Hollywoodbets and the South African Football Association (SAFA) wrapped up the 2022 Super League season with a celebration of excellence awards for those who shone during the year.
This was at a glittering ceremony held at the Sandton Convention Centre on Saturday, 3 December.
The event was attended by, among others, president of the South African Football Association (SAFA) Dr Danny Jordaan, SAFA COO Lydia Monyepao, Banyana Banyana head coach Desiree Ellis, Indira Albuquerque of Hollywoodbets and Enrique Suay of La Liga.
Head coach of Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Jerry Tshabalala and midfielder Boitumelo Rabale were the big winners on the evening – smiling all the way to the bank with R50 000 (fifty-thousand-rand) each.
Tshabalala, who led Banyana Ba Style to their third league trophy in a row, beat off a strong challenge of Thinasonke Mbuli, (head coach of the University of the Western Cape- UWC), and Lucky Sibiya (head coach of the Tshwane University of Technology – TUT).
Kappa, as Tshabalala is fondly known, won this season’s title with eight games to spare.
He also won the award last season.
Sundowns Ladies continued to shine on the night when the hard-working Rabale was crowned the 2022 league Player of the Year as she was chosen ahead of teammate and last season’s winner Bambanani Mbane, as well as TUT’s Busi Ndimeni.
With an educated left foot, the Lesotho international scored 23 goals coming from midfield – and was top of the scoring charts at her club
It was some of her crucial strikes that saw Sundowns Ladies dictate terms again this season retain their league title.
Richmond United forward Nthabiseng Majiya was named the 2022 Young Player of the Year for the second time in a row.
She took the title ahead of teammate Michelle Sampson and JVW’s Cimone Sauls.
Majiya’s exploits helped the Northern Cape side to seventh position on the table after finishing 11th in 2021.
In July this year she was also part of the Banyana Banyana squad that lifted the CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title for the first time ever.
Majiya scored the solitary goal that saw South Africa defeat neighbours Botswana in the group stages at the tournament.
Captain of JVW Nompumelelo Nyandeni walked away with the Top Goal Scorer award after netting 30 goals.
She was also the winner in the same category last season but shared the accolade with Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies forward Andisiwe Mgcoyi after they both found the back of the net 27 times.
Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies’ Katlego Moletsane’s heroics in goals were enough for her to lift the Goalkeeper of the Year accolade, beating off a strong challenge of Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Sedilame Boseja and UWC’s Regirl Ngobeni – the latter two are both senior national team players for Botswana and South Africa respectively.
Celtic Ladies finished sixth on the table, with UWC taking second place.
Hloniphile Msezane walked away with the Referee of the Year award while Amogelang Msiza scooped the Assistant Referee of the Year accolade.
Thanks to the partnership with Hollywoodbets, La Liga announced that all the winners will travel to Spain for a La Liga experience as part of the added prize. This was revealed by Enrique Suay, who represents the Spanish League in South Africa.
Also at the awards, Sundowns Ladies were officially handed their winners cheque of two-million rand for their efforts.
Banyana ba Style amassed 82 points, 14 more than runners up UWC.
This is also the highest number of points Sundowns Ladies have ever achieved since the inception of the elite women’s league three years ago.
The Brazilians also scored an impressive 126 goals – beating their nearest challenger, fourth-placed JVW, by 44.
Sundowns Ladies were stingy at the back, conceding only 13 – same as UWC.
FULL LIST OF AWARD WINNERS:
Player of the Season: Boitumelo Rabale (Sundowns Ladies)
Coach of the Season: Jerry Tshabalala (Sundowns Ladies)
Young Player of the Season: Nthabiseng Majiya (Richmond United)
Goalkeeper of the Season: Katlego Moletsane (Bloem Celtic Ladies)
Top Goalscorer: Nompumelelo Nyandeni (JVW)
Referee of the Season: Hloniphile Msezane
Assistant Referee of the Season: Amogelang Msiza
2022 HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE PRIZE-MONEY BREAKDOWN:
- Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies Champions R2m
- UWC Runners-up: R1m
- TUT R500K
- JVW R400K
- UJ Ladies R300K
- Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies R100K
- Richmond United R100K
- Ma-Indies Ladies R100K
- First Touch FC R100K
- Durban Ladies FC R100K
- Thunderbirds Ladies R100K
- City Lads Ladies R100K
- Coal City Wizards R100K
- Vasco da Gama R100K
- Golden Ladies RELEGATED R50K
- Tsunami Queens RELEGATED R50K
2022 vs 2021 HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE FINISH
- Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (Champions in 2021)
- UWC (3rd in 2021)
- TUT (2nd in 2021)
- JVW (4th in 2021)
- UJ Ladies (9th in 2021)
- Bloemfontein Celtic Ladies (6th 2021)
- Richmond United (11th in 2021)
- Ma-Indies Ladies (8th in 2021)
- First Touch FC (5th in 2021)
- Durban Ladies (10th in 2021)
- Thunderbirds Ladies (7th in 2021)
- City Lads Ladies (promoted from Sasol League in 2021)
- Coal City Wizards (12th in 2021)
- Vasco da Gama (promoted from Sasol League in 2021)
- Golden Ladies (13th in 2021) – RELEGATED IN 2022
- Tsunami Queens (14th in 2021) – RELEGATED IN 2022
2022 HOLLYWOODBETS SUPER LEAGUE SEASON IN NUMBERS
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | ||||
| 1 | Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies (C) | 30 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 13 | 113 | 82 | ||
| 2 | UWC | 30 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 55 | 13 | 42 | 68 | ||
| 3 | TUT Football Club | 30 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 75 | 33 | 42 | 65 | ||
| 4 | JVW FC | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 82 | 33 | 49 | 60 | ||
| 5 | University of JHB FC | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 59 | 41 | 18 | 51 | ||
| 6 | Bloem Celtic Ladies | 30 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 22 | 15 | 51 | ||
| 7 | Richmond United | 30 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 63 | 51 | 12 | 48 | ||
| 8 | Ma-Indies Ladies | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 42 | 45 | -3 | 47 | ||
| 9 | First Touch FC | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 48 | -20 | 38 | ||
| 10 | Durban Ladies FC | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 32 | 45 | -13 | 37 | ||
| 11 | Thunderbirds Ladies | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 50 | -10 | 35 | ||
| 12 | City Lads | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 36 | 75 | -39 | 29 | ||
| 13 | Coal City Wizards | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 34 | 63 | -29 | 23 | ||
| 14 | Vasco da Gama | 30 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 31 | 66 | -35 | 22 | ||
| 15 | Golden Ladies (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 27 | 107 | -80 | 13 | ||
| 16 | Tsunami Queens FC (R) | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 15 | 77 | -62 | 10 | ||
By Matlhomola Morake
