2022 SAFA Women's League
{{Short description|2022 Women's Football league season}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Use South African English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox football league season
| image =
| pixels = 200px
| competition = SAFA Women's League
| season = 2022
| dates = 23 April 2022 - 26 November 2022
| matches = 240
| total goals = 689
| best player = Boitumelo Rabale
| league topscorer = Nompumelelo Nyandeni
(30 goals)
| best goalkeeper = Katlego Moletsane
| winners = Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (5th title)
| promoted = University of Pretoria
Copperbelt Ladies
| relegated = Tsunami Queens
Golden Ladies
| continentalcup1 = 2023 COSAFA Women's Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Mamelodi Sundowns
| updated = 20 October 2023
| extra information =
| prevseason = 2021
| nextseason = 2023
}}
The 2022 SAFA Women's League was the 3rd season of the fully-professional SAFA Women's League, and the 14th 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 14 teams from the 2021 competition were two squads promoted from the Provincial league: Vasco Da Gama (since renamed to the TS Galaxy Queens), and City Lads. No teams were relegated after the previous season, per the expansion plan announced at league launch in 2019, however, relegation would commence with the end of this 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 2022 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=-33.899
|long=25.595 |label=City Lads}}
{{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 Ladies}}
{{location map~ |South Africa
|lat=-25.753333
|long=28.222778 |label=Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies}}
{{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}}
{{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}}
{{location map~ |South Africa |lat=-33.918861
|long=18.423300 |label=Vasco da Gama }}
{{Location map~ |South Africa
|mark=TransparentPlaceholder.png |marksize=1 |lat=-33.15 |long=27.6 | label=Johannesburg teams
JVW FC
UJ
Coal City Wizards }}}}
class="wikitable sortable"
|+ !Team !Location !Stadium !Capacity |
Bloemfontein Celtic
|Siwelele Park Stadium |1,000 |
City Lads
|Issac Wolfson Stadium |10,000 |
Coal City Wizards
|Puma Stadium |24,000 |
Durban Ladies
|6,500 |
First Touch F.C.
|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
|TUT Stadium |2,500 |
UJ
|8,000 |
UWC
|2,500 |
Vasco Da Gama
|2,000 |
Table
{{Updated|20 October 2023}}
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL|source=[https://inqaku.com/leagues/view?season_id=6241&stream_id=-1 Hollywoodbets Super League 2022]
| team1 =MDS
| team2 =UWC
| team3 =TUT
| team4 =JVW
| team5 =UJ
| team6 =BLC
| team7 =RCU
| team8 =MAI
| team9 =FT
| team10=DBL
| team11=TBL
| team12=CL
| team13=CCW
| team14=VDG
| team15=GDL
| team16=TSQ
|update=complete
| win_BLC=13 | draw_BLC=12 | loss_BLC=5 | gf_BLC=37 | ga_BLC=22
| win_CL=8 | draw_CL=5 | loss_CL=17 | gf_CL=36 | ga_CL=75
| win_CCW=7 | draw_CCW=2 | loss_CCW=21 | gf_CCW=34 | ga_CCW=63
| win_DBL=11 | draw_DBL=4 | loss_DBL=15 | gf_DBL=32 | ga_DBL=45
| win_FT=10 | draw_FT=8 | loss_FT=12 | gf_FT=28 | ga_FT=48
| win_GDL=3 | draw_GDL=4 | loss_GDL=23 | gf_GDL=27 | ga_GDL=107
| win_JVW=19 | draw_JVW=3 | loss_JVW=8 | gf_JVW=82 | ga_JVW=33
| win_MAI=14 | draw_MAI=5 | loss_MAI=11 | gf_MAI=42 | ga_MAI=45
| win_MDS=27 |draw_MDS=1 | loss_MDS=2 | gf_MDS=126 |ga_MDS=13
| win_RCU=15 | draw_RCU=3 | loss_RCU=12 | gf_RCU=63 | ga_RCU=51
| win_TBL=10 | draw_TBL=5 | loss_TBL=15 | gf_TBL=40 | ga_TBL=50
| win_TUT=19 |draw_TUT=8 |loss_TUT=3 |gf_TUT=75 |ga_TUT=33
| win_TSQ=2 | draw_TSQ=4 | loss_TSQ=24 | gf_TSQ=15 | ga_TSQ=77
| win_UWC=20 | draw_UWC=8 | loss_UWC=2 | gf_UWC=55 | ga_UWC=13
| win_UJ=15 | draw_UJ=6 | loss_UJ=9 | gf_UJ=59 | ga_UJ=41
| win_VDG=6 | draw_VDG=4 | loss_VDG=20 | gf_VDG=31 | ga_VDG=66
|result1=CCL |result15=POT |result16=REL
| name_BLC= Bloem Celtic Ladies
| name_CL= City Lads
| name_CCW= Coal City Wizards
| name_DBL= Durban Ladies
| name_FT= First Touch
| name_GDL= Golden Ladies (R)
| 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 (R)
| name_UJ = UJ Ladies
| name_UWC= UWC Ladies
| name_VDG= Vasco da Gama
| res_col_header=QR
| col_CCL=green1 |text_CCL=Champions League Qualifiers
| col_POT=red2 |text_POT=Play-offs
| col_REL=red1 | text_REL= Relegation
}}
(C) Champion ; (P/O) Play-offs; (R) Relegated
Awards
The awards are also sponsored by Hollywoodbets and were held at the end of the season.
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Award
!Winner !Club |
---|
Goalkeeper of the Season |
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 |
Referee of the Season |
Assistant of Referee of the Season |
Nompumelelo Nyandeni claimed her second top goal scorer award and was crowned the South African Football Journalists’ Association’s (Safja) Women’s Footballer of the Year.{{Cite news |title=Nyandeni crowned Safja Women's Footballer of the Year |url=https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/soccer/2023-03-22-nompumelelo-nyandeni-named-football-journalists-womens-player-of-the-year/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230323062848/https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/sport/soccer/2023-03-22-nompumelelo-nyandeni-named-football-journalists-womens-player-of-the-year/ |archive-date=2023-03-23 |access-date=2025-01-07 |work=SowetanLIVE |language=en-ZA}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{SAFA Women's League}}
{{Women's soccer in South Africa}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:SAFA Women's League}}