2018–19 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

The 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala season is the 21st season of the Liga Nacional de Guatemala, the top football league in Guatemala, in which the Apertura and Clausura season is used. The season began in July 2018 and will end in May 2019.

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2018–19
DatesJuly 2018 - May 2019
ChampionsApertura:
Guastatoya
Clausura:
Antigua GFC
RelegatedPetapa
CONCACAF LeagueGuastatoya
Antigua GFC
Comunicaciones
Top goalscorerAgustin Herrera (Antigua GFC) - 9 goals
Biggest home winMalacateco 5-0 Chiantla
(2018)
Biggest away winChiantla 0-3 Guastatoya
(2018)

Team information
Location of the 2018–19 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams

A total of 12 teams will contest the league, including 10 sides from the 2017–18 Liga Nacional and 2 promoted from the 2017–18 Primera División.

Deportivo Marquense and C.D. Suchitepéquez were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season.

The relegated team was replaced by the 2017–18 Primera División winners. Chiantla and Deportivo Iztapa.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted from Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2018.

Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso as of June 2018.

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt Sponsors
Antigua GFC Víctor Hugo García Juan Antonio Torres TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Chiantla Damián Mérida Alberto Salguero TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Coban Imperial Jimmy Morales Fabricio Benitez TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Comunicaciones Pedro Portilla William Coito Olivera TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Guastatoya Léster Rodríguez Amarini Villatoro TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Iztapa Mario Mejía Francisco Melgar TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Malacateco Carlos Gutiérrez Ronald Gómez TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
CSD Municipal Gerardo Villa Horacio Cordero TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Petapa Luis Reyes Norman Martin TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Sanarate Ángel Pantaleón Ariel Sena TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Siquinalá Juan Pablo Godíne Otto Rodríguez Kelme TBD
Xelajú MC Francisco Santos Walter Horacio González TBD TBD Tigo, TBD

Managerial changes

Beginning of the season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Petapa Ramiro Cepeda Resigned May 2018 Rafael Loredo May 2018 th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju Walter Claveri Resigned to become coach of the national team July 2018 Ramiro Cepeda July 2018 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Apertura season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Chiantla Marvin Hernández Sacked August 2018 Alberto Salguero September 2018 12th (Apertura 2018)
Municipal Hernan Medford Resigned September 2018 Horacio Cordero September 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Siquinalá Daniel Berta TBD October 2018 Otto Rodríguez October 2018 th (Apertura 2018)
Sanarate Pablo Centrone TBD October 2018 Julián Trujillo October 2018 th (Apertura 2018)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Antigua GFC Mauricio Tapia Contract finished December 2018 Juan Antonio Torres January 2019 Th (Apertura 2018)

During the Clausura season
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Sanarate Héctor Julian Trujillo Sacked February 2019 Ariel Sena February 2019 th (Clausura 2019)
Xelaju Ramiro Cepeda Sacked March 2019 Walter Horacio González March 2019 8th (Clausura 2019)
Petapa Rafael Loredo Sacked March 2019 Norman Martin March 2019 12th (Clausura 2019)

Apertura

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guastatoya 22 13 5 4 34 11 +23 44 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Xelajú 22 11 7 4 28 17 +11 40
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 5 6 28 16 +12 38 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Malacateco 22 11 5 6 38 32 +6 38
5 Cobán Imperial 22 10 6 6 28 20 +8 36
6 Antigua GFC 22 9 7 6 24 24 0 34
7 Siquinalá 22 7 9 6 31 32 −1 30
8 Municipal 22 8 4 10 26 30 −4 28
9 Iztapa 22 6 7 9 23 28 −5 25
10 Sanarate 22 4 7 11 21 35 −14 19
11 Petapa 22 3 7 12 18 31 −13 16
12 Chiantla 22 2 5 15 15 38 −23 11
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ANT CHI COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN PET SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC 2–2 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0
Chiantla 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Cobán Imperial 1–0 2–0 0–3 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2
Comunicaciones 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2
Guastatoya 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–0 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0
Iztapa 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–4 0–2 1–0 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–1
Malacateco 3–0 5–0 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 5–4 2–1 3–0 3–3 2–1
Municipal 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–3 3–4 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1
Petapa 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–0
Sanarate 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1
Siquinalá 1–1 4–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 4–3 2–2
Xelajú 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 3–0
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs
Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Guastatoya 0 0 0
4 Malacateco 2 2 4 5 Cobán Imperial 0 0 0
5 Cobán Imperial 2 3 5 1 Guastatoya 2 1 3
3 Comunicaciones 1 1 2
2 Xelajú 1 2 3
3 Comunicaciones 1 0 1 3 Comunicaciones 4 0 4
6 Antigua GFC 0 0 0

Final
First leg
Comunicaciones1–2Guastatoya
Maximiliano Lombardi  68' Luis Martinez  30'  42'
Estadio Nacional Mateo Flores, Guatemala City
Attendance: 8,976
Referee: Walter Lopez
Second leg
Guastatoya1–1Comunicaciones
Angel Rodriguez  13' Jorge Vargas  65'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos, Guastatoya
Attendance: 2,959
Referee: Mario Escobar

Clausura

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Antigua GFC 22 12 5 5 36 20 +16 41 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Cobán Imperial 22 12 4 6 35 25 +10 40
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 6 5 32 14 +18 39 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Municipal 22 10 6 6 37 22 +15 36
5 Malacateco 22 10 6 6 24 20 +4 36
6 Guastatoya 22 9 8 5 27 16 +11 35
7 Chiantla 22 8 6 8 21 25 −4 30
8 Xelajú 22 8 5 9 27 25 +2 29
9 Siquinalá 22 7 5 10 23 25 −2 26
10 Iztapa 22 7 4 11 21 28 −7 25
11 Sanarate 22 7 2 13 22 38 −16 23
12 Petapa 22 2 1 19 12 59 −47 7
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ANT CHI COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN PET SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1
Chiantla 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–6 3–0 2–0 0–0 1–1
Cobán Imperial 2–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 2–1
Comunicaciones 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 5–0 3–1 0–0 2–0
Guastatoya 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 6–0 1–0 1–0 3–0
Iztapa 0–0 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–0
Malacateco 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–0
Municipal 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 6–1 4–1 1–1 0–2
Petapa 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–3 1–0
Sanarate 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 4–1 1–0 1–0
Siquinalá 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 0–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–2 0–1 2–1
Xelajú 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on completed. Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Quarterfinals
First legs
Guastatoya1 – 0Comunicaciones
J. Corena  42'
Estadio David Cordón Hichos
Attendance: 921
Referee: Ever Lopez
Malacateco0 – 0Municipal
Attendance: 1337
Referee: Jonathan Polanco
Second legs
Comunicaciones1 – 1Guastatoya
C. Estrada  22'  45+2' O. Domínguez

Guastatoya advances 2-1 on aggregate.

Municipal3 – 3Malacateco
F. de León  55'
O. Arce  88'
O. Moreira  90+6'		  10'  32' E. Santaliz
 22' E. Herrera

3-3 on aggregate. Malacateco advances 3-0 on away goals.

Semifinals
First legs
Guastatoya1 – 0Antigua GFC
Á. Rodríguez  82' Nil
Estadio David Cordón Hichos
Attendance: 1,100
Malacateco2 – 2Cobán Imperial
J. Longo  20'
E. Herrera  53'		  51' (o.g.) W.Godoy
 59' E. Guerra
Attendance: 1,722
Second legs
Antigua GFC2 – 0Guastatoya
Anllel Porras  54'  81' Nil

Antigua GFC advances 2-1 on aggregate.

Cobán Imperial0–1Malacateco
Nil Enzo Herrera  77'

Malacateco advances 2-3 on aggregate.

Final
First leg
Malacateco0 – 1Antigua GFC
Nil Alejandro Galindo  27'
Estadio Santa Lucía
Referee: Bryan Lopez Castellanos
Second leg
Antigua GFC1–0Malacateco
Marco Dominguez  81'
Estadio Pensativo
Referee: Oscar Reyna

Aggregate table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Guastatoya (Q) 44 22 13 9 61 27 +34 79 CONCACAF League round of 16[lower-alpha 1]
2 Comunicaciones (Q) 44 22 11 11 60 30 +30 77 CONCACAF League preliminary round[lower-alpha 2]
3 Cobán Imperial 44 22 10 12 63 45 +18 76
4 Antigua GFC (Q) 44 21 12 11 60 44 +16 75 CONCACAF League preliminary round[lower-alpha 3]
5 Malacateco 44 21 11 12 62 52 +10 74
6 Xelajú 44 19 12 13 55 42 +13 69
7 Municipal 44 18 10 16 63 52 +11 64
8 Siquinalá 44 14 14 16 54 57 −3 56
9 Iztapa 44 13 11 20 44 56 −12 50
10 Sanarate 44 11 9 24 43 73 −30 42
11 Chiantla (R) 44 10 11 23 36 63 −27 41 Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso
12 Petapa (R) 44 5 8 31 30 90 −60 23
Source: Soccerway Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. As Apertura champions (GUA1)
  2. As runners-up with better aggregate record (GUA3)
  3. As Clausura champions (GUA2)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2018-2019 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.

Antigua GFC
  • Agustin Herrera
  • Alejandro Diaz
  • Jose Mena
  • Adrián De Lemos
  • Anllel Porras
  • Rafael Lezcano
  • Juan David Osorio
  • Pablo Mingorance
Chiantla
  • Luis Omar Hernández
  • Liborio Vicente Sánchez
  • Sergio Alejandro Blancas Martínez
  • José Abraham Alpuche
  • Juan Carlos Meza
  • Diego Bartolota
  • Daniel Guzmán Miranda
Coban Imperial
  • Álvaro García
  • Adrián Elois Leites
  • Janderson Pereira
  • Josue Flores
  • Victor Guay
  • Jonathan Charquero
  • Jorge Luis Sotomayor
  • Orlando Moreira
CSD Comunicaciones
  • Javier Irazún
  • Michael Umaña
  • Alexander Larin
  • Maximiliano Lombardi
  • Darío Carreño
  • Cristian Alexis Hernández
Guastatoya
  • Isaac Acuña
  • Omar Dominguez
  • Emmanuel Alejandro Tapia
  • Jose Coreno
  • Aaron Navarro
  • Jose Sanchez
  • Jorge Ignacio Gatgens
  • José Calderón
Deportivo Iztapa
  • Rafael Moreira Rafinha
  • Fredy Marques
  • Luis Alfonso Páez
  • Raúl Nava López
  • Ramiro Rocca
  • Lester Blanco
Deportivo Malacateco
  • Víctor Bolivar
  • Gabriel Leiva
  • Kenny Cunningham
  • Luis Ángel Landín
  • Willinton Techera x
CSD Municipal
  • Andrey Anthony Francis
  • Irving Esteban Calderón
  • Wálter Aníbal Acevedo
  • Jonathan Hansen
  • Omar Salazar
  • Matias Malvino
  • Othoniel Arce
  • Luis Angel Ladin
  • Orlando Moreira
  • Juan Barrera
Deportivo Petapa
  • Raúl Calderón
  • Yeltsin Car
Sanarate
  • Juan Lovato
  • Cristian Alexis Hernández
  • Juan Manuel Lazaneo
  • Fabián Castillo
  • Lucas Emanuel Acosta
  • Cristian Daniel Taborda
  • Víctor Bolivar
  • Jorge Zaldivar
  • Jonathan Posas
  • William Zapata
  • Juan Carlos Silva
Siquinalá
  • Quiarol Arzu
  • Cesar García
  • Jean Andrés Scott Hernández
  • Othoniel Arce
  • Verny Scott
  • Diego Sanchez Corrales
  • Luis Gerardo Arroyo
  • Julio Andrés Valdez
  • Sergio Alejandro Blancas
  • Christopher Solano
Club Xelajú MC
  • Carlos Kamiani
  • Bernardo Long
  • Álvaro Aguilar
  • César Morales
  • Juan Yax
  • Dario Ferrera
  • Álvaro García

(player released during the Apertura season) (player released between the Apertura and Clausura seasons) (player released during the Clausura season)

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