2021 Colombian Women's Football League

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]

Liga Femenina BetPlay Dimayor
Season2021
Dates10 July – 12 September 2021
ChampionsDeportivo Cali (1st title)
Copa Libertadores FemeninaDeportivo Cali
Santa Fe
Matches played56
Goals scored150 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerCatalina Usme (12 goals)
Biggest home winLa Equidad 5–1 Llaneros
(22 July)
América de Cali 4–0 Real Santander
(2 August)
Biggest away winAtl. Bucaramanga 0–8 América de Cali
(24 August)
Highest scoringAtl. Bucaramanga 0–8 América de Cali
(24 August)
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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
Locations of the 2021 Liga Femenina teams
Group Team City Stadium
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SFE EQU MIL FOR LLA
1 Santa Fe 8 6 1 1 18 8 +10 19 Advance to knockout stage — 3–2 3–0 2–0 3–1
2 La Equidad 8 3 3 2 11 6 +5 12 1–0 — 1–1 2–0 5–1
3 Millonarios 8 2 5 1 9 8 +1 11 0–0 0–0 — 2–2 3–0
4 Fortaleza 8 2 3 3 8 11 −3 9 2–3 1–0 1–1 — 2–1
5 Llaneros 8 0 2 6 6 19 −13 2 2–4 0–0 1–2 0–0 —
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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAL NAC AME DIM RSA BUC
1 Deportivo Cali 10 6 4 0 16 6 +10 22 Advance to knockout stage — 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–1
2 Atlético Nacional 10 6 3 1 14 7 +7 21 0–0 — 2–3 2–1 2–1 2–0
3 América de Cali 10 6 2 2 25 10 +15 20 2–2 1–1 — 2–4 4–0 2–0
4 Independiente Medellín 10 5 1 4 16 12 +4 16 1–1 0–2 0–1 — 3–1 3–0
5 Real Santander 10 2 0 8 8 19 −11 6 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 — 3–1
6 Atlético Bucaramanga 10 0 0 10 3 28 −25 0 0–2 0–1 0–8 0–2 1–2 —
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 score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Atlético Nacional 1–3 Santa Fe 0–1 1–2
La Equidad 1–4 Deportivo Cali 1–2 0–2

First leg
1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) La Equidad 1–2 Deportivo Cali Bogotá
13:00
  • Sánchez 16'
 Report
  • Morales 78'
  • Orozco 84'
 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 EquidadPalmira
10:00
  • Medina 7'
  • Morales 24' (pen.)
 Report Stadium: Deportivo Cali
Referee: Vanessa Reales
4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) Santa Fe 2–1
(3–1 agg.)		Atlético NacionalBogotá
20:10
Report
Stadium: El Campín
Referee: Yessica Villadiego

Finals
Santa Fe1–4Deportivo Cali
  • Muñoz 30'
 Report
Referee: Mariana Quintero
Deportivo Cali2–2Santa Fe
 Report
Attendance: 11,250
Referee: María Victoria Daza

Deportivo Cali won 6–3 on aggregate.

Top scorers
Rank Name Club Goals
1 Colombia Catalina Usme América de Cali 12
2 Paraguay Fany Gauto Santa Fe 7
3 Colombia Heidy Mosquera Real Santander 6
Venezuela Joemar Guarecuco América de Cali
Colombia Manuela Pavi Deportivo Cali
6 Colombia Linda Caicedo Deportivo Cali 5
7 Colombia Ivonne Chacón Santa Fe 4
Colombia María Fernanda Agudelo Atlético Nacional
Colombia Yisela Cuesta Atlético Nacional
Colombia María Morales Deportivo Cali

Source: Fémina Fútbol

See also

References
  1. "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. "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.
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