Football league season
The 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season was the inaugural season of the top-flight women's football league in Mexico. The season is contested by sixteen teams, being the counterpart women's teams of the men's league, Liga MX. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP were the two teams who do not field a women's team.
Format
The Liga MX Femenil season is split into two championships: the Torneo Apertura (or opening tournament) and the Torneo Clausura (or closing tournament). Each in contested in an identical format and includes the same sixteen teams. The Apertura started on July 29, 2017 and ended in November 2017 [1] while the Clausura (or closing tournament) runs from January 5-May 5, 2018.[2]
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
The following sixteen teams are competing this season. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP are the two teams who do not field a women's team.
Stadiums and locations
Locations of clubs for the 2016–17 Liga MX season
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
Format
The teams will be divided into two groups of eight, where the best two of each group will advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.[3][4]
Torneo Apertura
Regular season
Standings
Table
Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b The two best teams of each group advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.
Group 1
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) Drawing of lots
Group 2
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) Drawing of lots
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 8, but then postponed and played between days 11 and 12, it will be added to the standings for day 12.
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2017. Source: Liga MX
Results
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX Femenil
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source: Liga MX Femenil
Hat-tricks
4 Player scored four goals
Best XI
Source: LIGA MX Femenil
Liguilla – Apertura
Bracket
Semifinals
- First leg
- Second leg
Guadalajara won 6–4 on aggregate
Pachuca won 4–3 on aggregate
Final
- First leg
- Second leg
Guadalajara won 3–2 on aggregate
Torneo Clausura
The Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season.
Regular season
Standings
Table
Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ a b The two best teams of each group advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla.
Group 1
Source: Liga MX Femenil
(A) Advance to a further round
Group 2
Source: Liga MX Femenil
(A) Advance to a further round
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.
Source: Liga MX
Results
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX Femenil
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Source: Liga MX Femenil
Liguilla – Clausura
Bracket
Semifinals
- First leg
- Second leg
UANL won 4–2 on aggregate
Monterrey won 4–1 on aggregate
Finals
- First leg
- Second leg
4–4 on aggregate. UANL won on penalty kicks.
References
- ^ "Liga MX Femenil rompe el molde con histórico debut".
- ^ "El calendario del Clausura 2018 de la Liga MX Femenil | FOX Sports". FOX Sports (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-04-16. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- ^ "Liga MX Femenil ya tiene calendario y formato de juego".
- ^ http://administrador.ligamx.net/docs/Reglamentos/Competencia/8_LIGA_MX_FEMENIL/02_Reglamento_de_Competencia_LIGA_MX_Femenil_2017-2018.pdf [dead link]
- ^ "Chivas remonta ante América en ida de semifinales de Liga MX femenil" [Chivas goes up against América in the semifinal round of the Liga MX]. La Jornada en línea (in Spanish). 4 November 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "LIGA MX Femenil - Página Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Fútbol Profesional".
External links
- Official website of Liga MX Femenil
