2018–19 Liga MX Femenil season

The 2018–19 Liga MX Femenil season was the second season of the top-flight women's football league in Mexico. The season was contested by eighteen teams, all being the counterpart women's teams of the men's league clubs Liga MX. The season was split into two championships—the Torneo Apertura and the Torneo Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same eighteen teams. Unlike the inaugural season, all eighteen Liga MX clubs fielded a women's team.[1]

Liga MX Femenil

Season	2018–19
Champions	Apertura: América (1st title) Clausura: UANL (2nd title)
Matches played	288
Goals scored	787 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer	Apertura: Desirée Monsiváis (13 goals) Clausura: Fabiola Ibarra Isela Ojeda (7 goals)
Biggest home win	Apertura: Monterrey 8–0 Querétaro (19 August 2018) Clausura: UANL 7–1 Querétaro (7 January 2019)
Biggest away win	Apertura: Morelia 1–5 Guadalajara (20 August 2018) Morelia 1–5 UANL (29 October 2018) Necaxa 0–4 Atlas (16 November 2018) Clausura: Veracruz 0–3 Pachuca (28 January 2019) Necaxa 1–4 UANL (1 February 2019) Veracruz 0–3 Cruz Azul (21 February 2019) Necaxa 0–3 Monterrey (1 March 2019) Atlas 0–3 Monterrey (13 April 2019)
Highest scoring	Apertura: Monterrey 4–5 UANL (22 October 2018) Clausura: UANL 7–1 Querétaro (7 January 2019)
Longest winning run	Apertura: 6 matches Pachuca Clausura: 5 matches América Atlas Monterrey
Longest unbeaten run	Apertura: 16 matches UANL Clausura: 11 matches Monterrey
Longest winless run	Apertura: 15 matches Santos Laguna Clausura: 14 matches Necaxa
Longest losing run	Apertura: 7 matches Cruz Azul Clausura: 7 matches Querétaro
Highest attendance	Apertura: 37,601 UANL vs Monterrey (13 August 2018) Clausura: 30,161 UANL vs Monterrey (28 January 2019)
Lowest attendance	Apertura: 70 Veracruz vs Toluca (25 October 2018) Clausura: 125 Veracruz vs Cruz Azul (21 February 2019)
Total attendance	Apertura: 250,304 Clausura: 262,754
Average attendance	Apertura: 1,738 Clausura: 1,825
← 2017–18 2019–20 → Source: Liga MX Femenil

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

The following eighteen teams competed this season. Puebla and Lobos BUAP are fielding a team for the first time.[2]

Stadiums and locations

América	Atlas	BUAP	Cruz Azul	Guadalajara	León
Estadio Azteca	Estadio Jalisco	Estadio Universitario BUAP	Estadio 10 de Diciembre	Estadio Akron	Estadio León
Capacity: 81,070	Capacity: 55,110	Capacity: 19,283	Capacity: 14,500	Capacity: 46,232	Capacity: 31,297
Monterrey	Morelia	Necaxa	Pachuca	Puebla	Querétaro
Estadio BBVA Bancomer	Estadio Morelos	Estadio Victoria	Estadio Hidalgo	Estadio Cuauhtémoc	Estadio Corregidora
Capacity: 51,348	Capacity: 34,795	Capacity: 23,851	Capacity: 27,512	Capacity: 51,726	Capacity: 33,162
Santos Laguna	Tijuana	Toluca	UANL	UNAM	Veracruz
Estadio Corona	Estadio Caliente	Estadio Nemesio Díez	Estadio Universitario	La Cantera	Estadio Luis "Pirata" Fuente
Capacity: 29,237	Capacity: 27,333	Capacity: 31,000	Capacity: 41,886	Capacity: 2,000	Capacity: 28,703

Alternate venues

• América – Cancha Centenario No. 5[3]
• Atlas – Estadio Colomos Alfredo 'Pistache' Torres (Capacity: 3,000)[4]
• Guadalajara – Verde Valle[5]
• Monterrey – El Barrial (Capacity: 570)[6]
• UANL – Instalaciones Zuazua (Capacity: 800)[7]

Guadalajara
Atlas

Veracruz

León

UANL
Monterrey

Morelia

Necaxa

Pachuca

Puebla
BUAP

Querétaro

Santos Laguna

Tijuana

Toluca

Cruz Azul

Location of the 2018–19 Liga MX Femenil teams

América

UNAM

Location of the 2018–19 Liga MX Femenil teams in Greater Mexico City

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
América	Santiago Baños	Leonardo Cuéllar	Nike	Huawei
Atlas	Gustavo Guzmán	Fernando Samayoa	Adidas	Linio
BUAP	Juan Carlos Bozikián	José Julio Cevada	Pirma	Zurich
Cruz Azul	Guillermo Álvarez Cuevas	Hugo Santana	Under Armour	Cemento Cruz Azul
Guadalajara	Jorge Vergara	Luis Manuel Díaz	Puma	Sello Rojo
León	Jesús Martínez Murguia	Everaldo Begines	Pirma	Cementos Fortaleza
Monterrey	Duilio Davino	Héctor Becerra	Puma	AT&T
Morelia	Álvaro Dávila	Filadelfo Rangel	Pirma	Kansas City Southern de México
Necaxa	Ernesto Tinajero Flores	Fabiola Vargas	Charly	Rolcar
Pachuca	Jesús Martínez Patiño	Eva Espejo	Charly	Cementos Fortaleza
Puebla	Manuel Jiménez García	Jorge Gómez	Li-Ning	AT&T
Querétaro	Jaime Ordiales	Alberto Arellano	Puma	Banco Multiva
Santos Laguna	Alejandro Irarragorri	Jorge Macías	Charly	Soriana
Tijuana	Jorge Hank Inzunsa	Gerardo Romo	Charly	Caliente
Toluca	Francisco Suinaga	Juan Carlos Mendoza	Under Armour	Banamex
UANL	Miguel Ángel Garza	Ramón Villa Zevallos	Adidas	Cemex
UNAM	Rodrigo Ares de Parga	Ileana Dávila	Nike	DHL Express
Veracruz	Fidel Kuri Mustieles	Rodolfo Vega	Charly	Winpot

Format

• The Liga MX Femenil season is split into two championships: the Torneo Apertura (opening tournament) and the Torneo Clausura (closing tournament). Each is contested in an identical format and includes the same eighteen teams. [8]

• The teams were divided into two groups of nine, the best four of each group advancing to the quarterfinals of the Liguilla.[9]

Changes

• Due to the addition of Lobos BUAP and Puebla, this season consisted of two groups of nine teams, instead of two groups of eight.[9]
• The Liguilla (playoffs) will now consist of a quarterfinals round, as a result, eight teams (four from each group) will now qualify to the Liguilla.[9]
• This season will consist of 18 rounds (up from 14).[8]
• Morelia moved from Group 1 to Group 2.[8]
• Two teams (one from each group) will rest each round.[10]

Torneo Apertura

The Apertura 2018 regular season started on 13 July and ended on 19 November.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UANL	16	12	4	0	51	19	+32	40	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
2	Pachuca	16	12	2	2	31	14	+17	38
3	América (C)	16	11	2	3	28	12	+16	35
4	Guadalajara	16	9	4	3	30	16	+14	31
5	Monterrey	16	8	6	2	38	15	+23	30
6	Toluca	16	9	3	4	37	17	+20	30
7	UNAM[lower-alpha 2]	16	9	3	4	20	10	+10	30
8	Atlas	16	8	5	3	28	13	+15	29
9	Puebla	16	6	7	3	25	12	+13	25
10	León	16	6	4	6	20	21	−1	22
11	Querétaro	16	4	5	7	16	32	−16	17
12	BUAP	16	4	2	10	18	28	−10	14
13	Morelia	16	3	4	9	15	34	−19	13
14	Veracruz	16	3	4	9	14	35	−21	13
15	Tijuana	16	2	3	11	10	28	−18	9
16	Cruz Azul[lower-alpha 2]	16	2	2	12	12	39	−27	8
17	Santos Laguna	16	1	4	11	14	34	−20	7
18	Necaxa	16	1	4	11	5	33	−28	7

Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. The top four teams of each group advance to the quarterfinals of the Liguilla.
2. The UNAM v Cruz Azul match resulted in a 0–1 victory for Cruz Azul, but was later ruled a 3–0 victory for UNAM due to Cruz Azul aligning an assistant manager who was part of the coaching staff of another club (Puebla) this same season.[11]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pachuca	16	12	2	2	31	14	+17	38	Advance to Liguilla
2	América	16	11	2	3	28	12	+16	35
3	Toluca	16	9	3	4	37	17	+20	30
4	UNAM[lower-alpha 1]	16	9	3	4	20	10	+10	30
5	Puebla	16	6	7	3	25	12	+13	25
6	BUAP	16	4	2	10	18	28	−10	14
7	Veracruz	16	3	4	9	14	35	−21	13
8	Tijuana	16	2	3	11	10	28	−18	9
9	Cruz Azul[lower-alpha 1]	16	2	2	12	12	39	−27	8

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) Drawing of lots
Notes:

1. The UNAM v Cruz Azul match resulted in a 0–1 victory for Cruz Azul, but was later ruled a 3–0 victory for UNAM due to Cruz Azul aligning an assistant manager who was part of the coaching staff of another club (Puebla) this same season.[12]

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	UANL	16	12	4	0	51	19	+32	40	Advance to Liguilla
2	Guadalajara	16	9	4	3	30	16	+14	31
3	Monterrey	16	8	6	2	38	15	+23	30
4	Atlas	16	8	5	3	28	13	+15	29
5	León	16	6	4	6	20	21	−1	22
6	Querétaro	16	4	5	7	16	32	−16	17
7	Morelia	16	3	4	9	15	34	−19	13
8	Santos Laguna	16	1	4	11	14	34	−20	7
9	Necaxa	16	1	4	11	5	33	−28	7

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) Drawing of lots

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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
UANL	3	1	2	1	3	2	1	1	1†	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1†
Pachuca	4	3	5	4	4	5†	5	4	5	4	4	3	3	3	3†	3	2	2
América	9†	10	4	3	2	4	3	5	3	5†	5	4	6	4	4	2	3	3
Guadalajara	7	2	1	2	1	1	2†	3	4	3	2	1	2	2	2	4†	5	4
Monterrey	10†	7	7	9	9	6	6	7	6	8†	6	6	5	7	6	6	7	5
Toluca	1	8	11†	7	5	3	4	2	2	2	3	5†	4	5	5	5	4	6
UNAM	15	13†	12	13	11	7	8	6	8	7	8†	7	8	8	8	7	6	7
Atlas	12	17	14	10	6	8†	7	8	7	6	7	8	7	7	7†	8	8	8
Puebla	2	9	8	11	13	13	13†	10	10	10	11	9	9	9	9	9†	9	9
León	14	16	16	17†	17	16	15	14	11	12	13	12	12†	12	11	10	10	10
Querétaro	16	15†	13	14	12	12	11	9	9	9	10†	10	11	11	12	11	11	11
BUAP	17	11	10	6	8	10	10	11†	14	13	9	11	10	10	10	12	12†	12
Morelia	8	5	6	8	10†	11	12	13	15	15	15	15	15	15†	14	14	13	13
Veracruz	18	12	15	16†	15	14	14	15	13	11	12	13	13†	13	13	13	14	14
Tijuana	6	6	3	5	7	9	9	12	12†	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15†
Cruz Azul	11	14	17	18	18†	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18†	18	18	18	16
Santos Laguna	5	4	9	12	14	15	16	16†	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	16†	17
Necaxa	13	18	18†	15	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17†	16	16	16	16	17	18

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Last place

Source: Liga MX Femenil
Notes: † indicates team rested that round.

Results Group 1 Home \ Away AMÉ BUP CAZ PAC PUE TIJ TOL UNM VER América 2–1 3–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 BUAP 1–2 4–3 2–3 0–2 2–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 Cruz Azul 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–3 0–2 2–1 Pachuca 3–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 Puebla 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 1–1 4–0 Tijuana 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 Toluca 1–1 4–0 5–0 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 7–1 UNAM 0–2 1–0 3–0 0–3 0–0 4–1 0–0 2–0 Veracruz 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–4 0–3 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX Femenil Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2 Home \ Away ATL GUA LEÓ MON MOR NEC QUE SLA UNL Atlas 0–2 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 5–0 1–0 1–1 Guadalajara 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 León 1–2 3–5 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–3 Monterrey 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–0 4–0 8–0 2–0 4–5 Morelia 1–0 1–5 1–3 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 1–5 Necaxa 0–4 0–3 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 Querétaro 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–2 Santos Laguna 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–4 UANL 2–2 2–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 7–0 4–2 3–0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX Femenil Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Desirée Monsiváis	Monterrey	13
2	Katty Martínez	UANL	12
3	Mariel Román	Toluca	11
4	Mariela Jiménez	Puebla	9
5	Diana Evangelista	Monterrey	8
	Mónica Ocampo	Pachuca
7	Casandra Cuevas	América	7
	Yahaira Flores	Santos Laguna
	Fabiola Ibarra	Atlas
	Sanjuana Muñoz	León

Source: Liga MX Femenil

Per team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	UANL	82,576	37,601	400	10,322	+128.7%^†
2	Pachuca	31,978	7,444	2,145	3,997	−12.1%^†
3	Monterrey	25,289	17,321	235	3,161	+203.7%^†
4	Morelia	16,404	5,024	753	2,051	+41.0%^†
5	Tijuana	13,684	6,333	933	1,711	+17.0%^†
6	Guadalajara	13,108	4,439	310	1,639	+19.9%^†
7	Toluca	12,929	3,899	557	1,616	−77.6%^†
8	Atlas	8,549	5,652	163	1,069	+123.2%^†
9	León	7,307	2,047	305	913	−62.6%^†
10	Santos Laguna	7,017	1,759	421	877	−43.2%^†
11	Puebla	5,373	1,700	150	672	n/a^1
12	Querétaro	5,303	1,125	310	663	−65.6%^†
13	BUAP	4,778	935	300	597	n/a^1
14	Cruz Azul	4,701	1,213	313	588	−11.7%^†
15	UNAM	4,682	800	420	585	−7.4%^†
16	América	4,189	1,504	270	524	−72.7%^†
17	Necaxa	3,418	1,200	182	427	−52.1%^†
18	Veracruz	2,278	485	70	285	−53.3%^†
	League total	253,563	37,601	70	1,761	−13.9%^†

Updated to games played on 19 November 2018
Source: Liga MX Femenil
Notes:
Only regular season listed
1: New team.

Highest and lowest

Highest attendance					Lowest attendance
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	UANL	4–2	Querétaro	9,235	Necaxa	0–1	Santos Laguna	460
2	Pachuca	2–1	Puebla	7,444	Monterrey	4–0	Necaxa	250
3	UANL	2–2	Atlas	7,250	UNAM	2–0	Veracruz	800
4	Monterrey	0–0	Guadalajara	4,645	Atlas	5–0	Querétaro	327
5	UANL	2–2	Monterrey	37,601	Veracruz	2–2	Pachuca	365
6	Morelia	1–5	Guadalajara	5,024	Monterrey	8–0	Querétaro	325
7	UANL	4–0	Morelia	7,150	Atlas	1–0	Santos Laguna	320
8	Guadalajara	1–3	UANL	2,389	Necaxa	0–0	León	223
9	Pachuca	1–2	Toluca	3,222	Atlas	4–1	Necaxa	257
10	Pachuca	4–0	Cruz Azul	4,231	Atlas	2–0	Morelia	163
11	Guadalajara	2–0	Atlas	4,439	Necaxa	0–2	Monterrey	284
12	Pachuca	1–0	Tijuana	2,343	Monterrey	5–0	Morelia	235
13	Guadalajara	1–3	Monterrey	1,668	Cruz Azul	0–3	Toluca	319
14	Monterrey	4–5	UANL	17,321	BUAP	0–1	UNAM	300
15	UANL	7–0	Necaxa	3,215	Veracruz	2–1	BUAP	70
16	Morelia	1–5	UANL	2,101	Necaxa	0–1	Querétaro	183
17	UANL	2–1	Guadalajara	13,521	Veracruz	2–4	Toluca	98
18	Morelia	1–3	León	1,519	Necaxa	0–4	Atlas	182

Source: Liga MX

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	UANL	2	0	2
	8	Atlas	1	0	1
								1	UANL	1	4	5
								4	Guadalajara	1	2	3
	4	Guadalajara (a)	1	0	1
	5	Monterrey	1	0	1
															1	UANL	2	1	3 (1)
														3	América (pen.)	2	1	3 (3)
	2	Pachuca	1	5	6
	7	UNAM	0	1	1
								2	Pachuca	0	0	0
								3	América	0	1	1
	3	América	2	3	5
	6	Toluca	2	1	3

• The top four clubs of each group qualify
• The eight clubs who qualified will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8 based on performance in the regular season
• Teams may be re-seeded each round.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
• In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atlas	1–2	UANL	1–2	0–0
UNAM	1–6	Pachuca	0–1	1–5
Toluca	3–5	América	2–2	1–3
Monterrey	1–1 (a)	Guadalajara	1–1	0–0

First leg

21 November 2018	Toluca	2–2	América	Toluca, Estado de México
18:00	Miranda  42' Román  44'	Report	C. Cuevas  34', 72'	Stadium: Estadio Nemesio Díez Attendance: 2,815 Referee: Lizzet Amairany García

22 November 2018	Monterrey	1–1	Guadalajara	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
19:00	Bernal  6' (pen.)	Report	Monsiváis  47' (o.g.)	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer Attendance: 3,065 Referee: Guadalupe Arellano

23 November 2018	Atlas	1–2	UANL	Zapopan, Jalisco
11:00	Maldonado  87'		E. González  40' K. Martínez  65'	Stadium: Estadio Colomos Alfredo 'Pistache' Torres Attendance: 710 Referee: María Cristina Alfaro

23 November 2018	UNAM	0–1	Pachuca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
15:00		Report	Ocampo  86'	Stadium: La Cantera Attendance: 873 Referee: Francia González

Second leg

24 November 2018	América	3–1 (5–3 agg.)	Toluca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
15:00	L. Cuevas  1' Espinosa  13', 39'	Report	Román  43'	Stadium: Estadio Cancha Centenario Attendance: 810 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado

25 November 2018	Guadalajara	0–0 (1–1 agg.)	Monterrey	Zapopan, Jalisco
19:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 3,116 Referee: Priscila Pérez
Note: Tied 1–1 on aggregate. Guadalajara won on away goals

26 November 2018	Pachuca	5–1 (6–1 agg.)	UNAM	Pachuca, Hidalgo
18:00	Ocampo  41', 64' Cagigas  49' (o.g.) Salazar  76' Hernández  83'	Report	Santamaría  24'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 8,322 Referee: Karen Hernández Andrade

26 November 2018	UANL	0–0 (2–1 agg.)	Atlas	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 16,269 Referee: Katia Itzel García

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Guadalajara	3–5	UANL	1–1	2–4
América	1–0	Pachuca	0–0	1–0

First leg

30 November 2018	América	0–0	Pachuca	Coyoacán, Mexico City
15:00		Report		Stadium: Estadio Cancha Centenario Attendance: 857 Referee: Priscila Pérez

30 November 2018	Guadalajara	1–1	UANL	Zapopan, Jalisco
20:00	Viramontes  17'	Report	Cruz  33'	Stadium: Estadio Akron Attendance: 3,719 Referee: Gustavo Padilla

Second leg

3 December 2018	Pachuca	0–1 (0–1 agg.)	América	Pachuca, Hidalgo
18:00		Report	L. Cuevas  12'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 10,332 Referee: Katia Itzel García Mendoza

3 December 2018	UANL	4–2 (5–3 agg.)	Guadalajara	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00	Mercado  15' Ovalle  32' Espinoza  41' Jaramillo  90+2'	Report	Bejarano  30' Palafox  40'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 21,863 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
América	3–3 (3–1 p)	UANL	2–2	1–1

First leg

11 December 2018	América	2–2	UANL	Coyoacán, Mexico City
16:00	González  43' C. Cuevas  71'	Report	Peralta  73' (o.g.) Ovalle  85'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 33,430 Referee: Priscila Pérez

Second leg

15 December 2018	UANL	1–1 (3–3 agg.) (1–3 p)	América	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
19:00	Mercado  72' (pen.)	Report	González  45+1'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 41,121 Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado
	Penalties
	Rangel Jaramillo Antonio Cruz		Díaz García Verdugo Cuevas

Apertura 2018 winners:
América 1st title

Torneo Clausura

The Clausura 2019 is the second championship of the season. The regular season started on 4 January 2019 and will end on 24 April 2019.[13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	16	13	2	1	43	13	+30	41	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
2	América	16	12	2	2	29	10	+19	38
3	UANL (C)	16	11	3	2	36	12	+24	36
4	Pachuca	16	11	3	2	33	13	+20	36
5	Atlas	16	11	1	4	32	18	+14	34
6	Puebla	16	8	4	4	13	10	+3	28
7	León	16	7	3	6	20	24	−4	24
8	Guadalajara	16	7	2	7	17	17	0	23
9	UNAM	16	7	1	8	19	16	+3	22	Advance to Liguilla[lower-alpha 1]
10	BUAP[lower-alpha 2]	16	6	3	7	20	17	+3	21
11	Santos Laguna	16	5	3	8	19	25	−6	18
12	Veracruz	16	5	2	9	10	24	−14	17
13	Toluca	16	4	3	9	14	23	−9	15
14	Morelia	16	3	5	8	20	32	−12	14
15	Cruz Azul[lower-alpha 2]	16	3	4	9	18	27	−9	13
16	Tijuana	16	3	4	9	10	26	−16	13
17	Necaxa	16	1	4	11	9	31	−22	7
18	Querétaro	16	1	3	12	17	43	−26	6

Source: Liga MX Femenil
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of away goals scored; 5) Head-to-head results between tied teams; 6) Drawing of lots
(C) Champion.
Notes:

1. The top four teams of each group advance to the quarterfinals of the Liguilla.
2. The BUAP v Cruz Azul match resulted in a 1–1 draw, but was later ruled a 3–0 victory for BUAP due to Cruz Azul aligning three overage players on the field at the same time. Clubs are allowed to register up to four players older than 24 per match but only two can be on the field at the same time.[14]

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	América	16	12	2	2	29	10	+19	38	Advance to Liguilla
2	Pachuca	16	11	3	2	33	13	+20	36
3	Puebla	16	8	4	4	13	10	+3	28
4	UNAM	15	7	1	7	19	16	+3	22
5	BUAP	16	6	3	7	20	17	+3	21
6	Veracruz	16	5	2	9	10	24	−14	17
7	Toluca	16	4	3	9	14	23	−9	15
8	Cruz Azul	16	3	4	9	18	27	−9	13
9	Tijuana	16	3	4	9	10	26	−16	13

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) Drawing of lots

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Monterrey	16	13	2	1	43	13	+30	41	Advance to Liguilla
2	UANL	16	11	3	2	36	12	+24	36
3	Atlas	16	11	1	4	32	18	+14	34
4	León	16	7	3	6	20	23	−3	24
5	Guadalajara	16	7	2	7	17	17	0	23
6	Santos Laguna	16	5	3	8	19	25	−6	18
7	Morelia	16	3	5	8	20	32	−12	14
8	Necaxa	16	1	4	11	9	31	−22	7
9	Querétaro	16	1	3	12	17	43	−26	6

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) Drawing of lots

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.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
Monterrey	11†	6	3	4	5	2	3	2	1	3†	3	1	1	3	1	1	1	1
América	12†	7	5	5	3	5	4	4	3	4†	5	5	5	4	2	2	3	2
UANL	1	5	2	2	4	1	1	1	4†	1	1	4	4	2	3	3	2	3†
Pachuca	2	3	1	1	1	3†	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	4†	5	4	4
Atlas	3	1	4	3	2	4†	5	7	5	5	4	3	3	5	5†	4	5	5
Puebla	9	12	9	9	7	8	9†	9	9	9	9	9	9	7	6	6†	6	6
León	16	11	7	6†	9	9	7	6	7	8	8	7	7†	9	7	8	9	7
Guadalajara	5	9	11	12	8	7	8†	8	8	7	7	8	8	6	8	9†	10	8
UNAM	4	8†	6	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	6†	6	6	8	10	10	7	9
BUAP	8	2	10	8	10	10	10	10†	10	12	13	14	11	11	9	7	8†	10
Santos Laguna	6	4	8	10	11	12	11	11†	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11†	11
Veracruz	7	13	13	15†	16	17	17	15	16	14	15	13	15†	15	16	16	14	12
Toluca	10	15	14†	11	12	13	12	13	14	11	11	12†	14	14	12	12	12	13
Morelia	15	14	15	14	15†	15	16	14	15	16	16	16	16	16†	13	14	13	14
Cruz Azul	14	16	17	17	18†	16	14	16	13	13	14	15	12	12†	14	13	15	15
Tijuana	17	10	12	13	13	11	13	12	12†	15	12	11	13	13	15	15	16	16†
Necaxa	13	17	16†	16	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18†	18	18	18	18	17	17
Querétaro	18	18†	18	18	14	14	15	17	17	17	17†	17	17	17	17	17	18	18

	Leader and qualification to playoffs
	Last place

Source: Liga MX Femenil
Notes: † indicates team rested that round.

Results Group 1 Home \ Away AMÉ BUP CAZ PAC PUE TIJ TOL UNM VER América 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 3–1 0–1 4–0 BUAP 1–2 3–0 4–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 Cruz Azul 2–3 0–0 2–4 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–3 0–1 Pachuca 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 2–0 Puebla 0–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 Tijuana 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 Toluca 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 UNAM 1–2 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 3–0 0–1 2–1 Veracruz 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–3 2–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX Femenil Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group 2 Home \ Away ATL GUA LEÓ MON MOR NEC QUE SLA UNL Atlas 2–0 2–2 0–3 2–0 3–1 4–0 3–4 2–1 Guadalajara 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 León 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 Monterrey 1–0 2–1 4–1 5–0 5–1 6–1 3–2 0–1 Morelia 1–3 0–1 2–3 3–4 3–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 Necaxa 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–4 Querétaro 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–4 Santos Laguna 0–2 3–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–3 UANL 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–0 7–1 2–0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Liga MX Femenil Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fabiola Ibarra	Atlas	7
	Isela Ojeda	Santos Laguna
3	Lizbeth Ángeles	Monterrey	6
	Aylín Aviléz	Monterrey
	Ana Paola López	Pachuca
	Katty Martínez	UANL
	Desirée Monsiváis	Monterrey
	Sanjuana Muñoz	Pachuca
	Edna Santamaría	UNAM

Source: Liga Mx Femenil

Per team

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	UANL	86,476	30,161	10,810	10,810	+4.7%^†
2	Monterrey	52,520	24,465	415	6,565	+107.7%^†
3	Pachuca	28,425	12,351	1,567	3,553	−11.1%^†
4	Toluca	11,904	6,323	483	1,488	−7.9%^†
5	León	10,308	4,975	424	1,289	+41.2%^†
6	Morelia	10,136	3,513	768	1,267	−38.2%^†
7	Guadalajara	9,434	2,395	230	1,179	−28.1%^†
8	Santos Laguna	8,079	1,764	615	1,010	+15.2%^†
9	Tijuana	7,062	2,033	433	883	−5.4%^†
10	América	6,255	1,454	480	782	+49.2%^†
11	Atlas	5,320	1,400	185	665	−37.8%^†
12	BUAP	4,696	1,350	234	587	−1.7%^†
13	Cruz Azul	4,395	913	337	549	−6.6%^†
14	Necaxa	4,389	1,170	315	549	+28.6%^†
15	Querétaro	4,286	1,107	244	536	−19.2%^†
16	Puebla	3,851	829	250	481	−28.4%^†
17	UNAM	3,196	673	149	400	−31.6%^†
18	Veracruz	2,023	485	125	253	−11.2%^†
	League total	262,755	30,161	125	1,825	+3.6%^†

Updated to games played on 22 April 2019
Source: Liga MX Femenil

Highest and lowest

Highest attendance					Lowest attendance
Week	Home	Score	Away	Attendance	Home	Score	Away	Attendance
1	UANL	7–1	Querétaro	5,210	Puebla	1–1	Veracruz	363
2	Pachuca	0–0	Puebla	2,100	Veracruz	1–2	Tijuana	282
3	UANL	2–1	Atlas	10,269	UNAM	2–1	Veracruz	463
4	Toluca	2–1	Cruz Azul	6,323	Atlas	4–0	Querétaro	226
5	UANL	1–1	Monterrey	30,161	UNAM	1–0	BUAP	218
6	Morelia	0–1	Guadalajara	3,513	Cruz Azul	0–0	Puebla	339
7	UANL	4–0	Morelia	10,537	Querétaro	1–1	Necaxa	350
8	Monterrey	1–0	Atlas	1,762	Puebla	0–0	Tijuana	277
9	Pachuca	3–0	Toluca	2,843	Veracruz	0–3	Cruz Azul	125
10	León	1–2	Guadalajara	4,975	Veracruz	2–0	Puebla	145
11	UANL	3–1	León	2,893	Puebla	0–2	Pachuca	250
12	Santos Laguna	3–1	Guadalajara	1,481	Veracruz	1–0	UNAM	194
13	UANL	2–0	Santos Laguna	2,438	Querétaro	2–3	Atlas	245
14	Monterrey	0–1	UANL	24,465	BUAP	2–1	UNAM	475
15	UANL	0–0	Necaxa	8,847	Veracruz	0–2	BUAP	222
16	Monterrey	4–1	León	1,556	BUAP	4–2	Pachuca	234
17	UANL	2–1	Guadalajara	16,121	Veracruz	1–0	Toluca	286
18	Monterrey	3–2	Santos Laguna	20,148	Necaxa	0–2	Atlas	411

Source: Liga MX

Bracket

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals
	1	Monterrey	2	3	5
	8	UNAM	1	0	1
								1	Monterrey (a)	2	1	3
								4	Pachuca	3	0	3
	4	Pachuca	1	1	2
	5	Atlas	0	1	1
															1	Monterrey	1	1	2
														3	UANL	1	2	3
	2	América	1	1	2
	7	León	0	1	1
								2	América	0	1	1
								3	UANL	2	3	5
	3	UANL	2	2	4
	6	Puebla	1	0	1

• The top four clubs of each group qualify.
• The eight clubs who qualified will be ranked and seeded 1 to 8 based on performance in the regular season.
• Teams may be reseeded each round.
• Team with more goals on aggregate after two matches advances.
• Away goals rule is applied in the quarterfinals and semifinals, but not the final.
• In the quarterfinals and semifinals, if the two teams are tied on aggregate and away goals, the higher seeded team advances.
• In the final, if the two teams are tied after both legs, the match goes to extra-time and, if necessary, a shootout.

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UNAM	1–5	Monterrey	1–2	0–3
León	1–2	América	0–1	1–1
Puebla	1–4	UANL	1–2	0–2
Atlas	1–2	Pachuca	0–1	1–1

First leg

24 April 2019	UNAM	1–2	Monterrey	Coyoacán, Mexico City
16:00	Santamaría  58'	Report	Monsiváis  68', 79'	Stadium: La Cantera Attendance: 917 Referee: Isamel Rosario López

25 April 2019	Atlas	0–1	Pachuca	Zapopan, Jalisco
17:00		Report	Gómez  66' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Colomos Alfredo 'Pistache' Torres Attendance: 1,470 Referee: Diana Pérez

25 April 2019	Puebla	1–2	UANL	Puebla City, Puebla
19:00	Jiménez  67'	Report	K. Martínez  71' Mercado  90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Cuauhtémoc Attendance: 3,210 Referee: Lizzet García

25 April 2019	León	0–1	América	León, Guanajuato
21:00		Report	Espinosa  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio León Attendance: 29,235 Referee: Karen Hernández

Second leg

27 April 2019	Monterrey	3–0 (5–1 agg.)	UNAM	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
21:06	Garza  2' Bernal  39' (pen.) Monsiváis  56' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Attendance: 3,778 Referee: Martín Molina Astorga

28 April 2019	América	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	León	Coyoacán, Mexico City
16:00	Cuevas  58'	Report	Navarrete  36'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 4,531 Referee: Priscila Eritzel Pérez

29 April 2019	Pachuca	1–1 (2–1 agg.)	Atlas	Pachuca, Hidalgo
19:00	Ángeles  64'	Report	González  72'	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 9,580 Referee: Katia Itzel García

29 April 2019	UANL	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Puebla	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
20:00	Espinoza  66' Anguiano  81' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 11,228 Referee: Luis Alfredo García

Semifinals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pachuca	3–3 (a)	Monterrey	3–2	0–1
UANL	5–1	América	2–0	3–1

First leg

2 May 2019	UANL	2–0	América	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:00	K. Martínez  34', 60'	Report		Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 12,346 Referee: Karen Hernández

3 May 2019	Pachuca	3–2	Monterrey	Pachuca, Hidalgo
19:00	Salazar  39', 61' Ángeles  57'	Report	Monsiváis  64', 88' (pen.)	Stadium: Estadio Hidalgo Attendance: 12,890 Referee: Diana Pérez

Second leg

5 May 2019	América	1–3 (1–5 agg.)	UANL	Coyoacán, Mexico City
16:00	Cázares  44'	Report	Ovalle  39' K. Martínez  57', 75'	Stadium: Estadio Azteca Attendance: 10,732 Referee: Katia Itzel García

6 May 2019	Monterrey	1–0 (3–3 agg.)	Pachuca	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
21:00	Nieto  15' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Attendance: 6,237 Referee: Priscila Pérez
Note: Monterrey won on away goals

Finals

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
UANL	3–2	Monterrey	1–1	2–1

First leg

10 May 2019	UANL	1–1	Monterrey	San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León
21:00	Frías  62' (o.g.)	Report	Castillo  71'	Stadium: Estadio Universitario Attendance: 34,135 Referee: Karen Hernández

Second leg

13 May 2019	Monterrey	1–2 (2–3 agg.)	UANL	Guadalupe, Nuevo León
20:00	Cervantes  68'	Report	Solís  9' Ovalle  25'	Stadium: Estadio BBVA Bancomer, Attendance: 31,736 Referee: Diana Pérez

Clausura 2019 winners:
UANL 2nd title

Notes

References

1. http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/2018/05/23/liga-mx-femenil-ya-sera-de-18-clubes-y-ademas-tendra-cuartos-de-final
2. http://www.milenio.com/deportes/futbol/lobos-buap-puebla-frente-reto-liga-mx-femenil
3. http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/estadio/1421/estadio-cancha-centenario-no-5-natural-instalaciones-club-america
4. http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/estadio/109/estadio-colomos-alfredo-pistache-torres
5. http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/estadio/36/estadio-verde-valle
6. http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/estadio/675/estadio-el-barrial
7. http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/estadio/34/estadio-instalaciones-zuazua
8. http://administrador.ligamx.net/docs/Reglamentos/Competencia/8_LIGA_MX_FEMENIL/06_LIGA_MX_FEMENIL_1_20180723175320.pdf
9. http://www.marca.com/claro-mx/futbol/futbol-femenil/2018/05/23/5b05d95fe2704eae3e8b4632.html
10. http://espndeportes.espn.com/futbol/mexico/nota/_/id/4463774/asi-se-jugara-el-apertura-2018-de-liga-mx-femenil
11. http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/detallenoticia/27519/alineacion-indebida-del-club-cruz-azul
12. http://www.ligafemenil.mx/cancha/detallenoticia/27519/alineacion-indebida-del-club-cruz-azul
13. http://www.mediotiempo.com/futbol/liga-mx-femenil/liga-mx-femenil-calendario-definido-clausura-2019
14. "La LIGA MX Femenil Informa". Liga MX. 14 January 2019.

External links

• Official website of Liga MX Femenil