2003–04 National First Division

The 2003–04 National First Division was the 8th season of the National First Division, the second tier of South African soccer.

National First Division

Season	2003–04
Champions	Bush Bucks (Coastal) Bloemfontein Celtic (Inland)
Promoted	Bush Bucks, Bloemfontein Celtic
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

It consisted of two streams, an Inland stream of 16 teams, and a Coastal stream of 14 teams. Fourteen teams were relegated as a result of the 2004–05 National First Division combining the two streams into a single national league.^[1][2]

The Coastal stream was won by Bush Bucks and the Inland stream by Bloemfontein Celtic, with both earning promotion to the 2004–05 Premier Soccer League.^[3]

Coastal stream

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bush Bucks (C, P)	26	16	7	3	48	26	+22	55	Promoted to 2004–05 Premier Soccer League
2	Avendale Athletico	26	14	5	7	47	36	+11	47
3	Durban Stars	26	12	6	8	38	27	+11	42
4	FC Fortune	26	12	5	9	51	30	+21	41
5	Vasco Da Gama	26	11	8	7	40	35	+5	41
6	Maritzburg United	26	12	4	10	38	36	+2	40
7	Basotho Tigers	26	12	4	10	39	30	+9	40
8	Uthukela	26	11	5	10	44	39	+5	38
9	Park United (R)	26	10	6	10	32	29	+3	36	Relegation to 2004–05 SAFA Second Division
10	Rainbow Stars (R)	26	10	6	10	40	41	−1	36
11	Maritzburg City (R)	26	9	8	9	41	33	+8	35
12	Premier United (R)	26	10	2	14	42	40	+2	32
13	African Wanderers (R)	26	5	2	19	24	63	−39	17
14	Blackburn Rovers (R)	26	4	0	22	22	81	−59	12

Source: ^[4]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Inland stream

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bloemfontein Celtic (C, P)	30	22	4	4	63	22	+41	70	Promoted to 2004–05 Premier Soccer League
2	Free State Stars	30	19	3	8	48	29	+19	60
3	Pietersburg Pillars	30	17	7	6	50	28	+22	58
4	Bloemfontein Young Tigers	30	18	4	8	46	24	+22	58
5	Mabopane Young Masters	30	15	5	10	47	38	+9	50
6	Winners Park	30	14	7	9	44	39	+5	49
7	Dangerous Darkies	30	13	6	11	42	32	+10	45
8	Tembisa Classic	30	12	9	9	45	37	+8	45
9	Dobsonville All Nations (R)	30	12	8	10	47	40	+7	44	Relegation to 2004–05 SAFA Second Division
10	Welkom Stars (R)	30	12	6	12	39	38	+1	42
11	Ledwaba Power Stars (R)	30	12	2	16	36	47	−11	38
12	Peoples Bank Spurs (R)	30	8	12	10	37	35	+2	36
13	FC Sporting (R)	30	6	6	18	30	59	−29	24
14	Sporting (R)	30	5	8	17	20	56	−36	23
15	Alexandra United (R)	30	4	6	20	23	44	−21	18
16	City Sharks (R)	30	3	3	24	22	71	−49	12

Source: ^[4]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated