Club América

Founding and first league tournament

Club América Femenil was founded on December 5, 2016, on the same day that Liga MX Femenil was announced. Former Mexico women's national football team manager, Leonardo Cuellar, was appointed as the first manager of the team in February 2017. In preparation for the first season of the Liga MX Femenil in the second half of 2017, the team participated in a preparation tournament, the 2017 Copa MX Femenil. The club first league match in history was a 1–0 victory against Tijuana on July 29, 2017. In its first Liga MX Femenil tournament (Apertura 2017), América ended the regular phase of the tournament in 1st place with 35 points, but the team was eventually eliminated in the semi-finals of the playoffs by national rivals and eventual champions Guadalajara, in the first instance of the Clásico Nacional femenil between the two institutions.

First title

América won its first league title in history by winning the Apertura 2018 tournament. During this tournament, América ended the regular phase in 3rd place with 35 points in the general standings and second in its group. In the playoffs, The team eliminated Toluca (5–3) in the quarter-finals, and Pachuca (1–0) in the semi-finals to reach the final against Tigres. América eventually won the final against Tigres on penalties (1–3) at Estadio Universitario after a 3–3 draw on aggregate (2–2 at the Estadio Azteca, 1–1 at the Estadio Universitario).

2019 to 2023

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