2013–14 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season was the 15th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on 4 August 2013 and will end in May 2014.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2013–14
ChampionsApertura: Comunicaciones
Clausura: Comunicaciones
Matches played102
Goals scored245 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer Israel Silva (9 goals)
Biggest home winMunicipal 6–0 Universidad (29 September)
Comunicaciones 6–0 Halcones (5 October)
Xelajú 6–0 Mictlán (20 October)
Biggest away winUniversidad 0–3 Heredia (10 August)
Iztapa 0–3 Comunicaciones (13 October)
Highest scoringHeredia 4–3 Xelajú (1 September)
Longest winning run5 games by: Comunicaciones
(4 August - 1 September)
Longest unbeaten run6 games by: Comunicaciones
(5 October - 27 October)
Longest winless run10 games by: Iztapa
(15 September - 30 October)
Longest losing run5 games by: Iztapa
(10 August - 4 September)

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.

Teams
Comunicaciones
Malacateco
Suchitepéquez
Universidad de San Carlos
Location of the 2013–14 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Coatepeque Coatepeque Israel Barrios 20,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala City Cementos Progreso 16,000
Halcones Huehuetenango Los Cuchumatanes 5,340
Heredia Morales Estadio Del Monte 8,000
Iztapa Iztapa Estadio Municipal Morón 3,000
Malacateco Malacatán Santa Lucía 7,000
Marquense San Marcos Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000
Mictlán Asunción Mita La Asunción 3,000
Municipal Guatemala City Mateo Flores 30,000
Suchitepéquez Mazatenango Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000
Universidad de San Carlos Guatemala City Estadio Revolución 5,000
Xelajú Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2013 Torneo Apertura began on 4 August 2013 and will end in December 2013.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Comunicaciones (Q) 22 14 2 6 44 15 +29 44 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
2 Municipal (Q) 22 13 5 4 37 13 +24 44
3 Heredia (Q) 22 10 5 7 34 25 +9 35
4 USAC (Q) 22 11 2 9 27 33 −6 35
5 Marquense (Q) 22 9 7 6 26 22 +4 34
6 Halcones (Q) 22 8 5 9 23 33 −10 29
7 Malacateco (Q) 22 7 7 8 21 25 −4 28
8 Suchitepéquez (Q) 22 6 9 7 28 26 +2 27
9 Xelajú 22 7 6 9 36 35 +1 27
10 Mictlán 22 6 6 10 20 39 −19 24
11 Coatepeque 22 4 7 11 21 33 −12 19
12 Iztapa 22 3 7 12 19 37 −18 16
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results
Home \ Away COA COM HAL HER IZT MAL MAR MIC MUN SUC USC XEL
Coatepeque 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1
Comunicaciones 2–1 6–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 7–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–2
Halcones 3–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
Heredia 2–2 0–2 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 2–1 3–0 4–3
Iztapa 0–0 0–3 3–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 3–2
Malacateco 3–0 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1
Marquense 2–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Mictlán 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–0
Municipal 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 5–0 1–1 6–0 3–0
Suchitepéquez 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 3–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 0–2 4–1
USAC 2–0 1–3 1–0 0–3 3–1 1–0 4–2 1–0 1–3 1–3 2–1
Xelajú 4–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–3 6–0 1–1 2–2 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2013. Source: Results
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Comunicaciones 2 0 2  
8 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1  
  1 Comunicaciones 0 4 4  
  5 Marquense 1 0 1  
4 USAC 0 1 1
5 Marquense 3 0 3  
  1 Comunicaciones 0 3 3 (4)
  3 Heredia 2 1 3 (3)
3 Heredia 0 4 4  
6 Halcones 0 0 0  
  3 Heredia 3 1 4
  2 Municipal 0 1 1  
2 Municipal 2 2 4
7 Malacateco 2 1 3  

Quarterfinals
First Leg
C.D. Suchitepéquez1– 2Comunicaciones
J. Hidalgo  20' Report J. Marquez  27'
M. López  46'
Estadio Municipal, Mazatenango
Attendance: 3,383
Referee: Oscar Reyna
Marquense3 – 0USAC
J. Alvarez  45+1'
J. Ortíz  59'
E. Fuentes  72'		 Report
Estadio Revolucion USAC, Guatemala City
Attendance: 5,077
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra
Halcones0 – 0Heredia
Report
Estadio Comunal de la Mesilla, Huehuetenango
Attendance: 263
Referee: Ruben Castellanos
Malacateco2 – 2Municipal
R. Peña  16'
A. Apellaniz  37'		 Report D. Oliva  4'
D. Oliva  34'
Estadio Municipal Santa Lucia, Malacatán
Attendance: 1,380
Referee: Ever López
Second Leg
Comunicaciones0 – 0C.D. Suchitepéquez
Report
Attendance: 2,673
Referee: Mario Ramirez
USAC1 – 0Marquense
J. Alvarez (OG)  45' Report
Attendance: 1,449
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Heredia4 – 0Halcones
O. López  43'
O. López 56'
W. Velásquez  85'
O. López  86'		 Report
Estadio del Monte, Morales
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana
Municipal2 – 1Malacateco
L. Monje  13'
M. Rodríguez  71'		 Report R. Porras  30'
Estadio Manuel Felipe Carrera, Guatemala City
Attendance: 3,663
Referee: Bryan López

Semifinals
First Leg
Marquense1 – 0Comunicaciones
J. Alvarez  33' Report
Attendance: 9,300
Referee: Oswaldo Aldana
Heredia3 – 0Municipal
A. Andrade  9'
D. Espinoza  19'
N. Miranda  82'		 Report
Estadio del Monte, Morales
Attendance: 1,800
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Second Leg
Comunicaciones4 – 0Marquense
J. Paredes  27'
P. Suárez  46'
J. Arreola  73'
J. Márquez  80'		 Report
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 2,889
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra
Municipal1 – 1Heredia
M. Rodríguez  17' Report M. López  40'
Estadio Manuel Felipe Carerra, Guatemala City
Attendance: 3,756
Referee: Walter Lopez

Finals
First Leg
Heredia2 – 0Comunicaciones
N. Miranda  84'
A. Andrade  90+3'		 Report
Estadio del Monte, Morales
Attendance: 3,400
Referee: Juan Carlos Guerra
Second Leg
Comunicaciones3 – 1
4 – 3 (pen.)		Heredia
J. Contreras  64', 68'
Paolo Suárez  88'		 Report A. Andrade  26'
Attendance: 11,398
Referee: Walter Lopez

Torneo Clausura

The 2014 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2014 and will end in May 2014.

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Coatepeque Carlos Castillo TBD TBD
Comunicaciones Iván Sopegno Puma TBD
Halcones TBD Rónald Gómez TBD TBD
Heredia Juan Carlos Elias TBD TBD
Iztapa TBD Gustavo Reinoso TBD TBD
Malacateco TBD Mauricio Wright TBD TBD
Marquense TBD Francisco Melgar TBD TBD
Mictlán TBD Sergio Pardo TBD TBD
Municipal TBD Aníbal Ruiz TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez TBD Walter Claverí TBD TBD
USAC TBD Horacio Cordero TBD TBD
Xelajú TBD Sergio Trujillo RetoSports TBD

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Heredia (Q) 22 11 3 8 50 33 +17 36 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
2 Suchitepéquez (Q) 22 10 6 6 26 20 +6 36
3 Xelajú (Q) 22 9 7 6 33 21 +12 34
4 Comunicaciones (Q) 22 9 7 6 30 19 +11 34
5 Coatepeque (Q) 22 10 4 8 32 37 −5 34
6 USAC (Q) 22 9 6 7 37 26 +11 33
7 Municipal (Q) 22 8 7 7 22 19 +3 31
8 Halcones (Q) 22 8 5 9 19 31 −12 29
9 Mictlán 22 7 7 8 25 34 −9 28
10 Marquense 22 6 8 8 25 35 −10 26
11 Malacateco 22 7 4 11 24 33 −9 25
12 Iztapa 22 3 6 13 24 39 −15 15
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Results
Home \ Away COA COM HAL HER IZT MAL MAR MIC MUN SUC USC XEL
Coatepeque 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 1–1
Comunicaciones 6–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Halcones 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–1
Heredia 5–2 2–1 4–0 3–2 5–0 4–0 4–0 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–0
Iztapa 1–2 0–3 0–1 3–5 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1
Malacateco 1–2 1–3 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0
Marquense 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 1–1 2–4 2–0 1–3
Mictlán 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1
Municipal 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2
Suchitepéquez 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
USAC 2–3 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–1 5–0 6–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Xelajú 3–1 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
1 Heredia 0 6 6  
8 Halcones 1 1 2  
  1 Heredia 1 3 4  
  7 Municipal (a) 1 3 4  
2 Suchitepéquez 1 0 1
7 Municipal 4 1 5  
  7 Municipal 0 0 0
  4 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
3 Xelajú 2 2 4  
6 USAC 2 0 2  
  3 Xelajú 1 0 1
  4 Comunicaciones 3 1 4  
4 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
5 Coatepeque 0 0 0  

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 44 23 9 12 74 34 +40 78 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League
2 Municipal 44 21 12 11 59 32 +27 75
3 Heredia 44 21 8 15 84 58 +26 71
4 USAC 44 20 8 16 64 59 +5 68
5 Suchitepéquez 44 16 15 13 54 46 +8 63
6 Xelajú 44 16 13 15 69 56 +13 61
7 Marquense 44 15 15 14 51 57 −6 60
8 Halcones 44 16 10 18 42 64 −22 58
9 Malacateco 44 14 11 19 45 58 −13 53
10 Coatepeque 44 14 11 19 53 70 −17 53
11 Mictlán (R) 44 13 13 18 45 73 −28 52 Relegation to the Primera División
12 Iztapa (R) 44 6 13 25 43 76 −33 31
Updated to match(es) played on 27 April 2014. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

References
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