The 2009–10 Vodacom League

Vodacom League

Vodacom League, sometimes also referred to as Vodacom Promotional League, was founded in 1998 as the current Second Division and the overall third tier of South African football . The competition is regulated by SAFA, and sponsored by mobile telecommunications company Vodacom...

season took place in South Africa between the months of August and April. The season was scheduled to begin and end, one month earlier than normal, due to the country's 2010 FIFA World Cup preparation. The league is the third tier of South African football, and is divided geographically into 5 divisions in the Coastal Stream and 4 divisions in the Inland Stream.

Eastern Cape Province

	Club
1	Blackburn Rovers	30	23	3	4	65	21	44	72
2	Tornado	30	20	6	4	52	25	27	66
3	Bush Bucks Bush Bucks F.C. (2007) Bush Bucks F.C. is a South African association football club. The club was founded in 2007 by former Bush Bucks F.C. owner Sturu Pasiya when he purchased a license to participate in the Vodacom League from Lion City FC....	30	18	7	5	66	19	47	61
4	O.R. Tambo D.C.	30	15	7	8	43	24	19	52
5	Young Stars	30	13	7	10	37	42
46
6	Bay Academy	30	11	9	10	32	32	0	42
7	Royals	30	11	8	11	38	33	5	41
8	Hotspurs (new name: Matta Milan)	30	10	8	12	38	41
38
9	Tembu Royals	30	10	8	12	29	33
38
10	Manchester United	30	10	7	13	38	51
37
11	Cloud 9	30	10	6	14	28	41
36
12	Mthata Liverpool	30	9	5	16	24	43
32
13	Matat Professionals	30	6	11	13	30	45
29
14	The Guys (new name: Buffalo FC Buffalo (South Africa) FC Buffalo is an association football club based in the Southernhood suburb of East London, in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The club was founded in June 2006, and during their first four years, they played in SAB Regional League, the fourth level of South African football... )	30	5	12	13	32	46
27
15	Mighty Greens	30	6	6	18	35	61
24
16	African Juventus	30	4	8	18	31	61
20

Leaving for 2010-11: Blackburn Rovers (promoted), African Juventus (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: Happy Brothers (promoted), Kokstad Liverpool (promoted).

Free State Province

	Club
1	Roses United Roses United F.C. Roses United is a semi-professional association football club, based in the Bayswater suburb of Bloemfontein, in the Free State province of South Africa...	30	26	4	0	73	15	58	82
2	Maluti Fet College	30	22	6	2	69	25	44	72
3	Bloemfontein Young Tigers Bloemfontein Young Tigers Bloemfontein Young Tigers are a South African football club based in Bloemfontein that participates in the Vodacom League.The club was formed in 1925 and plays currently at Tempe Military Base....	30	17	6	7	50	29	21	57
4	Tower United	30	14	7	9	60	46	14	49
5	Hellas (new name: Celtic Colts)	30	13	5	12	49	39	10	44
6	Botshabelo	30	11	10	9	48	44	4	43
7	Harmony	30	12	6	12	36	29	7	42
8	Moving Spurs	30	13	2	15	40	45
41
9	Sasolburg Juventus	30	11	8	11	41	47
41
10	Mangaung City	30	11	7	12	49	60
40
11	Super Eagles	30	10	6	14	38	47
36
12	Free State Arsenal (new name: Free State Champs)	30	8	5	17	27	55
29
13	Liverpool BTX	30	7	7	16	32	44
28
14	Harrismith United	30	7	4	19	24	53
25
15	Welkom Real Hearts	30	7	3	20	26	57
24
16	Milan United	30	5	6	19	22	49
21

Leaving for 2010-11: Welkom Real Hearts (relegated), Milan United (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: Bubchu United (promoted), United All Tigers (promoted).

KwaZulu-Natal Province

	Club
1	Island	30	22	4	4	70	26	44	70
2	African Wanderers African Wanderers African Wanderers is a South African football club, based in the Chatsworth township, which is a suburb of Durban in South Africa. The club currently play in the KwaZulu-Natal province of Vodacom League, and prefer to use the SJ Smith Stadium as home venue....	30	21	5	4	61	23	38	68
3	Newcastle Sicilians	30	17	6	7	48	30	18	57
4	Amajuba United Killers	30	14	7	9	45	36	9	49
5	KwaMashu All Stars	30	13	8	9	47	36	11	47
6	Wembezi Juventus	30	14	2	14	42	41	1	44
7	Sobantu Shooting Stars	30	12	5	13	36	32	4	41
8	Rangers (new name: Real Classic)	30	11	6	13	36	37
39
9	Durban Warriors	30	10	9	11	23	25
39
10	Abaqulusi	30	10	8	12	36	48
38
11	Dundee XI Experience	30	10	7	13	42	47
37
12	Globe City (new name: Durban Stars)	30	10	7	13	35	43
37
13	Bright Stars	30	10	6	14	41	47
36
14	Maritzburg City	30	10	3	17	34	50
33
15	Brazil	30	8	8	14	29	49
32
16	Durban Stars  (will merge with Globe City)	30	2	1	27	17	72
7

Leaving for 2010-11: Brazil (relegated), Durban Stars (2nd team will dispand).

Joining for 2010-11: SAPS Callies (promoted), Gqikazi All Stars (promoted).

Northern Cape Province

	Club
1	Kakamas Sundowns	30	19	6	5	56	22	34	63
2	Wings United	30	18	8	4	61	28	33	62
3	Real Madrid Real Madrid (South Africa) Real Madrid is a semi-professional association football club, based in the Galeshewe suburb of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. The club was initially established in 1987 with the name Ipogeng Stars. As the founder and current president of the club, Andrew Seleka, was a big...	30	18	5	7	57	34	23	59
4	Olympics	30	16	7	7	51	28	23	55
5	Young Pirates	30	15	10	5	43	21	22	55
6	Steach United	30	16	6	8	59	43	16	54
7	William Prescod	30	11	9	10	49	39	10	42
8	Kakamas Juventus	30	10	12	8	57	55	2	42
9	Charlton	30	10	10	10	44	37	7	40
10	Morester Jeug	30	10	7	13	44	68
37
11	Wanderers	30	9	6	15	49	69
33
12	Kakamas Cosmos	30	7	8	15	33	48
29
13	Amalawus	30	8	5	17	28	48
29
14	Louisville Pirates	30	7	3	20	31	62
24
15	Namaqua Stars	30	4	9	17	29	42
21
16	Kuruman Rovers	30	5	3	22	34	81
18

Leaving for 2010-11: Namaqua Stars (relegated), Kuruman Rovers (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: North East Celtics (promoted), Ray Madrid (promoted).

Western Cape Province

	Club
1	Mitchells Plain United	30	21	7	2	71	25	46	70
2	Milano United	30	21	5	4	64	23	41	68
3	WP United	30	14	7	9	45	33	12	49
4	Mr Price Parkhurst (new name: Cape Town All Stars)	30	14	7	9	44	33	11	49
5	Old Mutual Academy	30	12	9	9	47	40	7	45
6	Baltic Rangers	30	11	9	10	56	44	12	42
7	Mbekweni United	30	10	9	11	35	42
39
8	Knysna Bafana	30	10	9	11	42	58
39
9	Kuils River (new name: Tygerberg)	30	10	8	12	32	35
38
10	Ajax Cape Town U19	30	10	7	13	52	54
37
11	Battswood	30	11	4	15	34	37
37
12	Royal Blues	30	10	6	14	36	55
36
13	Mbekweni Cosmos (new name: Chippa United Chippa United Chippa United is a semi-professional association football club based in the Nyanga suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The club was founded in June 2010, where they bought the Castle League franchise of Mbekweni Cosmos, and hereby started out to play in Vodacom League... )	30	10	5	15	48	48	0	35
14	Steenberg United	30	9	8	13	32	36
35
15	Stellenbosch University	30	7	10	13	37	46
31
16	Briton Stars	30	4	2	24	23	89
14

Leaving for 2010-11: Stellenbosch University (relegated), Briton Stars (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: Beaufortwest City (promoted), Jomo Powers (promoted), Ikapa Sporting

Ikapa Sporting F.C.

Ikapa Sporting is a football club based in Cape Town, South Africa. They currently play in the Western Cape Province of Vodacom League. The home venue of the club was Erica Park until May 2010, followed by a season where they opted to play home games at Wynberg Sports Ground and Ruyterwacht Sports...

 (relegated).

Gauteng Province

	Club
1	FC AK	32	23	7	2	68	32	36	76
2	M Tigers M Tigers FC M Tigers FC is a South African football club, with the full official name Mahlangu Tigers. They are based in Tembisa, Gauteng. The club were previously known as PJ Stars Kings. In May 2007, PJ Stars Kings were deducted 15 points by SAFA for using unregistered players...	32	22	6	4	52	29	23	72
3	Soweto Panthers	32	18	8	6	59	31	28	62
4	Trabzon	32	15	8	9	48	36	12	53
5	City Tigers (new name: The Vardos)	32	15	8	9	36	35	1	53
6	Highlands Park Highlands Park FC Highlands Park F.C. was an association football club in Johannesburg , that existed from November 1959 to February 1983. In 1971, Highlands Park FC merged together with Powerlines FC from Nigel -a city located 61 km southeast of Highlands North in Johannesburg, and also playing in the top...	32	13	10	9	38	32	6	49
7	Bid Boys	32	12	10	10	53	47	6	46
8	Lusitano (new name: Blackpool)	32	14	4	14	28	35
46
9	Yebo Yes United	32	11	7	14	46	40	6	40
10	African All Stars	32	10	9	13	52	53
39
11	Arcadia Shepherds Arcadia Shepherds F.C. Arcadia Shepherds are a South African football club based in Arcadia, Pretoria that currently plays in the Vodacom League.-History:The club was founded in 1903, and was briefly renamed to Arcadia United in the seasons from 1963-68...	32	10	8	14	44	48
38
12	Berea - Albion	32	7	15	10	33	37
36
13	Real Barcelona	32	9	8	15	35	45
35
14	Alexandra United	32	7	12	13	29	41
33
15	Benoni Premier United	32	7	8	17	32	60
29
16	Senaoana Blackpool	32	7	1	24	27	59
22
17	Abakah	32	6	3	23	28	48
21

Leaving for 2010-11: FC AK (promoted), Senaoana Blackpool (relegated), Abakah (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: Supersport United 2nd team (promoted), Lesedi Shooting Stars (promoted).

Limpopo Province

	Club
1	Peace Lovers	30	26	3	1	95	18	77	81
2	Limpopo United (new name: Phalaborwa Real Rovers)	30	24	4	2	75	13	62	76
3	All Nation Shining Stars (new name: Vhembe)	30	23	4	3	58	20	38	73
4	Naughty Boys	30	20	2	8	57	21	36	62
5	Baroka	30	16	6	8	59	28	31	54
6	Dundee United (new name: Phungo All Stars)	30	13	8	9	52	42	10	47
7	The Dolphins	30	10	8	12	34	35
38
8	Mighty	30	11	4	15	38	47
37
9	Modimolle Aces	30	10	4	16	40	45
34
10	Lephalale Young Killers	30	10	4	16	37	46
34
11	Lephalale Young Cosmos (new name: Nobela All Stars)	30	10	4	16	51	64
34
12	Fanang Diatla	30	8	5	17	26	60
29
13	Mahwelereng United (new name: Karee Young Stars)	30	7	6	17	31	73
27
14	Tebcon	30	6	3	21	25	80
21
15	Bahwiti	30	5	5	20	33	87
20
16	Z. Mathote Elephants	30	3	6	21	14	46
15

Leaving for 2010-11: Tebcon (relegated), Bahwiti (relegated), Z. Mathote Elephants (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: Blue Rocks (promoted), Maniini All Blacks (promoted), Winners Park (relegated).

Mpumalanga Province

	Club
1	Mologadi	30	21	2	7	63	20	43	65
2	Barberton City Stars	30	16	9	5	68	39	29	57
3	Secunda Stars	29	17	6	6	58	37	21	57
4	Mighty Mega Force	30	16	8	6	47	22	25	56
5	Witbank Citylads (new name: Calaska)	30	15	4	11	47	43	4	49
6	Aces Academy (new name: Amazayoni)	30	13	8	9	44	27	17	47
7	Manchester (new name: Sivutsa Stars Sivutsa Stars F.C. Sivutsa Stars is a South African football club based in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga.Founded in 2009, Stars managed promotion to the National First Division in 2011 by finishing second at the Vodacom League play-offs.... )	30	12	8	10	46	43	3	44
8	Benfica	29	11	10	8	41	38	3	43
9	ELB Movers (new name: Mbombela United)	30	11	3	16	37	46
36
10	Middleburg Mighty Saints	30	10	5	15	42	50
35
11	MP Highlanders	30	10	5	15	32	60
35
12	Sekhukhune Lions	30	7	10	13	27	38
31
13	Enhlanzeni Barcelona (new name: Phiva Young Stars)	30	7	9	14	42	60
30
14	Henemat	30	8	4	18	34	60
28
15	Citizen	30	7	6	17	32	57
27
16	York	30	6	7	17	35	55
25

Leaving for 2010-11: Citizen (relegated), York (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: Lynville All Stars (promoted), Thabo All Stars (promoted).

North-West Province

	Club
1	Garankuwa United Garankuwa United F.C. Garankuwa United, sometimes also spelled Ga-Rankuwa United, is a semi-professional association football club based in the Garankuwa suburb of Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The club was founded -or revived- in July 2004, to play their first season in the SAFA Regional League...	30	20	6	4	72	20	52	66
2	City of Matlosana United	30	19	6	5	78	33	45	63
3	North West University	30	16	7	7	54	33	21	55
4	North West Shining Stars	30	14	10	6	44	29	15	52
5	Als Puk Tawana Als Puk Tawana Als Puk Tawana is a South African football club from the city of Potchefstroom, North West. They were founded in 1994 and currently play in the Vodacom League, the third tier of South African soccer...	30	12	11	7	66	37	29	47
6	Impala Warriors	30	10	13	7	36	38
43
7	Inter SA	30	12	6	12	42	46
42
8	RNB 54 (new name: Soshanguve Sunshine)	30	11	8	11	60	66
41
9	Kgale United (new name: Rustenburg Sea Eagles)	30	11	8	11	59	72
41
10	Klerksdorp Digagabi (new name: Real Stars)	30	10	9	11	45	41	4	39
11	Southern NW Stars	30	9	5	16	43	62
32
12	Moretele United	30	8	7	15	41	48
31
13	Mothupi Birds Utd	30	9	3	18	38	51
30
14	Oxygen	30	7	8	15	37	55
29
15	Sea Rovers	30	5	10	15	39	74
25
16	Bophirima NW Stars	30	5	7	18	31	80
22

Leaving for 2010-11: Sea Rovers (relegated), Bophirima NW Stars (relegated).

Joining for 2010-11: Mamusa United (promoted), Bakubung BK (promoted).

Playoff Stage

The 9 provincial winners were drawn into a round robin stage. The 5 Coastal stream teams and 4 Inland stream teams were put respectively into Group A and Group B. All the playoff matches were played from April 6-12, at two big stadiums in the Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga , is a province of South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Swazi, Xhosa, Ndebele and Zulu. Mpumalanga lies in eastern South Africa, north of KwaZulu-Natal and bordering Swaziland and Mozambique. It constitutes 6.5% of South Africa's land area...

 region: Themba Senamela Stadium in Mhluzi, Middelburg

Middelburg, Mpumalanga

Middelburg is a large farming and industrial town in the South African province of Mpumalanga.Middelburg was established as Nasareth, , in 1864 by the Voortrekkers on the banks of the Klein Olifants River. The name was changed in 1872 to Middelburg to mark its situation midway between the Transvaal...

 and Ackerville Stadium

Ackerville Stadium

Ackerville Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Witbank, Mpumalanga, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Calaska F.C. who play in the Vodacom League....

 in eMalahleni. The respective winners of the two groups, would both gain promotion to the National First Division

National First Division

The National First Division is the second-highest league of South African club football after the Premier Soccer League . Both the NFD and PSL are organised by the National Soccer League.-For seasons in 2007-11:...

, beside of also meeting each other in a last show-off final, where only the champion honour was at stake.

Group A (Coastal)

	Club
1	Blackburn Rovers (Eastern Cape)	4	3	0	1	10	4	6	9
2	Mitchells Plain United (Western Cape)	4	2	1	1	9
5	7
3	Roses United Roses United F.C. Roses United is a semi-professional association football club, based in the Bayswater suburb of Bloemfontein, in the Free State province of South Africa...  (Free State)	4	2	1	1	9
5	7
4	Island (KwaZulu-Natal)	4	1	1	2	5
4	4
5	Kakamas Sundowns (Northern Cape)	4	0	1	3	4
1

Group B (Inland)

	Club
1	FC AK (Gauteng)	3	2	1	0	9
6	7
2	Peace Lovers (Limpopo)	3	1	2	0	6
3	5
3	Mologadi (Mpumalanga)	3	1	0	2	4
3
4	Garankuwa United Garankuwa United F.C. Garankuwa United, sometimes also spelled Ga-Rankuwa United, is a semi-professional association football club based in the Garankuwa suburb of Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The club was founded -or revived- in July 2004, to play their first season in the SAFA Regional League...  (North West)	3	0	1	2	3
1

Playoff Final

External links

• SAFA Official Website -database with results of Vodacom League