The 2007–08 National First Division was the 12th season of the

National First Division The National First Division (NFD), officially known as the Motsepe Foundation Championship for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest league of South African club football after the South African Premier Division. Both the NFD and South Afric ...

, the second tier of South African soccer. Due to a lack of sponsorship, the previously national league was split into two streams, a coastal stream and an inland stream, with the winners of each meeting in a final. The champions were

Maritzburg United Maritzburg United is a South African football club based in the city of Pietermaritzburg that currently plays in the Premier Soccer League. Honours *First Division Coastal Stream champions: 2007–08 *First Division Championship Play-offs: 20 ...

, who were promoted to the

South African Premier Division The South African Premier Division, officially referred to as the DStv Premiership for sponsorship purposes, is the premier men's professional football/soccer league and the highest division in the league system of South Africa, organized sinc ...

in their first season in the second tier following relegation from the

2006–07 Premier Soccer League The following is the final results of the 2006–07 Premier Soccer League football season. Final table Premier League awards * Player of the Season: Godfrey Sapula (Mamelodi Sundowns) * Players' Player of the Season: Godfrey Sapula * Coac ...

, alongside play-off victors

Bay United Bay United was a South African professional football (soccer) club based first in the city of Port Elizabeth and later Polokwane. It played in the South African Premier Division and National First Division. The club came into existence in 2006 ...

Ga-Rankuwa United Garankuwa United, sometimes also spelled Ga-Rankuwa United, is a semi-professional association football club based in the Garankuwa township of Pretoria, in the Gauteng, Gauteng province of South Africa. The club was founded (or revived) in July 20 ...

and Western Province United were relegated to the

SAFA Second Division The ABC Motsepe League, previously known as the Vodacom League between 1998 and 2012, was founded in 1998 as the current Second Division and the overall third tier of South African football. The competition is regulated by SAFA, and until 2012 ...

. Inland Stream champions

FC AK FC AK is a South African football club from the West Rand The West Rand is the name of the urban western part of the Witwatersrand that is functionally merged with the Johannesburg conurbation. This area became settled by Europeans after a ...

were initially found guilty of bribery and docked 15 points, but after a protracted appeals process, the sanction was reversed, and

took their place in the championship final. After winning the league, Maritzburg coach Ian Palmer parted ways with the club.

Inland stream

League table

Coastal stream

League table

Championship play-off

win the championship and earn promotion,

go through to the promotion playoffs'' Source:

Promotion play-off

Semi-finals

Black Leopards Black Leopards FC is a South African football club based in Thohoyandou, Vhembe Region, Limpopo that plays in the National First Division. History The club was founded in 1983 by business people in the Vhembe Region. In 1998 the club was t ...

, who finished 15th in the

2007–08 Premier Soccer League The following is the final results of the 2007–08 Premier Soccer League football season in South Africa. Final table Awards PSL * Footballer of the Year Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates) * Chairman’s Award Musa Otieno (Santos) * Refe ...

, were relegated to the 2008–09 National First Division'' ----

Final

were promoted to the

2008–09 Premier Soccer League The 2008–09 Premier Soccer League season (known as the ABSA Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth since its establishment. Supersport United were the defending champions, having won their first Premier Soccer League title on t ...

.'' Source:

References

External links

South Africa 2008/09
at RSSSF {{DEFAULTSORT:2007-08 National First Division National First Division seasons

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