2014–15 Guatemalan Liga Nacional

The 2014–15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 16th season in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began on July 19, 2014 and will end in May 2015.

Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala
Season2014–15
Champions LeagueComunicaciones
TBD
Matches played120
Goals scored300 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerCarlos Ruíz (12)
Biggest home winMunicipal 6
Coatepeque 0
(September 21, 2014)
Biggest away winXelajú 1
Comunicaciones 3
(August 24, 2014)
Suchitepéquez 1
Deportivo Petapa 3
(August 31, 2014)
Longest winning runMunicipal (4)
Longest unbeaten runMunicipal (7)
Longest winless runAntigua GFC (10)
Longest losing runCoatepeque (3)

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
Locations of the 2014-15 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Antigua GFC Antigua Guatemala, Sacatepequez Pensativo 9,000
Coatepeque Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango Israel Barrios 20,000
Comunicaciones Guatemala, Guatemala Cementos Progreso 16,000
Guastatoya Guastatoya, El Progreso David Cordón Hichos 3,000
Halcones FC La Mesilla, Huehuetenango Comunal 5,340
Malacateco Malacatán, San Marcos Santa Lucía 7,000
Marquense San Marcos, Guatemala Marquesa de la Ensenada 10,000
Municipal Guatemala, Guatemala Manuel Felipe Carrera 7,500
Petapa San Miguel Petapa, Guatemala Julio Armando Cobar 7,000
Suchitepéquez Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez Carlos Salazar Hijo 12,000
Universidad SC Guatemala, Guatemala Revolución 5,000
Xelajú MC Quetzaltenango Mario Camposeco 11,000

Torneo Apertura

The 2014 Torneo Apertura began on July 19, 2014 and ended on December 14, 2014.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Comunicaciones 22 13 4 5 34 15 +19 43 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Marquense 22 13 3 6 30 19 +11 42
3 Municipal 22 11 6 5 37 19 +18 39 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Suchitepéquez 22 9 4 9 28 28 0 31
5 Petapa 22 9 3 10 35 32 +3 30
6 Antigua GFC 22 7 9 6 24 21 +3 30
7 Xelajú MC 22 8 6 8 29 29 0 30
8 Universidad SC 22 7 5 10 25 28 −3 26
9 Malacateco 22 5 11 6 21 24 −3 26
10 Guastatoya 22 7 4 11 20 31 −11 25
11 Halcones FC 22 6 5 11 24 42 −18 23
12 Coatepeque 22 3 8 11 15 34 −19 17
Updated to match(es) played on November 19, 2014. Source: Guatefutbol- Estadisticas Liga Nacional
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ANT COA COM GUA HAL MAL MAR MUN PET SUC USC XEL
Antigua GFC 1–1 0–2 2–0 4–2 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–2 0–0
Coatepeque 0–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–3
Comunicaciones 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 1–1 3–3 0–1 3–0 1–0
Guastatoya 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0
Halcones FC 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 1–2
Malacateco 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1
Marquense 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–1
Municipal 0–0 6–0 0–2 2–1 5–1 1–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–0 4–1
Petapa 1–2 1–0 2–0 4–0 6–1 3–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1
Suchitepéquez 2–1 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 4–1
Universidad SC 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 0–0 1–3
Xelajú MC 1–1 1–2 1–3 3–0 4–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on November 9, 2014. Source: Guatefutbol - Central de partidos: Campeonato Apertura 2014
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                                         
5 Deportivo Petapa 0 2 2  
4 Suchitepéquez 3 1 4  
  1 Comunicaciones 1 1 2  
  4 Suchitepéquez 0 1 1  
4        
5          
  1 Comunicaciones 1 2 3
  3 Municipal 1 1 2
3 Municipal 1 1 2  
6 Antigua GFC 0 1 1  
  2 Marquense 0 1 1
  3 Municipal 3 2 5  
2        
7          

Quarterfinals
First Leg
Antigua GFC1– 1Municipal
Roberto Carlos Pena  35' Claudio Albizuris  43'
Attendance: 5,223
Referee: Mario Escobar
Deportivo Petapa2 – 1C.D. Suchitepéquez
Adrian Apellaniz  89'
Marbel Aragon  90'		 Emiliano Ariel Lopez  35'
Estadio Julio Armando Cóbar, San Miguel, Petapa
Attendance: 1,388
Referee: Rueben Castellanos
Second Leg
Municipal1 – 0Antigua GFC
Kevin Santamaria  45' None
Attendance: 2,587
Referee: Oscar Reyna
C.D. Suchitepéquez3 – 0Petapa
Carlos Barrios  54'
Hugo Prieto  66'
German Esquivel  85'		 None
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango
Attendance: 5,256
Referee: Jonathon Polanco

Semifinals
First Leg
C.D. Suchitepequez1 – 1C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Luis Mora  46' Joel Francisco Benitez  75'
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenang
C.S.D. Municipal3 – 0Deportivo Marquense
Maximiliano Callorda  40'
 71'
Kevin Santamaria  43'
Second Leg
C.S.D. Comunicaciones1 – 0C.D. Suchitepequez
Rolando Blackburn  38'
Deportivo Marquense1 – 2Municipal
Kevin Norales  59' Hamilton López  6'
Osman López  39'
Estadio Marquesa de la Ensenada, San Marcos

Finals
First Leg
Municipal1 – 1Comunicaciones
Maximiliano Callorda  64' Joel Francisco Benitez  69'
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores,
Guatemala City
Attendance: 12,175
Referee: Mario Escobar
Second Leg
Comunicaciones2 – 1Municipal
Agustín Herrera  4', 25' Cristian Jiménez  71'
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores,
Guatemala City

Top Goalscorers
As of November 19th, 2014
Rank Player Club Home Away Goals[1]
1 Carlos Ruíz Municipal 8 4 12
2 Fernando Gallo Halcones FC 9 2 11
3 Emiliano Ariel López Suchitepéquez 8 10
Wilber Pérez Petapa 7 3
4 Adrián Apellaniz Petapa 5 4 9
5 Rolando Blackburn Comunicaciones 7 1 8

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.

Torneo Clausura

The 2015 Torneo Clausura began on 18 January 2015 and will end in May 2015.

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Antigua GFC Rafael Arreaga Mauricio Tapia TBD Pegamex
Coatepeque Eduardo Avila Manuel Castañeda Puma TBD
Comunicaciones Pedro Portilla William Coito Olivera TBD TBD
Guastatoya Ariel Sena TBD TBD
Halcones TBD Ronald Gomez TBD TBD
Malacateco TBD Emilio Umanzor TBD TBD
Marquense TBD Carlos Washington Blanco TBD TBD
Municipal TBD Enzo Trossero TBD TBD
Deportivo Petapa TBD Pablo Centrone TBD TBD
Suchitepéquez TBD Walter Claverí TBD TBD
Universidad SC TBD Francisco Melgar Samayoa TBD TBD
Xelajú TBD Nahúm Espinoza RetoSports TBD

During the season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Deportivo Coatepeque Manuel Castañeda Sacked Feb 2015 Héctor Julián Trujillo Feb 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
Universidad SC Francisco Melgar Samayoa Sacked 2015 Roberto Gamarra 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque Héctor Julián Trujillo resigned 2015 Sergio Pardo 2015 th (Clausura 2015)
Deportivo Coatepeque Sergio Pardo Sacked April 2015 Otto Muñoz April 2015 th (Clausura 2015)

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Comunicaciones 22 15 3 4 50 14 +36 48 Qualified to the Semifinals
2 Municipal 22 12 6 4 31 16 +15 42
3 Suchitepéquez 22 11 5 6 33 30 +3 38 Qualified to the Quarterfinals
4 Antigua GFC 22 10 5 7 25 19 +6 35
5 Xelajú 22 8 7 7 28 24 +4 31
6 Malacateco 22 8 5 9 29 37 −8 29
7 Deportivo Petapa 22 7 7 8 24 31 −7 28
8 Marquense 22 6 9 7 22 29 −7 27
9 Universidad SC 22 6 8 8 19 24 −5 26
10 Guastatoya 22 6 4 12 19 25 −6 22
11 Halcones 22 5 5 12 24 34 −10 20
12 Coatepeque 22 5 2 15 12 33 −21 17
Updated to match(es) played on 15 March 2015. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ANT COA COM GUA HAL MAL MAR MUN PET SUC USC XEL
Antigua GFC 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1
Coatepeque 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Comunicaciones 0–1 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 7–1 5–0 2–0
Guastatoya 0–1 1–0 3–3 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 2–2
Halcones FC 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 5–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 5–0
Malacateco 2–3 4–1 0–3 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–2
Marquense 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–4 3–0 1–1 0–0 2–3
Municipal 4–2 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0
Petapa 1–0 1–1 0–5 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 4–0 1–0 2–1
Suchitepéquez 2–1 1–0 1–5 4–0 2–1 4–0 5–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0
Universidad SC 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–2
Xelajú MC 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2015. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Quarterfinals
First Leg
Deportivo Malacateco0– 0C.D. Suchitepéquez
None None
Estadio Municipal Santa Lucía, Malacatán
Attendance: 1,077
Referee: J. Polanco
Club Xelajú MC1 – 0Antigua GFC
Luis Javier Guarino  86' None
Estadio Mario Camposeco, Quetzaltenango
Attendance: 4,455
Referee: O. Aldana
Second Leg
C.D. Suchitepéquez1 – 0Deportivo Malacateco
Emiliano Ariel Lopez  13' None
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango

Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.

Antigua GFC3 – 0Club Xelajú MC
Oscar Isula  41'
Alejandro Galindo  47'
Oscar Isula  54'		 None
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua

Antigua won 3–1 on aggregate.

Semifinals
First Leg
Antigua GFC1 – 5C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Alejandro Galindo  30' Jairo Arreola  9'  77'
Carlos Castrillo  11'
Agustin Herrera  23'
Ruben Morales  43'
Estadio Pensativo, Antigua
C.D. Suchitepéquez0 – 0C.S.D. Municipal
None None
Estadio Municipal Carlos Salazar Hijo, Mazatenango
Second Leg
C.S.D. Comunicaciones1-1Antigua GFC
Carlos Fernandez 24' b 29'
TBD

Comunicaciones won 6-2 on aggregate.

C.S.D. Municipal3-1C.D. Suchitepéquez
Carlos Ruiz  40'
Cristian Noriega  50'
Mauro Portillo  88'		 [] Emerson Cabrera  26'
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores

Municipal won 3-1 on aggregate.

Finals
First Leg
Municipal0 – 2C.S.D. Comunicaciones
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores,
Guatemala City
Second Leg
C.S.D. Comunicaciones2 – 3Municipal
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores,
Guatemala City

Comunicaciones won 4-3 on aggregate.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Emiliano Ariel López C.D. Suchitepéquez 12
2 Rolando Blackburn CSD Comunicaciones 11
3 José Manuel Contreras CSD Comunicaciones 9
4 Carlos Ruiz C.S.D. Municipal 7
5 Luis Javier María Guarino Club Xelajú MC 6
6 Adrian Apellaniz Deportivo Petapa 5
7 Jonny Brown Deportivo Marquense 5
8 Agustín Herrera CSD Comunicaciones 5
9 Oscar Isaula Antigua GFC 5
10 Wilber Perez Deportivo Petapa 5

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in Clausura 2014. 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.

References
  1. "Guatefutbol- Estadísticas LNF: Tabla de Goleo". Archived from the original on 2014-10-21. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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