Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino


The Primera División A is the main league competition for women's football in Argentina. The tournament is ruled by the Argentine Football Association, with its first season held in 1991.
The competition was named "Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino" until 2016, when a second division was created so the championship was renamed to "Primera A" as it represents the first level on pyramid.
Teams contesting the championship are from the region of Buenos Aires, which includes the Autonomous city, Greater Buenos Aires and La Plata. Apart from this competition, other regional female leagues exist around Argentina.
Boca Juniors is the most successful club with 23 titles won to date.

History

The competition was first played in 1991, The first champions were River Plate. with 8 teams participating. Since 2009 a match is played between the Apertura and the Clausura champions, the winner of the match wins the right to compete in the Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino.
Since the 2011–12 season, the Association allowed non-affiliate clubs to play in the tournament as guest teams. Therefore Universidad de Buenos Aires and Vélez Sársfield de Mercedes where the first clubs in that condition to take part.
In March 2019, it was announced that the league will become professional since the 201920 season. The agreement was signed by President of AFA, Claudio Tapia, and Sergio Marchi. The Association committed to give each club AR$ 125,000 for players' salaries. The AFA's facilities can be also used by clubs which don't have a venue to host their home games.
Changes in Argentine women's football also include the creation of a new competition, named "Fútbol en Evolución", contested by teams all around the country.

Format

For the 2019–20 season, the tournament has three stages, Fase Clasificatoria, Fase Campeonato and Fase Permanencia.
The first stage, "Fase Clasificatoria", is contested by the 17 participating teams. Teams play in a single round-robin tournament. Clubs placed 1st to 8th at the end of the competition, qualify to the next stage while the rest nine clubs play the "Fase Permanencia".
The "Fase Campeonato" is contested by the eight qualified teams from the previous stage, playing a double round-robin tournament. The club earning most points at the end of the competition is crowned champion, also qualifying to Copa Libertadores Femenina.
The "Fase Permanencia" is contested by the nine teams placed 9th to 17th in the qualification stage. After a double robin tournament, the three worst placed teams are relegated to Primera B.

Current teams

Clubs registered for the 2019–20 season:
ClubCity
Boca JuniorsBuenos Aires
EstudiantesLa Plata
ExcursionistasBuenos Aires
Gimnasia y EsgrimaLa Plata
HuracánBuenos Aires
IndependienteAvellaneda
LanúsLanús
PlatenseFlorida
El PorvenirGerli
RacingAvellaneda
River PlateBuenos Aires
Rosario CentralRosario
San LorenzoBuenos Aires
Social Atlético TelevisiónMoreno
UAI UrquizaVilla Lynch
Defensores de BelgranoBuenos Aires
Villa San CarlosBerisso

List of champions

Below is the list of women's Primera División champions:
;Notes:
ClubTitlesWinning years
Boca Juniors231992, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 Ap, 2002 Cl, 2003 Ap, 2004 Cl, 2004 Ap, 2005 Cl, 2005 Ap, 2006 Cl, 2007 Ap, 2007 Cl, 2007 Ap, 2008 Cl, 2009 Ap, 2010 Ap, 2011 Cl, 2011 Ap, 2012 Ap, 2013 Cl, 2013 In
River Plate111991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002 Ap, 2003 Cl, 2009 Cl, 2010 Cl, 2016–17
UAI Urquiza52012 Cl, 2014 Fi, 2016, 2017–18, 2018–19
San Lorenzo22008 Ap, 2015