The Liga Mexicana de Fútbol Femenil is the top level women's
football league in the
Mexican football league system. The league was made as an attempt to help
women's football grow in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. This first nationwide league was established in 2007. Record champions are
Morelia
Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and lar ...
and Rio Soccer with four titles. Today the ''Liga'' features three divisions, the top one has always been called the Superliga.
The Superliga failed to attract big sponsors, fans and media attention basically from the start. In 2017 the
Liga MX Femenil
The Liga MX Femenil, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX Femenil for sponsorship reasons, is the highest division of women's football in Mexico. Supervised by the Mexican Football Federation, this professional league has 18 teams, each coincidin ...
was created, another and more promising try to establish a professional league. Both leagues are not connected by the league system, but the super league has lost its top division status.
One step below the Superliga is the Premier Liga and below that the Segunda Division.
Competition format
The league is played in the
Apertura and Clausura format, meaning two seasons are played each year. In the year's first half the Clausura and in the later half the Apertura. The league is divided into two groups, in 2016 for example there were 15 teams in each group. After the regular season, playoffs will be played between the best placed teams in each group. Four or eight teams advanced from each group in the past years. As of the 2016 Apertura eight teams advance from each group.
The play-offs, including the final are played in two-legs. Also in the final there is no
away goals rule applied and games tied on goals will go into extra-time.
History
On 28 September 2007, the Super Liga Femenil started with two games:
América versus
Guadalajara and Universidad de Guadalajara versus
UNAM
The National Autonomous University of Mexico ( es, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM) is a public research university in Mexico. It is consistently ranked as one of the best universities in Latin America, where it's also the bigge ...
.
Teams
SuperLiga Zona Centro
SuperLiga Zona Bajío
Premier clubs (2nd level)
Segunda División clubs (3rd level)
Champions
The list of all finals:
Titles by team
After 2017 Clausura.
See also
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Women's association football around the world
The following article gives a list of Women's association football confederations, sub-confederations and associations around the world.
For international competitions see the article ''International competitions in women's football''.
By conti ...
References
External links
limeffe.com official website
Federación Mexicana de Fútbol Asociación (Spanish)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liga Mexicana de Futbol Femenil
Women
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
Football
Sports leagues established in 2007
Professional sports leagues in Mexico