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2025 SAFA Women's League

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SAFA Women's League
Season2025
Dates2 March 2025 - 5 October 2025
Matches played63
Goals scored167 (2.65 per match)
Biggest home winMamelodi Sundowns Ladies 8-0 Royal AM Women
(23 April 2025)
Biggest away winDurban Ladies 0-8 TS Galaxy Queens
(10 May 2025)
Highest scoringUCT Ladies 2-7 UFH Ladies
(26 April 2025)
Longest winning runMamelodi Sundowns Ladies
(5 games)
Longest unbeaten runMamelodi Sundowns Ladies
(6 games)
Longest winless runRoyal AM Women
(7 games)
Longest losing runRoyal AM Women
(7 games)
2024
2026
All statistics correct as of 11 May 2025.

The 2025 SAFA Women's League, commonly known as 2025 Hollywoodbets Super League, is the sixth season of the professional SAFA Women's League, and the 17th season of nation-wide league competition in women's football in South Africa. It is the 4th season played with 16 teams.

Teams and Location

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In the 2024 season, Thunderbirds Ladies and Lindelani Ladies were relegated to the Sasol Women's League, while Sasol Women's League winners Ezemvelo and runners-ups UCT Ladies were promoted to the league.[1]

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2024 Season
City Lads New Brighton Isaac Wolfson Stadium 10,000 14th
Copperbelts Ladies Seshego Seshego Stadium 15000 12th
First Touch F.C. Polokwane Baroka Village 1000 6th
Durban Ladies Umlazi Sugar Ray Xulu Stadium 6500 13th
Ezemvelo Isipingo Princess Magogo Stadium 10000 1st in SWL
JVW F.C. Bedfordview Wits Stadium 5000 5th
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Pretoria Lucas Moripe Stadium 28,900 1st
Richmond United De Aar Merino Park Stadium 200 10th
Royal AM Women Pietermaritzburg Harry Gwala Stadium 6500 7th
TS Galaxy Queens Mbombela Solomon Mahlangu Stadium 5000 3rd
TUT Matsatsantsa Pretoria TUT Stadium 2500 11th
UCT Ladies Cape Town UCT Kopano Astroturf 500 2nd in SWL
UFH Ladies Alice Davidson Stadium 200 9th
UJ Ladies Auckland Park UJ Stadium 8000 4th
UP-Tuks Ladies Hatfield Tuks Stadium 14,150 8th
UWC Ladies Bellville UWC Stadium 2500 2nd

League table

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As of 30 June 2025
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 13 10 1 2 35 4 +31 31 COSAFA Champions League
2 TS Galaxy Queens 12 8 3 1 28 4 +24 27
3 JVW 13 8 3 2 24 12 +12 27
4 TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies 15 8 3 4 17 11 +6 27
5 University of Johannesburg 14 8 2 4 21 13 +8 26
6 University of Fort Hare 15 6 6 3 21 11 +10 24
7 Copperbelt Ladies 14 7 3 4 16 12 +4 24
8 University of the Western Cape 12 4 4 4 16 6 +10 16
9 University of Pretoria 14 4 4 6 20 24 −4 16
10 First Touch 14 3 6 5 14 17 −3 15
11 Ezemvelo 13 5 0 8 14 23 −9 15
12 City Lads 13 4 3 6 14 25 −11 15
13 University of Cape Town 13 3 3 7 11 23 −12 12
14 Royal AM Women 14 2 3 9 11 36 −25 9
15 Richmond United 12 1 4 7 9 24 −15 7 Relegation
16 Durban Ladies 13 0 4 9 6 32 −26 4
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2025. Source: [1]

Results

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Home \ Away CLD CBL DBN EZE FT JVW MSD RMU RAM TUT TSG UCT UFH UJ UP UWC
City Lads 13 Sep 16 Aug 30 Aug 2–2 15 Mar 0–6 28 Sep 4–3 1–0 1 Mar 1–2 20 Sep 0–2 3–1 6 Aug
Copperbelt Ladies 4 May 3–0 0–2 2–0 6 Sep 0–0 1–0 23 Aug 2 Aug 10 Aug 19 Mar 0–1 20 Sep 2 Mar 28 Sep
Durban Ladies FC 0–1 2–2 19 Mar 0–3 1–4 10 Aug 6 Sep 24 Sep 13 Sep 0–8 2 Aug 23 Aug 5 Oct 8 Mar 0–1
Ezemvelo 2–0 16 Aug 6 Aug 4 May 0–2 23 Aug 20 Sep 5 Oct 1–3 28 Sep 29 Mar 10 Sep 1–6 22 Mar 21 Jun
First Touch FC 24 Sep 5 Oct 30 Aug 13 Sep 5 Apr 0–2 1–1 2 Aug 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 10 Aug 1–1 12 Apr
JVW FC 21 Jun 3–0 28 Sep 3–2 6 Aug 2–1 29 Mar 30 Aug 16 Aug 2–0 31 May 2–2 4 May 1–1 20 Sep
Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 6 Sep 30 Aug 29 Mar 2–0 20 Sep 2–0 6–0 8–0 28 Sep 31 May 16 Aug 4 May 21 Jun 6 Aug 1–0
Richmond United 2–2 8 Mar 2–2 1–0 1–1 10 Aug 24 Sep 19 Mar 15 Mar 2 Aug 13 Sep 5 Oct 12 Apr 2–3 23 Aug
Royal AM Women 8 Mar 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 6 Aug 29 Mar 16 Aug 28 Sep 0–0 10 Sep 20 Sep 4 May
TUT Matsatsantsa Ladies 5 Oct 0–2 4 May 24 Sep 0–0 1–0 0–4 1–0 10 Aug 0–0 5–0 0–2 23 Aug 10 Sep 1–0
TS Galaxy Queens 3–0 29 Mar 20 Sep 3–1 21 Jun 23 Aug 5 Oct 22 Mar 5–0 6 Aug 1–0 8 Mar 2–0 4 May 10 Sep
UCT 23 Aug 6 Aug 22 Mar 10 Aug 28 Jun 5 Oct 0–2 4 May 0–0 20 Sep 24 Sep 2–7 0–1 2–1 8 Mar
UFH 0–0 24 Sep 0–0 0–1 28 Sep 2 Aug 13 Sep 3–0 15 Mar 1 Mar 1–1 30 Aug 1–0 16 Aug 29 Mar
UJ 2 Aug 1–1 3–1 2–1 29 Mar 13 Sep 15 Mar 16 Aug 3–0 0–0 30 Aug 1–0 6 Aug 28 Sep 0–5
UP 10 Aug 2–0 4–0 2 Aug 23 Aug 24 Sep 19 Mar 2–3 2–3 1–3 13 Sep 1–1 3–2 0–2 5 Oct
UWC 19 Mar 0–1 1 Mar 15 Mar 16 Aug 1–1 2 Aug 2–0 13 Sep 30 Aug 0–0 1–1 10 Aug 24 Sep 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 30 June 2025. Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes

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The league start for most teams, 12 teams, was delayed as SAFA was still in negotiations with the sponsor in March.[2][3]

Statistics

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Top Scorer

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The 2025 season top scorers:[4]

Rank Player Club Goals
1. Michelle Sampson UFH Ladies 4
Nthabiseng Majiya Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Nonhlanhla Mthandi Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Boitumelo Rabale Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies
Bonolo Mokoma JVW
5. Ayesha Moosa UJ Ladies 3
Kesha Hendricks UFH Ladies
Mamokena Menoe Tuks-UP Ladies
Gabriela Salgado JVW
2. Samkelisiwe Selana TS Galaxy Queens 2
Nompumelelo Nyandeni JVW
Boitumelo Rasehlo JVW

Most clean sheets

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2025 clean sheets:[4]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1. Andile Dlamini Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies 4
Dineo Magagula TS Galaxy Queens
3. Ntambose Chabaku TUT Matsatsantsa 3
Monnye Theledi Copperbelt Ladies
Nqobile Biyela UFH Ladies
Matshidiso Masebe UFH Ladies
8. Mapaseka Mpuru TUT Matsatsantsa 2
Magabene Polori First Touch F.C.

Hat-tricks

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Players who scored a hat-trick during the 2025 season:

Player For Against Result Date
Nonhlanhla Mthandi Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Royal AM Women 8-0 (H) 23 April 2025
Kesha Hendricks UFH Ladies UCT Ladies 2-7 (A) 26 April 2025
Mitchell Sampson UFH Ladies UCT Ladies 2-7 (A) 26 April 2025
Bonolo Mokoma JVW Copperbelt Ladies 3-0 (H) 30 April 2025
Nthabiseng Majiya Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies City Lads 0-6 (A) 30 April 2025
Tshogofatso Motlogelwa* Tshwane University of Techonology University of Cape Town 5-0 (H) 10 May 2025
Shantel Ntimane City Lads Ladies Royal AM Women 4-3 (H) 14 June 2025

References

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  1. ^ "We are not nervous about our opening match – Ezemvelo Ladies | soccer". SABC. 2025-02-19. Retrieved 2025-02-19.
  2. ^ Ntloko, Mninawa (2025-03-13). "SAFA gives update on Hollywoodbets Super League fixtures - SAFA.net". Retrieved 2025-03-21.
  3. ^ "Fran Hilton-Smith disheartened by the disruptive start into 2025 HWBSL season | soccer". SABC. 2025-03-23. Retrieved 2025-03-24.
  4. ^ a b Inqaku. "League - Hollywoodbets Super League H Super League | Inqaku". inqaku.com. Retrieved 2025-04-27.