2021 Colombian Women's Football League

Last updated
Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor
Season2021
Dates10 July – 12 September 2021
Champions Deportivo Cali (1st title)
Copa Libertadores Femenina Deportivo Cali
Santa Fe
Matches played56
Goals scored150 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer Catalina Usme (12 goals)
Biggest home win La Equidad 5–1 Llaneros
(22 July)
América de Cali 4–0 Real Santander
(2 August)
Biggest away win Atl. Bucaramanga 0–8 América de Cali
(24 August)
Highest scoring Atl. Bucaramanga 0–8 América de Cali
(24 August)
2020
2022

The 2021 Colombian Women's Football League (officially known as the Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor 2021 for sponsorship purposes) was the fifth season of Colombia's top-flight women's football league. The season started on 10 July and ended on 12 September 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Deportivo Cali won their first title in the competition, defeating the defending champions Santa Fe in the double-legged final series by a 6–3 aggregate score. [3]

Format

On 29 April 2021, the División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano (DIMAYOR) confirmed the format for the 2021 Liga Femenina season, following a meeting of its Board of Competition. For this season the league would have 12 teams competing, which were split into three groups of four where they would play each other in a double round-robin tournament. The top two teams in each group as well as the two best third-placed teams would advance to the quarter-finals, with the winners advancing to the semi-finals. The winners of each semi-final would qualify for the finals to decide the champions. All rounds in the knockout stage would be played on a home-and-away, double-legged basis. The champions and runners-up qualified for the 2021 Copa Libertadores Femenina. [4]

Due to the withdrawal of Cortuluá, DIMAYOR announced changes to the competition format on 17 June 2021. The remaining 11 clubs were split into two groups, one of which would be made up of six teams and the other one containing five teams. Teams would play each one of the teams in their group twice (once at home and once away), with teams in group A having two bye matchdays for a total of 10 matches. The top two teams in each group advanced to the semi-finals, with their winners playing the final. [5] [6]

Teams

12 DIMAYOR affiliate clubs were originally expected to take part in the competition with their women's teams. Out of the 13 clubs that competed in the previous season, neither Deportivo Pasto nor Junior fielded a team in this edition, whilst Cortuluá were to return to the competition. [1] However, on 8 June 2021 Cortuluá withdrew from the competition owing to financial reasons, with which the number of participant clubs went down to 11. [5]

Stadia and locations

GroupTeamCityStadium
A Fortaleza Chía Villa Olímpica
La Equidad Bogotá Metropolitano de Techo
Llaneros Villavicencio Bello Horizonte
Millonarios Bogotá Nemesio Camacho El Campín
Santa Fe
B América de Cali Cali Pascual Guerrero
Atlético Bucaramanga Bucaramanga Alfonso López
Atlético Nacional Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Deportivo Cali Palmira Deportivo Cali
Independiente Medellín Medellín Atanasio Girardot
Real Santander Piedecuesta Villa Concha

First stage

The first stage started on 10 July and consisted of one group of five teams and one group of six. It ended on 29 August with the top two teams from each group advancing to the knockout stage.

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification SFE EQU MIL FOR LLA
1 Santa Fe 8611188+1019Advance to knockout stage 3–23–02–03–1
2 La Equidad 8332116+5121–01–12–05–1
3 Millonarios 825198+1110–00–02–23–0
4 Fortaleza 8233811392–31–01–12–1
5 Llaneros 80266191322–40–01–20–0
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification CAL NAC AME DIM RSA BUC
1 Deportivo Cali 10640166+1022Advance to knockout stage 1–11–03–01–03–1
2 Atlético Nacional 10631147+7210–02–32–12–12–0
3 América de Cali 106222510+15202–21–12–44–02–0
4 Independiente Medellín 105141612+4161–10–20–13–13–0
5 Real Santander 102088191161–20–10–20–23–1
6 Atlético Bucaramanga 1000103282500–20–10–80–21–2
Source: Dimayor
Rules for classification: 1) Points, 2) Goal difference, 3) Goals for, 4) Away goals for, 5) Away goals against, 6) Yellow cards, 7) Red cards, 8) Drawing of lots.

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals Finals
          
Atlético Nacional 0 1 1
Santa Fe 1 2 3
Santa Fe 1 2 3
Deportivo Cali 4 2 6
La Equidad 1 0 1
Deportivo Cali 2 2 4

Semi-finals

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Atlético Nacional 1–3 Santa Fe 0–11–2
La Equidad 1–4 Deportivo Cali 1–20–2

First leg

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) La Equidad 1–2 Deportivo Cali Bogotá
13:00
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Report
Stadium: Metropolitano de Techo
Referee: María Victoria Daza
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) Atlético Nacional 0–1 Santa Fe Medellín
15:05 Report
Stadium: Atanasio Girardot
Referee: Viviana Muñoz

Second leg

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) Deportivo Cali 2–0
(4–1 agg.)
La Equidad Palmira
10:00
Report Stadium: Deportivo Cali
Referee: Vanessa Reales
4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) Santa Fe 2–1
(3–1 agg.)
Atlético Nacional Bogotá
20:10
Report
Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Yessica Villadiego

Finals

Santa Fe 1–4 Deportivo Cali
Report
Estadio El Campín, Bogotá
Referee: Mariana Quintero

Deportivo Cali 2–2 Santa Fe
Report
Estadio Deportivo Cali – Myriam Guerrero, [7] Palmira
Attendance: 11,250
Referee: María Victoria Daza

Deportivo Cali won 6–3 on aggregate.

Top scorers

RankNameClubGoals
1 Flag of Colombia.svg Catalina Usme América de Cali12
2 Flag of Paraguay.svg Fany Gauto Santa Fe7
3 Flag of Colombia.svg Heidy Mosquera Real Santander6
Flag of Venezuela (state).svg Joemar Guarecuco América de Cali
Flag of Colombia.svg Manuela Pavi Deportivo Cali
6 Flag of Colombia.svg Linda Caicedo Deportivo Cali5
7 Flag of Colombia.svg Ivonne Chacón Santa Fe4
Flag of Colombia.svg María Fernanda Agudelo Atlético Nacional
Flag of Colombia.svg Yisela Cuesta Atlético Nacional
Flag of Colombia.svg María Morales Deportivo Cali

Source: Fémina Fútbol

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Así se jugará la Liga Femenina BetPlay 2021" (in Spanish). AS Colombia. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  2. "Liga Femenina 2021 entra en acción: América vs. DIM, subirán el telón" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  3. "¡Cali, campeón de Liga Femenina 2021! Se impuso en la serie a Santa Fe" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  4. "CONCLUSIONES DE LA JUNTA DE COMPETENCIA – LIGA FEMENINA BETPLAY DIMAYOR 2021" (in Spanish). División Mayor del Fútbol Colombiano. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 "Cortuluá, el primer equipo que se baja de la Liga Femenina 2021" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  6. "Cambios en la Liga Femenina 2021 por equipo que se retira" (in Spanish). La FM. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  7. "Estadio Deportivo Cali Myriam Guerrero: homenaje en final femenina" (in Spanish). Futbolred. 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.