13 teams played in the 2021 Liga Femenina season. In February 2020, the
Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) invited the women's division of Liga 1 and Liga 2 clubs and all women's football clubs nationwide to participate in the first Liga Femenina with a maximum of 16 teams. Clubs had until 6 March 2020 to submit their application and were later evaluated on different criteria before being accepted. In december 2020, FPF announced that the Liga Femenina would start in May 2021 and the 14 teams had to confirm their participation until 22 January 2021. On 27 May 2021 it was announced that Real Apurímac decided to withdraw from the tournament, reducing the teams to 13.
Stadia and locations Because of the
COVID-19 pandemic, the whole tournament was played in
Lima at
Estadio San Marcos. ==First stage==