2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season


The 2017–18 Liga MX Femenil season was the inaugural season of the top-flight women's football league in Mexico. The season is contested by sixteen teams, being the counterpart women's teams of the men's league, Liga MX. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP were the two teams who do not field a women's team.

Format

The Liga MX Femenil season is split into two championships: the [|Torneo Apertura] and the [|Torneo Clausura]. Each in contested in an identical format and includes the same sixteen teams. The Apertura started on July 29, 2017 and ended in November 2017 while the Clausura runs from January 5-May 5, 2018.

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

The following sixteen teams are competing this season. Of the 18 Liga MX clubs, Puebla and Lobos BUAP are the two teams who do not field a women's team.

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

Format

The teams will be divided into two groups of eight, where the best two of each group will advance to the semifinals of the [|Liguilla].

Torneo Apertura

Regular season

Standings

Table
Group 1
Group 2

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 8, but then postponed and played between days 11 and 12, it will be added to the standings for day 12.

Results

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1Lucero CuevasAmérica15
2Dayana CázaresAmérica10
2Natalia MauleónToluca10
2Desirée MonsiváisMonterrey10
5Alicia CervantesAtlas9
5Carolina JaramilloUANL9
5Berenice MuñozPachuca9
8Daniela EspinosaAmérica8
9Karime AbudUNAM7
9Belén CruzUANL7
9Katty MartínezUANL7
9Perla MoronesLeón7
9Luz RuízQuerétaro7
9Blanca SolísUANL7
9Brenda ViramontesGuadalajara7

Source:

Hat-tricks

4 Player scored four goals

Best XI

PositionNameClub
GKBlanca FélixGuadalajara
DFMiriam GarcíaGuadalajara
DFJazmín EnrigueUANL
DFNatalia MelgozaPachuca
MFArlett TovarGuadalajara
MFKarla NietoPachuca
MFTania MoralesGuadalajara
MFMónica OcampoPachuca
FWNorma Duarte PalafoxGuadalajara
FWLucero CuevasAmérica
FWDayana CazaresAmérica

Source:

Liguilla – Apertura

Bracket

Semifinals

;First leg
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;Second leg
Guadalajara won 6–4 on aggregate
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Pachuca won 4–3 on aggregate

Final

;First leg
;Second leg
Guadalajara won 3–2 on aggregate

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2018 is the second championship of the season.

Regular season

Standings

Table
Group 1
Group 2

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Results

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1Lucero CuevasAmérica15
2Desirée MonsiváisMonterrey10
3Betzy CuevasAmérica9
4Lizbeth ÁngelesPachuca8
4Viridiana SalazarPachuca8
4Leticia VázquezLeón8
7Noralí ArmentaMonterrey7
7Dayana CázaresAmérica7
7Belén CruzUANL7
7Natalia MauleónToluca7
7Carolina MirandaToluca7
7Daniela SolísMonterrey7

Source:

Liguilla – Clausura

Bracket

Semifinals

;First leg
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;Second leg
UANL won 4–2 on aggregate
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Monterrey won 4–1 on aggregate

Finals

;First leg
;Second leg
4–4 on aggregate. UANL won on penalty kicks.