The Liga Femenina de Chile is the main league competition for women's football in Chile. The winner qualifies for the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino, the South American Champions League. The competition is organised by the Chilean Football Federation.
Titles before 2008 were unofficial, as Universidad de Chile is credited with the first title in 2016. 1999: Universidad de Chile 2000: Universidad de Chile 2001: Universidad de Chile 2002: Santiago Morning 2005: Universidad de Chile
Since 2008, the league has been turned to semi-professionalism in order to improve women's football standard in the competition, with the name change and the establishment of a part-time fund for the team. In March 2022, the league will turn to full-time professional, ending a decade of semi-professional status of Chilean female players, starting from 2023 season.
Format The Apertura and Clausura format is used, thus there are two champions per year. Apertura starts early in the year, Clausura starts mid year and ends in December. As of 2013 about 20 teams play in two divisions, a Southern one and a Central one. They play a single round-robin tournament. After that the top four teams advance to the quarter-finals. Since 2014 the final is played in only one match, as the other knock-out matches, before that the final was two-legged. If different teams win the Apertura and Clausura there is a play-off for the Copa Libertadores spot.
2026 teams Team City Colo Colo Santiago (Macul) Coquimbo Unido Coquimbo Deportes Iquique Iquique Deportes Recoleta Santiago (Recoleta) Deportes Temuco Temuco Huachipato Talcahuano Magallanes Santiago (San Bernardo) Palestino Santiago (La Cisterna) Santiago Wanderers Valparaíso Unión Española Santiago (Independencia) Universidad Católica Santiago (Las Condes) Universidad de Chile Santiago (Ñuñoa) Universidad de Concepción Concepción
List of champions Below is the list of champions. In 2011 an Apertura and Clausura format was introduced.
SeasonChampion Runner-upWinning manager 2008 Everton Universidad de Chile Mario Vera 2009 Everton Coquimbo Unido Mario Vera 2010 Colo-Colo Everton José Letelier 2011 Apertura Colo-Colo Everton José Letelier 2011 Clausura Colo-Colo Everton José Letelier 2012 Apertura Colo-Colo Everton José Letelier 2012 Clausura Colo-Colo Everton José Letelier 2013 Apertura Colo-Colo Everton José Letelier 2013 Clausura Colo-Colo Santiago Wanderers José Letelier 2014 Apertura Colo-Colo Santiago Morning José Letelier 2014 Clausura Colo-Colo Santiago Morning José Letelier 2015 Apertura Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile José Letelier 2015 Clausura Palestino Colo-Colo Claudio Quintiliani 2016 Apertura Universidad de Chile Palestino Andrés Aguayo 2016 Clausura Colo-Colo Santiago Morning Carlos Véliz 2017 Apertura Colo-Colo Palestino Carlos Véliz 2017 Clausura Colo-Colo Santiago Morning Carlos Véliz 2018 Santiago Morning Palestino Paula Navarro 2019 Santiago Morning Colo-Colo Paula Navarro 2020 Transición Santiago Morning Universidad de Chile Paula Navarro 2021 Universidad de Chile Santiago Morning Carlos Véliz 2022 Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile Luis Mena 2023 Colo-Colo Santiago Morning Tatiele Silveira 2024 Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile Tatiele Silveira 2025 Colo-Colo Universidad de Chile Tatiele Silveira
Titles by club RankClubWinnersRunners-upWinning yearsRunners-up years1Colo-Colo 17 2 2010, 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2012 Clausura, 2013 Apertura, 2013 Clausura, 2014 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2015 Apertura, 2016 Clausura, 2017 Apertura, 2017 Clausura, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 2015 Clausura, 20192Santiago Morning 3 6 2018, 2019, 2020 Transición 2014 Apertura, 2014 Clausura, 2016 Clausura, 2017 Clausura, 2021, 20233Everton 2 6 2008, 2009 2010, 2011 Apertura, 2011 Clausura, 2012 Apertura, 2012 Clausura, 2013 AperturaUniversidad de Chile 2 6 2016 Apertura, 2021 2008, 2015 Apertura, 2020 Transición, 2022, 2024, 20254Palestino 1 3 2015 Clausura 2016 Apertura, 2017 Apertura, 2018 Half-year / Short tournaments Super 4 seasons Season Champion Runner-up Third place 2008 Universidad de Chile Araucanía Temuco Municipal Iquique
References
External links ANFP ; Federation website's women's football portal