2016–17 Guatemalan Liga Nacional
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.
Season | 2016–17 |
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Champions | Apertura: Antigua (2nd title) Clausura: Municipal (30th title) |
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) |
← 2015–16 2017–18 → |
Format
editThe 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
editThe 2016 Torneo Apertura began in July 2016 and will end in December 2016.
Personnel and sponsoring
editTeam | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Antigua GFC | TBD | Pegamex | ||
Deportivo Carchá | TBD | TBD | ||
Cobán Imperial | Puma | TBD | ||
Comunicaciones | TBD | TBD | ||
Guastatoya | TBD | TBD | ||
Malacateco | TBD | TBD | ||
Marquense | TBD | TBD | ||
Mictlan | TBD | TBD | ||
Municipal | TBD | TBD | ||
Deportivo Petapa | TBD | TBD | ||
Suchitepéquez | TBD | TBD | ||
Xelajú | RetoSports | TBD |
Table
editStandings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Positions by round
editResults
editPlayoffs
editQuarterfinals | 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
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guastatoya | 0–1 | Malacateco | 0–1 | 0–0 |
Cobán Imperial | 0–2 | Comunicaciones | 0–1 | 0–1 |
First leg
editCobán Imperial | 0 – 1 | Comunicaciones |
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Soccerway |
Guastatoya | 0 – 1 | Malacateco |
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Soccerway |
Second leg
editComunicaciones won 2–0 on aggregate.
Malacateco won 1–0 on aggregate.
Semifinals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Deportivo Malacateco | 1–2 | Municipal | 1–0 | 0–2 |
Comunicaciones | 1–1 | Antigua GFC | 1–0 | 0–1 |
First leg
editMalacateco | 1 – 0 | Municipal |
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Edward Santeliz |
Soccerway |
Comunicaciones | 1 – 0 | Antigua GFC |
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E. Lopez |
Soccerway |
Second leg
editMunicipal | 2 – 0 | Malacateco |
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E. Guerra Janderson |
Soccerway |
Municipal won 2–1 on aggregate.
Antigua GFC | 1 – 0 | Comunicaciones |
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A. Herrera |
Soccerway |
1-1 on aggregate. Antigua GFC progresses as the higher seed.
Finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Antigua GFC | 2–2 5–4 (p) |
Municipal | 2–1 | 0–1 |
First leg
editAntigua GFC | 2 – 1 | Municipal |
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A. Galindo M. Russell |
Soccerway |
Second leg
editMunicipal | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Antigua GFC |
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G. Puerari |
Soccerway | |
Penalties | ||
4 – 5 |
2-2 on aggregate. Antigua GFC wins 5-4 on penalties.
Apertura 2016 champions |
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Antigua GFC 2nd title |
Managerial changes
editBeginning of the season
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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Deportivo Petapa | Sacked | May 2016 | May 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) | ||
Xelajú | Contract not extended | May 2016 | May 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) | ||
Deportivo Carcha | Contract not extended | May 2016 | June 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) | ||
C.D. Suchitepéquez | Sacked | June 2016 | June 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) | ||
Cobán Imperial | Sacked | June 2016 | June 2016 | th (Clausura 2016) |
During the season
editTeam | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment | Position in table |
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TBD | Resigned | 2016 | 2016 | th (2016) | ||
Deportivo Carcha | Resigned | 2016 | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) | ||
Deportivo Marquense | Sacked | 2016 | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) | ||
Deportivo Guastatoya | Sacked | 2016 | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) | ||
TBD | Sacked | 2016 | 2016 | th (Apertura 2015) |
List of foreign players in the league
editThis is a list of foreign players in 2016-2017 season. The following players:
- have played at least one apertura game for the respective club.
- 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.
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Clausura
editThe 2017 Torneo Clausura is expected to begin in January 2017 and end in May 2017.
Personnel and sponsoring
editTeam | Chairman | Head Coach | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
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Antigua GFC | TBD | Pegamex | ||
Deportivo Carchá | TBD | TBD | ||
Cobán Imperial | Puma | TBD | ||
Comunicaciones | TBD | TBD | ||
Guastatoya | TBD | TBD | ||
Malacateco | TBD | TBD | ||
Marquense | TBD | TBD | ||
Mictlan | TBD | TBD | ||
Municipal | TBD | TBD | ||
Deportivo Petapa | TBD | TBD | ||
Suchitepéquez | TBD | TBD | ||
Xelajú | RetoSports | TBD |
Table
editStandings
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Positions by round
editResults
editPlayoffs
editQuarterfinals | 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
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Xelajú MC | 2–4 | Guastatoya | 2–2 | 0–2 |
Suchitepéquez | 1–0 | Comunicaciones | 1–0 | 0–0 |
First leg
editXelajú MC | 2 – 2 | Guastatoya |
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W. Zapata |
Soccerway |
Suchitepéquez | 1 – 0 | Comunicaciones |
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G. Tinoco |
Soccerway |
Second leg
editGuastatoya | 2 – 0 | Xelajú MC |
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Á. Rodríguez |
Soccerway |
Guastatoya won 4–2 on aggregate.
Suchitepéquez won 1–0 on aggregate.
Semifinals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Suchitepéquez | 1–3 | Municipal | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Guastatoya | 5–4 | Petapa | 3–1 | 2–3 |
First leg
editSuchitepéquez | 1 – 2 | Municipal |
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G. Tinoco |
Soccerway |
Guastatoya | 3 – 1 | Petapa |
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J. Vargas Á. Rodríguez |
Soccerway |
Second leg
editMunicipal | 1 – 0 | Suchitepéquez |
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Soccerway |
Municipal won 3–1 on aggregate.
Petapa | 3 – 2 | Guastatoya |
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Juliano Rangel C. Girard P. Samayoa |
Soccerway |
Guastatoya won 5-4 on aggregate.
Finals
editTeam 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Guastatoya | 0–2 | Municipal | 0–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
editSecond leg
editMunicipal | 2 – 0 | Guastatoya |
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C. Félix G. Puerari |
Soccerway |
Municipal won 2-0 on aggregate.
Clausura 2017 champions |
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Municipal 30th title |
Aggregate table
editThree 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 |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.