2009–10 National First Division, was the season from August 2009 until February 2010, of South Africa's second tier of professional

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. By the end of the season, the Coastal stream champion

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met to play the overall championship final, against the Inland stream champion

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. Vasco da Gama won the final, and thereby got promoted to

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. The subsequent playoff stage, was contested by the losing finalist, two second ranked teams of the NFD streams, and the second lowest ranked team of PSL. Winner of the playoff stage, and thereby the second promotion to PSL, was the team

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Season structure

The league is made up of 16 teams, split into 2 streams. Each team plays the other 7 teams in their stream 3 times, for a total of 21 games. Teams receive 3 points for a win, 1 for draw, and 0 for a loss. At the end of the season, the top ranked team from each stream play in a two-legged final, the winner of which is crowned National First Division Champion, and gains automatic promotion to the Premier Soccer League for the next season. The loser of the final, along with the teams which came second in their streams, and the 15th placed PSL team, go into the PSL promotion play-offs. The two teams finishing in last place in their streams are automatically relegated to the Vodacom League. They are replaced by the finalists of the Vodacom League championship game.

Clubs

League standings

Coastal Stream

Inland Stream

Post season

NFD Final

Vasco da Gama and Black Leopards played a two legged tie to determine the 2009–10 NFD champion, and automatic promotion to the

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. Vasco da Gama won the tie to become NFD champions, and were promoted to the PSL for the 2010–11 season.

Promotion playoffs

(losing finalist), Nathi Lions (2nd in coastal stream),

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(2nd in inland stream), and

(15th in PSL), all entered into the promotion playoffs. This playoff competition was played as a cup with two legged matches. The two semifinals were played simultaneously at 17 and 24 March, and the two legged final took place at 3 and 8 April. The two teams to qualify for the final were Black Leopards and Mpumalanga Black Aces, and after ordinary time of the two matches, the aggregate score ended at 3–3, and thus a penalty shoot out. When the first 5 ordinary shots had been completed, there was a winning score of 5–3 to Mpumalanga Black Aces, who thereby had managed to retain their PSL status. Semifinals: Promotion Play Off Final:

References

External links

PSL.co.za
{{DEFAULTSORT:2009-10 National First Division National First Division seasons

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2009–10 in South African soccer leagues