2021 Colombian Women's Football League Explained

Competition:Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor
Season:2021
Dates:10 July – 12 September 2021
Winners:Deportivo Cali (1st title)
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores Femenina
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Deportivo Cali
Santa Fe
League Topscorer:Catalina Usme (12 goals)
Matches:56
Total Goals:150
Biggest Home Win:La Equidad 5–1 Llaneros
(22 July)

(2 August)
Biggest Away Win:
(24 August)
Highest Scoring:
(24 August)
Prevseason:2020
Nextseason:2022

The 2021 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor 2021 for sponsorship purposes) was the fifth season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 10 July and ended on 12 September 2021.[1] [2]

Deportivo Cali won their first title in the competition, defeating the defending champions Santa Fe in the double-legged final series by a 6–3 aggregate score.[3]

Format

On 29 April 2021, the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) confirmed the format for the 2021 Liga Femenina season, following a meeting of its Board of Competition. For this season the league would have 12 teams competing, which were split into three groups of four where they would play each other in a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams in each group as well as the two best third-placed teams would advance to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final would qualify for the finals to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage would be played on a home-and-away, double-legged basis. The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[4]

Due to the withdrawal of Cortuluá, DIMAYOR announced changes to the competition format on 17 June 2021. The remaining 11 clubs were split into two groups, one of which would be made up of six teams and the other one containing five teams. Teams would play each one of the teams in their group twice (once at home and once away), with teams in group A having two bye matchdays for a total of 10 matches. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals, with their winners playing the final.[5] [6]

Teams

12 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs were originally expected to take part in the competition with their women's teams. Out of the 13 clubs that competed in the previous season, neither Deportivo Pasto nor Junior fielded a team in this edition, whilst Cortuluá were to return to the competition.[1] However, on 8 June 2021 Cortuluá withdrew from the competition owing to financial reasons, with which the number of participant clubs went down to 11.[5]

Stadia and locations

GroupTeamCityStadium
AFortalezaChíaVilla Olímpica
La EquidadBogotáMetropolitano de Techo
LlanerosVillavicencioBello Horizonte
MillonariosBogotáNemesio Camacho El Campín
Santa Fe
BAmérica de CaliCaliPascual Guerrero
Atlético BucaramangaBucaramangaAlfonso López
Atlético NacionalMedellínAtanasio Girardot
Deportivo CaliPalmiraDeportivo Cali
Independiente MedellínMedellínAtanasio Girardot
Real SantanderPiedecuestaVilla Concha

First stage

The first stage started on 10 July and consisted of one group of five teams and one group of six. It ended on 29 August with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Group B

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Second leg

Finals

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Deportivo Cali won 6–3 on aggregate.

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Catalina UsmeAmérica de Calialign=center 12
align=center 2 Fany GautoSanta Fealign=center 7
3 Heidy MosqueraReal Santander6
Joemar GuarecucoAmérica de Cali
Manuela PaviDeportivo Cali
align=center 6 Linda CaicedoDeportivo Calialign=center 5
7 Ivonne ChacónSanta Fe4
María Fernanda AgudeloAtlético Nacional
Yisela CuestaAtlético Nacional
María MoralesDeportivo Cali

Source: Fémina Fútbol

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Así se jugará la Liga Femenina BetPlay 2021 . AS Colombia . 30 May 2021 . es . 29 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Liga Femenina 2021 entra en acción: América vs. DIM, subirán el telón . Futbolred . es . 8 July 2021 . 10 July 2021.
  3. Web site: ¡Cali, campeón de Liga Femenina 2021! Se impuso en la serie a Santa Fe . Futbolred . 13 September 2021 . es . 12 September 2021.
  4. Web site: CONCLUSIONES DE LA JUNTA DE COMPETENCIA – LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2021. División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano. Spanish. 29 April 2021. 30 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Cortuluá, el primer equipo que se baja de la Liga Femenina 2021. Futbolred. Spanish. 11 June 2021. 19 June 2021.
  6. Web site: Cambios en la Liga Femenina 2021 por equipo que se retira. La FM. Spanish. 18 June 2021. 19 June 2021.