The Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino is the main league competition for women's football (soccer)

Women's football (soccer)

Women's association football has been played for many decades, but was associated with charity games and physical exercise in the past before the breakthrough of organized women's association football came in the 1970s. Before the 1970s, football was basically seen as a men's game...

 in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. The Argentine Football Association

Argentine Football Association

The Argentine Football Association is the governing body of football in Argentina. It organises the Argentine football league and the Argentina national football team. It is based in Buenos Aires...

 (AFA) created the competition in 1991.

History

The competition was first played in 1991. The first champions were River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

. 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

Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino

The Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino is the international women's association football club competition for teams that play in CONMEBOL nations. The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football...

.

Format

The competition is divided in two single round-robin tournament

Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...

s each year, the Apertura and the Clausura

Apertura and Clausura

The Apertura and Clausura tournaments are a relatively recent innovation for many Latin American football leagues in which the traditional European football season from August to May is divided in two sections per season, each with its own champion. Apertura and Clausura are the Spanish words for...

. Apertura last from autumn to next year's spring, the clausura last from spring to autumn. Each one is played by ten teams.The champion of each tournament is the team that finishes with the most points.

List of champions

Below is the list of champions:

Annual champions:

Year	Champions
1991	River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....
1992	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....
1993	River Plate
1994	River Plate
1995	River Plate
1996	River Plate
1997	River Plate
1998	Boca Juniors
1999	Boca Juniors
2000	Boca Juniors

Apertura and clausura champions.

Year	Apertura champions (starting in autumn)	Clausura champions (starting in spring)	Copa Libertadores playoff Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino The Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino is the international women's association football club competition for teams that play in CONMEBOL nations. The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football...  winner (result)
2001–02	Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....	Boca Juniors
2002–03	River Plate Club Atlético River Plate Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....	River Plate
2003–04	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors
2004–05	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors
2005–06	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors
2006–07	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors
2007–08	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors
2008–09	San Lorenzo	River Plate	San Lorenzo (5–0)
2009–10	Boca Juniors	River Plate	Boca Juniors (1–0)
2010–11	Boca Juniors	Boca Juniors	Boca qualifies without playoff

Created in 2009, the Women's Copa Libertadores

Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino

The Copa Libertadores de Fútbol Femenino is the international women's association football club competition for teams that play in CONMEBOL nations. The competition started in the 2009 season in response to the increased interest in women's football...

 gathers the champions of each of the 10 countries that conform the CONMEBOL

CONMEBOL

The South American Football Confederation , commonly known as CONMEBOL , is the continental governing body of association football in South America and it is one of FIFA's six continental confederations...

. In Argentina, the winner of a play-off between the Apertura and Clausura winners decides which teams participates of the international competition

Titles by team

Boca Juniors

Boca Juniors

Club Atlético Boca Juniors is an Argentine sports club based in La Boca neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently plays in the Primera División....

• 19 titles

River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate

Club Atlético River Plate is an Argentine sports club based in the Nuñez neighborhood of Buenos Aires. It is best known for its professional football team, which currently competes in Nacional B, the second tier of Argentine football....

• 10 titles

San Lorenzo

• 1 title

External links

• AFA