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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.

Planned to be held in 2020, 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.

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.

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.

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. 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.

On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Real Apurímac decided to withdraw from the tournament, reducing the teams to 13.

Stadia and locations

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 the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole tournament was played in Lima at Estadio San Marcos.

First stage

Standings

Results

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

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, except for the final where extra time and penalty shoot-out would be used to decide the winner if necessary.

• All match times listed are PET (UTC−5).

Bracket

Repechage

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'

Semi-finals

Alianza Lima	1–1	Universidad César Vallejo
Romero 24'	Report	Flores 22'
Penalties
Lúcar Romero Reyes Dorador Tristán	5–4	Parró Dávila Gálvez Flores Luque

Universitario	1–0	Sporting Cristal
Flores 77'	Report

Final

Alianza Lima	1–0	Universitario
Romero 13'	Report

Top scorers

As of 4 September 2021

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

References

1. "FPF Y MEDIAPRO FIRMAN IMPORTANTE ACUERDO PARA TRANSMITIR POR TELEVISIÓN EN VIVO LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
2. Peruvian Football Federation (23 August 2021). "¡El camino a la gloria!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
3. ^ "NUEVA LIGA FEMENINA 2020" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 22 February 2020. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
4. "ALIANZA LIMA CAMPEÓN DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 4 September 2021. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
5. ^ "SE REALIZÓ SORTEO DEL FIXTURE DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 24 May 2021. Archived from the original on 25 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
6. "¿La Liga de fútbol femenino verá la luz el 2020 en Perú?" (in Spanish). Futbolperuano.com. 13 August 2020.
7. "SE REALIZÓ IMPORTANTE REUNIÓN ENTRE FPF Y CLUBES DE LA LIGA FEMENINA PARA SU REACTIVACIÓN" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 11 December 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
8. "Liga de fútbol femenino empezará en el 2021" (in Spanish). La República. 12 December 2020.
9. "LIGA FEMENINA 2021: ¡PROGRAMACIÓN ACTUALIZADA!" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 27 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
10. "LIGA FEMENINA 2021 SERÁ TELEVISADA EN SU TOTALIDAD POR MOVISTAR" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 12 May 2021. Archived from the original on 15 June 2021. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
11. Peruvian Football Federation (22 August 2021). "¡La carrera continúa!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
12. Peruvian Football Federation (28 August 2021). "¡La carrera por el título continúa!" (Tweet) (in Spanish) – via Twitter.
13. "FPF REALIZÓ CONFERENCIA DE PRENSA SOBRE LA FINAL DE LA LIGA FEMENINA 2021" (in Spanish). Peruvian Football Federation. 31 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 2 September 2021.

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