcelona	30	4	9	17	34	53	−19	21
16	Lesedi Shooting Stars	30	4	8	18	19	57	−38	20

Leaving for 2011-12: Real Barcelona (relegated), Lesedi Shooting Stars (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
	KwaThema Stadium	KwaThema
	Alexandra Stadium	Alexandra
Arcadia Shepherds	Caledonian Stadium	Pretoria
	Sinaba Stadium	Benoni
		Pretoria
Bid Boys	Bidvest Stadium	Johannesburg
Blackpool	Cecil Payne Stadium	Johannesburg
Highlands Park	Modderfontein Stadium	Johannesburg
		Sebokeng
M Tigers	Mehlareng Stadium	Tembisa
	George Thabe Stadium	Sharpeville
		Soweto
SuperSport T.H. Academy	Pilditch Stadium	Pretoria
	Makhulong Stadium	Tembisa
	Mohlakeng Stadium	Randfontein
Yebo Yes United	Arthur Block Park	Johannesburg

Limpopo Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Baroka	30	25	3	2	68	17	+51	78
2	Winners Park	30	19	6	5	59	30	+29	63
3	Modimolle Aces	30	19	3	8	59	36	+23	60
4	Vhembe	30	17	5	8	62	33	+29	56
5	Blue Rocks	30	14	4	12	54	42	+12	46
6	Maniini All Blacks	30	13	5	12	44	44	0	44
7	Fanang Diatla	30	11	6	13	46	50	−4	39
8	Lephalale Young Killers	30	11	6	13	43	48	−5	39
9	Mighty	30	11	6	13	34	45	−11	39
10	The Dolphins	30	11	4	15	35	52	−17	37
11	Nobela All Stars	30	8	12	10	41	47	−6	36
12	Peace Lovers	30	11	3	16	37	46	−9	36
13	Naughty Boys	30	10	4	16	33	50	−17	34
14	Phungo All Stars	30	9	6	15	30	42	−12	33
15	Karee Young Stars	30	7	8	15	42	43	−1	29
16	Phalaborwa Real Rovers	30	3	1	26	25	87	−62	10

Leaving for 2011-12: Karee Young Stars (relegated), Phalaborwa Real Rovers (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: (promoted), (promoted).^[2]

Team name	Stadium	City
Baroka	Ngwana Mohube Sports Ground
		Tzaneen
	Lebowakgomo Stadium	Lebowakgomo
		Seshego
		Lephalale
		Makwarela
	Peter Mokaba Stadium	Polokwane
	Ephraim Mohale Stadium	Modimolle
		Seshego
		Bungeni
	Peter Mokaba Stadium	Polokwane
		Phalaborwa (Namakgale)
		Malamulele
		Seshego
		Makwarela
Winners Park		Mookgopong

Mpumalanga Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sivutsa Stars	30	22	3	5	74	27	+47	69
2	Mighty Mega Force	30	20	6	4	55	21	+34	66
3	Phiva Young Stars	30	12	8	10	59	52	+7	44
4	Mbombela United	30	12	7	11	57	51	+6	43
5	Benfica	30	11	9	10	44	53	−9	42
6	Sekhukhune Lions	30	11	8	11	42	37	+5	41
7	Middleburg Mighty Saints	30	12	5	13	42	46	−4	41
8	Lynville All Stars	30	12	5	13	40	46	−6	41
9	Thabo All Stars	30	10	10	10	42	43	−1	40
10	Amazayoni	30	9	11	10	34	34	0	38
11	Henemat	30	10	6	14	43	55	−12	36
12	Calaska	30	8	10	12	45	52	−7	34
13	Barberton City Stars	30	9	6	15	41	51	−10	33
14	MP Highlanders	30	9	6	15	41	67	−26	33
15	Mologadi	30	7	10	13	30	39	−9	31
16	Secunda Stars	30	7	8	15	31	46	−15	29

Leaving for 2011-12: Sivutsa Stars (promoted), Mologadi (relegated), Secunda Stars (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Batau (relegated), Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
		Kriel
		Barberton
		Bushbuckridge (Thulamahashe)
	Ackerville Stadium	Witbank (Ackerville)
		Ermelo
		Witbank (Lynnville)
Mbombela United	KaNyamazane Stadium	Nelspruit (KaNyamazane)
		Middelburg
		Kriel
	AJ Swanepoel Stadium	Ermelo
		Bushbuckridge (Thulamahashe)
		Driekoppies
		Secunda (Embalenhle)
	AJ Swanepoel Stadium	Ermelo
Sivutsa Stars	Kabokweni Stadium	Nelspruit (Kabokweni)
	KaNyamazane Stadium	Nelspruit (KaNyamazane)

North-West Province[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Garankuwa United	30	19	6	5	61	22	+39	63
2	North West Shining Stars	29	19	5	5	55	33	+22	62
3	Soshanguve Sunshine	29	18	7	4	65	32	+33	61
4	Real Stars	30	14	7	9	65	61	+4	49
5	Als Puk Tawana	30	14	3	13	59	45	+14	45
6	Inter SA	30	12	6	12	41	36	+5	42
7	Impala Warriors	30	12	6	12	48	49	−1	42
8	North West University	29	10	11	8	37	27	+10	41
9	Southern NW Stars	30	11	6	13	44	45	−1	39
10	Mamusa United	30	11	6	13	52	54	−2	39
11	Bakubung BK United	29	10	7	12	49	60	−11	37
12	City of Matlosana	30	10	6	14	41	54	−13	36
13	Moretele United	30	9	7	14	42	54	−12	34
14	Rustenburg Sea Eagles	30	10	3	17	36	53	−17	33
15	Oxygen	30	7	9	14	39	48	−9	30
16	Mothupi Birds United	30	3	3	24	26	87	−61	12

Leaving for 2011-12: Oxygen (relegated), Mothupi Birds United (relegated).
Joining for 2011-12: Two promoted teams from SAB Regional League.

Team name	Stadium	City
Als Puk Tawana		Potchefstroom
	Mogwase Stadium	Mogwase
	Oppenheimer Stadium	Orkney
Garankuwa United	Pilditch Stadium	Pretoria[nb 1]
		Rustenburg
		Pretoria[nb 1]
		Vryburg
		Pretoria[nb 1]
		Zeerust (Lehurutshe)
		Brits (Lethlabile)
		Mafikeng
		Itsoseng
		Klerksdorp
	Olympia Stadium	Rustenburg
	Giant Stadium	Pretoria (Soshanguve)[nb 1]
		Phokeng

Provincial winners decided by appeal cases[]

The first 4 out of 9 provincial winners, were decided without any appeal case being involved, after the last round of Vodacom League in April 2011. For the other five divisions in Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Free State, Limpopo and North-West, the provincial winners were only found by 5 June, after the SAFA disciplinary committee and Sports Court had judged one or several appeal cases in each division. The list below summarizes the final outcome of all those cases.

• In the Eastern Cape division: An appeal was filed by runner-up Tornado (62p), asking SAFA to deduct FC Buffalo (68p) minimum 6p, for the alleged use of an ineligible player. This appeal was however rejected by SAFA.^[3][4]
• In the Northern Cape division: The appeal was about the initial 2-2 result, of a match played between the two log leaders Real Madrid (75p) and Steach United (74p). If SAFA had decided to award a "disciplinary defeat" for Real Madrid, then it would have been Steach United to be crowned as divisional winner. The decision however was, to let the result achieved on the playing field stand, and thus Real Madrid managed to win the division with 1p ahead of Steach United.
• In the Free State division: The first important appeal concerned an undecided match, between the runner-up Botshabelo against one of the other teams in the division. As Botshabelo managed to win their appeal, they gained 3 additional points and thus moved up to become the new winner of the division, ahead of Roses United. At the same time, Roses United however had appealed their 2-1 defeat against Sasolburg Juventus, asking for the result to be changed into a victory for Roses United, due to the match being unfairly abrupt after 75 minutes, when several rugby fans suddenly invaded the pitch.^[5] This last appeal was upheld by SAFA, awarding a 2-0 victory to Roses United, and thus they managed to win the division ahead of Botshabelo.^[6]
• In the Limpopo division: After Baroka had won the division by 15p over Winners Park, the runner-up lodged an appeal claiming Baroka had fielded an ineligible player, and thus should be deducted minimum 15 points. This appeal was however rejected by SAFA.^[4]
• In the North-West division: All top-3 teams were each involved in two or three appeal cases. As Soshanguve Sunshine did not win any of their appeals, while the other two teams each managed to win one of their appeals, the log ended at 15 May, with Garankuwa United (63p) as 1st, NW Shining Stars (62p) as 2nd, and Soshanguve Sunshine (61p) as 3rd. Around 31 May, the appeal drama was however reignited, as two of the previously solved cases involving NW Shining Stars, result-wise were reverted to "a pending matter". The two unsolved appealed matches for the team, was a 2-0 win against Oxygen from 16 April, and a 2-3 defeat against Real Stars from 26 February. The Sports Court made a final decision at 1 June, to upheld the result of the first match, and award a new 2-0 result for NW Shining Stars in the second match against Real Stars; as the former result was ruled to be "unfairly achieved". Thus, the arbitration by the Sports Court, had now moved NW Shining Stars up at 65p in the log, which at this point of time meant, that they were now at a position to win the division.
  SAFA however announced at 2 June, that the team now also was involved in a third appeal. This time it was Soshanguve Sunshine pushing forward a final appeal to the Sports Court, to overrule the initial disciplinary decision by SAFA, for the imposed 0-2 defeat against NW Shining Stars. The case arose after allegations by NW Shining Stars, that Soshanguve Sunshine had fielded an unregistered player (Benjamin Nthethe) in the match between the two log leaders at 19 March, and thus had achieved their victory at the playing field by unfair means. SAFA initially agreed. If the Sports Court decide to nullify SAFAs decision, it will however mean, that the initial win for Soshanguve Sunshine will stand. In that case, Soshanguve will be crowned as the final winner of the division, with a total of 64p in the log, while NW Shining Stars has to settle with only 62p and a second place. If the court settle the case between the two opponents as a draw -i.e. due to disciplinary violations committed by both teams in the match-, then we have a tight situation, with Garankuwa United taking the final win of the division, with 63p and a better goal score than NW Shining Stars.^[7] The result of this last appeal was apparently decided at 5 June, with Garankuwa as the new final winner of the division. No references have yet been published to confirm the exact details about the final decision of the Sports Court.

Playoff Stage[]

At the playoff stage, a round robin format with two groups, comprising respectively the 5 provincial winners from the Coastal stream and the 4 provincial winners from the Inland stream, were set to decide the two promoting teams for the National First Division. A final match to decide the overall Vodacom League champion, will finally also be arranged between the two promoted group winners. The playoffs were planned to take place at 7–12 June 2011 in Cape Town, at the venues Erica Park and Philippi Stadium.^[3] Upon inspection of the fields at 6 June, the quality at Erica Park was however found to be inadequate. SAFA therefore decided, instead to organise all matches at Philippi Stadium and the nearby UWC Stadium.^[8]

Group A (Coastal)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Chippa United (Western Cape)	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	10
2	Buffalo (Eastern Cape)	4	2	2	0	7	3	+4	8
3	Roses United (Free State)	4	2	1	1	4	5	−1	7
4	Durban Stars (KwaZulu-Natal)	4	1	0	3	2	5	−3	3
5	Real Madrid (Northern Cape)	4	0	0	4	1	7	−6	0

Match results:

Group B (Inland)[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sivutsa Stars (Mpumalanga)	3	3	0	0	4	0	+4	9
2	Baroka (Limpopo)	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Garankuwa United (North-West)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
4	Highlands Park (Gauteng)	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Match results:

Playoff Final[]

Playoff Honours[]

A number of awards were issued at the concluding ceremony.^[9]

Best referee	Robert Sithole
Best coach	Michael Lukhubeni (Chippa United)
Best goalkeeper	Vusumuzi Magagula (Sivutsa Stars)
Top goal scorer	Diego Brown (Chippa United, 3 goals)
Best overall player	Andile Mbeyane (Chippa United)

References[]

External links[]

• SAFA Official Website -database with results of Vodacom League