Peruvian women's football championship

Peruvian women's football championship

Country	Peru
Confederation	CONMEBOL
International cup(s)	Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino
Most championships	JC Sport Girls (3)

The Peruvian women's football championship is the top level league competition for women's football in Peru that officially started in 2009. The winner qualifies for the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, the South American Champions League. The competition is organised by the Peruvian Football Federation.

Format

In the current format, which was adopted in 2008, the champions of the 9 regional leagues meet each other over one week and play out a national champion. The nine teams are put into three groups of three. Each team then has two matches. The group winners and best runners-up meet in the semi-finals. Those as well as the final is contested over one leg only.^[1] In 2012 the final tournament consisted of eight regional champions and four teams from the capital.^[2] It is played around October of the year.

List of champions

Below is the list of champions:^[3][4]

Year	Winner	Result	Runner-up
2009	White Star (Arequipa)	3–2	Estudiantes Universitarios
2010	Universidad Particular de Iquitos	5–0	Universidad San Antonio de Abad del Cusco
2011[5]	JC Sport Girls	2–1	River San Borja
2012	JC Sport Girls	2–0	Electro Oriente[6]
2013[7]	JC Sport Girls	3–0	Internacional
2014[8]	Real Maracaná	4–0	Internacional
2015[9][10]	Universitario de Deportes	7–0	Loreto
2016[11]	Universitario de Deportes	8–0	Loreto

References

1. "2011 tournament schedule". Fpf.org.pe. 28 September 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
2. maribel. "Deportivo Huanca presente en la final nacional del fútbol femenino". Prensa Regional Tu Diario más Importante de la Región Ancash. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
3. "White Star se coronó campeón del Fútbol Femenino". Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
4. "隆Campeonas!". JC Sport Girls. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
5. "JC Girls are champion" (in Spanish). Jcsportgirls.wordpress.com. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
6. "J.C. SPORT GIRLS SE CORONO CAMPEÓN NACIONAL DE FÚTBOL FEMENINO 2011". Archived from the original on February 1, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
7. "JC Sport Girls se coronó campeón nacional" (in Spanish). Ovacion.pe. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
8. "Real Maracana clasificó a la Copa Libertadores en el Fútbol Femenino" (in Spanish). Ovaciondelsur.com. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
9. "Universitario de Deportes: equipo femenino es campeón y clasificó a la Copa Libertadores" (in Spanish). depor.com. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
10. "Copa Libertadores: Equipo femenino de Universitario representará al Perú" (in Spanish). ojo.pe. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
11. "Universitario de Deportes se coronó bicampeón del fútbol femenino (Universitatio champion for second time)" (in Spanish). depor.com. 22 April 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2016. Las chicas de Universitario [...] y clasificaron a la Copa Libertadores femenina.

External links

• Peruvian Football Federation