2013–14 National First Division

The 2013–14 National First Division was played from September 2013 until May 2014, and is the second tier of South Africa's professional football. Chippa United won the league, earning promotion to the 2014–15 Premiership.^[1] Black Leopards and Milano United finished second and third, thus qualifying for the promotion/relegation play-offs against Polokwane City, which had finished 15th in the Premiership. Polokwane City won the play-off, retaining the Premiership place. Roses United and Blackburn Rovers were relegated to the ABC Motsepe League following their 15th and 16th-place finishes.

National First Division

Season	2013–14
Champions	Chippa United
Promoted	Chippa United
Relegated	Roses United Blackburn Rovers
Matches played	240
Goals scored	595 (2.48 per match)
Average goals/game	2.47 per match
Top goalscorer	David Zulu (16)
← 2012–13 2014–15 →

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Chippa United (C, P)	30	17	7	6	54	36	+18	58	Promotion to 2014–15 South African Premiership
2	Black Leopards	30	14	8	8	53	37	+16	50	Qualification to 2013–14 PSL Playoff Tournament
3	Milano United	30	14	8	8	41	26	+15	50
4	Baroka	30	14	8	8	45	33	+12	50
5	Santos	30	11	14	5	34	25	+9	47
6	Jomo Cosmos	30	12	10	8	32	25	+7	46
7	United FC	30	11	10	9	44	30	+14	43
8	African Warriors	30	12	6	12	43	41	+2	42
9	Vasco da Gama	30	11	8	11	33	36	−3	41
10	Witbank Spurs	30	10	9	11	33	40	−7	39
11	Thanda Royal Zulu	30	9	11	10	33	41	−8	38
12	FC Cape Town	30	8	11	11	35	41	−6	35
13	Sivutsa Stars	30	7	13	10	28	36	−8	34
14	Maluti FET College	30	6	12	12	44	59	−15	30
15	Roses United (R)	30	4	11	15	22	42	−20	23	Relegation to SAFA Second Division
16	Blackburn Rovers (R)	30	4	6	20	22	48	−26	18

Source: https://thenfd.co.za/archive/201314/201314-log
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated