2021 Liga Femenina Explained

Competition:Liga Femenina
Season:2021
Dates:First stage:
29 May – 22 August
Final stage (play-offs):
25 August – 4 September
Winners:Alianza Lima (1st title)
Matches:83
Total Goals:374
Continentalcup1:Copa Libertadores
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Alianza Lima
League Topscorer:Adriana Lucar (23 goals)
Highest Scoring:UTC 0–14 Universitario (25 July)
Sport Boys 0–14 Alianza Lima (8 August)
Prevseason:2019
Nextseason:2022
Updated:29 August 2021

The 2021 Liga Femenina was the 23rd season of the Peruvian Peruvian Primera División Femenina (and the first one under the currently format).. The season began on 29 May and ended on 4 September with the final.[1] [2]

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

TeamManagerCityStadiumCapacity
Vivian Ayres Miguel Grau17,000
Samir Mendoza Alejandro Villanueva35,000
Danny Pita 25,000
Oseas de Souza Ciudad de Cumaná15,000
Luis Cordero Mansiche25,000
Rones Bernable Iván Elías Moreno10,000
Killas Richard Salcedo Andrés Bedoya Díaz 10,000
Alexandra Díaz Miguel Grau17,000
Alberto Gallardo18,000
Daniel Ayudante Mansiche25,000
Miguel Granados Alberto Gallardo18,000
Juan Durand Monumental80,093
Edwin Arévalo Héroes de San Ramón18,000

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

First stage

Results

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

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]

Final

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
align=center 1 Adriana LúcarAlianza Limaalign=center 23
align=center 2 Neidy Romeroalign=center 15
align=center 3 Sabrina RamírezUniversitarioalign=center 12
4 Julia MamaniCarlos A. Mannucci11
Milena TomayconsaUniversitario
align=center 6 Miryam TristánAlianza Limaalign=center 10
7 Luz CampoverdeCarlos A. Mannucci8
Xioczana CanalesUniversitario
Irina CruzAtlético Trujillo
María José ParróUniversidad César Vallejo

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FPF Y MEDIAPRO FIRMAN IMPORTANTE ACUERDO PARA TRANSMITIR POR TELEVISIÓN EN VIVO LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021. Peruvian Football Federation. 30 April 2021. es. 28 May 2021. 2 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210502174854/https://fpf.org.pe/fpf-y-mediapro-firman-importante-acuerdo-para-transmitir-por-television-en-vivo-la-liga-femenina-2021/. dead.
  2. Peruvian Football Federation. ligafemfpf. 1429941754577444865. ¡El camino a la gloria!. 23 August 2021. es.
  3. Web site: NUEVA LIGA FEMENINA 2020. Peruvian Football Federation. 22 February 2020. es. 28 May 2021. 2 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210502101233/https://fpf.org.pe/nueva-liga-femenina-2020/. dead.
  4. Web site: ALIANZA LIMA CAMPEÓN DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021. Peruvian Football Federation. 4 September 2021. es. 22 September 2021. 27 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210927233321/https://fpf.org.pe/alianza-lima-campeon-de-la-liga-femenina-2021/. dead.
  5. Web site: SE REALIZÓ SORTEO DEL FIXTURE DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021. Peruvian Football Federation. 24 May 2021. es. 28 May 2021. 25 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210525021528/https://fpf.org.pe/se-realizo-sorteo-del-fixture-de-la-liga-femenina-2021/. dead.
  6. Web site: ¿La Liga de fútbol femenino verá la luz el 2020 en Perú?. Futbolperuano.com. 13 August 2020. es.
  7. Web site: SE REALIZÓ IMPORTANTE REUNIÓN ENTRE FPF Y CLUBES DE LA LIGA FEMENINA PARA SU REACTIVACIÓN. Peruvian Football Federation. 11 December 2020. es. 28 May 2021. 3 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210203153115/https://fpf.org.pe/se-realizo-importante-reunion-entre-fpf-y-clubes-de-la-liga-femenina-para-su-reactivacion/. dead.
  8. Web site: Liga de fútbol femenino empezará en el 2021. La República. 12 December 2020. es.
  9. Web site: LIGA FEMENINA 2021: ¡PROGRAMACIÓN ACTUALIZADA!. Peruvian Football Federation. 27 May 2021. es. 28 May 2021. 27 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210527223658/https://fpf.org.pe/liga-femenina-actualizacion-de-programacion/. dead.
  10. Web site: LIGA FEMENINA 2021 SERÁ TELEVISADA EN SU TOTALIDAD POR MOVISTAR. Peruvian Football Federation. 12 May 2021. es. 28 May 2021. 15 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210615131653/https://fpf.org.pe/liga-femenina-2021-sera-televisada-en-su-totalidad-por-movistar/. dead.
  11. Peruvian Football Federation. ligafemfpf. 1429622199426686976. ¡La carrera continúa!. 22 August 2021. es.
  12. Peruvian Football Federation. ligafemfpf. 1431727766072922117. ¡La carrera por el título continúa!. 28 August 2021. es.
  13. Web site: FPF REALIZÓ CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA SOBRE LA FINAL DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021. Peruvian Football Federation. 31 August 2021. es. 2 September 2021. 2 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210902021642/https://fpf.org.pe/fpf-realizo-conferencia-de-prensa-sobre-la-final-de-la-liga-femenina-2021/. dead.