Paraguayan Women's Football Championship

The Campeonato Anual FEM (English: Annual W Championship) is the top-level league competition for women's football in Paraguay. The winner and runner-up qualify for the Copa Libertadores Femenina, the South American Women's Champions League. The competition is organised by the Paraguayan Football Association.

Paraguayan Women's Football Championship
Founded1999
CountryParaguay
ConfederationCONMEBOL
International cup(s)Copa Libertadores Femenina
Current championsLibertad
(2024)
Most championshipsUniversidad Autónoma (9)
Top goalscorerLiza Larrea
(104 goals)
Current: 2024 season

Format

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The teams play a double round robin. After that the six best teams advance to the Hexagonal Final. After participation in the late 2000s has declined to around 6 clubs, there were some seminars by the Football Organisation as how to increase participation. In 2011, 12 teams did enter the championship.[1]

List of champions

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In 1997 an experimental tournament was held and won by Nacional. Then, from 1999, the competition was held annually, except for 2001. Universidad Autónoma won 9 times out of 13.[2][3] Since at least 2004 an Apertura and Clausura format was adopted. The winners of those are not considered champions but play a playoff for the championship.

Ed. Season Champion Runner-up
1997 Nacional Silvio Pettirossi
1
1999 Universidad Autónoma Nacional
2
2000 Nacional Olimpia
2001 Not held
3
2002 Real Sajonia San Clemente Maria
4
2003 Universidad Autónoma Nacional
5
2004 Universidad Autónoma Cerro Porteño
6
2005 Universidad Autónoma Libertad
7
2006 Universidad Autónoma Cerro Porteño
8
2007 Cerro Porteño Universidad Autónoma
9
2008 Universidad Autónoma Cerro Porteño
10
2009 Universidad Autónoma Cerro Porteño
11
2010 Universidad Autónoma Cerro Porteño
12
2011 Universidad Autónoma[4][5] Cerro Porteño
13
2012 Cerro Porteño[6][7] Universidad Autónoma[8]
14
2013 Cerro Porteño[9]
15
2014 Cerro Porteño[10][11][12] Sportivo Limpeño[13]
16
2015[14] Sportivo Limpeño[15] Cerro Porteño[16]
17
2016[17][18] Sportivo Limpeño[19] Cerro Porteño[20]
18
2017[21] Cerro Porteño[22] Deportivo Capiatá[23]
19
2018 Cerro Porteño Libertad/Limpeño
20
2019 Libertad/Limpeño Sol de América
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
21
2021 Cerro Porteño Sol de América
22
2022 Olimpia Libertad/Limpeño
23
2023 Olimpia Guaraní
24
2024 Libertad Olimpia

Titles by club

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Club Winners Winning years
Universidad Autónoma 9 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Cerro Porteño 7 2007, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021
Sportivo Limpeño 3 2015, 2016, 2019
Olimpia 2 2022, 2023
Libertad 2 2019, 2024
Nacional 1 2000
Real Sajonia 1 2002

References

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  1. ^ "Paraguay - The emergence of women's football". mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. April 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Paraguay - List of Women Champions". RSSSF. 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Champion and runners-up history". mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. 3 January 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. ^ "2011 finals report". mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Apertura champion 2011 Autonoma" (in Spanish). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  6. ^ "Cerro Porteño es campeón absoluto de fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.de. 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  7. ^ Cerro Porteño is Clausura champion 2012
  8. ^ "Apertura champion 2012 Autonoma" (in Spanish). mundodelfutbolfemenino.blogspot.com. 24 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Fútbol femenino: Cerro, bicampeón y a la Libertadores". paraguay.com. 24 November 2013. p. Spanish. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Cerro Porteño triunfa en primera final - Deportes - ABC Color".
  11. ^ "Cerro Porteño tricampeón de fútbol femenino de Paraguay" (in Spanish). conmebol.com. 22 December 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
  12. ^ http://www.ip.gov.py/index.php/deportes/item/14160-cerro-porteno-campeon-del-clausura-en-femenino [dead link]
  13. ^ "Diario HOY | Limpeño es campeón en el Apertura femenino".
  14. ^ "Sportivo Limpeño es campeón absoluto" (in Spanish). hoy.com.py. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  15. ^ "Limpeño es campeón del Apertura en el fútbol femenino (Limepno is Apertura champion 2015)" (in Spanish). ip.gov.py. 23 August 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  16. ^ "El Clausura se tiñó de Azulgrana" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. 13 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
  17. ^ "Fútbol femenino: ¡Sportivo Limpeño bicampeón!" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.py. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  18. ^ "Sportivo Limpeño con "absolutamente" todo" (in Spanish). abc.com.py. 26 November 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
  19. ^ "Sportivo Limpeño deja con las manos vacías a Olimpia" (in Spanish). lanacion.com.py. 21 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  20. ^ "Cerro Porteño goleó a Limpeño y se quedó con el título del Apertura" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. 30 July 2016. Archived from the original on 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
  21. ^ "Doble festejo cerrista" (in Spanish). abc.com.py. 19 November 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  22. ^ "Cerro Porteño se consagró campeón del Apertura de fútbol femenino" (in Spanish). ip.gov.py. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  23. ^ "Deportivo Capiatá se consagró campeón del Clausura" (in Spanish). apf.org.py. 11 November 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
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