2016–17 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season 2016–17
Champions League None due to FA suspension
CONCACAF League None due to FA suspension
Top goalscorer TBD (12)
Biggest home win TBDl 6
TBD 0
(2015)
Biggest away win TBD 1
TBD 3
(2015)
Longest winning run TBD (4)
Longest unbeaten run TBD (7)
Longest winless run TBD (10)
Longest losing run TBD (3)

The 2016–17 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 19th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 2016 and will end in 2017.

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.

Apertura

The 2016 Torneo Apertura began on July 2016 and will end in December 2016.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Guatemala Rafael Arreaga Argentina Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Deportivo Carchá Guatemala Douglas Delgado Guatemala Javier Martínez TBD TBD
Cobán Imperial Guatemala Uruguay Ariel Sena Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Mexico Pedro Portilla Argentina Iván Franco Sopegno TBD TBD
Guastatoya Guatemala Guatemala Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD
Malacateco Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Ronald Gómez TBD TBD
Marquense Guatemala TBD Argentina Néstor Emilio Soria TBD TBD
Mictlan Guatemala TBD Guatemala Sergio Guevara TBD TBD
Municipal Guatemala TBD Uruguay Gustavo Machaín TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa Guatemala Mynor Morales Argentina Ramiro Cepeda TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez Guatemala TBD Mexico Enrique Maximiliano Meza TBD TBD
Xelajú Guatemala TBD Mexico Rafael Loredo RetoSports TBD

Table

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Municipal 22 13 5 4 36 19 +17 44 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Antigua GFC 22 11 5 6 28 19 +9 38
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 4 7 26 20 +6 37 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Malacateco 22 10 6 6 29 23 +6 36
5 Guastatoya 22 11 3 8 26 19 +7 36
6 Cobán Imperial 22 10 4 8 26 19 +7 34
7 Xelajú MC 22 8 5 9 24 29 −5 29
8 Marquense 22 7 5 10 25 30 −5 26
9 Petapa 22 7 4 11 23 31 −8 25
10 Suchitepéquez 22 6 6 10 28 41 −13 24
11 Mictlan 22 7 1 14 19 31 −12 22
12 Carchá 22 3 6 13 16 33 −17 15

Updated to games played on 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Municipal 0 2 2
4 Malacateco 1 0 1 4 Malacateco 1 0 1
5 Guastatoya 0 0 0 1 Municipal 1 1 2 (4)
2 Antigua GFC 2 0 2 (5)
2 Antigua GFC 0 1 1
3 Comunicaciones 1 1 2 3 Comunicaciones 1 0 1
6 Cobán Imperial 0 0 0

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guastatoya 0–1 Malacateco 0–1 0–0
Cobán Imperial 0–2 Comunicaciones 0–1 0–1

First leg

Cobán Imperial 0 – 1 Comunicaciones
Soccerway  55' É. Chinchilla
Attendance: 1,287
Referee: Walter Alexander López Castellanos
Guastatoya 0 – 1 Malacateco
Soccerway  24' J. Leroyer
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 2,584
Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

Second leg

Comunicaciones 1 – 0 Cobán Imperial
G. Tinoco  66' Soccerway
Attendance: 5,435
Referee: Mario Ramírez

Comunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate.

Malacateco 0 – 0 Guastatoya
Soccerway
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra

Malacateco won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Deportivo Malacateco 1–2 Municipal 1–0 0–2
Comunicaciones 1–1 Antigua GFC 1–0 0–1

First leg

Malacateco 1 – 0 Municipal
Edward Santeliz  48' Soccerway
Attendance: 6,549
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Comunicaciones 1 – 0 Antigua GFC
E. Lopez  78' Soccerway
Attendance: 7,656
Referee: Oscar Reyna

Second leg

Municipal 2 – 0 Malacateco
E. Guerra  35'
Janderson  46'		 Soccerway
Estadio El Trébol, Guatemala City
Attendance: 5,825
Referee: Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate.

Antigua GFC 1 – 0 Comunicaciones
A. Herrera  81' Soccerway
Attendance: 6,525
Referee: Bryan López

1-1 on aggregate. Antigua GFC progresses as the higher seed.

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Antigua GFC 2–2
5–4 (p)		 Municipal 2–1 0–1

First leg

Antigua GFC 2 – 1 Municipal
A. Galindo  11'
M. Russell  68'		 Soccerway  26' C. Félix
Attendance: 5,215
Referee: Walter Alexander López Castellanos

Second leg

Municipal 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) Antigua GFC
G. Puerari  61' Soccerway
Penalties
4 – 5
Attendance: 8,765
Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

2-2 on aggregate. Antigua GFC wins 5-4 on penalties.

Apertura 2016 Champions

Antigua GFC
2nd Title

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Deportivo Petapa Argentina Pablo Centrone Sacked May 2016 Argentina Ramiro Cepeda May 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
Xelajú Uruguay Carlos Jurado Contract not extended May 2016 Mexico Rafael Loredo May 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
Deportivo Carcha Argentina Daniel Orlando Berta Contract not extended May 2016 Guatemala Javier Martínez June 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
Suchitepéquez Guatemala Douglas Zamora Sacked June 2016 Mexico Enrique Maximiliano Meza June 2016 th (Clausura 2016)
Cobán Imperial Guatemala Héctor Julián Trujillo Sacked June 2016 Uruguay Ariel Sena June 2016 th (Clausura 2016)

During the season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD Argentina TBD Resigned 2016 Argentina TBD 2016 th (2016)
Deportivo Carcha Guatemala Javier Martínez Resigned 2016 Guatemala Héctor Julián Trujillo 2016 th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Marquense Argentina Néstor Emilio Soria Sacked 2016 Chile Sergio Pardo 2016 th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Guastatoya Argentina Roque Raúl Alfaro Sacked 2016 Guatemala Amarini Villatoro 2016 th (Apertura 2015)
TBD Guatemala TBD Sacked 2016 Uruguay TBD 2016 th (Apertura 2015)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2016-2017 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.

Clausura

The 2017 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2017 and end in May 2017.

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Guatemala Rafael Arreaga Argentina Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Deportivo Carchá Guatemala TBD Argentina Daniel Orlando Berta TBD TBD
Cobán Imperial Guatemala Guatemala Fabricio Chapa Benitez Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Mexico Pedro Portilla Argentina Iván Franco Sopegno TBD TBD
Guastatoya Guatemala Uruguay Ariel Sena TBD TBD
Malacateco Guatemala TBD El Salvador Nelson Mauricio Ancheta TBD TBD
Marquense Guatemala TBD Guatemala Juan Melgar TBD TBD
Mictlan Guatemala TBD Guatemala Sergio Guevara TBD TBD
Municipal Guatemala TBD Uruguay Gustavo Machaín TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa Guatemala TBD Argentina Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez Guatemala TBD Guatemala Walter Claverí TBD TBD
Xelajú Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Hernán Medford RetoSports TBD

Table

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Municipal 22 8 12 2 19 10 +9 36 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Petapa 22 10 4 8 27 24 +3 34
3 Guastatoya 22 8 8 6 22 16 +6 32 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Comunicaciones 22 7 9 6 21 16 +5 30
5 Suchitepéquez 22 9 3 10 24 28 −4 30
6 Xelajú MC 22 8 5 9 30 25 +5 29
7 Cobán Imperial 22 7 8 7 17 15 +2 29
8 Marquense 22 6 10 6 19 16 +3 28
9 Malacateco 22 6 10 6 17 20 −3 28
10 Mictlan 22 7 7 8 14 25 −11 28
11 Antigua GFC 22 6 9 7 28 30 −2 27
12 Carchá 22 5 5 12 11 24 −13 20

Updated to games played on 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Municipal 2 1 3
4 Comunicaciones 0 0 0 5 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
5 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1 1 Municipal 0 2 2
3 Guastatoya 0 0 0
2 Petapa 1 3 4
3 Guastatoya 2 2 4 3 Guastatoya 3 2 5
6 Xelajú MC 2 0 2

Quarterfinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Xelajú MC 2–4 Guastatoya 2–2 0–2
Suchitepéquez 1–0 Comunicaciones 1–0 0–0

First leg

Xelajú MC 2 – 2 Guastatoya
W. Zapata  13', 58' (pen) Soccerway  5' J. Márquez
 41' J. Vargas
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Attendance: 5,298
Referee: Oscar Reyna
Suchitepéquez 1 – 0 Comunicaciones
G. Tinoco  81' Soccerway
Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez
Attendance: 3,308
Referee: Mario Alberto Escobar Toca

Second leg

Guastatoya 2 – 0 Xelajú MC
Á. Rodríguez  31', 66' Soccerway
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 1,615
Referee: Mario Ramírez

Guastatoya won 4–2 on aggregate.

Comunicaciones 0 – 0 Suchitepéquez
Soccerway
Attendance: 2,850
Referee: Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.

Semifinals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Suchitepéquez 1–3 Municipal 1–2 0–1
Guastatoya 5–4 Petapa 3–1 2–3

First leg

Suchitepéquez 1 – 2 Municipal
G. Tinoco  32' Soccerway  22' G. Puerari
 26' C. Félix
Estadio Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez
Attendance: 8,278
Referee: Bryan López
Guastatoya 3 – 1 Petapa
J. Vargas  13', 38'
Á. Rodríguez  32'		 Soccerway  9' Juliano Rangel
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 1,440
Referee: Mynor Velásquez

Second leg

Municipal 1 – 0 Suchitepéquez
 90+1' M. Pappa Soccerway
Attendance: 10,115
Referee: Mario Ramírez

Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.

Petapa 3 – 2 Guastatoya
Juliano Rangel  15'
C. Girard  22'
P. Samayoa  65'		 Soccerway  78' F. Orellana
 90+1' Á. Rodríguez
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Jonathan Polanco

Guastatoya won 5-4 on aggregate.

Finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Guastatoya 0–2 Municipal 0–0 0–2

First leg

Guastatoya 0 – 0 Municipal
Soccerway
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Ever López

Second leg

Municipal 2 – 0 Guastatoya
C. Félix  30'
G. Puerari  64'		 Soccerway
Attendance: 14,548
Referee: Sergio Armando Reyna Moller

Municipal won 2-0 on aggregate.

Clausura 2017 Champions

Municipal
30th Title

Aggregate table

Three teams would have qualified for CONCACAF club competitions, but due to FIFA's suspension of Guatemala, these spots were given to other Central American countries.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Municipal 44 21 17 6 55 29 +26 80
2 Comunicaciones 44 19 12 13 56 31 +25 69
3 Guastatoya 44 19 11 14 44 36 +8 68
4 Antigua GFC 44 19 11 14 65 59 +6 68
5 Malacateco 44 16 16 12 46 43 +3 64
6 Cobán Imperial 44 17 12 15 43 34 +9 63
7 Petapa 44 17 8 19 50 55 −5 59
8 Xelajú MC 44 16 10 18 54 54 0 58
9 Marquense 44 13 15 16 44 46 −2 54
10 Suchitepéquez 44 15 9 20 52 69 −17 54
11 Mictlan 44 14 8 22 33 56 −23 50 Relegation play-off
12 Carchá 44 8 11 25 27 57 −30 35 Relegation to 2017-2018 Primera División de Ascenso

Updated to games played on 2016.
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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