The 2020–21
Liga MX Femenil
Liga MX Femenil, also known as Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league and the highest level of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, Federación Mexicana d ...
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
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because of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
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)
* Atlas – Estadio Colomos Alfredo 'Pistache' Torres (Capacity: 3,000)
* Guadalajara – Verde Valle (Capacity: 800)
* Monterrey – El Barrial (Capacity: 570)
* Toluca – Instalaciones Metepec (Capacity: 1,000)
* UANL – Instalaciones Zuazua (Capacity: 800)
* UNAM – La Cantera (Capacity: 2,000)
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.
*Since 2019–20 season the teams compete in a single group, the best eight of the general table qualify to the championship playoffs.
Changes
*This season witnessed the debut of
Mazatlán F.C., the team that replaced
Monarcas Morelia after the franchise's relocation to
Mazatlán, Sinaloa.
*During the hiatus caused by the pandemic, the league saw five coaching changes.
Carla Rossi left
Tijuana
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to coach for
Querétaro
Querétaro, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Querétaro, 18 municipalities. Its capital city is Querétaro Cit ...
.
Frankie Oviedo replaced her as head coach of the Xolas.
Édgar MejÃa
Édgar Eduardo MejÃa Viruete (born 27 July 1988) also known as ''El Chore'', is a Mexican former professional Association football, footballer and former Manager (association football), manager of Liga MX Femenil club C.D. Guadalajara (women), G ...
now heads the
Chivas, while
Rigoberto Esparza leads
Atlético San Luis
Club Atlético de San Luis is a Mexican professional football club based in San Luis PotosÃ. It competes in the Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football.
Founded in 2013, replacing the defunct club of the city ( San Luis FC) after its re ...
.
Miguel Javid Hernández is
Mazatlán
Mazatlán () is a city in the Mexican list of states of Mexico, state of Sinaloa. The city serves as the municipal seat for the surrounding , known as the Mazatlán Municipality. It is located on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast across from th ...
's inaugural coach.
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 COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
The virus was confirmed to hav ...
. The tournament began on 13 August 2020.
Regular season
Standings
Positions by Round
Results
Each team plays once all other teams in 17 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.
Regular Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Sourc
Liga MX Femenil
Hat-tricks
(H) – Home; (A) – Away
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
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...
. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and on
away goals
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
, the higher seeded team advances.
[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."] 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
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
Quarter-finals
The first legs were played on 27 November, and the second legs were played on 30 November 2020.
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Semi-finals
The first legs were played on 4 December, and the second legs were played on 7 December 2020.
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Final
The first leg was played on 11 December, and the second leg was played on 14 December 2020.
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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 COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
The virus was confirmed to hav ...
. The tournament began on 7 January 2021.
Regular season
Standings
Positions by Round
Results
Each team plays once all other teams in 17 rounds regardless of it being a home or away match.
Regular Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Sourc
Liga MX Femenil
Hat-tricks
(H) – Home; (A) – Away
Attendance
Highest and lowest
Source
Liga MX Femenil
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
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly kn ...
. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and on
away goals
The away goals rule is a method of tiebreaking in association football and other sports when teams play each other twice, once at each team's home ground. Under the away goals rule, if the total goals scored by each team are equal, the team that ...
, the higher seeded team advances.
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
The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...
.
Quarter-finals
The first legs will be played on 7 May, and the second legs were played on 10 May 2021.
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Semi-finals
The first legs will be played on 14 May, and the second legs will be played on 17 May 2021.
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Final
The first leg was played on 24 May, and the second leg was played on 31 May 2021.
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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.
It was not played this season because
UANL won both championships that were played in the year.
References
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2020–21 in Mexican football
Liga MX Femenil seasons