2021 Liga Femenina

The 2021 Liga Femenina was the 1st season of the Peruvian Liga Femenina, the highest level of Peruvian women's football. The season began on 29 May and ended on 4 September with the final.[1][2]

Liga Femenina
Season2021
DatesFirst stage:
29 May – 22 August
Final stage (play-offs):
25 August – 4 September
ChampionsAlianza Lima (1st title)
Copa LibertadoresAlianza Lima
Matches played83
Goals scored374 (4.51 per match)
Top goalscorerAdriana Lucar (23 goals)
Highest scoringUTC 0–14 Universitario (25 July)
Sport Boys 0–14 Alianza Lima (8 August)
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 29 August 2021.

Planned to be held in 2020,[3] the inaugural season of the Liga Femenina was delayed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alianza Lima won their first title after defeating Universitario by a 1–0 score in the final. As champions, Alianza Lima qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[4]

Competition format

The season was divided into two stages: First stage and Final stage (play-offs). The First stage was played under a single round-robin format with the 13 teams playing each other once. The Final stage was contested by teams ranked 1st to 6th in the First stage, with teams ranked 1st and 2nd directly qualified for semifinals and teams ranked 3rd to 6th qualified for a previous qualifying round or repechage to reach the semifinals. Winners of semifinals played the final to decide the national champion.[5]

Teams

13 teams played in the 2021 Liga Femenina season. In February 2020, the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) invited the women's division of Liga 1 and Liga 2 clubs and all women's football clubs nationwide to participate in the first Liga Femenina with a maximum of 16 teams. Clubs had until 6 March 2020 to submit their application and were later evaluated on different criteria before being accepted.[3]

Eventually, 14 teams completed and approved the application process to play in the 2020 Liga Femenina but the tournament had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] In december 2020, FPF announced that the Liga Femenina would start in May 2021 and the 14 teams had to confirm their participation until 22 January 2021.[7][8]

On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Real Apurímac decided to withdraw from the tournament, reducing the teams to 13.[9]

Stadia and locations
Locations of the 2021 Liga Femenina teams
The Estadio San Marcos in Lima hosted the 2021 Liga Femenina matches.
Team Manager City Stadium Capacity
Alianza Lima Samir MendozaLimaAlejandro Villanueva35,000
Atlético Trujillo Danny PitaTrujilloMansiche
Ayacucho Oseas de SouzaAyacuchoCiudad de Cumaná15,000
Cantolao Vivian AyresCallaoMiguel Grau17,000
Carlos A. Mannucci Luis CorderoTrujilloMansiche25,000
Deportivo Municipal Rones BernableLimaIván Elías Moreno10,000
Killas Richard SalcedoLima
Real Apurímac José Luis BustamanteApumarca
Sport Boys Alexandra DíazCallaoMiguel Grau17,000
Sporting Cristal Olienka SalinasLimaAlberto Gallardo18,000
Universidad César Vallejo Daniel AyudanteTrujilloMansiche25,000
Universidad San Martín Miguel GranadosLimaAlberto Gallardo18,000
Universitario Juan DurandLimaMonumental80,093
UTC Edwin ArévaloCajamarcaHéroes de San Ramón18,000

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole tournament was played in Lima at Estadio San Marcos.[10]

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Alianza Lima 12 11 1 0 68 0 +68 34 Advance to semi-finals
2 Universitario 12 11 1 0 62 2 +60 34
3 Carlos A. Mannucci 12 8 1 3 35 11 +24 25 Advance to repechage
4 Universidad César Vallejo 12 7 1 4 24 9 +15 22
5 Cantolao 12 7 1 4 26 21 +5 22
6 Sporting Cristal 12 6 2 4 40 13 +27 20
7 Atlético Trujillo 12 6 0 6 22 33 −11 18
8 Deportivo Municipal 12 5 1 6 20 28 −8 16
9 Killas 12 3 4 5 16 29 −13 13
10 Ayacucho 12 3 1 8 19 43 −24 10
11 Universidad San Martín 12 3 0 9 12 50 −38 9
12 UTC 12 0 2 10 9 56 −47 2
13 Sport Boys 12 0 1 11 8 66 −58 1
Source: FPF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Drawing of lots.

Results

The match schedule was decided based on the draw which was held on 24 May 2021.[5]

Home \ Away ALI ATR AYA CAN CAM MUN KIL SBA SCR UCV USM UNI UTC
Alianza Lima — — 7–0 — — — 7–0 — — 2–0 — 0–0 7–0
Atlético Trujillo 0–10 — — — — — 3–4 3–0 1–0 1–3 4–1 0–8 —
Ayacucho — 0–1 — — 0–5 0–5 — — — — 4–2 — 9–1
Cantolao 0–4 4–1 3–0 — 0–3 1–0 — — — — — — 5–1
Carlos A. Mannucci 0–1 0–3 — — — 4–1 4–1 — — 2–0 6–1 0–2 —
Deportivo Municipal 0–4 3–2 — — — — 1–1 — 0–7 0–1 2–0 1–5 —
Killas — — 2–2 2–1 — — — 3–2 1–1 0–2 — 0–3 —
Sport Boys 0–14 — 1–2 0–7 0–6 1–4 — — — — — — 2–2
Sporting Cristal 0–3 — 9–2 1–2 1–1 — — 10–0 — — — — 3–0
Universidad César Vallejo — — 2–0 1–1 — — — 6–0 1–2 — — — 3–0
Universidad San Martín 0–9 — — 0–1 — — 2–1 3–2 1–6 0–5 — 0–9 —
Universitario — — 5–0 8–1 — — — 6–0 1–0 1–0 — — —
UTC — 0–3 — — 1–4 2–3 1–1 — — — 1–2 0–14 —
Source: FPF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final stage

In the final stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes, extra time was not played and the match was decided directly by a penalty shoot-out,[11][12] except for the final where extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.[13]

Bracket
Repechage Semi-finals Final
1 Alianza Lima (p) 1 (5)
4 Universidad César Vallejo 4 4 Universidad César Vallejo 1 (4)
5 Cantolao 0 1 Alianza Lima 1
2 Universitario 0
2 Universitario 1
3 Carlos A. Mannucci 2 6 Sporting Cristal 0
6 Sporting Cristal 3

Repechage
Cantolao0–4Universidad César Vallejo
Report Gherson 1'
Joya 25'
Flores 59', 90+2'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya
Carlos A. Mannucci2–3Sporting Cristal
Mamani 66'
Bravo 78'		 Report Espejo 25', 60'
Jainudeen 42'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Sebastián Moreno

Semi-finals
Alianza Lima1–1Universidad César Vallejo
Romero 24' Report Flores 22'
Penalties
Lúcar
Romero
Reyes
Dorador
Tristán 		5–4 Parró
Dávila
Gálvez
Flores
Luque
Attendance: 0
Referee: Gaby Oncoy
Universitario1–0Sporting Cristal
Flores 77' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Priscila Vásquez

Final
Alianza Lima1–0Universitario
Romero 13' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Elizabeth Tintaya

Top scorers
As of 4 September 2021
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Adriana Lúcar Alianza Lima 23
2 Neidy Romero 15
3 Sabrina Ramírez Universitario 12
4 Julia Mamani Carlos A. Mannucci 11
Milena Tomayconsa Universitario
6 Miryam Tristán Alianza Lima 10
7 Luz Campoverde Carlos A. Mannucci 8
Xioczana Canales Universitario
Irina Cruz Atlético Trujillo
María José Parró Universidad César Vallejo

References
  1. "FPF Y MEDIAPRO FIRMAN IMPORTANTE ACUERDO PARA TRANSMITIR POR TELEVISIÓN EN VIVO LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 30 April 2021.
  2. Peruvian Football Federation [@ligafemfpf] (23 August 2021). "¡El camino a la gloria!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  3. "NUEVA LIGA FEMENINA 2020" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 22 February 2020.
  4. "ALIANZA LIMA CAMPEÓN DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 4 September 2021.
  5. "SE REALIZÓ SORTEO DEL FIXTURE DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. "¿La Liga de fútbol femenino verá la luz el 2020 en Perú?" (in Spanish). Futbolperuano.com. 13 August 2020.
  7. "SE REALIZÓ IMPORTANTE REUNIÓN ENTRE FPF Y CLUBES DE LA LIGA FEMENINA PARA SU REACTIVACIÓN" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 11 December 2020.
  8. "Liga de fútbol femenino empezará en el 2021" (in Spanish). La República. 12 December 2020.
  9. "LIGA FEMENINA 2021: ¡PROGRAMACIÓN ACTUALIZADA!" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 27 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  10. "LIGA FEMENINA 2021 SERÁ TELEVISADA EN SU TOTALIDAD POR MOVISTAR" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 12 May 2021.
  11. Peruvian Football Federation [@ligafemfpf] (22 August 2021). "¡La carrera continúa!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  12. Peruvian Football Federation [@ligafemfpf] (28 August 2021). "¡La carrera por el título continúa!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
  13. "FPF REALIZÓ CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA SOBRE LA FINAL DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 31 August 2021.
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