2019–20 Liga Nacional de Guatemala

Liga Nacional de Guatemala
Season2019–20
DatesJuly 2019 – May 2020
ChampionsApertura:
Municipal (31st title)
Clausura:
Tournament cancelled
RelegatedMixco
Siquinalá
CONCACAF LeagueMunicipal
Comunicaciones
Antigua
Top goalscorerApertura:
Ramiro Rocca
(16 goals)
Clausura:
Carlos Kamiani
(7 goals)
Highest attendanceApertura: 17,647
Municipal 2–2 Antigua
(29 December 2019)
Clausura: 5,189
Municipal 2–4 Comunicaciones
(25 January 2020)
Average attendanceApertura: 5,061
Clausura: 2,568

The 2019–20 Liga Nacional de Guatemala was the 67th professional season of the top-flight football league in Guatemala. The season was divided into two championships—the 2019 Apertura and the 2020 Clausura—each in an identical format and each contested by the same 12 teams.

Teams

Location of the 2019–20 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala teams

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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.

Teams relegated to Primera División de Ascenso

Deportivo Petapa and Chiantla were relegated to 2018–19 Primera División the previous season.

Teams promoted from Primera División de Ascenso

The relegated team was replaced by the 2018–19 Primera División winners. F.C. Santa Lucía Cotzumalguapa and Deportivo Mixco.[1]

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kitmaker Shirt Sponsors
Antigua Víctor Hugo García Juan Antonio Torres TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Cobán Imperial Jimmy Morales Jorge Rodriguez TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Comunicaciones Juan Garcia Mauricio Tapia TBD Nino Tigo, TBD
Guastatoya Léster Rodríguez Daniel Alberto Casas Lago TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Iztapa Mario Mejía Alberto Salguero TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Malacateco Carlos Gutiérrez Ronald Gomez TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Mixco Julio Gomez TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Municipal Gerardo Villa Horacio Cordero TBD Umbro Tigo, TBD
Santa Lucía TBD Francisco Melgar TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Sanarate Jahiro Otzoy Rafael Díaz TBD TBD Tigo, TBD
Siquinalá Juan Pablo Godíne Antonio Acosta Kelme TBD
Xelajú 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
Iztapa Resigned May 2019 Alberto Salguero May 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Guastatoya Amarini Villatoro Resigned May 2019 Daniel Alberto Casas Lago May 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Sanarate Ariel Sena Contract finished July 2019 Rafael Díaz July 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Coban Imperial Fabricio Benitez Resigned May 2019 Jorge Rodriguez June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Comunicaciones William Coito Olivera Resigned May 2019 Mauricio Tapia May 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Santa Lucía Cotz Ramiro Cepeda Resigned June 2019 Francisco Melgar June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Siquinalá Otto Rodriguez Resigned June 2019 Antonio Acosta June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Antigua GFC Juan Antonio Torres Resigned June 2019 Roberto Montoya June 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Apertura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
Municipal Horacio Cordero Resigned August 2019 Sebastián Bini August 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Guastatoya Daniel Casas Sacked September 2019 Fabricio Benitez September 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Mixco Julio Gomez Sacked September 2019 Walter Claverí September 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Izatapa Alberto Salguero Sacked September 2019 Ramiro Cepeda September 2019 th (Clausura 2018)
Xelaju MC Walter Horacio González Resigned November 2019 TBD November 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

Between Apertura and Clausura seasons

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD TBD Resigned July 2019 TBD July 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

During the Clausura season

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment Position in table
TBD TBD Resigned July 2019 TBD July 2019 th (Clausura 2018)

Apertura

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Cobán Imperial 22 12 5 5 34 23 +11 41 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Municipal 22 12 4 6 32 23 +9 40
3 Comunicaciones 22 11 6 5 33 21 +12 39 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Antigua GFC 22 11 4 7 30 23 +7 37
5 Sanarate 22 11 4 7 27 24 +3 37
6 Guastatoya 22 10 5 7 29 22 +7 35
7 Malacateco 22 9 4 9 29 24 +5 31
8 Iztapa 22 9 4 9 28 26 +2 31
9 Xelajú 22 7 7 8 26 27 −1 28
10 Santa Lucía 22 5 7 10 21 29 −8 22
11 Mixco 22 4 4 14 18 41 −23 16
12 Siquinalá 22 2 4 16 20 44 −24 10
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ANT LUC COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN MIX SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC
Santa Lucía
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones
Guastatoya
Iztapa
Malacateco
Municipal
Mixco
Sanarate
Siquinalá
Xelajú
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Attendances

Comunicaciones drew the highest average home attendance in the Apertura.

# Football club Home games Average attendance[2]
1 Comunicaciones 11 8,312
2 Antigua GFC 11 7,782
3 CSD Municipal 11 7,578
4 Cobán Imperial 11 7,012
5 Xelaju MC 11 6,674
6 Santa Lucía 11 5,389
7 Deportivo Sanarate 11 5,336
8 Deportivo Siquinalá 11 3,163
9 Deportivo Guastatoya 11 3,012
10 Deportivo Mixco 11 2,769
11 Deportivo Malacateco 11 2,456
12 Deportivo Iztapa 11 1,253

Clausura

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 13 8 4 1 26 15 +11 28 Advance to Playoffs
(Semifinals)
2 Municipal 13 6 5 2 17 12 +5 23
3 Guastatoya 13 6 3 4 13 10 +3 21 Advance to Playoffs
(Quarterfinals)
4 Iztapa 13 5 5 3 19 18 +1 20
5 Antigua GFC 13 5 4 4 15 11 +4 19
6 Siquinalá 13 4 4 5 17 17 0 16
7 Mixco 13 4 3 6 14 14 0 15
8 Santa Lucía 13 3 6 4 13 18 −5 15
9 Xelajú 13 2 7 4 12 15 −3 13
10 Malacateco 13 3 4 6 9 14 −5 13
11 Sanarate 13 4 3 6 13 17 −4 12
12 Cobán Imperial 13 2 4 7 8 15 −7 10
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Home \ Away ANT LUC COB COM GUA IZT MAL MUN MIX SAN SIQ XEL
Antigua GFC
Santa Lucía
Cobán Imperial
Comunicaciones
Guastatoya
Iztapa
Malacateco
Municipal
Mixco
Sanarate
Siquinalá
Xelajú
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Playoffs

Aggregate table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Comunicaciones 35 19 10 6 59 36 +23 67 CONCACAF League preliminary round[a]
2 Municipal 35 18 9 8 49 35 +14 63 CONCACAF League round of 16[b]
3 Guastatoya 35 16 8 11 42 32 +10 56
4 Antigua GFC 35 16 8 11 42 35 +7 56 CONCACAF League preliminary round[c]
5 Cobán Imperial 35 14 9 12 42 38 +4 51
6 Iztapa 35 14 9 12 47 44 +3 51
7 Sanarate 35 15 7 13 40 41 −1 49
8 Malacateco 35 12 8 15 38 34 +4 44
9 Xelajú 35 9 14 12 38 42 −4 41
10 Santa Lucía 35 8 13 14 34 47 −13 37
11 Mixco 35 8 7 20 32 55 −23 31 Relegated to Primera División de Ascenso
12 Siquinalá 35 6 8 21 37 61 −24 26
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ As Clausura champions (GUA2)
  2. ^ As Apertura champions (GUA1)
  3. ^ As runners-up with better aggregate record (GUA3)

List of foreign players in the league

This is a list of foreign players in 2019-2020 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. [1] Archived 2018-07-29 at the Wayback Machine

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. ^ "¡El Deportivo Mixco es de Liga Mayor!". May 31, 2019. Archived from the original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
  2. ^ worldfootball.net
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