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. For this season, the National First Division received new sponsorship from GladAfrica, with prize money being substantially increased to R3 million for the winners, R1.5 million for the runners up and R1 million for the third-placed team.

Teams

Stadium and Locations

League table

Play-offs

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2-0 to retain their place in the Premiership.

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

;Notes (H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 11 ** Paulus Masehe (Free State Stars) * Most red cards: 2 ** Daniel Gozar (Free State Stars)

References

External links

PSL.co.za
{{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 National First Division National First Division seasons

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2019–20 in South African soccer leagues