chivas femenil · History

Estadio Akron in Zapopan opened on 30 July 2010 with a friendly between Guadalajara and Manchester United. In November 2017 it hosted the match that gave C.D. Guadalajara Femenil the first Liga MX Femenil title. The team is the women's section of Club Deportivo Guadalajara. It grew out of a side formed in 1997 by Óscar Morelos, which spent two decades in amateur and semi-professional leagues. In January 2017 it turned professional, ready for the launch of Mexico's top-flight women's league.

The amateur years: Liga Córdica and Superliga

Before turning professional, the Rojiblancas won a string of titles in Jalisco's regional football. They won the Liga Córdica in 2003 and 2004, then again in the Clausura 2010, Apertura 2010, Clausura 2011, Clausura 2013 and Clausura 2015. In September 2007 they made their Superliga Femenil debut with a 1-1 draw against América at Estadio Jalisco. A year later they lost the Apertura 2008 final 2-1 on aggregate to Reinas del SUEUM of Morelia. They made up for it in the Clausura 2009, beating Andrea's Soccer 4-2: 3-1 away, then 1-1 in a second leg played in Toluca. Alejandra Vélez scored 30 goals in that tournament, six of them in a 16-0 win over La Piedad, still the club's biggest league victory. Also in 2009 they won the Liga Femenina de Occidente, beating ABH CROC 5-2 on aggregate. Several coaches came and went in those years. José Luis Zavala led the side from 2008 to 2010 and returned for the Clausura 2015.

Turning professional and the 2017 title

Luis Fernando Camacho took charge in January 2017. The team's first professional match came on 3 May that year in the Copa de la Liga MX Femenil, a 6-1 loss to Pachuca. On 29 July 2017 it made its league debut with a 3-0 win over Atlas at San Rafael, and Anette Vázquez scored the first goal. In the semi-finals it knocked out América, with goalkeeper Blanca Félix playing a key role. Pachuca were the opponents again in the Apertura 2017 final. Guadalajara lost the first leg 2-0 in Hidalgo, then won the return leg 3-0 at the Akron with two goals from Arlett Tovar. The crowd of 32,466 that night was a league attendance record at the time. Captain Tania Morales, who had joined the club in 2001 aged 15, lifted the trophy.

From the 2021 final defeat to the Clausura 2022

Camacho stayed on until the Clausura 2019. Luis Manuel Díaz followed, then Ramón Villa Zeballos from May 2019 and Edgar Mejía from July 2020. Under Mejía the team reached the Guard1anes Clausura 2021 final and lost 7-4 on aggregate to Tigres. Tania Morales left that year after about twenty years with the club. In the Apertura 2021 Alicia Cervantes scored 17 goals to become the club's first league top scorer. With Juan Pablo Alfaro in charge, Guadalajara won the Clausura 2022. They beat Pachuca 4-2 in the first leg and lost 1-0 at the Akron, taking the title 4-3 on aggregate. They conceded only six goals in that tournament.

Campeón de Campeones and a points record

In 2022 the club also won the 2021-22 Campeón de Campeones against Rayadas de Monterrey. The trophy went to penalties, and Blanca Félix saved every one of the opposing kicks. In the Apertura 2022 the team collected 43 points, its best total in a league tournament, and finished top of the regular-season table for the first time.

Rivalries and recent tournaments

The men's club's rivalries carry over to the women's side: the Clásico Nacional against América and the Clásico Tapatío against Atlas, the team's first league opponents. The 2017 and 2022 titles gave Guadalajara two Liga MX Femenil championships, the same number América reached after the Clausura 2023. In the Apertura 2025 Guadalajara reached the semi-finals and went out to América, who won the first leg 2-0.