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Football league season

Liga Femenina
Season	2023
Dates	Regular stage: 2 April – 26 June Play-offs: 1 July – 2 September
Champions	Universitario 10th title
Relegated	Atlético Trujillo Universidad San Martín
Copa Libertadores	Universitario
Top goalscorer	Adriana Lúcar (17 goals)
← 2022 2024 →

The 2023 Liga Femenina, also known as Liga Femenina Apuesta Total 2023 for sponsorship reasons, was the 25th season of the Peruvian Peruvian Primera División Femenina, the highest level of Peruvian women's football. The season began on 1 April and ended on 2 September with the final.

Alianza Lima were the defending champions. As champions, Universitario qualified for the 2023 Copa Libertadores Femenina.

Teams

A total of 14 teams played in the 2023 Liga Femenina season, the top 11 teams that played in the previous 2022 season, plus the 2022 Copa Perú Femenina champions Melgar, the 2022 Copa Perú Femenina runner-up Defensores del Ilucán and Sporting Victoria, the winners of the promotion/relegation play-off.

Team changes

Promoted from 2022 Copa Perú Femenina	Relegated from 2022 Liga Femenina
Melgar (1st) Defensores del Ilucán (2nd)	UTC (12th) Sport Boys (13th)

Stadia and locations

Ayacucho

Defensores de Ilucan

Melgar

Sporting Victoria

Atlético Trujillo
Carlos A. Mannucci
U. César Vallejo

Alianza Lima
Cantolao
Dep. Municipal
Killas
Sporting Cristal
U. San Martín
Universitario class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2023 Liga Femenina teams

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity
Academia Cantolao	Callao	Miguel Grau	17,000
Alianza Lima	Lima	Alejandro Villanueva	35,000
Atlético Trujillo	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,000
Ayacucho	Ayacucho	Ciudad de Cumaná	15,000
Carlos A. Mannucci	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,000
Defensores del Ilucán	Cutervo	Juan Maldonado Gamarra	12,000
Deportivo Municipal	Lima	Iván Elías Moreno	10,000
Killas	Lima	Andrés Bedoya Díaz	10,000
Melgar	Arequipa	Virgen de Chapi	60,000
Sporting Cristal	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
Sporting Victoria	Iquitos	Max Augustín	24,000
Universidad César Vallejo	Trujillo	Mansiche	25,000
Universidad San Martín	Lima	Alberto Gallardo	18,000
Universitario	Lima	Monumental	80,093

Regular stage

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Universitario	13	13	0	0	62	4	+58	39	Advance to Championship play-offs
2	Alianza Lima	13	11	1	1	54	3	+51	34
3	Carlos A. Mannucci	13	10	0	3	29	14	+15	30
4	Sporting Cristal	13	7	3	3	27	12	+15	24
5	Deportivo Municipal	13	7	1	5	23	24	−1	22
6	Academia Cantolao	13	6	3	4	16	11	+5	21
7	Defensores del Ilucán	13	6	2	5	19	24	−5	20	Advance to Relegation play-offs
8	Melgar	13	5	2	6	19	33	−14	17
9	Sporting Victoria	13	4	1	8	18	20	−2	13
10	Ayacucho	13	3	4	6	17	31	−14	13
11	Atlético Trujillo	13	4	0	9	20	45	−25	12
12	Killas	13	2	3	8	14	28	−14	9
13	Universidad César Vallejo	13	1	3	9	11	30	−19	6
14	Universidad San Martín	13	0	1	12	5	51	−46	1

Source: FPF, ADFP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals for; 4) Drawing of lots.

Results

The match schedule was decided based on the draw which was held on 16 March 2023.

Home \ Away	ALI	ATR	AYA	CAN	CAM	DEF	MUN	KIL	MEL	SCR	VIC	UCV	USM	UNI
Alianza Lima		6–0						9–1	9–0	3–0		5–1	8–0
Atlético Trujillo			4–2	0–5		1–2				0–2	2–0		3–1
Ayacucho	0–0			0–2		3–3			1–2	1–0	1–3	3–0
Academia Cantolao	0–3					2–0			0–0	0–0	2–1			0–2
Carlos A. Mannucci	0–3	6–1	6–1	2–0			2–1	1–0					2–0
Defensores del Ilucán	0–3				0–2				4–0	2–2	1–0	2–1		0–7
Deportivo Municipal	0–4	2–1	2–2	2–0		3–0		2–1					4–0
Killas		1–3	2–2	0–1		0–1					2–0		4–0
Melgar		5–3			1–2		3–1	1–1					3–1	0–8
Sporting Cristal					2–1		7–1	4–1	2–0			4–0		0–1
Sporting Victoria	0–1				1–2		0–2		4–2	2–2		1–0		1–2
Universidad César Vallejo		3–2			1–2		1–2	1–1	1–2					1–5
Universidad San Martín			0–1	1–4		0–4				0–2	1–5	1–1
Universitario	1–0	10–0	7–0		3–1		3–1	3–0					10–0

Source: FPF, ADFP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Championship play-offs

In the championship play-offs, teams ranked 1st and 2nd in the regular stage started with 2 and 1 extra points respectively. Points earned during the regular stage did not carry over during the hexagonal.

Hexagonal table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UNI	ALI	CAM	CRI	MUN	CAN
1	Universitario	5	4	0	1	13	4	+9	14	Advance to semi-finals				2–0	6–0	3–0
2	Alianza Lima	5	4	0	1	17	5	+12	13		4–1				3–1	8–0
3	Carlos A. Mannucci	5	3	1	1	5	1	+4	10		0–1	2–0		1–0
4	Sporting Cristal	5	2	0	3	7	6	+1	6			1–2				3–0
5	Deportivo Municipal	5	1	1	3	4	13	−9	4				0–0	1–3
6	Academia Cantolao	5	0	0	5	1	18	−17	0				0–2		1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 2023. Source: FPF

Bracket

The semi-final matchups were:

SF1: Hexagonal 1st place vs. Hexagonal 4th place
SF2: Hexagonal 2nd place vs. Hexagonal 3rd place

Semifinals					Finals

1	Universitario	4	3	7

4	Sporting Cristal	1	0	1
					Universitario	0	2	2

					Alianza Lima	1	0	1
2	Alianza Lima	1	2	3

3	Carlos A. Mannucci	0	0	0

Semi-finals

In the semi-finals, if a match was level at the end of normal 90 minutes playing time, extra time was not played and a penalty shoot-out was used to determine the winners.

First leg

12 August 202313:00

Carlos A. Mannucci	0–1	Alianza Lima
		Sashenka Porras 47'

Estadio Mansiche, TrujilloReferee: Juber Barboza 13 August 202310:30

Sporting Cristal	1–4	Universitario
Karen López 16'		Scarleth Flores 21' Stephanie Lacoste 48' Nahomi Martínez 62' Luz Campoverde 72'

La Florida, Lima

Second leg

19 August 202313:00

Alianza Lima	2–0	Carlos A. Mannucci
Heidy Padilla 8' Yoshira Tacilla 90'

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima 20 August 202313:00

Universitario	3–0	Sporting Cristal
Cindy Novoa 44' Scarleth Flores 74' Xioczana Canales 90+1'

Estadio Monumental, Lima

Finals

27 August 202318:00

Alianza Lima	1–0	Universitario
Heidy Padilla 24'	Report

Estadio Alejandro Villanueva, Lima 2 September 202319:00

Universitario	2–0	Alianza Lima
Lacoste 75' Luz Campoverde 80'	Report

Estadio Monumental, LimaAttendance: 42,107Referee: Bruno Pérez

Relegation play-offs

In the relegation play-offs, teams ranked 13th and 14th in the regular stage started with 1 and 2 less points respectively. Points earned during the regular stage did not carry over during the play-offs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	UCV	DEF	VIC	ATR
1	Universidad César Vallejo	6	4	1	1	9	8	+1	13			2–1	3–2	2–1
2	Defensores del Ilucán	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12		4–0		3–0	3–1
3	Sporting Victoria	6	3	1	2	9	8	+1	10		0–0	2–1		3–0
4	Atlético Trujillo	6	0	0	6	4	14	−10	−1	Relegation to 2024 Liga de Ascenso Femenina	0–2	1–2	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 2023. Source: FPF

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MEL	KIL	AYA	USM
1	Melgar	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13			3–2	4–1	3–1
2	Killas	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11		0–0		5–1	4–2
3	Ayacucho	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6		0–1	0–2		3–2
4	Universidad San Martín	6	1	1	4	8	16	−8	2	Relegation to 2024 Liga de Ascenso Femenina	2–1	0–0	1–6

Updated to match(es) played on 2023. Source: FPF

Top scorers

Rank	Name	Club	Goals
1	Adriana Lúcar	Alianza Lima	17
2	Luz Campoverde	Universitario	15
3	Alondra Vílchez	Sporting Cristal	12
4	Yomira Tacilla	Alianza Lima	11
5	Nahomi Martínez	Universitario	11
6	Stephanie Lacoste	Universitario	11

References

Primera División Femenina (Peru) seasons

Amateur era, 1996–2019
Lima & Callao	1996 1997 1998 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
National	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

Professional era, 2020–present
National	~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Football in Peru

Federación Peruana de Fútbol

National teams

League system

Current

Defunct

Domestic cups

Current	Copa LFP - FPF
Defunct	Copa Bicentenario Supercopa Peruana Copa Federación (2012) Torneo del Inca Torneo Intermedio (1993) Torneo Plácido Galindo (1989) Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Copa Presidente de la República (1970) Campeonato de Apertura (ANA) Torneo Interligas (1928) Copa de Campeones del Perú (1919)

Friendly cups

Defunct	Torneo Extraoficial (1936) Copa Ciudad de Trujillo Copa El Gráfico-Perú Copa Callao Supercopa Movistar (ADFP)

Youth

Current	Liga Sub-18
Defunct	Torneo de Promoción y Reserva Copa Generación (2021)

Women's

Current	Liga Femenina Liga de Ascenso Femenina
Defunct	Campeonato Sudamericano de Fútbol Femenino (2000)

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