2021 SAFA Women's League

{{Short description|2021 Women's Football league season}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}

{{Use South African English|date=November 2023}}

{{Infobox football league season

| image =

| pixels = 200px

| competition = SAFA Women's League

| season = 2021

| dates = 24 Apr 2021 - 5 Dec 2021

| matches = 182

| total goals = 577

| best player = Bambanani Mbane

| league topscorer = Andisiwe Mgcoyi (27 goals)
Nompumelelo Nyandeni (27 goals)

| best goalkeeper = Regirl Ngobeni

| winners = Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (4th title)

| promoted = City Lads

Vasco Da Gama

| continentalcup1 = COSAFA Women's Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

| updated = 13 November 2023

| extra information =

| prevseason = 2019-20

| nextseason = 2022

}}

The 2021 SAFA Women's League was the 2nd season of the fully-professional SAFA Women's League, and the 13th season of nation-wide league competition in women's club football in South Africa.{{cite web

| date=16 May 2021

| title=SAFA Announce New Sponsor For National Women's Soccer League

| url=http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/local/categories/south-africa/safa-announce-new-sponsor-for-national-women-s-soccer-league/699292|website=Soccer Laduma

}}

Teams

=Team changes=

Joining the 12 teams from the inaugural 2019-20 competition were the two finalists from the 2019 Sasol League National Championship: JVW and Ma-Indies Ladies. No teams were relegated after the previous season per the expansion plan announced at the league launch in 2019; relegation would commence at the end of the 2022 season.{{cite web |title=National Women's Football League takes flight under stormy conditions |url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2019-08-23-national-womens-football-league-takes-flight-under-stormy-conditions/ |website=Daily Maverick |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=11 October 2023}}

=Stadiums and locations=

{{location map+|South Africa|float=right|width=440|caption=Location of teams in 2021 SAFA WOMEN'S LEAGUE |places={{location map~ |South Africa |mark=Blue pog.svg|lat=-26.231886 |long=27.922806| label=Johannesburg|position=bottom}}

{{location map~ |South Africa

|lat=-29.087217

|long=26.154898| label=Bloem Celtic Ladies }}

{{location map~ |South Africa

|lat=-29.967442

|long=30.882959 | label=Durban Ladies}}

{{location map~ |South Africa

|lat=-24.30028

|long=28.54111 |label=First Touch }}

{{location map~ |South Africa |lat=-25.853161

|long=25.640181 |label=Golden Ladies}}

{{location map~ |South Africa |lat=-23.90449

|long=29.46885 |label=Ma-Indies}}

{{location map~ |South Africa

|lat=-25.753333

|long=28.222778 |label=Sundowns}}

{{location map~ |South Africa |lat=-31.2448

|long=23.5648 |label=Richmond United }}

{{location map~ |South Africa |lat=-32.195099

|long=28.085932 |label=Thunderbirds Ladies }}

{{location map~ |South Africa |lat=-25.72203

|long=28.252059 |label=TUT Ladies }}

{{location map~ |South Africa |lat=-28.224

|long=28.311 |label=Tsunami Queens }}

{{location map~ |South Africa

|lat=-33.894272

|long=18.629438 |label=UWC FC }}

{{Location map~ |South Africa

|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=-33.15 |long=27.6 | label=Johannesburg teams:
JVW FC
UJ FC
Coal City Wizards }}}}

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!Team

!Location

!Stadium

!Capacity

Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies

|Bloemfontein

|Siwelele Park Stadium

|1,000

Coal City Wizards

|Johannesburg

|Puma Stadium

|24,000

Durban Ladies

|Durban

|Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium

|6,500

First Touch

|Polokwane

|Baroka village

|1,000

Golden Ladies

|Johannesburg

|Montshioa Stadium

|

JVW FC

|Johannesburg

|Wits Stadium

|5,000

Ma-Indies Ladies

|Polokwane

|Giyani Stadium

|20,000

Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

|Pretoria

|Loftus versfeid stadium

|51,762

Richmond United

|Northern Cape

|Merino Park Stadium

|200

Thunderbirds Ladies

|Gqeberha

|Sisa Dukashe Stadium

|17,000

TUT ladies

|Pretoria

|TUT Stadium

|2,500

UJ Ladies

|Johannesburg

|UJ Soweto Stadium

|8,000

UWC Ladies

|Cape Town

|UWC Stadium

|2,500

Table

{{Updated|13 November 2023}}

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL|source=[https://inqaku.com/leagues/view?season_id=3519&stream_id=-1 Hollywoodbets Super League 2021]

| team1 =MDS

| team2 =TUT

| team3 =UWC

| team4 =JVW

| team5 =FT

| team6 =BLC

| team7 =TBL

| team8 =MAI

| team9 =UJ

| team10=DBL

| team11=RCU

| team12=CCW

| team13=GDL

| team14=TSQ

|update=complete

| win_BLC=12 | draw_BLC=3 | loss_BLC=11 | gf_BLC=37 | ga_BLC=39

| win_CCW=6 | draw_CCW=5 | loss_CCW=15 | gf_CCW=25 | ga_CCW=39

| win_DBL=6 | draw_DBL=8 | loss_DBL=12 | gf_DBL=36 | ga_DBL=44

| win_FT=10 | draw_FT=10 | loss_FT=6 | gf_FT=42 | ga_FT=35

| win_GDL=5 | draw_GDL=1 | loss_GDL=20 | gf_GDL=18 | ga_GDL=65

| win_JVW=16 | draw_JVW=3 | loss_JVW=7 | gf_JVW=69 | ga_JVW=29

| win_MAI=8 | draw_MAI=7 | loss_MAI=11 | gf_MAI=38 | ga_MAI=49

| win_MDS=24 |draw_MDS=1 | loss_MDS=1 | gf_MDS=87 |ga_MDS=14

| win_RCU=7 | draw_RCU=5 | loss_RCU=14 | gf_RCU=44 | ga_RCU=60

| win_TBL=10 | draw_TBL=5 | loss_TBL=11 | gf_TBL=29 | ga_TBL=40

| win_TUT=18 |draw_TUT=5 |loss_TUT=3 |gf_TUT=58 |ga_TUT=21

| win_TSQ=2 | draw_TSQ=3 | loss_TSQ=21 | gf_TSQ=21 | ga_TSQ=87

| win_UWC=15 | draw_UWC=8 | loss_UWC=3 | gf_UWC=47 | ga_UWC=16

| win_UJ=7 | draw_UJ=8 | loss_UJ=11 | gf_UJ=26 | ga_UJ=39

|result1=CCL

| name_BLC= Bloem Celtic Ladies

| name_CCW= Coal City Wizards

| name_DBL= Durban Ladies

| name_FT= First Touch

| name_GDL= Golden Ladies

| name_JVW= JVW

| name_MAI= Ma-Indies Ladies

| name_MDS= Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (C)

| name_RCU= Richmond United

| name_TBL= Thunderbirds Ladies

| name_TUT=TUT Ladies

| name_TSQ= Tsunami Queens

| name_UJ = UJ Ladies

| name_UWC= UWC FC

| res_col_header=QR

| col_CCL=green1 |text_CCL=Champions League Qualifiers

}}

(C) Champion

Awards

The awards are also sponsored by Hollywoodbets, and were held on 26 March 2022.{{cite web |last1=Malepa |first1=Tiisetso |title=Sundowns Ladies win big at inaugural Hollywoodbets Super League awards |url=https://www.timeslive.co.za/sport/soccer/2022-03-27-sundowns-ladies-win-big-at-inaugural-hollywoodbets-super-league-awards/ |website=TimesLive |access-date=13 November 2023}}

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Award

!Winner

!Club

Goalkeeper of the Season

| Regirl Ngobeni

| UWC

Player of the Season

| Bambanani Mbane

| rowspan="3" | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies

Coach of the Season

| Jerry Tshabalala

rowspan="2" | Top goalscorer

| Andisiwe Mgcoyi

Nompumelelo Nyandeni

|JVW

Young Player of the Season

| Nthabiseng Majiya

| Richmond United

Mbane was crowned the South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year.{{Cite web |last=Times |first=iDiski |date=2022-02-23 |title=Mbane Wins SAFJA Women's Footballer Of The Year |url=https://www.idiskitimes.co.za/local/mbane-wins-safja-womens-footballer-of-the-year/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=iDiski Times |language=en-US}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{SAFA Women's League}}

{{Women's soccer in South Africa}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:SAFA Women's League}}

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