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
|Siwelele Park Stadium |1,000 |
Coal City Wizards
|Puma Stadium |24,000 |
Durban Ladies
|6,500 |
First Touch
|Baroka village |1,000 |
Golden Ladies
|Montshioa Stadium | |
JVW FC
|Wits Stadium |5,000 |
Ma-Indies Ladies
|Giyani Stadium |20,000 |
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
|51,762 |
Richmond United
|Merino Park Stadium |200 |
Thunderbirds Ladies
|Sisa Dukashe Stadium |17,000 |
TUT ladies
|TUT Stadium |2,500 |
UJ Ladies
|8,000 |
UWC Ladies
|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 |
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Goalkeeper of the Season
| UWC |
Player of the Season
| rowspan="3" | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies |
Coach of the Season |
rowspan="2" | Top goalscorer |
Nompumelelo Nyandeni
|JVW |
Young Player of the Season |
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}}