2017–18 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2017–18 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 20th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 28 July 2017 and will end in May 2018.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2017–18
ChampionsApertura:
Antigua GFC
Clausura:
Guastatoya
Champions LeagueTBD
CONCACAF LeagueNone due to FIFA suspension
Matches played72
Goals scored174 (2.42 per match)
Biggest home winComunicaciones 5-1 Marquense
(23 September 2017)
Biggest away winMarquense 0-7 Municipal
(2018)

Format

The format for both championships are identical. Each championship will have two stages: a first stage and a playoff stage. The first stage of each championship is a double round-robin format. The teams that finish first and second in the standings will advance to the playoffs semifinals, while the teams that finish 3–6 will enter in the quarterfinals. The winner of each quarterfinal will advance to the semifinals. The winners of the semifinals will advance to the finals, which will determine the tournament champion.

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Malacateco Resigned May 2017 Mauricio Wright May 2017 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Apertura season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Sanarate Héctor Julián Trujillo Resigned October 2017 Horacio Cordero October 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Marquense Óscar Ulises Sosa Sacked September 2017 Gabriel Castillo September 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Cobán Imperial Ariel Sena Sacked August 2017 Fabricio Benitez August 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Municipal Gustavo Machaín Sacked Oct 2017 Ever Hugo Almeida Oct 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
C.D. Suchitepequez Walter Claverí Sacked Oct 2017 Erick González Oct 2017 th (Apertura 2015)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal Éver Hugo Almeida Contract finished December 2017 Hernan Medford December 2017 and Runners up (Apertura 2017)
Suchitepéquez Erick González Contract finished December 2017 Agustin Castillo December 2017 (Apertura 2017)
Sanarate Horacio Cordero Resigned December 2017 Pablo Centrone December 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Siquinalá Jairo Pérez Sacked December 2017 Daniel Berta December 2017 (Apertura 2017)

During the Apertura season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Suchitepéquez Agustin Castillo Sacked February 2018 Eduardo Méndez 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju MC Ronald Gómez Sacked February 2018 Walter Claveri February 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Malacateco Mauricio Wright Resigned February 2018 Ronald Gómez February 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Comunicaciones Ronald González Sacked February 2018 Willy Coito Olivera February 2018 (Apertura 2017)
Marquense Gabriel Castillo Sacked April 2018 Aldo Da Pozzo April 2018 th (Clausura 2018)

Apertura

The 2017 Torneo Apertura began on 28 July 2017 and will end in December 2017.

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Rafael Arreaga Mauricio Tapia TBD Banrural, Horcalba, Pepsi
Cobán Imperial Irasema Meléndez Ariel Sena Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Pedro Portilla Ronald González TBD TBD
Guastatoya Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD
Malacateco TBD Mauricio Wright TBD TBD
Marquense TBD Néstor Emilio Soria TBD TBD
Municipal TBD Gustavo Machaín TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa Mynor Morales Ramiro Cepeda TBD TBD
Sanarate TBD Héctor Julián Trujillo
Siquinalá TBD Jairo Pérez
Suchitepéquez TBD Walter Claverí TBD TBD
Xelajú TBD Ronald Gómez RetoSports TBD

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Antigua GFC 22 11 5 6 35 16 +19 38 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Petapa 22 11 5 6 35 19 +16 38
3 Municipal 22 9 8 5 24 18 +6 35 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Xelajú MC 22 10 5 7 30 27 +3 35
5 Cobán Imperial 22 9 8 5 28 25 +3 35
6 Guastatoya 22 9 7 6 33 21 +12 34
7 Comunicaciones 22 9 7 6 28 20 +8 34
8 Malacateco 22 7 5 10 29 29 0 26
9 Sanarate 22 7 5 10 14 22 −8 26
10 Suchitepéquez 22 6 4 12 24 43 −19 22
11 Siquinalá 22 6 2 14 19 38 −19 20
12 Marquense 22 5 5 12 18 39 −21 20
Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MUN PET SAN SIQ SUC XEL
Antigua GFC 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 5–0 2–0
Coban Imperial 1–1 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1
Comunicaciones 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1
Guastatoya 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 3–0
Malacateco 0–3 5–0 2–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–2
Marquense 2–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Municipal 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–1
Petapa 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 3–0
Sanarate 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 2–0
Siquinalá 3–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–2 1–4 1–0 2–0 2–1
Suchitepéquez 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 4–1
Xelajú MC 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 4–1 4–0 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 October 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Cobán Imperial 1 0 1
4 Guastatoya 1 0 1 1 Antigua GFC 0 1 1
5 Municipal 1 2 3 Municipal 1 1 2
Antigua GFC 1 2 3
Municipal 2 3 5
3 Cobán Imperial 1 2 3 2 Petapa 1 0 1
6 Xelajú MC 1 2 3

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guastatoya 1 – 3 Municipal 1 – 1 0 – 2
Cobán Imperial 3 – 3 Xelajú MC 1 – 1 2 – 2

^ Cobán Imperial wins on away goals

First leg
Guastatoya1 – 1Municipal
Mejía  73' Report Pérez  63'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos
Cobán Imperial1 – 1Xelajú MC
Álvarez  85' Report Albizures  15'
Estadio Verapaz

Second leg
Municipal2 – 0Guastatoya
Lopez  31'
Suénaga  64'		 Report
Estadio El Trébol
Xelajú MC2 – 2Cobán Imperial
Brand  45+1', 68' (pen.) Report Guerra  19' (pen.), 38'
Estadio Mario Camposeco

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cobán Imperial 1 – 1 Antigua GFC 1 – 0 0 – 1
Municipal 5 – 1 Petapa 2 – 1 3 – 0

^ Antigua GFC wins on away goals

First leg
Cobán Imperial1 – 0Antigua GFC
Lombardi  62' Report
Estadio Verapaz
Municipal2 – 1Petapa
Suénaga  42'
Lopez  48'		 Report López  60' (o.g.)
Estadio Mateo Flores

Second leg
Antigua GFC1 – 0Cobán Imperial
Herrera  74' Report
Estadio Pensativo
Petapa0 – 3Municipal
Report Reyna  3'
Martínez  63'
Pérez  87'
Estadio Municipal de San Miguel Petapa

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Municipal 2 – 3 Antigua GFC 1 – 1 1 – 2

First leg
Municipal1 – 1Antigua GFC
Baloy  83' Report Lopez  47' (o.g.)
Estadio Mateo Flores
Referee: Walter Lopez Castellanos

Second leg
Antigua GFC2 – 1Municipal
Mena  16'
Díaz  52'		 Report Reyna  41'
Estadio Pensativo
 Apertura 2017 Champions 
Antigua GFC
3rd title

Clausura

The 2018 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2018 and end in May 2018.

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Rafael Arreaga Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Cobán Imperial TBD Fabricio Benítez Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Pedro Portilla Willy Coito Olivera TBD TBd
Guastatoya Lester Rodríguez Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD
Malacateco TBD Ronald Gomez TBD TBD
Marquense TBD Aldo Da Pozzo TBD TBD
Municipal Gerardo Villa Hernán Medford TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa TBD Ramiro Cepeda TBD TBD
Sanarate TBD Pablo Centrone
Siquinalá TBD Daniel Berta
Suchitepéquez TBD Othoniel Arce TBD TBD
Xelajú TBD Wálter Claverí RetoSports TBD

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sanarate 22 11 7 4 29 14 +15 40 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Cobán Imperial 22 12 3 7 32 21 +11 39
3 Guastatoya 22 11 5 6 27 18 +9 38 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Antigua GFC 22 11 4 7 42 34 +8 37
5 Xelajú MC 22 9 4 9 31 31 0 31
6 Siquinalá 22 8 7 7 20 22 −2 31
7 Comunicaciones 22 8 5 9 22 26 −4 29
8 Petapa 22 9 2 11 27 33 −6 29
9 Municipal 22 8 4 10 34 28 +6 28
10 Suchitepéquez 22 7 4 11 29 36 −7 25
11 Malacateco 22 7 4 11 25 32 −7 25
12 Marquense 22 4 5 13 16 39 −23 17
Source:

(May 07, 2018) Publication of the date=15/04/2018 page 60

Results
Home \ Away ANT COB COM GUA MAL MAR MUN PET SAN SIQ SUC XEL
Antigua GFC 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–3 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–1
Cobán Imperial 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 0–0 2–0 4–2 2–1
Comunicaciones 0–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0
Guastatoya 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–1
Malacateco 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 2–0 1–0 2–2
Marquense 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–7 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–2
Municipal 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 4–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–3
Petapa 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–3 2–0
Sanarate 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
Siquinalá 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Suchitepéquez 1–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 1–3 1–1 1–1
Xelajú MC 3–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–3
Updated to match(es) played on 2017. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Sanarate 1 1 2
4 Antigua GFC 0 0 0 Xelajú MC 2 1 3
5 Xelajú MC 2 1 3 Xelaju MC 1 0 1
Guastatoya 1 2 3
Cobán Imperial 0 0 0
3 Guastatoya 1 4 5 Guastatoya 1 0 1
6 Siquinalá 1 0 1

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antigua GFC 0 – 3 Xelajú MC 0 – 2 0 – 1
Guastatoya 5 – 1 Siquinalá 1 – 1 4 – 0

First leg
Xelajú MC2 – 0Antigua GFC
Mario Castellanos  14'
Jorge Mario Ortiz  18'		 None
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Siquinalá1 – 1Guastatoya
Oscar Martinez  72' Jose Corena  14'

Second leg
Antigua GFC0 – 1Xelaju MC
None Juan Carlos Silva  90'
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

Xelaju won 3-0 on aggregate.

Guastatoya4 – 0Siquinalá
Angel Rodriguez  13'  65'
Fredy Orellana  74'
Jorge Vargas  84'		 None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

Guastatoya won 5-1 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sanarate 2 – 3 Xelajú MC 1 – 2 1 – 1
Cobán Imperial 0 – 1 Guastatoya 0 – 1 0 – 0

First leg
Xelajú MC2 – 1Sanarate
Mario Castellanos  39'
Jorge Mario Ortiz  44'		 Erickson Pinzon  76'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Guastatoya1 – 0Cobán Imperial
Omar Dominguez  88' None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

Second leg
Sanarate1 – 1Xelajú MC
Kevin Elias  60' Jorge Mario Ortiz  70'
Estadio Municipal de Sanarate, Sanarate

Xelajú MC won 3-2 on aggregate.

Cobán Imperial0 – 0Guastatoya
None None
Estadio Verapaz Jose Angel Rossi, Cobán

Guastatoya won 1-0 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Xelaju MC 1 – 3 Guastatoya 1 – 1 0 – 2

First leg
Xelaju MC1 – 1Guastatoya
Héctor Moreira  47' Ángel Rodriguez  64'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

Second leg
Guastatoya2 – 0Xelaju MC
Jorge Vargas  23'
Fredy Orellana  70'		 None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
 Clausura 2018 Champions 
Guastatoya
1st title

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2017-2018 season. The following players:

  1. have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
  2. have not been capped for the Guatemala national football team on any level, independently from the birthplace

A new rule was introduced a few season ago, that clubs can only have five foreign players per club and can only add a new player if there is an injury or player/s is released.

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Antigua GFC 44 22 9 13 77 50 +27 75
2 Cobán Imperial 44 21 11 12 60 46 +14 74
3 Guastatoya 44 20 12 12 60 39 +21 72 2019 CONCACAF Champions League
4 Petapa 44 20 7 17 62 52 +10 67
5 Sanarate 44 18 12 14 43 36 +7 66
6 Xelajú MC 44 19 9 16 61 58 +3 66
7 Municipal 44 17 12 15 58 46 +12 63
8 Comunicaciones 44 17 12 15 50 46 +4 63
9 Malacateco 44 14 9 21 54 61 −7 51
10 Siquinalá 44 14 9 21 39 60 −21 51
11 Suchitepéquez 44 13 8 23 53 79 −26 47 Relegation to 2017-2018 Primera División de Ascenso
12 Marquense 44 9 10 25 34 78 −44 37
Updated to match(es) played on May 7, 2018. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

CONCACAF Champions League playoff

After the suspension of the National Football Federation of Guatemala was lifted by FIFA in June 2018, it was decided that the representative of Guatemala in the 2019 CONCACAF Champions League would be decided by a two-legged playoff between the 2017 Apertura champions (Antigua GFC) and the 2018 Clausura champions (Guastatoya).[1] The draw for the order of legs was held on 27 June 2018.

Antigua GFC0–1Guastatoya
Rodríguez  85'
Guastatoya0–0Antigua GFC
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

References
  1. "Antigua y Guastatoya jugarán la "serie definitiva" para ir a la Liga de Concacaf 2019". publinews.gt. 27 June 2018.
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