Primera División Femenina (Peru)

Metropolitan women's football championship

Like the men's tournament, the Peruvian Primera División Femenina began on a regional and amateur basis. In 1996^[1][5][6] the Peruvian female football competitions started with the creation of the "Campeonato Metropolitano de Fútbol Femenino" (Metropolitan women's football championship) organized by the Peruvian Football Federation and played with sport clubs from Lima and Callao. The champion of this first edition was the team of Club Universitario who repeated the achievement the following year, resulting in the first two-time championship. In 1999 the Sporting Cristal also became two-time champion by getting the titles of 1998 and 1999. Later, the team of Club Universitario obtained the first three-time championship in the history of Peruvian women's soccer by winning the 2001, 2002 and 2003 titles.^[7]

Campeonato Sudamericano Interclubes de Fútbol Femenino

In 2000, the FPF organized an unofficial international tournament called the Campeonato Sudamericano Interclubes de Fútbol Femenino, in which teams from Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela participated.^[8][9]

Women's football national championship

In 2008 the Peruvian Football Federation modified the competition scheme to give it a national scope, setting the tournament in three fases: provincial, regional and national. With this new competition format, the tournament was renamed "Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Femenino" (women's football national championship), and incorporated the former tournament (Campeonato Metropolitano de Fútbol Femenino) as the Region IV (Lima & Callao) of its regional stage.

Since 2009 the champion qualifies for the Copa Libertadores Femenina.^[10] the first champion under this new format was the team of White Star. That same year, the Peruvian Football Federation and the FIFA agreed to incorporate representatives of the Women's football Championship into the FPF Bases Assembly, thus granting them greater participation in the decisions of the governing body of Peruvian football^[11] In 2012 the team of JC Sport Girls became three-times champion,^[12] while in 2016 the team of Club Universitario de Deportes won the tri-championship for the second time.^[13] As of 2017, the Peruvian Football Federation decided to accommodate its calendar to that of Conmebol so that the local women's tournaments would not intersect with the development of the Copa Libertadores Femenina. Until that time, the tournament schedule had no relation to the annual calendar; that is, the national championship of one year was defined the following year.^{[citation needed]}

Liga Femenina

In 2020 the Peruvian Football Federation decides to professionalize women's football for which it issues Resolution No. 014-2020-FPF^[14] that provides for "strengthening the traditional National System of Women's football Championships, hereinafter referred to as FPF Liga Femenina".^[15] The first season was expected to take place in 2020,^[16] but was delayed until 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, this new format was resumed and it was played under the name of FPF Liga Femenina and under the auspices of the private television network Movistar TV.^[17] In the 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 seasons the title was won by the Alianza Lima club, while in 2023 it was won by Universitario, which thus achieved its tenth championship.

Domestic

Currently, the season is played in two stages: First stage and Final stage (Playoffs). The First stage is played under a single round-robin format with the 12 teams playing each other once. The Final stage is contested by teams ranked 1st to 6th in the First stage, with teams ranked 1st and 2nd directly qualified for semifinals and teams ranked 3rd to 6th qualified for a previous qualifying round or repechage to reach the semifinals. Winners of semifinals play the final to decide the national champion.^{[citation needed]}

South American qualification

The Copa Libertadores Femenina is held annually in South America, and Peru is granted one berth in the competition, which is awarded to the season’s champion.

Sponsorship

The Peruvian First Division is currently sponsored by Apuesta Total, with the official sponsorship name being Liga Femenina Apuesta Total.

2023–present

Stadia and locations

Defensores de Ilucan

UNSAAC

Flamengo

Melgar

D. Yanapuma

Atl. Andahuaylas

Carlos A. Mannucci

Alianza Lima
Killas
Sporting Cristal
Universitario

Locations of the 2026 Liga Femenina teams

Total titles won by club

Apertura and Clausura seasons