The previous season was suspended in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Stats are from the regular phase only Source: Liga MX Femenil
The 2020–21 Liga MX Femenil season was the fourth season of the premier women's football league in Mexico. The season began on 13 August 2020 and finished on 31 May 2021, albeit behind closed doors because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Liga MX Femenil season is split into two championships: the Torneo Guardianes 2020 (opening tournament) and the Torneo Guardianes 2021 (closing tournament). Each is contested in an identical format and includes the same eighteen teams.[9]
Since 2019–20 season the teams compete in a single group, the best eight of the general table qualify to the championship playoffs.[10]
The 2020 Torneo Guardianes is the first tournament of the season. The tournament was renamed Torneo Guardianes 2020 (stylized as Guard1anes) in honor of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The tournament began on 13 August 2020.
Updated to match(es) played on 20 November 2020. Source: Liga MX Femenil Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points (C) Champions Notes:
^The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table can qualify for the liguilla in the Apertura tournament.
The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and on away goals, the higher seeded team advances.[13] In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
The Torneo Guardianes 2021 is the second tournament of the season. The tournament was renamed Torneo Guardianes Clausura 2021 (stylized as Guard1anes) in honor of the job healthcare workers have done during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. The tournament began on 7 January 2021.
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2021. Source: Liga MX Femenil Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 5) Number of goals scored away; 6) Highest relegation coefficient; 7) Fair Play points Notes:
^The first 8 places in the table qualify for the Liguilla. The last ranked team in the relegation table can qualify for the liguilla in the Apertura tournament.
Does not include matches played behind closed doors.
Liguilla
The eight best teams play two games against each other on a home-and-away basis. The higher seeded teams play on their home field during the second leg. The winner of each match up is determined by aggregate score. In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and on away goals, the higher seeded team advances.[13] In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra time and, if necessary, a penalty shoot-out.
On May 24, 2021, the Liga MX Owners Assembly made official the creation of the "Champion of Women's Champions", a tournament between the two winning teams of the season's tournaments made with the goal of premiering the best team in all the annual cycle of Mexican women's football.[14]
It was not played this season because UANL won both championships that were played in the year.[15]
^ abper Liga MX Femenil online 'reglamentos' 2020/2021 (QF and SF) - "De existir empate en el número de goles, la posición se definirá a favor del Club que haya anotado una mayor cantidad de goles actuando como visitante."