2017–18 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season 2017–18
Champions Apertura:
Antigua GFC
Clausura:
Guastatoya
Champions League TBD
CONCACAF League None due to FIFA suspension
Matches played 72
Goals scored 174 (2.42 per match)
Biggest home win Comunicaciones 5-1 Marquense
(23 September 2017)
Biggest away win Marquense 0-7 Municipal
(2018)

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.

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 Costa Rica Resigned May 2017 Costa Rica 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 Guatemala Héctor Julián Trujillo Resigned October 2017 Argentina Horacio Cordero October 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Deportivo Marquense Guatemala Óscar Ulises Sosa Sacked September 2017 Guatemala Gabriel Castillo September 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Cobán Imperial Uruguay Ariel Sena Sacked August 2017 Guatemala Fabricio Benitez August 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Municipal Uruguay Gustavo Machaín Sacked Oct 2017 Paraguay Ever Hugo Almeida Oct 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
C.D. Suchitepequez Guatemala Walter Claverí Sacked Oct 2017 Guatemala 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 Paraguay Éver Hugo Almeida Contract finished December 2017 Costa Rica Hernan Medford December 2017 and Runners up (Apertura 2017)
Suchitepéquez Guatemala Erick González Contract finished December 2017 Peru Agustin Castillo December 2017 (Apertura 2017)
Sanarate Argentina Horacio Cordero Resigned December 2017 Argentina Pablo Centrone December 2017 th (Apertura 2015)
Siquinalá Guatemala Jairo Pérez Sacked December 2017 Argentina 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 Peru Agustin Castillo Sacked February 2018 Uruguay Eduardo Méndez 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju MC Costa Rica Ronald Gómez Sacked February 2018 Guatemala Walter Claveri February 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Malacateco Costa Rica Mauricio Wright Resigned February 2018 Costa Rica Ronald Gómez February 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Comunicaciones Costa Rica Ronald González Sacked February 2018 Uruguay Willy Coito Olivera February 2018 (Apertura 2017)
Marquense Guatemala Gabriel Castillo Sacked April 2018 Argentina 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 Guatemala Rafael Arreaga Argentina Mauricio Tapia x TBD Pegamex
Cobán Imperial Guatemala Irasema Meléndez Uruguay Ariel Sena x Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Mexico Pedro Portilla Costa Rica Ronald González x TBD TBD
Guastatoya Guatemala Guatemala Amarini Villatoro x TBD TBD
Malacateco Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Mauricio Wright x TBD TBD
Marquense Guatemala TBD Argentina Néstor Emilio Soria TBD TBD
Municipal Guatemala TBD Uruguay Gustavo Machaín x TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa Guatemala Mynor Morales Argentina Ramiro Cepeda x TBD TBD
Sanarate Argentina Héctor Julián Trujillo x
Siquinalá Guatemala Jairo Pérez x
Suchitepéquez Guatemala TBD Guatemala Walter Claverí TBD TBD
Xelajú Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Ronald Gómez RetoSports TBD

Table

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
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 games played on 26 November 2017.
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.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ANT COB COMGUAMALMARMUNPETSANSIQSUCXEL
Antigua GFC 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
Coban Imperial 3–2 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1
Comunicaciones 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 2–0
Guastatoya 0–0 2–0 3–1 4–2 3–0 3–0
Malacateco 0–3 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–0
Marquense 2–2 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1
Municipal 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Petapa 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0
Sanarate 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0
Siquinalá 3–2 0–3 1–2 1–4 1–0 2–0
Suchitepéquez 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 4–1
Xelajú MC 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 4–1 4–0

Updated to games played on 1 October 2017.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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

Guastatoya 1 – 1 Municipal
Mejía  73' Report Pérez  63'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos
Cobán Imperial 1 – 1 Xelajú MC
Álvarez  85' Report Albizures  15'
Estadio Verapaz

Second leg

Municipal 2 – 0 Guastatoya
Lopez  31'
Suénaga  64'		 Report
Estadio El Trébol
Xelajú MC 2 – 2 Cobán 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 Imperial 1 – 0 Antigua GFC
Lombardi  62' Report
Estadio Verapaz
Municipal 2 – 1 Petapa
Suénaga  42'
Lopez  48'		 Report López  60' (o.g.)
Estadio Mateo Flores

Second leg

Antigua GFC 1 – 0 Cobán Imperial
Herrera  74' Report
Estadio Pensativo
Petapa 0 – 3 Municipal
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

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

Second leg

Antigua GFC 2 – 1 Municipal
Mena  16'
Díaz  52'		 Report Reyna  41'
Estadio Pensativo

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 Guatemala Rafael Arreaga Argentina Mauricio Tapia x TBD Pegamex
Cobán Imperial Guatemala Guatemala Fabricio Benítez x Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Mexico Pedro Portilla Uruguay Willy Coito Olivera x TBD TBd
Guastatoya Guatemala Guatemala Amarini Villatoro x TBD TBD
Malacateco Guatemala TBD Costa Rica Ronald Gomez x TBD TBD
Marquense Guatemala TBD Argentina Aldo Da Pozzo TBD TBD
Municipal Guatemala Gerardo Villa Costa Rica Hernán Medford x TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa Guatemala TBD Argentina Ramiro Cepeda x TBD TBD
Sanarate Argentina Pablo Centrone x
Siquinalá Argentina Daniel Berta x
Suchitepéquez Guatemala TBD Guatemala Othoniel Arce x TBD TBD
Xelajú Guatemala TBD Guatemala Wálter Claveríx RetoSports TBD

Table

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
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

{{http://es.fifa.com/live-scores/nationalleagues/nationalleague=guatemala-liga-nacional-de-guatemala-2000000113/standings/index.html (May 07, 2018)|Publication of the date=15/04/2018 page 60}}

Results

Home \ Away[1] ANT COB COMGUAMALMARMUNPETSANSIQSUCXEL
Antigua GFC 1–3 1–2 1–1 4–3 4–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–3 3–1
Coban 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 games played on 2017.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 MC 2 – 0 Antigua GFC
Mario Castellanos  14'
Jorge Mario Ortiz  18'		 None
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Siquinalá 1 – 1 Guastatoya
Oscar Martinez  72' Jose Corena  14'

Second leg

Antigua GFC 0 – 1 Xelaju MC
None Juan Carlos Silva  90'
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

Xelaju won 3-0 on aggregate.

Guastatoya 4 – 0 Siquinalá
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 MC 2 – 1 Sanarate
Mario Castellanos  39'
Jorge Mario Ortiz  44'		 Erickson Pinzon  76'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Guastatoya 1 – 0 Cobán Imperial
Omar Dominguez  88' None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya

Second leg

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

Xelajú MC won 3-2 on aggregate.

Cobán Imperial 0 – 0 Guastatoya
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 MC 1 – 1 Guastatoya
Héctor Moreira  47' Ángel Rodriguez  64'
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango

Second leg

Guastatoya 2 – 0 Xelaju MC
Jorge Vargas  23'
Fredy Orellana  70'		 None
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya


Clausura 2018 Champions
Guastatoya
1st time

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
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 games played on May 7, 2018.
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.

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 GFC 0–1 Guastatoya
Rodríguez  85'
Guastatoya 0–0 Antigua 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.