About 1st Division
Football in South Africa includes the 1st Division, a league whose data is collected here. The season on record is 2021/2022. Champions of the 1st Division 2021/2022: Richards Bay, with 54 points (14W-12D-4L). Tiklas Thutlwa (Black Leopards) finished as top scorer on 16 goals. Scoring ran at 2.0 goals per game across the 240 matches played. Home wins accounted for 37% of results, with 35% draws and 28% away wins.
Richards Bay led the 1st Division 2021/2022 on 54 points from 30 matches, 2 points clear of second place. Rounding out the top places: University of Pretoria (52) and Cape Town All Stars (46).
16 goals put Tiklas Thutlwa (Black Leopards) at the head of the scoring race. Khusa Myaba (Polokwane City, 15) and S. Hlongwa (Richards Bay, 14) follow in the chart.