2024 SAFA Women's League

SAFA Women's League
Season	2024
Dates	2 March 2024 - 9 November 2024
Matches played	140
Goals scored	425 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Philisa Mjambane and Boitumelo Rabale; (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 8-0 UP ; (25 May 2024), Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 8-0 Richmond United ; (6 July 2024)
Biggest away win	Thunderbirds Ladies 0-7 UWC ; (11 May 2024)
Highest scoring	UWC 7-1 First Touch FC ; (9 March 2024), TS Galaxy Queens 3-5 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies ; (9 March 2024), Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 7-1 City Lads ; (1 May 2024), Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 8-0 UP ; (25 May 2024), UWC 6-2 Royal AM Women; (15 June 2024), Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 8-0 Richmond United; (6 July 2024)
Longest winning run	UP and UJ ; (7 games)
Longest unbeaten run	JVW (17 games)
Longest winless run	Thunderbirds Ladies (18 games)
Longest losing run	Lindelani Ladies (14 games)
	← 2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 23 August 2024.

The 2024 SAFA Women's League, commonly known as 2024 Hollywoodbets Super League, is the fifth season of the professional SAFA Women's League, and the 16th season of nation-wide league competition in women's football in South Africa. It is the 3rd season played with 16 teams.^[1]

Teams and location

In the 2023 season, Ma-Indies Ladies and Coal City Wizards were relegated to the Sasol Women's League, while Sasol Women's League winners UFH Ladies F.C. and runner-ups Lindelani Ladies were promoted to the league.^[2]^[3]

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Johannesburg teams
JVW
UJ Ladies

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Location of teams in 2024 SAFA WOMEN'S LEAGUE

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2023 Season
City Lads	New Brighton	Issac Wolfson Stadium	10,000	13th
Copperbelts Ladies	Polokwane	Baroka Village	1000	12th
Durban Ladies	Umlazi	Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium	6500	8th
First Touch F.C.	Polokwane	Baroka Village	1000	11th
JVW F.C.	Bedfordview	Wits Stadium	5000	3rd
Lindelani Ladies	Ntuzuma	Princess Magogo Stadium	12,000	2nd in SWL
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	Pretoria	Lucas Moripe Stadium	28,900	1st
Richmond United	De Aar	Merino Park Stadium	200	7th
Royal AM Women	Pietermaritzburg	Harry Gwala Stadium	6500	5th
Thunderbirds Ladies	Butterworth	Sisa Dukashe Stadium	17,000	14th
TS Galaxy Queens	Mbombela	Solomon Mahlangu Stadium	5000	4th
TUT Matsatsantsa	Pretoria	TUT Stadium	2500	10th
UFH Ladies	Alice	Davidson Stadium	200	1st in SWL
UJ Ladies	Auckland Park	UJ Stadium	8000	9th
UP-Tuks Ladies	Hatfield	Tuks Stadium	14,150	6th
UWC Ladies	Bellville	UWC Stadium	2500	2nd

League table

As of 23 July 2024

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	20	17	2	1	80	12	+68	53	2024 CAF Women's Champions League
2	University of the Western Cape	18	14	2	2	54	13	+41	44	COSAFA Champions League
3	University of Johannesburg	20	13	4	3	37	13	+24	43
4	JVW	21	11	8	2	38	15	+23	41
5	TS Galaxy Queens	18	10	4	4	37	21	+16	34
6	University of Pretoria	20	9	6	5	29	30	−1	33
7	Royal AM Women	20	8	8	4	36	26	+10	32
8	First Touch	20	9	3	8	26	32	−6	30
9	Richmond United	20	7	6	7	29	33	−4	27
10	TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies	19	7	3	9	30	35	−5	24
11	University of Fort Hare	20	6	3	11	20	33	−13	21
12	Copperbelt Ladies	21	5	6	10	26	29	−3	21
13	Durban Ladies	20	4	4	12	20	44	−24	16
14	City Lads	19	3	5	11	19	36	−17	14
15	Lindelani Ladies	20	1	1	18	11	51	−40	4	Relegation
16	Thunderbirds Ladies	20	0	3	17	9	78	−69	3	Relegation

Updated to match(es) played on 18 July 2024. Source: [1]

Results

Home \ Away	CLD	CBL	DBN	FT	JVW	LNL	MSD	RMU	RAM	TBL	TUT	TSG	UFH	UJ	UP	UWC
City Lads		1–0	9 Nov	0–1	1–1	21 Sep	14 Sep	7 Sep	1–1	24 Aug	15 Jun	0–2	5 Oct	2–3	1–1	1–2
Copperbelt Ladies	28 Sep		4–1	1–1	12 Oct	1–1	0–2	15 Jun	24 Sep	6–1	1–3	0–1	24 Aug	0–1	0–1	2–2
Durban Ladies FC	1–0	31 Aug		2–1	1–2	18 May	1–5	24 Sep	30 Mar	21 Sep	1–2	2–4	12 Oct	0–0	2–0	0–5
First Touch FC	12 Oct	9 Nov	24 Aug		18 May	1–0	24 Sep	21 Mar	1–1	0–0	4–1	1–2	1–0	1–4	27 Apr	31 Aug
JVW FC	0–0	25 May	17 Aug	5 Oct		30 Mar	1–1	2–1	0–0	4–0	3–2	0–2	5–1	31 Aug	9 Nov	1–0
Lindelani Ladies	1–2	17 Aug	0–1	1–4	0–4		0–2	14 Sep	0–3	3–0	31 Aug	1–6	24 Sep	9 Nov	1–3	25 May
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	7–1	5 Oct	5–1	6–0	21 Sep	7–0		8–0	4–0	5–1	9 Nov	31 Aug	1–0	2–0	8–0	17 Aug
Richmond United	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	3–0	0–5		1–2	31 Aug	2–1	9 Nov	21 Sep	25 May	17 Aug	5 Oct
Royal AM Women	31 Aug	2–0	0–0	21 Sep	14 Sep	2–1	7 Sep	28 Sep		9 Nov	3–1	21 Apr	1–1	17 Aug	5 Oct	1–1
Thunderbirds Ladies	1–4	0–0	3–3	0–3	0–5	7 Sep	28 Sep	0–2	0–5		17 Aug	25 May	14 Sep	5 Oct	1–3	0–7
TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies	4–1	2–0	28 Apr	2–3	28 Sep	1–0	1–1	25 Aug	12 Oct	3–0		0–2	7 Sep	0–3	1–1	21 Sep
TS Galaxy Queens	17 Aug	21 Sep	1–0	14 Sep	7 Sep	28 Sep	3–5	2–2	24 Aug	12 Oct	5 Oct		0–1	1–4	0–0	1–2
UFH	1–0	1–2	25 May	17 Aug	15 Jun	2–1	30 Mar	1–4	0–3	5–0	2–1	1–1		28 Sep	31 Aug	9 Nov
UJ	1–0	14 Sep	2–0	7 Sep	3–1	3–0	24 Aug	12 Oct	1–1	5–0	24 Sep	1–1	2–0		21 Sep	1–2
UP	13 Apr	3–2	7 Sep	28 Sep	0–0	24 Aug	12 Oct	2–1	2–5	15 Jun	30 Mar	24 Sep	2–1	1–2		14 Sep
UWC	4–0	7 Sep	28 Sep	7–1	24 Aug	12 Oct	1–0	1–2	6–2	24 Sep	6–1	30 Mar	4–0	1–0	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 July 2024. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Controversies

On the 20th of July the match between UWC and TS Galaxy Queens did not take place as the Galaxy Queens did not show up on time for the match.^[4]

Statistics

As of 15 July 2024

Top scorer

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Philisa Mjambane	UWC Ladies	11
1	Boitumelo Rabale	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	11
3	Thato Mofolo	UJ Ladies	10
3	Litseoane Maloro	Royal AM Women	10
5	Nthabiseng Majiya	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	9
6	Gugu Dhlamini	UJ Ladies	8
	Tanna Hollis	JVW FC
	Miche Minnies	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
	Gabriela Salgado	JVW
9	Sibulele Holweni	UWC Ladies	7
9	Thandi Rameri	Copperbelt Ladies	7
11	Busisiwe Ndimeni	TS Galaxy Queens	6
11	Mamello Makhabane	TS Galaxy Queens	6
13	Mamokgaase Senyatsi	TUT Ladies FC	5

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Kaylin Swart	JVW	7
1	Andile Dlamini	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	7
2	Dineo Magagula	TS Galaxy Queens	5
	Siphesihle Dlamini	UWC Ladies
	Matshidiso Masebe	UJ Ladies
3	Nelisiwe Mjira	Durban Ladies	4
	Kebotseng Moletsane	Royal AM
	Magabene Polori	First Touch
4	Sedilami Boseja	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	3
4	Amahle Dinwayo	UFH Ladies	3
8	Magdalena Motsabi	Richmond United	2
8	Regirl Ngobeni	UWC	2
12	Nqobile Biyela	Lindelani Ladies	1
	Yolula Tsawe	TS Galaxy Queens
	Victoria Muroa	TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies
	Thando Sitole	TUT Ladies FC

Hat-tricks

Players who scored a hat-trick during the 2024 season:^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]


Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Inge Kaba	UP Ladies	Lindelani Ladies	1-3 (A)	16 March 2024
Thandi Rameri	Copperbelt Ladies	Thunderbirds Ladies	6-1 (H)	31 March 2024
Miche Minnies	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	Lindelani Ladies	7-0 (H)	14 April 2024
Tanna Hollis	JVW	Thunderbirds Ladies	0-5 (A)	20 April 2024
Philisa Mjambane	UWC Ladies	Thunderbirds Ladies	0-7 (A)	11 May 2024
Gabriela Salgado	JVW	Thunderbirds Ladies	4-0 (H)	6 July 2024
Boitumelo Rabale	Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies	Richmond United	8-0 (H)	6 July 2024

References

^ Kganyago, Lethabo (2023-02-04). "Hollywoodbets Super League Is Back". iDiski Times. Retrieved 2024-03-15.
^ "HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE: CONFIRMED - Coal City Wizards relegated, joins Ma-Indies in the lower ranks". Centre Circle. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
^ "Lindelani and Fort Hare to fight for Sasol League Championship | soccer". SABC. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-03-11.
^ Raophala, Mauwane (2024-07-20). "Decision taken after TS Galaxy Queens fail to honour league fixture". FARPost. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
^ Newsroom, gsport (2024-03-19). "JVW, City Lads and Copperbelt Ladies Make Inroads as Sundowns Maintain HWBSL Log Lead". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ Kganyago, Lethabo (2024-04-01). "New Leaders In HWBSL". iDiski Times. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
^ Kganyago, Lethabo (2024-04-15). "Sundowns Score Seven To Return To The Top". iDiski Times. Retrieved 2024-04-20.
^ M, Lonwabo (2024-07-09). "Hat-Trick Queens Boitumelo Rabale and Gabriela Salgado Light Up Week 19 of HBSL". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

[1] Kganyago, Lethabo (2023-02-04). "Hollywoodbets Super League Is Back". iDiski Times. Retrieved 2024-03-15.

[2] "HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE: CONFIRMED - Coal City Wizards relegated, joins Ma-Indies in the lower ranks". Centre Circle. 2023-10-30. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

[3] "Lindelani and Fort Hare to fight for Sasol League Championship | soccer". SABC. 2023-10-21. Retrieved 2024-03-11.

[4] Raophala, Mauwane (2024-07-20). "Decision taken after TS Galaxy Queens fail to honour league fixture". FARPost. Retrieved 2024-07-21.

[5] Newsroom, gsport (2024-03-19). "JVW, City Lads and Copperbelt Ladies Make Inroads as Sundowns Maintain HWBSL Log Lead". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-03-21. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[6] Kganyago, Lethabo (2024-04-01). "New Leaders In HWBSL". iDiski Times. Retrieved 2024-04-01.

[7] Kganyago, Lethabo (2024-04-15). "Sundowns Score Seven To Return To The Top". iDiski Times. Retrieved 2024-04-20.

[8] M, Lonwabo (2024-07-09). "Hat-Trick Queens Boitumelo Rabale and Gabriela Salgado Light Up Week 19 of HBSL". gsport4girls. Retrieved 2024-07-15.

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