| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dates | First stage: 29 May – 22 August Final stage (play-offs): 25 August – 4 September |
| Champions | Alianza Lima (1st title) |
| Copa Libertadores | Alianza Lima |
| Matches | 83 |
| Goals | 374 (4.51 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Adriana Lucar (23 goals) |
| Highest scoring | UTC 0–14Universitario (25 July) Sport Boys 0–14Alianza Lima (8 August) |
←2019 2022 → All statistics correct as of 29 August 2021. | |
The2021 Liga Femenina was the 23rd season of thePeruvian 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 theCOVID-19 pandemic.
Alianza Lima won their first title after defeatingUniversitario by a 1–0 score in the final. As champions, Alianza Lima qualified for the2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina.[4]
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]
13 teams played in the 2021 Liga Femenina season. In February 2020, thePeruvian 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]
| Team | Manager | City | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia Cantolao |  Vivian Ayres | Callao | Miguel Grau | 17,000 |
| Alianza Lima | Samir Mendoza | Lima | Alejandro Villanueva | 35,000 |
| Atlético Trujillo | Danny Pita | Trujillo | Mansiche | 25,000 |
| Ayacucho |  Oseas de Souza | Ayacucho | Ciudad de Cumaná | 15,000 |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | Luis Cordero | Trujillo | Mansiche | 25,000 |
| Deportivo Municipal | Rones Bernable | Lima | Iván Elías Moreno | 10,000 |
| Killas | Richard Salcedo | Lima | Andrés Bedoya Díaz | 10,000 |
| Sport Boys | Alexandra Díaz | Callao | Miguel Grau | 17,000 |
| Sporting Cristal | Olienka Salinas | Lima | Alberto Gallardo | 18,000 |
| Universidad César Vallejo | Daniel Ayudante | Trujillo | Mansiche | 25,000 |
| Universidad San Martín | Miguel Granados | Lima | Alberto Gallardo | 18,000 |
| Universitario | Juan Durand | Lima | Monumental | 80,093 |
| UTC | Edwin Arévalo | Cajamarca | Héroes de San Ramón | 18,000 |
Because of theCOVID-19 pandemic, the whole tournament was played inLima atEstadio San Marcos.[10]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alianza Lima | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 68 | 0 | +68 | 34 | Advance tosemi-finals |
| 2 | Universitario | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 2 | +60 | 34 | |
| 3 | Carlos A. Mannucci | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 35 | 11 | +24 | 25 | Advance torepechage |
| 4 | Universidad César Vallejo | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 9 | +15 | 22 | |
| 5 | Academia 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 |
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 | ||||||||
| Academia 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 |
In the final stage, if a match was tied after 90 minutes,extra time was not played and the match was decided directly by apenalty 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]
| Repechage | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Alianza Lima (p) | 1 (5) | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Universidad César Vallejo | 4 | 4 | Universidad César Vallejo | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| 5 | Academia 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 | ||||||||||||
| Academia Cantolao | 0–4 | Universidad César Vallejo |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gherson 1'Joya 25'Flores 59',90+2' |
| Carlos A. Mannucci | 2–3 | Sporting Cristal |
|---|---|---|
| Mamani 66' Bravo 78' | Report | Espejo 25',60' Jainudeen 42' |
| Alianza Lima | 1–1 | Universidad César Vallejo |
|---|---|---|
| Romero 24' | Report | Flores 22' |
| Penalties | ||
Lúcar Romero Reyes Dorador Tristán | 5–4 | Parró DávilaGálvezFloresLuque |
| 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 |
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