The fourth season of the premier women's football league in Mexico
Football league season
The 2020–21 Liga MX Femenil season was the fourth season of the premier women's football league in Mexico. The season began on 13 August 2020 and finished on 31 May 2021, albeit behind closed doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
After Tiburonas Rojas's disaffiliation at the end of the Apertura 2019 as well as the Monarcas Morelia's franchise change to Mazatlán F.C., the league returned to 18 teams.
Stadiums and locations
Alternate venues
- América – Cancha Centenario No. 5 (Capacity: 1,000)[3]
- Atlas – Estadio Colomos Alfredo 'Pistache' Torres (Capacity: 3,000)[4]
- Guadalajara – Verde Valle (Capacity: 800)[5]
- Monterrey – El Barrial (Capacity: 570)[6]
- Toluca – Instalaciones Metepec (Capacity: 1,000)[7]
- UANL – Instalaciones Zuazua (Capacity: 800)[8]
- UNAM – La Cantera (Capacity: 2,000)[8]
Location of the 2020–21 Liga MX Femenil teams
Location of the 2020–21 Liga MX Femenil teams in Greater Mexico City
Personnel and kits
Format
- The Liga MX Femenil season is split into two championships: the Torneo Guardianes 2020 (opening tournament) and the Torneo Guardianes 2021 (closing tournament). Each is contested in an identical format and includes the same eighteen teams.[9]
- Since 2019–20 season the teams compete in a single group, the best eight of the general table qualify to the championship playoffs.[10]
Changes
Torneo Guardianes 2020
The 2020 Torneo Guardianes is the first tournament of the season. The tournament was renamed Torneo Guardianes 2020 (stylized as Guard1anes) in honor of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The tournament began on 13 August 2020.
Regular season
Standings
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2020. Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table can qualify for the liguilla in the Apertura tournament.
Positions by Round
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2020. Source: Liga MX Femenil
- ^ a b A pending match between weeks 1 and 4
Results
Each team plays once all other teams in 17 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2020. Source: Liga MX Femenil
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Regular Season statistics
Liguilla
The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and on away goals, the higher seeded team advances.[13] In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 27 November, and the second legs were played on 30 November 2020.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 4 December, and the second legs were played on 7 December 2020.
First leg
Second leg
Final
The first leg was played on 11 December, and the second leg was played on 14 December 2020.
First leg
Second leg
Torneo Guardianes 2021
The Torneo Guardianes 2021 is the second tournament of the season. The tournament was renamed Torneo Guardianes Clausura 2021 (stylized as Guard1anes) in honor of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The tournament began on 7 January 2021.
Regular season
Standings
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2021. Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points
Notes:
- ^ The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table can qualify for the liguilla in the Apertura tournament.
Positions by Round
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2021. Source: Liga MX Femenil
- ^ a b A pending match between weeks 1 and 8
Results
Each team plays once all other teams in 17 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2021. Source: Liga MX Femenil
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Regular Season statistics
Attendance
Highest and lowest
Source: Liga MX Femenil
- ^
Does not include matches played behind closed doors.
Liguilla
The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and on away goals, the higher seeded team advances.[13] In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
Quarter-finals
The first legs will be played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 10 May 2021.
First leg
Second leg
Semi-finals
The first legs will be played on 14 May, and the second legs will be played on 17 May 2021.
First leg
Second leg
Final
The first leg was played on 24 May, and the second leg was played on 31 May 2021.
First leg
Second leg
Campeón de Campeones
On May 24, 2021, the Liga MX Owners Assembly made official the creation of the "Champion of Women's Champions", a tournament between the two winning teams of the season's tournaments made with the goal of premiering the best team in all the annual cycle of Mexican women's football.[14]
It was not played this season because UANL won both championships that were played in the year.[15]
References
- ^ Hernández, Néstor (18 December 2020). "Cruz Azul Femenil dejará Ciudad Cooperativa por la Noria". debate.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ^ "Instalaciones La Noria Cancha 1 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". www.ligafemenil.mx.
- ^ "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". www.ligafemenil.mx.
- ^ "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". www.ligafemenil.mx.
- ^ "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". www.ligafemenil.mx.
- ^ "Instalaciones Metepec - Cancha 2 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
- ^ a b "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional". www.ligafemenil.mx.
- ^ "Liga BBVA MX Femenil. Reglamento de competencia 2020–2021," (PDF). administrador.ligamx.net.
- ^ Mancilla, Sergio (10 July 2019). "Los cambios más relevantes de la Liga MX Femenil para el AP19". As.com México (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2019.
- ^ "Reacciones de periodistas tras la mudanza de Morelia". AS México. June 2, 2020.
- ^ "Se ratifican los cambios de sede, nombre y titular en Liga MX y Liga de Expansión". ESPNdeportes.com. July 8, 2020.
- ^ a b per Liga MX Femenil online 'reglamentos' 2020/2021 (QF and SF) - "De existir empate en el número de goles, la posición se definirá a favor del Club que haya anotado una mayor cantidad de goles actuando como visitante."
- ^ "Habrá campeón de campeones en Liga Mx Femenil". La Jornada. 30 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ^ Navarro, Martín (31 May 2021). "Tigres, primer Campeón de Campeones de la Liga MX Femenil" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2022.
